Vinh Lam's Q&A profile
SQL Server SQL Mobile Get Started Tutorial
hi. i was following the SQL Mobile Get Started Tutorial and when i got to the section of creating a device application i encountered this step of the process: 16.) Start Notepad and open the file C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile Developer Samples\HOLs\MED302 SQL Mobile\Source\Exercises\VS_SQLMobile\Form1.cs . when i opened it the tutorial said i was supposed to copy the functions for the insert, delete, sync,etc buttons but i didnt s ...Show All
Visual C++ Running a very simple Win32 app on a comp without VC++ 2005 Express
Hi! I have installed VC++ 2005 Express and the Platform SDK according to the instructions on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx Compiling and running the following program on the dev computer works like a charm: http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/simple_window.html I then changed to release-mode, turned off debugging in the project properties and copied the .exe to another computer without VC++ 2005 Exp ...Show All
Visual C# Need some huge help
I'm creating an application using VC# express, so there is no network database connection, I have to code it myself. Using Visual Web Developer I was able to connect to my database and create my sql query. But the problem I'm facing is using that query in VC#. How do I change SELECT dbo.lab_group_lookup.lab_group, dbo.sample_schema.sample_number, dbo.sample_schema.schema_name, dbo.sample.sample_number AS ...Show All
Windows Forms Index was outside the bounds of the array ?
Hi, I know mostly this problem comes from my programming, but I 'd like to explain it, maybe some of you come with a solution or work around or any other idea to get rid of this ........thanks Pressing F3 on a column in grid1 loads gr ...Show All
Windows Forms codedom - execute functions
Hello everyone I have a questions regarding codedom please help. I'm writing an application that does runtime translation (simular to FoxPro's macro expansion). For this project I'm researching using codedom. I need to create functions at runtime, add objects suc ...Show All
Windows Forms Environment Variables in Windows Installer
I have a Windows Installer Setup project as part of my VS2005 solution, and was wondering if there was any way I could interact with Environment Variables from within this project Specifically, I was looking at a way to update the PATH variable on an install, and then remove the added entry during un-install. I was hoping there would be a quick and easy way of doing this. The Setup project has a Registry Editor, and I was expecting something s ...Show All
Visual Basic WebBrowser Control
Hello All, I have an application where I call a url and require it to print once the document loading is complete. This part I have figure out with ease, but the issue I'm running into is specifing the printer I wish to print too and the page settings to the printer (margins, header, footer, ect ect). I need to accomplish all this dynamically without any user input (so no call to the printer dialog or pagesetup dialog controls). It appears ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System Error installing TFS final release
This error occurs during health check, "The SQL Server 2005 KB Update is not installed on this computer" We have SQL 2005 Standard installed....is there an update any ideas -Jim First, I highly recommend you go though the check list in the install guide. I normally skip these but in this case there are a large number of gotcha's that the install guide walks you though (this is one of them) ...Show All
SQL Server Cant locate SQL Server Express from client pc
Hi, I have a 5 user network running SBS 2000. I have installed SQL Server Express on one of the client machines (not the SBS Server) I can connect locally without problem. However i cant connect from the other client machines. I have enabled TCP/IP, Remote Connections Etc I am attempting to test the connection using an .udl file. The server name is found but i still cant connect. Any help would be apreciated. ...Show All
Visual Studio adding a file to a folder fails
Hi, I have a wizard that adds my own C# file to a project. If I'm adding to the root folder of the project e.g. ConsoleApplication1 then its fine. If I create a folder in Visual Studio e.g. Folder1 then use my wizard I get "Specified cast is not valid". I get the namespace name from the projectitems.Parent object which I cast to an EnvDTE.Project. The problem is because, when adding a file to a folder, the projectitems.Parent is not a EnvDTE.Pr ...Show All
Visual Studio VSS Complete path for linked files.
Using VSS 6.0, when I look at Properties, Links, I see $/.../<end of filepath> Is there any way to display the entire filepath in this view I tried creating a report and it outputs the same $/.../<end of filepath. Thanks. Keywords: -- VSS, SourceSafe, Links, File, Path, filepath, folders, display, properties. -- VSS 2005 will now create a shared file list output file that lists all link files in y ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions Can SQL 2005 Express be installed alongside SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition?
I ask because I still need to do proper development (we have a full fledged SQL Server 2000 Standard server) using SQL 2000 Personal Edition for stuff that will be on the main server. Plus, I don't want to install 2005 if it ends up uninstalling/overwriting 2000 and I lose enterprise manager, which would really annoy me. ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System Problems after moving TFS to new server
Thanks to Buck, I can now connect to my new TFS server after moving the databases using the posted procedure. Just a couple problems remain: The Reports folder in Team Explorer displays a red X. I can manually browse to the report server and see/run reports without a problem. Choosing "Show project portal" from the context menu for a team project results in "The system cannot find the file specified". I can manually brows ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System So what happens when Orcas comes out?
Will the people buying TFS and TS right now need to pay for an upgrade I would bet on it. Microsoft is shelling out the bucks to build it, so I would assume they would want to have a return on that investment. ...Show All
SQL Server MDAC and SQL Server 2005
In the SQL Server 2005 upgrade advisor help file it states the following... "Upgrade Advisor detected an older version of MDAC. MDAC versions before MDAC 2.8 SP1 do not support named instances. To allow application connections to named instances, upgrade to MDAC 2.8 SP1." I've installed our application which uses ADO (not ADO.NET) to connect to an SQL Server named instance on a client machine. Our application installs MDAC 2.6. ...Show All