Tom_R's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Default SqlServer database creation path

  Hi, How can i get default sql server(2005) database creation path using Tsql/ or system stored procedure in previous(2000) i used undocumented sp(sp_MSget_setup_paths) to doing this. Thanks Dishan http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=965821&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• .NET Development "Speaking" with windows service

  Hi all, I want to build a windows service that read data from external device through the COM port. How can to request data from the web service and how to send it parameters for certain functions on it. Please help. best regards... You used "windows service" in one sentence and "web service" in another.  Was this discrepency on purpose   I believe reading from a COM port is done through the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort (new to v2.0 of the framework). If you want to communicate with the windows service, you can do several things.  Some suggestions could be to use Remoting or S ...Show All

• Visual Studio how do i assign GUID to a custom project

  Struggling with this so any help is useful- I am adding my own custom projects to the Add New Project dialog. I am not creating a new wizard from scratch, just copying the existing ones. Its working fine but I want my own icons to appear. I don't want to put the filename in the VSDIR, just the guid. How do I create the resource DLL, assign it a GUID and register this with Visual Studio. Thanks Jason I have VSIP 7.1 and I can't find the Project sample. Is it available for Visual Studio 2003 (and any ideas why I can't find it) ...Show All

• Visual Basic It's slow!!!

  Hello After I turn on my computer and when I launch first program (which programed by VB2005), it's take a long time to show main form. VB6 was faster.   CPU speed: 2600 MHz Memory: 1024 MB  Is there a solution for that   Thanks & Regards What do you mean by 'long time' It's possible that, even though windows appears to have finished booting up, it hasn't - it's still loading and starting various services (e.g.SQLServer). Additionally, it may be that the .NET framework needs to load prior to your application loading. Did you try using a splash screen to see if t ...Show All

• Visual C# Visual C# express edition help

  Hi, I downloaded Visual C# express edition . I can get only Help for some things. All the time I typed F1 to get help for certain thing, I get: Information not found. It seems that the help files arn't complete, eventhough I installed the nvironment perfecly. How can download the complete help, to use it as local help... Please help. Regards...  There was a fix for the Help system released after the Beta 2 release, Check here . This should fix the problem. Mykre www.ircomm.net - Managed DirectX and Game Programming Resources ...Show All

• Visual Basic Remote connection to SQL Server 2005

  I am working with Visual Basic 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition on the same PC at home and everything has been fine so far. I have however transferred Visual Basic 2005 onto another PC on my home network and I am experiencing problems making a remote connection to the database. When I run the visual basic project I get an error message which states that a connection to the server was successfully made however an error was encountered during the pre login handshake . Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Modifying TargetDIR via Command Line Property

  I am creating a Visual Studio Installation project that we will use to build the MSI for our application (we were using Wise Installer). Based on a property being passed in via the command line, we install one of two versions of our application. Based on this property, we need to install the application to one of two folders (e.g. c:\program files\app -- or -- c:\program files\app\test). What is the easiest way for me to accomplish this Can I use a custom action or launch condition --- Thanks, Jeff I don't know which version of Wise you were using, but just be aware that VS Setup&Deployment projects do not let you do ...Show All

• Windows Forms Text Formatting Problem

  I want to save a long text to the database without losing the format: font, bullets, etc. Any ideas It is possible in Richtext box control, In that you can directly give the [ Font type + color + display Text ] , Specific format is avilable to differentiate diplay text with formats. If you get the richtext box text, it will give font + color + diplay text , it can be directly stored to database. Format is : @"{\rtf1\ansi\deff0\deftab720{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss MS Sans Serif;}{\f1\froman\fcharset2 Symbol;}{\f2\fswiss\fprq2 System;}{\f3\fswiss\fprq2 Arial;}{\f4\froman Bookman Old Style;}}{\colortbl\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS Report Error

  I am getting following error while brining a report in TFS An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Cannot impersonate user for data source 'TfsOlapReportDS'. (rsErrorImpersonatingUser) Logon failed. (rsLogonFailed) For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors this started after I changed the passwords of all 3 tfs related user accounts. seems like I have missed something. any idea Well I found the solution to this problem. We didnt update the passwords within TFS for TFSOLAPREPORTDS user and TFSRE ...Show All

• Visual Studio Search result window disabled

  I use VB.Net 2003 on a Windows XP machine. If I open VB and  do a search for help, it works. However when I compile or debug a program that has a problem, I cannot view the search result window no more. The tab is there but is grayed out. I have to close the vb.net and restart to get acces to it again. Any help. It is frustrating Jean Hello Jean, I'm curious -does this issue go away if you use External Help   You can set this option in Tools->Options | Environment | Help. Thanks, Jeremy Jones ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Using the platform sdk

  Hello, I tried to follow the instructions for using the platform sdk but I am unable to accomplish step 3: Step 3. Update the the Visual C++ Directories in the Projects and Solutions section in the Options dialog box. In that section, you'll want to add the paths to the appropriate subsection: Executable files - C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin Include files - C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\include Library files - C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\lib   In that dialog box there are two options: 1. Platform (this is set to the only option Win32) 2. Show directories for (there are many options here but changing them has no effect) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Docking Windows in .NET

  I would like the Visual Studio .NET like docking windows in my application. These docking windows has their own title bar, close button and also can be docked. Please help me to find out how to create these. Is there any controls out there which is good for this. Thanks Jijo G John Hi! www.dotnetmagic.com  controls are very cool, i think that www.devexpress.com &nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development How can I query the node in XML using XQuery?

    1. I store the xml info below in the XML field Demographics in SQL 2005, I hope to query all the node info with XQuery. The result just like <Folder Name="Root" Id="a6dce8fe-749c-4e38-ab2f-3d03d9711b3d">   <Folder Name="Card" Id="b8dcf8fe-749c-4e38-ab2f-6d03d9711b8j">   </Folder> </Folder> but I can't get the correct result using select Demographics.query('/Folder') from store   2. Furthermore, How can I query the Name attribute of the Folder node by ID of Folder using XQuery, If so, I can get the Name (such as "Root") after I know the ID "a6dce8fe-749c-4e38-ab2f-3d03d9711b3d"   3. Can ...Show All

• SQL Server Passing connection managers to subpackages.

  Is there a recommended way to pass the connection managers from the parent package to the subpackages I also noticed that the subpackages can't reference the same configuration file as I get error messages when I try to build the solution. After I changed the configuration file for each subpackage it worked just fine. Did I miss something or is this intended to work this way thanks This falls into what I said: "The user must enter the password manually" If the user enters the password value in the wizard I must save that value into the configuration file because this is what the user want. Is not that we ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Sparkle Interactive Designer (on Windows XP)

  I am trying to install Sparkle onto my laptop, it is xp (sp2) iwth Office 2007 beta 2, VS2005 and the various .net frameworks and betas including WinFX Runtime Components Beta 2. Everytime I try to install the error asks for me to install "windows presentation foundation 6.0.5295.60113". I am puzzled as I had no problems with Graphic Designer or Web Designer and all 3 betas will install fine onto my desktop Can anyone pinpoint what 6.0.5295.60113 is and how I can either download it or transfer from my deskotp pc Good afternoon Thomas, thank you for looking at this thread. I did have WinFX Runtime Components 3 ...Show All