Michael Baxter's Q&A profile

• SQL Server geting the UNIQUENAME fom a string

  Does anyone have an idea how to get the UNIQUENAME of a member from ther dimesion date given a determined value. For example in Adventure Works Val: 2004 UNIQUENAME: [Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].&[2004] Thanks!! Here is an example showing how to retrieve the unique member name or the key value associated with the current member: WITH MEMBER MEASURES.[UniqueName] AS ...Show All

• Visual C# How to dynamic load ASP.NET User Controls in Visual Studio 2005

  Did anybody know how to dynamic load ASP.NET User Controls in Visual Studio 2005 if I put the User Controls  in the App_Controls subfolder Here is my test code: using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; public partial ...Show All

• Visual C# Media Player

  Can anyone tell me how to get started on building my own media player please. It would be greatly appreciated. I know how to use the soundplayer and all, but I need a lil guidence. http://www.un4seen.com/ This the best freeware library I have ever seen. Look for Bass Net 2.2 on the bottom of the page. Also check the forums. You can stream Shoutcast, wma, play and record mp3's and streams. Use effects, winamp visuals...anything you need. Si ...Show All

• Windows Forms playing Sound From A Button

  I'm playing with VB Express. I am new to programming. Just for the heck of it, I want a form with a button that plays a sound file when clicked. 1. Why is it so hard to find info on this 2. How do I do this 1. It's not: see How to: Play a sound from a windows form 2. see 1. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error code is 26403

  I get a very generic message during the upgrade about the source possibily being corupt.  --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Setup --------------------------- The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 26403. --------------------------- OK   --------------------------- I checked the in ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Get Visual Tree informations

  Hello everybody, I would like to code an application that can give me all the informations about the Visual Tree, ie the same kind of application as this one: http://www.longhornblogs.com/zhanbos/archive/2004/11/23/7571.aspx So I would like to be able to get all the type of the controls which compose/are the content of another one: the same thing which is displayed, on Interactive Designer, on the left part (under DocumentRoot) of the TimeLine ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums How To???

  Hello... i’m new in dev and i want to know how to create an app to send a message to my online contacts... i’m using VS2005 (c#). Tks. Paulo You should consider using the Alerts service to notify a set of contacts (people that have opted into receiving the notifications), which based on their presence and routing rules would be via IM, e-mail or mobile.  You publish content to the system via a RSS feed. ...Show All

• Visual C++ .manifest problems

  I have built an exe and number of supporting dll's with VC8, using the make command mt. exe -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;2 to embed the .manifest's, after which I delete the .manifest's. I can run these applications fine on the computer I built them, but on any other computer, I get the error "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)". If I run in msdev.exe (VC6), I also get the message "Could not ex ...Show All

• .NET Development How to access primary key value

  I have a simple access DB, first field is ID and is autonumber, its also the primary key. Then I have a simple routine to insert new record, something like. Dim sql as string = "INSERT INTO table (name,address,phone) VALUES ('bob','windermere avenue','456225')" Dim conn as oledbconnection = new oledbconnection(connectionstring) Dim cmd as oledbcommand = new oledbcommand(sql,conn) cmd.executenonquery Obvously this will insert new record and acces ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Reporting with VB2005 express?

  Is there any reporting tool built in or addin for reporting with vb2005 express VB6 had one that acting like MS access reports was nice for intermediate develepors. Thanks in advance Hi, Sad to say but there is no available reporting tool in the Express products. You'll have to purchase Professional edition or higher to have a reporting tool (crystal reports) to be included in the IDE... cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista linkage does not work: IIS missing

  While installing VS2005 I had to uninstall numerous betas. I also used this opportunity to uninstall some other programs I haven't used for years. Apparently I also inadvertently removed the IIS. I first noticed the problem when I could no link to other computers on my LAN. I went to control panel-->add remove programs on my Win2K machine and "installed" it but it never appeared on the list of programs installed. Also I could not se ...Show All

• SQL Server Error installing SQL Server 2005 Express Manager

  Hello everyone, My name is Pete and I'm new to this forum.  Today, I installed Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 Express June CTP.  The following error pops up when I attempt to install SQL Server 2005 Express Manager: "The installer encountered an unexpected error installing this package.  This may indicate a problem with this package.  The error code is 2755" I've downloaded this package several times and r ...Show All

• Windows Forms 'Load Report Failed' with CR from .Net 2003

  I have an app developed in VS.net 2003 that targets the 1.1 version of the framework.  I also have a setup package that deploys all of the required merge modules for crystal reports.  When I run the app on XP or 2000 boxes, every ...Show All

• Visual Basic Dynamic Addition of Toolstrip Buttons?

  I love the new toolbar and it's buttons, they are really pretty. I'm prototyping a toolbar and I need to dynamically add buttons which is not a problem. I'm unsure how to dynamically add click events. Should each button be it's own class with it's own internal click event and data I'm embarassed as I keep doing this. I guess sometimes the process of asking a question is really helpful in generating an answer. After I asked the q ...Show All

• SQL Server unable to delete an exisitng user under my database->security tab

  Hi I logged in as admin and trying to remove an nt user under my database ->security->logins. it is giving error. I eeven tried sp_dropuser 'xx\xx' I appreicate your help. thanks Hi, which error are you getting, which version of SQL Server are you using HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All