Michaelxyz3's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Concatenate fields ?

  I am using a datareader. I want to get the data a row at a time as a delimited string without looping through the fields, that is in one shot, is there a way to do this Thanks for ANY help. I believe you could use ItemArray property of the DataRow to get all the values into array first. Then use String.Join method to concatenate the values into one string ...Show All

• .NET Development OCI-22053: overflow error caused when retreiving valid data inserted using System.Data.OracleClient

  See the following example of how to insert a valid numeric value (a Decimal) using the System.Data.OracleClient that cannot be retreived using the same System.Data.OracleClient. It is apparently some sort of bit-wise translation error between the Oracle Client and the Microsoft Data Provider.  This test was run with VisualStudio2003 and Oracle 9i Client v9.2.0.4.0 connecting to Oracle Server 9.2.0.4.0, all running on Windows 2000 SP4. ...Show All

• Visual C++ errors LNK2001 and LNK2019 with VS .net 2005

  Hi All, I have succeeded in compiling a massive project, originally from vc6 to VS .Net 2005. Now, while linking I am having loads of linker errors with the above code. LNK20019 and LNK2001. Giving error msg that some symbol is not found. Actually, the library with the symbol has been already compiled as dll. I looked into the documentation. The errors may be caused by 1. use of Inline functions (2019, also sometimes ...Show All

• Visual Basic System.Drawing - XOR?

  Is there a way to XOR (invert) colors when lines of different colors overlay each other In VB6 I was able to help myself using the Shape control and set the DrawMode property to "XOR Pen". How to accomplish this in VB2005 Thanks! The .Net IDE must not use GDI+ because it XOR-draws its slider bars (when you slide them). We have a very graphic rich application whose next release we wanted to write in ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Reusing the 'Existing Activity Reference' dialog

  I am rehosting the workflow designer (LAB 10) and I would like to reuse the 'Existing Activity Reference' dialog. If it is possible is there an example that shows how to do it Answered by http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=232539&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual C# MS, MVP feedback, question: casts / conversions -- some way to automate?

  Is there some way to adjust the warning level and other compiler flags so that the c# compiler is 1) not so darned finnicky about expressions using mixed floating point and integer types and 2) actually performs automatic conversions more correctly than it does, like a 'C++' compiler some feedback on this also -- requiring explicit casts in so many situations is all downside, as far as I am concerned: Its very time consuming having ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with Execute SQL Task

  I am having problems creating an "Execute SQL Task" which calls a stored procedure. I have tested the procedure successfully using parameters that I have hardcoded on the command line (i.e., EXEC procedure_name 1, 2). This works fine, but I'm having problems using variables(i.e., EXEC procedure_name @VAR1, @VAR2). I'm using a ConnectionType of OLE DB. When I parse the Query I get an error message that says "The query failed to parse.  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Timer running in Taskbar project

  I would like to create a little timer that sits in my taskbar and ticks away. I have an interface set up and working the way I want it to. The only thing left is to get the output to display in the taskbar, rather than on my form. Could anyone give me a shove in the direction that I need, please Any tips are appreciated. I suggest having a look at the NotifyIcon class ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions .Net Framework 2.0 Beta and Starting VB

  Hey Everyone, I'm just getting started in Visual Basic, and I'm starting out with the express edition betas, and I'm trying to do an app in it, but whenever I try to install my app on another pc that pc has to download the .net framework 2.0 beta which is a larger file then I'd like them to have to download if they want to use my application.  Is there any way to get around this such as packaging the framework with my applicaiton, or use th ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET Framework 2.0 and MSN MEssenger

  Does anybody know if there is a problem with .NET Framework 2.0 and MSN Messenger 7.5 Since after installing .NET Framework 2.0 I have not been able to connect with my MSN Messenger 7.5 80048820 - is the error code. May be coincidental.. but this has started happening after i installed Framework 2.0 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Differences in IDE and MSBuild for Web Project

  Hi, I've got a wierd one. I've got a Solution that contains a Web project and a DLL project. The web project references the DLL project and The DLL project references 3 thirdparty dlls. When I build from the IDE, The build copies all the dlls from the DLL's output (my dll and the three thirdparty dlls.) However, when I build from msbuild, It neglects to copy one of the dlls. It is always neglects the same dll and it never gets copied. I've tried ...Show All

• Visual Basic Dynamically populating a combo box .?

  I am trying to populate a combo box on a form based on the contents of a field within SQL. i.e. I read the data from the SQL field.  In this case I return the string "Select * From Transactions" I populate my dataset and set the dataset as the datasource of my combo box.  This works fine. However what I want to do is to use a where clause in my select statement such as "Select * From Transactions Where AccNo = '" & strAccNo & " ...Show All

• .NET Development Run 32bit App in 64bit Windows

  I upgraded my development PC to 64bit Windows XP Prof in Athlon 64. I need to use MS Virtual PC 2004 for testing app in other platform. However, the Virtual PC 2004 cannot be installed in 64bit windows. Is there any method to solve the problem Thanks a lot. Virtual Server R2 is a program that allows you to create a new software driven pc for testing purposes. Is not required for running 32bit apps in 64 bit operating systems. To write a ...Show All

• SQL Server Enabling remote errors

  Hi. I am trying to get remote errors to display in Report Manager. I've set the "EnableRemoteErrors" configuration value to True in the ReportServer.ConfigurationInfo table. Then I restarted both the Reporting Services Service and IIS. However, I am still seeing the following message when running a report: An error has occurred during report processing. What am I missing Thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express Management Setup Error on Windows Vista Beta 2

  Miscrosoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SQLServer2005_SSMEE.msi) don't complete setup on Windows Vista Beta 2 with Sql Server 2005 Express installed. Error Code 29506. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL server\\90\Tools, Alberto What mean (Alberto is my Windows account) Yes, download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ LinkId=65110 ...Show All