Zappos's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Shared constructor

  I got the following message after I ran the code analysis. CA1810 : Microsoft.Performance : Initialize all static fields in XYZ when those fields are declared and remove the explicit static constructor. The problem is that I need a shared constructor to create a TableAdapter to fill-up the shared field in my class. Is there any better practice to fill the shared field so that the recommendation can be fulfilled In your case a static constr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions which express edition are compatible?

  I have a few questions, which express edition are compatible Can I have Visual Web Developer, SQL Server, and vb.net express on one computer Can VWD run with SQL Server does SQL Server only run locally, or can other people connect to the databases created Will J# run with vb.net express Will j# run with VWD and sql express Hi There Hey Glenn TERRIFIC POST!!!!! I have all the Needed Tools downloaded to ...Show All

• .NET Development technical differences between JVM and CLR?

  I read lots of things about jvm and clr but still i can't understand the technical differences.Much of them are about "c# is more powerful than java" or  "c# is copy of java" etc..(some benchmark tests). But i want to learn the techinical and algorithmic differences between these two technologies.I don't want to learn which technology is more powerful.I want only technical details. How do they execute source codes differently step by step ...Show All

• SQL Server Strange out of memory error on 2005

  Hi, I am getting the following: spid53,Unknown,Failed Virtual Allocate Bytes: FAIL_VIRTUAL_RESERVE 262144 spid53,Unknown,Memory Manager <nl/> VM Reserved = 1662084 KB<nl/> VM Committed = 954940 KB <nl/> AWE Allocated = 0 KB <nl/> Reserved Memory = 1024 KB <nl/> Reserved Memory In Use = 0 KB ... <lots of memoryclerk/cachestore stuff) ... Followed by loads of 701s (There is insufficient sy ...Show All

• SQL Server Login failer to my DB using ASP.NET 2.0???

  Using Visual Studio 2005 Pro with the accompanying install of SQL Server Express.  I'm running a Visual C# GUI that reads from SQL Server a DB that I also need to be read from a ASP.NET 2.0 app that I'm running in IIS 5.1 my GUI has a user of 'TUDOR\Windows' and works perfectly but when I try to make a connection in my ASP.NET app I get a debug error (see below).  In the design view I can set the sqldatasource, bind it to a datagr ...Show All

• Visual Basic Enabling f8 (debugging) in vs2005 beta1

  Hi there, I looked everywhere but i cannot seem to find a way to enable f8 to debug in vs2005. In vs2003 you could choose your profile. Can you do the same in vs2005 thanks The following link should give you what you need: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/hthab0h8(en-us,vs.80).aspx ...Show All

• .NET Development SoapExtensions Not Instantiating

  I have copied the TraceExtension class code sample from Microsoft into my web service project.  I cannot get the extension to respond to the class at all.  I have put break points in the GetInitializer and ProcessMessage methods, but execution does not stop.  I have configured the extension using the SoapExtensionAttribute and the SoapExtensionTypes namespace in the web.config file, but niether seem to work.  I have also ...Show All

• Visual C++ Version 6??

  My son is teaching himself game programming in C++. The books he is using all work with C++ version 6. Can we still get C++ version 6, or does this matter Any assistance will be gratefully received! Alternatively, you might use the downloadable Express version (as per the links above), and searching online for some "Teach Yourslef"-type tutorials, downloading them, and doing it that way (as opposed to ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Trackback spam editor

  I have been using spaces for a while and although it is painfully slow I really like its functionality and appearance. However, trackback spam is driving me nuts and I have had to turn it off. The MSN Spaces way of removing trackbacks, one at a time and a 15 second delay between each, is not very friendly. I have been thinking about creating a simple application that removes trackback spam, but to my surprise the API for MSN spaces is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System AvoidUnusedPrivateFields fired in error

  Warning, Certainty 75, for AvoidUnusedPrivateFields "Private fields were detected that do not appear to be accessed within the assembly. If this violation fires in error, please send a problem report to the FxCop team." Const var1 is used in expressions declaring var2 and var3, but it is reported as a violation of AvoidUnusedPrivateFields. If you comment in var4, the violation does not fire, so it has something to do with the use of va ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Dynamic modification and Custom activities

  I am planning to define some fairly complex sub-processes as custom activities, and would like to use the dynamic self-modification features within those. The problem I am having is that in a custom activty, you do not have access to the IRootActivity required by the constructor of the WorkflowChanges object.  I tried implementing that interface in my custom activity, but the resulting activity cannot be added into a workflow. The nex ...Show All

• .NET Development DllImports, APIs and TextBoxes! Oh No!

  I have the handle of a text box on a form in another process (not .Net), and I want to either read its contents, or hook it so I can read new-content as its added to the the text box. So far, I have only been able to find material on setting the selection and disabling the context menu. If some one could point me at relevant a code samnple (Vb, VB.Net, C#) that would be awsome. You can send the WM_SETTEXT messag ...Show All

• SQL Server How to continue package execution during error?

  We have a package that loads the data from several excel files into database in a forloop. Everything works files until the package hits the bad file. My goal is to continue the loop to process the rest of the files by skipping the bad file and error. In each task OnError I am creating custom error message to send an error/ sucess summary email out at end of the process. How can force the for loop to continue when there is an error ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Getting Started With Team Foundation Server

  Hi Up till now, we have been doing all our development with Visual Studio .Net and Visual SourceSafe. I just successfully installed the Team Foundation Server and the Team Explorer. I'm not sure what to do next to create a new Visual Studio project. Can someone point me in the right direction Are there any quick start guides, getting started guides, checklists, etc. I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks. Ge ...Show All

• SQL Server is it possible to have variant condition clause in procedure?

  i want to use OLEDB to build a COM for my app in the case, i want to execute a select statement which the where-clause is variant. ex, select * from db1 where code='abc' select * from db1 where name='mike' As it's very difficult to change sql-command in oledb, i want to build a procedure like this, create procedure viewDB @filter CHAR(20) as select * from db1 where @filter go but failed! i tried EXEC( select ), ...Show All