A D SRIKANTH's Q&A profile

• SQL Server File Access Error

  Hi All DTS fans, i know this is not the perfect forum for posting a DTS problem i am having but i thought that most of you who are now working on SSIS might have been using DTS earlier. anyways, the DTS package that i have written transforms data from a csv file into a table in SQL Server 2000. There is another application ,written in .NET C# which writes continuously to the csv file. When i run the transform task, i see an error mes ...Show All

• Visual Basic Updating Databases

  How do I prevent duplicate entries when working with ultrawingrid in VS 2005 I'm using a SQL database. I'm not fimiliar with ultrawingrid..but from a database perspective...a primarykey field keeps duplicate entries from being made.....so if I set up column 0 as a primary key field then the db will not allow any duplicate entires for that field. HTH ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to show image(eg: logo) in Forms.MainMenu in .NET2003

  Cheers, I'd like to show a small logo in my MainMenu at the right end, is that doable BR, L Hi, Thanks for reply! I have already A 16*16 icon in the left top corner. Now I want to add a much bigger logo(85*20) on the right end of a MainMenu, that's a different question. Br -L ...Show All

• Visual Basic Using Visual Basic 6 with CLR Profiling API

  I am using the profiling api with Rotor. However, I've found that using C++ to implment COM interfaces is very, very painful. Has anybody created profilers using Visual Basic 6.0 dll's having objects that implement ICorProfilerCallback If not, should this work in theory (writing a profiler in VB6 instead of C++) Does anybody have any idea where I can find a typelib for the Profiling API that would include a definition of ICorProfilerCallbac ...Show All

• Visual C++ MFC newbee problems to create worker thread

  I am new to MFC. I am just trying understand threading. I tried to create a worker thread, and I get a linker error when I compile the code. in CMFCThreadingDlg.cpp I put... void CMFCThreadingDlg::OnBnClickedBtnStart() { HANDLE hThread; hThread = AfxBeginThread(foo, this ); } static UINT foo(LPVOID lParam) { AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState()); return 0; } I have put the foo prototype on ...Show All

• Visual Studio SourceSafe Web Service Configuration

  A collegue of mine has just setup a SourceSafe 2005 database and configured it for internet web service access. I have Team Suite installed including SourceSafe 2005, but I am unable to find an option anywhere which would allow me to connect to it. I can connect over a local LAN or over the net via file sharing, but I can't find the web service protocol. I was informed this feature was in Beta 1. Anyone know what happened to it I  ...Show All

• .NET Development Create virtual com port in C#?

  I'm working on a project where I am reading from a com port to receive data from a GPS receiver. I can do this without any problems except for one. There is also another application that wants to read from the com port at the same time. I know there are com port splitters that I could use but I'd rather not have to use any 3rd party software. Is anyone aware of any way of emulating a com port so that I can point the other application to this por ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Sharing of common components/resources between Team Projects

  Our organization has some common components (own or third party) that are used by several different projects/systems/applications. We can't see a sensible way of sharing these between these different projects. This scenario can also apply to Logical Datacenter Diagrams by the way. Actually we would like to have a way for projects to subscribe to component X version nn and a way to see which projects that uses component X (and version nn). In ...Show All

• Windows Forms owner drawing forms title bar (buttons, etc.)

  Hi, I'm wondering if anybody knows of a tutorial on how to owner draw a forms title bar and its buttons Thanks, Tom in .net 2003 as fsr as i know, you can not workaround is to make the form borderles and draw your own titlebar   Remco ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I create a new X by Y pixel window with no toolbar, menu, etc in VWD?

  How do I create a new X by Y pixel window with no toolbar, menu, etc in VWD All I want is the basic blue bar with the title, close box, minimize, maximize icons and functionality. I know I could use the Javascript option, but if I do it creates a NEW window and I will have to recreate everything (like ... icons, tooltips, context menus, etc) in Java and that is not the solution that I am looking for. I have a "default.aspx" and I would like to ...Show All

• SQL Server Connection to SQL Server 2005 Express?

  Hi all, I've been reading other posts for awhile now and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm a Web Developer and not a DBA. I have SQL Server 2005 Express installed on my machine and it's working just fine. I also have the Management Studio Express CTP installed and working. I'm trying to connect to a database using a username and password (from ColdFusion Server which is working fine for external Oracle and Access databases, so t ...Show All

• SQL Server Wishlist: MOST WANTED Tasks, Sources, Transformations, and Destinations?

  Until there's an Integration Services 2.0, what custom components would you most like to see examples of The documentation team is starting work on the 2nd Web refresh of Books Online and SQL Server samples, anticipated for release around April, and may be able to incorporate some requests as samples or BOL topics. I scanned Kirk's "Requests" thread and, although many requests are for tweaks to existing SSIS widgets, I noted the following ...Show All

• Visual C++ How can I include multiple configurations of a single project as a dependency?

  New to this whole Visual Studio thing. Unix world is most of my background, so sorry if this is a simple question. We have a solution which builds a number of libraries and .exe's. Our product is a combination of the libraries for different configurations - i.e. liba 32 and 64 bit, libb 32 and 64, etc. We have the projects all setup to build w/ the different configurations. And I can use 'batch build' to select which projects from a long ...Show All

• Windows Forms Tool bar using VB.net or C#

  Hi All - Does anyone know how to design toolbar (to appear along with IE tool bar), in Vb.net or C#, like Google toolbar. I would really appreciate any advice or help you guys can provide to steer me in right direction.  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System WorkItem API problem: Cannot update Field Completed Work programatically

  As a part of my project to log time worked on each workitem per week I have this code: private static void SetWorkItemFieldValues( WorkItem workItem, double hoursWorked) { workItem.SyncToLatest(); if (workItem.Fields.Contains( "Completed Work" )) { Field field = workItem.Fields[ "Completed Work" ]; double completedHours = Convert .ToDouble(field.Value) + hoursWorked; field.Value = complet ...Show All