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• .NET Development Learning XML

  Hello, My name is Davin Eastley. I am 13 years old and am in the process of training for the MCAD certification from Microsoft. I was interested in finding out about some useful references (introductury level) to XML as I need to learn how to use XML. Could you please e-mail me at davineastley@gmail.com and I will get back to you soon. Thanks. Regards, Davin Eastley Thanks Vikram. I will have a look at the site tonight and look around ...Show All

• Windows Forms Starting .Net application from a parent C++ application

  Hi, I have a question about starting a C# .Net application from another app that is written primarily in C++. I basically want to add a menu option to the parent (C++) app so that when the user selects this menu option it fires and event that will open the .Net application. Some other things I want to control are things like - I only want one instance of the child (.Net) application running at a time. Any suggestions or help would be ap ...Show All

• .NET Development getting at the connection string

  Hi I have added an app.config file and put my connection string into it. below is the content of the app.config file. < xml version ="1.0" encoding ="utf-8" > < configuration > < connectionStrings > < add name ="DatabaseConnection" connectionString ="Data Source=ICWSQL2K;Initial Catalog= HACardio;user id=username;password=password;" providerName ="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </ co ...Show All

• SQL Server Locking a file

  I am currently developing an data collection application that utilizes SQL Express 2005, I do not have the funds atm to upgrade to another version. I will be offering a free/crippled version of my application available for download. I do not want the free version to require the user to install SQL Express 2005 to use the data base. My question is this, I am wondering if I can take the database file itself and lock it, then use it like a flat fil ...Show All

• SQL Server Web Assistant Wizard?

  I have used the Web Assistant Wizard on SQL Server 2000 DB's, and wanted to utilize this again from the SQL Server 2005 Managment Studio, but cannot seem to find it - has it moved is it no longer available is there still a wizard I know there are the sp_makewebtask or similar, but I was hoping for a quick fix with the wizard. Please advise. Cory ...Show All

• SQL Server impoert and export data

  where is the import and export data function in sql server 2005 express i have a data in ms access which i want to import to sql server 2005 express.. thank you   erd wrote: do you have to uninstall the existing sql server 2000 enterprise edition to install the sql server 2005 trial version does it have to be clean install Hi erd, you don't necessary have to. However to do an 'upgrade' you have t ...Show All

• Visual Basic Console Output

  I am trying to print out the contents of a file to console output. I have looked through some of the examples on the msdn site and others but I cannot get my console window to appear. I have tried System.Console.WriteLine( strLine ) and I have also tried: Dim standardOutput As New StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) standardOutput.AutoFlush = True Console.SetOut(standardOutput) And then Console.WriteLine( strLine ) but I ...Show All

• Visual C# How to execute batch file without displaying execution?

  Hi Everybody,   Is anybody knows how to Hide Execution of batch file at background I mean without displaying the DOS Prompt window while batch file is being executed. I used code below to execute batch file. Is there other ways to do this I need help. Thanks. Code: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("batchfile1.bat"); den2005 Thanks Tom I used similat approach which I found answer in VBCity.com forum. Cod ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP - not working

  The SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP application is not working anymore after having done so for a day. No messages, nothing when I double click the icon. Everything else seems to be working OK. I have tried a de-install and reinstall with no success. Some of you who know where to start looking Regards TorB. Thanks Steven ! Hve downloaded and installed the new Nov. 11 build, and once again installed the S ...Show All

• SQL Server Option for accessing external DLL's from the CLR

  What are my options for calling external DLL's from SQL CLR, I used to use the sp_OA method but these have been converted to .Net assemblies and I do not want to use interop for several reasons. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. J- Are the external DLLs .NET assemblies, or...   If they are not, interop is really your only choice (or turn back on object aut ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot see SQL Server 2005 Services in SQL Server Configuration Manager

  I cannot see any services within "SQL Server 2005 Services" in SQL Server Configuration Manager. I am new to SQL Server 2005 and recently installed all of the SQL Server 2005 64-bit components on to a Windows 2003 64-bit server. I can create and view databases via SQL Server Management Studio. I can also start and stop the SQL Server service for the default instance via SQL Server Management Studio. But I should be able to start/stop the ...Show All

• Windows Forms User Preferences

  I'm still very new to writing windows apps so go easy on me.  I'm writing a program that is basically a food journal for people doing low-carb diets. There are several things that have been asked for that should really be options and I'm&n ...Show All

• Visual C# Stop DELETE action

  private void dataGrid1_KeyDown( object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e) { if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Delete) e.Handled = true ; }   This doesn't help to stop delete action of the selected row. Is ther any other way Try this: http://www.thescarms.com/dotnet/DisallowDeletes.asp While its in VB.NET, you should be able to use the same logic in C#.  Let me know if this doesn't work and I'll send you so ...Show All

• SQL Server rsAccessDenied

  I have a reportViewer control on a webform. In my partial class I set the report path, server and parameters in the Page_Load. When I run the report I get this error: The permissions granted to user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE' are insufficient for performing this operation. (rsAccessDenied) Here is my code: Dim u As New UriTypeConverter Dim ReportParameters(0) As ReportParameter ReportParameters(0) = New ReportParameter(" ...Show All

• Visual Studio Setting up overnight build

  We're going to move our overnight build system to a new server so I thought it might be a good time to evaluate msbuild. Currently, this is done with a combination of cmd scripts and makefiles. I wonder if msbuild is the right tool for such kind of task. Our overnight build consists of following steps: Check out latest code from SVN Clean previous build results Build C++ libraries in a particular order (list of solutions) Build C++ applicatio ...Show All