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• Visual Studio Express Editions Vb .net vs. vb express

  Hello, I own Visual basic .net and was wondering if and why is should get express edition what are the real atvantages Korab - To add to what Josh said, you can see a rough feature comparison between the Express and Standard versions of VS2005 at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/productinfo/productline/default.aspx . Thanks, Luke Hoban Visual C# IDE Program Manager ...Show All

• Visual C# PInvoke Doubt.

  Hi, i am working for Certificate Management module in a Smart Card Management System project. I am planning to use Platform Invoke to access the XEnroll.dll, CertCli.dll and Certadm.dll. I am planning to create an wrapper like the following public class XEnrollWrapper { [DllImport] << Function that i like too call from the win32 dlls>> } My Question is: The certcli.dll or XEnroll.dll may be changed/replaced e ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions compile errors

  i've tried everything i can think of and can't figure out whats going on here. i try to compile my win32 window, and these are the errors i get. this code is copied directly from another window i made which compiles fine. c:\documents and settings\family\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\window2\window2\winmain.cpp(26) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'LPCWSTR' Types pointed to are unrelated; con ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem using CheckBoxField in GridView Control

  Hi, I am developing an ASP.NET Web Page in Visual Basic.NET. I am displaying data in a GridView control, the fields of my table are: Number_Id Varchar(10), FirstName Varchar(15), SecondName Varchar(15), Status Bit. When I execute the web page that I developed, I can see that GridView control displays Number_Id, FirstName,SecondName and Status, but Status field has a CheckBoxFields, CheckBoxFields are checked if Status fields are 1. I ...Show All

• SQL Server Query Runs Perfectly in SQL 2000 but not SQL 2005 (but runs fine in Query Analyzer for 2005)

  The following query: SELECT TOP 1 a1 . AccountType as 'OtherAcctType' , a1 . ListID as 'OtherAcctName' , a2 . ListID as 'AgCommAcctName' , a3 . ListID as 'AdminAcctName' , a4 . ListID AS 'InsAcctName' , v1 . ListID AS 'OtherAcctVendor' , v2 . ListID AS 'AgCommAcctVendor' , v3 . ListID AS 'InsAcctVendor' FROM tblCommissionStructure LEFT OUTER JOIN tblAccounts AS a1 ON a1 . ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS 2005 and SourceAnyWhere for internet access

  For internet access, it seems SourceAnyWhere works much faster and more stable than VSS 2005. However, SourceAnyWhere as an add-on product for VSS costs nearly $300. I'm wondering if VSS 2005 production release version is going to be much faster than the current beta version. This is what I'm concerning. Hi Alfredo, thanks for your reply. VSS 2005 may be OK for basic scenarios. Actually according to o ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Linked Server to a comma delimited Text File. How do I import fields as text data type?

  Product: SQL Server 2005 Linked Server Setup: Product Name: Jet 4.0 Provider String: Text Question: When querying a comma delimited file, why does sql server try to interpret data types How can I make all fields Varchar or Char Project: Parse phone number fields into to seperate fields, seperating the area code and the rest of the number. i.e. FROM: Field 1: 1234567891 TO: Field 1: 123 Field 2: 4567891 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Source Control multiple file move, merge, branch ... not available

  In TFS Beta 3, if I select multiple files in source control the options to Move, Merge, and Branch are greyed out. Is this a known problem   I am hoping that I wont have to select and merge (or move, or branch..) each file individually. Thanks in advance for your insight. MikeH Thanks for your feedback.  Merge is a tricky operation, so let me try to explain our rationale: As you've probably noticed ...Show All

• Windows Forms Async methods

  Hi! Is there a simple way to define just one method of a class as an ASYNC method without having to define the whole class as IAsync For example: I use an Data-Access-Layer for retrieving data from a webservice. Now I load a form and want ...Show All

• .NET Development What is the difference between consuming the Webmethod with One way attribute and BegineInvoke.

  i have webservice created using c#, After createing the proxy .net framework created BegineXXXXX and EndXXXXX method. Also there is one way attribute with this webmethod. What is the difference between using oneway atribute method and the BeginXX without calling EndXXXX.. I do not want any data in return after execution of the webmethod.. Would be wise to use OneWay attribute method or BeginXXX without EndXXX.. Please help.. ...Show All

• SQL Server Poor Performance in SQL Server 2000 Database with SP3a 8.00.760

  Hello All, In our production database we have 1 Millions number of records in the database. In one database server we have install Service Pack SP3a 8.00.818 version. Performance of the system seems to be good but performance is poor in another server we have installed Service Pack SP3a 8.00.760 version. Whether this problem is due to the version miss match. Can any DBA can help in sorting this issue You have the security patch on yo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Custom Test Types - Some errors and their solutions

  Defining a custom test type in VSTS Perhaps you may encounter some of the following problems. 1. Error ======== Error loading c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\solution\tp1\testcase2.xml: Element that does not implement ITestElement or is not a valid ITestElement encountered in collection returned by TIP while loading data from c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\visual studio 200 ...Show All

• SQL Server Instance name contains a dash

  Hello We are in the process of upgrading our SQL 2K server to a cluster environment. Currently the server is setup as a default instance running on a single box with log shipping as a warm backup It is required to create an instance name for the new cluster to work. My question is 1) Has anybody tried to have an instance name that dash (-) in it. Example: \\SERVERNAME\xxx-xx-xxx I am told that it is not possible to have a serv ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums my buddy

  I love the buddy program. I think it is a great idea. I love microsoft products, and with the help of my buddy, I am learning more about my microsoft software. I have one problem. Even though I have tryed and she has tryed, I can't get her to show up on my instant messenger list, so I can talk to her in my messenger. We are still working on that one. But, my buddie is perfect for me. When I have a question, she is very help ...Show All

• Visual Basic Form_Closing Function

  Hi, How do you get a form closing function to stop closing the form I mean when you click on the Exit button on the right hand corner of the form, how do I stop it from closing I want to put a message box asking "Do you really want to quit " and of the result is "No", then how do I go about cancelling the action of closing the form Regards, Arun. Try this: Private ...Show All