Reddirt14's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 System Table (View?) Map

  Is there an estimate on the availability of the System Map for SQL2005 If it is already out there, would someone be so kind as to tell me how to get it Thanks, DO A poster that shows most of the SQL Server 2005 system views (catalog view and dynamic management views) and their relationships will be available in the December issue of SQL Server Magazine. Regards, ...Show All

• Windows Forms Winforms cannot be resized on low resolution workstations

  Please help guys, I have an app that was built on a high resolition windows workstation, now when I run the app from a low resolution workstation, I can't resize some of my dialog windows... Hi, you can use the anchor propertys of controls and things like tablelayoutpanels, flowlayout panels. This might help you. But keep in mind to test your apps in low resoultions, because the controls might get really small. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Project file extension guidance

  So it probably doesn't matter what file extension we use for project files, it would be nice if there were a set of quasi-standard extensions.  I believe these exist: .proj - generic msbuild project .csproj - C# msbuild project .vbproj - VB msbuild project .targets - shared set of targets, properties, etc I was wondering what extension to use for a project file that contains only properties that are to be shared   Any suggestions .pro ...Show All

• SQL Server not able to connect to the local database with (local) as server name

  I am facing a problem in connecting to the local database with server name as (local). I have installed SQL Server 2005 in my machine. When I try to connect to the SQL server with the server name as SUNILKUMAR I am able to connect but when I try to connect to the same server with the server name as (local) I am not able to connect. SUNILKUMAR is my machine name and SQL server is running locally. if anyone can help me what is the problem in ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Select line of text in Word documents

  How can I "Select a line of text in Word documents" to futher manipulate it I figured how to do individual Words, but I'd like to select a line ot text containing a certain word. Not too sure how to select a line of text, but this will select the sentence containing the word: Sub SelectSentence() Dim oDoc As Word.Document Set oDoc = Documents.Open("C:\documents and settings\mydocument") With Selection.Fi ...Show All

• .NET Development Database explorer and oledb connections

  Is it possilbe to make da data connections da oledb datasource (visual fox pro) inside of the database explorer In Add connections I have only "Microsoft Access Database file" and "Microsoft SQL Server Database file". I use VS 2005 express edition! Regards Hansjorg dataconnections - add connection data source: Microsoft SQL Server (SQLclient) -> standard -> click button change ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WinFX CTP install issue

  Cheers, I am posting to this group because I have not found any groupe dedicated to general WinFX issues. I am having problem installing WinFX January CTP. When I launch the install, the window with progress bar saying "Setup is loading installation components. This may take a minute or two." shows up, advances to 80 percent, and CPU usage jumps to 100%. It is impossible to kill the process. Task manager doesn't kill it, taskkill ...Show All

• .NET Development DataAdapter/CmdBuilder problems

  I have a simple MDB with one table. The first column is the primary key (number.) I'm having a heck of a time updating. Using the CommandBuilder, I get: myDataAdapter.InsertCommand.CommandText INSERT INTO NewTable001 (ID, Name, DataType, Value, Comments) VALUES ( ,  , , , ) but the OleDbException error is "Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement." Here's the code  to update the data (bound to DataGridView): m_Conn = New Ol ...Show All

• SQL Server Width of parameter drop down box

  Hi, May I know is there a way to control the size of the parameter drop down box In my current box, the width increase according to the option with label of the longest length, in which causes my report's width to increase out of my control. Thanks in advance! Hi, We can get use of style files for customizing the view of reporting services standart user interfaces If you want to customize SELECT control, c ...Show All

• .NET Development TableAdapters BaseClass

  Hi,    I have a problem with the TableAdapters implementation: let's say I want to implement a generic method that takes a TableAdapter and performs some operation on it.     For the sake of example let's say I just want to open the connection the TableAdapter uses:          public void PreOpenConnection(<TableAdapter base class > tableAdapter)    {   ...Show All

• Visual Studio "Start Debugging" vs "Start without Debugging" speed in VS2005

  I experienced extremely slow performance in VS2005, when I "Start Debugging" an application which uses System.Drawing.Bitmap (might be anything that uses interop, but that's just my wild guess). Everything is fast if I "Start withoug Debugging" and it does not matter if I compile a release or a debug version. Please check this little piece of code: namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Program { static void Main( string [] args) { Syste ...Show All

• Visual Basic Build number (version number)

  I would like to know the build number e.g. the version number after each compile. Preferably I'd like it to be visible all the time in my project. Is this possible Where can I see the build number Check out this thread! http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade/browse_thread/thread/bf74341cb75f32a7/cee791aef70fb5b3 lnk=st&q=vb.net+application+version&rnum=1#cee791aef70fb5b3 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Web Automation via .NET

  I work for a company that would like to automate work that needs to be done in a few web sites - the work is identical to work that is performed on our internal systems. Does the web browser need to be open/visible for your macro's to operate correctly   These are secure web pages that we are accessing. We want to be able to pass information into the macro from our internal database and have the macro log into a secure web page and enter th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Build with Multiple Team Projects

  Are there any suggestions out there for performing a Team Build on projects that have cross Team Project, project dependencies (partial layout below) $+---+Company.Framework  |   |---+Company.Framework.sln  |       |---Comany.Framework.csproj  |        |---+Company.Framework.Security  |   |---+Company.Framework.Security.sln  |&nbs ...Show All

• SQL Server SSI and other components don't install

  Hi I have installed SQL Server 2005 but Integration Services is just not there. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times and in the process uninstalled an old version of Visual Studio.NET (manually because it wouldn't uninstall automatically) and Visual Web Developer, just in case they were interfering with Integration Services. No luck, in fact it got worse, now Analysis Services also does not work because it can't find devenv.exe! ...Show All