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• Visual Studio QuickStart Tutorials installation fails

  Hi I have installed VS.NET 2005 VSTS Beta 2. I am now trying to install the QuickStart tutorials but it fails; the log is shown below. I have installed IIS and APS.NET 2.0 manually followed by IISRESET according to the Configuration Details document but the setup insists on attempting to reinstall ASP.NET 2.0 and failing. No instance of Visual Studio of any version has ever been installed prior to installing VS 2005. I am using Windows 2000 ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataFormatString in GridView

  I wonder if someone else is suffering the same problem. I found DataFormatString in GridView not work very well when I try to display currency. In VS 2005 Beta version, it works fine, but after I use stardard version, it never display correct. For example: integer 3 always display like 3.0000 but in the beta version, it display like $3.00 which is what I would like. By the way, I assigned datasource, dataadapter and sqlcommand manually, everythi ...Show All

• Visual C# Counting bytes passed in streams written to by StreamWriter.

  Hi, Is there a stream implementation or ICryptoTransform implementation similar to the md5 which simply counts bytes rather than calculates a hash. I am writing text to an encrypted file and need to know the md5 and size of the raw unencrypted byte data. I've seen code for calculating md5 of a stream, but need one which simply counts bytes. Something like this // File Stream FileStream fileStream = this.fileInfo.Open(FileMode.CreateN ...Show All

• Windows Forms checking brush color in paint event override

  Hi, I am overriding paint event of datagrid to change the backcolor of datagrid cell. I want to check if the cell color is not red then change cell color otherwise dont change color. In protected override void Paint(System.Drawing.Graphics g, System.Drawing.Rectangle bounds, System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager source, int rowNum, System.Drawing.Brush backBrush, System.Drawing.Brush foreBrush, bool alignToRight) Which ar ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro during compile got error

  Compiling c:\sddms\reports\r_bl.scx LOCAL DIMENSION LSayaddr[2] Error in line 520 of Form1.sayaddr (record 3): Syntax error. PUBLIC dimension Sayaddr[2] Error in line 9 of Form1.cmgReport.cmdPrinter.Click (record 4): Syntax error. Compiling c:\sddms\screen\q_master.scx PUBLIC DIMENSION GAMaster[GiRowcnt,GiColcnt] Error in line 5 of Form1.Load (record 3): Syntax error. Form c:\sddms\reports\r_bl.scx has the following errors: Unknown LSAY ...Show All

• Visual C++ Macro for OS Version ?

  hi all is there any macro which tells me which is the current version of Windows installed on the system. Since i need this in header file so i cant use any function(GetOSVersion()) I have to define _WIN32_WINNT depending upon the OS version. My application is meant for 95,98, 200,XP thanks in advcance Take a look at this link where it defines its own macros:   http://www.codeproject.com/macro/winver_macros.asp Thanks,   Ayma ...Show All

• SQL Server NullProcessing and Reference Dimensions

  Have a Measure group in a fact table. This fact table links to the project dimension and the time dimension. In the project dimension there are some additional dates like ProjectStartDate and ProjectDueDate. So I create a new time dimension for these dates. So for the Measure Group / Time (ProjectStartDate) combination, I define the dimension usage as a reference to the project dimension. But when I process I get som errors on ProjectStart ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Does VSWD Express contain SQL Express?

  1/ Not sure if VWDExpress has SQL Express in it. I'm going to split this thread and get an answer for you on that from the Visual Studio folks. 2/ Can you post the 'sa' error message It could be one of several things. Yes all of the Express products include the SQL Express products, but they are configured to run only with trusted connections. You can turn on the SQL Logins as well as open up the network connectivity, but you will ...Show All

• Visual C++ A couple of questiones

  Dear all, I am new to Visual C++ 2005 and I am Intended to write a network application and I am confused on how to start. I am looking for your apprecited help and directions that may lead me to the right way to achieve the goal. 1- What is the difference between CLR Consol Application and Win32 Consol Application 2- Is there a possibility to write a portable network application that depends on socket programming in Visual C++ 2005 that ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Let's go to work on an FAQ for this Forum

    The concerted work that goes on here in really impressive. I'm also thinking about a mass mailed note I received from S. Somesegar, corporate VP of Microsoft development. He said that MS Engineers were not alone in building VS2005. Customers had a lot  to do with it to make it as neat as it is. Continuing in that vein, I though it may be a contribution to see if we can't put together an FAQ that will take care o ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to halt a program???

  Let say i have two program called program A and program B, i run program A, but inside program A, i use [call shell(C:\....\programB.exe)] at the 2nd line of my codes in program A, how do i stop program A at 2nd line, until i finished running program B then only continue execute the rest of the code from 2nd line in program A Please help, if you dun understand wat im saying above, u can ask ...thanks a lot!!! ReneeC, too bad to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visio and display of Cyrillic words (Russian)

  Hi all, I am having a problem trying to insert some Russian translations into Visio. Now this is not really the problem but rather when leaving Visio to return to Word, the Russian translation copied into the cell is displayed by question marks( ). If I reenter VISIO, I can read the Russian translation - I have tried out all the options known to me at the moment, but nothing seems to help. Digits are displayed OK, if I replace the Ru ...Show All

• SQL Server How to convert Oracle Database to SQL Server Database

  Hi all, how i can convert the oracle database (tables, precedures, sequesnces, ) to sql server database, i would appreciate if anyone give me the step by step process of conversion. Reagrds Ramesh Jha Hi, tables and other entitites can be imported using the Import wizard. But procedures which include PL/SQL code have to be either imported using a migration tool or manually by recoding them. At the end of the day, I guess th ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums More than 2 players?

  Is it possible   I tried changing MaxUsers in msgrp2p.xml but then my app won't even load ...Show All

• Visual C# Merging Menus and Tools in MenuStrip and ToolStrip

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms233676(en-US,VS.80).aspx # I need to merge menu strip items and tool strip items of a parent form with the child form.   This above link is not satisfactory, can some one help me with simple steps... I tried adding ToolStripPanel to parent form as well as to both the forms. What else has to be done. I tried having different panels for menus and tools also...   I got to kno ...Show All