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• Visual Basic checking properties of folders

  Hi all, I am trying to run some processes to tidy up our SAN storage.  A couple of the things I am struggling with are : 1)   Checking the security of the folder properties to check who the owner is 2)   Checking the security of the folder to check if "Inherit" is ticked 3)   Search a text file for specific text I already have a process to run SETACL to fix ownership and permissions, however this ...Show All

• Windows Forms Getting a DataGridView to Update

  I hope this makes sense. I have a form with a combo box and a datagridview. I have figured out how to get the values on the form. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to update the Database itself. I've purchased many books and still don't get it. I'm trying to upgrade from Access. I would like the value's in the rows to update when the user tabs to the next field in the ...Show All

• Visual C++ cl : Command line error D8000 : UNKNOWN COMMAND-LINE ERROR

  I am having problem with a response file that contains a /Zm192 command in VC++ 2005 RC.  The compiler command line includes @responsefile and the content of the file contains only /Zm192.  This worked fine if VC++ 2003.  Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this Thanks It was still required for me in VC++ 2003.  I've not tried to remove it for VC++ 2005.  Have changes been made be ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition Log Shipping

  In trying to follow the directions to setup log shipping in SQL server 2000 I am having some problems. The option to check "Ship the transaction log to other SQL Server (log shipping)" is not located on the popup screen where I choose the database. It is missing entirely. Am I missing something somewhere and if so can someone point me in the right direction I am using SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition Version 8.00.760(SP3). ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions form1.show() problem

  Hello, I don't know how to do this but I anticipate this to be easy... I have form1 and form2 and I want to open form2 and close form 1 without closing form2... I've tried: form2.show() from Form1... but it would open form2 but close form1 Thank You! Keehun Nam Can't be done, unless there's a seperate form that holds both of these. When you close form1, your instance of form2 is lost as well, as it's a member. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WCF service is not working with Typed DataSet

  Hello every one !! I am getting the error: " The 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema:schema' element is not declared" when I tryed to generate proxy client for a WCF service. Steps to reproduce: 1)Written a small piece of code to get data from Oracle database into DataSet 2)Generated the schema from DataSet (DataSet.WriteXmlSchema) 3)Generated Typed DataSet using XSD tool 4)Used the typed DataSet in my sample co ...Show All

• .NET Development dynamic server control used 100s of times on one page - question

  Hi all I am working on a server control that will be a basic "add to shopping cart" button.  This button will be used anywhere from 0 to 75 times on one page ie on a search results page, you would get one button for each result. The problem I am having is handling the events that the cart button raises.  The way I have it now, since the buttons are added dynamically to the page, I have to manually attach the handler using the addHandle ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Trouble using native DLLs

  We are having difficulty using native DLLs with VS2005 in C# on a PocketPC 2003 device, or the emulator.  I would be extremely pleased to hear any suggestions on this matter. I have tried creating a simple DLL with both eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0, and as a C++ smart device DLL in VS2005. In both cases I get the " Can't find PInvoke DLL Whatever.dll" The DUMPBIN looks perfectly fine in both cases, no name mangling, etc.  The DLL i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Is Visual Basic Express A Toy?????

  Hi There This Dog Don’t Hunt........ From Visual Basic Guided Tour Managing Your Records: Using Data in Your Program In this section, you will learn about working with databases. This Section Flat A*S Does Not work.... It DOES NOT Update the Data Base.....Rendering this Version of VB Express to the TOY BOX..... It Ain’t Just Bronco.... Check The Forum for multiple posts saying the same thing...... This Edition is for Advertising and Not ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow Activities

  Can some illustrate how to use the If..Else Activity.....I am really looking for how an activity can use data from a previous avtivity in a sequential workflow. Let's say there is a web service avtivity which flows to an if..else activity. I would like the if..else activity to use the output of the web service that was called in the webservice activity. Of course I could put all of this in a composite activity but lets just assume there are reas ...Show All

• .NET Development Xmlschema compilation problem (.NET framework 1.1)

  Hi all, I am working on an application that needs to be able to read and lean on the XMLSchema information contained in the web service description(wsdl). After i got a wsdl from address : http://ws.cdyne.com/delayedstockquote/delayedstockquote.asmx wsdl , I attempt to get its schema and compile using XmlSchema object(iam using vs2003 with .net framework 1.1), but an error occured: "The 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema ...Show All

• SQL Server can't open adventure works example

  after running msi, can't open this solution C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Samples\AdventureWorks Analysis Services Project\Standard, select the file Adventure Works DW.sln ---------------------------error msg Microsoft Visual Studio The application for project 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Samples\AdventureWorks Analysis Services Project\standard\Adventure Works DW Standard Edition.dwproj' is not installe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Calculated field in Task Work Item Type

  Does anyone know of a way to create calculated fields within a Work Item Type. For example: Field (A): input Field (B): input Field (C): A/B This is not supported in the current version. Thanks, Alex ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions += and conversions

  I have recently switched to VC++ 2005 express edition, and noticed warnings in my projects which weren't there before. I'm not an expert, so I was wondering if the compiler is right in warning me about a conversion in this code: void main() {     short a = 4;     short b = 2;     b += a; } test.cpp(5) : warning C4244: '+=' : conversion from 'int' to 'short', possible loss of data Where did the 'int' ...Show All

• SQL Server decimal separator

  Hi Im experimenting with the reportViewer control in a .net 2.0 winform application, and I'm having a little problem: I can find no way to change the decimal separator(or the thousand separator) of a column of numbers in a table. I have tried all sorts of Format(), formatNumber() and FormatCurrency(). I've also tried to explicitly set the CurrentCulture of the application to a new cultureinfo object, and I've tried to change the culture of th ...Show All