Matthew Wright's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 CTP Release Candidate Sept - unexpected failure during setup wizard

  I always get the following message during the install - the setup fails - no error message found in the log file (summary.txt) TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP Setup ------------------------------   There was an unexpected failure during the setup wizard. You may review the setup logs and/or click the help button for more information.    ************************************************************************* ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express user permissions?

  I'm trying to build a web application using SQL2005 Express and Visual Studio Express.  It all works OK on the local machine, but gives an error "Login failed for user xxxx\ASPNET" when used remotely.  I can't find where I can set login permissions for SQLServer 2005 Expresss - can anyone help, please Thanks John Remote connections are disabled by default. You can use the Surface Area Configuration t ...Show All

• .NET Development way to duplicate (clone) a row in a datatable?

  I've got a row with over 30 columns.  I have a process which needs to duplicate a row, update a few columns and create a new row.  There are different columns which need replacement at different times depending on user function. My first attempt was to 'Find' the original row, make changes and attempt to add that row.  e.g. myDS.InventoryRow originalInventoryRow = (myDS.InventoryRow) myDS.Inventory.FindByKey(this.PartNo.toS ...Show All

• Visual Basic checking properties of folders

  Hi all, I am trying to run some processes to tidy up our SAN storage.  A couple of the things I am struggling with are : 1)   Checking the security of the folder properties to check who the owner is 2)   Checking the security of the folder to check if "Inherit" is ticked 3)   Search a text file for specific text I already have a process to run SETACL to fix ownership and permissions, however this ...Show All

• Visual Basic Populate a listbox with three columns using VBA

  I created a listbox at design time, told it to have three columns, no rowsource or other data binding. I did tell it to have column headings. How do I populate the three columns lb.additem lb.<what goes here > = "some string for column 1" lb.<what goes here > = "some string for column 2" ... And how do I populate the column headers Thanx. I've looked through MSDN and can't seem ...Show All

• Visual C# HTMLElement and removeAttribute in VS2005 beta

  Ok with net2 you can use the .setAttribute and .getAttribute methods of the HTMLelement class. I would like to know how we can remove an attribute altogether so that it isn't in the HTML code. Any one know how I can do this J It seems extremly strange to me to remove something which is quite useful. So far the only workaround I can think of is to clone the element and then only add the attributes that are requir ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Microsoft Windows User Experience: Official Guidelines for User Interface Developers and Designers

  How come this book is so so expensive come on a thousand dollars canadian for a book... sooo dissapointed with MS over this... I guess bill is the only one with a copy. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735605661/ref=olp_product_details/104-7637469-6783105 %5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155 You can beat MS press!!! Hit CTRL-P on your keyboard and then take that load of pages off your printer onto your bed and enjoy :-) ...Show All

• Visual C# Object reference not set to an instance of an object

  I m using windows up home edition and I just installed VWD 2005 Express beta edition I have a problem every time I try to create Cs (c sharp file ) it give me an error saying :Object reference not set to an instance of an object . thanks for help Sam hello i found the solution for my problem Open registry editor Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Double click the default value Delete the value that's in there Click OK retsrt ur ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista workflow softwares

  Can anybody let me know the cost of any of the following software for BPM: 1. K2.net 2003 2.Agilepoint 3.Captaris 4.Skelta 5.LogicBase 6.Ultimus From above list i worked on k2.net , captaris , ultimus , and all these have diffrent price models based on requirments . any ways here are links to thier site where you can find more information www. k2 workflow .com/ www. captaris .com/ wor ...Show All

• Visual C# enumerated constant type in a DataGrid view (combobox column)

  I have a DataGridView which I populate with integer data. For some of the columns, only a few different values are valid. I would like to have each cell in that column be a combo box, so that they can only select a valid value. As you probably guessed, those columns contained an enumerated value. I have a 'NumStringPair' class. The NumStringPair class works well when bound to a combo box, as the 'ToString()' only shows the human readable n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Using Classes and Structs

  I am confused on using Classes and Structs. Can anyone shed light on what MS has changed about them example this code generates a ton of weird errors #include <windows.h> class CIGECORE { public :     LPSTR sAppTitle;     int iPosX;     int iPosY;     int iWidth;     int iHeight; };   That would be Gdi32.lib.  ...Show All

• SQL Server Does 'SELECT INTO' not work in SQL Mobile?

  I'm trying to programmatically create a new table that is a copy of another. The SQL statement I'm making is: "SELECT * INTO sensor_stream_temp FROM sensor_stream" and various combinations thereof (such as specifying the columns, etc) The error I keep getting is: There was an error parsing the query. [Token line number 1, Token line offset 10, , Token in error = INTO ] Is it not possible to copy a table using this statement *sigh* Tha ...Show All

• Windows Forms Clicking to open network drive opens the "open with" Box?????

  Good morning.. I have been experiencing a random problem for over a year and finally its become a priority. On some machines, very few, when you click in my computer, or via a shortcut to open a mapped network drive, the "OPen With" box comes up;. You know, the one that asks if you want to open it with word, excel, notepad, whatever... I realize this is probably some sort of file association error, but I can not find out how to fix it. It h ...Show All

• .NET Development debgugging a .net assembly that's instantiated from VB6

  i have a .net assembly that i reference from VB6. The .NET assembly is a class library. How can i debug the .net assembly at runtime from VB6 Any help is appreciated. Thanks. John In order to debug a class library (of any sort) you must have the debugger run an executable. Normally people create little test apps to run their class library through. In your case you should just build your VB6 app. Then go into the project settings fo ...Show All

• .NET Development Using a ReadTimeout at SerialPort component

  I have a question. I am using the SerialPort object in a project I am working on , and I am having a problem with a timeout catching. As known, in Serial port object we may use DataReceived, PinChanged and ErrorReceived events/delegates. Thats all. What is a right way to catch timeout event Thanks. A timeout is signalled with a TimeoutException. These are thrown only when you call a "blocking" m ...Show All