JasonJackson's Q&A profile

• SQL Server How to get programatic access to SSIS Service run time pkg monitoring info...?

  If running pkg from file system ( not deployed to SQL ), how do you interrogate the DTExec process to get pkg info, similar to the info the SSIS service shows...is this exposed somewhere in the API, to get runtime info for a pkg... Want to expand on what SSIS Service monitoring provides... Thanks in advance... RC You can control what is reported to the console, /REPORTING, and you can set loggers, /LOGGING, but apart from that there is not much more you can do. If you want fine grained programatic control over the execution and output then you would need to write your own execution host. Using this you can c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Excel macro question - ref: sheets (hopefully a simple one!)

  Trying to debug a macro in Excel and it has an odd line. Could someone explain it to me please. "Sheets("comparative_report.pl reportNam").Select As you can't have a question mark in the name of a sheet - what's this all about Sorry if I'm being a bit thick but this is new to me. Thanks Damian Hi Damian, given that this is a VBA related question and unrelated to VSTO, you'll probably have better luck getting an answer up no the Office.VBA newsgroup. Here's the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.vba&lang=en&c ...Show All

• Windows Forms Labels changing size/font size on different computers

  A testing version of my application has been installed on several computers at the client's office. On some computers, some of the labels appear to have changed size and the text is wrapping to a second line making them hard to read. There is also a combobox at the right end of the toolbar. On two machines it is half off the screen. The form is maximized, all the control boxes are visible--it's like the toolbar just keeps going past the edge of the form. I have compared display settings for font size and resolution and framework versions and also if service pack 2 is installed on the computers. I can't see any pattern for why some computers ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Visual Studio Tools for windows workflow foundation

  Hi, I am using the Office '12 ' release, as a Microsoft Office TAP member. During the installation I had to remove the previous version of the visual studio tools for WF, beta 2. That is becuase I had to replace it with the WinFX Runtime Components 3.0, beta 2. Now, after successfuly installing the Office 12, I want to re-install the VS 2005 tools for WF. I can't find a version that I can use. What I can find cannot be installed because it doesn't work with this kind of WinFX runtime components 3.0. Does anyone have an idea about what I should install Thanks, Assaf The download page tha ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Russian programs in Windows XP English version

  I want to install some Russian programs to my computer but instead of menu items I see question marks. I think Windows xp causes this problem. Because my windows in english. What do you think about it I have heard about some programs that can convert language codes. May be you know some... These forums are only for Windows development, they aren't for Windows OS troubleshooting, you must visit Microsoft Newsgroups , however, you must open Control Panel then Regional and Language Options then Advanced to change your settings... ...Show All

• .NET Development How to set the client's cursor as "wait" status?

  I want to set the cursor as "wait" ,wherever i move my mouse,the "wait" isn't changed. How can I do   You can find lots of good answers to ASP.NET questions at forums.asp.net using their search feature ( http://forums.asp.net/search/ ). Here's one I found using "cursor and wait" http://forums.asp.net/514075/ShowPost.aspx ...Show All

• Windows Forms Jet database engine/mdb file - issues?

  Hi, I have used the Jet database engine in .NET for an application in the past, and did not have any issues at all. I am working on a much bigger application, but can't see any obvious pitfalls (a few million rows perhaps is all I anticipate at worst). Moreover, this is a Windows application, so I don't have many other choices, it seems. I&nb ...Show All

• Visual C++ waveInReset halts program

  When calling waveInReset ( multimedia API), in order to stop recording and return all queued buffers, the program halts. No wave functions are called from within the wave-in callback function, which could be the reason for a deadlock. In fact, after waveInReset is called, the wave-in callback is not called at all, which is weird, because the callback should be called for every queued buffer which was sent using waveInAddBuffer. What could be the reason for the halt There is only one thread running at the time, the thread which called waveInReset. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Compiler sending back null exceptions

  In my Try Catch, sometimes the exception returned looks like it is a NULL or space (I can't really tell, just that when I print it out in a MsgBox, it is blank sometimes which causes problems later) sometimes. how can I check the exception for length or something then if it's null, replace that blank exception with some sort of text i I have to pass the execption to my email function and my email function cannot take a null like this...so I need to convert it to a valid string if it is null or blank like this first that is the CLR returing the ex as exception correct string.isnullorempty is what will check if the string has anything ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Build variables changed in RC?

  My team build is failing because our projects (.csproj) are not able to "see" some of the team build variables anymore. For example, I can get the value of the build number ($(BuildNumber)) variable from the projects when I run the team build, but $(DropLocation) is not available anymore. I've checked "Microsoft.TeamBuild.targets" and the name of the variables seems to be the same. Did the scope of some variables change Is this a bug Thanks. Pablo, This forum deals mainly with questions specific to the Developer Edition of Visual Studio Team System (Unit test tools, profiler ect). To get your Team Build question answer ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Downloading CVS

  Hi all, I am trying to find a good and working version of CVS. Does anyone know where I can find CVS to download for free Thanks! l.walt CVS is free software; you should always be able to download it freely. A quick search turned up plenty of sources. There are also lots of places offering free CVS hosting, if that's what you meant. However, this is a Team Foundation forum. Not sure how you got here. Good luck. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Computor DeskTop Appearance

  I changed Anti Virus software from Norton To BitDefender and When I reboot my pc the appearance changes from Windows Classic to Windows XP Style. I can change back to the Classic style, but each and everytime I reboot my pc, it changes. This never happened when I used the Norton Software. Any ideas Try posting this on the Microsoft Newsgroups . These forums are for technical programming questions only. ...Show All

• Windows Forms COM interopt all STA?

  Sorry for the cross post... Question:  Are all interopt components used in WinForms forced to be STA threading model   Its seems this might be a serious limitation if this is true. Thanks, Eric We had the same problem, and the [STAThread] attribute seems to be ignored when hosted in IEEXEC.EXE.  We solved the problem by making the following&nbs ...Show All

• SQL Server Ignore Null in a Column that otherwise needs a Unique Value

  In Access, when you specify a unique key for a column, you can also specify IGNORE NULL, in which case there can be more than one record with NULL, but if the field is not NULL, then only one record can exist. How do I do the same thing in SQL Server. I have a table with a column that identifies a Previous Entry. If the column is Null, then there is no previous entry - this may occur often. If the column is not null, then there is a Previous Entry. A Previous Entry can be used only once. Much appreciate any guidance received. Thanks, Flavelle Steve: Now that I understand your solution (forgive the newbie), i ...Show All

• SQL Server Problems when connect sql2005 locally

  Hi All, When I use asp.net 1.1 to connect sql 2005 enterprise server which just enable local access option instead of remote, I got error message to say database server is not avaiable. I use following connection string user id=abc;password=abc;server=(local);Integrated Security = SSIP; user id=abc;password=abc;server=.;Integrated Security = SSIP; Actually, I used default instance, and ASP.Net and database server are in same server. Everything is fine when I change connection string as user id=abc;password=abc;server=servername;Integrated Security = SSIP; Frank, This is a known issue when ...Show All