wilyCoyote's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Problem creating SQL Server Mobile Subscription

    Hi there When I try and create a subscription in SQL Server Mobile to a published SQL Server 2005 database, I get the following problem error during the data synchronization process: Failure to connect to SQL Server with provided connection information. SQL Server does not exist, access is denied because the IIS user is not a valid user on the SQL Server, or the password is incorrect. HRESULT 0x80004005 (29061)   An ...Show All

• Visual Basic Accessing Oracle database : How to set addtional Oacle parameters ?

  Dear VB-programmers, I try to access a Oracle 10g database using the OraOLEDB driver with an ADO-connection. Since one text field of my returned result is very big I have to change the Oracle-parameter for the maximum lengths of returned text-fields. Which I can do in SQL*Plus with the command "set long <value>". I tried to use this command in my Excel-VBA script in the following way : (Here "Dialog is my ADO-Connection, Rec ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. C# and Vertex Shader problems

  I am trying to implement a basic vertex and pixel shader pair (see code below) Vertex Shader float4x4 matWorld; float4x4 matView; float4x4 matProjection; struct VS_INPUT { float4 Position: POSITION0; float3 Normal: NORMAL0; }; struct VS_OUTPUT { float4 Position: POSITION0; }; VS_OUTPUT vs_main( VS_INPUT Input ) { VS_OUTPUT Output; float4x4 tmp = mul( matView, matWorld ); float4x4 tmp2 = mul (matProjection, tmp ); Output.Position ...Show All

• Visual Basic Visual Basic 2.0

  Greetings. I use Visual Basic 2.0 to teach my kids a bit of programming. I do have Visual Studio Express - but it won't run on all my school PC's - while VisBas2 is small and quick!! BUT it doesn't have any help files . . . . I want to keep showing these kids good coding but I haven't found anything as small and quick as VisBas2 . . . . with helpfiles! Any and all suggestions gratefully accepted! Cheers, ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Mobile 5 Emulator Images Do Not Sync With ActiveSync 4.0.4343 and 4.1.4841.0

  Hi I've currently got a problem with connecting the UK Mobile 5 Smartphone Image to ActiveSync (Builds 4343 and 4841), via the Device Emulator 1.0 (Community Preview). I can successfully get ActiveSync to recognise that the emulator is running and it attempts to connect, however the following error message is returned from ActiveSync: "Microsoft ActiveSync Cannot Recognize This Device For One or Two Reasons" I've successfully ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions License Question: Can I sell apps I write in free express editions?

  For my senior seminar project at my college I am writing a database application for a local business. 1.) Can I legally use VB Express and SQL Server Express to write this application (Just a little hesitant since they're free) 2.) Would I be able to sell this application or are express editions solely for "practice" Any insight or links would be most appreciated. Thanks, Ryan 1) Yes. ...Show All

• SQL Server Command USE with variable

  Why I can’t use the command USE with variable declare @banco varchar(20) select @banco='xpto' USE @banco I have try in other way without success DECLARE @banco varchar(50) declare @SQL varchar(50) select @banco='xpto' print @banco select @SQL='USE '+@banco print @SQL exec(@SQL) Help me, please. Rodrigo It is executed at both compile time and run time, so I presume that is the reason. Not all comma ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Using Team System for doc management?

  Does anyone have experience using Team System to version and manage objects like Word documents (e.g., design specs, test plans, etc.) in addition to source code Pluses/minuses Would you recommend doing this based on your experience Thanks. Hi CarlaOR, In my environment we use version control for all documents. We have one tree for the entire team of approximately 30 people. With check-in policies turned ...Show All

• Windows Forms General ADO.NET question

  I have a form with 5 combo boxes. It works well, but I have 5 different data adapters and 5 different datasets. It just seems like a lot of code to do this. Is this the "correct" way, or is there a better way to do  ...Show All

• .NET Development ASP.Net 2.0 Context.User not set in AuthenticateRequest

  Been using the following code in a VS2003 site for years upon using it in VS2005... Checking Context.User.IsInRole before leaving the event gives me one value, one debugger step more, in the Page_Load event of the page, and Context.User.IsInRole gives something completely different. It appears to me that the following code is no longer updating Context.User. Any ideas rprince@radiaInteractive.com protected void Application_AuthenticateR ...Show All

• Architecture Management of data files

  Hi ! I'm trying to understant what is the best solution to manage data files in my enterprise. I would like to attach metadata to the information, so that it can be searched and i would like to support video and audio documents. What is the best product for my case Tnks There are plenty ECM (Enterprise Content Managmenet) solutions out there. One of the most comprehsive ones is Documentum (now from EMC). Other ...Show All

• Windows Forms TaskVision: Danger of BadPractices

  Hi! Since TaskVision doesn't follow any of the Microsoft Patterns (as a matter of fact it doesn't follow any pattern at all, it doesn't even follow the  ADO.NET  API or WindowsForms.NET API) and so many people is downloading it, using it, and&n ...Show All

• SQL Server Does Windows 2000 Professional supporte native HTTP access???

   I'm trying to create a new webservice by sql 2005. My operational system is a windows 2000 professional, but when I try to create a endpoint, I've got the follow message error: Msg 7812, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The endpoint 'RetornarUsuarios' has been established in metadata, but HTTP listening has not been enabled because HTTP support did not start successfully. Verify that the operating system supports native HTTP access. Check the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How can I know who's link to my WI??

  Hi, If somebody add a link to his WI,both of the WI will update to see on their links tub that some link associated to their WI, The thing is that I want to know who is the one that added this WI, Now I cant get this information from the UI, Also, I couldnt find any other field on the DB that indicate me for this information. The only information that I get on the both of the WI is that field RelatedLinkCount is now grow up. T ...Show All

• .NET Development different behavior of cmd file when started by a web Service

  Hello,        i'm facing a problem that's really driving me mad..... I fear I'm missing some fundamental step .... but I cannot imagine what ... I wrote down a basic WebService to start an executable file (using the shell command).  The cmd file by itself works fine  ... doing what it was projected for ... (unlock the ScreenSaver of the Server machine with the following instruction : ..... Keybd ...Show All