MartyK's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Proper Method 4 modifying XML data column in CLR (.Net 2.0)

  Hello, I have been doing some proof of concept scenarious where, I use XML column field to store untyped but well formerd XML (i.e. I do not bind to a schema). I am using XmlDocument to load the data from the table and access nodes and make some alterations. My code looks like this: xmlRecord = new XmlDocument( ); xmlRecord.LoadXml(aRow["XMLData"].ToString()); strTemp = xmlRecord.SelectSingleNode("/adf/pros ...Show All

• Visual C++ symbols (*, #, %, @, etc)

  If you will, list or explain the nature, language rules, and-or syntax of symbols used in C++ code. ...fine yet, I find your refusal to directly answer extremely irritating (I would prefer you answer directly, and then, if you will to do so, list any references as additional references, rather than implying whatever presumption you might; or don't reply at all, exceptions being when such refrences as ...Show All

• Visual C++ F5 won't check configuration and offer to recomplile. How to turn it on?

    I'm having a problem with hitting F5 to start a debug session on one of my machines.  On every other machine I use, it checks whether I've modified any files and then asks if I would like to recompile.  But on this one machine, it doesn't ask.  It just starts the debug session.  Is there a way to make it compile and then debug   This is happened to me over the years but it's mysterously started working properly ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How can I cleanly access StackTrace from PocketPc

  On my Desktop, I am able to write a class, called Location, that is able to retrieve the location (source file, line number, etc...) from System.Environment.StackTrace Even on the help page for the "Environment.StackTrace Property", URL: ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.NETDEVFX.v20.en/cpref2/html/P_System_Environment_StackTrace.htm in the section "Platforms", it lists: Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windo ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problems serializing a collection out of Windows form Collection Editor

  Hello All, A. I have a class named Plural2SingularItem B. I have a class named Plural2SingularItemCollection which inherits CollectionBase. C. In a custom control, I have a property of Type Plural2SingularItemCollection I set everything up the way I did so that I would be able to use the default ObjectEditor in design view. Everything works as I would expect EXCEPT that nothing is Persisted when I click the OK button in the Editor. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Iam new to vc++.net 2005 but I know the normal c++ coding methods

  Hi, I am an average c++ programmer but I've never used or tried to build an application using MS VC++.NET 2005. I've written a few programs in VB6 but now I want to learn building programs in vc++.net 2005. I have a tutorial book where they explain nothing but console application and those are very basic(understood very well). I've also seen some useless samples using MFC or win32 which i dont understand at all because the author don't explain o ...Show All

• .NET Development Call me an idiot at the end

  Hello, I'm primarily a company secretary, although I am realising the practical power of this er thing. I'm reading the instruction manual for VWD Beta2, and would like to begin working with data forms and grids, although I cannot connect to the recommended Northwind DB. I'm using a local server because this stupid f..., telecommunications company doesn't run any dynamic script! So, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm using Windows ...Show All

• Windows Forms Open File Dialog / List Box performance

  I am developing  a web log analyzer application. There is an open file dialog they can choose their log files that are subsequently loaded in the list box. The users sometimes have a large number of log files to load, and it takes forever to populate list box. I have checked other log analyzer apps and they perform reasonable well. I would appreciate if someone could show me more efficient way to achieve this. The code is shown bellow: < ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Need help with for and pictureboxes

  I'm making a map editor to make maps Every tile is a picurebox. In the menu there is a command "New" wich will load all the default pics into the picturebozes, so you can make a new map i created this for statement dim i as integer For i = 0 To 391 PictureBox(i).image = My.Resources.Image_default Next i But this doesn't work. There is something wrong with the PictureBox(i).image Please help me. I'm using vb2005 Thanks in advance, Radexxio ...Show All

• SQL Server Use a transform against SQL Server

  My question is derived from the following case: I'm developing a game browser in which I have to store server information in a SQL Server db.  On the game browser (client side), the server information is stored as xml, and the browser will have the ability to filter those servers using xslt.  I want my users to have the ability to apply their filters (xslt) against my list of servers that I have stored in my db.  The problem, is t ...Show All

• Visual Basic XML comments

  My group is attempting to standardize on XML commenting for all of our classes and methods. We like the "Insert comments" option in VS 2005 but would like to add an additional tag <history> to the comments section. I know that we could probably do this manually each time we add a new class, but I would like to be able to have this new section come up automatically when we insert the comment. Is there a way to modify the XML co ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to Unlock a lock in another workspace

  Say a dev has a bunch of files of locked (checkout or checkin locks) and leaves to go on vacation for a month (yeah - bad dev).  As a project administrator I see in the security dialog box that I have the right to "unlock other user's changes" but I can't figure out how to do it from the VS UI or the command line.  How do you do this Someone has just done that here - gone away leaving files checked out ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro _screen.ContinuousScroll problem

  I noticed this problem just this morning after spending many hundred hours debugging my app for the past few months when everything worked just fine. This is the setup which is hardly unusual. There is a function in a prg file and a Click method that calls it. There are a couple of print statements like: "coimng out of the function: "+numeric_id and such in the function(s) and one in the Click method. All output is character s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Custom Rules Development

  Okay, okay so I know that any rules I write now will need to be re-written with the next release of Visual Studio, however I write (and maintain my own rules and now I'm stuck) .... I've been tasked to write a rule that checks for multiple return statements in methods, this is to help enforce the structured programming principle of methods having single entry/exit points that some of the junior developers consistently ignore. The probl ...Show All

• .NET Development What's a good way to add record to an xml file

  Would anyone help me about "How to add record to an xml file" I could add ONLY one record to it using Serialization, but that record will be updated by updating or creating a new instance of the serialized object, i want it to be added to xml file like a log file for exmple. Woth tahnk. Howdy... why don't you look at creating an object collection that contains your 'record' object. Just serialise and de-serialise as req ...Show All