Gordopolis's Q&A profile

• .NET Development catch (Exception) slow

  hi, I try to make the sum of a Sql column : if there is nothing i want the sum to be null (zero) try{ ......select sum (price) ...... } catch( System.invalidcastException ) { sum=0; } but it is very slow . How can I make it fast In fact each time I have an excpetion it is very slow . Some of them can  happen often and I need a mean toi accelerate those. Thanks for any help Another option is to actually m ...Show All

• Visual C# How to define arrays in C# Struct

  Hello, I've searched through forum using search for my problem and finally I got to make new one. Here we go. I'm trying to make a structure in C# which converted from this Delphi code. When it comes to "Array [0..3] of String[128]", I don't know how to make a C# structure to match this type of structure. I'd like to know if there is any method available to declare arrays like this in C# or not. So far I've tried, I cannot decla ...Show All

• SQL Server Groupings in Matrix Layout?

  Hello, I am trying to come up with a Matrix report using RS 2005 that looks like this one below. I have row data: question, columns data: Ethnicity and Gender, detail data: Gender average response and Ethnicity average reponse. I utlilized Report Wizard to create a report in a Matrix format , however I wasn't able to have Gender and Ethnicity column on the same line. The report wizard groups columns so Gender is a subset of Ethnicity ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Web tests recording is disabled.

  VS2005TS RTM. When I start a new webtest VS automatically launches IE and I have to activate IE windows myself. The recorder buttons are all disabled (grayed) and surfing around does not result in anything in the project. If I close IE, VS still report "Recording in progress" and I have to click "Stop recording" but nothing reports to the project. Beta1 did work but I had the same problem with CTP August. Hi, can you let me know if there ...Show All

• Visual C# a value simplified? etc. 27 -> 30, 54 -> 60

  Hi, I need a value raised up to the next zero, like in the following example: 35 > 40 67 > 70 143 > 150 and so on. Does anyone know a good way to archeave this Please let me know public static double Simplify( double dValue, int iPlaces ) { return Math.Round( dValue / (iPlaces * 10) ) * iPlaces * 10 // Simplify( 32, 1 ) -> 40 // Simplify( 123, 2 ) -> 200 ...Show All

• SQL Server Decimal vs currency....

  It seems that the "decimal" type allows more flexibility but also uses more storage than "money". On the other hand, does "money" have any special t-sql functions that understand its unquie nature (e.g. adding two money values together with no cents round-off error). For example, would the number 12345.12 be declared as a decimal(7,2) or currency Barkingdog There aren ...Show All

• .NET Development Checking the current deployment version with clickonce

  Let's assume we have an application which we normally deploy through clickonce. We want to present current version in the about box (the version installed). The following code seemed normal to me:                 return System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CurrentVersion.ToString(); well... I try to debug this application, and when I open ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Issues in upgrade guide for TFS B3R to RC.

  FYI - I found two issues while using the B3R to RC upgrade guide: 1- On page 15 of the guide it states to run the TFSUploadReports tool from the command line using the following example: " TFSUploadReports.exe servername /p projectname /t drive:\templatepath\templatedirectory " It's missing the following command: " TFSUploadReports.exe /s servername /p projectname /t drive:\templatepath\templatedirectory " ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Data Source

  .OpenDataSource(Name:="DSN=SQL Server 2000 Database;DATABASE=TRAD", Connection:=sConn, SQLStatement:=sSql)   Im tryin to open my datasource in word, but when i run my application it gives my the exception saying, WOrd cannot read the datasource, what could be the problem is it that my data source does not exsist when it does or am i using the wrong syntax on tryin to access it... Hi, Create a new winforms project and try ...Show All

• Visual C++ Cannot Instantiate abstract class

  Hello Everyone, I have something like this.... namespace RIM_USBClient { __gc class USBClient : public IChannelEvents { public : USBClient() { } ~USBClient() {} public : void Open_USB(); }; } In my .cpp when I try to say USBClient *listen = new USBClient(); I get this error.....I checked on msdn, the way they gave I tried still the same..... Any help highly appreciated.... ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem with value DataGridViewComboBoxCell

  In VB 2005 Express I have a problem, which completely do not understand. I use a DataGridViewComboBox in a DataGridView. When I change data and save it, I have no problem. But when I close the form I a repeting error, being: System.ArgumentException: DataGridViewComboBoxCell value is not valid. Can anybody help Thanks in advance, Simon Use the following link: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/De ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express Manager does not run

  I am getting an error message during the program startup. TITLE: SQL Express Manager ------------------------------ Error occurred during application start up sequence. Application will be shut down. For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1187.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.ExpressManager.SRMainError&EvtID=ErrorDuringApplicationStartup&LinkId=20476 --------------------------- ...Show All

• .NET Development What is the best programing lang.?

  VB, C#, C++, or J#   Hi, The Framework refers to the Base Class Library which is a collection of something like 6000 classes that offer functionality to various stuff like Database Access, Web Services etc. It kind of is a platform which provides the classes and methods for use in the programming languages. Its a core library of classes and methods. I think you could start with this link: http://m ...Show All

• Windows Forms Getting Output Debug screen messages to show on a listbox in windows form

  Hi... How do I get output debug messages generated by the debug mode (ie. Start with debugging) If I can get them, I wish to display them to listbox that I have in the windows form I created. Is there a smarter way other than using the following : lstDebugMessage.Items.Add("Whatever is inside debug message"); Where lstDebugMessage is the listbox I generated in my windows form. Thanks for any ideas! hi try { // ...Show All

• Windows Forms database monitoring windows service

  Hi, I need some ideas on how to perform real-time monitoring on some tables in the database so that I get a message as soon as the tables are updated. Do I need to make a windows service which monitors the sql server  If so, how can& ...Show All