Dan Mork's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Bug in DataTable wizard code ? MS Access, retrieving @@Identity ?

  Hi ! I think I have found something strange... I'm using Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. I'm accessing a Access 2003 database using the built in DataTableAdaptor component to insert a new row into a tabel. The table has a Identity column called "Id". Now, I want to retrieve the Identity using the normal Event RowUpdated method but here's the thing. When looking at the wizard created source code in ReportDataSet.Designer.vb no event is published for ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Help with background processes please!

  Can someone help with this   It takes all my system resources untill it is finished when rolling over 500,000 times. Here is what i did: In VB Express I created a new project called "DiceRoller" and added a Listbox, 2 numericUpDown controlls, 2 labels, and a button to the form. The first label is named "lblNumSides" and the other called "lblNumRolls" with the text "Number of Sides" and "Number of Rolls" respectivly. The ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do I print multiple lines using graphics.drawstring?

  I tried g.drawstring("test1", ...) g.drawstring(controlchars.NewLine, ...) g.drawstring("test2", ...) it prints on the same line. How do change line Thanks and Regards! i have found that using "\n" in a string does cause a newline to be printed ...Show All

• Visual C++ What is the syntax for declaring an event as an argument of a function?

  How do declare FireEvent(...) so I can use it in foo() With previous beta versions, I can just do this FireEvent(EventHandler^ e), but with beta2 compiler, I get C3918. Thanks, hdp. // class that defines events ref class EventSource { public :     event EventHandler^ OnEvent1;      event EventHandler^ OnEvent2;      void FireEvent(...)     {    &n ...Show All

• .NET Development Should the SmtpMail class have a port property?

  We are using the SmtpMail class to send email.  There is a property named SmtpServer.  Should there not also be a property to allow setting the port number   The default of 25 works ok, but in situations where a non-standard port number is used, the SmtpMail class will not support it.  Using a non-standard port is a good means of increasing security so that viruses, worms, etc. will not be able to find a SMTP server to use ju ...Show All

• Windows Forms System.Threading.Timer problem

  Hi all, I have a problem with System.Threading.Timer.  I am using this class to run my clock. However, I note that the clock runs faster on an intel box compared to an AMD box   Has anyone come across this problem before.  It doesn't& ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Cannot connect to Smart Device via Activesync

  I am trying to debug my application on the target device. I can connect using Activesync, and copy files back and forth. I can even run the application there. However, when I attempt to connect to the device using Activesync, it always fails. I have followed every example I could find, and I have had no luck. I have gone as far as I can with this application without being able to debug on the target, so I am absolutely desperate. I am on my knee ...Show All

• Visual C++ project creation failed...

  I can't seem to be able to create a new project in VC++ (latest Vs2005). I get the following message "Class doesn't support automation". I only have this problem in C++. All other languages seem to work ( not really helpful to me since i only use C++) I can load existing projects and add/edit classes and resources. I have tried repair, total uninstall and re-install. Nothing fixed the problem. Visual studio was installed on a ...Show All

• SQL Server SSMSE CTP, Future fuctionality

  Will the final relases of SSMSE include the option to import/export data from other database Or, will an addon be made avalible to give import/export functionality to SQL 2005 Express ...Show All

• SQL Server complex SQL (for me)

  Hello, Lets look at this table : CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TableHisto]( [Id] [int] NOT NULL, [Week] [nvarchar](50) COLLATE French_CI_AS NULL, [Project] [int] NOT NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GO EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name=N'MS_Description', @value=N'Identifiant d''enregistrement' ,@level0type=N'SCHEMA', @level0name=N'dbo', @level1type=N'TABLE', @level1name=N'TableHisto', @level2type=N'COLUMN', @level2name=N'Id' GO EXEC sys.sp_addextendedp ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System MSBUILD : Warning : Visual Studio Team System for Software Testers is required to run tests as part of a Team Build

  I have a Team Foundation Server. I am running the Build from my workstation. I have Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200). When I run my Build Type which is configured to execute a test, I get the following warning: MSBUILD : warning : Visual Studio Team System for Software Testers or Visual Studio Team System for Software Developers is required to run tests as part of a Team Build. ...Show All

• SQL Server Error in initialization of the report service

  I installed the evaluation version of SQL Server 2005 to my Windows XP machine. Everything has worked well. Now I have problem. I installed the reporting service to test the web reporting. In the Report service configuration manager I get three errors: The Web Services Identity indicator is red and pushing Apply button gives the error : ReportServicesConfigUI.WMIProvider.WMIProviderException: An unknown error has occurred in the WMI Provi ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I create a function to return a dataset?

  Greetings! How can I create a public function that returns a dataset   So far this is what I have:  -----------------------------------------------------------------  Public Function RetrieveDataSet(ByVal strSQL As String, ByVal strTableName As String) As DataTable  Try  Dim objConn ...Show All

• SQL Server Reporting Services Count

  Hi All, I am trying to compare two dates: actual shipping date > promise shipping date. If the sctual shipping date is greater that the promised shipping date than count that order number if not than it is null. This is in the report designer in the "edit expression" =Count(iif(Fields!act_shp_dt.Value > Fields!prm_shp_dt.Value, Fields!ord_nbr.Value, "")) It is counting everything as true. Can anyone help me.   Thanks, Ker ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Where to download MSFWinBuild?

  I'm in the process of customizing the MSF Agile Process Guidance.  I have been using the Process Guidance Customization Guide from the Visual Studio October SDK. This guide mentions that the MSFWinBuild Tool is useful to pre-render the HTML files.  The guide says that this tool can be downloaded from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243893.aspx . However, I can't find the download.  Where can I download t ...Show All