Anders L's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio #line directive and debug symbols

  Is there a way to match whatever line was input with the #line directive to the debug symbols that are generated in a .pdb file If I generate a big file from several .cpp file, the compilation errors are displayed correctly, the __LINE__ macro are generated correctly but during the debug process I still get redirected to the big file instead of the small files that are used to edit the code. If it is not possible via a compiler option, is there some documentation on the .pdb format if I want to try to modify the info there directly I am not sure I understand your question. Are you asking for a way to have ...Show All

• Visual C++ problem in explicit linking of DLL

  I have made a sample Win32 DLL(not MFC) without using .DEF file(I do not have to include a header file thus).To test that i have made a sample application.It loads the DLL using explicit linking(using LoadLibrary() and GetProcAddress()).To make it work I copied the dll to the folder of the exe.Now, the dll is being loaded(the handle returnd by LoadLibrary() is not null).But the GetProcAddress() is returning a null pointer.I have run the dumpbin utility also to check things.It seems to work fine.So no prob in DLL i guess. Please help.If u need I can mail the source code. Hi! Most typical problem is that you forget to use exter ...Show All

• SQL Server Modifying a dimension by adding a new attribute using AMO

  Using AMO , I am trying to add new attributes to a dimension. It works fine if the dimension is a new dimension but if the dimension belongs to a cube, the Update method returns the following error: Message "Errors in the metadata manager. The ALTER statement must be fully expanded because it will cause a structure change to the Gender dimension. " String StackTrace " at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AnalysisServicesClient.SendExecuteAndReadResponse(ImpactDetailCollection impacts, Boolean expectEmptyResults, Boolean throwIfError) at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AnalysisServicesClient.Alter(IMa ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Agent Job fail

  Hi, i've setup a sql agent job using a maintenance plan. As far as I know e.g. the database backup jobs are created as integration service packages. When I try to execute this sql job, an error message appears: SQL Server Scheduled Job 'BackupSSO' (0xDDC8AE8E9B2EF940919967FEBE70B85A) - Status: Failed - Invoked on: 2005-09-15 10:05:06 - Message: The job failed.  The Job was invoked by User WW001\claus.  The last step to run was step 1 (BackupSSO). This is the error message from the applicaiton eventlog - the message is completly the same in the job history log. I receive this error every time I execute a sql agent job - not only ...Show All

• Visual C++ wtsapi32.h missing

  Hello everyone, wtsapi32.h seems to be missing in whidbey beta2. It is in the platform sdk releases. What is the reason behind this and how do I overcome this I need to detect if the program is running under terminal server or not. Thanks in advance. Hi Henrik, If you are an MSDN subscriber you can access our more recent builds. We release a CTP (Community Technology Preview) at the beginning of every month. However, we recommend you do a fresh install, which would probably solve your current problem anyway. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums blog photo

  hi, new to msn spaces. does the msn spaces api allows blogging photos regards, rnv The MetaWeblog API doesn't allow blogging photos. We are currently investigating options for allowing programmatic access to photos in a future release. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Btn nothing Event

  I have a WForm with a button, this button pulls up a word document when a letter is chosen...great......now if a letter is not chosen and i click extract i get an unhandled exception error...any ideas on how i can solve this...so that when a letter is not chosen and i click extract a message box will come up and say no letter chosen....... There's not a lot to go here. I wish we could see some code. VS2005 has some new conditional tests If X is not Nothing then    Do action else    Inform user        endif is now allowable syntax so you can detect conditions where there is ...Show All

• .NET Development Multiple Inserts into Sql Server.

  Is there any way to insert multiple rows into sql server table in single query or single round trip to the server Thanks. Besides using a stored procedure, if you need to build your SQL programmatically on the fly you can specify multiple statements delimited by a semi-colon. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Activex Com control properties

  HI All, I loaded the com activex control at run time by using the AxHost wrapper. Here the problem i am facing is , i need to get the controls properties inside the activex control. I tried to get the properties using reflection. But i am not able to go through the child controls of the activex control. Can any one know , how to load the activex control inside the form and how to get the properties of the child controls inside the activex control.Please post it here. This is an interesting question. you never found any where. Thanks a lot in advance. zoomer Child controls of an ActiveX control would not normally be exposed ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Why there is need of 3 diff users for TFSSetUp, TFSService,TFSReports accounts

  Hi there,      Why there is need of 3 diff users for TFSSetUp, TFSService,TFSReports account  in Beta3 Can it be avoided and have just same account for all 3 same as beta2. In my company i'm the one responsible for installing and admistrating and mantaining everything related to VSTS as our bug tracking software. Now having 3 diffirent users for all these 3 account is tough to have other people being responsible for some of the stuffs. Is there a way to use same account Thanks, Anu Hi, I think in the final version you can have a single account and use it instead of the three users. This would pro ...Show All

• Visual C# parent - generic why not?

  How can use parentes with generic links I talk about this constructions: struct abc<tfrom>: tfrom {...} or class abc<tfrom>: tfrom {...} how to use this conversions and why tjis is not work class aaa<tc> { public aaa()  {   int a = 0;   tc b = (tc)a; // this not work   tc c; // this not work   // not exists any constructors like   // tc b = new tc();  } }   ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Remote Kernel Tracker CELOG enabled on Dell Axim X51V

  Hi all, I'm trying desperatly to get the Remote Kernel Tracker to run on the Dell Axim X51V running windows Mobile 5.0 but every time I do I get the error message: "Remote Kernel Tracker is unable to connect to the device because it is not CELOG enabled." Using platform builder 5.0 tools don't help, and I was hoping that the WIndows Mobile 5.0 Developer Resource Kit would help, but I couldn't install it due to a corrupt cab file during downlaod. Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong Hi! I think "Remote Kernel Tracker" is used in OS development process. After developer ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) DataContext.GetQueryParameters?

  I have the ability to obtain the underlying sql select statement for a given expression. However, it has parameters instead of hardcoded values. I would need the possibility to get the underlying parameters as well in order to be able to execute the sql statement directly. Northwind db = new Northwind(...); Expression<Func<Customer, bool >> filter = customer => customer.City == "London"; Query<Customer> filteredCustomers = db.Customers.Where<Customer>(filter); string sqlSelect = db.GetQueryText(filteredCustomers); /*sqlSelect will have the form: "Select ... from Customers where City = @p0"*/ /* TODO Implement ...Show All

• .NET Development Please help me ...

  Hi I want to update two datasets within the same transaction . That is rollback both if either fails. I  have an example. It uses ExecuteNonQuery. I attempted to do similar code but instead of calls to ExecuteNonQuery I called sqlDataAdapter.Update: conn.Open() Dim cbcommand1 As New SqlCommandBuilder(ad1) Dim cbcommand2 As New SqlCommandBuilder(ad2) myTrans = conn.BeginTransaction() ad1 .UpdateCommand.Transaction = myTrans ad2.UpdateCommand.Transaction = myTrans Try    ad1.Update(dataset1) ;     ad2. Update(dataset2)     myTrans.Commit() Catch ex As Exception      Messa ...Show All

• SQL Server Bold within a textbox

  I have a textbox on a report that i would like to have one word bolded, how do i do this ex: i want this word to be bold thanks in advance Unfortunately, this is not supported in the SQL 2000 or SQL 2005 version of Reporting Services. It is something we would like to add in a future release. ...Show All