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• SQL Server Management Studio not installed

  I have installed SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition from the MDSN May 2006 DVD. After installation, the SQL Server 2005 item under Start | All Programs has only one entry: Configuration Tools. Management Studio does not show up. Add/Remove Programs does not show any previous versions of SQL Server 2005 or Express installed. (I did have earlier versions at some point in the past, but they've all been uninstalled). I saw other forum questions rel ...Show All

• Visual C# VS 2005: "Key not valid for use in specified state"

  Hi all- I'm running VS 2005 final release version.  I have a solution with two projects in it; an ASP.NET website in C# and a VB project which is my data access layer. Yesterday, this code was working fine.  I can compile and run the solution, and all the code works. But when I try to access or add a new datasource through the VS 2005 Data Sources Explorer, I get a popup which says: "An unexpected error has occurred.  Error messag ...Show All

• Visual C# problems in understanding the codes of cassini web server!!

  i was going through the codes of cassini web server.In the file Host.cs i couldnot understand the use of following lines of codes-- String version4 = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo( typeof (HttpRuntime).Module.FullyQualifiedName).FileVersion; String version3 = version4.Substring(0, version4.LastIndexOf('.')); _lowerCasedClientScriptPathWithTrailingSlashV10 = "/aspnet_client/system_web/" + version4.Replace('.', '_') + "/"; _lowerCasedClientS ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Select SQL Problem

  I am trying to select records from a database to determine qualifying order over 3 rounds of competition.  I *thought* I had it working but the results are not always correct. I need to find the lowest number in the field IQUARTER from a list of runs from many different entries listed by the field RACESESSIONS, but I need only the lowest for each contestant.  If there is a tie then the highest Miles Per Hour from the field ...Show All

• Visual Studio Integrating MSDN April 2005 and VS 2005

  I can not get the results from MSDN April 2005 in MS VS 2005 Documentation. Can I use this MSDN library as a local help I'm not sure why you might want to use the MSDN April 2005 documentation with your installation of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Visual Studio 2005 was released in November 2005. The MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 is more recent than April 2005. You can use the Add or Remove Programs a ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Different Background images for ink control in Web

  hi,  i need to display the different background images for ink control in Web page on the fly  depend on logged user. how to do it thanks Hi, is your question how to figure out the name of the currently logged on user - or how to set the background image on the control If it is the latter, can you specify what ink control and what programming environment you are using Thanks, Stefa ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Digital rights management for images

  Hello! I would like to make a WebService which may provide images which may only be viewed at the downloading client during a specific time. I suppose this fits perfectly to the Microsoft Digital Rights Management stuff. Is there e.g. a generic class for providing digital rights management for type T, as MSDRM<T> or may somebody provide another/a better idea, please Best regards, Henrik Dahl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Serial communications outputting and receiving one byte of data.....

  Okay, I am on deadline here.... 3 days... and for the last 2 weeks I have been trying to find the answer. Apparently there is no easy way to use a serial ports in VB2005 express... Most of the code I have found is for the .net version. It really doesn't port well. I have gone through and for the most part changed what needed to be changed. No Luck.... With the code written below that was copied and I duplicated the form to match the text, co ...Show All

• Windows Forms Gridview

  I need to retrieve data or a column from a selected row in Gridview to a textbox. How can I do that.......please ...Show All

• SQL Server A Problems after the install of the Hotfix

  After installing SP1 and then the hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx id=918222 We now get the following error when trying to work with date parameters in Report Builder: Query (6, 117) The '[VBA].[DateSerial]' function does not exist. ---------------------------- Semantic query execution failed. ---------------------------- Query execution failed for data set 'dataSet'. ---------------------------- An error has occurred duri ...Show All

• Visual C# non-modal MessageBox

  Is there a way to show the MessageBox but have it be non-modal Or is there another class that does this without having to create a new custom dialog ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to get code coverage from Web Tests?

  Hi, I'd like to get code coverage information from Web Tests. I configure the testo configuration in order to instrument the Web Site. I Run my web test but no coverage information was generated. Is there any additional Step Thanks Hello MunjalD, Unfortunately, when I attempt to follow your example in #1 above, I get the result that was originally reported. I have a solution with a Web Service project and a test project. The unit test I a ...Show All

• SQL Server Updating Table Structures

  Colleagues: When I try to save changes made to tables in SQL Server 2005, I get a time out error about 30 seconds after I initiate the save to the changes made to the table. I then have to back out of the "modify table" operation and I lose my changes.  I never had this problem with SQL Server 2000, even in tables with millions of rows - it would take a while, but I wouldn't get the time out messagand the updates would be saved.  ...Show All

• Visual Basic Creating 16-Bit executable programs using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

  Hi,   I am new to programming in C++.   I have an open source GPS receiver that runs on MS-DOS 6.22 and the source code is written in C++.   I would like to modify the source code to change the behavior of the GPS receiver.   Is it possible to compile 16-bit MS-DOS executable programs with Visual C++ 2005 Express edition   If so how do I set it up to do so   Thanks! Rick Try posting that in the V ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Express + User Instances

  Greetings All, It was with great excitement and interest that I installed SQL Server 2005 Express along with all the other "Express" editions of Visual Studio onto my computer.  What a great way to learn a variety of modern programming languages/techniques with no investment other than time.  I had visions of a wonderful personal website that my family could enjoy visiting.  I had visions of finally being able to work on a custom ...Show All