John Doyle's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Speech recognition in other languages than US English

  I tried speech recognition. It didn't work, but resulted in an error message "Run a DLL as an App stopped working" ( ). Then I realized that in Regional Settings I selected "Dutch (Nederlands)". When I changed that back to "English (United States)", the default, speech recognition worked! Obviously Dutch is not supported in the February Beta of Vista, build 5308. But will it be supported in the final release version ...Show All

• .NET Development how would I call the logout function in the code behind file if the user navigates away from the page

  Hi, how would I call the logout function in the code behind file if the user navigates away from the page by typing some url in the address field of the web browser. I am using ASP.net C# thanks in advance for all replies Hi, In web applications, it is not possible to handle such scenarios. The approach usually taken is that there is usually a predefined timeout based on inactivity. This can be enforced on the Session in ASP.NET. As soon as ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Error 2908

  Tube que desinstalar visual studio y al volverlo a instalar me arroja el error 2908, que puedo hacer ...Show All

• Windows Forms Hosted Designer Smart Tags not showing up.

  I can't seem to get the Smart Tags to show up in my hosted designer. What am I doing wrong here is the service and options class class MyDesignerOptions : DesignerOptions { internal MyDesignerOptions() { this .GridSize = new Size (12, 13); this .ShowGrid = true ; base .UseSmartTags = true ; this .UseSnapLines = false ; this .LayoutMode = LayoutMode .SnapToGrid; } //public bool UseSmartTags ...Show All

• SQL Server Multi-Parameter (Select All) Detection in SSRS 2005?

  I'd like to know if SSRS provides a way to determine if all rows are selected from a multi_valued parameter dropdown list I thought of how I could do this programmatically, but didn't want to build something that is already in the product (if it exists that is). Thanks. There is no built-in functionality, but here are some ideas: * if the multi value parameter has a pre-defined (constant) list of valid valu ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ADO.NET 3.0 Tech Preview?

  The ADO.NET Entity Framework documents refer to a Tech Preview. Is one on its way and will it involve a new LINQ/LINQ to SQL/LINQ to XML CTP Thanks. You may want to refer to the thread started previously at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=483335&SiteID=1 Jim Wooley http://devauthority.com/blogs/jwooley/default.aspx ...Show All

• SQL Server Conditional Data Inserting

  Hello, My project import data from a text file to a database. I'm able to import the whole file but i want to import only if data are younger than the one i have in database. How can i do  Where can i see a tutorial about it thanks a lot Ash has a great post on upserts here: http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/ashvinis/archive/2005/06/15/15829.aspx Give that a shot. Thanks, ...Show All

• Visual C# Request for New C# forum

  I just wanted to put up a request for a C# forum for beginers. It would be nice if there was a specific place to intereract with other begining programers using C#. Thanks. Hi Mike, I'd recommend you post your requests to the Ideas & Suggestions Forum: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=52 Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server does not exist or access denied error

  I apologize if this has been asked before and I realize it is a wide open question....... We use MSDE for our locally running ASP/COM app. Occasionally we will install MSDE (SP3a) and we will get this: [SQL Server][ConnectionOpen())]SQL Server does not exist or access denied. Occasionally even a reinstall will not solve it. We have actually had to reformat and reinstall OS to get MSDE to work. Any clues as to how to troubleshoot this ...Show All

• Visual Studio Creating a common addin for Vc6, VS2003, VS2005

  Hi All, I am a newbie to .NET and C#. I want to create a addins for VC6, VS2003 and VS2005 IDEs. I am able to create a separate dll for each IDE by using their own addin wizard. VC6 has uses COM dll and other two uses .NET dlls. Can I have a wrapper dll over these 3 dlls which will load respective addin dll with corresponding IDE Will it possible If yes, how should do this Otherwise, can I create a common addin dll for VS2003 or VS2005 IDE I h ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions win32 application

  i have read abt this frm the forum and followed steps given in the following link : http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx but still i am getting the following error: 1>c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\test\test\stdafx.h(28) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory i am missing something . plz help Looking at http: ...Show All

• SQL Server UPDATE statement via stored procedure

  Hi, I have a question regarding updating a record with SQL 2000 or SQL 2005. Imagine the following scenario: - A database table "Customer" with the following fields: id, firstname, lastname - A stored procedure : ..... @Id uniqueidentifier, @LastName varchar(20), @FirstName varchar(20) UPDATE Customer SET ID=@Id , firstname=@FirstName , lastname=@LastName WHERE ID=@Id .... Imagine that in the paramet ...Show All

• Windows Forms Immediate window only lists first 100 properties

  I would like to view the entire member list for a DataGrid at run time and copy that list.  Quick watch is no good to copy and the immediate window stops at 100 properties.  How do I see ALL the properties in the immediate window ...Show All

• Visual C++ need english

  Getting ready to work on another lab for school and I'm having trouble understanding the lab. This is the program they want me to write: Write a program that declares two twenty-element, one-dimensional integer arrays. Your program should fill these arrays with random numbers by calling a function called Fill_It. You will call Fill_It twice, once for each array, and ask the user to enter two different seed values. Fill_It needs to have a seed va ...Show All

• Visual C++ File Open/Save As dialog box

  GetOpenFileName uses a File Open/Save As dialog box that is subtly different from the one used by Visual Studio, which has "FTP Locations".  Is it possible to use the bosa_sdm_Mso96 dialog box in applications built with Visual Studio Thanks, Keith MacDonald Would it be remotely possible to get access to the Office version of the file dialog By the way, I notice that it is not used in VS 2005! I have been presented with a spe ...Show All