Michael Chroman's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Where should a config file be stored?

  I have written a program that creates an .xml config file if one does not exist. The config is stored in the same folder as the .exe I am using ClickOnce as my deployment solution. (Program written in C#) The problem is that when a user upgrades the program the config.xml file is removed. This causes the user to have to suffer through the setup wizard after every update. How can I prevent the config.xml file from being removed Is there a special directory I should be storing the file in Any suggestions or advice would be greatly welcomed. ;) What JBrown said is the simplest method, but there is also IsolatedStorage.  Pe ...Show All

• SQL Server SMO / SqlBackup() - Unable to connect to SQLEXPRESS instance

  I am using the following code in an attempt to backup a SQL 05 Express datbase that resides in the local machine instance (SQLEXPRESS). I keep getting a "Unable to connect" error that prevents the backup from running. Any suggestions and or fedback would be greatly appreciated. try { Server server = new Server(Environment.MachineName); BackupDeviceItem bdi = new BackupDeviceItem(@"C:\test.bak", DeviceType.File); Backup backup = new Backup(); backup.Database = "Test"; backup.Devices.Add(bdi); backup.Action = BackupActionType.Database; ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VSTS July CTP - Error 32000: "\BISIISDIR\sdk\bin\TfsGssInit.exe"

  We are trying to install the July CTP of VSTS and are getting the error below, Could someone please advise what our issue may be here MSI (s) (C4:7C) [10:01:13:924]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=CA_QuietExec,ActionType=17409,Source=BinaryData,Target=QuietExec,CustomActionData="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Enterprise Server\BISIISDIR\sdk\bin\TfsGssInit.exe" /install "piepn4" "BisDB" "PROPHIT\tfsservice"|0|0|0|0|NULL) MSI (s) (C4:B8) [10:01:13:924]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIED.tmp, Entrypoint: QuietExec 08/05/05 10:01:13 DDSet_Status: LANGID: 1033 08/05/05 10:01:13 DDSet_Entry: ...Show All

• SQL Server How realize Windows Authentication in small networks?

  Hello, In SQL Servern Books is written: SQL Server Authentication is provided for backward compatibility only. When possible, use Windows Authentication. How can Windows Authentication be realized in small networks from two ore more computers running Windows XP Having all a application written in VB Net 2005 for example, which connects to a central database on one computer. Where the cost and afford for a domain controller running Windows Server is not necessary. If Windows Authentication can't be realized or can't be realized easy in such a scenario, and SQL Server Authentication is not supported any more, then SQL Server can't ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Vistaaa Problems and Missings

  Hello Its nice to see new OS From Microsoft .. But Recently I have install Windows Vista Code Name "LongHorn" Build 5112 I note some thing ... that or I did not be able to locat or its not existe Now ...in the task manager .. there is all the program that the user run ... but for a resone ... system has stop reponding so I see what to end task 1- I note that there is CSRSS that has no user using it .. not the system and not even me so I end it .. and suddenlly system has crash and restart ... Now this process is System process.. I would like MS to make a new check box that is about (Show System Process) so a user will not end some thing l ...Show All

• Windows Forms HyperLink with JavaScript

  I have a datagrid with a hyperlink column. The code is : <asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="ccod" DataNavigateUrlFormatString=var newwin=window.open('serii.aspx cod={0}',null,'width=692,height=25');" HeaderText="Serii" Text="Serii"> <ItemStyle Width="5%" /> </asp:HyperLinkField> but it's not working. I haven't a hyperlink with this code it's just a simple text. I want to have the details of a row from a datagrid in a popup window with another grid, not on another page. How can I solve that What does your HTML output Try DataNaviga ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Help with FxCopCmd Loading an Assembly Dir

  Hopefully this is a stupid question (as in, there's an easy answer.) Background:    Using FxCop v1.32    My project file indicates to only check against 1 rule.    It also indicates to ignore 3 Interop dll's that exist in the assembly dir. I'm trying to run FxCopCmd with the following arguments...    /p:C:\Build\MyProj.FxCop    /f:C:\Build\Bin    /d:C:\Build\ReferencedBin1    /d:C:\Build\ReferencedBin2    /summary    /o:C:\Build\Log\MyProj.FxCop.xml And after it successfully loads some of the .dll files I rec ...Show All

• SQL Server sp_OACreate in SQL2005 64bit Clustered calling 32bit DLL Error

  I am attempting to access a legacy VB6 COM dll from SQL 2005 64bit running within Win2003 64bit with Windows Clustering. We sucessfully performed this in a non-clustered environment by registering the dll into the \Windows\SysWOW64 directory, but I am now attempting this in a cluster environment. I have tried the DLL in the SysWOW64 directory and in a folder on a drive that is marked as a dependent resource. Either case throw the same error when attempting to load the object via sp_OACreate, as described by sp_OAGetErrorInfo Source: ODSOLE Extended Procedure Description: Class not registered I have verified that the registery entri ...Show All

• Windows Forms adding events to mshtml.IHTMLDocument2

  Hi, I am using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and I am trying to add an onclick method to a mshtml.IHTMLDocument2 object. However after I do the HTMLDocument.onclick = assignement the code exits (the rest of the code in the ax_Browser_DocumentComplete event is skipped and of course the mouse_click method never gets assigned. Would anyone know what causes this problem   private void ax_Browser_DocumentComplete( object sender, AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_DocumentCompleteEvent e) {       HTMLDocument = (IHTMLDocument2) ax_Browser.Document;       HTMLDocument.oncl ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I draw a circle with radius and area writen on?

  I have made an calculator that calculates the area of an circle when a user input the radius. So i wounder how i can (using C#) draw the circle with the measure on. Sorry if it is bad english. Thanks to those who wanna help! Thanks do you have any good tutorials to recomend ...Show All

• Visual C++ Classes and Declarations

  Here is my venture into graphics programming with .NET: public ref class frmMain: public System::Windows::Forms::Form { public : frmMain() { this ->BackColor=System::Drawing::Color::White; this ->ClientSize=System::Drawing::Size(100,100); this ->Paint+= gcnew System::Windows::Forms::PaintEventHandler( this ,&frmMain::frmMain_Paint); } private : void frmMain_Paint(System::Object ^ sender,System::Windows::Forms::PaintEventArgs ^ e) { e->Graphics->DrawLine( gcnew System::Drawing::Pen(System::Drawing::Color::Black),0,0,100,100); } }; void main() { System::Windows::Forms::Appli ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office save each page of a word merge as a seperate pdf file.

  I have a word merge, and I need to save each page as a seperate pdf file. I would think i could do something like a for each page in document.pages and then use the Contact field in the doc to save the file, I have never worked with word vba or vsto before and my excel VBA and Vb.net experiance doesnt seem to translate as well as i thought it would Thanks All also can anyone recomend a VSTO book are there any web cast on vsto Hi, You can loop through all pages in the document using code something like this: For i As Integer = 1 To CType ( Me .Range.Information( _ Word.WdInformation.wdNumberOfPages ...Show All

• .NET Development Calling web services from process being debugged

  If I call a web method on a remote box from an application I am running under the debugger, the call times out, and the remote box never gets a connection. Running the application without debugging is fine. How can I debug an application that calls web services   Remember where you are when the call times out. Next time around place a breakpoint there, then execute right to the breakpoint, and continue debugging from there. I know - this is not ideal, but it worked for me. The timeout is fairly long ( aminute or so), so some work CAN be done... A better solution might be to increase th ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS server agent

  How can I setup an SSIS package so that it will generate a report and email (html version) everytime upon completing/populating my datareaderdest Assuming that you're talking about a SQL Server Reporting Services report, you would want to set up the report scheduling and generation and delivery on the Reporting Services side, and merely designate your Integration Services package as the data source. Please see the BOL topic, " Retrieving Package Data from SQL Server Integration Services." If you're talking about a different type of report, such as a spreadsheet file, you can add a SendMail task after the data ...Show All

• Visual Basic Open File

  Hi, I have just recently downloaded the Visual Studios 2005 Beta version, so i don't really know if this counts. I am looking for a code line which will let me open a microsoft word file of course actually on word. Any suggestions Of course - this only works if you have word installed on the machine... ...Show All