bi11's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista How do you store and retrieve rules and xoml xml in SQL Server 2005 without errors?

  Tom, When I try retrieving XOML workflow rules xml text from SQL Server 2005 xml datatype, with the following: Dim ruleReader As System.Xml.XmlTextReader = Nothing ruleReader = New XmlTextReader(wfreg.XOMLRules.ToString()) I get an "Illegal characters in path" error. ---------------------------------------------- {"Illegal characters in path."}     System.ArgumentException: {"Illegal characters in path."}     Data: {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}     HelpLink: Nothing     InnerException: Nothing     Message: "Illegal characters in path."   ...Show All

• .NET Development Update issue vb.net2005 express - SQLServerExpress "Failed to convert parameter value from a String to a Int32."

  Hi All, I an new to the .Net development (I used to work in VB6). I have a Problem updating a database and I can not figure out where the problem is situated !! On a form I've placed a datagridview linked to a sponsor table. I can see all the records and I can ADD new records to the database bu when I try to modify or dele a record I always get an error telling me I can not convert a String to an Int32 . This is strange as I have no fields in that table of the type Int32. I do not use the commandbuilder to generate the query and updateparameters but I code them myself. Here is my updatequery: UPDATE sponsor SET [id] = @id, [code] = @code, [n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Port other than 80 for the Server Configuration

  Is it possible to use a different port than port 80 Anytime I try to enter WWW.DOMAINNAME.COM:8080 it gives me a message "Only a server name or an IP address (like server.microsoft.com or 10.0.0.1) is allowed here, SourceSafe will automatically generate the necessary URL from it.". Hi Todd, With Beta2 bits you can only use default ports (80 for http, 443 for https). The final RTM version of VSS 2005 will support ports different than default. Alin ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WinFX Final Version

  I'm interesting to integrate avalon on my software that is currently on development, but i need to understand when circa is planned the final version of WinFX and the Beta 2 of WinFX is scheduled Bye The Feb CTP was just released. Full beta 2 is not expected for a while (several months would be my guess). The release of WinFX has been stated to match the release of Vista near the end of the year, or August for those optimists. ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Deleted records still getting fetched

  ok so I have deleted records in a VFP 6.0 table, and when I query anything the deleted rows still get pulled up, what am I doing wrong That's because the actual syntax does not use a "=" ( I was saying that the return value of the function is "ON", i.e. SET( "DELETED" ). To actually change the setting use: SET DELETED ON or you could even look in the help file to check the exact syntax in case I am the idiot....:)       ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Multiple workflow/more complex examples.

  Hi, I gone through the labs, examples etc for WWF and whilst they all demonstrate different aspects of WWF, they are all rather simplistic, implementing only a single workflow. What happens where there is more than one For example, in ASP.NET there can only be one instance of the workflow engine per app domain. On page1.aspx, I need to execute some workflow and take action based on the result so I add an event handler, eg: workflowRuntime.WorkflowCompleted += new EventHandler < WorkflowCompletedEventArgs >(WorkflowRuntime_Workflow1Completed); Another page, page2.aspx also executes workflow, so again it seems I have to h ...Show All

• Visual J# ObjectInputStream - cast exception

  Hi; I make the call: ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream ( new FileInputStream (serFile)); Document correctDoc = ( Document ) ois.readObject(); And get the exception: 1) testTemplates(net.windward.format.wordml.test.TestWordMLParser)java.lang.ClassCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Byte[]' to type 'System.Object[]'.    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.fillArray(Object obj, Int32 len, Class elemType)    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject()    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.fillArray(Object obj, Int32 len, Class elemType)    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject() ...Show All

• Visual C# How do I underline the accesskey in the button text?

  I currently have this button and do not know how to get the F underlined in the button text. I tried adding the & before the letter I wanted underlined and that did not work must be a menu only thing. < asp : Button ID ="btnFilter" runat ="server" OnClick ="btnFilter_Click" Text ="Filter" AccessKey ="F" /> I thought about changing it to an html button but assumed there would have to be some way to do it as an asp button. Any help would be much appreciated. Would this work http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/13107 type=kbArticle&am ...Show All

• .NET Development Problems with modifying records from Database (VB.NET)

  Hi all, I am a student learning ASP.net now. I need help with the problems that I am facing with editing and deleting records from the database (created Microsoft Access). Currently, my .aspx page is able to retrieve and display records from tables in the database. However, as part of my school assignment, I also need to be able modify the data, i.e to add, edit and delete records, and that is when the errors occurs. Whenever I try to carry out either of the add / edit / delete action, an exception was caught in the catch loop and it shows: Error updating the database. Please make sure all values are correctly input. System.Data. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Toolstrip and Menustrip docking

  Within the wonderful Toolstrip container, is it possible to get a menustrip and a toolstrip to dock side by side as in Excel and Word but not in VS I want to use a menustrip rather than creating the main menu on a toolstrip because for reasons that escape me (probably dealing with short cuts) implementing the main menu as a set of buttons on a tool strip just doesn't have the same functionality as doing the same thing on a main menu. Or am I wrong about that in dot net 2.0 Regards, Al Hi AI, Thanks for your posts in MSDN forums. After my investigation and test, here are some tips and instructio ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Canvas

  Hi, I would like to know how do you get the position of elements without calling Canvas.SetLeft() etc. Canvas.GetTop, Canvas.GetLeft, etc. only seem to work when you have used Canvas.SetTop, etc., and not on elements that are positioned with Layouts like the stackpanel, gridpanel etc. I would like to know how do you retrieve the position of elements added within the .xaml file and not in the code-behind. Example: (Assume the code works) <Canvas> <Grid Height="30"> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="20" /> <ColumnDefinition /> </Grid.ColumnDefinition ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VersionControl.xml and checkin policy

  Hi There! Finally I got Check-In policies to work thanks to Buck Hodges and James Manning and my <checkin_note label="Comments" required="true"/> post (In this forum). Obviously, now I want more. I want that every new projects created with my template have this check-in policy activated. Is there any thing looked like this < checkin_policy type = " Check for Comments Policy " /> Thanks in advance for your help, Rui Dias ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++ Runtime library error driving me nuts

  I keep getting an error that Visual C++ Runtime Library ....runtime error! program: c:\windows\system32\htigasvc.exe this application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.... any help please... I can't seem to find anything even on this file...... Thanks Vicki vicster wrote: I keep getting an error that Visual C++ Runtime Library ....runtime error! program: c:\windows\system32\htigasvc.exe this application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.... any help please... I can't seem to find anything even on this file...... ...Show All

• Smart Device Development application does not appear in 'Remove Programs'

  with VS 2003 I used to build the CAB files manually. Now I'm using VS 2005 and I'm trying to build a CAB file with it's built in process. I've managed to build one and installed my application. But I'm not entirely sure what i need to do in order to create a shortcut to it in under 'Programs' and dont know how to make it appear in 'Remove Programs'. Thanks. No, that should not matter either. Unless installation completely failed (because of security restrictions or for any other reason) and application was never installed. Naturally, application which is not installed won’t appear in “Remove programs ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Creating Custom State Activity

  I need to create a custom state activity with a code activity in the StateInitialization activity. Can someone please tell me how to create a custom state activity (what methods i need to override) and how to add the StateInitialization activity to my custom activity Please take a look at this thread and see if it gives the information that you need: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/showpost.aspx postid=327163&siteid=1 Thanks Steve ...Show All