techie_ns's Q&A profile

• SQL Server sysmaintplan_log_detail comment and question

  Greetings all I have a comment and query regarding sysmaintplan_log_detail. Firstly, the comment: SQL 2005 BOL calls this table sysmaintplan_log_detail (an _ between log and detail) and my version of SQL (9.00.1399.06) doesn't have that last underscore (i.e. it's called sysmaintplan_logdetail). Secondly, the question: how would I link this table into the calling task I would ultimately like to view from which maintenance plan it orig ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions why is vb.net printing so difficult?

  Hi, I have loads of VB6 apps I am trying to migrate to VB.net and the biggest problem I have is that printer.print has no equivalent in vb.net Can anyone tell me a simple way to print in dot net Thanks That ok with fixed strings "yada..yada.." but what to do when we have a neatly formated datagridview of say a balance statement and I need a print out of that....I am having a real hell now ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Visio for Enterprise Architects 2005 does not like Bold?

  I have an issue with Visio for Enterprise Architects 2005 where it takes all of my non-null fields and changes them to non-bold text and only bolds the first primary key. Anyone have any ideas to fix this Kind of works, Apply hot fix. Refresh the model. Edit a column in each table (eg. flip the null on/off). ...Show All

• Visual Basic Please help: convert statemets into PDf through VB code

  Hi! I need to generate thousands of statements based on current database and then save those statements as PDf format in some local directory. The whole process should excute in some **.exe file in the background. Dose anybody have good suggestion how to do it Mostly, I will create some window console application to generate those statements which have data filled from database. My question is how can I convert those stateme ...Show All

• .NET Development Can not install DOTNET 2.0 FM

  I have trouble with install dotnet 2.0 fm. when i run NetFx64-Redistirbute.exe. it cannot create install.exe file. And error msg is cannot create process "install.exe". becuase it has dll file "advpack.dll" on computer. So, anyone has problem as me and can solve it please help me now ! I believe the answer to your question is in this thread . ...Show All

• Visual Basic USB serial port control using Visual Basic 2005 SerialPort .NET component

  Does anyone have experience or an example of using VB 2005's SerialPort control for a USB Serial port connection I can get it to work with a standard serial port, but not with a USB serial-port device. My current solution uses the 3rd-party PortController, but this is unsatisfactory as they want US$400 for the privilege!!! Maybe someone has a freeware version of a similar software I am using, but only wi ...Show All

• Visual Basic Updating Multiple Related Tables in a Database

  Hello. I am new to the VB 2005 arena, and apologise if I am asking a stupid question. But I am really stuck on one thing. I have many tables in my database all of which are related to each other in one way or the other. All the relationships are one-to-many. I am using MS Access 2003 and the database format is Access 2000. The problem is that whenever I try to update a parent table it says that a child table contains related records so I ca ...Show All

• Windows Forms AddNew don't work (well for me anyway)

  Hi All, I have the following line of code on a form of mine: Me.BindingContext(dsBookings, "Bookings.BookingDates").EndCurrentEdit()             Me.BindingContext(dsBookings, "Bookings.BookingDates").AddNew() Now the result of the following is correct: Me.BindingContex ...Show All

• Visual Studio Crystal Report using ADO.NET Dataset

  I have tables which are given below Customers : custId, custName Orders : ordID, ordName, amount, custID I want to generate a report using these two tables which should look like custID - xxxx custName - xxxx OrderID OrderName 1 aaa 2 bbb 3 ccc can anyone suggest me a sample code which can generate crystal report that displays data from multip ...Show All

• Visual Studio Report View won't work?

  Where have I lost it I’m just trying to do a real simple report. Dropped a CR Report viewer on a panel on the form. mytable = New DataTable("MyTable") With Mytable .Columns.Add("Field1", GetType(String)) .Columns.Add("Field2", GetType(String)) .Columns.Add("Field3", GetType(Int32)) .Columns.Add("Field4", GetType(Int32)) .Columns.Add("Field5", GetType(Int32)) .Columns.Add("Field6", GetType(Int32)) .Columns.Add("Field7", GetType(Int32)) .Columns. ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro I am facing a strage problem in VFP 8.0 with Error()

  Hi there,   I am converting old dos program into foxpro 8.0. I am facing problem with below statement. On error lError = Error() the code excuting and throws to error, but I am not getting error number. It is giving always 0. Message() is giving correct error description, I verified in debug mode. also I changed the above statement like On error messagebox(message() + str(error()) . Is there any settings in VFP environment I also installe ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Component inheritance bug.

  Hi I have come across a bizarre problem. I am using Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. The steps I have taken to reproduce this problem are as follows: 1) Create C# Smart Device Application (Pocket PC 2003) 2) Add a new blank component called 'Component1' to the project in the solution. 3) Change the component to inherit from "Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.Notification" instead of "Component". (A reference to 'Microsoft.Windows ...Show All

• SQL Server How do I dynamically change the ReportViewer's focus from one RDLC to another at runtime in code.

  Howdy friends, I have a question regarding SQL Reporting Services 2005. I have raised this question in several other places, only to watch it go unanswered. Hope to recieve the answer here. I am using a SQL Reporting Services .RDLCs inside a Visual Basic 2005 windows client application. This is not webclient or web context; it is a Windows client. We will run the reports on the client side, not server side. The reports are embedded resourc ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Strategy for Foxbase/Foxpro prg files in VFP 9

  Hello all; I am redesigning an application written in Foxbase, and Foxpro to VFP9.0 There are lots of prg files that use Xbase commands. There are no screens, reports etc. Just prgs. Some of the functionality is going to be redesigned for VFP, but I am looking to run some of the PRGs in VFP with little modification. My questions is, what would you suggest as a strategy for doing this Since we are running also VFP forms, toolb ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDIChildren flickering very serious problem!!!

  I am designing a MDI Application with the MIDChildren all in normall windowstate property. I create de (child)forms with a borderstyle.none, and make them a MDIChildren before I show them. This works OK, except that when the forms are created, they show up in the client area of the MDIForm, not maximized, with a caption, very shortly, before they are finaaly filling the client area. In other words, there is a short flicker when a new form is cr ...Show All