dime's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Framework 2.0 and 1.1

  Should the system have both versions of Framework (ie. 1.1 /2.0) or its safe to remove the old one (1.1)  I know that both versions can co-exist but , why to have both, compatibilty issues I haven't seen an FAQ specific to 2.0 come out online just yet (a lot of the docs are still getting published) but I haven't heard of any reason or changes that would prevent side by side execution from working ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express Eventlogs?

  Hi. Is it possible to prevent SQL Express for logging in the EventLog It fills my Eventlog very fast with messages like: Starting up database 'PosDB'. etc... Other application crash becuase the eventlog got filled. I know I can change eventlog settings but the problem is that our customer don't wonna do this and if the SQl Express stop logging all the time the log will get mush smaller :-) So is there any settings I can do in the dabases ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to Unlock a lock in another workspace

  Say a dev has a bunch of files of locked (checkout or checkin locks) and leaves to go on vacation for a month (yeah - bad dev).  As a project administrator I see in the security dialog box that I have the right to "unlock other user's changes" but I can't figure out how to do it from the VS UI or the command line.  How do you do this Someone has just done that here - gone away leaving files checked out ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider Beta 2 Now Available (Feb 20, 20006)

  The Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider Beta 2 is now available here . IMPORTANT:   Beta 2 is not strongly signed, so you'll need to disable strong name validation as mentioned in the README.  You can find details at http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2006/02/21/536260.aspx . New in this beta: Support for Visual Studio 2003 and Fox Pro in addition to the already supported VB6 and VC6. Integrated Checki ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista HandleExternalActivity not subscribing to event

  Hi, I have a state machine workflow with a state that uses the HandleExternalActivity activity. I have set it up to use an event in my custom interface. However, when the implementation of my interface raises the event I can see that there are no subscribers to the event. In other words, the HandleExternalActivity activity hasn't subscribed to the event. Any ideas what would cause this Thanks, Kent ...Show All

• SQL Server New features/bug fixes in Sept CTP?

  Does anyone know where I can find a list of new features/bug fixes in the Sept CTP   I've been having a hard time tracking down this info.  If someone could post it that would be great! Thanks, Adrian I'm trying to get the ability to get a list of externally reported bugs that have been fixed in a particular CTP. For what it's worth, I'm told this is on the list of items to provide in the future. rega ...Show All

• SQL Server Microsoft .NET Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite, PROPER Version ???

  This is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=d09c1d60-a13c-4479-9b91-9e8b9d835cdc&displaylang=en Currently this is tagged as pre-release software. A preview version. When will a fully licensed version be available Also, has anyone used it Any experiences to share Thanks -Jamie The Microsoft .NET Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite 1.0 – Status Update Here is an update o ...Show All

• Visual Studio User dynamically chooses group-by field

  Hello, I would like to allow the user to dynamic choose which field to group-by in a report. In the Windows form they choose a field by name from a combobox, then I pass that to the report as a parameter. How do I then use that in the report in the group-by dialog I've tried to construct the "Fields" expression using the parameter but I'm missing something. The following does not work. = "Fields!" & Parameter.Mine. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development speed up app?

  Hi there. I am deving an application for smartphone. It sends and recieves data from a server computer (also made in C#) The thing is, I have a while loop going on in order to check for incoming data and it can slow down the application a fair amount Is there a better way to check for incoming data without the need for a while loop going on continuesly void Recieve() { while (! this .readData && this .ns.CanRead) { if ...Show All

• .NET Development Crystal Report with dataset

  Hi all, I want to generate a crystal report which will be using data taken from a stored procedure. for this.. I did the following steps. 1. added a blank crystalRepot item to the solution.   CRPT.rpt 2. added a crystal report viewer to the form        CRPTV 3. with in the form load method, populated the dataset with data by executing the storedproc.    DataSet = DS ...Show All

• Windows Forms write char at interval

  Apologies from a beginner... On each Timer interval, I want to write each character of a string in succession. This is as close as I can come (code included in Timer1Tick Sub):         Dim msg As String = "abcdefgh"     ...Show All

• SQL Server Upgrading databases from beta 2 to rtm?

  Hi! We are currently developing an application for SQL-Server 2005. We have a machine with Beta 2 of SQL-Server 2005 with a few user databases and want to install RTM of SQL-Server 2005 on a clean machine in the next few weeks. What is the best way to upgrade the databases to the new machine I guess backup/restore will not work Thanks! Jus You can detach/attach just fine, if your prior version of databas ...Show All

• SQL Server Linked Dimensions

  I'm going for "Analysis Services Error Message of the Week": "The 'root' element at line , column (namespace 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:empty') cannot appear under Envelope/Body/ExecuteResponse/return because the parent already contains a child element, ''. As you can clearly see, what I was trying to do was to add a linked Time dimension into a very simple A/S 2005 cube. This is the error I get when I process t ...Show All

• SQL Server Disable web connection in Microsoft Document Explorer

  How do I disable Internet connectivity in the Microsoft Document Explorer - the help system Thanks, Tom Morris Use "Try local only, not online" option in Menu->Tools->Option->Online->When loading Help Content ...Show All

• SQL Server Pending transaction

  Is there any command to check out any outstanding transactions not yet replicated to subscriber DB Thanks in advance To see what commands have not been picked up by the logreader agent, use sp_repltrans. To see what commands have not been picked up by the distribution agent, it's kind of a hack - find the last xact_seqno in the MSdistribution _history table for the given distribution agent. Then plug it into sp_browsereplcmds (@xact_ ...Show All