Mark FMJ's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Order To Install VS 2005 Standard and SQL 2005 Standard

  I'm just about to install VS 2005 Standard and SQL 2005 Standard with software I received from a MS Ready to Launch event.  Before I screw up the install, I was wondering if there is a specific, recommended order to install the software.  Should I install SQL 2005 Standard first or vice versa   I looked through the documentation and previous threads but couldn't find anything addressing this issue. Thanks in advance for the help, Tony ...Show All

• SQL Server Install Issue with September CTP

  Hi All, I am able to install completely without getting errors.  However, when I try to start the SQL Server Services, I am getting error - "Could not start the SQL Server Service on Local Computer".  I searched further and find it odd that there's no such folder name "MSSQL.1" under Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\.  I believe sqlservr.exe runs under this directory, so could someone explain to me why would my install be completed without this directory Your help is much appreciated! -Lawrence ...Show All

• Visual C++ beginning c++

  I'm new to the C++ world, (first quarter intro to C++) and am trying to write a small simple program in school that uses the random number generator function in the standard library to generate a random sequence of letters from A to Z(ascii 65-91). How can I set the range of the random function to generate random numbers between 65 and 91 I understand how to cast them into a character, but as the program sits now, I keep getting random characters and few, if any, letters. An easy way to make sure each integer in your set has the same number of rand() results mapped to each is to just dissallow results ...Show All

• Visual Basic Click-Once is not so simple...

  ok, here's the problem: i'm using VB.NET 2005 beta 2 all working nicely. i've made an app, debugged it and it runs all nice from the normal exe. but when i went to publish it, it seemed to work all fine until the installation page opened. i try to launch it but it says the "application is improperly formatted". clearly it isn't because i have run the bin exe many times. now, not only does the publishing not work, but when i go back to run the normal bin exe i get another error, once which has never appreared before! it compiles fine, BUT i receive an error saying that the project can't be run: "application configuration is incorrect". s ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Simple bindng failing that worked in Feb CTP

  In a simple example program I am working on the position bindings are failing. The visibility binding appears to be working. The SourceUpdated is never triggered. It fails even without the SourceUpdated and related Notify property being set. This worked in the Feb CTP. The enclosing canvas is an InkCanvas. I notice that in the current documentation InkCanvas is a subclass of FrameworkElement, is that why it does not behave as before One of the benefits of InkCanvas was that it could have child elements that were selectable and interactive with the user. Has this changed If so, it is a big step backward from prior CTPs. Any ideas < E ...Show All

• .NET Development Removing element tag names during serialization

  Hello all, I have what appears to be a simple question but after quite a bit of research I can't seem to find an answer. Basically, I am serializing a class into an XML document.  This is creating a XML doc that includes the following: <Document:File> <buffer>JKDIDIEJ</buffer> </Document:File> What I would like to do, is to remove the <buffer> tags while serializing, so that only the data would be present.  Because of the structure of the pre-existing XML, I can't change buffer to just include it in the Document class. So is there a command, function, or the like that I can pass to the XMLWRite ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual Studio Common IDE Package

  I recently installed VC++ 2005 express, but receive a couple error messages when starting and another when attempting to create the form app project. Here are the first errors: " The Visual Studio Common IDE Package ({6E87CFAD-6C05-4ADF-9CD7-3B7943875B7C}) did not load because of previous errors. For assistance, contact the package vendor. To attempt to load this package again, type 'VCExpress /resetskippkgs' at the command prompt. The Visual Studio Explorers and Designers Package ({8D8529D3-625D-4496-8354-3DAD630ECC1B}) did not load because of previous errors. For assistance, contact the package vendor. To attempt to lo ...Show All

• SQL Server Upsizing from Access 2000 to SQL Express 2005

  Can you HELP! I am new to SQL and for some reason I can not upsize from Access 2000 to SQL Express. Access is askin me for a logon to SQL to create the database. I know the username and password but access can not find the local SQL server to create the link. when you setup ms sql server it asks you about your domain choose local and then asks you to use windows authintication or mixed mode choose mixed mode and write the  password when you try to upsize write username:sa                           &nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Accessing elements of a resource dictionary in code behind

  Hi , I wanted to know if there is a method to access an element of a resource dictionary defined in xaml, in code behind. In <Grid.Resource> I have aVisualBrush, in which I have an ImageBrush. I desire to change the ImageSource property of the ImageBrush at run-time.For this I have to access the ImageBrush in code behind. The x:Name or x:Key attribute of the ImageBrush is not recognised in the code. So, how can I set the IamgeSource property at run-time Thanks. deepti I think you could use something like: System.Windows. Application .Current.Resources[ "Your resource name& ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Activity naming conventions and ActivityToolboxItem

  What's the convention for naming activities in WWF supposed to be In earlier betas, there was not a clear convention, but I did noticed that all WWF built-in activities are named XxxActivity (i.e. CodeActivity), which sounds like a good naming convention to me. I only have one minor issue with this: How activities are then represented in the Workflow Designer toolbox: For the WWF built-in activities, the "Activity" suffix is removed. However, if you create a custom activity and use the Activity suffix as well, it is not removed and the item always appears as XxxActivity in the toolbox. AFAICT, this is actually done by the Activity ...Show All

• Windows Forms Change the Build Number?

  I had to reinstall all my computer and now my Build Number is lower than the one I had before, is there a way to change this number generated by the system Thank you You mean the build number of Visual Studio.NET   Or the Framework   What is the build number you're getting Thanks. -Ari ...Show All

• SQL Server Capturing and reporting execution errors

  We have a report subscription that emails an excel file every morning at 11am. For the past two mornings the subscription fails due to one of the parameters being null. This was caused by another programmer changing a stored procedure used in the report. What I'd like to know is how can I capture and report that the report failed to be produced. I have loaded the Execution Log sample reports and the relevant DTS package to load the logs is run every 5 mins. However, this error does not show up in the reports. The entries in the Report Server log file are as follows, ReportingServicesService!dbpolling!25a4!17/08/2005-11:00:12:: EventPol ...Show All

• Windows Forms Notify

  Hi ALL I want to make my application receives events from the system that a specific process has been started or ended how to do this Thx all Hi, Could you please tell us what type of events would you like to receive from the system Thank you, Bhanu. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista (Beta2) How to bind WF params to activity properties at runtime?

  I have another beta2 question - stems from one of the (many) changes from beta1. Workflows now dont have a concept of 'parameters' as was in beta1 but instead parameters are defined/used just as get/set type of properties on the workflow class/type. In beta1, we would have activities that would bind their properties to WF parameters dynamically like using the following code below executed from within their c'tors: ActivityBind bind1 = new ActivityBind (); bind1.ID = "/Parent" ; // denotes the WF that will include this activity bind1.Path = "Parameters[\"WFParam1\"].Value" ; this ...Show All

• Visual Studio CrystalReportViewer - Margin Problem

  My report data is not justifying with the left margin of the CrystalReportViewer control. When the page is run the report data appears a couple of inches to the right of the viewer control left border. I am on VS2005 using the embedded crystal report designer. The report designer shows my report as justified all the way to the left. The .rpt file is associated to a ReportDocument class and then to the CrystalReportViewer control on the page. I have played with the width and BestFitPage properties of the CrystalReportViewer control with no effect on the left margin appearance of the report. Thanks for any help...Doyle Je ...Show All