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• SQL Server MCTS Exam 70-431 Database Administration Study Documementation and Samples ?

  Hi, I am looking for good documentation and examples to use to 'study' for Microsoft exam 70-431. This has everything to do with nuts-and-bolts Database Administration of SQL Server 2005. The December BOL examples, do not cover enough topics. The topics that are covered are not in enough detail. The 70-431 exam requirements are very detailed. This seems to be a nuts-and-bolts test. I am looking for nuts-and-bolts study material. No books are published yet. Does anyone have any good ideas on where to find 'good' samples and tutorials meant for a person who is studying for the new Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Administrator ...Show All

• Visual Studio Static Build?

  I have created a program using SDL and i need to send it to someone else, they don't have SDL and i'd like it if they didn't have to install it to run my program, i have been told i can staltically build it using visual studio so the program will run on any windows XP machine (and possibly off CD), but i dont know how. Can anyone give me help, i cant seem to find anything out about it in the help. This seems more related to using C++ in visual studio. Here is the link to that forum http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=29&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual J# Using a checkBox in a datagrid

  Hi! I have designed a dataGrid and added a template column with a Checkbox in the item template. I am trying to get the event that is raised but the item Command event handler does not respond to it... I am also trying to make some of the checkboxes in the data disabled is that possible Please Help!! Yiannis,   Did you get an answer to your question Does it still count (This question is on the top 5 most read answers.)   Regards, Lars-Inge Tonnessen Microsoft VJ# MVP   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office How do I get a "Quiet" installation using OutlookAddinSetup?

  Is there a way to build into a setup.exe the ability to deploy all prerequisits for an OutLook 2003 Add-in using "Unattended\Quite mode I can break the setup components apart and install using a command or zap file (See below) \ \Desert\soft\Add-in\Release\dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe /Q:A /R:N /C:"install.exe /Q:A /R:N" \\Desert\soft\Add-in\Release\Office2003PIA\O2003PIA.msi /quiet \\Desert\soft\Add-in\Release\VSTORuntime\VSTOR.exe /Q:A /R:N /C:"install.exe /Q:A /R:N" \\Desert\soft\Add-in\Release\OutlookAddinSetup.msi /quiet However, is there a way to compile the "Switches" into the the pro ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboxColumn in DataGridView (VS.NET 2005) not support AutoCompleteMode, DropDowStyle

  Dear all, I'm developing application in DataGridView. I want to add ComboBox Column in DataGridView. However, DataGridViewComboBoxColumn in new version DataGridView not support Properties which Combobox control have. Example Properties : AutoCompleteMode, DropDownStyle. In my opinion, They are 2 important properties because they support user input value and auto search items in Combobox. If my ideas are wrong, please tell me ways to get those properties. Thanks for your cooperation. I've found the anwer myself. Thanx anyway. ( this .gdPerson.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Value = e.FormattedValue;o ...Show All

• Visual C++ Refreshing an rich edit box

  Hi all, I created a Rich Edit box using MFC and am trying to do a refresh on the edit box. I did an UpdateData() function but it keeps overwriting the current data with new data. I don't want to do that. Basically, I want to keep the current data as well as add the new data on to it. I tried the append (+=) function, but when I call the UpdateData() function, it takes a while to update. I am appending large quantites of data which slows the update function. How do I make it appear quickly Is there way to go about this You need to us ethe function ReplaceSel. This function allows you to add data into th ...Show All

• Visual C# creating an API accessible to VC++ and C#

  I'm new to C# and .NET and had a question. I'm working on a project, which consists of several applications, some written in C#, and some in VC++. My part is to create a logging and profile service for these applications on a common server. I am creating the server code and API code in C#, and want it to be accessible to all these applications, regardless of language (as other languages could possibly be added later, but not probable). Besides a COM object, what other options can I pursue to acheive this and where can I find good references to those options (including COM) online Thanks in advance. You c ...Show All

• Windows Forms Changing DataGridViewButtonColumn's Button Text Per Row

  I have an unbound DataGridViewButtonColumn and I want to change the text on each button after the user performs an action. How do I change the button text in one row without affecting every row Thanks, KMB You just access the cell and set the value: dataGridView1[10,10].Value = " new button text"; -mark DataGridView Program Manager Microsoft This post is provided "as-is" ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Search from IE 6 Address Bar

  I cannot search from IE 6 Address Bar any longer, The defaults are set, and it used to display results in the main window; I can still go to a specific web site, example: I can type www.microsoft.com and it will go to that site, but if I just type in "x", where x is my search name of an item, I get a page cannot be displayed and the address changes to: http:/// % x Any suggestions to reset this and make it clean Would you mind trying the instructions listed below. Start with option 1. Option 3 i believe is for Win98/W2k 1. To change the default Internet search service http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. VertexBuffers: Lock/Unlock and same memory address....

  If i create only one static vertex buffer in my program and i do: Lock/Unlock....Lock/Unlock....Lock/Unlock....etc - all this calls return me same start memory address for vertex buffer data if this buffer not been recreated or not P.S. sorry for my english pls :) Tom is correct - it depends on what pool the VB was created in, what lock flags are used, etc.  It will also depend on the driver behavior, and may change even by driver revisions. Also as Tom said, since you have to Lock to write to the VB, there's no reason not use the new memory address you just got with the most recent Lock call. ...Show All

• Visual C# SetRecognizer

  Hello , Everyone I have been getting stuck with it for a long time. I have used SAPI v.5.1 I'd like to change recognizer and text-to-speech language at runtime (Instead of changing in Control Panel) . And I found "SetRecognizer" method (SpSharedRecognizerClass) but when I just try this code ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SpeechLib.SpSharedRecognizerClass s=new SpeechLib.SpSharedRecognizerClass(); s.Recognizer.SetId(s.Recognizer.Id,s.Recognizer.Category.Id,true); or id="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Speech\\Recognizers\\Tokens\\MSRSREnglish&q ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development WMS9 Authorization Plugin with C++/CLI. Anybody done this???

  I'm attempting to rewrite a Windows Media Service Authorization plugin from C# (which leaks even with a minimum implementation) in C++/CLI. I can get the plugin to work using ATL, but have to access a lot of .NET classes, which is the reason I want to try C++/CLI. At this stage I have been unable to get WMS9 to enable my plugin. Has anybody managed to get a WMS9 plugin to work using C++/CLI If so would you be willing to share a barebones version thereof Hello, Media Foundation is the new multimedia platform that we are shipping in Vista . This forum has been created to answer questions pert ...Show All

• Visual C# Capturing output from an external console app

  I have an external application which out puts debugging code in console but rather than calling it from my program and it popping up I want to be able to have all of it's text displayed inside a panel or something in my app. Is this possible Regards Jason Thanks for that. Appreciate the heads up on that deadlocking issue as well. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Raw Beginner

  I hope I am posting in the right place for my question. I want to learn C++ but have never done it before in any way, shape or form. I am hoping to learn with the idea of creating a MIDI/Audio sequencer package for Musicians. However I am a raw beginner and would like to know if there is a good step by step tutorial series that will help me get started so I can learn to understand C++ with the hopeful prospect of developing a solid base. Any help would be appreciated. benney wrote: I hope I am posting in the right place for my question. I want to learn C++ but have never done it before in any way, shape or form. I a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to: Carry a value from a variable from form to form?

  I am attempting to carry a value of a variable from one form to another, but when I close or hide the original form and call the value in the subsequent form, the variable looses it's value. Using VB 2005 express. Please help!! There are a few ways to do this but the easiest would be to use a Public Property. The following should help: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchWorkingWithMultipleFormsInVisualBasicNETUpgradingToNET.asp ...Show All