Jonas1980's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ What is _sleep()?

  Hi, I want to know about the use of _sleep() function in VC++.What is it syntax.Give me a example.How is it used. Yours sincerely Umair Arshad Air university Sleep This function suspends the execution of the current thread for a specified interval. void Sleep( DWORD dwMilliseconds ); Parameters dwMilliseconds Specifies the time, in milliseconds, for which to s ...Show All

• Visual C# login to sql

  Hi friends am new to C# and VS2005. am writing a small app that talks to sql server.my question is i want to write login screen which accepts login/password if authenticated call main form. i know how to connect to sql using ODBC connection string but want to know there is any better way or different in vs 2005 doing that any code samples much appreciated. Thanks for ur help :) Hi, Your conneciton string would be just like a normal c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Beta 3 Refresh SQL Server?

  Which SQL server will beta3 install on    Do i still need to use the CTP or can i use the RTM bits ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) [BUG] BitmapEffect of DropShadow not working on Label

  I have a Label and applying a BitmapEffect of a drop shadow has no effect on the element.  I would expect the text to get a drop shadow effect.  This is a very common case for drop shadow.  I hope this will be addressed for release if not for Beta 2. Also try reducing the Softness property to something as low as 0.2 then the font shadow is very effective even in small font sizes. ...Show All

• SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer

  Hello, I found in marketing materials, than Best Practices Analyzer is included in installation of SQL 2005. Is it right I could not found it. Any ideas I'm a program manager heading up the next version of Best Practices Analyzer for SQL Server 2005. We are pretty early in the development cycle right now... we'll probably ship second half of this year. Check out this blog post for more information: ht ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Designer Problems

  I’m experiencing some problems while working with wf in visual studio. Sometimes while building or rebuilding the solution, the build fails, and NO exceptions are given . Opening the workflow file (workflow.cs) will show an exception in the designer: “ Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information .” I don’t know what it means. However sometimes, restarting VS will resolve the prob ...Show All

• .NET Development 64 Framework behaves differently

  Hello, I had to process a .NET PE file recompiling it and I managed to do so, in fact it works just well with the 32bit framework, but a couple of days ago I noticed that a on the 64bit framework it doesn't work with windows applications (with console application it seems working). I seriously have no idea what the problem could be: peverify tells me everything is ok (of course, otherwise it wouldn't work on 32bit). My guess is that it has somet ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Calling VBA code from ASP

  Hi, I just wrote several pages of VBA Code to automate some Powerpoint processes. Now I need to call these processes from a ASP file. Is that possible Or ist there an other / propably better way to automate the Application when being called via a ASP application. Or do I need to use COM cheers mat Hi Mat, Here's the response from our support engineer: I understand that you want to use Office automation at server side. We do not rec ...Show All

• Visual Studio "The operation could not be completed" error when using VSS.

  I have VS 2002 installed with VSS 6 which used to work fine until installing VS 2003. Now when I check something in/out of VSS in VS 2002 I get an error saying "The operation could not be completed", although I get this error the item is checked in/out ok. I haven't been able to try this in VS 2003 to see if I get the error because we currently don't have any 2003 projects. Could someone let me know what's causing this error and how to fix it ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WorkflowQueuingService

  i'd like to know where can i find some information about this class -different from the sdk help- i'm looking for some info regarding the moment and responsible class to add this Service to the ActivityExecutionContext. thanks in advance Gustavo, The WorkflowQueueingSerivce is a default runtime service...what were you looking to use it for The HandleExternalEvent uses it, for example, to allow you to raise events for a workflow inst ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Loading appsettings or custom settings from MSTest.exe

  I have a unit test (MyUnitTest.dll) that tests a class in another dll (MyClass.dll). My unit tests verify the code that loads the configuration settings. One test method looks like this, [ TestMethod ] [ DeploymentItem ( "MyUnitTest.dll.config" )] public void ReadFromConfig() { MyConfiguration configuration = MyConfiguration .Configuration; Assert .AreEqual("testvalue", configuration.CustomList[0]); ...Show All

• SQL Server combining 2 select with count and datediff into 1 select. need help.

  I have created two select clauses for counting weekdays. Is there a way to combine the two select together I would like 1 table with two columns: Jobs Complete Jobs completed within 5 days 10 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT COUNT(DATEDIFF(d, DateintoSD, SDCompleted) - DATEDIFF(ww, DateintoSD, SDCompleted) * 2) AS 'Jobs Completed withi ...Show All

• SQL Server cursor problem

  Actually My proble is DECLARE @SNO INT DECLARE CURS_FOR_SNO CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM MACB where cntrl_no='DC000429' and isnull(listed,'')='U' AND ISNULL(SNO,'')='' ORDER BY SNO OPEN CURS_FOR_SNO FETCH NEXT FROM CURS_FOR_SNO WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN SET @I=@I + 1 SET @SNO=@X + @I UPDATE MACB SET SNO=@SNO where CURRENT OF CURS_FOR_SNO FETCH NEXT FROM CURS_FOR_SNO END CLOSE CURS_FOR_SNO DEALLOCATE CURS_FOR_SNO it gives read ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Windows Server 2003 Client

  I'm developing on a Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine using VS 2005 Team Edition for Developers. I can connect to the TFS server and use source code control, but I cannot access Documents or Reports through the IDE. The folders display with a small, red 'x' on the bottom right hand corner. I do NOT have IE Enhanced Security Options enabled. One other developer in my group has the same configuration with the same problem. All other developers ...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