WendellB's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Create 1 connection to execute multiple Packages

  I want to create 1 connection because I have to execute multiple packages (2005). But when I go into the execute package task editor, the dropdown only ever has "New Connection". Is this a bug "Why can't the EXECUTE PACKAGE task just use one of the connections available in the "connections managers" collection " It can, If all your execute package tasks are in the same package, yes, they can all use the sa ...Show All

• .NET Development Business object design

  I have the following sample class where the property value will come from the database and in the database the value can be null. I believe this is a common problem if one wants to design bisuness objects. I have read about the concepts in many books but no one talks about to solve this problem. public class SampleClass { private string stringProp; private int intProp; private DateTime date ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to: Change How Fields are Mapped to Microsoft Project

  I have a team project created using my custom process template. Now I need to change or customize the project mapping XML file for that project - how do I do this I have read the help pages entitled "How to: Change How Fields are Mapped to Microsoft Project" ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181686.aspx ) and "TFSFieldMapping" ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252493.aspx ) but it did not help as the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Making a window the background

  I have a main window that is maximised and I want it to be  the background, so that other open windows of the application remain in view even when the menu in the main window is used. There seems to be no BottomMost property for windows. If I set the TopMost property of the main window to false and set the same property of other windows to true, the main window will remain in the background. But Message Boxes and predefined Dialog Box ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions assign an interrupt to parallel port

  How can I assign an interrupt to the pin voltage change of the parallel port,then how can handle this,any ideas ,suggestion ,... thnx The best place for such questions are the win32 newsgroups at http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups . OTP Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• SQL Server Why I can not deploy my report project?

  Hi, all here, I am having a problem when trying to deploy my new report. The error message is like this: can not connect to the server, make sure the connection information is correct . But I have double checked the connection information, the server I tried to connect is the reporting server name on my local host though. (/localhost/Report Server). So what is the problem though. Did some body here ever occur this problem Thanks a lot f ...Show All

• Visual Basic Counting Letters in a string

  Hello,  I am trying to get VB to count how many A's B's C's D's E's etc... that are in a  declared string, can someone tell me how to do this. thanks Ray RFeather[AT][NOSPAM]chstaffing.com Dim aCount As Integer =  0 Dim bCount As Integer =  0 Dim cCount As Integer =  0   Dim myString As String =  "aabbccc" Dim i As Integer For  i = 0 To  m ...Show All

• Windows Forms Usage of two windows forms

  Greetings forum inmates and happy new year. Because this is my first forum post please bare with me... My problem might have been answered before but still I was not able to track down anything on the forum, or simply I am not asking the right question in search bar so if you have already an answer post somewhere please redirect me there. Consider two Windows Forms, FormA and FormB with FormA playing the role of startup object (I use C# ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Working with Frames

  We have a website that requires a login and, based on users roles, displays anywhere from 3 to 10 frames. The initial recording was done with a "super user" account so that all requests were recorded. Now, during playback with an ID having limited access, the web test fails due to the number of frames not authorized for this user. I believe that I can determine what frames are authorized for this user by looking at the response from ...Show All

• Windows Forms showing different text in a pannel at runtime

  Hi ! I am new with Windows Forms.  I want to make an application interface with different panels.  In one panel I just want display different information along the time,  showing what the application is doing (keep changing the information according  ...Show All

• .NET Development Exceptions versus Return Codes

  Framework question: We have a framework where there are multiple layers, i.e Presentation Layer, Middle Tier  Layer, Data Layer, etc... For example, say that I had to create users.  I would put the logic to create a user in the Middle Tier Layer.  I need to check for duplicate usernames in that layer so the Presentation Layer just calls a method in the Middle Tier layer. The question I have is, since a duplicate username is not ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions From Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET 2003 to Visual Basic Express

  I any way way to use the Visual Basic Express Edition to use a microsoft example that is been written with these tools Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs    MicrosoftR Visual StudioR .NET 2003    Microsoft .NET Compact Framework version 1.0 Thank you If I have post in the wrong place please forgive me and let me know where to post Thank you all I just try to learn so t ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Cannot install/re-install MS DeskTop Search (nor toolbar): "cannot remove older version"

  I get a message that says #msntb_toolbar_full_name# is unable to load its config file. if you have recently upgraded to a newer version of the # msntb_toolbar_full_name# and have not restarted your computer since the upgrade, please try restarting your computer , if the problem persits, please reinstall the # msntb_toolbar_full _name# I tryed it all and still it doesn't work. Please help Me. Sincerly Marilyn i've got the same messages an ...Show All

• Visual Basic database, data propagation

  I am bigginer in the Visual Basic. I use Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I created a database and put it in the form. I ran the application, changed a value in the form, saved it with the save button on the top and left the application. I realised that the database was not change. The source is: Public Class Form1 Private Sub Table1BindingNavigatorSaveItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, By ...Show All

• Windows Forms EnableVisualStyles and NotifyIcon bug

  When Windows XP visual styles are enabled, if you use ShowDialog() on a form in response to an event raised by clicking on a NotifyIcon or a popup menu from a NotifyIcon, you get a SEHException when the form is closed. Has anyone else noti ...Show All