Jeffrey Palermo's Q&A profile

• Visual C# newbie question : I have to use a C library in a C # project...

  hi I have to use a library written in C language but I can not use the old "# include file.h". What is the simpliest way to use this library Do I have to make a C++ class with my C library in it, and add it to a new C++ project in my solution or do I have to make a dll Or ... C # is great but I do not find it very easy to use with classical code like C... Thanks for helping me !!   iznogood w ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Solution problems with RC and Beta 3

  Maybe it's just me, but can you no longer add a solution to source code control when creating the solution (or project) Did something break with the beta 3     The option should still be available. Did you install the Team Foundation Client as well as Visual Studio 2005 RC1 If so, are you connected to a Team Foundation Server when you start the New Project wizard Cheers, Adam ...Show All

• .NET Development connecting using localhost

  hi all, i'm using VS2003 .NET with SQL2000. after changing my computer's name (i think that was the "trigger"), i get the infamouse "SQL server does not exist or access denide" message if using "localhost" as my datasource in my connection string. i have no problem if i use the server name "hard coded" (datasource = myserver). any ideas how to make "localhost" work again thanks. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System False Positive: ValidateArgumentsOfPublicMethods

      Resolution   : "Validate parameter 'left' passed to externally                    visible method SecurityGroup.op_Equality(SecurityGroup,                     SecurityGroup):Boolean."     Public Shared Operator =(ByVal ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Rich text in DataGridView

  The new DataGridView control is terrific but it won't display rich text.  I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of how to modify it to do so. Thanks, GS   I am also interested how you can save rich text to a database from a richtextbox.  I used to be able to do this in VB6. MHC ...Show All

• Visual Studio Restricting users from labeling

  Is there a way to restrict users from creating/changing/removing labels Only give Read/Checkin,checkout rights to respective user. Dont give add, delete right. Further give only R/C rights on the root<project> where you dont want to apply labels. ...Show All

• Visual C++ MSBuild in x64 environment with vcproj

  Hello, With a quick search in the MSDN, I did not find the issue I am having. If this is already discussed, I apologize. I just got the latest VS2005, and tried to build 64 bit. It fails to build with MSbuild from command line. I have played just short time, and started with very basic. Still I am not successful. I am using VS2005 version is 8.0.50727.42 Here is the very basic scenario. I have created a new blank project "hello", my default ...Show All

• SQL Server Connecting to an SQL Express Server via IP

  Hi Everyone, I am trying to connect to an SQL Express database via IP. The problem I am having is with the connection string itself. Currently I am using the below: mysqlconn.ConnectionString = "Data Source=255.255.255.255,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=images.mdf" The problem is the program just freezes up. I double checked the port number and IP address and I know those are correct. I'm using Windows Authentication s ...Show All

• SQL Server Introduce Domain functionality to UDDT

  As so rightly stated in http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/70/books/inside6.mspx "Currently, UDDTs don't support the notion of subtyping or inheritance, nor do they allow a DEFAULT value or CHECK constraint to be declared as part of the UDDT itself. These powerful object-oriented concepts will likely make their way into future versions of SQL Server. These limitations not withstanding, UDDT functionality is a dynamic and o ...Show All

• Visual C++ Unmannaged Dll

  Hello everybody, i`m new with vc++ ,i wrote an unmannaged class and still cant use it ,because when i added it to my project this error generate: error C2871: 'some-namespace' : a namespace with this name does not exist and when i use its class compiler dont know that, how can i do it because i`m new with vc++ answer me completly thanks a lot Show some code. From what you say, it looks like you haven't declared a ...Show All

• Smart Device Development WebReference Change Static to Dynamic Setting not working

  I have a Web Reference in my code in which I want to change the URL Behavior from static to dynmaic.  When I do so nothing happens. I look in the app.config file hoping to see the url reference and nothing has changed. I also have checked the reference.vb file and it still is hard coded and not referencing the app.config file. Anyone know what is going on   Exactly my point. I go from ...Show All

• Visual C# Getting a COM dll's version from it's COM registry entries

  We currently have some code that goes like this: object savePath = null ; // get smartconnect type from prog id of COM component SmartConnect.dll Type smartConnectType = Type . GetTypeFromProgID ( "SmartConnect.CSmartConnect" ); // create instance of smartconnect Object smartConnectObject = Activator . CreateInstance ( smartConnectType ); // get the save path savePath = smartConne ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL2005 backup Issue

  After moving the SPS 2003 portal from one disk to another, I am having a problem in backing up the portal from the spsbackup tool as well as through the SQL Server 2005 database backup option . Following is the error am getting:- ============================================================================================================================= Backup failed for Server 'sql server name' . (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo) - ...Show All

• .NET Development SOAP/HTTP(S) Options Needed

  I need my C# .NET 2.0 app to send and receive SOAP over HTTP and HTTPS, with and without keep-alive and gzip.  This application is a tester that needs to stress-test the communications, and so I need to be able to do socket-level stuff like 1) not listen at times, 2) control the IP address I send from when running on a machine with multiple IPs, and 3) drop a connection after receiving a SOAP request without sending any response.  For ...Show All

• Visual Basic I am having a problem with a code and could use help.

  I am having some trouble with this code. I would like to covert the for...next statement to a do...loop statement and can't seem to figure it out correctly. Any suggestions 'declare constant and variables Const TERM As Integer = 5 Dim principal, payment As Double Dim rate As Double = 0.04 'as accumulator Try 'assign input to a variable principal = Double .Parse( Me .uiPrincipalTextBox.Text) 'c ...Show All