fgauer1's Q&A profile

• SQL Server After Install of 2005 still 2000 Engine!

  I have installed the new SQL Server 2005, but I see my local database as version 8.9.193, means SQL Server 2000. I do not know why setup did not upgrade it. What do I need to do now  I think some new options are now working because of that... Was your SQL Server 2005 installation successful   And did you do an upgrade, or a separate instance installation   Check to see if you have a second instance of sql server running, this may be your SQL 2005 installation. ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to Create VSS Labels using MSBuild?

  Hi! As part of our development activity, we need to setup a daily/nightly build kind of environment. Taking this forward, we need to Label our VSS (6.0) source before doing a GetLatest. I unable to locate a task/method of doing the same using MSBuild Has anybody come across a similar situation Another Step as part of this Build activity requires Checking-in & Checking out the build DLLs into the VSS. Can anyone point me to a Quick start for performing this activity using MSBuild I'm avoiding using the Nant to perform these above tasks, but in case the MS doesn't offer these solutions, maybe I'll have to tweak in NAnt to perform th ...Show All

• Smart Device Development [Emulator VS 2005 Beta 2] Loading a image file

  Hi, I truy to disp a imaeg file into the emulator. I launch the emulator connect to it via the Visual Stuido Remote Tool then i download a jpg file right in the exe folder. In my code i write this : Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap ( "\\Storage\\Program Files\\CSWinTelecopie\\chronos.jpg" ); Rectangle srcRect = new Rectangle (0,0,bmp.Width,bmp.Height); e.Graphics.DrawImage(bmp, this .ClientRectangle, srcRect, GraphicsUnit .Pixel);    I get an error : Error 1 Deployment and/or registration failed with error: 0x80070020. Le processus ne peut pas acceder au fichier car ce fichier est utilise par un autre proce ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ONE MORE TIME - registration benefits are....where?

  I've looked through the thread started at the end of November, "registratiojn benefits are....where " and apparently the question is not answered there. One reply gives a link that takes you to "how to register"...which I have already done. I don't see anything at that page that explains where to find the benefit files. So, one more time, does anyone know where to find the Corbis pix, the icons, and the e-books that were offered as registration incentives TIA, Phil Stephan, Thanks. Phil ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. MDX: Assigns a new mesh causes auto Dispose()

  I'm going through the Software skinning method as a learning exercise & I'm at the GenerateSkinnedMesh step, when I had to do this: meshContainer.MeshData.Mesh = newMesh What I'm finding out is that MDX calls Dispose() for the Mesh that's there before assigning the newMesh to it. 1) This is a problem because that Mesh is being kept around in the OriginalMesh property for later use & SHOULD NOT be Dispose'd of, and 2) Is there a way to turn off this behavior If not, MDX is being pretty presumptuous here. This was reported to me recently internally as well, and it's something I'm looking at for th ...Show All

• SQL Server Error using Datareader Destination

  Hi guys, I'm in dire straits here - really hoping someone can help me. I'm using a datareader destination and consuming it in a C# app. When I fire ExecuteReader on my DTSCommand object to return some data I get the error: "Could not obtain a datareader object from the specified data flow component" So we don't have a clue why this isn't working. Although...I'm intrigued by the line about "specified data-flow component". In the C# app you don't actually specify which data-flow component contains the data reader that you want (do you ) so how does it know where to find the datareader I'm speculating as to whether this is something to do ...Show All

• .NET Development OLEDB - How are credentials encrypted when sent over the wire?

  Hi All, When actually sending the (standard security) connection request (via OLEDB) across the network, are the user credentials encrypted in anyway, or are the packets split I've tried to discover this via a packet sniffer, and it looks as though the connection request is encrypted, but I'd like to verify this. If it is encrypted, does the encryption type or method differ from library-to-library (say Oracle vs MSSQL) or do they all use the one Win API method Thanks for any guidance, I just can't find anything on the net... Cheers Rob I believe it depends upon several factors. First, if ...Show All

• Windows Forms shared SQLconnection accross all forms.

  okay.  I decided that making a connection to the database eachtime each forms opens up is a bad idea.... bad idea in the sense its slow....  is possible to share a sqlconnection from form to from by using a class. like this ---------------------------------------------- Public Class myFormlib     Public Shared my_con As SqlClient.SqlConnection End Class then in any form m ...Show All

• .NET Development mscorlib::_Array

  Hello All, I have followed the documentation on COM Interop.  I have declared a method on a class and exposed it to COM.  This method has a parameter of the type System.Array.  When I write a COM client to use the "marshalled" version of the System.Array ( mscorlib::_Array), the definition for this interface is blank!! struct __declspec(uuid("2b67cece-71c3-36a9-a136-925ccc1935a8")) _Array : IDispatch {}; Any ideas what I am doing wrong   Or is it a bug If I choose MashalAs this then puts it as a SAFEARRAY... Thanks in advance. Cheers, Darren. What you're seeing is correct.  By default managed inte ...Show All

• .NET Development Reading ConnectionString from .config

  I am interested to know how the ConnectionString line of code works.  It appears to search machine.config, app.config and web.config.  Anybody have any background on how this process works   Does it really search all three files and in what order Protected Function DB( ByVal DatabaseName As String ) As String Return ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings _ (DatabaseName).ConnectionString   End Function   Plankton, one thing you can do is load an appDomain and I believe that will let you retrieve those settings. You are right that it does probe, star ...Show All

• SQL Server Backup & Restore encryption key

  Hello!   I started Configure Report Server (2005) and have executed backup of the encryption key. Problem occurred on restore of the encryption key as following error (I have provided correct backup snk):   ReportServicesConfigUI.WMIProvider.WMIProviderException: The version of the report server database is either in a format that is not valid, or it cannot be read. The found version is 'C.0.8.39'. The expected version is 'C.0.8.40'. To continue, update the version of the report server database and verify access rights. (rsInvalidReportServerDatabase)    at ReportServicesConfigUI.WMIProvide ...Show All

• .NET Development Rethrowing exceptions from a background worker

  Hi, I'm using a backgroundworker (in VSE2005 for C#) and have the following problem : In the 'dowork' method I have a try/catch that handles exceptions that might occur and then rethrow them for the 'workcompleted' method have aproper error state. The problem is that when an exception occurs, I get an unhandled exception error message pointing to the 'throw ex;' in the catch block (see code below), because of course ex is not being handled, at least not right there. The problem is that in order to test for the error status of you background _dowork method in your 'workcompleted' method you rely on the RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Different behavior between .sln and .sln.proj file

  Hi I just discovered an interresting issue. I have created my own targets file that are called from my project file called Testproject.proj. I have changed the import line in the proj to look like this  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)..\MyCustomTask.targets" /> The interresting thing is that when I run my Msbuild command on the solution(Testsolution.sln) that contain the proj file it does not resolve SolutionDir correctly. But when I run MSBuild on the generated  Testsolution.sln.proj SolutionDir does resolve correctly. Here is the output with the command: MSBuild Testsolution.sln Microsoft (R) Build Engine Version 2.0.5 ...Show All

• Smart Device Development ESRI shapefile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Hi all, I like to use create ESRI map shapefile of country A(mapA) so when i click one of the area it zoom and switch to map(mapB) Is there any idea or sample code to do this in VB Urgently PLS!!!!!!!!!!! You may want to check out http://franson.com/gpstools/ kolya ...Show All

• Visual Studio thank you Brian

  i'm newbie,i want to experience dsl,i want use dsl to creat a simple web information system. question 1: which template should i use class diagrams question 2:can dsl create aspx question 3:one facet,can i think dsl can uset to realize a project of AD i eager someone who have dsl use experience in web applicaton can communicate with me. so thanks to you for your help if you know answer after your read my question.please tell me yes or no. thanks a lot!! linda ...Show All