GrindEspresso's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Express Manager 2005 and Windows XP x64

  Has anyone successfully installed the SQL Express Manager on XP x64 Pro   I know it isn't listed as one of the required operating systems in the readme, but below that it states that for installation on x64 you need the 64 bit .Net Framework 2.0, which I have installed with no problems.  I receive the following error when I attempt to install, almost immediately. This computer must have at least Windows 2000 SP4 and the user must have ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Opening Serial Port more than two times this error occures “The Port ‘COMx:’ does not exist”

   Hi all! This is my first post here, but I am really baffled by this issue, so here goes, I hope someone can help. The hardware this is running on is an Axim X50 with WM 5.0. I am using a CF+ Serial Card as a com port. I have access to CompactFlash cards from Quatech as well as from Socket and Ratoc and have this problem with all of them. This program runs fine twice then when I start it a third time I get the error “P ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Deploying Web Apps with VSTS 2005 Beta 2

  I've got VSTS 2005 Beta 2 up and running and I'm developing programs with VS 2005 Beta 2. I wish to deploy the Web Apps to another server, what is the best way of doing this I've been using Front Page Server Extensions 2002 for deploying VS .NET 2003 Web Apps from my development environment to my test environment, I was wondering if there is a better way now. Thanks, Andrew If you have connectivity between the d ...Show All

• Visual Studio Edit & Continue w/ remote debugging

  Yes, remote debugging works with e&c. Some of the other enhancements of remote debugging in VS 2005 are: - Significantly improved setup experience - Improved security - More intuitive user experience HabibH. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Error when trying to run apps on other computers

  Hi! I've just switched to Visual C++ Express Beta. All my apps compile and work well, that's on My PC only! Whenever I move my app to another PC and try to run it It gives me this wierd error: "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this program" . Am I doing something wrong. Am I not getting some files that should be with my apps, or am I not setting the lin ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow monitoring in Beta 2/2.2

  Is there a good demo/sample for workflow monitoring (such as tool in SDK) for WWF 2/2.2 ...Show All

• .NET Development Query Out of Office with LDAP Active Directory?

  Anyone know if there is a way to query Exchange out-of-office status via the Active Directory Or for that matter...just about any other reasonably simple way to programmatically check whether another user is out-of-office in Exchange I suggest posting this to a forum dedicated to MS Exchange. See http://www.microsoft.com/community for a list of all newsgroups and forums. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Does WCF client support http or socks5 proxy?

  Hi, Can a client consuming the wcf service be configed to bypass a proxy something like ie or msn. If can, how Not sure it's right place to ask this question here, just hope you give me some advice on this topic. Thanks. You can set proxy settings at the binding leval(both in config and or you can set binding properties programmatically) please check binding properties in this config EXAMPLE: < xml version = & ...Show All

• .NET Development Connection to a SQL Server Database with mixed authentication

  Hi, I have a Web Service created that have to connect to a SQL Server 2005 Database with mixed authentication. If I use the "virtual IIS" provided by Visual Studio I retrieve data, but if I put the project in local IIS, using localhost, I get an error in the connection, it says that I can’t connect with the user ' ' to the database. I think is a problem with the mixed authentication SQL Server has, but I don’t  how to ...Show All

• .NET Development WMI - Monitoring Drive Insertion/Removal

  I have a WMI query that works perfectly for monitoring drive insertion/removals -- but causes constant (and noisy) polling of any Floppy Drives. select * from __InstanceModificationEvent within 3 where TargetInstance.DriveType=3 AND PreviousInstance.DriveType=3 AND TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_LogicalDisk' AND PreviousInstance.FreeSpace <> TargetInstance.FreeSpace The DriveType check stops the event from firing when it's not a fixed dr ...Show All

• Visual Basic Configuration system failed to initialize ---- Help Please

  When i try to run my app I get this exception "Configuration system failed to initialize" I recently added a datascource to the app and am assuming that something has gone wrong there but it was all working ok and then this error just started. I assume it's a problem with my appconfig file which i'll post here I cant see anything wrong with it but.!! I've tried deleting the ConnectionString Section but nothing helps and i cant run my app at all! ...Show All

• Visual C# A strange questoin?

  hi, guys I got a very strange question, float a = 1.18F; float b = 0.01F; float m = a + b; Run this code, the result m is not 1.19, IDE shows the value is: 1.189994 Why is that MBZ has the right answer. This is very common for floating point values. If you are dealing with monetary amounts you should use the decimal data type (it's fixed point) and throw floats and doubles in the trash. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Supporting Files

  Hello Is it possible to run a VB application without any supporting dll's in user system (not in developing system). Navaneeth No, you have to have at least the runtime (.NET Framework 2.0) installed to the User System for your VB application to run, this is the minimum requirement.  You can include Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86) to your application's distribution CD for your conveni ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions I need a code for vb 2005 express

  I need a code for my submit button to send me an e-mail with a picture of the screen..... i have tryed a few but they don't work like I need them to... Please help me if you can. Hi, Do you mean send an image of the screen when you press the submit button If so, you can try sending a printscreen keystroke then accessing the clipboard and retrieving the image stream to convert it to image then send it as a mail.. sending a printscreen keystr ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Performance problem

  The following come simply draws a set of strings on the screen. Performance with WPF is terrible. It takes about one second for the screen to refresh for a 1000 * 1000 window - resize the window to verify. When I use Windows Forms, it is much faster Am I missing something Is WPF much slower but since computer are getting faster, I am not supposed to be concerned WPF and Windows Forms code : WPF: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; ...Show All