Chris Conti's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Console Application Problem

  How can I terminate console application in Try…Catch…Finally…End Try block so that code in Finally gets executed. If I use End statement Finally does not get executed.  Following is my code written in Console Application.  Module Module1    Sub Main()&nb ...Show All

• Visual C++ scripting method AddToolSettings broken in visual Studio 6.0 ????

  There is a bug report on this:   Bug ID FDBK45740 I have been trying to write some scripts to automate a build process in VisualStudio 6.0. The build process builds a number of projects. Some of these projects are just library builds, some of them are builds which result in executable code (.xll, .dll, .exe) I need to be able to change the target directory for the various builds. The scripting method to do this would seem to be Proje ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Understanding VB Express SQL 2005 Express DB access

  Hi, I'm justing trying/beginning to understand the way VB 2005 Express handles database access to SQL Express 2005. I've created my first DB application that id actually useful to me and my colleagues at work, so i'm really excited about this. Quite new to OOP programming and VB. Last time i did any programming was way back with TurboPascal and Assembler :-) The .mdf and .ldf files are in the same dir as the project and do not get permanently at ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS error message when trying to open MSDB in management studio

  Hi all, I get this error when trying to open folder MSDB in management studio. I'm running Win 2003, SQL server 2005 64 bit on AMD with two instances of SQL. Any one that have a solution I havent found any thing that works. If I enable VIA in SQL Server I can't start SQL Service TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio ------------------------------ Failed to retrieve data for this request. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum) For ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Findbugs

  Has anyone done a comparison of FxCop against the java equivalent FindBugs It looks like FindBugs has some interesting tests for things like infinite recursion as an example. Nick As far as I'm aware, we've never actually done a comparision between the two. After looking through the list of issues though, there are quite a lot that are similar to what we already do, a few that are really only applicable to Java and few that we sh ...Show All

• Windows Forms SetUp and Deployment

  i want to automatically start my project after installation in visual basic .net with .netframework 1.1 ...Show All

• SQL Server EMail Task Problem

  I have a pretty simple process that copies some files from an AS400 to a directory on the same server where my sql 2005 instance lives. I then use an email task to send these files to a client. However, the email task does not work. I get the following message: [Send Mail Task] Error: Either the file "BYNSOSR1;BYNSOSR2;BYNSOSR3;BYNSOSR4;BYNSOSR5;BYNSOSR6;BYNSOSR7" does not exist or you do not have permissions to access the file. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Cool things you can do with taskvision!

  Well, in 1.0, you can log tasks. In 2.0, the ideal feature would be like how IssueTracker works.  You can add fields on the fly, and you can create custom reports on the fly. I would like to see TaskVision 2.0 become less task oriented,&nb ...Show All

• SQL Server Enter date into Default Value or Binding

  I just moved from Access to SQL 2005 Express. I have a table with contains a Column contactDate datetime. Under the properties tab ( in SQL Manager ), I see a field "Default Value or Binding". I would like to have a default date/time entered into this field when a new record is created. In Access I used the Now() to get this done. Any sites that list some of the values that can be entered into this field TIA - RR ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to handle Call interrupt

  Hi    Can i know how to handle call interrupt in a game developed using Visual Studio.Net2003 with C#.Net   Waiting for valuable replies Thanking in advance Sinu.M     ya i will explain I created a shooting game in MotorolaMPX220(Smartphone).If a call comes when i am playing, the game screen automatically go to the background screen of the incoming call.Here the ...Show All

• Visual C# Print Preview

  Hi I need help with Print Preview that is working but it display only in plain text. I am trying to display in Rich Text can anyone help What do you mean by "Rich text" Compare "Rich Text" vs "Plain Text" so I can understand what you mean, thanks ...Show All

• .NET Development Strong naming preBuilt assemblies

  Hey all, I had a problem, where i strong named my project and then i got the error: Cannot emit assembly as referenced assembly is not strong named. My referenced assembly is created by IKVM tool compiling Java bytecode into .NET MSIL code. I have got one solution to strong name this dll: 1. Create Messages.il using ildasm Messaged.dll /out:Messages.il 2. Use the same key pair (used to strong name the project) to create back the Message ...Show All

• Windows Forms save Object's Property at design time

  I have a collection object and use Object Collection Editor to add new object and edit property value. but How to save these new values  Thanks Your class needs to Implement ISupportIntialize. Look at the EndInit() Method. Sam ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to make preview with mpeg4 stream ?

  H! ! is it possible to make preview with mpeg4 stream which is delivers by RS232 to a buffer COM  (RS232) .  How to transmit the contens (mpeg4 stream) of this buffer to the input of mpeg4 decoder and show it in preview I use visual studio 2003. Please help me ! Have you downloaded the SDK and look at the Ball or Push Source filters I would pick a guess that you need to write some code t ...Show All

• SQL Server Meta Data Management / Dependancy Analysis

  BI perspective, meta data management is quite crucial. In SQL 2000, as far as I know we didn't have a great support for meta data. Has that changed in SQL2005 What about dependancy analysis For example if I drop a column from a SSIS data flow what would be affected Is it possible Thanks Jamie As you say someone will come up with something soon. It is going to be a valuable tool. Clients enquire this type feature when we try to sell ...Show All