Anthony Wong2's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQLDumper

  Hi I have been reading KB 917825 about SQLDumper and have the following questions: The article explains that we can automatically produce a dump in a clustered environement and explains how to set it up. It doesn't mention however how to set it up in a standalone environment . However it mentions the trace flags 2540 to 2559, is this what we need to set as they are also not documented Also there are various parameters in Analysis Services for the same thing which are not documented. The reason for asking is because if we have a failure we would have to set this up and then wait for a second failure before we can analysis it. This ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Disabling and Enabling USB joystick

  Hi, I will be using VB6/VB.net to write a shell for an old flight simulator game (Red Baron 3D).  That shell, among other things, will launch the game when the user has selected various options.  I also want the shell to solve one of the problems that RB3D has when running under XP. Under XP, the game thinks there is a conflict between the sound card and the joystick.  The game software figures that it is better to fly without sound than without control of the airplane so it disables the sound. In actuality, there is no conflict.  A work around is for the player to unplug the joystick, start the game, and plug it bac ...Show All

• SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 Aggregations?

  Hi, When i try to calculate the cube aggregations it will always give me 0 aggregations... why is this happening I have about 10 dimensions and if i remove 3 of them (always the same dims) the aggregations are calculated to about 99% so why the hell with that dims it would not calculate They are Parent-Child Dimensions... Best Regards, Luis Simoes Looks like a bug to me. Can you please try and contact Customer Support and open a case about this behavior. It would be helpful if you will be willing to share your cube design. Thanks. Edward. -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer ...Show All

• SQL Server Mining Access 2003

  I created a  AS 2005 data source to an Access 2003 database on my PC. The connection tests fine, I can browse the data from AS 2005. But when I try to process the mining model, I get a userid & password error. There is no password on the Access database. When I set up the data source, the wizard wanted a userid and password - the default was Admin - and I left the password blank. The connection tested ok. I tried changing the Impersonation settings, but that gives me a deployment error. Any ideas why the model process can't find a connection Is the AS Client and Server on the same machine   Si ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Independent. Sure, but at any price?

  I just posted some thoughts on technology independence in ISV solutions on my blog that I would love to hear the community view on... Hi Pirre, God point about defining the overloaded term "platform". Wikipedia takes a stab at it at here . For me, the exact definition depends on what you actually build. If you build web services, PDA applications or document management systems the platform can bedefined differently. The basic platform would always be hardware architecture, OS, framework and libraries (such as .NET). If you build web applications and services, the term typically includes components like web server and database ...Show All

• .NET Development Removing Specific Characters from a string

  Hi, was wondering if anyone can help me, please. I try to remove a specific character from a string, but I have no Idea of how it can be done. If there's any bright spark out there somewhere, please share a bit of your knowledge. I'm using the String.Remove("{0:C}", object) function, but now I want to remove a , (Comma) from the string, in order o save that value. Thank You ...Show All

• Windows Forms Sorting TreeView Control in WinForms after Label Edit Renaming

  How can I sort TreeView Control after Label Edit Renaming I get caught into some infinite loop What is the correct way of implementing this Thanks in advance, Jason I'm assuming you've set the TreeViewNodeSorter property. I handle the OnAfterLabelEdit event and call Sort() in this event. Works for me. Steve ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Compiling

  Hi, I recently downloaded the Visual Studio Express Edition, and I am unable to compile the file to run it, or at least I do not know how to use the file once created. I was wondering how I would test out a program/file once it is debugged. Thanks everyone for the help! Can you describe more what you are doing and your expected results To compile an application you will need to load it as a project, build it and then run it. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Enabling Keyword Expansion

  I can't find how to enable keyword expansion in source files (for example, expand the $History:$ keyword to include the check-in comments).  Am I missing something I agree - "workaround" always carries a "POOR substitute" connotation for me. You can be sure we'll be pointing to threads like this one, when we're considering which features should be added and/or which missing features should be filled in, for future releases. Thanks for the feedback! Chris ...Show All

• .NET Development File System Object & .Net Framework 2.0

  Hi, In a Framework 1.1 based application I only have this small segment of code that requires a reference to the File System Object. Other than this my aplictaion is 100% managed code in VB .Net. This code enables me to read the serial numebrs from installed system disks. Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject Dim drv As Drive Dim tmpInteger As Integer drv = FSO.GetDrive(Drive2Search) tmpInteger = drv.SerialNumber Return tmpInteger I would like to omit this old reference to FSO and replace with a similar function call in the 2.0 Framework that will enable me to read system drive Serial Numbers. Any he ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VS 2005 Pro with TFS client and source control

  This is probably a FAQ but having read the licensing paper and http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/ , I'm not 100% sure if I can use work item tracking and version control without a VSTS SKU (in the scenario where developers only version control). Yes, the Team Explorer / Source Control Explorer functionality is exactly the same. However, integration with VSTS-only features won't work, e.g. a checkin policy that required you to run VSTS unit tests. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Registration Service

  We are creating an artifact provider and I am having a hard time finding documentation about the artifact type registration process. I know that there is a registration service, and I know that I need to create a xml file to register the type. What I cant seem to find is a description of what the elements in that xml file mean. for instance, in this section: <ServiceInterface> <ServiceInterface> <Name>IBISEnablement</Name> <Url>http://foo.bar/spam.asmx</URL> . . what is IBISEnablement and what should the service specified provide I have the latest studio SDK but I am still having a very har ...Show All

• Visual C# prerequisites for setup project

  hi, i finished developing my application. now i need to create a setup project for the application . by using  setup project wizard  i can create the setup for my application. however for the application, i need to install some other stuff for example .net framework 2.0. to solve this i used bootstrapper. when u select the setup project and open its properties u can select settings and in the opening window u can add some prerequisites to install with your application. my problem is that these choices are limited. i wonder if i can add other setup files to bootstrapper or if anyone can tell me how to add prerequisites with an ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Debug -> Exceptions dialog disappeared in VS Team Edition for Developers

  I recently upgraded from VS 2005 Pro to VS 2005 Team Edition for Developers. There is no longer an "Exceptions..." item under the Debug menu for opening the Exceptions dialog. Please provide instructions for getting to the Exceptions dialog. I had an MDA setting with my VS 2005 Pro installation that was apparently overwritten during the upgrade to VS 2005 Team Edition. Thanks,   This information was useful to me. Dynamic Customizable menu's are useful at least sometimes. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Need help with for and pictureboxes

  I'm making a map editor to make maps Every tile is a picurebox. In the menu there is a command "New" wich will load all the default pics into the picturebozes, so you can make a new map i created this for statement dim i as integer For i = 0 To 391 PictureBox(i).image = My.Resources.Image_default Next i But this doesn't work. There is something wrong with the PictureBox(i).image Please help me. I'm using vb2005 Thanks in advance, Radexxion Sure. You will need "Windows Application" project. Then you will need to design your application and implement. What kind of editor you have I mean your map is matr ...Show All