Matt E.'s Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to invoke known workflows from workflow

  Hi, I have one main workflow, and bunch of related subworkflows with it. It is like a one to many relationship. I would like to know if there is a way to invoke selected subworkflow instance. That means I need to pass the subworkflow instance from main workflow, and load the subworkflow or create subworkflow with the ID I give to it. When we create a workflow we can use CreateWorkflow(instanceID, ..) to give the workflow the ID I wanted. But for InvokeworkflowActivity, the InstanceID property is read only. any help is appreciated. Jane Hi Serge, Thanks very much for your info. But there is no CreateWorkflow method WorkflowRuntimeService. Jane ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Messenger Add-In SDK

  Hi Were can I download the Messenger Add-In SDK There is no download link at the MSDN. Thanks It is also on msdn. go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlive/html/messengeraddin_sdk.asp Also check out the latest channel 9 video with the dev who worked on addins in the video talking about them http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Windows+Live+Messenger James ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions menustrip

  How to display the item (in text) selected under each menu of menustrip if you want to list the menu items then... Private Sub Button1_Click ( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System . EventArgs ) Handles Button1 . Click For Each tsmi As ToolStripMenuItem In Me . MenuStrip1 . Items MessageBox . Show ( tsmi . Name ) ListMenuItems ( tsmi ) Next End Sub Private Sub ListMenuItems ( ByVal tsmi As ToolStripMenuItem ) If tsmi . HasDropDownItems Then For Each ddi As ToolStripMenuItem In tsmi . DropDownItems MessageBox . Show ( ddi . Name ) If ddi . HasDropDownItems Then ListMenuItems ( ddi ) ...Show All

• .NET Development SQLDataSource update using parameters not working

  I'm passing a parameter to a stored procedure stored on my sqlserver, or trying to atleast. And then firing off the update command that contains that parameter from a button. But it's not changing my data on my server when I do so. I'm filling a dropdown list from a stored procedure and I have a little loop run another sp that grabs what the selected value should be in the dropdown list when the page loads/refreshes. All this works fine, just not sp that should update my data when I hit the submit button. It's supposed to update one of my tables to whatever the selected value is from my drop down list. But it doesn't even change anything. It just refreshes the page and goes back to the original value for my drop down list. Just to ...Show All

• SQL Server Double Quotes in CSV File

  I have a lot of data coming in from CSV files.  I have many CSV files (~20), with varying amounts of data- but some are quite large (largest file is ~230mb) I'm trying to import it into a SQL database via SSIS, but the data is a little bit frustrating.  I have data that looks like this: "Text from vendor ""Vendor Name, Inc."" blah blah", "Next string", "", 1234 Many things to notice here - as well you can imagine some of the difficulties here. After parsing, this data should have 4 columns- Column1                                    &n ...Show All

• Visual C# Getting started with Business objects

  Hi guys, i m trying to get started with Business Objects, but i m a little bit lost here.. hope you guys can help me out. So far all the tutorials i read on the internet just show you how to make an "employee" or a "product" class, coding that is very simple, and i don’t have any problems using them and even binding them to Windows Forms using BindingLins<T>, etc... i ve been testing it out and it works fine. But right now i m trying to make something that have some relations, and i cant figure out how i am supposed to do it, what i m trying to do is a simple "Order" class that is related with a customer and some products... something like: Order Customer Products So, could you guys help me out with this ...Show All

• SQL Server Programmertically create and execute stored procedure in SMO

  Hi all, I need to programmertically create and execute stored procedure in SMO, without registering it on the database. I also need to be able to load a file containing a stored procedure and execute it, using SMO. Can someone show me how A C# sample would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Good morning ( for me 9:34 ) Look at this link http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162553.aspx The Add is automatic when you use the Create method if you use the constructor sp = new StoredProcedure(DataBaseName,StoredProcedureName) Excuse me for my english Have a nice day ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Creating scenarios

  Hello, I have a question regarding scenarioes in Team System. Lets say that I have scenarioes like: Create an Order Print out an Order Confirmation Invoice the Order Print out an Invoice But I also have something like: All Menues should be localizable We need to check for existing Memory leaks Migrate existing data into the new System Create a Template for all reports Create two new controls to display graphics on reports All Users should be authorized Where should those requirements go As Quality Of Service Assignments What about Personas, should I create new Personas other that the customers Thanks Henrik Skak Pedersen Hi Henrik, I am sorry ...Show All

• SQL Server UPDATE table with values from another table

  I have this one big table containing 26 mil records that I have to update as follows: 1. Table 1 (tblA) – 26 mil records a. Column LNKana – stores last names as nvarchar in Japanese Katakana b. Column FNKana – stores first names as nvarchar in Japanese Katakana c. Column FName – needs to be updated with English equivalents of first names in Katakana d. Column LName – needs to be updated with English equivalents of last names in Katakana Two nonclustered indexes: ix_LNKana si ix_FNKana 2. Table 2 (tblB) – contains 60,000 records a. Column FNKana – stores first names as nvarchar in Jpanaese Katakana (unique values only) b. Column FNam ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System What happens when the trial expires? Where is Team Suite? How do I upgrade? Partners?

  Some frequently asked questions... Q: I am an MSDN Universal Subscriber; why can't I see any of the role-based products or Team Suite in the MSDN Subscriber Downloads Center A: You have not yet submitted a transition request. You must transition from MSDNU to one of the role-based products or upgrade to the Suite. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions  for more information. Q: How long does the transition request take A: For a retail subscriber it will take 24-48 hours from transition choice to access the new level/role. For a Volume Licensing admin to assign a role choice and then the user to get download access should be nearly instantaneous.  Q: If I install Team Suite after installing VS Pro, do I need to uninstall ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Maya plugin

  I would like to use the Maya plugin with Maya 8. Primarily, I would like to be able to assign FX files with the Hypershade and export to X files. Unfortunately, the December DirectX SDK only comes with Maya 6, 6.5, and 7 plugins. I got the plugin to compile by simply changing all the 7.0s into 8.0s in the project properties, but I get the following error when I attempt to load the plugin: DirectX Extensions for Maya - Error loading DXCC: Incompatable DXCC.DLL was loaded: C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (December 2006)\Utilities\Bin\x86\DXCC.DLL Desired DXCC.DLL is in path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (December 2006)\x86\DXCC.DLL DXCC.DLL exists at the 1st path that is mentioned, but not at the 2nd "desire ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies About Report center site

  All I am a newbie for SharePoint product and would like to ask you some question. 1. I now try to develop the sharepoint site on WSS 3.0 and want to create the dashboard page. AS I understand, it bases on MOSS template "collaboration type" (Report center site) but that template does not have on WSS 3.0. Where can I find it 2. What is the big difference between WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 It will have any problems If I try to some site on WSS 3.0 first. I then migrate those sites to MOSS 2007 later Thank in advance Gogzilla Hi Thank you for your reply. I have already got the comparison and it is very useful . Then, I still wait for the "Report center site" problem. Have anyone help ...Show All

• Visual Basic VBA or .NET?

  Hi, I'm planning on making an add-in for Powerpoint 2003, a customized toolbar that would extend the functionality of Powerpoint (custom color palette, dynamically creating slides, etc.). Would you recommend using VBA or .NET (VSTO and Visual Studio 2005) Thanks, Pete Could you give me some more details please I've been speaking to Microsoft MVP Jonathan West and he's been telling me that VBA would be the better choice for the following reasons: VSTO 2005 has no special tools for Powerpoint VSTO 2005 SE only works for Office 2007 (not Office 2003) COM add-ins are a pain with .NET Accessing the Powerpoint object model with VBA would be easier than with .NET for this specific project What do you think o ...Show All

• Visual Basic Run-Time error "5852' requested object not available

  We have been having a few issue with out test server and Microsoft patches.  Currently we have a production Win 2003 server machine running the application just fine, but after the test server received a patch from Microsoft we started getting a run-time error 5852 requested object not available.  Over the past three weeks of so we have rebuilt the server twice tried installing and uninstalling various things, only to get the same error.  So I am thinking that we need to find a way to code around this.  I get the same run-time error 5852 when we first ran on a new XP server, this was corrected via the following link in MS knowledgebase.  This other error we are not able to correct in the same manner.  Bot ...Show All

• Visual C# Help a newbie! Converting VB6 to C#

  Hi All, I've been given the unenviable task of converting someone's VB6 code for an upload form into C#. I'm not doing to bad at the minute but I'm struggling with some of the conversion. For example I have the following code (in C#): ====================== Hashtable strLang = new Hashtable(); Hashtable strAllowedExtensions = new Hashtable(); private bool SetLang() //*** SetLang() //* Add language strings to the array collection //*** { strLang.Add("INFO_FILE_SPEC", "- Is one of the following formats {0}, and is no bigger than {1}"); strLang.Add("ERROR_MAXSIZE_EXCEEDED", "The CV is bigger than the maximum size allowed."); strLang.Add("ERROR_INVALID_FILETYPE", & ...Show All