PhilWilson's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Registration Not Recognized

  Hi, folks. I have been using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition for just over a month now and am happy with it, overall. (I work on a Windows 2000 computer, usually logged in as a general user.) However, a couple days ago I tried to start it up, but a message box appeared, stating that the 30 day trial period had elapsed, and I should register it if I wanted to continue using it. However, I HAD registered it right after I installed it. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions can`t get sql server expres 2005 to install with vwd express or vb express

  hi, i tried installing vb express 2005 beta 2 with the online installer and everything installed ok but sql server expres 2005 beta 2, this part of the package didn't complete its download and finally i had to uncheck sql server to get vb installed. after that i tried installing vwd express 2005 beta2 with the online installer and the same thing happened: sql server express 2005 april ctp didn't finish the download. i have spend a lot of ho ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro View, Query or Cursor?

  I have a form that pulls info from an ODBC source via a Remote View. When I try to RUN my form, my entire project locks up. Is this because the info pulling from ODBC is too large How can I fix this Any ideas Should I use a cursor instead of a remote view Or unselect fields in the Update fields selection Thanks for the help everyone.  I learned a lot from you trying to fix this issue.  However, ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with managed code simple example "Target string size is too small to represent the XML instance"

  I am trying to understand creating SQL Server projects and managed code. So I created a C# SQL Server Database project and named it " CSharpSqlServerProject1 " and followed the steps in the following "How to: " from the Help files: " How to: Create and Run a CLR SQL Server Stored Procedure " I used the exact code in this "How to: " for creating a SQL Server managed code stored procedure (see belo ...Show All

• Visual C# folder

  how do you make a folder in c# If you mean in the file system, use System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory. If not, please specify what kind of folder you want to create. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Lock Project recursively

  Is there a way to lock a source control project recursively Hmmm.... when I lock a project, does this prevent other users only (but not myself) from checking in/out files in the project and in all its subprojects ...Show All

• Visual C# Accessing object in form (newbie question)

  Hi, Sorry, this is a very simple question, but I am new to c#. Here goes: I am creating a simple app, which has a class with holds a list of names (say). in my main Form I create an instance of this class: MyClass names = new MyClass(); Then, in the main form I can access this various functions associated with this class (to add or remove names from the object). If I create in my main form a new form that has a textbox to input a name into ...Show All

• Windows Forms Best way to extend Print Dialog

  I have a requirement to extend the PrintDialog (as is done in word - controls at the bottom of the dialog to give more control over what is printed). System.Windows.Forms. PrintDialog is a sealed class, so I can't extend the control. What is the best way to achieve this - H ost this control in another form <somehow > - Write my own Print Dialog class that uses the Win32 CommonDialog API ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Query for Custom Report?

  Hi, I am trying to create a Custom Report. For that I chose "Current Work Item" fact table. I am configuring fileds "Work Item ID", "Title" from dimension "Work Item ID". Till now it is ok. Then I chose field "Alias" from "Assigned To" dimension. Doing this multiplies the result. Infact there are rows of all work item with all users (eg: Say WI 1 is associated with user A but the rep ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Could not find resource assembly

  Hey, sometimes I get an "Could not find resource assembly" exception. Does anybody know how I can see what's the problem According to the stuff I've read on the net, the "Could not find resource assembly" message just means that .NET cannot show me the exact error message because the compact framework doesn't contain all the error descriptions to save memory Please see this: http://blogs. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Sorting on Combobox datagridview column

  Is it possible to sort a combobox column in a datagridview so that it sorts on the value that is being displayed rather than the value that is actually stored in the data table For example the data in the data table column might have the values 1, 2, 3 but the combobox column has been setup to look these values up in another table and so what is actaully shown in the grid are the values Mark, Fred and Bob. Clicking on the column header to sor ...Show All

• Visual Studio Where is they keycode for Crystal XI Release Code 2

  I looked in the about dialog in VS and the code there is only 3 parts long and the code the XI setup is looking for is 4 parts long. Is this not an upgrade\patch to the existing Crystal reports that came with VS 2005. Why is it even asking for a code.  From BO A software update is required to use Visual Studio 2005 with Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports Server, and BusinessObjects Enterprise. For software compatibility details, choose ...Show All

• Visual C++ MFC displays XP visual style only when VS2005 installed

  HI. I'm writing an MFC app and trying to use visual styles. I added the manifest file with the various lines, including: [...] name = " Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls " version = " 6.0.0.0 " [...] My problem is that although this caused the application to render correctly in testing (e.g.: white menus), when I run the application on a machine that has XP, but not VS2005, it renders in the old style (e.g: grey menus). Anyone know wh ...Show All

• SQL Server MSDE -> Express Upgrade problem.

  Hello! I'm trying to upgrade old MSDE instances to SQL Server 2005 Express SP1. The following command fails: SQLEXPR.EXE /qb UPGRADE=SQL_Engine INSTANCENAME=XXX ADDLOCAL=Client_Components,Connectivity because the domain\x user cannot login. We have disabled Windows authentication. Is there a way to supply the SA login instead of a domain user Problem no #2: After upgrading with Windows Authentication turned on, current SQL users cann ...Show All

• Visual C# Math

  Ok. I know this isnt a math class, but I have some questions about the Math Classes in C#. For example, lets say I have 3 numbers. Each can be 0-10. How would I be able to LIST all the combiniations of that. Can someone please help me out There's nothin inherent to the Math namespace to do what you want. do you want all combinations of the 3 specific numbers, or all the combinations of 3 numbers in the range 0-10 ...Show All