Paul Reith's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Sever 2005 only has client side?

  Why I couldn't find any datebase engine setup SQL Server 2005 Developer Windows xp You're going to have to give us more to go on here. You're saying that you installed Dev edition on XP, and the engine isn't there Take a look at the install logs, located at %Program Files%Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG and below, and see if any errors are reported for the engine. ...Show All

• .NET Development XPathNavigator and adding node?

  Lets say that I have the following in my xml file: <gameinfo> <lives>5</lives> <score>10786</score> <maps> <mapID>2</mapID> <mapID>0</mapID> </maps> </gameinfo> Then after processing with XPath Navigator, I want the output to be something like this: <gameinfo> <lives>5</lives> <score>10786</score> <maps> < ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums uppercase and lowercase letters made equivalent

  Is there a way in VBA for Excel to make uppercase letters equivalent to lowercase ones Otherwise, comparing strings of the same letters but different capitalization results in no match Thanks, Antonio no, character's A and a have completely different ASCII code/Unicode values. The compare method generally has a parameter to ignore case but VBA doesn't have that option. All I can suggest is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Q: Is there an (un-)official place (other than the Starter Kit stuff!) for VBE IDE templates?

  Hi Experts. As we all recognized, the built in templates in VBE are limited, even with all starter kits installed. So here is my question: Is there an (un-)official place (other than the Starter Kit stuff!) for VBE IDE templates In paticular I need a up-to-date template to build a service, with controller and installer. I had an old demo service project, which I've done with the trial version of VS.Net 2003. I migrated it to VBE. I got it to wo ...Show All

• Visual C# Is there a transaction object for writing to excel files?

  I am writing a C# app that adds information to excel worksheets. Is there a transaction object for writing to excel files Thanks, Mike Hi, Based on my research, the System.Transactions Namespace only support the scenario below. The System.Transactions infrastructure makes transactional programming simple and efficient throughout the platform by supporting transactions initiated in SQL Server, ADO.NET, ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to access methods of MDI Child from by MDI Parent Toolbar?

  Hi How can I access the methods (Add, Save,Delete, Record navigation methods such first, previous, next & last) of a MDI child from when clicking on a toolbar positioned in the MDI parent form So on the MDI parent I have this toolbar. When clicking on a button on this toolbar it must call a method from the current MDI child form. I am running there are several types of MDI child forms with keeping recordsets, but each contains (th ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) PeerChannel message loss and more test data

  Here's the latest in my attempt to find a reliable configuration for PeerChannel to handle large volume enterpries messaging, and some new test results. When I first started playing with PeerChannel, it seemed like it lost messages very easily. Then I found that by adding an Application.DoEvents or a small sleep in my tight sending loop, things got better. A lot better: a couple of days ago I posted test results where I never lost a single me ...Show All

• Windows Forms Install Wizard problem

  Sometimes, when I install programs, the wizard gives me strange characters that I can't understand. Is there anyway to bypass this ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums is there anyone who can open applications ?

  Hello Since yesterday I cant open any applications on www.worldsbestapp.com   is there a problem on the web site or ony I am living this problem best regards   thanks for your answer I asked some of my friends and they cant open any app like me :( Dou you have any guess about my problem ...Show All

• SQL Server Help says ODBC is Available. Where?

  In BOL it clearly says that you can "use the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers provided." in relation to Analysis Services. ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.VSIPCC.v80/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/uas9/html/9fab8298-10dc-45a9-9a91-0c8e6d947468.htm Unfortunately, this provider is not in my list. Here is the full text section from help. "Other relational systems support the older Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) specification but do n ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to support INSERT SNIPPET?

  Hi,everyone, There is a good function that user can insert snippet In C# project. I also want to implement that for my own language by VSIP. Is there any one who could give me some good advices Thanks very much. Best regards. After some investigates, I have found that the function is valid for documents such as XML. There is not relations with project type.  But I am also confused how to ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can't apply a DataGridTableStyle to a Datagrid

  Hello, I've this code:     Private Sub BuildDgStyle()         Dim dgStyle As New DataGridTableStyle         dgStyle.MappingName = Me.Tabella         Dim colCodice As New DataGridTextBoxColumn         col ...Show All

• Visual C++ Some questions on vs2003 customization

  Hi everybody! I've got a problem with my compilation. I try to do something weird for testing a big big project by small compiled parts. (in the same way as the autotools with "make check" if you know it.) I need to see how the automatic compiler of vs2003 calls the compiler. So can it print the calls to the compiler on my "output" window If you also know good ways to know the coverage of the code on the project, i'm a ...Show All

• Visual C# error:No value given for one or more required parameters.

  I am using C#.net to write a program. I have an update to update the database when the user changes the cooment. All values that I have assign to the datarow as data in it. Here is the code: foreach ( DataRow dr in _dsComment.Tables[0].Rows) { if (dr[ "CommentId" ].ToString() == strId) { dr[ "OrdNo" ] = _Order; dr[ "Comment" ] = frmN.Comment; dr[ "Date" ] = System. DateTime .Now.ToShortDateString(); dr[ "Name" ] = UserName; } ...Show All

• Visual C# Use DllImport attribute to invoke functions in a native DLL

  I need to transfer information through shared memory between 2 exe files. I've found a C++ code that pretty much do exactly what I need to do, but I don't know how to do it in C#. Is there a way to convert this code to C# or write something in C# and would be able to receieve information for the C++ code Sample C++ Code: #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <conio.h> #define BUF_SIZE 256 TCHAR szName[] ...Show All