jcjj's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Modifying the Initial Size of a database

  Hello everyone, I'm having a problem shrinking one of my tempdb data files.  When I initially installed SQL 2005, the data file for tempdb was 6GB.  I'm not sure why it created such a large file, I don't remember seeing a setting in the setup to change it either.  Can anyone give an explanation for the file being so large Anyway, after noticing this, I created several other data files and shrunk the main data file.  T ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating Bulleted List in TextBox

  I need to hardcode a bulleted list into a text box. Is that possible How do I insert bullets ...Show All

• SQL Server Page headers and using more than one table in a report

  Hi all, I have a report with 3 subreports on it. They work well except for the last report. The last report has 3 tables on it and I have a header row on the first table. I want this heading repeated on each page. Trouble is, RS only knows about a new page for this table when this particular table extends over more than one page. What I have is a small amout of data in each of the three tables and only when the third table is produced does ...Show All

• Visual Basic Scrollbars

  What i have is a text box (with scroll bars) that is updated every second on a timer by replacing all displayed text with the text from a file. My problem is that every time it updates it automatically scrolls back to the top of the box, making it impossible to scroll part way through the file and have it stay there more than a second. I was wondering if there is a way to do this. I was thinking of finding a way to track where the blinking curso ...Show All

• Visual C# Speech SDK

  Can someone point me in the right direction for using the Speech 5.1 SDK You will get some help from following URL http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/SpeechNet.asp   ...Show All

• Visual C# Adding child controls to CustomControl

  Hello all someone can tell me how to add functionality to my CustomControl to add child control to my CustomControl at design time in IDE What you are trying to do is more complecated. I suggest you read this article: http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/DesignTimeWizard.asp This is a wizard control with desing-time support, this article contains explantion on all features you need - collection that can be edited from the des ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Real basic question: How do I make .exe file from source codes?

  Hello, I'd like to ask a very basic question, I received source codes from my manager, he told me to make .exe file from these source codes, my ex-coworker used to make .exe file from this source code to run this .exe on the most current Pocket PC. This pocket pc is built with Windows Mobile 5.0. I'm not a programmer, so I have no idea how to make .exe from this source code, <question1> do I install embedded visaul C++ and P ...Show All

• Visual Basic System Error????

  What is a System Error and how do i get rid of them, or how to debug them...I dont know what the problem is with my code maybe you guys can help but it crashed out on my Datareader.ExcuteReader method but i dont know why.....check it out Dim cn As SqlConnection Dim drsql As SqlDataReader Dim cmd As SqlCommand Dim str As String Dim str1 As String Dim cn1 As SqlConnection Dim dr1 As SqlDataR ...Show All

• SQL Server Tx replication works in 2000 but not in 2005?

  Hello, I've got a simple transactional replication set up. I have a separate publisher, distributor, and subscriber with 76 articles (tables only) being pushed from the distributor. I have this exact setup with the same tables and data working in the SQL 2000 environment. I am testing replication on our SQL 2005 test servers before moving to production, however when the distributor attempts to push out the initial snapshot I keep getting ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System ImplementIDisposableCorrectly

  The rule “ImplementIDisposableCorrectly” should not be displayed in sealed classes as the Dispose(bool) method cannot be declared as protected or virtual. Also, the help page for this rule has no text for this rule and when clicking the feedback button, it generates an e-mail with the subject of InterfaceNamesHaveIPrefix Cheers, Steve  Thanks for posting this pattern. I think the core ...Show All

• Windows Forms A little puzzle with passing ID and displayed fields from form to another in combo box i VB2003

  I have a combo box populated by OleDbDataAdapter in a form. And I have to pass the selected value to other forms for display. But I also want to pass the ID field (which is integer) so that I can sae the ID of the selected item rather than the text itself. I use a OleDbDataAdapter in, oledbconnection and data set in my forms. I also use Display member to display the right column (text in my case) and and Value member to associa ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView - Designer

  Hi, I have a problem with the DataGridView designer serialization. I have a CustomGrid that derives from DataGridView. Whener I add that to a form, all the properties are serialize in the form's designer. Thus, when I change something like the BackColor in the CustomGrid initializer, it has no effect since a different color was serialized in the designer. Therefore, I have to remove the designer declaration for the change to have an effect. How ...Show All

• Windows Forms source installation error "incorrect syntax"

  when source code downloaded, I am getting "incorrect syntax near keywork on".  Then the install program unstalls and thats it.  Tried number of times.  No luck.  What is the problem Thanks smHaig ...Show All

• SQL Server Changing Ordering of a Dimension Attribute

  I have a dimension attribute called Month.  It is sorting alphabetically instead of based on it's underlying key value.  How do I change this Thanks, Chris If you choose attribute name, you can define the order by another field. I have in each dimension an order field and I have configured each dimension to sort by this field. By default I fill in this field with name. But if a user request another order I can change values in t ...Show All

• Windows Forms Redrawing buttons...using inheritance

  Hy, I'm interested in How can I iherit and redraw a controll > button, textbox, toolstrip menu etc. I have been searching for tutorials and documentation and I haven't found anything yet. I'm trying (for example) to make a hexagonal button.> to redraw it (not to draw one whith the gdi....i know how to do that)....I whant to inherit it from vb and redraw it... How hard is this Are there any tutorials Have you done this before Ok...i'l ...Show All