scritchy's Q&A profile

• SQL Server LOOKUP component does not have AlwaysUseDefaultCodePage property

  Is there any reason for this It doesn't make sense to me. After all, we're hitting OLE DB sources with it - if the OLE DB Source component has this property, why not LOOKUP component -Jamie Hi Jamie, The problem here is that this particular property was added very late to the OLEDB source, furthermore, the lookup component handles its sql statement quite differently from the oledb source so it wasn't trivial to add it (not that it was tri ...Show All

• Visual C# adding SQL records with a '

  Hello, In my application I have an area where the user can freeform type information to be sent to a database server (or MDF on a few systems). if their text contains a ' the database complains that it is a bad SQL statement. I am using direct statements (INSERT INTO blah blah) instead of stored procedures as I cannot use stored procedures for this type of implimentation. is there a way that I can insert a ' into the SQL without it complainin ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGrid Problem in Visual J#

  Hi, this is my problem. I have two datagrids, one gets populated with certain amounts of data from the database. Next what i want to do is have a button called "ADD" and when i click a row in the populated datagrid and press ADD& ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I move a form without borders?

  Hi, I was wondering, how do I move a form without any borders I found this question answered many times but not for VB2005, it was usually C#, C++, or VB6. Thanks probably an easier way using point.offset. . . but this works: Private startPoint As Point Protected Overrides Sub OnMouseDown( ByVal e As _ System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) MyBase .OnMouseDown(e) ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Executing an Aggregate-Expression with DataTable

  Hi there, How can I execute an Aggregate-Expression like COUNT, SUM, etc. on a DataTable-Instance. The MSDN-Documentation states that can be done via the the assignment of an Expression like "COUNT(<field-name>) to the Expression-Property of a column. But how can I execute the aggregate-function (the excution should return only a single row with a single column) In SQL is this done by executing a query like "SELECT COUNT(*) FR ...Show All

• Visual Basic "Pointer" variable in VB?

  in C/C++ there is a variable type as a "pointer" means it reference to any particular memory address, does VB has a "pointer" type variable Hi, The .Net framework forces your code to be encapsulated (oop approach) which means pointers are of no use. Well that's just quite idealistic, in reality we do need pointers, in C# we can declare a code as unsafe to be able to use pointers in C++ its default. Actually the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Where to download MSFWinBuild?

  I'm in the process of customizing the MSF Agile Process Guidance.  I have been using the Process Guidance Customization Guide from the Visual Studio October SDK. This guide mentions that the MSFWinBuild Tool is useful to pre-render the HTML files.  The guide says that this tool can be downloaded from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243893.aspx . However, I can't find the download.  Where can I download t ...Show All

• Visual C++ Program runs slower when compiled with Visual Studio 2005 (in Release with optimization)

  Hey, I have a performance problem with the new Visual Studio 2005. My code (which is a genetic algorithm) is 3 times slower when compiled under Visual Studio 2005 compared to when I was compiling it under Visual Studio 2003. With Visual Studio 2003, it used to run in 3.0639 seconds, and now it runs in 9.0031 seconds. I run both code in Release. I tried every optimization option, and adding the /D_SECURE_SCL=0 compiler command to the project opti ...Show All

• .NET Development Validating a Client

  Can anyone tell me if it is possible (and if so, how do I do it) for a remote server object to validate that the client making a remote call is a specific application or component I am trying to create a remote server that will provide potentially sensitive information (such as encryption keys) to applications.  The application would use the information internally without revealing it to the end user. However, I want to ensure that a ...Show All

• SQL Server can I get the Parent task in a custom data flow task?

  I'm building a custom data flow task to handle errors in a generic way in C#. I want to output the Task name (the name of the Data flow) as well as the Task name that is inputting data into my custom task.         Is there a way to get both the task name and the previous data flow task name that's inputting the data THanks in advance, -Chris PS, the VariableContainer didn't seem to contain ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Multiple Hosts?

  I'm trying to configure multiple service hosts with multiple end points in each using self hosting. The code looks something like this: Uri baseAddress = new Uri ( "http://localhost:8080/OxfordCRMWCF" ); ServiceHost sh1 = new ServiceHost(service1, baseAddress); // --- Add a Service End Point ------------------------------------------ sh1.AddServiceEndpoint(contract1, new WSHttpBinding(), baseAddress.T ...Show All

• SQL Server Can not start Report Builder!

  I just setup my dev server of SQL 2005 including reporting service on Windows 2003 SP1. Basically all settings are default. When I activiate Report Builder from local, it works fine. Everything runs smoothly. However, we I try to run Report Builder from a remote client, which is XP SP2. It always shows me the following error: "Application download did not succeed. Check your network connection, or contact your system administrator or n ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce updates all assemblys!

  Hi, I am now trying to deploy with Click Once, and have run into 2 problems/questions. I have 6 projects 1 win and 5 class libs. I seem to think that with Click Once I should be able to make a change to library X and redeploy, in turn the user would only need to download that one assembly. The problem I am having is, a change to 1 library forces the user to download the entire application again. I must just be missing something, what is the wa ...Show All

• Visual Studio .NET Framework 2.0 Installation

  Hi, i have recently downloaded Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 from the Microsoft's website. Now first i tried to install on my home PC, it had windows 2000 SP4, bu the installtion gives the error: Extracting file failed: It is most likely caused by low memory (low disk space for swaping file) or corrupted Cabinet file. Now i then trried to install it on another system running Windows XP SP2 but it gives the same error. I don't have any ...Show All

• Visual C# Customized Localization per User

  Hi guys,   I have spent quite some time researching thsi but can't find anyone who has had the same problem.  I'm writing a site but I want the text on the page to not only change dependendant on the country they are in but also depending on the user that is logged in.  So for example  gerald logs on and the text shown is:   "Please select an item from below"   If fiona logs in she woudl get: &n ...Show All