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• Visual C++ String* conversion

  I have a String* and i want to know if the String* variable is a string of characters (a string) or an integer.  IF its an integer value then i want to convert it to an integer (type Int32) any ideas on how this could be done Well, the way to convert a string representation of a number to an actual number is to use the Parse method of the number classes. Like Int32.Parse(). If the string holds a valid nu ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 June CTP Install Issue

  When trying to install SQL 2005 June CTP to a Windows Vista Beta 1 install I am receiving the following error during the configuration portion of the installation: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP Setup ------------------------------ SQL Server Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. The error was: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Shared Memory Provider: Connection was terminated [1236].  Refer to server ...Show All

• Visual Basic Set an environment variable

  Hi, I'm looking for the possibility to set an environment variable temporarily for an application that my VB-application starts. My VB-application look like this: Dim pExtApplication As New Process pExtApplication.StartInfo.FileName = "ExtApplication" pExtApplication.StartInfo.Arguments = "--help" pExtApplication.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False pExtApplication.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding Files (Doc, xls, ...) to a Project a a folder of a sourcesafe database through the Internet Access plugin.

  Hi all, i'd like to know if someone could tell me how to add files to a folder of a vss db through the internet access. Thx Internet access is supported only through Visual Studio. If this is what you'd like to do then you can add those files to your project and then check them in. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Service pack for vb2005 ??

  Are there any service packs available soon I heard a lot of talk in the different forums about ,and i have myself, a bit of speed problems in visual studio 2005.. Some replies are from the developers that they want to look into it and improve it but i dont really see anything happening yet. Have anybody else heard anything Or is it me who cant find the different upgrades on the microsoft website Nothi ...Show All

• Visual C# Determine startup file

  Hi, I have created a file that works with my program. The extension is '.epi'. I want to load the file in my program when you click the file in Explorer So I created this code: if (( Application .ExecutablePath.EndsWith( ".epi" ) == true )) { string filename = Application .ExecutablePath; //Then the code to load the file using the above filename. } But this code does'nt work. I set in the register to start the ...Show All

• Windows Forms The requested name is valid and was found in the database

  Hi ! When i try to use  socket calss to connect to a website  on localhost  i get this error An unhandled exception of type 'System.Net.Sockets.SocketException' occurred in system.dll Additional information: The requested name is valid and was found in the&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Serious Error while deleting the row

  Hi, I am using following code to bind the ListObject: DataSet dsTrims = new DataSet (); dsTrims = MyDataAccessLayer .Provider.ExecuteDataSet(System.Data. CommandType .Text, strWhere); this .bindingdataSource1.DataSource = dsTrims.Tables[0]; myListObject.AutoSetDataBoundColumnHeaders = true; myListObject.SetDataBinding(bindingdataSource1); All the data get visible to listobject when run the application. I can als ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Creating Shortcuts For Applications/Files

  Hello Again Everyone, Once again I am asking for help from all you wonderful people here in the Visual Basic Forum. I have developed a nice small application that runs great and does everything I want it to do.  I would like to include code in the 'Installation' application that I created to create a normal application shortcut to place in the Startup Menu that points to the application I am installing and possibly to place a shortcut on th ...Show All

• SQL Server Calling user defined function from other server

  I have UDF in a database on SQL2000 server. Is it possible to call this UDF from other server (SQL2005) I did setup a linked server to SQL2000 Call to the following function returns an error: Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Invalid column name ' srv2000 '. select [srv2000] .db_test . dbo . F_TEST () You cannot call remote UDFs in SQL Server right now. So you will have to use pass-through query ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System error "attempting to perform the undo operation" when using relative paths

  We are studying how to put our current code into Team Foundation Server source control, but face a problem with each C++ project. The problem is related to the fact that a solution contains source files that are 'higher' in the directory tree than the project file. So, say thay the project file is this: C:\WS\Projects\CPPProjectForTFSBug\CPPProjectForTFSBug\CPPProjectForTFSBug.vcproj The problem occurs if it contains this file: . ...Show All

• Smart Device Development debugging problems with Activesync/visual Studio .NET 2003

  I have a recurring problem debugging on my device with Visual Studio .NET, and I'm beyond desperate to get it resolved. I am able to connect to my device using Activesync. I can copy files back and forth. I have put the appropriate toolhelp.dll file in the windows directory. I have set the appropriate CPU type, and gone through every Microsoft tutorial I could find. No matter what I do, when I try to connect to the device it says the device is n ...Show All

• Visual Basic Is there a way to add to the list of functions available for strings

  I want to add a function so that when I put a period after a string the intellisense will give me an option for the FirstIndexOf function. Or where is a good place for user defined functions for an entire project. Module Class Thanks The "first index of" method is just called IndexOf: Dim filename As String = "test.txt.zip.pgp" Dim filenameWithoutExtension As String = filename.Substring(0, f ...Show All

• SQL Server OLTP and Reporting databases seperated?

  we are using an object database for our OLTP but for reporting we have got some issues about performance as the cpu becames a bottleneck.And we want to be able to run on low end computers... One of our team members suggested to replicate the object database to a SQL table.But just a single one.The most denormalized thing ever. is this the fastest way we can get in reporting         *we dont want a h ...Show All

• SQL Server SSRS & multiple datasources

  Hi: SSRS is set up on it's own server, I'm writing reports using a DB on a different server. I'm wanting to use tables from both servers in the one DataSet, but I can't see how this is done. For Example: dbOne has tables db1One, db1Two and dbTwo has tables db2One; I want to create a dataset that uses all three tables. But when I try to 'Add Table' in the Data tab of the Report Designer only the tables from the one datasource are listed. ...Show All