Howard Rogers's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Has to do with linking files to a project

  I'm not really new to VC++.. I have VS2003.net and have used it for years now, but I have never seen this before. I am using threads and sockets, so I need to include items in my linker. Normally that would not be hard, I would just rightclick on the project, select properties, go to the linker tab and add the lib dependancies there... here is my problem: When I select the properties, I cannot change ANYTHING. Furthermore, when I select sub-tabs (ex. the linker tab, or the C/C++ tab) there is nothing there. I have re-created my project several times, restarted my computer, done everything I can think of. Nothing works, and I really nee ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual C# Express Edition

  I created a project in Visual C# Express Edition, I was so delighted with the Visual C# Express Edition that I have purchased the Visual Studio Professional 2005 Edition. I am awaiting delivery of the Visual Studio Professional 2005 Edition product, can I convert the project created using Visual C# Express Edition to a project in Visual Studio Professional 2005 Edition Yes, it works. In fact there is no conversion happening... the project file format is just the same between the two versions of VS. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Regarding MS DTC Sample Application

  Umer,   Rather than provide a sample application, can I suggest a coding exercise that will teach you the same concepts you're hoping to learn     Florin was spot on with his suggestion to read the DTC Developer guide.  It is the best description of the ins and outs of our product.  That being said, it's big, and perhaps a bit overkill for just getting your feet wet.  IMHO, the most useful chapter of the manual for getting started is the one titled " Implementing an OLE Transactions–Compliant Resource Manager ".   So here's my challenge to you--using the chapter listed above, cr ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Development Suggestions

  I could use some help from those of you who have SSIS deployed in a production environment. The developer creates a SSIS package on a workstation with BIDS. Package accesses a network drive and a SQL database on a development server. The developer can test the SSIS package successfully in BIDS. The only way to use the ServerStorage protect level is that the developer needs to save the SSIS package directly to the development server (we are storing the package in SQL Server). This is not a problem, but it possesses a problem when we need to migrate the SSIS package to the production server. This is because in development our database ...Show All

• Windows Forms New Default Line

  Hi Guys. I've been working with the DataGridView for some time now and have run into a problem. I hope I'm able to explain this good enough. The DataGridView automatically gives you a default new line (the one marked with a star *) when you're working with it, but in my case I need to call it... I'm in line 1 - and I programmatically set the ItemCode field value to 651... (From another form). When I do it manually it gives me the "new line" underneath line 1. When I do it programmatically "CallerCell.Value = item.ItemCode" it doesn't... How can I force it to produce a "new line" for me. O ...Show All

• Visual Basic Datagrid OnClick to display row's data on another form2

  Hi, I'm using a data adapter 'da1' to fill a dataset 'ds1' which is used to display data in a datagrid 'dg'. How do I code datagrid OnClick event on whichever row the user click on the datagrid, to cause a new form2 to popup with textboxes to display the selected row's data and allow the user to edit the data and click 'update' so it will be updated to the database. The user can alt-tab to switch to main form and select another row, the new's row data will be displayed on form2's textboxes and editable too. Any idea how i can do that da1 --- Table1: ID, Name, Age, Job Table2: ID, Status, Salary I did not include the other tables into ' ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Share large data between workflow and application

  Hi, there My problem is that I want to share data between the workflow and application. Here is the problem more simplified: I have created a state workflow and I have one public variable, I handle the “stateInitialization” event and I have putted here a code activity pointing to the “InitState” function. It looks like this: public sealed partial class Workflow1: StateMachineWorkflowActivity { public int myValue = 1; public Workflow1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void InitState(objec ...Show All

• SQL Server Index Searches/sec activity

  Why is there frequent Index Searches/sec activity when there isn't activity on the SQL Server 2005 machine This counter spikes at about 70 approximately every second. Typically this is due to the SQL Server background tasks such as index ghost record cleanup task or service broker background task. They usually scan the metadata which causes index activities. Thanks Mirek ...Show All

• Windows Forms Form Data

  I have a Windows Form with 9 tab pages, each tab page has around 10-15 fields for the data entry. I use standard databinding when form initially loads data from the datatable (SQL Server). I have button on the form called Close. When somebody clicks the button to close the form I want to show the confirmation message only if form data had changed  ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do I draw an image at the actual size (pixel-wise)?

  I'm using C++ in VS 2005 with the Windows Forms Designer. I create a Bitmap in the code (loaded from disk) and try to draw it to a panel (created in the designer). The problem is, instead of rendering at 320x320 pixels, which is the original size, it renders at about 425x425. I tried DrawImage and DrawImageUnscaled, and both do the same. How do I draw the bitmap so that it's 320x320 pixels Take a good look at the documentation on DrawImageUnscaled: "An Image object stores a value for pixel width and a value for horizontal resolution (dots per inch). The physical width, measured in inches, of an image i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can't create new team project

  Hi, the problem has already been described in this forum: trying to create the first team project the wizzard fails due to a Sharepoint connection problem. And I tried (probably) all of the solutions: - changed to NTLM authentication - permission for reporting services - permission to Sharepoint services Some hints that might be interesting: - the SharePoint Virtual Server List shows Default Web Site with an installed Version but Administration and Team Foundation Server with Version "not installed". Is this okay - accessing the site http://myserver:8080 (the url of the Team Foundation Server) as administrator on the server is forb ...Show All

• Windows Forms Designer generated code missing the new xxx() for my control

  Hi all, I have user controls from a 2003 project that I've converted to 2005. If I create a new form and add one of these controls to the form, the code inside InitializeComponent() does not contain a line to create the instance of the user control. There is code generated to populate the properties, however. Obviously, this crashes if I run it. This does not occur with every control, but at least two of them. I've done full rebuilds, closed VS and restarted, and monkeyed around with the property to generate a member variable. Nothing has helped. Please tell me this is something I've missed. I really don't want to go a regenerate all ...Show All

• Visual C++ _itoa "identifier not found" once ported to VS 2005

  I have recently installed VS 2005 and loaded my VS 2003 project. I quickly realized that I needed/wanted to define "_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE" bc I need to be up-and-running with a clean compile fairly soon. After adding the underscore to many of my string related calls, my only remaining problem is with four existing _itoa() function calls. I get the following compile errors: error C3861: '_itoa': identifier not found Sure, it seems that I have just forgot to include stdlib.h, but of course this is not the case as this is old code. What am I missing I have even created the simplest of VC++ Win32 test programs and adde ...Show All

• Visual C# Checking if a specific handler exists

  I was wondering if there was a simple way that I can check to see if a specific handler exists for a control. I know I can simply create and set a boolean variable to true once I create the handler, but I was hoping that there was a simple way, without the use of additional variables, to check whether or not the handler has been created: My control is a TreeView, and is called tvRobot. I create the BeforeSelect handler, tvRobot_AlwaysBeforeSelect, within another event. The problem is, is that I have two handlers for the BeforeSelect event, both of which get created and destroyed throughout the program, so I can't simple check t ...Show All

• Visual C# Class View Add Method / Property Wizard

  Hello! This is my first time using Visual C# IDE, - Express edition. I would like to find out if the C# Express edition Wizards (or are they called templates) are available I see where one can add the code, but this is the error after typing in the code.  The build fails as expected Error 1 Expected class, delegate, enum, interface, or struct ... public long Add( long val1, long val2) { } public long x; The (underlined red) error is the return type or the type My project is a class library - DLL. I do not see the Add Method or Add Property in the Class View - right click on the Class1 ...Show All