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• SQL Server Creating a user in SQLExpress with SQL Server Management Studio Express

  I have created a user in SQL Server Management Studio Express. However, whenever my ASP.NET application tries to connect I get the error Cannot open database "ABC" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'Fred'. If I change my login string to Integrated Security=SSPI it works. Also, I was able to add a user successfully in SQL 2000 but SQLExpress is differnt. Can anyone tell me how to add a user and give him permissions for a particular database Or refer me to a URL that does. Many thanks. In SQL Server Management Studio Express, when you login to the SQL Express Server, you'll see ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Redistributing C# ISO

  Am I allowed to redistribute the Visual Studio C# express .ISO image by putting it on a Portal in my company (Intranet) Thanks, Marcus Visual Studio 2005 Express Editons are free-to-download and free-to- register , for the distributing I'm not so sure... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to access Team system using Programs

  Hi all, I want to use the functionality of Team System. Are there any classes and interfaces opened by Microsoft to access Team system. So that I can access the Team system through my own written programs. If any one have some code snippet to explain or some links regarding the access of Team system using Visual Basic functions, it will be helpful Thanks Hello Could you be more specific on what you are trying to do. VS 2005 Team Edition is a very large product. Just saying you want to create plug-ins is very generic. What do you want this plug-in to do Thanks Brian [MSFT] Microsoft Dev ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problems with controls Position

  Hi I am new with VB Express. & for .NET Environment. Please Leave this post if it is silly. I tried to place three buttons in the form. I Placed it, compiled it and ran the form, and it worked properly. After I tried adding another button in the form. I rearranged the buttons to a new location. saved, compiled and when executed, the three was still on the old location , and the new button in the new position. I tried re arranging the again and again . but still the three buttons were on the old location only and the new button in the new location. I also tried to accomodate the new button with the three button itself. I ...Show All

• SQL Server can't start mssqlserver

  I installed a copy of SQL server 2005 on a Win 2003 machine. I connected remotely from another machine and started Sql Server Configuration manager. The MSSQLServer is stopped. So, I click to start and it failed. The error it gave me was that it time out. I am new to SQL 2005 and I thought the next step after installing was to configure. Can anyone help me please. Check in the SQL Server log file for any info. If SQL received the startup request, the log will show why the timeout occurred. Presumably there was a configuration problem that caused startup to fail. Also check the network configuration. I bel ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ListView selection

  Whatis the correct way to handle selection in a ListView I could add a MouseDoubleClick eventhandler, but this is not called on keyboard selection (pressing enter) Best regards, Thomas Andersen I think you can make your ListView's ItemContainerStyle use a ToggleButton as its root element. You'd obviously also need to style it to suit your needs. Then you just let all the behavioral aspects of ToggleButton that have already been provided for you by Microsoft do the work. ;) HTH, Drew ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions SQL Express refuses to install

  I'm in the habit of removing any beta versions before I load any release versions, so I meticulously removed SQL2005 Express beta, Web developer Express beta, etc., and rolled back to a restore point set before any of the beta packages were loaded. Just to make extra sure, I rebooted the machine before beginning to download and install the released Express today. I opted to install Web Developer complete with The 2.0 framework, SQL 2005 and MSDN in one go. The install plodded along, downloading the 200Mb of MSDN and 54Mb of SQL and then stepped through a bunch of installs. It reported no problems. Imagine my surprise when the first starter k ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem with textbox and databinding

  I have a winform in c# with several textbox and grids in a several tabpages bound to a dataset by databinding, my problem is that the text property of the non visible controls is empty. When I navigate through the tab pages and the controls are visible the text property is set with the value. I don't know what is the problem, can anyone help me please Thanks. hector Andrew, When I created the function to build the sql statements I didn’t use the datasource, I create the sql statements directly from the controls. When I'm in edit mode I use the datasource to load the data and bind i ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I enable Drag Drop Events on my Designer for my Control

  I have a ControlDesigner derived class and I set the EnableDragDrop to true and I never receive any drag drop events on my designer.  What's up with that I know that with regular winforms controls, you have to write both a DragEnter and a DragDrop handler.  In the DragEnter you should set e.Effect to something besides None and then the DragDrop event would trigger.  I have never done anything with ControlDesigners, but I am assuming it is the same. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions MP3 Playback

  Is it possible you can playback mp3 files through VBE, If so could someone please point me in the right direction, I've seen loads of examples in VB6 but none in VB Express. Thanks. The following should work my.Computer.Audio.Play(<filename>) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Designer view won't work!

  When I try to switch to designer view I get an error report dialog::: "Microsoft (R) Visual Basic Compiler has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience." After the error report dialog, I get a messagebox that says "More data is available" I can still compile projects and they work fine, but I can not view the designer. I have tried reinstalling Vb.net express but the error still occurs. Anyone know how to fix this The program creates no logs. (the program doesn't crash) I can write code and compile, but I can not use the designer... ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Check box inside list box or combobox

  Is it possible to have check box inside list control in XAML I have the XAML as follows <ListBox name = "list1"> <checkbox ID= "id1"> "hi1"</checkbox> </listbox> this doesn't work. I want this to be done without Longhorn or alvon programing. Is it possible since I'm using VS 2005. Also I want to add the check boxes dynamically thru C# code. Please help me out. Thanks Taruna try putting the checkboxes inside a ListBoxItem. that's the most basic way. if you want more control over the look and feel, look into styling the ListBox's ItemTemplat ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adding items to a listbox on a different form

  I have a listbox on a form called "Order" and I have a separate form that has a menu with buttons that are suppose to add whatever item the user wants to the listbox in Order. I have a "test" button in the Order form that when you click on it, it adds an item to the listbox in Order and works perfectly. But then when I try to do the same thing on the other form ("foodMenu"), it doesn't add anything to the listbox. There aren't any compile errors, the buttons on foodMenu just don't do anything. How can I make the buttons on foodMenu add to the listbox on Order sample code: (on Order of the test button) private void testbutton_Click(object se ...Show All

• .NET Development System .NET features and future

  As many of you may already know, the release of Visual Studio .NET 2005 is right around the corner… hooray!   As we put the final touches on “Whidbey” for the November 7th launch we are starting a parallel effort focused on planning for our next major release of Visual Studio, codenamed “Orcas”.      As we switch hats from ”Whidbey” release to “Orcas” planning, the System.Net team would like to hear directly from networking application developers on what they would like to see from System.Net in the future.     Some questions that we have been asking ourselves that you may also want to cons ...Show All

• .NET Development Once my Database is ready...How do i make??

  How do i make my database run without me compiling it ever time...You know i wanna put my User Interface on a disk and put it on someone eles computer and run it...how do i do that Well you have to: 1) be sure that they have the same database system installed (example: SQL Server) 2) make sure that the appropriate user accounts are created in SQL Server for the application to access it 3) all should be well, just run the application you have created ...Show All