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• SQL Server cannot import table in management studio wizard. ODBC Error

  Im using the Tasks/Import wizard in Management Studio for a 2005 MSSQL to import a table from another database, same MSSQL server on my machine im having: mssql 2000 (default instance), mssql 2005. 2000 is not running, only 2005. (by the way: all .net tools like Management Studio, Database explorer in VS 2005 and so on NEVER find the 2005 instance in the combo for available servers ! i always have to enter it manually) I am always getti ...Show All

• .NET Development Editing Existing PDFs

  Hie I was wondering if there is a way to edit existing PDF files. I want to be able add text on a certain location in a PDF and I want this done programattically. I wanted to be able to specify coordinates for where the text will be printed. I am using Visual Basic .NET the Express Edition. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Nick There's nothing in the BCL to do this. You would have to use a third-p ...Show All

• Architecture UML/Modeling Tools you are using?

  One of the problems I have found in VSTS 2005 is the lack of modeling tools for the Software Architect. Jack Greenfield addressed and answered my concerns here . He also said MS is working on some addressing some of the issues. I responded to him here . I needed something today to allow me to continue doing my job which currently is implementing a product line engineering process. I am using UML on this project. In case you are interes ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Using controls to display info from a table.

  I have a table with employee info in it ranging from Pay scale to date of birth.  I have 3 fields: Full-Time, Part-Time & Temp.  If the field is true I have a 1 in it & if false a 0.  I'm creating a form to display info from my table yet I'm not quiet sure how to display the full-time/part-time or temp info.  Would a check box section work or option buttons.  I don't want the person viewing the form to ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Are there any drawbacks to this?

  Hi again! I had this freaky idea earlier today where I decided to render my entire GUI to a texture and render this texture to the screen. This way, I don't have to go through my entire GUI rendering process every frame, which seems to double my framerate in GUI intensive situations. I only update this texture when when the GUI needs updating. I can't shake off this dodgy feeling that this can't be a good way to do things though. Is there ...Show All

• Visual C# command prompt return immediately when running console application

  By default, a console C# app will hold the command-prompt until the app exits. Is there a setting in the .NET framework that will cause the command-prompt to return immediately This is sort of analogous to running a command in the background in unix by appending & to the command. Hi. The responsables of doing that are the shell and the OS not the C# language or the .Net framework. The OS because it must support Multitaksing (ms-do ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions FAQ the common questions in this forum

  Q: Where can i find C# Tutorials online  you may find some resources and usefull links  in this thread http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=212562&SiteID=1 if you found a nice tutorial online you can share it with us beside MSDN which has many usefull articles Hope this helps   Q : when i write a program does my client have to have .net Framework \ can't i write independent pro ...Show All

• Visual Basic Drawing Lines on a form

  Ok I've given up trying to draw on a user control ! that seems a right mess seems very buggy to me! So i've transferred my code to drawing on a form surface and it all works ok But!! i have to do it twice for it to work I single step thru my code and can actually see the lines being draw on a Black surface then right at the end the form is repainted with its background colour and all my lines vanish! I've tried re-ordering my code around , s ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Using workflows with asp.net Wizard

  Hi!   I'm trying to use workflows to display different steps from an asp.net wizard. I add this code to buttonlinks which do the state switch:   protected void NextStepButton_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { MyService  myService = WorkflowManager .Runtime.GetService< MyService >(); myService.RaiseEvent( this .workflowInstanceId); this.scheduler .RunWorkflow( this .workflowIns ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Controlling a phone remotely

  Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to control a Windows Mobile 2003 SE base smart phone remotely, well, via the USB cable anyway I want to know if it would be possible to write a small desktop app that used a connected phone to send SMS messages Regards Graham Yes, it should be possible to comminicate over the RAPI (ActiveSync will be required) and having some device side app that'll be listening for the r ...Show All

• Visual Studio Create host side type map TypeInfrastructureManager

  Hi, I wana create a host type map, using ProxyGen with the /hostTypeMap parameter , that creates a TypeInfrastructureManager for my object model. But I am not very clear about what needs to be passed as the parameter .. Do I need to specify the object model file that is generated through proxygen.exe initially creating the object model proxy. or it is something else. Thanks in advance yep pass in ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Compact Framework Issues

  Hi, Anyone having problems with line breaks in the TextBox control from the Compact Framework I insert a string with line breaks, (yes the textbox is multi line enabled), save it to a database, read it back and all i get is little squares in place of these line breaks. The funny thing is, this same exact data (no changes what so ever) is displayed correctly in a win forms application (running on the desktop). I've tried the traditional methods ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Explain this to me...

  Ok, I'm finding it difficult to wrap my head around the way MS is thinking with TFS.  Here is the situation: My company develops software that : 1) I use Internally 2) I develop for other developers 3) I develop for my customers I work closely with another company that is hosting the TFS since we share the work load on some projects and it allows me to share projects with other developers that I have to work with from time to ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Free MPEG-2 Encoder Filter

  Hi all, I want to create an application for converting wmv video to MPEG-2 movie using Direct Show anyone know where to find free MPEG-2 filter Thanks. It present as directshow filter and appears as "MPEG-2 Encoder by EP" you can use it as direct show filter in your application. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual C# 2005 Express Fails to Install

  Hi, I try a manual installation of C# 2005 Express on my notebook with following configuration: AMD Turion64, 512MB RAM, Windows XP Home 32bit (Greek edition). The installer and .NET Framework 2.0 install successfully and then my PC is restarted. Subsequently, I get the following error: The following component failed to install: Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition - ENU The following components were not attempted: MSDN 2005 Express SQL Serv ...Show All