Frank Winter's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio C#, VS 2005, Crystal Reports XI, Business Objects Enterprise/Crystal Reports Server XI.

  Hi, I must be missing something with my versions, etc, but for the life of me I can't work this out. I have my report which happened to be written in Crystal Reports (or the Visual Studio version, it doesn't seem to matter) that I have loaded in to Crystal Enterprise. I create a web page with a crystalreportviewer in it (version 11.0.3300.0 ) all my references in the project are the same. and then in my codefile I do this as per the documentatio ...Show All

• Visual C# SaveFile

  Ok. Can anyone tell me how to save a file as a folder format There is to my knowledge no mechanism available to download a full folder from HTTP. What you will need to do is -somehow- obtain a directory listing from the remote folder (which will be the trickiest part as this depends on whether the web server will give you this info) and then locally create the folder, and download file by file... Thanks Thomas Delrue ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista GdiPlusEffects.h missing in February 2006 SDK

  I downloaded the new Feb CTP Windows SDK and the compiler complains about missing GdiPlusEffects.h. This file is included conditionaly when GDI+ version at least 1.1 is detected. Where can this file be found The workaround is to edit GdiPlus.h and change the GDIPVER from 0x0110 to 0x0100: // Define the Current GDIPlus Version #ifndef GDIPVER #define GDIPVER 0x0100 #endif Hi Benny. Thanks for the ping. I ...Show All

• Visual C# Why can't I accept a socket?

  I'm trying to set up a listener. I've confirmed that the port we are using is not blocked, the IP address is correct, I am sending data to the server, the server is replying to my message requests (verified via ethereal). My problem is that in attempting to grad that data from the server, I cannot accept the socket. Here is my code for my listener class: using System; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions vb2005 exp ed will not connect to sql 2005 exp ed

  I uninstalled the Beta2 version per the install instructions with the release edition.  I have been taking the online learning up to lesson 08 in which we start doing something with sql2005.  I cannot make a database in visual studio 2005 because it will not connect to the current instance of sql 2005.  Starting sql2005 indicates that the default instance is running as a service on my computer.  in lessons 1 through 7, everyt ...Show All

• .NET Development SqlParameter Caching in ASP.NET on server side.

  Hello Friends, I have an idea to cache the SqlParameter objects in an ASP.NET application or website. I mean when we are using any SqlCommand object to execute any stored procedure, we have to add SqlParameter objects to this SqlCommand object to execute the given stored procedure. Now my concern is, after creating any SqlParameter object and adding it to parameters collection of SqlCommand object, i want to cache this newly created SqlPa ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Inserting and Updating images file from VFP9 to SQL Server 2005

  i am developing a form where i am collecting personal information such as name, address and signature of the person as a bmp file........ i am saving the data in the SQL Server 2005 . My front end is VFP 9 forms. i am building a SQL query to insert the record....... the prob that i m facing is that  i cannot concatenate the image type with the SQL string that i m building the insert works fine if i dont try to insert the image the imag ...Show All

• Visual C++ C4293 only in .NET2005?

  Compiler Warning (level 1) C4293 - 'operator' : shift count negative or too big, undefined behavior This warning occurred when the solution was compiled in .NET2005, but not in .NET2003. I tried searching C4293 in MSDN of .NET2003, and I can't find it. Is this warning error only in .NET2005 Thanks in advance! Sure that tis is the correct error number int i = 1<<100; // Should produce this error ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 SP1

  I've applied the SS 2005 SP1 to my main server. We also have several users using the client tools to create reports for Reporting Services which they deploy to the main SS 2005 server. Question: Should my users also apply SP1 to the machines with the installed client tools, and if so, what version In general it is recommended to install SP1 also on all client machines also. The SP1 install package ( http://w ...Show All

• Smart Device Development can't add a cert in a device application...

  These are the steps I've taken... Right click the project node in the solution explorer Click Properties Choose the Device tab on the left Check the 'Authenticode Signature' checkbox Click 'Select Certificate' There were no certs visible in the 'Select Certificate' dialog box so I chose 'Manage Certificates' I then imported the proper cert from the 'Manage Certificates' dialog box Browsed to the cert in the 'Trusted Root Certification A ...Show All

• Visual Basic Date format VB 2005 beta

  Dim mystr As String mystr = TextBox2.Text TextBox2.Text = Format(mystr, "dd MMM yyyy" ) If date typed in as 01-01-2001 in VB6 will give 01 JAN 2001. If date typed in as 01-01-2001 in VB 2005 Beta will give  - dd MMM yyyy Im assuming Im wrong somewhere. Any ideas please. Thanks, Blinky. You need to convert the string to a date, ie: TextBox2.Text = Format(CDate(mystr),"dd MMM yyyy") Hope th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Form Designer

  This is probably a simple answer, but I can't figure it out.  I designed a form yesterday.  Today I want to work on the form again, but I can't get it to open in the designer.  How do you open the designer. Matthiasone First, make sure your project compiles without errors. In the solution explorer, double-click on the form. Or right-click, and select "View Designer". ...Show All

• Visual C# attributes

  Could someone explain me(or give me an url) to understand attribute between [ ] before class or methods [..........] public class(--) THX Attributes provide extra information for properties, classes and assemby's. For example the [SerializableAttribute] on a class, specifice that the class can be Serialized. When you create a Control, all public properties will be shown in the Property grid in the designer in Visual Studio. But m ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System file's and folder's Attribute

  Is there any way - mechanism - to associate files and folders with an attribute ( or property ) , for later on make queries and see those which have common property (attribute) etc... and I mean not just a label There's no way to attach arbitrary meta data to files in folders in version control.  You could use the linking API to create links to particular files, just as you can link work items to source control files.  You c ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista .NET IMAPI2 Code samples

  Here you will find code samples for the April 18th MSDN Webcast on IMAPI v2 . The samples will be posted shortly after the webcast Here is a VBScript sample that shows how to erase a disc. REM - REM - Erases the current media in the recorder REM - FUNCTION fnEraseMedia( byRef recorder ) DIM eraser REM the second argument hooks up the events with prefix "fnErase_" SET eraser = WScript.CreateObject("IMAPI2.Msft ...Show All