balaiitm's Q&A profile

• Visual C# Need good tutorial for Query Builder

  Where can I find a really good tutorial on the VS 2005 version of Query Builder using C# I have limited SQL knowledge and no experience at all with previous versions of the Query Builder. I've read the documentation but I'm looking for a tutorial to walk me through the use of QB from start to finish. OTOH maybe the documentation you're referring to isn't the stuff I read. I've just seen the built-in docs that come with VS 2005. The F1 stuff. Is there other documentation possibly sitting right on my HDD that I may have missed ...Show All

• Visual C# Wireless Provisioning Service

  I'm using the WPS API to create a new wireless profile dynamically, however I'm running into a problem.  When running this: hrStatus = pPPW->CreateProfile ( ( BSTR ) bstrXml,   //my wireless configuration in xml format ( BSTR ) NULL, ( LPGUID ) &pGuids[ dwIndex ],   //GUIDs of my NICs ( PULONG ) &wpsResult   //error code ) ; My bstrXml is an exact copy of a sample file that the API comes with, yet after this line of code wpsResult always returns with error 33, which is WZC_PROFILE_API_ERROR_FAILED_TO_LOAD_XML. The MSDN site for this error says that the xml might not be prope ...Show All

• Visual C++ MFC42.DLL error message

  I can play most any online games and remain connected except for spades. As soon as the 4th player or the bidding starts, i get booted out of the game with an error msg.that the program caused an invalid page fault in module mfc42.dll at 06....etc some numbers. I have tried different things such as upgrading sun java, upgrading that mfc42.dll, turning off my firewall, downloading directx9. Nothing works. I have windows 98 se. PS. when i upgraded mfc42.dll my paint shop pro graphic program couldnt find that DLL...i was gettin a message of missing export. So i reinstalled paint shop pro and it works fine. But i cannot not stay connect ...Show All

• SQL Server Continuously Running Package

  I need to create a package that will monitor a table in a source system and when a flag is set, load data from other tables in this source system to my destination system.  Today this is accomplished with a SQL Agent job that executes every 15 minutes.  If there is no work to do the job simply exits.  I would like to create a SQLIS package that checks this control table every 30 seconds.  Can I create a package that runs continuously Again, thank you SimonS. You have been most helpfull and patient. ...Show All

• Windows Forms ContextMenuStrip VS 2005 Beta 2

  I am dynamically adding custom controls to a FlowLayoutPanel.  I set the the ContextMenuStrip property on these custom controls before adding them to the panel.  They all point to the same context menu strip.  The help text states that a ContextMenuStrip may be associated with many controls so I am assuming this is OK. When running the application, right clicking with the mouse on these controls in the FlowLayoutPanel produces the correct effect, in that the context menu is displayed.  Clicking on the menuitem drives the click event for the ToolStripMenuItem.  So far so good :). However, I can not find any way t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions C# Equivalency of VB function "DoEvents"

  Basically the DoEvents function does something mainly used for waiting. Here's an example: Do Until Winsock1.State = 7 DoEvents Loop That example waits for the winsock control to successfully connect. So how would I perform the same task in C# Thanks in advance ...Show All

• Windows Forms Control for runtime resizing of controls

  What I'm trying to do: Present the User a form that allows them to resize (among other things) the controls on it.   Not sure where to go with this.  I've scowered around MSDN and these forums.  The ideal situation would be to have an existing control class that acted like the resize frame in the design time form editor displayed on sele ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 64bit

  Can a 32bit installation of SQL 2005 be upgraded to 64bit installation. OS is already installed for 64bit support, but he wrong version of SQL was installed Moving the thread to Setup & Upgrade forum. I don't believe you can upgrade from 32bit SQL 2005 to 64bit SQL 2005. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to Debug Shaders in C#/VS2005

  I was wondering if you were able to successfully debug the HLSL code using C# I have tried everything including setting the hardware type of the device to Reference, setting the debug flag on the effect to Debug, setting the DirectX options to use the Debug version and Enable Shader Debugging. I click the Debub/Direct3D/Start debuggin with ... but nothing seems to happen. If I set a break point in the HLSL code, when I run (yes, in debug mode) it shows a little warning that says "This break point will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document." Do you know how to solve this Thanks ...Show All

• Visual C# Remove Junk Characters

  Hi, I want to remove junk characters from a string. The scenario is, I have got a rtf string and I want to remove the last para tag in the string ("\par") from the rtf. When I try to manipulate the string , I found some box like junk characters in the string. Please provide me a solution Not sure if this will help, but have you tried iterating through the characters in the string and printing out the character codes This would let you discover what these junk characters are and deal with them appropriately. ...Show All

• .NET Development Why are config files mapped to StaticFileHandler?

  I have been trying to figure out why two types of config files are mapped to the StaticFileHandler in the machine.config.  The following two handlers are mapped:    <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="*.dll.config" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/>    <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="*.exe.config" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/> Does any know why these httpHandlers would be mapped like this by default   From a security perspective I can not think of a reason why they should be mapped to the Static File Handler.  Can anyone give me a reason why they are not mapped to the HttpForbiddenHa ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Problems with Messenger Beta 8.0

  I received an invite to messenger beta and I’ve intalled in my computer. When I connected I realize that all my contact were gone !!! And appear a message saying that I have do add more contacts !!! This problem is related to my passport My email is from gmail. Can be that Anyone knows Thanks. Rodrigo, It sounds like you experienced server problem with the beta server network. You should log in again and you contact list should appear. Moving to the beta from MSN Messenger 7.5 should not cause your contains to disappear. -Scott ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Satellite Assemblies not available during unit test runs

  I am trying to set up a unit test that references an assembly that has satellite assemblies.  When the unit test runs, the language-neutral assembly is copied to the Out folder correctly, but the satellite assemblies are not copied. As a workaround, in the deployment section of .testrunconfig I included “<Solution Directory>\UnitTest\bin\Debug\” which contains the assembly and its satellite assemblies in sub folders.  This configuration worked fine on my local machine but failed on the TFS server with the following error: C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v8.0\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.ta ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problem with beta TFS MSSCCI Provider

    Installation went fine and I can choose the TFS MSSCCI Provider in SSMS, but when I choose File>Source Control>Launch Team Foundation MSSCCI I get the following error: "Administer Source Control: Operation Not Supported" We have the beta 3 Refresh Somebody made it work with SSMS Hi Lakusha: Our intial Beta version of the TFS MSSCCI Provider does not support SSMS.  We are currently working on the support for VS2003 and then we will look at supporting other IDE's like SSMS in the near future as well. If you have see any issues or have further questions please let us know. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Maximize a form on dual screen

  The others have answered your general question so I'll just caution you as to whether this is really a good idea or not.  Depending on the video card you are running the user may already have set up the system to fill the whole screen when a window is maximized.  Then again a user may have configured their machine to only maximize across all monitors when they have the CTRL key pressed.  Matrox exposes this directly.  I believe nVidia does as well.  ATI currently does not.  It depends on how your multi-monitor system is laid out.  Cards like Matrox support "cloning" where both monitors show the same conten ...Show All