Meaks's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms VS 2005 CheckBox bound to SQL Server 2000

  Using VS 2005 beta 2. I did a drag and drop of a data source table that points to an existing SQL Server 2000 table. I want to use a chekbox with a few fields. They are defined as smallint and have nulls, 0, and 1 in the exisitng data. The chekboxs show up OK on the form in IDE but at runtime they do not track the data values. If I add a teckbox instead the data displays OK. When I click on any of the checkboxs in run mode the program hangs. I ...Show All

• Visual C++ int = string; problems with atoi

  I want to set an integer value to the value inside a string of string type (I have my own ways of making sure the value inside of a string is an a valid integer). The problem is that I can't do this, where question is an integer and input is a string of string type.  question = input; or this: question = static_cast<int>(input); or this: question = atoi(input);   Anybody have any ideas que ...Show All

• Visual C++ LNK2019:Unresolved External Symbol when trying to link my DLL

  can anyone help me in this problem. I have a program which i wish to compile to dll. I managed to compile it into a dll format. But in order to ensure the dll is working I wrote a simple test program. But when i compile the test program it give me this error: This is the dll program: #include "stdafx.h" #include <math.h> #include <cmath> #include "caaSfdt.h" #include "caaLinearInbtwn.h" #include "caaFi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Messagebox Not Going Away!!

  Hello all, I'm having a particular issue that I seem to can't correct or fix.  I have a form that display buttons which support actions when pressed.  Some of the buttons send a confirmation box which ask yes or no to confirm.  If&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VSTS for DB pros - Not using SQL Express

  I just installed VSTS for DB Pros CTP over VSTS Team Suite. I already have SQL 2005 DEV eidtion installed as 2nd instance (SQL 2000 as my default instance) all running on same machince - Windows2003 server std. I had no errors during setup, but when I try to create a SQL2005 project, it fails trying to connect to my SQL server. I changed the connection options to my local sql 2005 instance name (Boxname\SQL2005) - but I still get an error tr ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS2005 on XP 64 bit Itanium

  I am stuck here. I have a Windows Server 2003 Itanium server and a Windows XP 64 bit Itanium backup workstation. VS2005 requires SP1 before it will install. Windows Server 2003 SP1 is installed, so all OK. However, I cannot find the service pack for the workstation. Does anybody know where it is Thanks There's a workaround which you can do to update the setup data files to avoid the check.  Please send me ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Load test - page response time measurement unit

  Hi there, I'm running load tests against my .NET 1.1 web app using VS2005 Team Suite. I got it to work just fine but cant seem to make sense the measurement unit that the VS2005 provide. I'm just wondering if ppl know what these means: Counter: Page Response Time Instance: [some page name] Scale: 1 Max Time: 0.865 What is the max time being scaled to 0.865 of ... Thanks! Ronny Just adding to what I asked before. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adding extra controls to a User control as a container

  I would like to create a UserControl as a base for a set of other controls for a common look and feel. I create UC1 inheriting from user control and add in a groupBox and a inside the group box a small panel containing some labels and stuff that will be common to each inherited control. The group box is dock.Fill and the panel is dock.Top. e.g. +-Groupbox---------+ | +---Panel--------+ | | | Label1  Label2 | | | +----------------+ | |  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Report Viewer Export Feature

  does anyone know of anyway to execute the export to PDF feature of the reportviewer in code i was thinking i could use reflection to do it but have not been able to. any ideas RenRen, Nice post. Here I am find the same issue with Open option. Save option is working fine. I get " file not found" error. I cleared the Temperory internet files too. any ideas ...Show All

• Visual Basic Catch arrow keys and enter in a datagrid combobox

  how do you catch an arrow or enter key press event in a datagrid combobox Try the KeyUp event - Occurs when a key is released while the grid has focus.  It is passed (ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs)   You can check e.KeyCode of a Return or Arrow keycode like this:  IFe.KeyCode = 13 THEN   END IF   ...Show All

• SQL Server backup does not backup

  Hi. SQL Server 2000 EE was able to do this but just found out that SQL Server 2005 EE does not do this. When I select a database to backup, even if i select a different path to backup to - it says it has successfully backed up and verified the backed up database however I am unable to locate it in that path specified.   I have also ran a Windows Search on the file - it does not pick up anything.   When I go back to SQL S ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do you reload a form

  Hi all, I know this is proberbly a really basic question but how do you reload a form, I'm need to put some code in a catch - end try block that will reload the form or allow the user to re enter a value in textbox2. The best way to do validation is to handle the leave event of the text box, and tell the user right away that they need to make a correction. You can also make changes to a textbox so it on ...Show All

• SQL Server calling stored procedure in VC++

  i have a stored procedure to get the user pin. the stored procedure works perfectly as i tested it both in VB and ASP , but when i try to call stored procedure from VC++, then i get a Idispatch error #3092. here is the code: BSTR newpin; _bstr_t qsql = "{call user.getpin( ,{resultset 100,pin})}"; command->PutActiveConnection(conn); command->PutCommandText(qsql); command->Parameters->Refresh(); command->Parameters->It ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Missing Specified field in Scenario work Item

  Hi,   I read in MSF agile process guidance that Scenarios item should have a field called Specified which is used to indicate that the scenario has been written. But I cannot find this field anywhere and if I try to add columns in the Scenarios.xls and the column is not displayed here either.   Could someone please check if this is a general issue or only an issue with my installation   I’m running the ...Show All

• Visual C++ show/hide/show window

  Hi. Sorry if this is too smple, but I can't get this to swing. I am making a small graphics app that includes a few windows that I only want to appear at certain times, via a trigger. Setting up the trigger is not a problem. I use it to start and stop animations and show/hide scene nodes. But I can't seem to apply this same way to a window. Here is what I have at the moment: ShowWindow(hMessage , SW_HIDE); if (distance < 10.0f) { ...Show All