djMaurice's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Setup failed - no package <sqlncli.msi>

  I tried to install a sql 2005 desktop engine. This fails with the error: An installaton package for the product Microsoft SQL Server Native Client cannot be found. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package ‘sqlncli.msi’   I used a fresh, new download SQLEXPR.EXE. What shall I do   I have the solution. If someone is interested:   First I extracted the files in a separate directory: SQLEXPR.EXE" /x:c:\sqlexprtmp Then I searched and executed “sqlncli.msi” I clicked on “uninstall”. After this I rebooted the ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem in Off-line report generation

  Hi, I have rendered some time-consuming reports programmatically in HTML 4.0 format (Off-line report generation). The reports are rendered and the .html file is stored in a specific folder (shared). The problem is, the whole report is generated into 1 single HTML page (huge in size) with <HR> tag as peagebreaks. It takes long time to load in the browser. Also, I cannt display this .html page along with ReportViewer toolbar options like export, print etc. 1. Is there any option to handle the page-break problem in HTML render 2. Is there any option to display the report (html format) with report viewer toolbar options I ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is DirectX good enough for creating modeling tools?

  this may seem a silly question. yet all the modeling tools i see on the commercial market and free tools use opengl. is this choice due to opengl having the ability to be used on no windows OS or is directx not upto the task well i wasn't aware of 3dsmax having a choice. :) i was curious because i wondered about creating my own tools and would prefer to stick with directx. yet was a bit worried by the choice for such modeling tools. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development basic datagrid question

  How to fill a datagrid I have a class Database with this method  public DataSet makeDataset(string query) {             DataSet ds = new DataSet();             SQLiteDataAdapter da = new SQLiteDataAdapter("query", cn);             da.Fill(ds);             return ds;         } In a form ...Show All

• Visual C++ Release object code seems now incompatible with debug object code

  Prior to Visual Studio 2005, it was possible to link together C and C++ .obj files which were a mix of release (compiled using /MT) and debug (compiled using /MTd) builds. I'm finding with Visual Studio 2005, that the size and layout of C++ class objects which have STL container data members now varies between the debug and release builds, such that this linking of mixed build objects no longer works. Is there a way I can compile my release code so it will link with debug objects, or am I now forced to have debug and release builds of each module Hi Nick, This is by design. And was not support ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) FileStream transfer

  Hello!   Which is the easiest way to transfer file stream from server (service) side to client side   Thank you in advance.   Best regards, Saso First of all, thank you once again for your fast responses. I examined in details your post, and noticed, that i have syntax error in my web.config file. Then i made it up and since that everything compiles without errors, but when i run client, the exception is still there. <Exception: Unsupported Media Type> Because i need IIS hosted application, i'm using proxy solution. Config files are the same as yours. Enclosed are ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista 5.1 Surround Sound with WMVHD files

  I have code based around the PlayWnd DirectShow sample that works quite well except that it always mixes the 5.1 audio down to stereo. I have tried to implement the high resolution audio solutions mentioned on the MSDN site without success. I would be interested in a code segment or direction on how to play a WMVHD file with 5.1 surround sound if anyone has been successful in achieving this. MediaPlayer works fine so I know it can be done. Thanks, David ...Show All

• SQL Server Aggregates in Matrix Reports

  I am having a similar issue in a Matrix report. The following is a message from someone else having the same problem. I have a calculation (Aggregate) that has a scope that is for both the Row and the Column. Example: What is the percent of total sales and percent of total category sales How do I do these Percentages in a Matrix                        Q1       Q2      Total Beverages  Lemonade   Sales        &nb ...Show All

• Windows Forms Displaying text in a ComboBox when SelectedItem is null

  I have a ComboBox with DropDownStyle set to DropDownList. When I set SelectedItem to null, it displays nothing. I'd like to be able to have it display text like "Select one..." instead. Is there a simple way to do this Thanks, Brian Brian Leech wrote: I have a ComboBox with DropDownStyle set to DropDownList. When I set SelectedItem to null, it displays nothing. I'd like to be able to have it display text like "Select one..." instead. Is there a simple way to do this Thanks, Brian You could add a handler for the SelectedIndexChanged event and do something like this :- if ...Show All

• Visual Studio Object datasources vanish from rdlc data sources in web project

  Anyone having issues with their object datasources appearing and vanishing from the datasource browser I create an object for binding as a datasource in my App_Code folder, compile my web project and it appears in the datasources in the report designer.  Then I will make an aspx, setup a reportviewer control for my new report, go back to the rdlc and the object datasource sometimes just vanishes. I refresh, no luck. The only solution I found is to draft the rdlc to the App_Code folder where my class is, then refresh datasources and it finds it.  Then if I move it away, they vanish again. Am I missing something on how the obje ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Using Team System for doc management?

  Does anyone have experience using Team System to version and manage objects like Word documents (e.g., design specs, test plans, etc.) in addition to source code Pluses/minuses Would you recommend doing this based on your experience Thanks. Ben, We considered moving these types of documents to SharePoint as well. However, it appears that SharePoint does not have sufficient granularity of access control to do so. You can customize the access control for an entire document library. However, I have seen no mechanism to customize access control for particular folders or files within a document library. Ha ...Show All

• Windows Forms ellipsis button on a DataGridView cell

  I know I am missing something simple. . . I have an unbound column on a DataGridView. I want it to display some data derived from a non-visible key field of the dataTable the Grid is bound to. I want an ellipsis button on the text box, so the user can open a form to define the data that wll be set in the key field, then I will update the Unbound column. Does that make sense am I going about this the wrong way You can convert the code to VB fairly easily. There's probably other tools out there or more elegant ways to do it, but I did it by loading the assembly into Lutz Roeders .NET reflector and using the File ...Show All

• Windows Forms HeaderClick to select all rows in DGV

  Dears, How can I add a "CheckBox" into the headercell of a DGVColumn, such that users can click and "check" the combobox control in the first cell of each DGVRow Thanks, No solution FYI: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=232225&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• SQL Server CLR Stored Procedures & VS2005 ASP.NET designer support?

  I have successfully created CLR stored procures using c# and SQL Server 2005. Now I want to use the CLR stored procedures with some ASP.NET controls. I can add the CLR stored procedure to the dataset designer and have it add a new table adapter but it does not list the columns in the designer view. This forces me to code the column references manually into the controls (tried: DropDownList, GridView). I can deal with adding the columns manually for controls using a CLR stored procedure, but I want to make sure I was not missing something, am I BTW: TSQL stored procedures work as expected (show columns in the dataset designer) thank ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Express on VISTA

  Greetings! I tried installing SQL Server 2005 Express on my VISTA Beta 2 Box but before doing so, I checked if IIS is already installed and running. During the assesment of my current configuration, SQL Server 2005 Express is still looking for IIS. Are the conflicts regarding IIS 7.0 to SQL Server Express or the feature is not yet available. I will be continuing to do experiments with this one and hope there will be people who can share their experiences too. Thanks! I could not get SQL Express running yet, too. But it seems to be a known issues, because before installation I got an error that is a known compatibilty issue. ...Show All