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• SQL Server Machine name and 'localhost' work, but local and . don't

  SQL Server 2005 express... when i'm trying to connect through SQL Express Manager, i can connect just fine if i use 'localhost\sqlexpress', or [machinename]\sqlexpress, but if i use local\sqlexpress or .\sqlexpress, it times out. i've recently had trouble connecting through VBExpress as well, and i'm wondering if it's because it always uses .\sqlexpress to connect... Anyone know why these 2 seemingly valid options don't work anymore that's what i thought, but only the third of those three worked. now that i've deleted the aliases, they all work again. how do the aliases work ...Show All

• Visual C++ Error including wab.h

  By including wab.h I get a wchar redefinition in wabdefs.h: E:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\wabdefs.h(78) : error C2371: 'WCHAR' : redefinition; different basic types E:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\winnt.h(266) : see declaration of 'WCHAR' when I use VC8. How can I solve it From www.voidnish.com You cannot #include wabdefs.h with VC++ 2005 Category: You cannot #include wabdefs.h with VC++ 2005 Category: VC++ 2005 — Nish @ 11:04 pm The following code will not compile :- #include <windows.h> #include <wabde ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error Spawning fxcopcmd.exe

  I'm trying to determine why VBA for Excel won't take my component that I wrote with C++/CLI.  I decided to give fxcop a try by enabling it in my project properties -> code analysis. I get this right off the bat: Performing static analysis... Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'FxCopCmd.exe'. I verified that this file exists in: e:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Team Tools\Static Analysis Tools\FxCop The Event Viewer doesn't report anything related to this.  So I'm stumped. Thanks, Brian I am not sure why FxCop is unable to launch, but FxCop is used for managed code. For nati ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 'culture demo from GDC2006

  @ the Microsoft booth last week, GDC 2006, a small cellular automata game called 'culture was on display. It was described as "a visually stimulating 3D floral simulation of cellular automata." This was apparently a promotional project to show how fast a C++ programmer could learn C# and the XNA framework and produce something visually interesting. I found this small XNA application to be a beautiful interactive toy, and would enjoy having access to it, either in binary or source form. Can anyone @ Microsoft (or, say, the author of 'culture) say whether this will become available at some point Graham ...Show All

• SQL Server How do you determine the size difference of transaction log per million INSERTs?

  I was wondering how one could determine the increment in size of the SQL Server 2005 transaction log after an insert of, say around 1 million records Assuming a simple five-field table with varchar(50) fields. Hope someone could help. Hi, use these procedure or the database table to determine the space used. sp_helpfile sp_helpdb DBName sys.database_files HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VS C++ and CLR

  Does programs, compiled with VS c++ need .Net Framework I know that c# needs, but how about C++ Why is the framework required I thought that win32 or MFC apps were native and did not require CLR! ...Show All

• Visual C# specify the runtime version in Visual C# .NET

  Hallo Community, i read this here in online msdn: thi si for Visual Studio .Net 2003 and i need it for VS.Net 2005: Specifying the Runtime Version for an Application To specify the runtime version in Visual Basic .NET Select the project in Solution Explorer. On the Project menu, choose Properties . In the Property Pages dialog box, select the Build node and click the Change button. In the .NET Framework Version dialog box, select a version option and click Update . To specify the runtime version in Visual C# .NET Select the project in the Solution Explorer. On the Project menu, choose Properties . In the Property Pages d ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System account administration

  eyoo mates, maybe a stupid question but maybe i get a reply :-) well i am usin a testserver in our real domaine, cause of that i cannot create this 2 recommended domain admin accounts.... could it be enough to install with domainusers which have local admin rights or any other tip that i must not beg on my knees to get 2 domain admin accounts :-) massive greetings from austria Irie Michael 1. No.. it doesn't need to be installed on the domain controller 2. For previous versions, yes. I would suggest moving to Beta3 version which has large improvements ----------------- Visual Studio Team System Beta3 is now available at MSD ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System New Certifications Stemming from Visual Studio 2005 Team System

  I predict that there will be a new line of Microsoft Certifications stemming from Visual Studio 2005 Team System. I would make them as follows: MCTA = Microsoft Certified Team Architect MCTD = Microsoft Certified Team Developer MCTT = Microsoft Certified Team Tester MCPM = Microsoft Certified Project Manager WHat do you think of that prediction Hi Adam, I think MCTT = Microsoft Certified Team Tester certification should be most useful to manual tester and automation tester , Who are all involved VSTS in their respective project. I would like to complete the certification MCTT. when we are expecting this certification ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums paste values from multiple sheets to another sheet

  Good day, I am brand new to VBA for Excel.I have a workbook with a bunch of different sheets. I have checkbox buttons on one page that will unhide the desired sheets. What I'm having trouble with is getting the code to work that will allow me to: 1) Search specific sheets (most of them - all but 4) for the last row in columns L through O. 2) paste the values in that range to another sheet. 3) on the destination sheet I'd like the values from the copied sheets to be in the range F9:I9 for the first, and increment a row each time - so the next will be on F10:I10 and so on. I have tried a bunch of variations but cannot quite g ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Pocket PC/Webservices: Unable to connect to the remote server

  I have developed a Pocket PC 2003 app in Visual Studio .NET and am getting an unusual problem i can't get to the bottom of. My VB.NET Pocket PC App tries to call a simple web method on my webservice from the device using the webserver's IP or Machine name and receives the error " Unable to connect to the remote server". Yet if i point the device's IE browser to the location of the webservice asmx file (i.e. http://192.168.1.1/mywebservice/testwebservice.asmx ) i can successfully see the WebService name and the supported operations in the devices browser window. I can confirm that the web reference url within my VB ...Show All

• .NET Development J# doesn't support 64 bit?

  I'm getting my first 64-bit machine next week, so I thought I'd better start getting up to speed about 64 bit. I have a solution that has C# applications (WinForms and class libraries), as well as some J# class libraries. As long as the solution only contains C# projects, the platform configuration manager (that dropdown in the toolbar) says "All CPU", meaning it will generate platform-agnostic MSIL. But as soon as you add a J# project, it says "Mixed Platforms" and also adds "x86". Doesn't J# support 64-bit I thought it also produces MSIL ! Does this mean all my applications have to run in x86 Or is .NET smart enough to compile the C# ...Show All

• SQL Server Comparing 2005 with 2004 YTD

  Hi, I would like to compare current YTD (2005) with 2004 YTD, how do I do that using MDX ParaLLELPERIOD (Year) and PERIODSTODATE(Year) I am not an MDX expert, but I believe something like this should resolve it. (parallelPeriod([Accounting Week Calendar].[Accounting Year]),[Time Series Analysis].&[1]) Time Series Analysis is a dimension itself, with one record with a field called OLAP (it can be anything) and the value is set to 1. Thanks Sutha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Function help

  I am trying to get the information from textbox1 and output it into an array. I have tried this: char chrsplit[1000] strcpy(chrsplit, enctextbox->Text->ToCharArray()); but i get this error error C2664: 'strcpy' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'cli::array<Type,dimension> ^' to 'const char *'         with         [             Type=wchar_t,             dimension=1         ] i found on another forum that this may be b ...Show All

• Visual C++ Crypto sample from msdn with studio 2005

  Hello, I have a litte problem trying an pice of code I found in MSDN with studio 2005 b2. This is the code: #include <stdio.h> #include <windows.h> #include <Wincrypt.h> void main() { //--------------------------------------------------------------- // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. // Declare and initialize variables. DWORD cbName; DWORD dwType; DWORD dwIndex; CHAR *pszName = NULL; // Print header lines for providers. printf("Listing Available Providers:\n"); printf("Provider type\tProvider Name\n"); printf("_____________\t__________________" "___________________\n"); //------------------ ...Show All