Joost Ploegmakers's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) relative filepath for BitmapImage UriSource in Feb CTP

  How do do I specify a relative filepath for an Image using feb CTP 06 I copied myimage.jpg into the same directory as the exe (bin/Debug and bin/Release) and I tried to use the pack syntax as the docs suggest: <Image> <Image.Source> <BitmapImage UriSource="pack://application:,,/myimage.jpg" /> </Image.Source> </Image> also I tried UriSource="myimage.jpg" In both cases I get a System.IO.Exception, say ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Can I hide "standard" properties on the designer?

  Hi there Im working on an application based on WWF who lets user build  workflows graphically. They don't have to write a single line of code. They can't for example add handlers or code conditions etc. to their workflows. So on the hosted designer there are many "standard" properties on the worklfows and activities, like "Commented" or the different handlers, which should not be there. Is there a possibility to hide them I tried to overri ...Show All

• .NET Development Calling a Sql Server function in VB.NET 2005

  I have a function in my SQL Server database called GetCfgValue.  It receives a string parameter and returns a string value.  I want to call that function from within a VB.NET 2005 app.  How do I call that function from inside my application Hmmmm.  That's very strange.  'Add' appears as the first method in the list that displays through intellisense. What version of VS 200 ...Show All

• SQL Server Import an Access Database

  I am trying to import an Access database and I am using SQL Server Express. The instructions say to In SQL Server Management Studio, connect to the Database Engine server type, expand Databases, right-click a database, point to Tasks , and then click Import Data or Export data . When I point to Tasks, the Import Data is not listed. If someone can help. Should I be able to use the Import Wizard Thanks, Dougins ...Show All

• .NET Development How to config a program so it can be run from a server?

  My .Net programs run from my local hard disk and from test machines' local hard disks. They fail when attempting to run them from a network drive with some sort of security issue. How do you config your program so that it will run from a network drive Yes, that's because of .Net's security policy on evidence. One aspect of evidence is location (or properly termed Zone): from where code is being executed. The lo ...Show All

• .NET Development How to use Configuration.GetSection() and ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration()

  Hi all, I want to access a custom section located in a different config file than the current default one and I managed to use ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration() to retrieve a Configuration object for that config file after supplying it with a properly constructed ExeConfigurationFileMap object. From the Configuration object, I managed to use the Configuration.GetSection() to retrieve the correct custom section, which uses Na ...Show All

• SQL Server Import objects from SSAS to Business Intelligence Development Studio

  Hi all, Could anyone tell me how I can use Business Intelligence Development Studio to browse or even modify data source views, cubes, etc. on SSAS created by means other than the Studio Thanks, hz Two ways: 1. BI Dev Studio online mode: Start BI Dev Studio . File->Open->Analysis Services Database. 2. Create new project based on the live version of the database. Start BI Dev Studio . File->New Project and ch ...Show All

• Visual C# Generics & Type Casting

  I'm trying to write a generic method to sort 2-dimensional arrays. I'm converting each row in the array to a delimited string, which I then add to an ArrayList and then use the ArrayList.Sort() method. The problem I'm having is in then casting the objects in the sorted ArrayList back to the original type. This is the code: Type type = typeof(T); sortedArray[rowIndex, columnIndex] = (type) delimitedFields[columnIndex]; I'm getting ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Validate Text in a Textbox

  Is there any method in express to validate the text in a textbox   I have a textbox that I am limiting to 25 characters.  The text will be used to create a foldername.  I would like to check for any invalid characters including white spaces and do a msgbox or something telling them it is invalid, maybe even correct the text in the box for them.  The examples I have found were for C or ASP, any help would be great!   ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDI app, and resizeable region

  I have a MDI app. Docked on the right side of the parent is a Panel. I want the user to be able to resize the panel (make it wider or more narrow) What's a good way to do this   I'd consider using a different container control I'm using 2.0 (On the panel is  a ListView) Thanks for your help. I have the form doing what I want... the spliter and its proper configuration work great. I'm usign VS2005 which ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem creating an enumerator?

  Hi, I tried to create an enumerator using Vb.NET but it will give me an error in this statement: <DtsForEachEnumerator(DisplayName = "LSParseEnumerator" , Description = "Returns an Enumerator by separating items in a String by a certain character" , UITypeName = FullyQualifiedTypeName , AssemblyName , Version = 1.00.000.00 , Culture = Neutral , PublicKeyToken = "" )> _   The error is in the Version = 1.00.0 ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Generating DataContract schema with SVCUTIL tool

  Hello, I am using SVCUTIL tool to generate schema for data contract. my data contract has arry of strings: [ DataContract ] public class StringsList { [ DataMember ] public string myString; [ DataMember ] public string [] myStringArray; } I am getting the following error: Generating Metadata Files... Warning: There was an error verifying some Xml Schemas generated during export: The 'http://www.w ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Deleting Source Control

  How the heck do you delete items from Source Control (Source Control Explorer) if there is no Project associated to them If I right click on the node, select Delete, I get the error message: "TF10169: Unsupported pending change attempted on team project folder $/Test.  Use the Project Creation Wizard in Team Explorer to create a project or the DeleteTeamProject tool to delete one." I've used the DeleteTeamProject tool to delete the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Can we have a ComboBox<T> please?

  Hi there, Not sure if this is the right place to post this but.... When the .Net framework goes 2.0 can there be a  ComboBox<T> to so when databound SelectedItem is of type T etc. Would make Databinding a little more robust. Jan Wrong place and wrong time ...Show All

• Visual C++ why would operator=() and operator*() conflict in ref class??

  I have some code that boils down to this: ref struct A { A % operator =( const A % other) { return * this ; //<<-- offending line - thinks I mean make "this" an int as defined below: } int operator *() { return _i; } int _i; }; int main( array <System::String ^> ^args) { A a, b; a = b; return 0; } So when I compile this example in ...Show All