Aaron Skonnard's Q&A profile

• SQL Server problem installing SQL Server Express CTP April 2005

  There are a number of possibilities.  Rather than speculate on what your problem might be, could you tell us: What error do you get What OS and version are you installing on Is this machine connected to a domain   Is it in a workgroup Could you attach the setup logs   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files ...Show All

• Smart Device Development scrollbar in Compact framewok windows form

  how can we make the form scrollable in a windows form in compact framework Glad to have helped. Please try to start new threads for new topics and do understand that every topic is urgent/important to the original poster. May I suggest you check this out: http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2005/03/please-read-before-posting-to-ng.html The serial/rs232 story in relation to .NET is here: http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2004/09/serial-rs232-communications-in-net.html Printing is an FAQ that has been addressed in the NETCF newsgroup. Please see previous threads there: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/micros ...Show All

• Windows Forms Which datarow is showing?

  Hi! Is there an easy way to find which datarow in a datatable is 'open' and showing its field values in various textboxes on a form [I'm not using a datagrid so can't use its current row property] Do I have to use CurrencyManager or is there a more direct way, e.g. something like: int rowNum = myDataSet.Tables[ "MyTable" ].Rows.OpenRow;   Thank you for any and all help. John F. Only CurrencyManagery holds the current row/item/position. Even if you use datagrid you cannot use CurrentRowIndex because it's not necesarily the same as the index of the row in the data source. ...Show All

• Visual C++ HOW DO WE GET CONSOLE INPUT USING getch()

  HOW DO WE GET CONSOLE INPUT USING getch(). it doesn't work in vc++ 2005 moreover can u please tell which header files to use. also please tell what is problem with this code: #include<iostream> #include<conio.h> using namespace std; struct distance { int feet; double inches; }; int main() { distance d1={4,5.6}; cout<<d1.feet<<" "<<d1.inches; _getch(); } IT gives follow ing error: Compiling... main.cpp .\main.cpp(12) : error C2872: 'distance' : ambiguous symbol could be '.\main.cpp(6) : distance' or 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\xutility(1652) : iterator_traits& ...Show All

• SQL Server Tell to split on change of ID

  how can I tell the conditional component to split the records based on change of hdr_HeaderID http://www.webfound.net/split_on_headerid.jpg let me know if you need more info...   You can't. The conditional split works row-by-row. You would need to use a script component to do that. -Jamie ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Multiple Monitors as Independent Displays

  Is there a way to use DirectX to write to a monitor on a second display adapter when the monitor is detached from the Windows (XP Pro) desktop The MSDN library contains a topic "Using Multiple Monitors as Independent Displays" which suggests that one can use the GDI function CreateCD or the DirectX function DirectDrawCreate (now a deprecated function). What currently supported DX9 function will let me open the device and use it for DMA data transfers Have you checked if you can enumerate the second adapter with IDirect3D9::GetAdapterCount and IDirect3D9::GetAdapterIdentifier I must confes ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office NamedRanges....weird

  I am having troubles when using NamedRanges over merged cells. the Value2 property is returning weird values. what is the difference between the Value & Value2 properties.... Hi, There is no practical difference between the two. Here is an interesting discussion of why most C# developers end up using Value2 instead of Value: http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/archive/2004/09/06/225989.aspx From documentation it seems like NamedRange.MergeCells Property will tell you if the NamedRange contains merged cells: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/microsoft.office.tools.excel.namedrange.mergec ...Show All

• Smart Device Development SP1 for .Net framwork and language issues

  Hello! We have a Windows 2003 server, 1.1 .NET Framework installed and all Windows Update patches installed. Version number on file Mscorlib.dll file (according to http://support.microsoft.com/ kbid=318785&sd=msdn ) is 1.1.4322.2300. This should indicate that we are using SP 1 for .NET Framework. However, when we try to install a fix from MS named "WindowsServer2003-KB894092-v2-x86-enu.exe", it says: "Setup cannot continue because one or mote prerequisites required to install KB894092 faild. For more details check the log file c:\windows\kb894092.log" This log says: "0.891: 2006/03/15 09:32:36.595 (local ...Show All

• .NET Development Combining two ICollections into one IDictionary

  Given two ICollections, where the first one contains strings, and the second one contains Objects, is there a standard way to combine them into one IDictionary where the strings from the first provide the keys, and the Objects from the second provide the values An example would be a ConnectionStringBuilder class. It contains two ICollections, .Keys and .Values. I would like to make one HashTable out of those. Right now I CopyTo() an array for both and then loop through one array and use the indexer to extract keys and values and use those to build up my HashTable. Any tips Thanks in advance! As an  ov ...Show All

• Visual C# Extracting just the filename in OpenFileDialog

  I need an easy way to just store a filename including the extension into a string.  When I do the following: string filename ; filename = openImage1.FileName; filename returns back : 'C:/testing/myfile.pgm' I want filename to just return 'myfile.pgm' I need to sleep, I look forward to the tips when I wake up. Thanks.   hi, you can try system.io.path.getfilename("fullPath") private void button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog (); ofd.Filter = "text | *.txt" ; DialogResult dresult = ofd.ShowDialog(); if ...Show All

• SQL Server installation bug found SQL Server 2005

  Hi! I had the earlier builds and this did not happen but: just downloaded SQL Server 2005 (RTM) from msdn When selecting to install integration services (amoungst other options), whilst installating it gives me an error saying I do not have admin privledges to install one of the .NET libraries/runtime files I cannot remember the file name at all im afraid. Error: 0x80131501 So I cancelled the install and just installed everything but the integration services... and it works fine now. I do not know if this is a bug but just thought I would let you know Issue resolved. see my new thread about installation issue resolved http://forum ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Dec CTP SDK configuration error

  I have Win XP with SP2 on my system. I tried installing the Dec CTP of WCF. I have successfully installed WinFX runtime components. However, when I try to install the SDK, I get the following error: Windows SDK could not be configured, see the 'Installing the SDK' section of the Samples\Setup\HTML\ConfigDetails.htm document for more information. How do I get around this problem Hi Venkas, Please see if this helps http://www.deepakkapoor.net/ErrorInstallingWinFXDecemberCTP.aspx   ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Data Transfere

  Hello dears, I am developing mobile application which is going to download and upload data from server. In my application I am using Sql Server 2005 Database and Sql Server Mobile Edition client database. it is required to download a table from the server to the client, the table contains about 4000 record, the client will upload another table from the device to the server of 20000 records. All the uloaded data are inserts (no updates) which mean there is no conflict reselution also there is no record tracking. My question is, what is the best way to handle the communication between the server and device. is it web services or RDA o ...Show All

• .NET Development Catch unhandled exceptions in child processes

  Does anyone know of any way to catch unhandled exceptions in a child process created by your application using a System.Diagnostics.Process   My application calls some other tool applications as child processes but occasionally these tools get a fatal exception and the 'do you wish to debug' dialog pops up this hangs my application until the users clicks yes or no in the dialog.  Is there any way to handle the exception of the process in code and close the tool quietly after the exception Cheers, Daniel I was starting to suspect it was not possible to catch or detect exceptions in child processes ...Show All

• SQL Server Vrtual Lab

  When I go to Virtual Lab for SQL Serevr 2005, the screen displays "No Connection". I am not able to logon to Virtual lab ever! pls. help http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=145803&SiteID=1&PageID=0 HTH ...Show All