DDressel's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Matching VB variables to SQL stored procedure parameters

  I'm executing a non-query command that returns three parameters. One is coming through, but the others are not mapping. These are the parameters mapped in the stored procedure: @InvalidCount smallint = 0, @Message varchar(150) = '', @InputRecords bit = 0 After the stored procedure runs, the values are: @InvalidCount = 0 @Message = 'Import successful' @InputRecords bit = 1 ------------------------ My VB code contains: Dim paInva ...Show All

• Windows Forms The solution

  Hey guys, Would it be too hard to put a status indicator on the web site somewhere indicating the availability of the server.  Ie, a red or green light representing the server status being available or not would be a nice feature. I for on ...Show All

• Visual Studio MSBuild Copy Task works intermittently

  For some unknown reason, the Copy Task sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. Does this happen to anyone else I'm running from the command prompt. Thanks for the tip, I'll keep it in mind for my test assemblies. For the recursive copy of my output, I'll stick with XCopy; Its simple and easily understood by others. ...Show All

• .NET Development What about Locking from vb.net

  i am facing a little problem in a scnario, i have developed an applicaton which uses sql server as backend database server. i have a table named products which has a column of stock now, how can i prevent many users from making a mistake of selling a thing which is already sold by another vendor that means it is not available in there stock but the purchase order they have opened is indicating the purchase made...................it has not ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions MSDN Express

  can i download the msdn express library as a seperate download so that i can install them on my network or for later use. It is clearly mentioned Each Express Edition is packaged in its entirety, including all optional components, as an image (img or iso) file. Below are links to the individual image files for each Express Edition Hope this helps. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development how to install SQL Server Mobile Edition on Pocket PC Emulator?

  hi! I'm developing a program now for Pocket PC. It is to work with SQL Server Mobile Edition database. I'm trying to install SQL Server M. E. to my Pocket PC emulator (that is distributed with MS Visual Studio 2005), but not successfuly. What should I do ps: and also: earlier, my program worked with remote SQL Server 2000. What settings whould I edit to make it work with local SQL Server M. E. Is it only a connection string or I'll have t ...Show All

• Visual C# Casting an arraylist as a class

  Hi all, I am new to C# and am trying to cast an arraylist from my DAL to a class called ClientInfo(a business object). Both of these objects are very simple... I don't know how to get the arraylist into this class for me to use in my UI. I think I have to cast it somehow but I have been unable to get that to work. I got the idea from the TaskVision demo app but of course it was written in VB.net I have the accomplished the same thing us ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Can Anyone Relate To This???

  Hi There http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm Cheers Bronco Billy "Beer and Fast Women are Ok... No Cigarettes or Hard Liquor Allowed" Hi, we live in a free world where erveryone can express his opnion. I know I like OOP. You should try both worlds and see whats best for you to use. ...Show All

• Visual C# Can C# do the same things as Visual Basic

  Hello! I'm somewhat confused if C# can do the same things that VB can do Everytime i see a reference about C#, it always is in conjuction with the .NET framework, which leads me to think that C# can only be used on web What's driving me here is that i need to write some kind of utility to monitor a dedicated MSOutlook mailbox for incoming Adobe forms and when a new one comes in, i need to read the Adobe XML and upload it to an Oracle DB! ...Show All

• SQL Server Scripting: Dumb Q.. How can I store a DTS variable inside a script variable?

  Hi I want to pass in a variable to a script, store it's contents in a varaible, increment it by one and pass it back out.   This sounds pretty easy but I'm struggling finding any good docs on how to pass in a dts variable and store it.  The script component is called within a control Flow, foreach loop container.  I wanted to count each time the loop picked up a file to work with and store the results in a variable to be lat ...Show All

• SQL Server MDX Parameter in RS2005

  Ok, I am not sure if I am going about this the correct way, so I thought I would ask... I have an MDX query for the dataset in a report.  A portion of this query defines a range of numbers to pull. Example:    FROM ( SELECT ( {[OrderDate].[Business Day Number Of Month].[1]:[OrderDate].[Business Day Number Of Month].[5]} ) returns business day numbers 1-5.  Works great in both RS and QA. Now, for the second value I wa ...Show All

• Windows Forms Is possible to run this app from URL?

  a have some problems with this... Thanks Ales Aha, I saw it in the source and I'm glad to get it confirmed here - TaskVision is actually using the Application Updater Block. I was somwhat confused since the presentation of TaskVision st ...Show All

• Windows Forms 'Back' Button gets disabled on the Installation Folder dialog

  I have a Windows Installer Setup project as part of my VS2005 solution, and it includes the 'Select Installation Folder' dialog. Using the User Interface Editor in the VS2005 IDE, I added a new dialog that has a check-box, and positioned this new dialog after the Installation Folder dialog. When I do this, the 'Back' button on the Installation Folder dialog gets disabled when I run the install. This button was enabled before, and it ...Show All

• Visual C++ Painful Steps with VC++ 2005 Express beta Redux

  Hello. Just the other day I picked up the 87 meg VC++ 2005 Express beta from the website and now I'm ready to start making my way into the programming world.  So I do a few searches through the web and come up with a starter's guide using VC++!  How nice of About.com to supply an article like that.  Not too soon after this discovery I was regretting my decision to use VC++. You see, I run into the same problem every time, and I ha ...Show All

• Windows Forms KeyPress bug

  Howdy all, I building a simulation tool, and am having trouble with Keypress events. I am using a form as a top level containter. To this I add a toolbar and a panel. My toolbar buttons allow the user to add controls (which are used t ...Show All