Mick Beeby's Q&A profile
Visual Studio VS2005 launch time sucks when disconnected from VSS
I have VS2005 connected to VSS 8. I'm on a LAN, not even bothering with HTTP at the moment. My project is a web project. Problem: If I am disconnected from the LAN (pack up laptop and go home) and launch VS2005, it takes several minutes to realize there is no source safe available. It appears as "Not Responding" the whole time, and then FINALLY asks if I want to search for another VSS or launch disconnected. This occurrs EVERY launch, even after I tell it work disconnected, and then close and re-open. This is far worse behavior than VS2003 and VSS6. 1> It did not show "Not Responding" and appear hung 2> I ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions I can't create New Projects Any More !!!!!!
I use mostly VB Express 2005. When i click Create Project it shows me an empty 'New Project' Form (no icons or buttons). IT IS PRETTY STRANGE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS JUST FINE. Please give me Feedback. (I tried setting all options to Default but still no solution) ps. Does VB Express in some way informaly expires and forces you to wait for the public release Hi, it sounds like your cached template file (cache.bin) is missing or corrupted. Please try running VBExpress /setup from the command prompt to re-create the this file. Let me know if that helps. Thanks, -Prasadi ...Show All
SQL Server Combine two database
I have a two databse say DB1 and DB2 in sql server 2005 developer edition. Both Databases are completely different in structure(i.e nothing common) Both Databases contains Important Data. I want's to combine them into a new database named dbcombined.{provided that data remains intact}. How can I do That Then Also I have to deploy that db in other system what I have to do I see in DAAB connection always remains open.Could In any way I can close the connection explicitly. I am checking through activity manager Following is my simple code string connString = System.Web.Configuration. WebConfigurationManager .ConnectionStrings[ &quo ...Show All
Visual C# richtextbox escape characters
How do I read tabs and newlines from a richtextbox For instance, I would like to do the following: richTextBox.Text.Replace( "\n" , "<br>" ); But it is not picking up \n as a character in the richtextbox. Thanks The Replace method return the result in a string. So, change your code to this and it will word: richtTextBox.Text = richTextBox.Text.Replace("\n", "<br>"); ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista ACPI access
Hi, I need to retrive some information about the power state of computer: themperature, fan state and so on. I think that it is possible to do throw ACPI. I want to connect to ACPI driver and to retrieve data throw _TMP method. Currently I have some questions: -How can I found the ACPI driver handle I tried to use from user application S etupDiGetClassDevs+ SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces+ SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetail but the retrieved device name is empty although function return was true (used GUID is 4afa3d51L-74a7-11d0-Be5e-00a0c9062857 ). -May be there is another method to retrieve this information ...Show All
.NET Development Modules?
How do I locate the module mplapx.dll Help!!!!! When I try to play movies or videos with windows media player it says that module mplapx.dll cannot be found. Thank You Are you trying to write a program which uses the Windows Media Player If not, this is the wrong place to ask. These forums are for software developers And I googled the dll name and got a heap of matches. My first port of call would be to reinstall WMP if I could, via a new version perhaps If not, try the google thing and download the dll. ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions Explanation
Would someone please explain the following code to me I'm trying to incorporate it into my programm as part of a protection routine, one of my friends gave it to me from a program he wrote in VB6 but he is off on a back packing holiday for the next two months so I can't ask him for help. Pos% = Len(ln$) While Mid$(ln$, Pos%, 1) <> " " Pos% = Pos% - 1 Wend SerialLo& = HexString(Mid$(ln$, Pos% + 1, 2)) + HexString(Mid$(ln$, Pos% + 3, 2)) SerialHi& = HexString(Mid$(ln$, Pos% + 6, 2)) + HexString(Mid$(ln$, Pos% + 8, 2)) SerialNo& = (SerialHi& * 17) + SerialLo& Thanks in advance Steve ...Show All
Visual Studio Attaching process to Windows Service
I have a windows service that has been built (VS 2005 Beta 2), installed and is running ( I am getting output in the event viewer, and part of it the service is working correctly). But when I try to debug it using the "Attach to process", the service process is greyed out, and I am not allowed to attach to it. I am running Windows Xp Pro, SP2, as an admin. Not sure if this is a security or permisson problem so I also have tried adding "Everyone" to the "impersonate a client after authentication" in the user rights assignments in local security settings, but it didn't help. I installed the service using a Setup Project added ...Show All
SQL Server Can't connect to SeptCTP x64
I've built and deployed cubes on a x64 server, with x64 SQL2005 SeptCTP. Works pretty much fine. I can run 32 bit Excel on the server, and browse the cubes no problem. However, if I fire up 32 bit Excel on my 32 bit client machine, and go through the MultiDimensional data source wizard to connet to the cubes, after I put the server name in, it throws this error: "The peer prematurely closed the connection" Then this error: "An error was encountered in the transport layer" Like a fool, I went from 32 bit to 64 bit and from JunCTP to SeptCTP at the same time, so I don't know which is to blame. I'm aware of the classic "re-register msolap90.dl ...Show All
SQL Server Issues with moving backups via XCopy
When we take backups, we xcopy them from a folder (on a remote server) containing all of the backups for the databases on that server accross a network onto a central server, into a folder for that server/database. However, should one of the backups we have moved accross the network and onto the central server get deleted or moved, the XCopy does not attempt to move the copy from the remote server back onto the central server the next time we run the procedure...so is there a setting that essentially states, "sync up the source and destination, in order to make the destination match the host" and what causes XCopy to ignore the fi ...Show All
Visual C++ C6.0->VS2005 -user messsages- ON_MESSAGE error C2440: 'static_cast'
Help Needed: I'm moving a program from C6.0 to Visual Studio 2005 C++. It's an MFC program. The problem I am having is with ON_MESSAGE handling user messages. The compiler is not happy with the function prototype for the message handler. I've made the needed changes to the code to satisfy the stronger type checking of this compliler, but don't understand the 'static_cast' comment. I've tried making the function 'static', but it makes no difference to the compiler. [from acquiredoc.h] public : afx_msg LRESULT OnSetCameraParms(WPARAM w, LPARAM l); [from acquiredoc.cpp, lines 135-140] BEGIN_ME ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista How to draw window system buttons?
I am trying to draw the standard window system buttons (Minimize, Maximize and Close) but have no luck in drawing them to look like the ones you see in top right corner on Vista. I am creating custom form so I need those. I tried using Theme API but that does not get my anywhere... Question is how to draw Vista style system buttons Are you doing this for Vista or for an XP mock If its for XP, try looking through wingdings for the symbols of the 3 buttons. Have fun!!! ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System IDE does not open my main form automatically
Hi My app is now under VSTS source control, and all files are there. VSTS even adds new files to source control, something I always thought SS should do. However, my mainform has a different icon in the IDE to the other files, it looks like a red circle with a dash in it. And, while I can check it out explicitly in the source control tab, if I try to edit it, it does not check out, instead it reports the file is read only. I've spent some time looking through properties to try and see what's different, but I can't find any reason for this behaviour. Obviously, there is a reason, and I'm hoping someone here can tell me what it is, and how ...Show All
.NET Development Error: Columns being marked Read Only and/or Unique during SqlDataAdapter.Fill()
Columns marked Read Only and Unique during Fill -- why My concern is described in the subject of this post and I have posted the related code snippets at the bottom of this post. In short, my classes handle tables for which they have little schema knowledge -- nothing except a set of column names which may not include all columns in the table. My classes read data from these tables, process data in named columns based on user-supplied rules, and store the data back to the source table or insert the data into one or more additional tables. In cases where the rules dictate that my classes read fr ...Show All
SQL Server Can't connect to Report Server via Management Studio
Hi, I have a local installation of SQL Server 2005 (Developer Edition) on XP Professional SP2, with Reporting Services, Integration Services, and Analysis Server installed. I can connect to Integration Services and Analysis Server via the SQL Server Management Studio, but not to the Report Server. I can access and use the Report Server installation via http://localhost/Reports and http://localhost/ReportServer , and everything checks out on the Reporting Services Configuration tool, so the server appears to be working fine. I've uninstalled/re-formatted/reinstalled the services (with all default options, and services running a ...Show All