Matt Connolly's Q&A profile

• .NET Development code generation using an XML scema produced from Enterprise Architect

  good day everyone.. i am just wondering if there are other approach that i can use to generate sql scripts and c# codes out of the xml produced by EA(Enterprise Architect), for the mean time i am using the strategy which goes like this.. i parse the main xml document produced by the EA into another xml document which corresponds to the template i used to create the script and the codes. and for me this method is somewhat tiresome and inaccurate because most of the result is based on my own conception which eliminates the property of being reusable. it would be great for me if anyone can help me regarding this matter, thank you ve ...Show All

• .NET Development How to implement transactions using tableadapters?

  The old dataadapter had a transaction object which you could assign to a .NET SQLtransaction. This made transaction handling very simple. What is the equivalent (or similar) method for handling transactions using tableadapters I'm using the table adapters generated by the data designer. Saludos amigos... Esto esto parece increible y quisas muy dificil, pero realmente es mucho mas facil de lo que se inmaginan. No crean que esto lo descubri yo (no me sente bajo un arbol y una manzana me golpeo la cabeza) simplemente busque en Internet, consegui varias personas y paginas web que preguntaban y deseaban ha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Corrupted files on check in with SourceSafe beta

  Hello, We seem to be having issues with Visual SourceSafe V8.0.50215.44. Our toolset has used SourceSafe for asset management for two projects now with little issue. Since we updated to the new DevStudio beta 2 and the accompanying version of SourceSafe, we have been having intermittent issues with SourceSafe. Sometimes when we check in a new version of a binary file, it will appear in SourceSafe as a 0 K file, or even worse randomly corrupted. There doesn’t seem to be any way to predict if this will happen, and it has made the process of updating our assets very laborious, because we have to double check the che ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System can team server run on one box with an asp.net site ??

  ok so I got some things to work -- installing the beast and making a sample empty project... but then I need to put a web site on the same server to develop. WUPS!   to remotely access the web site with Visual Studio I need Front Page Extensions and adding them seems to break TFS perhaps I am trying the impossible what I want to do: one server. have Team Server on that box to manage the development of one app. the app has : 1) a windows smart client 2) an asp.net web site 3) an asp.net web service 4) sql reporting services. I need to use a second computer to edit my code and post to the server. seems that to access the asp.net si ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Addin(with VSTO 2005 developed) doesn't work on Client Outlook!

  Hi all, I have developed an Addin for Outlook with VSTO 2005. It works on my development maschine without any problem. I have created a setup file from standard setup project of VSTO. I have installed the addin on other maschine ( Windows 2000 , Office 2000, Outlook 2003 SP2) . I can see the addin under options as deselected if I select it I see an error, which "AddinLoader.dll is not found c:\...\VSTO\8.0\AdinLoader.dll". Then I have copied the dll on the right location and registered it. But Addin doesn't work. What is my mistake with the setup creation Should I use an other setup program Thanks in ...Show All

• Visual Basic ArrayTypeMismatchException with generic arrays

  In the following example a System.ArrayTypeMismatchException with message "Attempted to access an element as a type incompatible with the array." is raised in the Test2 method when I attempt to get the element of the array (i.e., arr(0)).  Is this a bug   If not, can somebody please explain why Test2 is invalid whereas the equivalent non-generic version (i.e., Test1) is valid Thanks, Lance Public Interface IClass1 End Interface Public Class Class1 Implements IClass1 End Class Public Class Form1 Sub New () MyBase .New() ' This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() ' Ad ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Problem starting the Managed Samples

  I'm trying to get started by doing the DirectX\Samples\Managed\Direct3D\Tutorials, but I can't seem to get them to run. When I try to open the solution file, I get an error message box that says "The application for project '...DirectX\Samples\Managed\Direct3D\Tutorials\Tutorial\Tutorial1.csproj" is not installed. Make sure the application for the project type (.csproj) is installed." Any ideas Thanks so much to all of you who are more experienced and willing to answer our silly questions. You're leaving out information that can help us help you: Which SDK version Whi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Windows 2003 x64

  I have a test wesite that I am working on and have been able to run it successfully on a Windows 2003 X86 server with SQL 2005. All the normal asp.net stuff works including database access but I'm having trouble getting Crystal Reports to run properly. I do have the Crystal runtime installed...and maybe that's part of my problem, do I need a 64bit version of that to be able to use it Anyway, the error I'm getting is a ...InteropServices.COMException - 0x80040154 - Class not registered. Any thoughts on this greatly appreciated. Update: I did a little more testing and what I found is that the report prints okay from within the developemen ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboBox ValueMember Binding Issue

  I have a combo box which i have set the Valuemember to a column.  What seems to be showing up is the column name, not the data value.  Am I doing this wrong Thanks, MikeD Here is what I did to check it. private void cbQuery_SelectedIndexChanged( object sender, EventArgs e) { if ( this .cbQuery.Text == "" )    return ; MessageBox .Show( "vm=" + this .cbQuery.ValueMember.ToString()); }   You want to use SelectedValue rather than ValueMember.  By selecting the valuemember you are simply asking the combo for the name of the valuemember rather than t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Subtraction of a decimal less then 1

  I am not sure if anyone else had this problem, if so please help... While writing a simple function that holds the equation: bVariable = 1 - aVariable   (where:  0 < aVariable < 1) Every so often a nasty little bug showed its head. I have used every number decleration (keeping both the same). My problem is that the code works, but the value calculated is wrong! When "aVariable" is equal to 0.94, the value calculated for "bVariable" becomes 0.060000000000000000000001 This calculation error only shows up when "aVariable" has the values: 0.94 or 0.97 It is just like the error in win 3 ...Show All

• Visual C# DllImport - EntryPointNotFoundException

  hello.. I tried to load a function from a dll file that has a function with specification as below: return type : int *pResult parameter 1 : BSTR string1 Parameter 2 : int integer1 Parameter 3 : VARIANT_BOOL bool1 and in my code, that's what it looks like, [DllImport("myDll.dll", EntryPoint="function_name")] public static extern intPtr function_name( [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] String string1, int integer1, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.VariantBool)] Boolean bool1); And, when I call the function , function_n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot see my sql servers or databases in Express edition

  Hi In visual studio 2005 express edition: When I add a datasource (new connection) I do not see any of my Sql servers. It only asks me for a database name. Also I do not see A server explorer in the view menu. If I use my visual studio 2003, I am able to see all instances of SQL's Why is this happening Thanks Robert The express editions don't support connections to SQL server, just to a local SQL Express database file. If you want to do "real" programming, you'll need a "real" product and get Visual Studio (not express). ...Show All

• Visual C# ubound conversion from vb to c#

  I'm having trouble converting this vb into c#. VB.NET: Dim arrVals() as object 'or as string Dim i As Integer sqlStr = "SELECT PubID, title, url, CategoryID FROM Pub WHERE " For i = 0 To UBound(arrVals) If i = 0 Then sqlStr = sqlStr & "PubID = " & arrVals(i) Else sqlStr = sqlStr & " OR PubID = " & arrVals(i) End IF Next sqlStr = sqlStr & " ORDER BY CategoryID, title " Response.Write(sqlStr) sqlStr Output: SELECT PubID, title, url, CategoryID FROM Pub WHERE PubID = 20 OR PubID = 1 OR PubID = 53 OR PubID = 94 ORDER BY CategoryID, title C#: object[] arrVals; int i = 0 ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView - Binding to object & sorting

  Hi, I'm trying to bind my Windows Forms Data Grid View to a list of business objects. Trouble is when I do this none of the columns are sortable despite setting the sort mode to Automatic. I've tried a variety of things to get automatic sorting working with no luck. How is it done Cheers How can I easiest do the same when I do not want to sort my DataSource but a sortable (List) member of my DataSource A BindingSource bound to a List property of the DataSource can't be sorted, as I understand it, even though List is sortable. Must I make my member List into a SortableBindingList, then ...Show All

• Visual Basic netmeter application

  Hi. Is it possible to create an application that stores upload and download values from my internet connection ( a sort of netmeter app) and stores it into a table I already built a database and a UI. How do I get the ul and dl values Any help would be appreciated. I'm trying to get the amount of sent and received bytes every time I get online. If I double click my connection icon on the tray I get a pop up dialog that shows those values. I would like to be able to store it on a database. I'm wondering if it is possible for my application to read these values automatically. ...Show All