GeoffW's Q&A profile

• SQL Server what do I need to run report builder from a client?

  I whant to run report builder from a client pc and explorer tyies to saver or to open an archive with an application. I need to install .net framework in each client Yes, you need the .NET Framework 2.0. You can download the redist at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=7abd8c8f-287e-4c7e-9a4a-a4ecff40fc8e&DisplayLang=en . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System One Policy to Rule Them All?

  Hello all, Our team wants to create a policy which will automatically allow certain source control folders to get checked in without ANY checks (e.g. documentation, etc.), but the remaining items will still be processed through the normal Code Analysis policy, etc. My thought was to create a new "Path Policy" which determines the path of each item in source control (VersionControlPath.GetFullPath(change.ServerItem)) that is being checked in - if an item falls under one of the predefined "don't apply normal policies" paths, no further policy checks would be applied to that item. The most feasible aproach I came up ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TestInitialize Called More Than Once Per Class? And TestContext.WriteLine()

  Hello, I started having issues with a set of unit tests that I wrote when I added a File.Copy routine to the TestInitalize method.  It seems that the initialization is happening once per test in the class, not once for the entire class.  Is that the correct behaviour   Isn't it supposed to be once per class To try and test this theory further (without having to step through it) I tried the TestContext.WriteLine() method to write some text out.  I put this in the Cleanup to see if the text shows up more than once.  The only problem is, I can't find where this is being written to!  Anybody know where th ...Show All

• Windows Forms Prerequisites problem using Click Once

  My application works fine on my development machines which already have the Framework installed, but trusting the prequestite feature to install the framework or Windows Installer on machines which need the pre-req. install fails. The browser reports CGI Error: The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are: (...with no more info...) I've had no look in searching the solution that applies to my situation. A feature of possible interest is that each time I publish a new version of the application the host server reports an unhandled exception. System.Argument ...Show All

• SQL Server I am unable to install SQL Server 2005 on Win XP SP2 box

  I get to the point of starting the services and receive the following message after about 4 minutes of trying to start. I tried in Mixed Mode and Windows Authentication Mode. Message: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup ------------------------------ The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually." For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.2047.00&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=29503&EvtType=sqlsetuplib% ...Show All

• Windows Forms disable add new row?

  How can I eliminate that new row line at the end of my datagrid. I need the grid to be editable, but don't want users adding a new row. You have to create a DataView for your table and set the AllowNew property to false. DataView dataView = dataTable.DefaultView; dataView.AllowNew = false; dataGrid.DataSource = dataView; ...Show All

• SQL Server console apps only work if user is SA

  Hi When I try to use a user other then SA my console apps don't work. I can run the Stored Procedures used in console application from Query analyser when logged in with the username/password that I'm attempting to use for the console applications. Under Users in Enterprise Manager Database access is 'permit' for my user. By the way my web application which uses the same user name and password as in console applications is working . I also have dts packages running using dtsexec accessing the database with the same user name and password and they work fine. MDAC 2.8 SP2 on windows server 2003 spi C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Serve ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Transformation of a single object

  Hi! I just started learning directx and here is the first of probably many newbie questions. Please, be patient :) How can i transform a single object I used Sample Framwork to load a "tiny.x" mesh and created simple triangle. I can rotate them together (by rotating the whole world) but how can i transform only one object I've got also small problem with my "tiny.x" mesh. It's not so tiny after all :) If i move my camera, so i can see the whole mesh and rotate the mesh (or move camera too far away) it disappears. Does it have something to do with my projection parameters Can i scale down this mesh after loading it (so do it only on ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions link error

  i keep getting this error: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class std::vector<int,class std::allocator<int> > __cdecl alternateMerge<int>(class std::vector<int,class std::allocator<int> > &,class std::vector<int,class std::allocator<int> > &)" ( $alternateMerge@H@@YA AV $vector@HV $allocator@H@std@@@std@@AAV01@0@Z) referenced in function _main i have the following code in my program which i suspect is the cause, but cant find a way to resolve it. template<class T> vector alternateMerge(vector<T> &u, vector<T> &v) { vector<in ...Show All

• SQL Server Windows Mobile 5 connecting to SQL Server 2005

  Can't get winmobile 5 to connect to my sql server 2005 (using vs2005). Here's the connect string: "Data Source=tcp:XXXXXX\default,1433;Database=YYYYYY;" _ & "Integrated Security=SSPI;" This very same string, and variations of it, work in a vs2005 winforms app, but not a windows mobile 5. I'm (obviously) using system.data.sqlclient. MS documentation says it's supported on both platforms with no syntax changes. Any suggestions Can you please try removing "tcp" in the Data Source. Also what is the error you are getting Can you please provide more details ...Show All

• Visual Studio Rmt9x.mst not found error VS 2005 setup

  I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2005 on windows vista (december beta). When the installer tries to copy the temporary files to start the installation, I get an error that says that the \vs\Setup\Rmt9x.mst file cannot be copied. I have already installed this copy of Visual Studio in Windows XP and it worked perfectly. I've just switched back to windows xp. I reinstalled Visual Studio 2005 without getting any error. The \vs\Setup\Rmt9x.mst file is in the Vs2005 DVD and nothing seems to be wrong with it. I just don't understand why I can't install Vs2005 on windows vista. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Autosynchronizing the class view

  I'm trying to create an add-in that will keep the classview synchronized with what I'm editing, meaning that as soon as I position the carret inside a class or a member function, the class and the function are selected in the classview. Unfortunatly, I've run into two problems: First, I can't seem to find an event linked to a carret position change. The best I've come up with is LineChanged Event  in TextEditorEvents Object , but it only triggers if the line is changed (as its name aptly indicates), not for carret position changes. And second, I've been simply calling the command View.SynchronizeClassView each time my event is trigg ...Show All

• .NET Development FileSystemWatcher changed event

  I'm trying to monitor for new lines (represent orders) in any files in a directory using FSW.  Everything works fine except when a new file is created in the folder.  When it is created I get two Changed events.  If the file exist I only get one.  The problem is that the lines of text represent orders that are being posted to a database so the first order in the file gets posted twice.  I can figure out a cluge to get it to work but doing it the right way would be better.  Thanks for any help. Wyatt Here is the code: fileSystemWatcher1.Filter = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("Director ...Show All

• Visual C# Class sharing duing the web application running

  Hi, Can I create a class running during the life cycle of web server and share same dataset for all clients Thanks Wilson It depends on what you want to share and what you mean by clients. If you want to share within a single web application (but across multiple users) then static classes and/or instance classes stored in the application object will work. If you want to share data across multiple web applications then you'll have to rely on a separate component such as SQL Server or something. Web applications are for all intents and purposes running as separate applications and therefore can not ...Show All

• SQL Server How to Delete Files on Maintenance Plan

  Hello, I am creating a Maintenance Plan in SQL Server 2005. The 'Back Up Database Task' has the choice 'Create a sub-directory for each database' as SQL Server 2000 does. But when I add a 'Maintenance Cleanup Task' I do not see a choice to delete files on subdirectories. Looks like it only deletes the files from the directory I specify. So, looks like SQL Server 2005 is removing some functionality already available in SQL Server 2000. Is there a way to delete those files without needing to specify each directory I do not see any documentarion about xp_delete_file either. Thanks, Ben Nevarez I am ...Show All