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• .NET Development VS2005 using XML with Word project

  Using VS2005 Beta 2 with office tools and Office 2003 Professional, I am trying to populate a large Word report template (lots of existing static text) with XML. It then allows manual changes on the word document to save changes to the XML. I can do this from the microsoft walkthroughs "Writing XML to Word 2003". However, I need the user to enter the data first on some type of form that saves there report entries to SQL Server and then generate ...Show All

• SQL Server CustomReportItem Question

  Is there any documentation currently outlining how to make use of the CustomReportItem element or class   My thoughts on this are that it might act as a server control for an ASP.NET application.  Is that correct I want to be able to add some richer user interactivity to a couple reports that I'm currently authoring (i.e. checkboxes, buttons to access web service functionality, etc...) and I think that I might be able to make use of t ...Show All

• SQL Server How to reset the identity counter on a table referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint?

  I know that TRUNCATE TABLE can be used to reset the identity counter, but it can't be used on a table referenced by a foreign key. Anybody knows how to do that Thanks. Hi, The parameters for CHECKIDENT are DBCC CHECKIDENT ( ' table_name ' , RESEED, new_reseed_value ) If you want to know more about Checkident take a look at: http://doc.ddart.net/mssql/sql70/dbcc_5.htm /SpitfireX ...Show All

• SQL Server Install issue with Express w/ Advanced Services - AGTACCOUNT

  I'm just running the install directly from the executable thats downloaded from the microsoft site and get the following warning which then causes the install to exit (gracefully). Is this something that needs to be set before installing I can't find any documentation on it. Regards Richard TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup ------------------------------ SQL Server Setup has determined that the following account properties ar ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows Forms Invoking Properties of the Taskbar

  I am looking for information on the Windows TaskBar. It has the ability to hide and either float or dock to one of the edges of the screen and I would like to be able to create this same ability in my Windows Form.  Ultimately&nb ...Show All

• Windows Forms INI files

  What is the preferred method of reading and writing Application information to a file and should you keep all of your Application information in the Application.exe.Config file. I know how to use INI files, but did .NET introduce any methods that are&nbs ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataBase .gdb

  I've got a data base with a .gdb extension and i don't know what can i do to read the data inside.Also once reading the data i should update an Access data base. What can i do  Please can you help me.  PS. Now i'm using a&nb ...Show All

• Visual C++ New to vc++

  Hello,   I am new to VC++ and would like to know if there are any resources available. I find in MSDN there is only basic C++ tutorials. Any links specifically for VC++ would be helpful. Btw I code in C# and VB.net. Also can someone tell me what is the difference btw ATL,MFC etc thanks ATL is a template library that was written to make COM easier in C++. MFC is a library to make Windows applica ...Show All

• Visual Studio Report Server Crashing...

  When creating a new report in a Report Server project, VS2005 crashes instantly when clicking the 'preview' tab. More info... The reports are created using the wizard. When previewing the reports after they are created everything works fine. If we start amending the report (adding a row / column with totals for example) and then click preview VS2005 hangs and sends the error report to Microsoft. I have spoken to a few colleagues and it seems to ...Show All

• Visual Basic FIleOpen Dialog - fileopendialog.showdialog() - Change default view from List to Details

  In my app a user can mouse to File Menu - Open. The fileopendialog.showdialog() has default view of ListView. The user is alway going to have to sort the file list by Date in descending order in order to open the most recent file stored in the network location. How can I make the FileOpenDialog display in Detail View by default and not List View. Thanks, MIke Code Sample dlgOpenFile.InitialDirectory = sDefaultDir dlgOpenFile.F ...Show All

• Visual C++ Thread-Safe increment

  Hi Is it thread-safe to increment a unsigned int like: static unsigned int c_unMyId = 0; unsigned int GetId() { return c_unMyId++; } or do I have to implement all the mutex stuff around it Regards Thomas Hi TomFromBern! > Is it thread-safe to increment a unsigned int like: > > static unsigned int c_unMyId = 0; > unsigned int GetId() { return c_unMyId++; } > > or do I have to implement all the mutex s ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 Express and Sharepoint Services 2.0 SP2

  If I upgrade my sharepoint Database from MSDE that comes with sharepoint, to SQL 2005 Express, will I lose my no limit on the Database size Normally MSDE has limit of 2GB but I guess it doesn't when installed with Sharepoint services. So if I upgrade to 2005 express, will I then get a 4 GB limit on size Thanks for your help I *think* there's a little confusion here. I believe that SharePoint uses wMSDE, not MSDE. This is a sp ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem with combobox and databound datagridview

  Hi I have a datagridview that is databound to a table via a bindingsource and a DataGridViewComboBox column that is bound to a second table (both in the same dataset). I am dynamically adding the column to the grid.  Dim viewcol As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumnviewcol.DataSource = _dsEquivalents.Tables(1) viewcol.DataPropertyName = "ViewName" viewcol.ValueMember = "ViewTable" viewcol.DisplayMember = "ViewTable" ...Show All

• Windows Forms Does anyone have links about Information Design & Layout for data-heavy apps?

  I'd like to check out some articles/tutorials/books/whatevers that discuss information & layout design. I'd prefer that the links are not too dependent on any programming language at all, though if the information is useful to you I'd like to check it out anyway. Share your links -- I'm very curious to read up on this subject. :) If your are looking some general reading on UI design I would recommend JoelO ...Show All

• Visual C++ Price of Visual C++ Express

  Hi! Another question: Visual C++ Express is now free, but from May 1, 2006, it won't be free. How much will it cost See: Microsoft Details Pricing and Licensing for Visual Studio 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/mar05/03-21VS2005PR.asp => $49 -- Greetings Jochen Kalmbach Microsoft MVP VC++ My blog about Win32 and .NET http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/ PS: Please mark an ans ...Show All