Ralph G's Q&A profile
SQL Server Copy Database
Is there a way to copy a database using TSQL When we set up a new customer we would like to make a copy of the existing database and set up a new database for them. Is there a way to programmatically do this There are different ways you could approach this depending on your needs. If one day of data latency isn't an issue, you could just restore a nightly backup of the database in question as a new data ...Show All
Smart Device Development Any idea for wince.net voice recording sample code
Dear all I would like to asked some wince.net master who know and how to find out some sample code for voice recording system in wince.net . if someone knew it could make some help Thank's u Sorry, this forum is for questions specifically about the DeviceEmulator. You might want to try the native or C#/VB forums instead. Barry ...Show All
SQL Server Newbie question, moving data between sql server 2000 and 2005
Hi, I'm a newbie on SSIS and am trying to grasp my way through this. I am trying to copy data from a Sql Server 2000 database to a simplified table in Sql Server 2005 database. What I want is to move the data to a staging table, then drop the main table and rename the staging table to the main table, to minimize the down-time of the data. I can't get the workflow to work, because the staging table has to exist when I run the packa ...Show All
Windows Forms Client App using IE Browser control
I've been pulled into a project that is being developed for a device that will have no web server on it, but (for reasons beyond my control) the central part of the content is hosted within the IE browser control. I have been tasked with&n ...Show All
Windows Forms For Next Statement
What is the proper way (in VB.NET) to exit a For Next loop and continue with the next iteration I don't want to abort the looping, just skip the current iteration and continue with the next one if a null is encountered in my pr ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista Administrator security issues
Maybe it's me... then there are only 7 posts before me on here, so now I am worried there will not be an answer.... Trying to install a simple antivirus program before I really start to test. I am the administrator account, but I do not have sufficient rights to write....hence install fails. Anyone else seen this... Hmm... Do you have UAP enabled And what simple anti virus program are ...Show All
Visual C# A C# Program Failed to initialize on friends computer, please help
Hello all, I know this maybe a stupid newbie question, but I need help with it all the same, so please bare with me. I'm a graduate student in psychology who has a BS in computer science. I am currently writing a program in C# that I need to be able to give to other researchers to use. I wrote a beginning sample and when I sent the release .exe off to a colleague to check it out an error appeared when he clicked on it that said the program faile ...Show All
Windows Forms Get the version of setup
Hi, I want to get the version of setup and save it to xml file for future using. How can I do this Thank's Alexei Hi, I have found how to use this objects: Code in function: WindowsInstaller.Installer installer = new WindowsInstallerClass() as Installer; string pname, ver; foreach ( string prod in installer.Products) { try { pname = installer.get_ProductInfo (prod, "InstalledProductName"); if (pname.Trim ...Show All
Visual C# Fixed Pitched fonts
How can I detect if a font is Fixed Pitched Yes, I see. I checked MSDN and WinGDI.h - there is no way to get LOGFONT from HFONT, it's input structure only. So the only way I found (but not tried yet) is to use GetTextMetrics() from Win32 API - there is same pitching information that in LOGFONT. May be this can help. ...Show All
Visual C++ mfc70.dll not found :(
Gday when I used one of my programs it said I need MFC70.dll cause it was missing so I need a download link to download it. Thanks mfc70.dll is part of VS7.0. How did you build this application If you built it with VS7.0 then you will need the dll in the same location as you are running it. If somebody else built it then you need to contact the owner of the application. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All
Visual Basic How to update timestamp - Please help
Hello All, I am new to VB.NET (was a VB 6 programmer for the last 8 years). In my database, I have a CreatedBy, CreatedTime field in my "Transaction" table. CreatedBy should be updated with the currently logged on UserID. CreatedTime field should be updated just before the user clicks on "Save". I simply dragged and dropped the "data table" on the form and VB.NET created the grid and also generated all the code for ...Show All
Visual C++ compiler error while converting vs c++6 project to vs c++ 2005 ... error C2065: 'DWORD_PTR' : undeclared identifier
After converting my c++6 solution into c++8, i got these errors from visual studio header files... Somebody knows how i could fix it Here's a list of what's been done : Output Window Compiling... StdAfx.cpp c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\atlmfc\include\afxv_w32.h(228) : error C2065: 'DWORD_PTR' : undeclared identifier c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\atlmfc\include\ ...Show All
Windows Forms User Preferences
I'm still very new to writing windows apps so go easy on me. I'm writing a program that is basically a food journal for people doing low-carb diets. There are several things that have been asked for that should really be options and I'm&n ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Confirmed Bug in DirectX SDK with Visual Studio 2005
Just a heads up for anyone using the DirectX SDK with Visual Studio 2005. A bug has been identified and confirmed concerning the DirectX Extensions for Visual Studio component of the DirectX SDK and Visual Studio 2005. Short Description: Installing the DirectX Extensions for Visual Studio component of the DirectX SDK breaks the Class Designer in Visual Studio 2005. The VS Shell team and the DirectX S ...Show All
Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WPF Feb CTP 2006, XAML Designer not available in VS 2005
Hi, I installed the WPF Feb CTP 2006 version. Apart from the namespace bugs, i have run into a peculiar problem where the xaml designer is not shown in the VS 2005. Is this by design or is it a bug Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated. Thanks & Regards Susheil Kumar System Analyst You should give Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer a shot - http://www.microsoft.com/expression T ...Show All