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• .NET Development Problem getting assembly probing working in beta2

  Hi All, I am using .NET 2.0 beta2 and I cannot get assembly probing working. I want to put all 3rd party dlls into a subdirectory named lib. I created an app config file (see below) and pointed the private path to the lib directory. When I start up the app, I get a file not found error. Using FUSLOGVW.exe (see output below), it shows that the runtime could not locate Janus.Windows.UI.v2.dll, even though it is in the lib directory.  Since F ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Can't Add New Database

  When I add a new item to my project and choose SQL Database, I get an error stating "Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly. Please verify the installation of the component or download from the URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ LinkId=49251". I had been able to create new databases, many times, but this started happening all of a sudden. I've uninstalled SQL Server Express, VB ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Connection Manager vs RAS for GPRS

  All,  I'm pretty new to the cf world and have been forced here due to some inadequecies with the Appforge language we were previously using for Handheld App Development. Our group are expert VB6 Developers, Intermediate VB.net developers, and fairly ignorant with the netCF.  I'm working in the VS2005 Beta 2 right now trying to rewrite a logistics tracking application.  Looked through helpfiles and forums, but haven't found any cl ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Debugging without ActiveSync?

  Is it possible to debug a native application from Whidbey Beta 2 on a Windows CE 5.0 device that doesn't include activesync   In the device settings the only choice seems to be ActiveSync. What is happenning is that the emulator is not recognizing the idle loop in the BSP and is trying to execute it at maximum speed. The workaround is to change the idle loop in the SMDK2410 so that the emulator sees it and ...Show All

• SQL Server Analysis Server Memory Upgrade

  Dear Anyone, We recently upgraded our analysis server from a 4GB to 8GB. For a couple of weeks, we noticed that the server memory isnt going up to close to 8GB and only goes to around 4. We use the /3Gb and /PAE on our server. Can anyone recommend some memory tweaks that we can use on the Analysis Services Thanks, Joseph Memory limitations for AS2K5 are the same as AS2K -- they are based on the OS (see earlier post). Therefo ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums windows live messenger

  i hav been invited to windows live messenger 8.0 i should hav 5 invites but i dont hav any what the hell is goin on   Please be patient as this program is in BETA stage. By that, I mean that there WILL be bugs along the way and that is what beta testers are there for, and that is why Microsoft dont allow everybody into a beta as some people seem to "USE" the app, not "TEST" it. ...Show All

• Visual C# Getting the OS version

  Hi, Can someone help me with this problem. I need to get the OS version such as say Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional and so on. But when I tried it using the code: Environment.OSVersion.ToString(); On a Windows XP OS I am getting the output as Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0. Can anybody provide me with a solution in C# so that I can get the exact version of the OS as say Windows XP or Windows 2000. I do not want to get this result us ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding datagrid to data returned by DataReader problem

  I am having problems with binding datagrid to an arraylist. The way I am doing it is asking for much code to be written in order to achieve a simple task. Here is an example ' Getting data Dim cmd As New OleDbCommand(strSQL, conn) Dim dr As OleDbDataReader Dim arr As ArrayList cmd.CommandType = SQLType conn.Open() dr = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection) simple so far, but now I am having troubles in storing thi ...Show All

• .NET Development Need some huuuuge help, please!

  Hi, If you have an SQL Database and in it 2 tabels,and on the main form you put both tabels, Clients and Reservations, with all their columns and I want to see every client with its reservation, how do you make all the connextions to work Besides binding every textbox that will be on that form with one of the 2 tabels, I have to write some code to work Thank you Regards, on radio button check disable the current tab and enable ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Memory Leak with Datasets!?

  I have noticed a memory leak in conjunction with datasets in compact framework. Now I've found another post in Common Language Runtime section  (http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=123316): in full framework seems to be a memory leak too. But the solution described there didn't work for me in compact framework. To test the suggestion I've made a small program. But I get an error after the fourth call (the german mes ...Show All

• SQL Server Existing Oracle Program Prevents SQL Server Express Being Installed in Windows XP Pro that is in NT 4 Network

  Hi all, Our Microsoft NT 4 Network has Oracle program for all the Windows XP Pro PC terminals to use. We did not have the SQL Server Express Beta version installed before. Recently our Computer Administrator tried to install the SQL Server Express Edition that is downloaded from Microsoft Website to my Windows XP Pro PC terminal without luck, because the Oracle program is already in our LAN Network and prevents the installation of the SQL ...Show All

• SQL Server Simulating Errors

  How could I create an allocation or consistency error (or otherwise corrupt a db) in a database to test a backup and restore system it either does not return allocation or consistency errors from changing a few binary lines, or too many binary lines are changed and it does not recognize the file as a database file and will not attach it.  Is there another way, or is there certain lines of binary i should look for to change ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't connect using specific UserIds and Passwords

  Folks, I'm brand new to MSSQL, I come from a DB2 background. I've installed SQL Server Express Edition on my WinXP (SP2) system. I'm able to connect to it from a command prompt using "sqlcmd -S CS288290-A\SQLEXPRESS -e". Now I want to connect using a specific UserId and Password. So I changed my "LoginMode" registry variable to "0x00000002" and restarted the service. But now when I issue "sqlcmd -S CS2882 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Wrong content type ?

  Application: ----------------  "An unknown error has occured.  Please review the even log for more information"  Event log:  ----------------  "Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=Windows-1252', but expected 'text/xml'."  Any ideas    ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Number of times the web test runs

  Hi, all. I created a web test and connected it to a data source, which is a SQL Server database. I have a table in my database that contains a bunch of values I want to use for running my test (in the Form Post Parameters). I want my web test to run once for each record in the database. I've selected "One run per data source row" option in the localtestrun.testrunconfig, but my web test only runs once (for the first record in the va ...Show All