rogertan's Q&A profile

• SQL Server error changing subscription properties

  Hi Made a change to the publisher security parameters, tried to save and got the following message: "An error occurred saving the changes to the subscription. Additional information. "Value" is longer than 128 that it should not exceed. Parameter name: value (Microsoft.sqlserver.rmo) Doesn't make much sense to me. Tried to change it back and all I get is this error (i had set the userid to domain/userid which was obviously an error). ...Show All

• .NET Development what is activation scoping in assemblies?

  Hi all, I have just started dotnet framework.im understanding the assemblies ,in the framework documentaion ,i have just come across the naming " activation scoping ".Could anyone elaborate on that Thanks in Advance Santosh Kumar I'm not aware of such a term.  Where did you find this used in the documentation and what was the documentation covering at the time   Michael Taylor - 12/15/05 ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataTable support for complex columns?

  Hello, Does the DataTable support complex column types, such as I want to add a column that is of a custom class type. Is that possible Thanks. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.datacolumn.datatype.aspx The DataType property supports the following base .NET Framework data types: Boolean Byte Char DateTime Decimal Double Int16 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can't install Team Foundation Server

  I came back from TechEd very excited about the Team System Stuff and have downloaded all the requisite applications using my MSDN Suscription. I am trying to set up a demo server so I can sell adoption to the rest of the company. To my dissappointment, I have not been able to get this stuff installed and was hoping someone could help me. Here is what I have: - Fresh Install of Windows 2003 Server Standard with all the latest updates. - ...Show All

• .NET Development Color.Random

  I'm sure I'm not alone in wishing that the Color struct had simple static Color.Random() and Color.RandomKnown() methods. I use the following simple class to augment this missing function:     /// <summary>     /// Extra Functions for Colors     /// </summary>     public class ColorPlus     {              &n ...Show All

• .NET Development Windows Service Add Installer Problem

  Using the How to: Write Services Programmatically help file I cannot add a ProjectInstaller. The error I get is: Service name contains invalid charaters, is empty, or is too long (max length = 80). The only code involved here is: public EurekaService() { //Set up service properties this .ServiceName = "ChargePro" ; this .CanStop = true ; this .CanPauseAndContinue = true ; //this.CanHandlePowerEvent = false; ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I use the timer properly??

  To decorate my WinForm App,I used a timer to make the opacity of the form graduately transform when closing...but it did not work.,.wy Some one can help me You're close.  What's happening is the form is closing before you have a chance to "dim" it.  Try this... private void timer_Elapsed( object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e) {     if ( this .Opacity>0)        this ...Show All

• Visual Basic add .dll

  My visual studio project fine on the development machine. I am able to install the project on other machines, but when loading one of the forms I receive the error: Could not load file or assembly "Microsoft.VsDesigner,8.0.0.0. This error only occurs on one form, all others load fine. I am not sure if I am missing a component, or if there is a way I can change the form to elimiate this dependency. Any help would be greatly appreciat ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions August CTP manual download

  Is it possible to download August CTP (C#/EE) full CD image The only downloadable thing I've found so far is the online installer. Thank you Inray - No, there are unfortunately no CD images of the August CTP available on the Web.  If you are an MSDN Universal subscriber, you should be able to get CDs of Express through that program. Thanks, Luke Hoban Visual C# IDE Program Manager ...Show All

• .NET Development 1 COM interop event OK, more than 1 event NOT OK in C#

  The same problem as the following Ducky's =========================================================== Hi everyone, I'm writing a C#.net app that is controlling an automation server. Added a reference to the COM server(built with Borland Delphi). Have the interop wrapper classes generated. Have the following code to instantiate the COM server and to attach to the event: ....... obj = new ABCClass(); obj.OnUserClosed += new AB ...Show All

• Visual C# Progromatically Get Server Name for Connection String

  We are developing a database application running on three different servers, BERMUDADEV01, NEWYORKDEV01, CHICAGODEV01. Eventually, we will put the application into production on three identically configured servers with the same names as above but without the "DEV." Currently, the connection string is hardcoded into a web services module for each server: public SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("Data Source=" ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Open form?

  Hi I just wonder how to make one form open a new form and then close it self hi, to open form you can open the origional form form2.show() or you can open instance form2 frm = new form2() frm.show() you can use show or showdialog , show dialog will not allow you to deal with the main form unless you close the dialog to make the form close itself me.hide() or me.close() don't close your start up form or y ...Show All

• SQL Server Supportability of old-style Joins

  All, Are old-style joins (i.e., join in the where clause) supported in SQL Server 2005 If so, does Microsoft have any plans to discontinue the use of these joins in their future products What is MS stance on old-style joins Thanks, Marco Hi Marco,   For inner joins, both "old-style" and "new-style" (infixed) are fully supported, and AFAIK, there are no plans to ...Show All

• Visual Basic Sending mail throught Visual Basic

  Good Afternoon all, Are there someone who know's a way to sent mail throught Visual Basic 5 without components like MAPIMessages and MAPISession Thanks, Vivian Hi, Just a reminder that these forums are for Visual Basic .NET. But these links may help: http://support.microsoft.com/ kbid=161833 http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp ID=773 Best regards, ...Show All

• Visual Basic Decimal number visual basic express

  Please help on this questions. i tried amnd it won't compile.The question: Design and write a program that does the following: (a) Prompts the user to input a number containing decimal: aNumber (b) Prompts the user to input the number desire decimal position after rounding: numberOfDecimals (c) Rounds aNumber to numberOfDecimals decimal position (d) displays the rounded value in aNumber . Please some work it and compile it. ...Show All