Curious1's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problems with Downloading Registration Benefits

  There have been several reports of problems with accessing and downloading registration benefits.  We have investigated the issue and have news to report.  This sticky thread will be updated with additional information as it becomes available over the next few days. Background In order to negotiate deals with partners and authors to provide the highest value benefits, we must must be able to guarantee a secure download center that li ...Show All

• Windows Forms Is there a standard deviation function in .Net?

  Hi, I'm trying to work out the standard deviation of some numeric data in my form... but I can't see any way to call a StDev function.  I've hunted high and low on the web and in the .Net help but I can't seem to find anythi ...Show All

• SQL Server ODBC Data Source error

  As other contributors, all I am trying to do is import data from an ODBC source (spelled 'non-Microsoft data source') into a SQL 2005 table. I can easily do this in SQL 2000 with DTS, but when I use the same DSN in VS 2005 it doesn't work. I created an integration project, and made a connection in Connection Manager to the DSN and clicked Test Connection. It succeeded, or so it claimed. Click OK and drag a DataReader Source onto the Data F ...Show All

• Windows Forms Terrarium 1.2 not showing any text on buttons?

  I just installed Terrarium 1.2 and noticed there is no text on the buttons. Is this a known problem  Is it because I've ClearType enabled --Dion Hi guys, Don't click on the link as you will get the JIT Debugging dialog with the&nb ...Show All

• .NET Development Missing Files in Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727

  Norton System Works' WinDoctor has found the error of C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ missing files and I believe Windows should address the issue. When I run Norton WinDoctor on my home PC, the following problems appear, with no repair capabilities: Missing program files (10 Problems): C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\AppLaunch.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet.reiis.exe C:\Windo ...Show All

• Visual Basic Streaming text from a view to a file.

  The following code is supposed to place data rows from a SQL Server 2000 view (vwExport) into a text file: G:\doc\Output.txt. The compile error I get is: 'Application.ApplicationDataSetTableAdapters.vwExportTableAdapter' cannot be converted to 'System.Data.DataTable'. Code: Dim strExport As String = "" Dim strExportFile As String = "" Dim x As DataView = New DataView(VwExportTableAdapter) Dim z As Integer Dim y As ...Show All

• Visual C# How to add a printer

  I need to add a printer to a customer computer. I have the printer address but can't find any component to do this. Any way to do this programmatically Try this: [DllImport("winspool.drv", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] static extern IntPtr AddPrinter( string pName, uint Level, [In] ref PRINTER_INFO_2 pPrinter); [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] struct PRINTER_INFO_2 {   publi ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Enum?

  Hi, Can I have Enum as a DataContract with DataMembers For example: <DataContract([Namespace]:= "http://MyServices" )> _ Public Enum EventType As Integer <DataMember()> _ LOGIN_FAILED <DataMember()> _ LOGIN_SUCCEEDED End Enum When I generate the above (svcutil) I get an empty Enum. Thanks! Scott The problem seems to have resolved itse ...Show All

• SQL Server CLR Trigger

  Hi,       I want to call webservice in the Trigger.  How to call the webservice from CLR Triggers .If anybody knows teh detail let me know.   And i worked out  the following Example code for CLR Trigger. using System.Data; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Data.Sql; using System.Data.SqlTypes; using System.Data.SqlServer; namespace CLR {   & ...Show All

• Visual C++ Forward Declarations, Templates, STL

  Is it possible to forward refence a class that is in namespace std I know how to forward reference templates that I declare myself, but I am having trouble forward referencing classes that are part of namespace std. For my own templates, code such as the following works: namespace MyNamespace {     template< typename T >     class CTestTemplate; } class CTestClass { public :   CTestClass(My ...Show All

• SQL Server An article on FOR XML in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005

  I just posted article What does server side FOR XML return ( http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlprogrammability/articles/576095.aspx ) which gives some details of the design and performance characteristics of various FOR XML flavors. The article is posted to SQL Programmability & API Development Team Blog ( http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlprogrammability/ ) Best regards, Eugene Kogan Technical Lead Microsoft SQL Server R ...Show All

• Smart Device Development A transparent label

  Hi, We are currently working on a project in VB.Net (VS2005) for PocketPC. We are coding on .Net Compact Framework 2. It is required that we use a transparent label, with some text on it. Any inputs on how this can be achieved Thanks! The archives have some info related to transparency and controls. http://groups.google.com/groups/search q=transparent+label+group%3Amicrosoft.public.dotn ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) What support does DLinq have for SQLXML, and can I do XLinq queries with it?

  Hi there, Just interested to know how I can translate a "XML" column into DLinq.  Does it support it only as a string primitive as of yet   Better yet, any chance of it being supported as a XDocument   I can most likely do this with custom read and writes, but doing something like this is what I would consider most correct: [Table] class Users {     [Column(DbType="uniqueidentifier", Id=true)]   &nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development FtpWebRequest usage

  Hi, I am trying to use FtpWebRequest and my program works, but very slow. I suppose it is bacuse FtpWebRequest opens connection every time when I try to get some information. So if I want to get full directory listing program creates instance of FtpWebRequest class tree times to make the following request Methods: ListDirectoryDetails, GetFileSize, GetDateTimestamp. (well, it's possible to get file size from directory list and this gives 33% l ...Show All

• Visual C# Differnce between DataSourceID and DataSource..

  What's the differnce between DataSourceID and DataSource of the GridView in Web forms Thanks Julia MSDN: DataSource Gets or sets the object from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl .) DataSource: Gets or sets the object from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items. (Inherited from ...Show All