bakusek's Q&A profile

• .NET Development use macros with SqlDataSource

  Hi everyone, Is there any way to use "macros" with SqlDatasource Scenario: a statement: SELECT * From Blah Where 1=1 Depending on how user interacts with the application I would have to add an aditional line(s) to this statement, for eg: SELECT * From Blah Where 1=1 and flag = true when page launches for the first time I would show both true and false flags and user could filter that later on. My point is, is there any way to do it WITHOUT rewriting the SqlDatasource SelectCommand manually (by code), keeping everything done in the IDE, changing the select command at runtime may require additional coding to keep it ...Show All

• Windows Forms Drawing a textbox/combo

  is there a way to override drawing a textbox or combo i have a MyTextBox control that inherits from textbox, i want it to draw normally if a boolean normal is set to true, or draw as a button/rectangle/frame (or sometrhing else) if the boolean normal is false. I tried overriding paint and paintbackground, not calling the base onpaint etc.. to no avail. ...Show All

• SQL Server Strange cube processing error

  We have a bit of automation that creates a relational star-schema database and deploys and processes an SSAS2005 database (using an XML/A deployment script). Sometimes (but not always) during this process an error is thrown: Errors in the high-level relational engine. The following exception occurred while the managed IDbCommand interface was being used: A transport-level error has occurred when sending the request to the server. (provider: Shared Memory Provider, error: 0 - No process is on the other end of the pipe.). Errors in the OLAP storage engine: An error occurred while the dimension, with the ID of 'D_Scenario', Name ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions finding lesson resource file for absolute begginer video

  I am trying to locate the Resource File for lesson 2. It says to find it where I downloaded the video from however I cannot locate it anywhere. Any help would be appreciated. The resources Jeremy7768 is referring to are the .gif images for the toolstrip icon images. In Lesson 2, Bob Tabor says that there should be a LessonResources.zip file on the same page that you download the videos from. But I have checked both http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/learning/default.aspx  and  http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/videos/Visual_Basic_2005_Express_Edition_for_Beginners.htm  and neither page has a separate LessonR ...Show All

• SQL Server Drill-through report passing credentials

  Is it possible to drill through to a report that does not have embeded credentials Every time I link from a report that requires a sql username and password to run to another report that requires the same permissions, I recieve an error message stating: "One or more data sources is missing credentials" Is there a way to make RS prompt the end user to re-enter credentials after drilling through to the next report, or to make the credentials entered to access the first report pass through to the second report The drilling through works perfectally from within visual studio, but fails to work when the report is viewed in IE. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Class Designer alphabetizes fields!

  Under the VS.IDE 2005, when I create a Person class (first name, last name, addess, etc.) the Designer alphabetizes the fields to address, city, first name, last name, etc. Is there a way to have the Designer leave the field order alone   TIA,   Bill ...Show All

• Visual Studio Unable to start debugging Unable to start program xxx

  I have been using VS .NET 2002 (VC++) somewhat infrequently. It has recently started complaining that it can't start debugging. I have check several services to see that they are enabled. and have uninstalled several products. I have even uninstalled VS and all the .Net framework and reinstalled. It usually responds with the above error. Occasionally I get an "server had exception" error Any Ideas Hello, I have the same problem as you. But you find this problem a few months ago, so I wonder at the end have you find the solution for your problem If you have, could you tell me your solution ...Show All

• Visual Basic VS 2005 VB Edit & continue problem

  When I am in break mode I cannot edit he code. The staus bar shows the following message "Cannot currently modify this text in the Editor. It is read-only" This worked previously, what went wrong. I'm using the 90 day Trail Version of VS 2005 Pro I'm experiencing this problem with VB 2005. I've tried the suggestions here (Yhough have nothing linked to it). Even with a brand new project, I can not edit the code. I get a blue bar at the bottom telling me: Cannot currently edit this text in the editor. It is read-only. I also can't copy from the editor . It doesn't pick up the highlighed text. I tried to get the applicati ...Show All

• Windows Forms Must I use visual studio .net for windows forms programming?

  Hello, guys. I am just a beginner and I wonder must I use visul studio .net to learn winforms programming and develop an application Thanks in advance. You could also go for Visual Basic .NET or C# .NET, which are sold separately. While you'll only have one language to go with and are probably lacking some features of VS, they are pr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System manually remove a (failed creation) project

  Hi, I tried to create a new tfs-project, but got a very strange error message (see below). But I need to be able to reuse the name! So how can I manually delete all traces of this project-name (or rename it in the DB, so the name is not recognized anymore ). I think there is some kind of project-removal console-app, but last time I tried that, it could not remove such zombie-projects. ---begin Exception entry--- Time: 13.01.2006 17:20:39 Module: Engine Event Description: TF30162: Task "VersionControlTask" from Group "VersionControl" failed Exception Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.PcwException Exception Messag ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista use of tables in SQL Tracking Service - beta 1

  What is the Use of the following tables in SQL tracking Service dbo.Artifact dbo.ArtifactAnnotation dbo.AddedActivity dbo.removedActivity dbo.trackingprofile dbo.trackingprofileInstance these tables are always showing zero rows. under what conditions these tables will be updated. Hi Ravi - Here's information on what the tables are used for: dbo.Artifact: If you decided to extract workflow or activity member’s values off the workflow, they will be stored in this table. The tracking profile need to have an extract element to extract a member dbo.ArtifactAnnotation: ...Show All

• .NET Development OLE Db vs. ODBC

  I'm writing a component for an application to import data into a SQL Server 2005 database from existing legacy databases. These are FoxPro .dbf databases, Excel spreadsheets, and Access .mdb databases. What unable to find which one is the appropriate/preferred access method - using OLE Db or ODBC. Thanks! EDIT: I should have mentioned that the date structures from the legacy databases and SQL Server database aren't identical - the data will get loaded into an in-memory source DataSets (with the same structures as the legacy databases) , go through some transformations and put into destination DataSets with the SQL Server datastructure ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView Calendar And Scheduler

  Hi,    Can anyone help me with the following    Using the new DataGridView in .NET 2.0, can the look be configured so that the days of the week are headers and the rows are subdivided into 30 min. time intervals much like Outlook allows you to schedule appointments.  I'd like the same look and feel.    As an option, I'd like to be able to add multiple "Customer" objects to any given cell and click on a single customer to bring up his history/appointments, etc...  For example, cell at location 5,4 may contain 4 "Customer" objects, and clicking on one of the objects in that cell woul ...Show All

• SQL Server Well, thanks. But..

  I'm using the import wizard to create a new table from a flat file source.  The table gets created but no data gets copied.  What's wrong   Here's the report: Operation stopped... - Initializing Data Flow Task (Success) - Initializing Connections (Success) - Setting SQL Command (Success) - Setting Source Connection (Success) - Setting Destination Connection (Success) - Validating (Error)         Messages         * Error 0xc00470fe: Data Flow Task: The product level is insufficient for component "Source - inSsrc_txt" (1).    ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) TreeView BeforeSelect event equivalent

  How can I cancel a TreeViewItem selection When a user selects a new item in the TreeView I need to check whether there are unsaved changes and give the user a chance to cancel the selection and save. BeforeSelect event did this for WinForms. How do I do this in WPF Thanks Michael What about the SelectedItemChanged event of the TreeView class You could intercept the event when a new item is selected, and do your validation from there. And i'm pretty sure you can select the old item back if required. ...Show All