DROSCOE's Q&A profile

• SQL Server The issue of XQuery.modify() When pass Parameter to storeProcedure

  Hi all, I want to update the xml using procedure, and pass value of category by the parameter @category , but when I save the procedure, it raises a exception : " The argument 1 of the xml data type method modify must be a string literal". It seems that the modify() method can only accept the string literal, but what's the string literal in slq server 2005 and how to solve the promblem Any information about it is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Events and the Serial Port

  Dear VB experts I have just started to use VB Express. I realize I am trying to run before I can walk, but I seem to prefer working backwards from a given solution and there appears to be little about the serial port in published information. Coming from VB6, I was hoping to be making more progress than I am. I find the help files all lead me to a point, but never give a complete example. 1. I am trying the create an event generated by ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS 2005 CR XI Printing Issue

  Hey everyone  I have developed a Crystal Report, in Crystal Reports XI, which I am exposing in a ASP.NET 2.0 page. The purpose of the report is for the person viewing it to be able to print it. For some reason though when the print it, it only repeats the data on the first row for how many rows there are. So for example if on the page it shows three rows when it prints it prints the first row three times. I currently have the PrintMode ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS Lan Service working randomly

  Hi, The Lan Booster service works randomly here. Sometimes everything is ok, and sometimes, for the very same operations, for the same database/project and on the same system, I get the following message: Unable to use SourceSafe LAN service, performance of SourceSafe operations will not be optimal. The service is running on the system hosting the database. Known problem I'm not very familiar with DFS, but I think that you're access ...Show All

• Windows Forms missed controls/properties?

  My project is an user interface for an access 2003 file. I need these things: ComboBox that check the item The user may click the arrow and select the item using the dropdown list and he can also enter the text. The ComboBox must show a messagebox telling the value is wrong. (Ive another unresolved thread for this http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=13251 ) TextBox for Dates TextBox for Double TextBox for Integer T ...Show All

• Windows Forms Cannot call Close() while doing CreateHandle()

  If I load the form below as an mdichild and try to close it again, say after a condition failed I get the error Cannot call Close() while doing CreateHandle(). I tried to pu then check condition that close the form in MyBase .Activated event by its still comes back with the error Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Load Try Dim f As New frmTranSetup If f.ShowD ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Hosting ASP.Net Workflow in app domain

    I would like some thoughts on hosting the Workflow runtime in the app domain vs. using the global.asax and loading the runtime in the Application session of the asp.net runtime.   I know the way you traditionally start up the WF Runtime in ASP.Net is in the gobal.asax.OnApplication_startup(sender, e) and put the workflow in the application state like this:            System ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Problem with WinFX Feb CTP, Sparkle and Cider

  If you have time to read this 5 post thread http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=350627&SiteID=1 please tell me if anyone experienced such thing or not. The main problem is that after installing WinFX Feb CTP on Vista Build 5342, none of the avalon pages and windows show up. It doesnt matter it is my code or Cider in Visual Studio or Sparkle. Anybody knows why Has anyone try to install Vista 5342 - WinFX Feb CTP - Wind ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Receiving WMI configuration error. SQL Server System Configuration cannot be executed due to that

  Hello PPl, I am getting this error again and again. The SQL Server System Configuration Checker cannot be executed due to WMI configuration on the machine mymachine Error:2147749896 (0x80041008).   I uninstall all version of Visual Studio 2005 just kept Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.  Still I am getting this error when I am running SQLEXPR.exe to install the SQL Server 2005 Express.   PLEASE HELP!   ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Error: Connection To CE.NET Device

  Hi Guys I am trying to connect to windows CE.NET Device from Visual Basic.NET 2003. When I am trying to connect to Device its giving me error Cannot connect to device make sure the device is physically connected to the desktop. I think I have configured all the settings correctly. Any thoughts thanks in advance. It is connected via Active Sync If so, please try this: http://forums.mic ...Show All

• Windows Forms DATAGIRVIEW

  Can you make a single cell a button in the datgirid view control Yes, you can. You can add any from DataGridViewCell inherited cell to any type of DataGridViewColumn. E.G a DataGridViewButtonCell to a DataGridViewTextBoxColumn. Regards Adrian ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Visual Studio hangs after WWF 1.2 is installed

  I've just installed WWF 1.2 beta, and now Visual Studio (RTM) appears to hang in an endless loop on startup. I've installed the Windows SDK, WWF platform components, VS WWF extenstions, as well as WinFX and VS WinFX extensions, all in one go. The only visible sign of an error I can find (apart from VS now being broken :) are some entries in the Application event log (something is complaining about a missing assembly, Microsoft.ReportingServices. ...Show All

• Windows Forms GetRaiseMethod

  I have a button on a form.  The click event is handled by a Procedure.  Is there any way to get the name of the procedure, using Reflection for instance: Public Sub SaveData() handles btnSave.Click      ' some code end Sub. I would&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio problem encountered on Custom Page Size in different machine but same OS.

  Hi, I am a novice of CR. I current develop a CR for printing receipt and it is a rotated paper. my CR version is 9.0. I create a custom page size. (height : 14.00cm, width 20.23cm) and named CustReceipt for my CR. And, my development machine and client machine is same windows xp professional and using the same printer. it worked perfectly in my development perform. however, when I deploy my CR receipt to my client. In his machine, the rece ...Show All

• Visual C++ Mixxing c & C++ file for the same application

  So I have a .lib or a .dll that was written in C, and I want to call functions in this .lib or .dll from with a c++ appliction.... However, when I #include header.h (with appropriate declarations for all methods I want to call), VS 2005 seems to think that *EVERYTHING* I have done is now c++, and treatas the .dll or .lib as such... resulting in massive problems. Does anyone know how to make C++ play nice with C code Thanks! ...Show All