Derek Haskin's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ help for Errors in VC 6.0

  Hi, guys I meet the following error information when I try to compile my source code in VC 6.0: error C2065: 'sprintf_instead_use_StringCbPrintfA_or_StringCchPrintfA' : undeclared identifier Anyone know how to solve it Thanks. Looks like you are trying to use newer header files with VC++ 6. It may not be a good idea to even try that. But if you want to try, you could specify a #define for STRSAFE_NO_DEPRECATE  and ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Advice on where to begin

  Beyond the Activity objects which have been posted online, what other Activities & Workflows will shipping with WinWF when it is released I'm sure the developers here on this forum would like to focus their efforts in areas that are not redundant with the shipping framework... Lastly, what advice can you offer us in terms of where to begin... I did not attend the PDC this year, but I have review most of the PPT files that have been pos ...Show All

• SQL Server F I L T E R HELP!!! PLEASE!!!! THIS CAN'T BE THAT HARD

  In SSRS 2005, how can I add this check (what do I have to put in the Expression, operator, and value in filters tab of table properties) to my table filter to ensure only customers that match one of the ORs are viewed in my report HERE IS A PRINT SCREEN OF THE FILTER TAB WHERE i WANT THIS ALL TO HAPPEN...PROPERTIES OF MY TABLE: http: / / www. photopizzaz. biz/ filtertab_ ssrs2005table. jpg essentially I want this check to filter re ...Show All

• Windows Forms Application Question...

  Hello all... I am writting a application that will utilize XML databases for the information that will be entered into the application. What I would like to know is what steps should I take in order for the user to be able to create new us ...Show All

• SQL Server Report Builder limitations

  Can anyone confirm the following 1. Can't add images to reports. 2. Can't have fields in a non-tabular layout (e.g. mailing labels, letters, etc.). 3. Can't control column or row spacing of fields or have details that span more than one row. Thanks. Alrighty then. Can anyone at least tell me if there are any 3rd-party products out there that might be more robust than Report Builder ...Show All

• .NET Development Managed DirectX _How can i Rotate a directX font (a text) around an object (ex. cylender) which has a texture?????

  How can i Rotate a directX font (a text) around an object (ex. cylender) which has a texture note that this text should be dynamic that is i can change the text anytime i want. if you have installed directx 9.0 sdk (october 2005), you can access the tutorial5, C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (October 2005)\Samples\Managed\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tutorial5 , that contains a rotating cylender. If applicable plz add the code to this tutoria ...Show All

• .NET Development Where to set the timeout for a SqlTransaction.Commit?

  It happens quite often in my application that I get a "Timeout expired" SQlException when I do a SqlTransaction.Commit. where do I have the ability to adjust the Commit Timout value Grtnx, Adri Your connection, not the transaction, has a timeout value, which you can change in the connection string. constr = "Data Source=(local);Database=AdventureWorks; Integrated Security=SSPI;Connection Timeout=30;" I sus ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions value from txtBox

  Hi all, In the new version this code variablename = me.txtboxname.value or variablename = Val(me.txtboxname.values) don`t wrk it. Is there a another option to read values (numbers) in vb express or i can`t use it in vb express cheers, spike As first thank you shakalama and to you johan for helping With tryParse i solved the problem (just for info if some1 have a same trouble) ...Show All

• Visual Basic Amendment: How to get a splash screen to wait for 5 seconds before loading Main.VB form?

  Hello, I'm working on a web browser application. How can I get the splash screen (SplashScreen.VB) to start, wait for 5 seconds and then close and open up the main screen, Main.VB Code samples, please Thanks. The default display time is 2000 milliseconds (2 seconds). You can use the MinimumSplashScreenDisplayTime property in the My.Application namespace to change this. Add the following code in the OnInitial ...Show All

• SQL Server Slow performance calculated members

  Hi, when i'm querying using a calculated member that contains children or descendants, it takes a lot of time and in many cases i get a time out. I'm using proclarity as a front end for the queries. .. at the beginning when i am the all level of the dimensions it is fast, then when i start drilling down it gets slower until it blocks..and i need to restart the SQL AS service for it to work again. below is the calculation.. please check if ...Show All

• Windows Forms grid row display order affected by binding?! (interesting)

  I have random data coming in from a process which I need to display with the latest always appearing on top. There are no specific sorts, keys or anything. Just rows to display. How do I do this  I am trying with DataSet.InsertAt(0, *datastring ...Show All

• .NET Development Microsoft .NET FrameWork v2 Beta 2

  Is ther a site in which user can download just the beta 2 release of the .NET framework. Im coding in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta on my laptop but when i transfered the application i had coded to my desktop, it would not run and brought up the error: To run this application, you must first install one of the following versions of .NET Framework: v2.0.50125 And does anyone know when the beta version 2 is coming out of beta a ...Show All

• Visual Basic Deploying SQL Server Express Edition with Visual Basic .NET 2005

  Hi fellow Programmers, I am using Visual Basic .NET 2005 for the development of small stand-alone applications. There are certain databases to be maintained for the purpose. Usually these databases are mostly meant for display to the user of applications. In certain cases, however, the operations of Insertion, Deletion and Updation are also to be carried out on these databases. Till now I have been using MS Access Database (Jet 4.0) (.mdb ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro error in sql command

  SET ENGINEBEHAVIOR 70 SELECT lcode, sec ,descr,examcode, sum (tobt) as tobtt,; SUM (tmax) as tmaxt; FROM Examtran; WHERE examcode= thisform . code . value .and. scode>= thisform .shiftfm. value .and. scode<= thisform .shiftto. value ; GROUP BY lcode, sec ; INTO CURSOR tyu brows SELECT lcode, sec ,descr,examcode,tobtt,tmaxt,; TRANSFORM ((tobtt/tmaxt)*100,"##.##") AS PERCENTAGE; FROM tyu; WHERE examcod ...Show All

• .NET Development .Net 2.0 release version breaks VS 2005b2?

  I have just upgraded my .Net frameworks to 2.0 release version, and in the process, I had to uninstall the previous beta version and also some other stuff like the compact framework. Now, Visual Studio beta2 is not launching anymore. Is this a known issue With kind regards. Two things. One, ClickOnce docs tell you all about how it downloads the most recent version of the .net framework. Yea it feels like *** wh ...Show All