Simone Romano's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Which Replication Topology?

  Folks, Help me figure this out once and for all! We have three geographically dispersed offices, each with their own local SQL Server. We are creating a DB application (SQL Server 2005) for our primary business (insurance) and expect to have one database with replicas on the other servers. (There is no "primary" or home server -- each of the local replicas/servers are peers.) Users in each office will update records in the local ...Show All

• .NET Development Is gacutil.exe redistributable

  I am producing a bespoke software system in C#/C++ for Windows 2000 that uses the Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) to talk to MS Access. I am required to provide our customer with both the executable system and full soure code on CD for full system installation & recovery as well as post-development by the customer. I believe the Office XP PIAs are redistributable so we should be allowed to include them on our delive ...Show All

• Windows Forms PLEASE, HELP ME WITH TABCONTROL

  hi all! what can i do for put a button on the upper rigth corner of a tab control in order to close tab pages like left & rigth buttons but it should be for close. i tried to extend tabcontrol and add a button to its Controls but it throw an exception... please...help me!! Thanks jessica!, its a great idea but the problem with the left and right buttons dont't know how to solve it. i'm doing my university pr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Production and commercial?

  Can we legaly sell software developed and compiled using Visual Studio Express Editions Yes, you can - see the F.A.Q. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/ Steve Hoag ...Show All

• .NET Development Unable to connect Sql Server from VS.Net

  I am a new .Net user. I am trying to use Visual Studio.net 2003 to creat a Windows application. When I try to connect to my SQL server I am getting th efollowing message "Unable to connect to batabase. It is only possible to connect to SQL server Desktop engine database and MS Access databases with this version of Visual studio. Someone suggested that I may not have proper security set up. i am not sure where to start checking. Any help would be ...Show All

• Smart Device Development "the new connection uses a data provider that is not supported"

  When attempting to estbalish any form of data connection in my mobile device project I get - "the new connection uses a data provider that is not supported" "Just create an application using SQL Mobile and VS would install it for you. Then create installer which would deploy SQL Mobile CAB the same way as your application CAB."This is the part I can't figure out... I don't need advanced stu ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem designing Chart

  I am trying to create a bar chart that looks like this: http://www.webfound.net/chart3.jpg  (sketch from a user). ignore the first set of bars in the above, I'm just trying to create the rest for AZ and IL..the other 2 sets of bars in my chart in SSRS 2005 I have created a dataset that runs a stored proc and resturns the following values: http://www.webfound.net/values1.jpg   My bar chart looks like this in layout mode ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro unsorted records in grid control

  I just noticed it yesterday after working with grids for about two months. Until yesterday, I realized, all tables or aliases I connected to grids were presorted meaning that their record NATUAL order was always alphabethical. It is a different situation for me now. It turns out when I SET ORDER TO TAG <tagname> before I connect a table to a grid's .recordSource, the records appear in a nuatual, unsorted order nonetheless. If I use this ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Customization : add button to create workitems

  Hi, I've read the SDK documents to extent and customize workitems. However, I asked myself if it's possible to add new control on work items forms. For example : On a test workitem, I would like to create a button "raise defect". It would create a "defect" workitem and get the existing properties of his associated test. (ex : phase, test description ...) Any idea Thanks, arno   Arn ...Show All

• Visual Studio Lost functionality: run quick-watch without a debug session

  I miss so much the ability that VS 6.0 had to run the Quick Watch window without having to start a debug session. I used it when I wanted to test an expression or simply as a programming calculator. Now I can't do that in VS 2005 (VC++) and I'm wondering why that functionality was lost. (Or is it Maybe it works differently now ) Kamen Kamen, You can use the Immediate Window to evaluate expressions to evaluate expressions at desig ...Show All

• .NET Development Noob question - why is my remote function call not working?

  OK, I've just started working with .Net remoting. I've made a couple of test scenarios which have worked where I can call a MessageBox from another application domain. (although I can't seem to get an HTTP connection request to work, but that's another question) I'm trying to set up a server-side user settings table which will (amongst other things) set up a client-side DataGridView with user-specific customizable columns. My remote call righ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Creating a new Custom Rule

  Hi, I am trying to create a new custom rule in VS 2005. I guess I have pretty followed eveything stated. Some how I am not able to see the rule in VS. The xml file is embedded also. I am attaching the code. Will some body have a look at it and help me fix this. XML File: < xml version = " 1.0 " encoding = " utf-8 " > < Rules FriendlyName = " My Rules " > < Rule TypeName = " CheckforClassName " Category = " ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Is InheritanceMapping implemented with a visual designer?

  Hi all, Is there any documentation on using a visual designer to create DLinq inhertance classes 'DLinq Overview for CSharp Developers.doc' did not seem to indicate how the visual designer is integrated with Linq beyond a class diagram of classes. I was expecting a SqlServer schema visual designer that simultaneously edits table and class definitions. Thanks, Rana Ian Hi Rana, there is a DLinq Desi ...Show All

• Visual C++ Refreshing an rich edit box

  Hi all, I created a Rich Edit box using MFC and am trying to do a refresh on the edit box. I did an UpdateData() function but it keeps overwriting the current data with new data. I don't want to do that. Basically, I want to keep the current data as well as add the new data on to it. I tried the append (+=) function, but when I call the UpdateData() function, it takes a while to update. I am appending large quantites of data which slows the ...Show All

• SQL Server Dynamically shifting/collapsing fields on report

  Just curious if there's a way I can remove a field from my report at run time and shift all the fields underneath it up. I basically want to end up with the following: Design time ============================= Field 1: Fields!Field1.Value Field 2: Fields!Field2.Value // This one will be blank Field 3: Fields!Field3.Value Field 4: Fields!Field4.Value Run Time - eliminate any blank fields ============================= F ...Show All