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• .NET Development system.net.mail.smtpclient fqdn required

  This seems to be the right place to ask this question. I'm trying to send a simple email message using the SmtpClient in system.net.mail through my own Postfix mail server. I've got UCE controls turned on and the .Send method is rightfully failing during the HELO negotiation because the FQDN of the sending host is not being sent. I don't see anywhere to force this behavior, or to otherwise set the FQDN on the SmtpClient object. I'm missing ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TF command to switch TFS servers?

  Isn't there a way to connect to a different TFS Server via a TF command Yes we already have multiple TFVC servers. Anyway, it is not real easy to determine which server you are currently working against especially if your Workspace name (machine name in my case) is the same on both servers. And what is the point of tf status having a /server switch when it *always* tells me: Ignoring the /server option. That's very annoying since I really ...Show All

• SQL Server ODBC connection with stored procedure on iSeries as data source

  I have created a stored procedure on the iSeries that creates a cursor and opens it.  I am trying to write my report to use the stored procedure. I cannot get the data source to work.  How do I create my data source so that it uses the stored procedure   My SP has three parameters I am trying to pass from the report.  The parms are created in the layout. Thank you Figured it out. Had ...Show All

• SQL Server Sample Implementing only a DataReader Class for a Data Processing Extension

  Hi, I need to implement a DataReader into SSRS05 using Connection, Command and Transaction from "Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services" data source. It's possible I need an sample implementing only DataReader class, because the Sample of SSRS, implement all interfaces. Thanks. Cristiano Leite. ...Show All

• SQL Server Create user

  I came across this code. if not exists ( select * from dbo.sysusers where name = N'name' and uid < 16382) EXEC sp_grantdbaccess N'Name', N'Name' GO i was wondering if anyone can tell me the significance of uid < 16382 thanks Run the query: select * from dbo.sysusers --in 2000 and earlier The database roles will start at 16383, users are less than this. This isn't ...Show All

• Visual Basic dlookup Newbie Troubles

  Hello I am a newbie to VB programming, and I downloaded VB2005 Express. Anyways I was wondering if there is an equivalent to dlookup in VB2005. I found a page on the web talking about it, but as I only know how to use VB2005, I'm not sure how to get it working. In my app I use table adapters, not recordsets. Thanks Jeff What is it that you want to achieve Tell us that and we can tell you how to achiev ...Show All

• Visual C# Exception Handling Techniques for ASP.NET Application with Multiple Layers

  We have an ASP.NET 2.0 (C#) application that is divided into multiple layers. The multiple layers come from having a web project and 2 different class library projects in the same solution. I'm having difficulties figuring out the best way to handle (catch) exceptions in the different layers and then propagating those errors back up through the call stack to ultimately display something to the end-user. Note this is an intranet application to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Web Recording is not working ..Pls help me Figure out

  When i try recording a Webtest My Recording doesnt work. The Record options seem to be Greyed out (disabled).. The Browser loads Up pretty quickly when i click on a new webstest But then its all greyed out I have seen this before . please help me in figuring this out. I dont want to reinstall my Visual Studio2005 Thanks Roy Can you try killing all your iexplore.exe processes and trying a ...Show All

• Visual C# Read BarCode

  hello,, im wondering how to read barcodes with a barcode reader,,, the barcode readers are ps2 and USB ... ,so whats the theory to read barcodes what APIS do i need,,, or what classes,, any articles about this would be great thx mig16 No normally you shouldn't have to, there are some fancy barcode scanners that have an API but just deliver your application with the reqeurements of an barcode scanner that gives ...Show All

• Windows Forms Modal dialog turning into modeless

  This is the issue: When a parent window is disabled while a modal dialog is being shown, the shown dialog ends up behaving like a modeless dialog on re-enabling the parent window again. Any ideas why this behaviour Sounds like a MS .NET framework bug! The summary is like this: 1. A main form spawns a thread. 2. The thread method displays a modal dialog (by calling ShowDialog() on a Form object (let us cal ...Show All

• SQL Server Deploying a Reporting Services 2005 Report to a SQL 2000 Report Server ..

  Does anyone know if it is possible to deploy a RS2005 report created in Visual Studio .NET 2005 to a SQL 2000 Report Server If so, online references would be greatly appreciated. Please read this related thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=344701&SiteID=1 The short answer is: you cannot directly publish a RS 2005 report definition on a RS 2000 report server. -- Robert ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office AddIns

  I'm new at using AddIns. I looked on the forum, but did not really found what I needed. I want to create a few AddIns, one for Outlook and one for Word. Both addIns are for different usage. I have a few questions about addIns: I could create an Office Outlook AddIn (starting from the templates, using VSTO) But this one is only for outlook. Could I add a new project to the solution of the outlook AddIn, but this project is an addIn for Wor ...Show All

• Visual Studio Crystal Reports Memory Leak Suggested Fix is not a fix....

  Hello List! I have an open Bug on MSDN that is really affecting our business, and it started happening when we moved to the RTM of VS2005 .Net 2.0 on our servers. We use NON-Embedded Crystal Reports (I have approx 100 of them) and they all have different security levels and accept many different parameters.  I have written a front end that takes care of security and passing the proper parameters to the report etc. The problem is this.&nb ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Mail

  Dear Professional, I'm writing a vb program which try to use SQL mail to send an email to Outlook client. It is including document path (e.g. http://server01/document/Management And Design.doc) in the email content. When received email on the client side, it is found that the document path is broken and cannot be opened directly by double click the link. Is there any way to sove this problem Thank you, Cindy ...Show All

• Visual Basic Listing the variables in a structure

  Hi, Does anyone know how I would list the variables in a structure I have a requirement to load a fixed length disk record made up of many fields into a structure - and I was looking for an automated way of doing it instead of hard coding each field position. Regards Michael use system.reflection you will have to customize this module for your benefit because it will list every member, type and ...Show All