Jo Molnar - MSFT's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development switch off display

  Hi, i want to disable the screen until anyone tabs on the screen again. Do you have a code snippet for me You can check this article about switching off the display http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/ppc_layoff.asp Article on switching On the display (scroll down) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnroad/html/road03132002.asp Hope this helps! Manav ...Show All

• Visual Basic Solution Explorer

  Just a quick question. I just started a new web project for the first time in VS2005. I noticed that there were a few things missing from the solution explorer that I am used to seeing. The two most noticable were the web.config file, and the references folder. Are those no longer standard solution explorer items and if so how do i get them back Thanks for the help. You might want to take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/infrastructure/wap/default.aspx . HTH, Stephen ...Show All

• SQL Server Display Report Filters in Excel Problem

  Dear Anyone, I have a report that displays the user's selected filters. I have placed this on the page footer. When I export this to excel, it wont display. Am I doing something wrong Thanks, Joseph Hi Joseph, I had this same problem before where I place the parameter selection display in the page footer. Apparently, if you place it in the page footer, it will be exported to excel. What you can do is place it on the body along with the report table. This wil allow you to include your additional information in excel. Thanks, Joseph ...Show All

• SQL Server file attribute using a control

  I have managed to capture the file path through some SSIS tasks. Now I am looking to read get the File Name present for a file in this path. How can I possibly do this Do I have to use the script task and write something up in VB.NET Hope there is an easier way out. I have been trying to figure out the File SYstem task. But that seems really complicated as well. Please let me know. This is an emergency for a special DEMO. Thank you!!! Script task is the way to go. Getting file name from full path is as simple as System.IO.Path.GetFileName(path); ...Show All

• SQL Server Executing SQL 2000 DTS packages from VB.NET 2.0

  I have to build a simple Windows Forms application that imports data for review and then exports it into a different format. I've created DTS packages in SQL 2000 for the import and the export. What is the recommended way to execute the packages using buttons on a Windows form I couldn't find the DTS forum. The MSDN documentation includes a lot of good information about coordinating .NET 2.0 with SQL 2005, but there isn't very much about coordinating it with SQL 2000. As I'm stuck with an existing configuration, can you recommend some kind of reference resource that does address this Thanks, ...Show All

• Visual Basic .NET Framework 2 beta 2 installing error

  I've Win XP SP2 and my net framework 2 (first step of VB2005 setup) crashes everytime I try installing it. Maybe I must remove my visualstudio 6 Thanks No, VB2005 should be able to be installed along side with Visual Studio 6.  Post a bug report on the Microsoft Product Feedback Center . ...Show All

• .NET Development Socket.EndReceive question - in which scenarios does it return 0 (zero)?

  Hi, I have an application that works just fine. I am puzzled by the following issue though - in certain scenarios, Socket.EndReceive returns 0 bytes. According to the documentation, this happens when the remote host calls Socket.Shutdown or closes the Socket in another manner. Generally, I observe this to be correct . However, there are several types of apps (remote hosts) for which this does not hold (the code is not mine so I cannot see what these apps are doing). Even though EndReceive returns 0 (zero) bytes, the remote host is still connected (Connected property of the Socket is true). Not only that, but if I call BeginReceive agai ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Form Designer problem

  While using VB 2005 Express edition I periodically have a problem that occurs when I select View Designer for any one of my forms I get the following example error: 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. The designer could not be shown for this file because none of the classes within it can be designed. The designer inspected the following classes in the file frmFunctions --- The base clase 'Pw_Barcode_Scanner_v4.frmBase' could not be loaded. Ensure the assembly has been referenced and that all pr ...Show All

• Visual C++ Unit testing For C++ code

  Hi, I want to unit test a Simple VC++application. I am unable to find any reference, how to unit test a vc++ code, studio 2005. please help me by giving sample example. thanks. Depending on your situation you might try out 'CppUnit' testing framework for C++. http://cppunit.sourceforge.net/cppunit-wiki ...Show All

• SQL Server application failed. when clicked on the sqlexpr.exe file.

  Hello I have the sql server 2005 express edition. the software stops during the setup and gives me a "failed" message. All other software of express edition are working fine. I am getting the problem only when I am dealing with sql server 2005 express edition. I made sure to deleate all the old version of sql server. uninstalled all the sql server files which were in my computer prior to download the new one. However I am still in troulbe. As someone suggested that one should uninstale the sqlmsi file so I did that too. Still samething. Any help please...... Hi, The event log should give you a clue what happened, ev ...Show All

• SQL Server Memory Errors

  I have been fighting with memory errors lately.  The one below happened during my backup routine, which may or may not actually be related.  System:  Dual-core Xeon, 4Gig RAM, 300Gig HDD, Windows 2003 Enterprise, SQL 2005 Standard, Running all SQL Services including Reporting Services/IIS. I will lay out a timeline of events: ALL DAY LONG - Received the following error  'There is insufficient system memory to run this query.'  It doesn't tell me the query name or database in any of the error messages.  I didn't know it was happening all day. 11pm - A data copy process from a Pos ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Load Test and certificates

  I have to do a load/stress test using a webportal that uses certificates. I have to simulate different users logging in using different certificates. How would I be able to achieve this using a single machine Thanks for your help , Thomas Unfortunately, the ability to use client certificates does not exist in the Beta 2 release.  There is no workaround since the feature was simply not ready in time. The next CTP release is targeted for the end of June and it will include support for client SSL certificates.  The API is modeled after System.Net.HttpWebRequest's use of client certificates. Josh ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error on validating viewstate of MAC

  http://www.avansoft.net/~levalencia/4.gif Please take a look at the picture, When I recorded the test it didnt have that error, but when I ran it I got that error many times, This is typically a problem with recording. Does your recording end up with one of the view states hardcoded instead of being replaced with the Hidden field context parameter. Check out Josh's paper for information on how to debug these problems: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/WTAuthDebug.asp ...Show All

• Visual C# Added C# to Visual Studio 2005

  I just installed SQL Server 2005 along with VS 2005.  The reason that I did this was to use c# to work with SQL.  I have c# installed and am using IDE 2003.  I can see using "About Visual Studio" that I have 4 installed products all relating to SQL 2005.  This is great as this is what I wanted, but I also wanted to use c#.  I can also see in the "about MS Developer Environment 2003" that c#.net is installed.  But after several hours of searching I can figure out how to install c# (I am using standard edition) into VS 2005.  Any help here would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks, Bart ...Show All

• Windows Forms Nested InstanceDescriptors (short)

  I apologize for double-posting, but despite the view count on my previous post, I have a feeling no one is actually reading it because it is too long. So I am trying again, shorter this time. Basically, I want to have a property on my form that is serialized to InitializeComponent like this: myForm.MyProperty = new MyClass(typeof(MyOtherClass), MyOtherClass.FldMyField); where FldMyField is a constant string. MyClass has a TypeConverter that is doing the design-time conversion between string and a MyClass object so it can be shown in the property browser, and that is all working correctly. The same TypeConverter is also converting MyCl ...Show All