Casual Jim's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Preview a Report in Design Mode (VS 2005)

  I am working with SQL Server Reporting Services and Visual Studio .Net 2005 Beta 2.  In VS 2003 you could preview a report in design mode by clicking on the preview tab.  There is no such tab in 2005 Beta 2.  Does anyone know how to preview a report in design mode   Thanks. When you are using the Report Controls in local mode (embedded), there is no preview since your application is responsibl ...Show All

• Visual C++ Version 6??

  My son is teaching himself game programming in C++. The books he is using all work with C++ version 6. Can we still get C++ version 6, or does this matter Any assistance will be gratefully received! Visual C++ 6.0 is no longer available or supported but you should definitely try out Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Source control reports

  Hi, There are a lot of built-in reports available in Team Project. Surprisingly, none of them provides reporting for source control. For instance, I will need to see what files have been checked-in during specific day, who made the check-ins, what files are still checked out and who made it, and so on. How can I get those reports Regards, James. Here is a link to a blog where someone made a report b ...Show All

• Visual Studio Validation when dropping an element on the canvas

  Hi all, Is it possible to do some validation when dragging&dropping an element from the toolbox on the canvas. When the validation fails, the dropping should not be allowed. E.g. before an element can be dropped some property of the model/canvas has to be set, or an element is only allowed when another type of element is not used. Kind regards, Ronald Ronald, You can use the OnTransactionComm ...Show All

• Windows Forms cannot fid cluster services at add/remove win component at win2k Advanced server

  Hi Guys, this is my first time installing any clusters systems. I have two HP DL380 connected to a shared disk array (HP MSA 500). after setting up everything private IPs, raid) when it comes to installing the clusters service at the add/remove windows component, i cannot find "cluster service" to installed. and this is windows 2000 advanced servers. so my guess is 1. the setting has to be right for the "clusters service&q ...Show All

• Visual C# Error while trying to compile website with multiple projects

  I have a website project that contains 4 seperate projects (ASI, ASI.ASIBasePage, ASI.DataAccess, ASI.Framework) and I have added the references to each of these in my project as well. The project was working fine until today when I changed a line of code in the DataAccess object and now when I try to debug, it gives me the following error: In a MessageBox, this appears: Source File: C:\Projects\ASI.DataAccess.cs Module: C:\Windows\Microsoft. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Using SqlCeDataReader

  Hey Everyone, I've got a datagrid that I am using to select a record to populate another screen.  I'm able to create a SqlCeDataReader object using the value of the first column of the selected record in the datagrid, however, when I try to populate the contents of a label field, I get an error stating that there is no data in the selected column.  Here is the code:           &nb ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView: Location of a HeaderCell

  I've seen the posts about getting the rectangle for any particular cell using DataGridView.GetCellDisplayRectangle(). For a HeaderCell, I can get the size, but not the location (without computing it based on column widths, which is painful as they resize in any order.) I can compute the location based on the rectangle for the cell in the first row, but not if there isn't one. I want to add a row of blank cells just below the header to allow the ...Show All

• Visual C++ Candidate function(s) not accessible strange case

  When trying to call a __gc class static function in an assembly which has CLR and non-CLR types in its signature, I get a Candidate function(s) not accessible error. In an assembly, using /clr:oldSyntax: TSEShared.h -------------- // TSEShared.h #pragma once #include <string> using namespace System; namespace TSEShared { public __gc class Global { public: static std::string ToCppString(System::String *); }; } TSEShared.cpp ------- ...Show All

• Windows Forms Form Designer Does Not Display Form Containing Custom Control with Generics

  I have a form the gives me the following error when I try to design it in Visual Studio 2005: One or more errors encountered while loading the designer. The errors are listed below. Some errors can be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes. Unable to load type System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[fcPhotoGallUpload.keywordManeger+ListItem, KeywordMan, Version=1.0.2235.34332 ...Show All

• .NET Development Code sample for TCP/IP client/server for Studio 2005 C++ .net 2.0

  Consider that I'm new to everything. Is there a document that explains the steps (with complete code example) to have a TCP client and a TCP server for .net 2.0 with Visual studio 2005 C++. Sebastien Thanks Mike, I guess that in C++, this should be almost the same code. But is this really using ". net framework " , or is it instead going back to use win32 or MFC or winsock2 . As I said, I'm new on these thi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Value Conversion Error

  Hi Whenever I retrieve a piece of information from a custom query, and then trying to add that information to a new row, I always receive a "Value of type Integer cannot be converted to 'System.Guid'" error. Does anyone know what could be the root of the problem Dim currentHighID As Integer = Me .Tbl_OrderDetailTableAdapter.GetMaxID newRow.ID = currentHighID+1 <<line with error ...Show All

• Visual C# Execute file on remote machine (WMI ??) ...

  Hi all I would like to execute a file (.exe, .cmd, .bat etc.) on a remote machine (File is stored on the remote machine) ... Does anybody know how to do this Do I have to use WMI If yes, how Thanks for any comments !! Best regards Frank Uray I have not seen many examples of this but yes you can use WMI to do this. To get it working you might want to have a look at the vbscript versions on the ...Show All

• Visual Basic How can I access the audio equalizer level information?

  Anyone know of a way to access the levels for pitches of whatever if playing out of the speakers Every audio program seems to have those little bars bouncing up and down in realtime so it can't be too hard, right I actually need them in number form because I'm writing a program that uses basic pitch levels to identify non-dynamic sound files when they're played (don't ask, it's a long story but it will work, lol) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Integrating project management into the IDE

  We currrently use projectcards as our project management tool. In order to foster more frequent use, I'd like to incorporate the application into the VS2005 IDE. I'd consider using a startup page, a tab (like the start page uses), or in window such as the command window. I have been able to add it to the tools. memu, but this is only slightly better that using it form the wondws "start" menu. Is it possible Any thought on how i'd proc ...Show All