Eric Ma's Q&A profile

• SQL Server help!! Filter !! Somone has to know!

  Am I just not explaining myself or does nobody use SSRS 2005 or if so not create very complex filtering requirements out there yet   Can I get some responses hopefully   I can't find anything out on the net about how to do what I'm trying to do here:   HERE IS A PRINT SCREEN OF THE FILTER TAB WHERE i WANT THIS ALL TO HAPPEN...PROPERTIES OF MY TABLE: http://www.photopizzaz.biz/filtertab_ssrs2005table.jpg essentia ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL server 2005 management studio

  I just installed VS 2005 along with sql server 2005 cpt. No errors & VS works fine, but I cannot find the management studio. I have used Add/Remove to check for the possibility that I could add management studio -- no luck. Did a file search for sqlwb.exe -- again no luck. When viewing list of installed programs with Add/Remove I do not see an entry for sql 2005 tools. Should there be Any help would be much appreciated -- TIA. ...Show All

• Windows Forms application folder path in the registry during set up

  Hi guys.... During vb.net application installation, I would like to create a key in the registry with the application folder path. How can I do it in the vb.net application SetUp deployment Thank for any useful suggestions. Do the following: 1. In Solution Explorer , right-click the Setup project and choose View -> Registry 2. Right-click on the key you want to add the new value and choose New -> String v ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Protocol violation - can I change how sensible the test shall be to protocol errors?

  I get this error when running a test on a web page that I have no possibility to change: RequestFailed: The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseHeader Detail=CR must be followed by LF Is it possible to configure how the test shall handle this so the test will not fail Sten, this sounds like a bug so I'm going to need some more info to track it down.  What's the request like that's causing this error   Are ...Show All

• Visual C++ Question About Headers

  I want to use VSC++ for programming C. I know C isn't fully support cause the lack of MS deciding not to add the c99 which i believe is stupid. But I was wondering is there a way I can use my own C headers and libraries to build that are c99 and use it with VSC++. I have the Visual Studios Professional version. And change the compiler cause i don't wanna think i spent so much money for this and I can't use it. Cause of this problem. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Worry about LazyLoading

  ForExample if we had a PERSON class with 50 attributeTypes and the class had compositon and aggregation relationships with 10 other classes. How will DLinQ deal with "Lazy Loading" if I only need 2 attributeTypes from PERSON class and 2 more related attributeTypes Can it create an optimized SQL sentence that I get the FASTEST result from my RDBMS Or does it load all the 50 attributeTypes and relations what about the pri ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista EventDeliveryFailedException - how to beat?

  When my users are working faster than workflow runtime, they are raising events for workflows which are probably in milliseconds away to get ready to receive those events. 1. I can set WaitForIdle in ExternalDataEventArgs before raising an event. That works in async mode. So when  user tries to fire a wrong at this certain time event, I get  EventDeliveryFailedException in other thread. What means - the user gets no delivery acknowl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System maintainabilityrules.dll and reliabilityrules.dll

  hi all, I used MSBuild to build my solution but it failed because it was looking for the 2 rule files from FXCop.  They are not in the bin folder.  Does someone know where I can get them   The version of FXCop is 1.32 and the 2 rule files it's looking for are maintainabilityrules.dll and reliabilityrules.dll. Thanks for your help. These rule assemblies only ship in VSTS 2005 Developer. Are you us ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Can Vista Build 5308 Support SQL Server DataBase Engine?

  I have tried install SQL Server 2000 ENT/DEV and SQL Server 2005 into vista build 5308,but all failed. But when install SQL Server 2000 ENT, i could only install Client tools,and it was successful. I really want to know whether vista build 5308 support SQL Server Server Tools ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Persisting layout for State workflow in designer control

  Hello, is there a way to persist the layout of a state workflow in the workflow designer control sample I can persist the Xoml to file and re-load it, but when I do all the states are drawn on top of one another in the top left corner of the view. Vihang, I mean using the visual studio extensibility sdk to create a custom project type, which would show up in new projects dialog in the VS ide. This proje ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA needs visual studio 2005?

  I am working with Dark Basic Professional and want to check out XNA. I have visual studio.net I can't find if XNA will work with VS.NET or if I will be forced to upgrade to VS 2005.  Knowing Microsoft they will use XNA to drive sales of every new version of visual studio that gets released. So will XNA work with visual studio.net Sorry if I sound bitter about all the new version of visual C. I don't have a lot of money and I keep hitting ro ...Show All

• Visual Studio Insert code

  Hi, I am writing an addin that will generate some code on the fly and insert it into the active document, but I'm having trouble inserting the code. I got it to work by copying the code to the clipboard then using applicationObject.ExecuteCommand("Edit.Paste",  string .Empty);    but there must be a better way to do it. Any Ideas Thanks, Martin. Thanks for the link, there are some nice ...Show All

• Windows Forms multiline datagridview cells?

  In beta1, datagridview cells could contain display multiline data by default. In beta2, the data is shown on a single line with some control characters. (1) Can I set the cells to display multiline (2) Can I replace the control characters with something else (eg a double space) to make it look a little more professional Thanks For me it is the contrary case. I would like the datagridview to wrap not only for CR ...Show All

• Visual Studio Can not find SourceSafe in VisualBasic.net

  I can not find VSS in VB.NET.  It is not in Tools/Options... I try to run: regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual SourceSafe\ssscc.DLL" regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual SourceSafe\RemoteVssScc.DLL" but nothing happend. Have reinstall VB og VSS I find VSS in Access, so I can store Query, form and Report in VSS, but not VBA. Using VisualBasic.NET 2003 Visual SourceSafe 2005 Windows XP Pro   ...Show All

• Windows Forms DefaultCellStyle.Format for an unbound row doesn't work.

  I add a DataGridView to a form and use the IDE to set the DefaultCellStyle.Format for one of the columns to "C2".  When I run the form, I can enter any value of any type and nothing gets formatted or validated. I tried setting the value in the form's constructor as well, but the results are the same.  Why doesn't this work     Assuming this is unbound... Usually a cell format pr ...Show All