Graham H's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Can't Run any DM Until Delete Lost Cube?

  I (unsuccessfully) made a cube named, MSR TRANCHES. I can't find any trace of it anymore. However, I can't make a new Mining Structure because VS complains of: Error 1 File system error: Error opening file; \\ \C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.2\OLAP\Data\Analysis Services Project1.0.db\MSR TRANCHES ~MC.1.cub.xml is not a disk file or file is not accessible. Errors in the metadata manager. An error occurred when loading the MSR TRA ...Show All

• .NET Development text formating

  hi i have some lines of text for printing i want to print the lines with the function drawtext(........, RectangleF) in order the line to be wrapped if the size is bigger then the Rectangle width. Is any way to know in how many pieces will be splitted every line in order to know how size will occupays vertically so i can draw the next line below Use the overload of MeasureString that returns LinesFitted ...Show All

• Architecture Extensibility hooks meet Enterprise Library?

  Wow! I hope this forum starts to get a bunch of traffic from the architctecture community.  I really have been looking for something like this to post the really hard architecture questions I'm dealing with at the office. Most recently that has been surrounding the usage of the enterprise library and how we can embrace and extend it to help achieve high levels of productivity when delivering line of business applications.  The ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++ Express... ERROR C2664

  These are the errors i am getting when i build... error C2664: 'CreateWindowExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [5]' to 'LPCWSTR' error C2664: 'UnregisterClassW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [5]' to 'LPCWSTR' error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const char [5]' to 'LPCWSTR' Heres the code: #include "WinMain.h" int PASCAL WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Won't draw primitives

  http://www.nomorepasting.com/paste.php pasteID=60067 take a look at that code ... any idea why it won't draw the primitives i think i tried just about anything ... i must be doing something wrong ... hope you can help me out The way you create your vertex buffer will not store the stride size in the object. Because of this you have to use the SetStreamSource method that set the stride, too. In your case the stride is equ ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express with the WDK DTM?

  With MSDE 2000 you are limited to 8 machines and it is recommended to use SQL Server if you are planning on have more than 8 machines in a machine pool.  Since SQL 2005 Express does not have the workload governor, would it be a valid substitution for the SQL Server 2005 for the purpose of logo testing Thanks Mark. It would be good to know if the projected database size that the DTM will use fits the limi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Referencing a VSTO Office Project (Word Document)

  Hello, I created a Project in Visual Studio 2005 (VB) using the project template for Office -> Word Document and managed to get the automation I was looking for working as hoped. This project was deployed as "CreateCoverLetter.dll". I then reference the "CreateCoverLetter.dll" into to my existing Visual Studio 2005 "Windows Application" project (also VB), but I was unable to succesfully define a new object as my cover ...Show All

• Visual Basic ActiveX Control Size method

  Hi, I'm upgrading an application from VB6 to VB2005. I'm using an ActiveX control which can't be easily replaced and there is a problem with a method in that control called Size. Basically the designer creates a bit of code like: Me .AxLEAD1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(315, 307) where obviously it is trying to set the Size of the control, however that ActiveX control also has a Size method which does something different (resizes a bitmap) ...Show All

• Visual C++ Program database manager mismatch

  I have been working with vc++ express for about a month, and all my projects were fine but now whenever I compile anythingi get the following error: fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation I searched for a solution on Google and MSDN but neither showed anything i could make sense of. Had a very similar problem after fooling around trying to get a parallel make ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Picture transmission from Pocket PC to remote server

  Hi all, I need to transmit a picture I capture by my pocket pc camera to a folder exsists in a remote server. The picture often 40 KB size. Witch is the proper way to do this quickly. Best regards... It depends on your connection. If you have reliable LAN, you can access file share on a server directly using UNC paths. For internet you probably should use web server and HTTP post. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TF30177: Team Project Creation Failed - Possible Solution

  I've found that by logging out of the server back to the main login screen, I can then go and create new Team Projects using VS.NET. However, if I log into my server using TFSetup, TFService or any other account, it fails. Hope this helps ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Make smart tag recognizer stop recognizing text after surrounded by XML tags?

  Hello, I am using Smart Tags to replace a regular expression string, say xyz, with the following: <bill>xyz</bill> (i.e. not the string literal "<bill>" and "</bill>", but actual XML tags using InsertXML method ). This works fine, but the only problem I have is once its replaced, the new result "<bill>xyz</bill>" still has the smart tag underline beneath it, so th ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Help populating DataGrid

  Hello, At runtime I have a datagrid which has data coming from a dataview which has data coming from a dataset. Is this possible with CF 20 I am not able to see the data within the datagrid at runtime. Am I missing something in my code Thanks in advance. John Code: Private Sub load_datagrid( ByVal dsDataset As DataSet) Dim dv As New DataView dv.Table = dsDataset.Tables(0) 'has data 'Dim i As Integer ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System File locked by another programmer

  I have a project that has a file locked by another programmer that is no longer working with me and I can't get him to check the file back in.  How do I (as an adiministrator) remove the lock from TFS source control Please add your thoughts to the following blog post.  The tfpt features are certainly high on the list for a VS power toy. http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2005/11/16/493736.aspx Buck ...Show All

• Visual Basic Storing Drag and drop items

  Hello All. I have a "Consultation" form in my VB.NET application. It is meant to catch a history of consultation with a client regarding a project application that they made. When a client files an issue with the company they may include emails, excel documents, pdf's and even (in the future) items for systems not yet written, and so forth. The consultation system goes like this: A Customer/client is a member of an organisation. The client makes ...Show All