lex23456's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic when true isnt really true

  A feature I think would be the best way to describe this... or at least it doesnt behave how I would expect... Try the following: debug.print(true) I would expect a boolean value of -1 to be returned.... true being defined in the VB docs as being a boolean value of -1 with false being a boolean value of 0. What I actually get is a string value of "True" Ah well.... How did I discover this Well I was pre-populating a check ...Show All

• SQL Server Active (non executed) objects will still drain performance!?

  Even if objects(tasks, components) are not explicitly called (say they are under another CtrlFlow constraint which doesn;t meet expr_condition), they will still eat up performance. We have a pkg that has 3 DFTs that will either transform FLFFtoXML, CSVtoXML, or PIPEtoXML. When we execute this pkg it takes roughly 15 secs to complete, but for every DFT we disable, it shaves 5 secs off. We did some debugging and found that an entry of: DLLGetClass ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office edit -> delete on excel disabled, after excel vsto installed

  I have created a excel project utilizing VSTO 2005 and now I have installed it on different computer to test it. It works great on their computer and does everything it is suppose to do. The issue is now when the user’s tries to use their regular excel the “Edit-> Delete” is disabled. Any ideas, why And how to fix it… Thank you Hi You can try and run this snippet in a VBA command window and that should reset the ...Show All

• Visual C++ MFC ClassWizard from typelib for automation

  I'm trying to use automation in a simple MFC application. I've created a CApplication class from the PowerPoint library. It creates the class fine, but it won't compile. There are various variables renamed and not understood. Here are some examples... c:\work\powerpointautomation\autoproject\autoproject\capplication.h(3) : warning C4278: 'RGB': identifier in type library 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\msppt.olb' is alread ...Show All

• .NET Development Installing Data Providers for Visual Database Tools

  I am using OpenLink DataProviders for .NET. The problem is that they are not listed when I try to create a connection in Visual Studio 2005 using the Connect to DataBase dialog in the Tools menue. I found out that you have to install them somehow. Does anyone know how to do it sincerely, peter gaus Did you try contacting OpenLink After a quick look at the documentation I don't get the impression that ...Show All

• Visual C# Starting a console?

  Hi, I've got a console-based project, which contains a class like so: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; namespace vm { public class clsVirtualMachine { public void Execute( string Code) { Console .WriteLine(Code); } } } Part of the same solution I also have a testbed project, which consists of a form, a textbox and a button. Then the button is clicked the following happens: using vm; (....) ...Show All

• .NET Development Access admin pages through local host

  I have a frustrating problem. My website located on my local machine is configured to use Windows for authentication. However, when I try to access the admin pages through the local host in a browser, I am informed that I am not authorized to access the pages. Please help. -Jason If you have not already found a solution to your issue, I would recommend posting your question over on the ASP.NET Developer Forums . ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums VBA Editor Crashed

  Dears, I installed a couple of Excel Addin and uninstalled now, but the VBA Editor can't view code right now. I can pop out the VBA Editor in Excel, but I can't double click any file nor insert a new module/class -> it crash immediately. ( Screen here) I also tried to unregister the VBE6.DLL and re-install the component in Excel, but it doesn't fix the problem. Anyone know the resolution (FYI: I installed Excel 12 in the past but now remo ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Pocket PC application suddenly terminates

  Hi, In the multithreaded programs that I have coded that run in the background, i always encounter issues when the app suddenly terminates. Reading other posts from forums over the web, most of these cases are due to memory problems, eg. Low Memory, Parts of memory not being freed. regardless of memory problems or unhandled exceptions, are there other ways in which the pocket pc would decide to terminate my apps For example when my app is idle ...Show All

• Visual C# Searching a byte array for a pattern of bytes

  I am reading a binary file into a one dimensional byte array. Now I need to search that array for a pattern of bytes. In other words, this is the equivilent of String.IndexOf() I want to search the binary array and return the index of the subvalue that I searched for. For whatever reason, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this. Can anyone give me an example of how to achieve this byte[] b = new byte[AnyLength]; for ( ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Not authorized to view page

  I followed the installation for workgroup on a single server on a brand new server and get the error: "Not authorized to view page - HTTP Error 403" when attempting to browse http://server:8080 . I checked the forums without any useful insights. In WSS adminstration I see that the Team Foundation Site is not extended. I thought TFS extends the site - the reason for not provisioning WSS during install. NTLM authentication is on the serv ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TfsGSSInit - Irrecoverable error: TF50626: Maximum users (5) in License group. Unable to add Administrator.

  I recently unistalled Team Server WorkGroup Edition after using it for a few months, and then I tried to reinstall. I get an error message "Error 28002.Error unknown." I had 5 users setup before I uninstalled Team Server, Administrator being one of them. The install looks like it is trying to add Administrator to the Licensed Users group again and it is failing because it already exists Does anyone have any suggestions I do not want to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Assistance with MFC Application

  Hello anyone!! --Can anybody advise me, how to create a MFC application Wizard (exe), complete with a Control box, to create the Application shell, or is this unheard of, with this Visual Express 2005 Edition It seems simple enough, but I cannot get it!! Sincerely, ---Geoff Hello Mike!! --Is there any way I can download the "Win 32" format with ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Visual Studio 2005 Downloads ("Deployment")

  Deployment to my target fails unless I first manually delete the previously deployed exe/dll on the target. How to avoid this What is the exact error message you are receiving from the deployment Short of the files being in use by a process, or out of memory on the device, we normally don't see any deployment errors like you describe. ...Show All

• SQL Server Transferring data from a Smartware database to SQL Server 2005 using SSIS?

  Here’s the scenario:   We have several clients who use a software package which has a database backend called SmartWare.   Currently, we host for these same clients websites through which the public can view some of the information stored in the SmartWare databases.   For various reasons we the websites cannot access the databases in realtime.   So we run nightly processes that transfer the data from each of the clie ...Show All