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• SQL Server NEWSEQUENTIALID()

  I'm trying to modify my default value for GUIDs in DB, currently using newid() for default. In management studio, click on modify and in the table designer for the default value I entered newsequentialid() and got the following error. Error validating the default for column "xxxx". I would like to have my tables that are using guids, have newsequentialid as the default value. When read on this new function it says can only ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cant create new projects?

  When I start a VB 2005 Expres edition and tries to build a new project I recive a error message " The filename, directory name, or volume lebel syntax is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007B) " How can I fix that Thanx Do you get it directly or after selecting a templae and entered a name Can it be that you are entering a project name that it can not handle ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions how to work with Send Keys

  Hi, I have similar query on sendkeys. I am having one application in which , I Need to make on the scrolllock key. Actually a third party application runs parallely which recognizes it and convert the key strokes if the scrolllock is on ( Font character conversion. transliteration).( in that, an option like other windows application is present which is disabled) When Physically i hit the scrolllock key it works.( in my appln) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Terrarium 1.2 not showing any text on buttons?

  I just installed Terrarium 1.2 and noticed there is no text on the buttons. Is this a known problem  Is it because I've ClearType enabled --Dion Hi guys, Don't click on the link as you will get the JIT Debugging dialog with the&nb ...Show All

• Visual Basic Solutions config. in Whidbey

  In vb.net 05, the Solution Configurations and Solution Platforms dropdowns seem to have disabled themselves. They are grayed out, and I cannot use them to choose between debug and/or release modes. They used to work, and I didn't change anything. They just stopped working one day and that is where I am now. Any suggestions Matt Could you please check if you have enabled the "Show advanced build configurations" (Tools->Options->P ...Show All

• .NET Development datasource configuration wizzard

  After this wizzard opens and I set the connection the message retrieving database information appears and then the error message An error occured while retrieving the information from the database. Unable to cast COMobject of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.VusualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider'. The operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '(6D5140C-7436-11CE- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Make a new field depending on "Assigned To"

  I added a new field called "Responsibility" to the Bug workitem. And I was trying to make it dependent on "Assigned To". Say, when "Assigned To" is set to user A, "Responsibility" will show "QA". Below is what I did for the new field, but it doesn't work properly. My problem here is the new field value won't get updated correctly, unless I empty the "Assigned To" box first and then select user. Any help is greatly appreciated. <FIELD name=" ...Show All

• SQL Server Send Email Task - Error Reporting

  SSIS : I have a "On Failure" precedence constraint that executes a Send Email Task for a Data Flow Task. Do you know how I might capture the error message from the Data Flow Task to include it in the Email (most likely as a variable) Thank you for any help! -Tim Put the send mail task in the OnError eventhandler for the data-flow. The error message will be available in @[System::Error ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Using forms in VB Express

  How do I move from one form to another. Can I use buttons. I would like to click on a button and go to another form. Scott Dim f as New Form2 Private Sub Button1_Click ( ByVal sender As System .Object, ByVal e As System . EventArgs ) Handles Button1 . Click f.showdialog() End Sub ...Show All

• .NET Development Internet connection

  Hi! How may I check if the system is connected to the internet, through a VB .NET Windows Application Regards! M.Sadegh Samiei Hi I don't like linking to dll's as this causes no end of deloyment headaches + security exception issues. This works in c# using System.Net; HttpWebRequest  request  = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create( url ); You simply get exceptions when Create is called. It's part of th ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Return values from SQL Serv

  Please let me know: 1. Can I receive a return value from SQL Server (Ex: when I update some data to SQL Server by using a SQL's stored procedure, the return of the stored procedure is whether the primary key exits or not) 2. How can I do that Thanks a lots. Chinh Nguyen 1) yes.. 2)http://portal.dfpug.de/dFPUG/Dokumente/Partner/Hentzenwerke/ClientServer%20Apps%20with%20VFP%20and%20SQL%20Server%2 ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboBox issue

  Hi all, I'm having serious trouble with an thing that is supposed work without troubles. I'm using VS 1.1 with XP pro for an Win32 app. Thing is: Have an form with an ComboBox, that is filled from an Business Object, to have the name displayed,  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office ClickOnce deployment for application-level Smart Tags

  Dear all, I have created an application-level Smart Tag dll using Visual Studio 2005 by implementing ISmartTagRecognizer, ISmartTagRecognizer2 and ISmartTagAction, ISmartTagAction2. I have also successfully created a Windows Installer setup package to check for prerequisites, install the DLLs, create required registry entries and grant CAS trust to the assemblies. However, I would like to make updating of my application painless like Click ...Show All

• Visual Basic Need link latest documentation for object Microsoft.XMLHTTP or MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0

  Need link latest documentation for object Microsoft.XMLHTTP or MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0 for functions like setRequestHeader, put, get, post, etc... Did search in MSDN site but could not find any. Thank you. Microsoft.XMLHTTP is implemented by msxml3.dll on my system. I could just find setRequestHeader in the IXMLHTTPRequest interface: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk/html ...Show All

• SQL Server Getting User name in a Derived Column

  Hi there, is there a way that I can set the value of a column to the currrent user in a derived shape For instance if I want to set the value of a column to the current data I can merely use GETDATE(). What is the current user equivilent Thanks I would check SQL Books On Line (BOL) lookup either CURRENT_USER, SYSTEM_USER or SESSION_USER to see which user you want to store, however, I don't kn ...Show All