Nicolas V's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Computed Columns in TableAdapters

  Hello, I'm very frustrated with the TableAdapter created by the dataset designer in Visual Studio 2005. Here's my problem: My select statement is just a select * from X. Some of the columns are computed columns, and should not be included in the update or insert commands. However, they are. I can't seem to get it to not include these columns in the update and insert commands without removing them altogther. This problem did not exist in 20 ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with select into querry

  I have two database on same server. I want write a querry, witch qering the data from 1st database, than create a new table on the 2nd database. But the in clause after the into clause permanently generate error. Here is the query’s little part: Select ….. into Backup in ’Test.mdb’ from … I try wrote other ways in ’Test’ in ’dbo.Test’ in dbo.Test but none of them work its onl ...Show All

• Visual Basic [vb 2005 expr] Error: Unable to cast COM object of type...

  The error that raises at runtime is: ********* Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'NEROLib.NeroDrive'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID ******** This happens when I try to execute a sub (that burns an iso DVD with data files) called by an asynchronous thread. If the same sub is executed as click event of a button on the main form then ther ...Show All

• Windows Forms Designer Verbs for Forms

  Is it possible to add designer verbs to forms  I see lost of examples of adding designer verbs to other kinds of controls but not to a form. Thanks. Hello N!Is, I couldn't find any solution too. Because derriving from DocumentDesigner is not a complete one. Thus I did some researc ...Show All

• Visual C# System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventHandler Not Working For Me

  I can't figure out why this event is not being raised in my application. This is not my actual app but it is a simplified application that i created to try and figure out why my application is not working and even the simplified app doesnt work.  I am attempting to trigger the event with a device called the NetCallerID which is a caller ID that sends its data to the serial port of my PC.  I have tested the hardware in HyperTerminal and ...Show All

• Visual Studio .targets file

  Is it mandantory that we import the Microsoft.Common.targets file in our .targets file If so, is there any documentation that defines what targets must be overriden Thanks, Mike It is not mandatory. The main reason to import those is if you wish to take advantage of the existing functionality the MSBuild team built for existing languages. If your language is different enough or if your project is not a l ...Show All

• SQL Server Referenced Table Dimension worked in June SQL Release but fails in Sept Release

  I have a SQL table named PkgGroup that is related to the Item table, the Item table is then related to the MonthlyTrans fact table with the measures I want to aggregate.  I used the Dimension Usage Tab of the Cube Designer to designate that the PkgGroup table was related by reference to the Item table.  In the June release this worked fine and my table processed correctly.  When I use the same Analysis Services Project that h ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista VS2005 and directshow

  Hi all Got some problem with the new visual studio 2005 and directshow baseclass project and warning coming from the compiler. I read in several ng on google that maybe the actual psdk (april 2005) could not be full compatible with vs 2005. Is there any date for an update version of the psdk   Please reply as soon as possible... please   Lorenzo Malaguti   I tried to compile the baseclasses with VS2005, and ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Possible Bug in Designer PPC Windows App

  Hi, I get a strange result when dealing with the designer in VS.NET 2005 (release). Reproduce: I place a label on a form. Than I assign a backcolor (like ActiveBorder or so). This works fine. But when I try to assign a Custom Color - it does not take it. It can be done if I assign a Custom Color to the Window. Next I can change the bkgColor to a custom color for the Label in Designer. The value in the property window changes to the same val ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Microsoft HD DVD Interactivity Jumpstart is available...

  We are pleased to announce that we have posted an early Beta version of the Microsoft HD DVD Interactivity Jumpstart. You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=994accae-1591-4cc0-9d5b-03b0494686a4&displaylang=en This Beta software contains: iHDSim, a simulator that you can use to run iHD code samples HDDVDValidator, a command-line utility that can help find many ...Show All

• Windows Forms Is it possible to change a colored form to grayscale temporarily?

  Hi, I just have an application that show many forms at the same time so in order to keep the users concentrated on the main form, I want to change the other forms to be grayscale temporarily and change them back later. Anyone has got idea how to do this Place a panel and change the Dock property to Fill. On the forms Activated event you add panel1.Enabled = true; In the Deactivate event you add panel1.Enabled = false; Thi ...Show All

• SQL Server Errors in relational and OLAP Engine

  Hi Edward, You told me to look into my data source view yesterday. In my data source view i have the dbo.Prescription instead of dbo_Prescription though the error message indicates that the dbo_Prescription table is missing in the data source view. as below. <Batch xmlns=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/analysisservices/2003/engine "> <Parallel> <Process xmlns:xsd=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema " ...Show All

• SQL Server Returns Nothing, But Executes Fine

  SELECT tblWatchInstance.WatchID,tblWatchBrands.Description,tblWatches.Serial_Number,tblWatches.OwnerFName,tblWatches.OwnerLName, tblClients.Name FROM tblWatchInstance INNER JOIN tblWatches ON tblWatchInstance.Watch_Key = tblWatches.WATCH_KEY INNER JOIN tblWatchColors ON tblWatches.COLOR_KEY = tblWatchColors.COLOR_KEY INNER JOIN tblWatchBrands ON tblWatches.BRAND_KEY = tblWatchBrands.BRAND_KEY INNER JOIN tblWatchTypes ON tblWatches.WATCHTYPE_KEY ...Show All

• Visual Basic Problem Building .exe file

  Hello, I am using Visual basic 2003. When I build an .exe file it runs fine on the computer I have visual studio installed on. When I try to run the exe file on other computers I received the following error: 'Could not find MSCOREE.DLL' I copied this file to the computer in quetion and receved the next error: to run this file you must first install one of the following versions of the .Net Framework: V1.1.4322. Is there a way to build ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem overriding Dictionary.Count after Interop

  I've got a .net Dictionary that I need to expose to a VB6 application. The problem I've got is that I'm having huge problems overriding the .Count property. The property isn't overridable and using "new" seems to hide the property from the interop. So if the VB6 application asks for the Count is goes directly to the base dictionary and not my "new" version. Any thoughts Background: I'm trying to populate the dictionary JIT ...Show All