Charlie Audritsh's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Managing SQL 2000 databases on Vista...

  I have one database at an ISP running on a SQL 2000 server. Under Windows XP Pro, I installed SQL 2000 administrative tools then I could use the database manager as well as the query tool to manage my database. I have upgraded my machine to Windows Vista Ultimate. SQL 2000 client services won't install under Windows Vista. Under Windows Vista, I was able to create an ODBC component that connected successfully to the SQL 2000 remote database, but I no longer have a transaction tool or a gui to manage the tables. My goals are simple: I want to be able to view/add/drop tables and data using some sort of GUI. I would also like to have some sort of SQL transaction client. I don't need to do any high level database management, just view/change/ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) I think this is a bug in WPF DataBinding - bound ItemsControl ignores collection changes

  See details at the following post http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=765071&SiteID=1&mode=1 If I manually bind (via SetBinding) an ItemsControl to an (new, different) ObservableCollection, the ItemsControl (or some other entity) should monitor changes to that collection and update the ItemsControl accordingly. This does not appear to be the case. In the case that I simply bind once, in XAML, it works, but if the binding changes then the ItemsControl is never properly updated again. I can see that WPF does not explicitly register for the CollectionChanged event, so it must do something under the covers to track Collection Changes. Please advise. This works as expected for me ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions array of pictureboxes - click ?

  Hi, i have array of pictureboxes and i create each picturebox as follows: for ( int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { table = new PictureBox (); table .Location = new Point (startPosition += 67, 5); table .Size = new Size (67, 67); this .Controls.Add(table ); } but how can i add a control that tells if someone click on one picturebox Does this example help public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); int Position = 0; PictureBox [] table = new PictureBox [10]; for ( int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { table[ i] = new PictureBox (); table[ i].Location = new Point (Po ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Vertex Shaders without Pixel Shaders

  Sadly, XNA Beta 2 does not let you use vertex shaders without pixel shaders... If you are targetting GF2, GF4MX or Radeon 7xxx old hardware, here is a workaround: bool [ ] verifiedCanDraw ; fi = device.GetType ( ).GetField ( "_verifiedCanDraw" , BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance ); verifiedCanDraw = ( bool [ ] ) ( ( fi.GetValue ( device ) ) ); for ( int i = 0 ; i < verifiedCanDraw.Length ; i++ ) { verifiedCanDraw [ i ] = true; } Will XNA users get a fix for this @Laurent Your answer is Fair enough I guess. The XNA team isn't very large and doesn't (unfortunately) have unlimited resources. XNA also isn't written to cater for commercial devel ...Show All

• Visual C++ Communication with NT Services

  Hello all, I'm trying using NT services. I have an application that will communicate with the service in some situations. Simply I want to send commands (no parameters) from the application to the service and vise versa. To send commands from the application to the service I used the ControlService() API to send user commands. Now, what can I use to send commands from the service to the client I don't want to get deep in this. I tried PostMessage but I found that it can't be use with services. Is there a way as easy as Messages Thanks Have you considered using named pipes They are bi-directional and the service can tell whether the client is listening... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System query doesn`t work. problem < today

  hi, i tried to import with my new process template the following query and i get an error message: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <WorkItemQuery Version="1"> <Wiql>SELECT [System.WorkItemType], [pweb.pm.startDatum], [System.AssignedTo], [System.Id], [System.State], [System.Title] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @project AND [System.WorkItemType] = 'Run' AND [pweb.pm.startDatum] < @today ORDER BY [pweb.pm.startDatum], [System.AssignedTo] </Wiql> </WorkItemQuery> the problem is the sequence [pweb.pm.startDatum] < @today. if i replace the "<" with "=" everything works fine. so can somebody tell me what is wrong please. the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System we are adding unit scrits into load test but it is giving erros like object varible or with block variable not set?

  we are adding unit scrits into load test but it is giving erros like object varible or with block variable not set what could be the problem and weather we need to add any load test plugings into unit test because i don't know what could be the problem .....................pls let me know........... because its very urgent................ Hi, If you open a new unit test project in C#,VSTS, it will provide you the class with the name UnitTest1 and the Method with the name TestMethod1() So, in the UnitTest1() Constructor, we have the code which will make a connection to the database. In the TestMethod1() function, we have the code which tests successfullness of the database connection. If the databse is connected successfull ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I Instantiate a dynamic array and still be dynamic after?

  Hello, I have a program which pulls config information in from a file. The files length will vary depending on how many items are configured in the application. the application stores the config information in an array while reading the file. since the file's length varies the array must be dynamic after instantiated. From all the information I have found I know I can prep a dynamic array but I cannot find any info on instantiating it dynamically. All the info shows is instantanting the dynamic array to a static one. anyone have information on keeping the array dynamic Either that or is there a way to determine how many lines in the file are left from the current Stream position It would have to be in lines, not characters. Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Display a form

  Hi, I am having some trouble displaying a form, I have done it many times before but this time it is not working: here is my code: helpform frm = new helpform(); frm.Show(); and come up with the following errors: Error 1 The type or namespace name 'helpform' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference ) Error 2 The type or namespace name 'helpform' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference ) Any Help I noticed that you have written helloform in small letters in Image1. C# is case sensitive, so you must write helpform in small letters in all places. In Image 2, you see that you have written it "HelpForm", it is not the same thing as ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem to update the db and read COM port

  Hi everyone I m in trouble, plz help me. I have designed a form application using Access 2003 which stores data. I m working with a weight machine that connects with wire through COM port. the machinne read the weight of object and transfer the value to COM port. Now I m want to know "How retrive the value from the COM port and store in Access DATABASE " Second One is that "I want to update access database from one to another system" Plz help me, its my project work. If you have a VB6, you can use mscomm.ocx. http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx tutorial_id=320 If you don't http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/ Use OLEDB related data objects to connect to a ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't connect to Reporting Services using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

  When I try to connect to the Reporting Services using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, the following error message propmpts up: _____________________________________________________________ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.RSClient) _____________________________________________________________ Is there any settings that I need to do in the "Reporting Services Configuration Manager" Thanks. Best regards, Michael Wu ...Show All

• SQL Server Chaging the Min and Max Scale of a Chart at run time

  I have a stored procedure which will bring me back the Min, Max and Mean of different result sets. What I want to do with the Y-Axis is set the Min scale value of the chart to be Min -%5 and the Max scale value to be Max + 5%. Is there a way to change the Y-Axis values at report run time without spitting my own RDL That's great Robert but it's not apparent seeing that it doesn't follow the usual standard of having the combo box with the <expression> as a selection. Worked for me though and I thank you. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Update frozen fields using MS Excel (part2)

  This problem is related to http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=745067&SiteID=1  so it might be the result of the same source code defect. Steps for reproduction: 1. Open a query in MS Excel that includes a field with a FROZEN property 2. Perform a bulk update for another field than the FROZEN field for all work items in the query 3. Clear the FROZEN field for all work items in the query and publish to TFS 4. Set the FROZEN field for all work items to the same value and publish to TFS Result: only the first work item in the query gets updated, all other work items have their FROZEN field back cleared. Even when using another query that finds all the work items with their FROZEN field clea ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Problems with Installed Software using CCW to .NET Component

  Good afternoon, I work for an ISV which develops a solution for the financial markets written in a mix of Visual Basic 6.0 and C# 1.1. We make fairly extensive use of COM-callable wrappers to permit the VB6 application to call into our own .NET assemblies. I recently downloaded and installed Windows Vista Ultimate build 5536 pre-RC1 on one of my workstations and installed our product afterwards. The first difference I noticed was that when attempting to launch the application a Windows Installer dialog appears and churns for a minute or so. I enabled Windows Installer logged in Group Policy but the Msi.log file has not materialized so I am not aware of what it is attempting to accomplish. On one occasion Windows Installer insisted th ...Show All

• Visual C++ Custom OLE DB Provider doesn’t return complete table to Crystal Report and Sever Explorer

  I am trying to develop an OLE DB Provider using the ATL template “UpdatePV Sample”. I have a problem that crystal report shows only one row of a table from this provider. Where as the same provider is returning complete table in a C# application. Can someone please help me to identify the problem or implementation I need in provider to get complete table in Crystal Report Also the server explorer in Visual Studio 2003 doesn’t fetch any record from the provide at all, although it shows the structure of the table in it s Connections Tree view. When I select to “Retrieve Data from Table” it shows an error message as “Item cannot be found in collection corresponding to the requested name or ordinal.” ...Show All