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• SQL Server Complicated Inserts

  Hello everyone, im looking for some advice or maybe examples. How is the best method of checking a table for a specific IP address located as an element value of a xml data type. For example xmlNode = Table in use myXmlData = Document being stored as XML datatype I would like to first check the table of existing XML entrys for an ip address that is within the current xmldata in the reader. If the ip address in the re ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Which CTP?

  I am just downloading the July CTP of TFS and Vis Studio.  The problem is there seems some conflicting instructions.  On the TFS page it says that you have to use June CTP of SQL Server for it to work.  On the same page it says VS2005 July CTP wont work with June CTP of SQL Server! Does this mean you cant use July CTP of TFS and VS2005 together   Isnt it the whole point of having the 2 CTPs together, especially on something s ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista problem using RegConnectRegistry for remotely accessing registry of win vista

  I am executing RegConnectRegistry from win2k machine to get remote access to win vista 5381 ret = RegConnectRegistry(" \\vista-a",HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE , &hkey); this fails with return 0x00000035 ( i.e The network path was not found ). vista-a is accessiable from source machine. Why RegConnectRegistry fails on Win Vista, any idea On Vista the Remote Registry service does not start up automatically as is in previous versions of W ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual SourceSafe 2005 Database Format

  Does Visual SourceSafe 2005 have new database format, different from VSS 6.0, that was prone to data corruption SQL back-end, maybe, similar to SourceGear's Vault Also, will there be a conversion/import mechanism to move existing VSS 6.0 databases to 2005 format, or are they backward-compatible Thanks, Dimitri SunGard SCT Hi Dimitri, VSS database format was not changed between VSS6 and VSS2005 ...Show All

• .NET Development Visual Studio 2005 + ASP.NET + Modules? =D

  I need some way that I can access a function across all of the pages within my site. The problem is that there seems to be no support for Modules. I'd use a class, but I don't want to create an object each time. I just need to call a function. Any ideas You have many options here.  I like to create a base class for my pages because I add much functionality to my site that .NET doesn't include int the ...Show All

• Visual J# jar API into J# Express - where do I find Visual J# Binary Converter Tool (JbImp.exe)

  I am trying to include an API into my project which is provided as a jar. I assume I need to convert it to a dll with the JbImp tool. Does this seem correct (i assume so from the doc and post http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=55927 ) but where can I find the JbImp.exe tool It is not on my system ! (I did install the correct beta2 as per http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vjsharp/  ) Thanks and regards, Hugues ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista workflow persistent

  Hello every body I have an application where i used a workflow and i persist it with the persistent service of workflow foundation but my problem is how to reload it. Please can someone help me thanks in advance Here are some of the ways you can reload your workflow and continue its execution - 1. You can have an HandleExternalMethod Activity just after the point where the WF is persisted. Then you can raise this event to con ...Show All

• Visual C++ A bug found in french microsoft.public.fr.dotnet.vc forum for Visual C++ 2003 compiler

  I found a message from Pierre Maurel on french microsoft.public.fr.dotnet.vc forum When you compile with optimisation, there is a bug with this code You have this bug with both not manager (x86 32 bits code) or managed .net code Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual C++ 2005 beta don't have this bug I've no tested with VC++ 2002 #include <stdio.h> int main() {   int i, j, k, a;   for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)     for (j = i ...Show All

• Visual C++ A problem with ATL::CTime.GetLocalTm()

  I have a projiect in vs2003.net,which use ATL::CTime.GetLocalTm()function with default parameter. But in vs2005 the function was defined without any default parameter. And the MSDN tells that we can use it with a NULL paramenter,so I do this.But there comes a breaking when I debug the project after I building it. Then I step into the ATL source code to see the definition of GetLocalTm,and I found that there is a macro definition o ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to append two arrays

  I have two arrays of String type s1 and s2 Could you please let me know how to append the  elements of s2 to s1 Thanks Jyoti Arrays in .NET can't be changed in size after they are created. You have to create a new array  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Saving a text file to a shared computer

  I am able to save a file locally, but I cannot find any resources explaining how to save a file to a shared location on a file server.  I do not want to allow the end user to specify the save location, I want to hide al ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. capture audio

  Hi! REALLY sorry to post this here but didnt know where else! is there a way to capture audio from the sound card I am trying to use directX but the sample I have seen is hard to understand unfortuantly :( How do I capture audio either using DirectX or some other method I want to capture it to a normal wav file Thanks! :-) I don't have a VB.NET example, I code in C# but do some VB.NET stuff to help out here in the forums. Take a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Project Creation Faild- not able to connect to the SQL Reporting Services at http://192.168.0.1:8080/

  Installation: ------------ SqlServer 2005 (command line install) SharePoint Service SP1 (command line install) patched with Security Update for Windows SharePoint Services (KB887981) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=6BB93661-0CE7-46CF-B8BB-55546B58A2F2&displaylang=en TFS Beta3, single server Some other facts: ----------------- Reporting Services function well at http://192.168.0.1/Reports and http://192.168.0.1/Repor ...Show All

• SQL Server Interface not registered using Excel/mail?

  I am trying to mail an excel Spreadsheet using the E-mail icon. When I go to mail I get the error "Interface not registered" I gotta believe it's something simple I use Office 2003 Are you using SQL Server Integration Services If so please can you describe in a tiny bit more detail what you mean by "When I go to mail" ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Missing Properties in TestContext

  Inside a method marked ClassInitialize, I added a couple of custom properties in Properties dictionary of TestContext class (count shows 13 instead of defailt 11). My goal is to extract these custom properties in the test methods.  Although the custom properties are available in the first test method (ConstructorTest), they disappear in subsequent test methods (TestContext properties collection shows count ...Show All