BenWillett's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Build FAILED: A database error occurred (SQL error 8152) ---> String or binary data would be truncated.

  Hi, I'm running Beta 3 Refresh in a single server environment. I've started moving our source code from StarTeam to TF Version Control, but have run into a problem with the build. I started out with a small sample and a simple build file and everything worked fine. Now I've checked a major part of our source code into TFVS and have set up a team build. The build have multiple solutions with multiple projects and several thousand source files. Th ...Show All

• SQL Server Location of default instance SQL server 2005 files

  I have just installed SQL Server 2005.  I was not given a choice during installation (that I remember seeing anyway) about which drive I wanted to place the default SQL instance on. It ended up on C: and I needed it on D:.   So my questions are: Is there a way to move it to D: that is easier than the way you had to go about it in SQL 2000 Is there a way to do it during setup so I can avoid this in the future ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) can't generate proxy classes for WCF SDK samples with svcutil

  Hi, I tried to generate a proxy class for GettingStarted service yesterday with FEB CTP svcutil.exe on FEB CTP Vista. But svcutil failed after reporting a few warning messages. The GettingStarted Service was running OK and I didn't modify it in any way. Does anyone know what is it I've read some known issues concerning FEB CTP svcutil. They do not seem to be relevant to the case. Can you send the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Will Reporting Services in VS 2005 work with SS 2000?

  I am getting ready to order VS 2005. I am just wondering if I also have to have SQL Server 2005 in order to make use of the new Reporting Services functionality in VS 2005. I do not need Reporting Services for web type report development. I only need a good replacement for Crystal. I already have SQL Server 2000 (developer edition). One of the main things I want to use VS 2005 for is to create Reporting Services reports. However, I would li ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow Foundation and Windows SharePoint Services 2003

  I know WF will be used in the next version of Windows SharePoint Services but I was wondering if it is possible to integrate it into the current version. With SP2 it is finally possible to run WSS under .Net 2.0 framework but when I try to add the configuration section "Workflowruntime" in the web.config - I get "Unrecognized configuration section WorkflowRuntime." Is this even possible Thx, Joris Make sure th ...Show All

• SQL Server Minimum Hardware Requirement Warning

  Hi all, we have released a shrink-wrapped software package that uses SQL Server Express as it's backend. I am currently tracking down an issue to do with SQL Server Express not installing correctly, and at the end of a lot of investigation I have come to the conclusion that it is a CPU problem. The CPU is not "PII Compatible" enough for SQL Express. It appears as though the Cache prefetching instructions are the most likely culprit, ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to save Files with a "SaveFileDialog"

  How can I do this Like you type a string in a textbox and you press a button called "Save", and then a "SaveFileDialog" pops-up, and you can choose where to save the file and what to call it. What is the code for actually writing strings into a .txt file Thanks Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim saveFileDialog As Ne ...Show All

• Windows Forms Newbie staff VB.NET

  Hello, I am quite new in the .NET world and have some general questions for you guys: 1) Can i program Office 2003 with VB.NET  If so , what is the tool that i need to use  Can you please refer me to samples 2) Can i perform oper ...Show All

• Windows Forms Header

  Hello; I have a question. I tried to change Column header text of DataGrid with following snippet, but I doesn't apply. I've used ArrayList Instead of DataTable or DataSet to MappingName Property and think the error is realated to that; DataGridTableStyle TS = new DataGridTableStyle(); TS.MappingName = "Categories";// Categories is Filled with an ArrayList CatGrid.TableStyles.Add(TS); CatGrid.DataSource = Cat.GetCategories(); CatGrid.Table ...Show All

• Windows Forms Questions w/Web Broswer & Windows Form App

  We have a vb6 app that has a form with the AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser (web broswer). In the VB.6 app it takes very little code to give it a url it opens it and then when it is closed it comes back to the Win App. Question: Is there&n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Heeeeeelp!! i cant unlock a file locked by other user!!

  Hi, please help me, other user have locked a file for editing, but his PC crashed, now hes formating his PC. i've tried to unlock it without success, i've read about permissions, i found the "Unlock others", all my groups have this enabled, but doesnt work, what am i doing wrong Due to the way mappings are defined, you need to provide the server path to the file in Richard's commands rather than a local path. For example, &q ...Show All

• .NET Development Using comboboxes to retrieve information from a database

  I have used the code below to retrieve information from a database. So far i have suceeded in getting all the CustomerID into the textbox. However i want additional information corresponding to that data to also appear once i have selected the CustomerID i want. But when i select it. Nothing happens. Anyone can see why and how to fix the problem The whole of the code is in the code of the form itself and not beyond the comboboxe or anything. any ...Show All

• Visual C++ smtp authentication howto?

  Hello everyone. I'm using VC++ 6 and trying to implement mail sending function into my application. But I can't realise, how to use smtp-authentication Is there some manuals, tutorials, code samples Thank you for any suggestions. Encaps wrote: Hello everyone. I'm using VC++ 6 and trying to implement mail sending function into my application. But I can't realise, how to use smtp-authentication Is there so ...Show All

• Visual C++ Using CFileDialog from CPropertySheet

  Hi, I have a dll that displays a CPropertySheet with several pages (CPropertyPage). In one of the pages I've tried to create a CFileDialog and display it by DoModal() method. The file dialog pops up, but my application get stuck, and in the windows task manager I see it as "Not Responding". The only thing that is left to do is to close the application by "End Task". Any ideas Thanks, Arik 1. ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcr80.dll Problem

  Hi there, can someone possibly tell me why Noton WinDoctor is telling me that 10 executables in the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot access the necessary dll file msvcr80.dll I see that the dll exists in the WinSxS directory and I'm running XP pro. I didn't have this problem until I downloaded the 2.0 framework at windows update. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. Naolin Thank you for sharing the solution to this msvcr80. ...Show All