jbierling's Q&A profile

• .NET Development IPv6 local link address

  Hi! I'm trying to get the computer's IPv6 addresses using this code but it returns only the IPv6 loopback address (::1). What could be the problem IPHostEntry HosyEntry = Dns .GetHostEntry( Dns .GetHostName()); if (HosyEntry.AddressList.Length > 0) { foreach ( IPAddress ip in HosyEntry.AddressList) { if (ip.AddressFamily != AddressFamily .InterNetwork) { IPString = ip.ToString(); } } } T ...Show All

• Visual C++ Converting Entered TEXT into integer

    My only apology is that I am a long time C programmer and I want to manipulate things directly. Now that said, someone please direct me in the correct way to analyze a TEXT string in visual C++.  Basically I want to read a string from a user enterable text window convert it into an integer and check it for proper range and send it to an embedded system in raw 16 bit form. My difficulty appears to be that there is no way to go dire ...Show All

• .NET Development Inserting complex xml into SQL database

  I have an class that looks something like this: public class MyData {   string [] MyList; } When I XML-serialize the class, it looks like this: <MyData>   <MyList>    <string>first string</string>    <string>second string</string>    <string>third string</string>   </MyList> </MyData> I'd like to be able to do a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to get "Sender" to open a specific Form

  I have menu items that need to open different forms. In the application the number of menu items is rather long. I have attempted to create a single event handler that handles the click event for all menu items. In the code sample shown, I have implemented the function using Select Case statements. Private Sub TasksMenuItems( ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles _ SignUpToolStripMenuItem.Click, ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Message Delivery Exception in Windows Service Host Application

  I have following architecture: - Host application: Windows Service (+ Interface for communication between Workflows and Host application) - Consuming application: ASP.NET Web Application (+ Interface for communication between ASP.NET web application and Host application using Remoting) First the windows service is started. It creates the Workflow Runtime. Then a web application starts a Order state machine workflow using the remotin ...Show All

• .NET Development PropertyBinding and Settings classes

  When using .settings files and their generated Settings classes in VS2005 Beta2, the settings are available for PropertyBinding to a control's properties in the form designer. We have built our own Settings classes (i.e. no .settings files) and they work fine except they are not available for PropertyBinding in the form designer.  How do we make our custom Settings classes compatible with the PropertyBinding mechanism Thanks in advance... ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Database Connectivity on Pocket PC 2003

  Hi !! I am facing a problem in my project. Pls Help... Project is: I want to build an application for a pocket Pc that could access a DB on a server that it connecxts through Wi-Fi The problem is: I have cradled the emulator(Pocket PC SE Emulator). In server explorer, I am easily able to connect to the database but when i run the code it gives "SQL Server does not exist". Through server explorer, I am even able to se ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Reference an Array using a String Variable

  I want to be able to pull an array using a string that I built. Is there any way to do this Here is my example code: dim ary1() as string dim ary2() as string private sub test() dim totalLength as integer dim i as integer totalLength = 0 for i = 1 to 2 totalLength = totalLength + getAryLength(i) next i end sub private function getAryLength(i as integer) dim ary as string ary = "ary" & cstr(i) 'This is the part wher ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions What should I do for saving a custom object in Properties.Settings ?

  I have a custom type, for example: class NewClass {   private int _count;   private string _name;   public int Count   {     get { return _count; }     set { _count = value ; }   }   public string Name   {       get { return _name; }       set { _name = ...Show All

• SQL Server Common Password

  Hi, I would like to setup a common password for all the MS SQL Server Users. Is there any generalized script for the same Thanks In Advance. In SQL Server 2000, you can use sp_password. CREATE LOGIN is new DDL available in SQL Server 2005 only. Here's the equivalent syntax using sp_password: sp_password NULL, 'new_password', 'user' You can search for "sp_password" in BOL for SQL Server 2000 for additional info on this. Thanks Laur ...Show All

• .NET Development DataTable's question in class ?

  Please tell me why I received errors when doing this: class MyClass : DataTable { public MyClass():base() { DataTable dt = new DataTable(); this = dt;// errors occur here, what can I do to let dt to "this" } } Thank you for your help. you cant reassign "this" if MyClass inherits DataTable this is already a DataTable, and Calling Base initializes it as a DataTable: ...Show All

• SQL Server Sort by month

  Hi, I've a field with month & year. I'm trying to sort this column. Something like this is my column values. April 2001 August 2001 December 2001 February 2001 January 2001 July 2001 June 2001 March 2001 May 2001 November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 April 2002 August 2002 December 2002 February 2002 January 2002 But I want to sort this like below. January 2001 February 2001 March 2001 April 2001 May 2001 June 2001 July 2001 ...Show All

• .NET Development Type.GetMembers() on an interface does not return members from inherited interfaces

  Consider the following: using System; using System.Reflection; public interface IBaseBlah {     string GetSuperString(); } public interface IBlah : IBaseBlah {     object DoStuff( string name); } public class Foo {     public static void Main()     {         Type t = typeof (IBlah);         foreach (Membe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Plug in for SQL server manager studio

  I would like to use Team foundation as the source control in SQL server manager studio. Team foundation, however, does not appear in the drop downbox for selecting a source control plug-in. (I installed the client tools for SQL server 2005 after I installed Team foundation.) Buck Hodges wrote: We are working on a MSSCCI plugin for compatible environments outside of VS 2005, and we hope to provide a pre-rel ...Show All

• Visual C++ Getting rid of the need for .manifests?

  Background: We are attempting to build a DLL with VC8 to be used by applications that were built with VC6 and linked against a VC6 version of the DLL. Problem: In order to get the application to start, we have to copy the .manifest generated by building the DLL and rename it app .exe.manifest (in the same directory as app ). This is going to be a headache for our customers. Is there any way to not require the .manifest ...Show All