Erin McGowan's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions active directory restore password

  is there a best practice recommendation for the active directory restore password and the domain administrators password being the same or different does it matter either way you can answer this question directly at http://www.helpshare.com/qhome.asp qid=2590 and get a reward. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Knight Rider Like Wait Screen

  I have a windows application that does things, like logs into a website, does some work with the file system, etc. This all happens once you type in a login / password. I would like the user to have a "please wait" screen with say a progress bar that works similar to the one that is shown during the Windows install. Moves back and forth, or moves across and starts new again so the user has a visual that its working, but I am unsure whe ...Show All

• Visual C# I think this is for an expert!!.. coz` no one knowes it..

  I think this is for an expert!!.. coz` no one knowes it.. Can anyone tell how to insert a new line in a file Example:      test.txt line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4 line 6 line 7 line 8 after the insertion of the line... line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4 line 5 line 6 line 7 line 8 i tryed to use the seek() method.. it works but he overides the other lines.. Anyone know how to do that You will have to rewrite the file ...Show All

• Visual Basic Howto: Return data from one form to another

  Hi! I want to return data to calling point of  the form, but i can't return data when the called form closes. Please tell me how can i return data from one from to another. Shani! Hi Spotty- I tried your example and it worked great.  When I tried to adjust it to my situation, I couldn't get it to work.  Obviously, I'm new to this.  Here's my problem: I have a checkedListBox with seven i ...Show All

• Architecture Is OR mapping necessary for rule engine

  I have one confusion regarding rule engines . Whether rule engines can be based on OR mapping tool only.I tried mosaico author to create a rule but it is asking for business objects residing in database. please let me know If a rule engine directly interact with database and stored procedures.Also please name the tool. regards bhaskar Bhaskar, There is no direct relation between rule engines and O/R ...Show All

• Windows Forms Window Resize

  Hello all! I was told that if I have a form on the screen and if I want the controls in it to be  readjusted when I maximize, C# 2003 does it very easily. How is that possible Thanks in advance   Starting VS2003, most of the controls have properties called Anchor and Dock. These 2 properties combine allows you to handle almost every resizing scenario. Anchor specify to which side(s) a ...Show All

• .NET Development xsd.exe 'path is too long after being fully qualified'

  Hello all, I am attempting to use xml schemas to generate a class. Is there a way to name the output file For example: When I run the following: c:\xsd /classes /language:vb Assumption.Retirement.BenefitTypeSelection.xsd Assumption.Retirement.Dates.xsd Assumption.Retirement.DepositsRedeposits.xsd Assumption.Retirement.EstimateDescription.xsd Assumption.Retirement.Insurances.xsd Assumption.Retirement.LeaveProjection.xsd Assumption.Ret ...Show All

• SQL Server MsDtsSrvr.ini.xml file configration

  Hi All, How to configure MsDtsSrvr.ini.xml file in a active\active cluster. Regards, Balaji Thiruvenkataraju ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 BI Capabilities

  I am looking for any information available that would give comparison between SQL Server 2005 BI capabilities/features and other tier 1 products such as Business Objects, Cognos, etc.... Has anyone come across anything yet Things I am looking for are more along the lines of the metadata information. I have found that Business Objects has an impressive tool called Data Integrator and was wondering what SQL 2005 has in comparison to this tool...th ...Show All

• .NET Development Help - WMI - softwares in windows register C#

  Hi I want to do a application in .net C# with WMI that returns all software’s installed on a computer don’t only the software’s installed with MSI, I know that’s a consult in register that’s returns all software’s, anybody knows something about that If anybody can help me!! Thanks Diogo Mendonca Verissimo If I recall well WMI has a dynamic Registry provider allowing to manipulate the registry through the WMI a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System New Group remains invisible by WIT system

  I add new group to TFS (through Visual Studio Team Explorer). When I am trying to use this group in WI type definition, witimport fails with " '[Project]\New Group' is not a valid user or group name " message. Authoring Work Item Type document from extensibility kit talking about "up to 30 minute" latency between when new group add and when it is recognized by WIT system. In my case after an hour new group remains invisible. To discard stupid sy ...Show All

• .NET Development ORA-12154 error when connection to Oracle Database from C#

  I'm trying to connect to an Oracle Database 9.0.2 using OracleClient in C#. I get the error "ORA-12154 Could not resolve service name" when trying to connect to the database. I've checked the TNSNAMES.ora file an it seems ok. The project where I get this error was previously a .VS 2003 project which I converted to a VS 2005 project. As a test I created a small project in VS 2005 where I connected to the same Oracle database with ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums When to program in VBA and when not to???

  Hello Guys and Gals I have to make a presentation about VBA, and one question I need to answer is when to program and when not to program in VBA. That is, I sure will not program a Find function, since there is one built-in, and it does a great job. But I sure would want to write code that would enhance the Find function and make it look in multiple worksheets. What other examples of when not to program can I use Thanks for any help. Wassim ...Show All

• Visual C++ convert from char a[MAX_PATH] to LPCWSTR

  hi, i have 2 variables like char * username char sysname[MAX_PATH] i need to use "NetUserGetInfo" windows API method, which takes two LPCWSTR strings, how can i convert the above sysname,username to pass them to NetUserGetInfo. thanks If you put the USES_CONVERSION macro in your code, then A2W will convert to a wide string for you. There's an include, it's AtlConv.h . Or you can ...Show All

• SQL Server How to detect changes to the structure of databases, tables and even SP

  HI, Any help here is appreciated, I work in a large software company that has many small teams. I am faced with the issue of some of the other teams are changing the structure of tables and views and even SPs and functions without letting the rest know of these changes. My question is, is there a way of tracking these changes through a job to alert everyone else in case this situation happens. regards Y ...Show All