OwenG's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Multithreaded run of SSIS packages

  Is it safe to run several SSIS packages in parallel in a multithreaded application The package objects are not accessed from multiple threads: every thread is handling its own package (see below). void task_inside_thread() { System::String ^s = "..."; Microsoft::SqlServer::Dts::Runtime::Package p; p.LoadFromXML(s, nullptr); // callback handler MyEventsClass ^ eventsClass = gcnew MyEventsClass(); DTSExecResult result = p.E ...Show All

• Windows Forms TrayIcon

  I have created a TrayIcon application that display a messagebox based on a criteria. However, I want my message to appear like Outlook 2003 message when it informs you that you have new messages and then nicely disappears. How can I do this Thanks ...Show All

• .NET Development Filter-expression

  Hello, I will select DataRow from DataTable, but my filter-expression is not OK. myDataTable.Select("place = 'La Tour d'Auvergne'"); That does not work, because place includes the apostrophe. What can I do Please, help me. Replace the single apostrophe in the value with two apostrophes (not a single double-quote character): "place = 'La Tour d''Auvergne'" This is the same syntax that most databa ...Show All

• Visual Basic DataTable is not defined

  Ok I'm first to admit that I'm no legend when it comes to .net programming. I'm slow to make the transition from VB6 - so I jump straight into a beta- maybe not the smartest thing to do. Anyway, I've got a smart device project - and I want to reference a datatable. I've added the reference to system.data but when I declare 'Dim NewTable As New DataTable'  for example, it tells me that this is not defined What am I doing wrong. I have ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Can Anyone Relate To This???

  Hi There http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm Cheers Bronco Billy "Beer and Fast Women are Ok... No Cigarettes or Hard Liquor Allowed" Hi, we live in a free world where erveryone can express his opnion. I know I like OOP. You should try both worlds and see whats best for you to use. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Looking for a good working winforms workflow example in beta 2

  I'm just diving into WF for the first time and most of of the sample code I have is in the previous version. I have the book presenting Windows Workflow Foundation which is a very good book and has lots of good examples, but they dont work in beta 2. any resources would be great. Thanks. There are 51 technology samples in the SDK. With WF Beta 2 installed check out this winforms workflow example: C:\Program ...Show All

• .NET Development late bound resolution warning

  late bound resolution warning               Dim i As Integer             For i = 0 To lstAuthors.SelectedIndices.Count - 1                 iT = CInt(Me.lstAuthors.SelectedValue(i))              ...Show All

• Visual C# Multiple table fields as "DisplayMember" in a combobox?

  I'm just testing C# with SQL, and have a little question... I have set up a combobox, to get it's data from a database table. The table have the fields ID, firstname and lastname. I want the dropdown to display (DisplayMember) firstname and lastname. Is that possible I can't choose more than one table field :( Using only one of them works fine (incredible how easy visual studio 2005 is!) Does anyone know how i can make it display both t ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Host Workflow in Windows Service

  Is it possible to host workflow in windowsService if possible how You can do this just how you'd host it on any other kind of executable. Basically you'd create an instance of the WorkflowRuntime engine in your service as part as your OnStart operation. Any of the basic workflow hosting samples should get you started on this, or even just creating a basic Console Workflow project to see the basic code necessa ...Show All

• .NET Development How to uninstall .NET 2.0 beta?

  Hi, Since I have no clue where to post this, I'm taking a chance and post my question here. If this is not the right place, please tell me what is. It appears that the .NET 2.0 redistributable package is finally available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=en#related . When I try to install it, I get the message that I should uninstall the beta version first. Howev ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Pocket Access

  Hello guys, i need to create new Access tables on PPC2003SE then read from and write to them, of course programmaticaly. Does anyine has an idea on how this is possible thanks a lot in advance To be more clear, i have an Access file on my desktop that contains tables that has the .mdb extension, when i transfer it to my PPC 2003 SE emulator with ActiveSync, it gets the .cdb extension. Once on my PPC 2003 SE i need to ...Show All

• Windows Forms What's wrong with my code, please help!

  After I run the application, after click the buton, nothing appears except some blank lines inserted to the listBox, but it ought to display the String from the artmoney process. Could you please tell me what's wrong with my code I've spend 3 hours on it, but could not find the solution. /*Test.cs*/ using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using ...Show All

• Windows Forms using ToolStrip in visual basics .NET 2003??

   I was wondering if it is possible to use the toolstrip control in visual studio .net 2003, Visual basic standalone version The only version i have found is for visual studio 2005 If it's for a big project and you have the budget and you really need the toolstrip functionality, there are several third-party libraries that implement it, and much better than it's in .NET 2.0. See here for some free and com ...Show All

• Visual Studio ReportViewer Flicker

  Hi, Is there a way to prevent my ReportViewer Control to flicker when I call ReportRefresh I have tried using DoubleBuffer on the form as well as SuspendLayout/ResumeLayout but it doesn't seam to have any effect. // Johan Bellander The flicker is the control switching back to the "report is being generated" message.  Presumably you have a fast executing report.  Are you calling ResumeLayout immediately after calling Report ...Show All

• .NET Development XSLT != does not work with XslCompiledTransform

  Hi, I'm using XSLT to transform an XML document into another XML document. I use the XslCompiledTransform class to perform the transformation. My problem is that it does not work to use != to compare data values in elements e.g. <when test ="/Patient/History/Diabetes != 'TYPE2'"> does not work. However, it does work to compare data stored in attributes when using a function e.g count(@StatusCode != 'RED'). Has anyone got any idea ...Show All