BradR's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Cannot install SQLExpress after uninstalling June CTP

  I try to install SQL Server Express after uninstalling its beta and get the following error in the log file.  Can anyone help me   Thanks.   Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup beginning at Thu Dec 15 20:28:39 2005 Process ID      : 110612 c:\e7b4645908c60721e3107fa330d0184a\setup.exe Version: 2005.90.1399.0 Running: LoadResourcesAction at: 2005/11/15 20:28:38 Complete: LoadResourcesAction at: 2005/ ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Standard C++ code in Smart Phones?

  Hi friends I am Developing a program written in standard C++ for Smart phones using embedded visual c++ 4.0 as editor, Smartphone 2003 sdk. the code is follows # include <stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("Hello World"); return 0; } my project is having a single file whose code is written above. So when i try to build this code for smartphone 2003 it gives Linker error which is written below _mainCRTS ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Deleting TeamBuilds in the RTM

  In the RTM of TFS will we be able to delete past team builds from within the IDE or are will still limited to using tfsbuild delete from the command line Thanks Hi Graham - We are not supporting any UI way of deleting builds from Team Build in the RTM version also. The command line way is the only option provided. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Impersonation is ignored when debugging a WebService (VS 2005/.net 2)

  Hi, We're developing a Soap WebService that is using remote files. We added the required statement in its Web.Config file to impersonate from local "myComputer\ASPNET" to domain authorized "myDomain\myAccount" (ie <identity impersonate="true" userName="myDomain\myAccount" password="keepItSecret"/>). We'll improve this later (with no password in plain text file). The webservice DLL works fine outside VS 2005 debugger. However, when debuggin ...Show All

• SQL Server How connect SQL server 2000 with c#.net .....?

  Hello masters, help me yaar i am using dotnet 2003 and SqL SERVER 2000. BUT UNABLE TO CONNECT DATABASE using dataAdaptor(design time ) or sqlconnection any can help me gs whats the error lets see the connection string. make an empty text file called "c:\test.udl" - double click it and try to build a SQL Ole Db Provider datalink. . . can you get that to work Are the TCP protocols enabled in your machines client ...Show All

• SQL Server Clearing Single User Mode/lock

  What is the best way to clear Single User mode from SQL Server 2000 I have tried going to all tasks and selecting detach and clear Connections using this database. I then click cancel and go into the properties and options and clear the Restrict access check box. This seems to work some times but not all the times. I think it is because something else connects to it to it while I am going through the above steps. As a last resort I have deta ...Show All

• SQL Server SQLServer Express 2005 and VS.NET 2003

  I would really like to be using SQLServer Express 2005 for some desktop database applications and replace MSDE. However, I am using VS.NET 2003 and so far I have not been able to discover if that combination will work. Thanks, Sid. Yes that will sure work. You can use the ADO 1.1 provider like you did before. If you want to use on of the new features like MARS, you have to use the SNAC client. If not, ...Show All

• SQL Server Notification Services - Chronicle does not get updated

  Hi, I'm currently developing a NS application warning subscribers when their pay day is due for paying the rent of their student home. I have an external database containing contract data. My application should monthly send an email to the student 10 days before he/she should pay the monthly fee. Following the example provided in the book of Shyam Pather, I created a Chronicle, making sure that only contract data of newly inserted contr ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET 1.1 SP2 - when can I get it

  I am experiencing a problem much like that described in [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886609/en-us This has not shipped yet: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/servicing/default.aspx I guess it will be part of VS2003 SP1, which will ship in Q2 2006. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Refresh dataSource of DataGrid in Thread (WInForms)

  Hi In my application I need to refresh DataGrid every 10 sec. When I try to refresh data source in DG in thread method I got this message: "A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in system.windows.forms.dll" Does anybody could help me, or explain what should I do. Thanks Tom Ok...lets think about what you are doing in an ASP.NET application for a second. You are going to create object ...Show All

• Visual C# ExecuteScalar

  I have the following function...that doesn't work. It gives me the error that "Specified cast is not valid" where i'm doing the (int)command.ExecuteScalar() part in the else clause. Can anyone help ! private int GetIDNum() { int max = -1; SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Pops;Integrated Security=true"); SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("SELECT MAX ...Show All

• Smart Device Development CF Threads

  Since Compact Framework doesnt support Abort, IsAlive, and Join for System.Threading, how can I get around this I want to run threads one after the other, not all at the same time, and also want to be able to hit cancel and close the form while in the middle of the thread.  Thank you Chino See this: http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2004/10/invoke-cf-and-full-fx.html Cheers Daniel ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Degraded performance when debugging MDX1.1 applications in VS2005 compared to VS2003

  Hello, I've noticed that when I'm debugging MDX1.1 applications in VS2005, they achieve a significantly lower framerate than when debugging them in VS2003. The performance decrease differs per application and seems to be somehow linked to the use of HLSL effects, as applications that use the Fixed Function Pipeline do not suffer this decrease. This morning I witnessed an extreme case of this problem with a little game that renders mul ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Unable to start program. Missing .dll info.

  I am having problems running my application from VS 2005 on the actual device. I get the following error: "Unable to start program "SD Card\My.exe" An error ocurred that usually insicates a corrupt installation (code 0x8007007e) ...." I know that this error indicates that a .dll is missing. If I run the application from the device itself I get: "The file (My.exe) cannot be open. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its c ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista The type 'ActivityBindExtension' could not be resolved

  Hello, I am running a XOML workflow which contains an activity binding as following: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <ns0:SequentialWorkflowComponentBase x:Name="SecurityWorkflow" Version="1.0.0.0" xmlns:ns1="clr-namespace:MyComponents;Assembly=MyControls, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" xmlns:ns2="clr-namespace:MyComponents;Assembly=MyControls1, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" xml ...Show All