Pocketmnky's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Cluster Installation Fail (Error 29503 & 17058)

  When the setup program tries to start the database service (the last step of installation), it indicates an error 29503. The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually." The error is (17058) Any help would be appreciated. Solved after several tries. Seems that the problem is the user running the setup program cannot be the cluster service account. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Connecting from Desktop to a PocketPC SQL Database fails

  Hi, I'm working with Visual Studio .Net 2005. I'm trying to connect from a Desktop VB Application to a SQL Database on the Pocket PC. Every time I'm setting up the connection to mobile device, it is automatically resetted to the desktop working space. I can do what i want. It is never keeping the connection as I'm setting it up. On the first screen it states "mobile device" and after returning it is resetted. Does somebody out there have a hint. I don't know what to do nor where else to ask. I' m working with the German language in Visul Studio 2005 Thanks You can not connect from desktop to database on device programmatically. It appears developers believe they can ac ...Show All

• Windows Forms DefaultValue attribute VC++ definition not working

  It could just be my usage but I can't get the DefaultValue designer attribute to work for colors in vc++/vs2005. I'm defining as follows. public: [System::ComponentModel::DefaultValue(System::Drawing::Color::typeid, "Orange")] property System::Drawing::Color MyComponentColor; When I add the control to my form it correctly displays in the designer with the exception that the MyComponentColor property is not set to Orange as I would have expected. I've seen plenty of VB & C# examples of this which all claim to work and I believe I have correctly converted them to VC++ above... Anyone able to lend a hint at what I've done wrong Thanks It would appear that a namespace confl ...Show All

• SQL Server Need to alter identity property

  I need to alter all our identity columns to be not for replication (currently they do not have this condition). I checked how Microsoft is performing this task by recording a script while doing this manually in SSMS. They simply create another table with identity column not for replication, pour data into new table, drop the old one and sp_rename for new one. This is not the case for us - some our tables have billions of records so we can't afford keeping these tables off-line for so long. Are there any ways to alter it Any wok arounds, except directly updating sys tables which is not recommended Thanks I believe you can do it using T-SQL: You probably need sp4 for this. I know it works in SQL 2005 ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Glass with MDI apps

  Is there a reason (and can anything be done about it) why MDI child windows don't have a glass Caption bar It seems odd to invest in such a contempory look as glass produces but have it let down by only making certain windows behave that way. David As this can be useful in some circumstances, is there any way to add this back into an MDI window's caption area, using the DWM glass APIs ...Show All

• Visual C# Is it possible to catch a c++ assert dialog using c#?

  Is it possible to catch a c++ assert dialog using c# So, if a c# application is interacting with a c++ application and the c++ application launches a c++ assert failure dialog is it possible to catch it in c# so the dialog is not displayed Thanks. Not that I'm aware of. The C++ assertion dialog should only be generated by debug code. It is generated within the C++ RTL and can not be prevented as there is no communication back to C# (or anybody else) that the dialog is going to be displayed. Michael Taylor - 7/28/06 ...Show All

• Visual Basic Using Return insted of Exit Function

  I've been doing some internal code review here at my company and have seen varying degrees of inconsistency with coders exiting a function with "Return" or "Exit Function". I want to address this and give them a reason to use "Return", but thinking about this, I realized that I wasn't entirely clear myself why I would prefer them to do this other than it seems more .NET. The entire development staff is coming from VB6 and we are working on porting the old VB6 code to our updated VB.NET application. So I know to convince them to use "Return", I'm going to have to give them more than, "it looks nice". So here is an example of what I consider the old VB6 way and is what I would like to remove ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB.NET-Deployment (UNC)

  Hello! I know to go through the 'Publish' Wizard to "setup & deploy" my VB.NET VBE application. However, where it prompts for the path that the app will be loaded from, what is/does the 'UNC' need to be set to Thanks in advance... Thanks for the info!! Another question on this... So, I go with the CD or DVD installation type... When I come to the "Where will the application check for updates " screen, do I need to use the "no update" option or (i.e. as in playing with the app locally) can I use a path to check, here Thanks in advance... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Work Space issue

  I was just brought onto a project as the Build Manager just about a month ago. I am a MCSE not a MCSD. The old Build Manager left the company and we are attempting to resolve a few issues with this server. First is the mapping of the workspace. I see the workspace that was used. I am unable to map to that space as the server still thinks it is being use. I have read a number of post talking about command line “tf” command. However on the server I am unable to get this command to work at all. Whenever I attempt use this command I receive the error saying this is not a recognizable command. How then can I determine who is linked to the required folder I have also attempted to look in the C:\Documents and Settings folder st ...Show All

• Windows Forms Using Webbrowser Control to display generated (and stored in a string) HTML Code?

  ...a bit more detailed: I've generated a bit of HTML Code in my application, stored in a string. (string myHtml="<html><body>Test</body></html>";) Am I am right, that i can't use the Webbrowser Control to display the html code, it only allows to enter an Url, and i don't want to store the code locally on the harddrive. The html code should only be displayed (there is no user interaction except of the possibility to scroll up/down). Are there any other ways to display the html code Tnx a lot for any ideas! cu, Mike If you're using .NET 2.0, you can assign the html string to the browser control using the DocumentText property: string myHtm ...Show All

• SQL Server Table visibility not functioning correctly on Server, works fine in Visual Studio

  I have a report problem. I'm using a parameter to dynamically control visibility for two tables. If the parameter is set to one value, I want to switch one of the tables to invisible, if the parameter is set to another, I want the other table to be invisible instead. This all works fine in Visual Studio. When I publish it to my report server, the visibility controls no longer function and both tables always display. Any ideas here I'm running 2005, SP2 CTP. Hi Robert, Can you create an RDL and send to me that uses no datasourc, Northwind or AdventureWorks as a data source that I can try and reproduce in-house. This may be a bug. Send to bradsy@ remove microsoft.com ...Show All

• Community Chat New revolution - Classic ASP/VB6 moving onto ASPX and VB.net, what u think ???????

  Supp Coder , Just wanna know, now that there are new frameworks and managed codes in .NET while we most are used to coding da classic stuff -------------------------------------------------- Who is going to procede wit da new code style -------------------------------------------------- and who feels like sticking to there old coding style -------------------------------------------------- for example who wants to stick to C+ or who to move on to C# --------------------------------------------------- and what could be da conciquences of sticking to unmanaged coding or is it just a microsoft monopoly act (im a microsoft oriented coders, just so u know) ---------------------------------------------- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Ignoring UserMap.xml during VSS Migration

  When migrating a simple project from VSS to TFS, I ran into the following error: TF60096: Unable to migrate due to Team Foundation Error: TF50605: There was an error looking up the SID for <USER>. Having experience with this type of problem in the past, I quickly mapped the user in the UserMap.xml file and reran the migration. <As a side note, it would be great if the analyze would report on this type of error> Unfortunately I got the same error back - almost as if the vssconverter ignored the UserMap.xml. I have doubled checked the UserMap.xml file and location and they appear to be correct. The VSSConverter.log is showing something like: [VersionControl, Error, 16, 2006/10/25 15:14:52.283] Exception: System.Web.S ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problem with AddNamedCommand and tooltips

  Hi. I'm using AddNamedCommand to create a custom command in my add-in: pCommands->AddNamedCommand(m_pAddInInstance, CComBSTR("Settings"), CComBSTR("Settings"), CComBSTR("Edit add-in settings"), VARIANT_TRUE, 3049, NULL, EnvDTE::vsCommandStatusSupported+EnvDTE::vsCommandStatusEnabled, &pSettings); In Visual Studio 2003 the tooltip for the command is "Edit add-in settings" as I expect. In Visual Studio 2005 the tooltip is "Settings". Seems like it is using the button name as a tooltip. Is there a way to have different button name and tooltip Thanks Ivo I got it to work. For those interested, here's the exact code: CComPtr<Micr ...Show All

• Visual C++ MainFrame unstable

  I am running an application that continuously loops with 1 second interruptions (Sleep function), looking for data strings from an x ray analyzer, then formating and appending records to a MS ACCESS database. Leaving the full application window on the monitor does not create any problems and the application works great. When minimizing the application display or opening another application, the Window frame does not rebuild properly, although the application sometimes is still collecting data. Upon exiting, the MS Notification error box appears. Maybe you can post some code where the problem occurs. You should not be doing any lengthy tasks on the main (GUI) thread because this does not give your wi ...Show All