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SQL Server Installation fails on Vista RTM
Hi all! I couldn't manage to install SQL Server 2005 Express or Standart Edition on Windows Vista. The installation fails with the error message I pasted below: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup ------------------------------ SQL Server Setup failed to execute a command for server configuration. The error was [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Windows NT user or group 'FUSION\SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$FUSION$MSSQLSERVER' not found. Check the name again.. Refer to the server error logs and Setup logs for detailed error information. For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.2047.00&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=29521&EvtType=lib%5codbc_statement.h ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE while build of first example in help how to do
I used to code in pascal, cobol, assembly, basic, etc, but not C. From: Your First Game: Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express in 2D following along and doing the first build, I get the error above. I did not think I was calling the 3d engine only the 2d. I cannot find any help on the error, where to look, etc, except what is in the error window when you cursor over it. I cannot figure out how to copy the error in that popup window to look at it further. I know some dislike nubies, but please help if you know the answer. Its disheartening to type in only 6 lines of code and not be able to debug it! To say the least. Thanks OH OH OH, I figured out how to copy the error: Error 1 Building content threw InvalidOperationExcept ...Show All
Visual Basic Q: Persistent Graphics on Form or PicBox: a real pain!!!
Hi all, this is kind of a follow up on 2 earlier threads I started. This time the question is a bit more fundamental. It concerns replacement of the persistent graphic methods in VB6 with the Picbox_paint persistent graphics in VB.net. Whatever I try, and whatever help I ask I simply cannot perform the following task: (heavily simplified) I have a VB6 program that reads inputvalues (X and Y) from an A/D convertor. It continuously reads values at ~5 per second and plots them as vectors. Aim is to visualize outliers and get a quick view of grouping of the outliers. I definitely need to implement exacly this functionality in VB.net. After a number of days, millions or even billions of vectors are drawn, with only a few outliers. ...Show All
.NET Development Default web site : There are no items to show in this view
Hi all, Hope everyone is doing well :-) Problem Statement : When i open my IIS(version 5.1) i get this message "There are no items to show in this view ", i can understand why its happening,its because of rights, iam not a local system administrator, so iam getting the message like this, but i need some solution to use my local system IIS without being an administrator, iam a power user of my domain group but not to my local system , so guys please provide me with some suitable solution , without this user rights its very much difficult for me to work , so send me a solution asap Thanks in advance Note : As iam new to the forum i may ve posted the message in wrong column kindly forgive me Wishes n Regards Venkat A better ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions Textbox Display web browser's URL
I would like to know how to make my ToolStripTextBox1 display the URL of WebBrowser1. I want it to display the URL of each new page WebBrowser1 loads. Thank You. For your webrowser make a webrowser.documentcomplete event In that event put this code: ToolStripTextBoxq.text = webBrowser1.URL And you'll have it. ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Visual Studo Express
I have Microsfot Visual Studio Professional Edition and when I try to install XNA it tells me I need the Express Edition. Why would I need a lesser version of a program to run this If there is a way around this or anyone has any insite please email me codythejones@hotmail.com The XNA Game Studio Express (Current Release) was designed for the hobby developer, and yse you do need to use the Visual Studio C# Express. In furture versions of the XNA Systems the Pro Edition will be targeting the Full Versions of Visual Studio. These Pro Editions are targeting the Professional Developer and will bring a cost. So if you want the free system you need to use the Express Systems. ...Show All
SQL Server Retrieving data from .MDF???
Dear fellows, Up to the moment I've got enough knowledge for read data stored into .LDF files by dbcc log and so on. It's very useful and interesting. Now, I wonder how to retrieve the same information but on MDF files. At first, I want to make sure that is not possible by mean of traditional methods (dbcc or something like that) I suppose so but I'd like to hear opinions regarding that. Thanks in advance for any idea, though or further information. If you're just interested in poking about though, checkout this link . ...Show All
Windows Forms RichTextBox help needed!
Hello, I am writing a fully featured text editor. How can I code this: When the user clicks Save, it saves any changes to the current open file. If the file has not been saved yet, it launches the Save As code. Also, when the program exits, how can I make the program check if there are any unsaved changes, and ask the user if he/she would like to save the file. Matt Use a boolean flag for the current document if it has been changed since last save. Have another member keep the actual filename. On save event you do nothing if nothing has changed and if it has and no filename ask for a filename if it does not yet have one. Once it is changed and you have a filename you can save it. If you exit the ...Show All
Audio and Video Development How Can I use the voice capture DMO (Microphone Array Function)
Hello All, I am developing an application about using Microphone Array function via the voice capture DMO to make an audio file. And I encounter some problems as below, could anybody help me to clarify it 1. Is it possible to use the voice capture DMO in DirectShow by using the wrapper filter I have created an AEC filter (CLSID_CWMAudioAEC) by wrapper filter in DirectShow and render to a file, but it doesn't work (No output data generated). How can I do to overcome this problem 2. I have used “AECMicArray” sample to record the audio file, and it produces a .pcm flie. I have a question that how can I do to play this file I have tried to write the wave header manually and it is playable. However, writing header manually does not ...Show All
Visual Basic DLL Creation
I want to create a DLL for editing HEX Data I want that if it is referenced for editing any bytes you need write this line: WriteB (File , Seek, Byte) File= Files to open with FileStream ( Imports Sytem.IO is necessary obviously) Seek= For moving the pointer in a offset Byte= Byte to write in the Offset Now if i want to edit a byte i need write this code Dim str As New FileStream(OpenFileDialog1.FileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite) str.Seek(&H18D, SeekOrigin.Begin) str.WriteByte(CByte("&H" & ComboBox3.Text)) And i want to create a Function in the DLL Imports System.IO Public Class Class1 ' Start Function Public Function Nome_funzione As CallType ......... ...Show All
SQL Server DTS package "Index Not Found Error"
The Scenario is we have a development machine that is actually a virtual machine and we have a test server. Virtual machine is XP professional based machine and Test Server is Windows Server 2003 based machine. We have created a DTS package in Sql Server 2000 which copies data from 7 foxpro .dbf files to Sql Server 2000 based Database. This package when we test at our Development machine(Virtual Machine) works very fine, but when same DTS package is executed at Test Server it gives an Error, Below is the error which we found in DTS Logs. Package failed because Step 'DTSStep_DTSDataPumpTask_1' failed. ************************************************************************** Step Error Source: Microsoft JET Database Engine Step Error Des ...Show All
SQL Server Shrinking databases or files
Hi, I have some doubts about Shrinking databases or files. while shrinking a file, I learned that we are alllowed to shrink more than the minimum size of the file, does not it bring damage to the data in that file Hi, I would like to take programmers opinion about shrinking. Would you share yout opinions with me Menawhile, Derek; A shrink operation does not preserve the fragmentation state of indexes in the database, and generally increases fragmentation to a degree. This is another reason not to repeatedly shrink the database. I do not exactly understand what you meant in here. Would you please explain it to me ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. By the numbers - why so big?
My content, using JPG's, is roughly 14.4 MB. However, the XNB version is roughly 515 MB. About 38 times bigger than the original. Is this normal What steps do I need to take to reduce the size of this I'm just begining with my development but if I can't augment this behavior of the Framework I'll have to serverly strip down my game. Maybe, I'll have to replace Content<T> altogether ( ) I have a few 60+ MB jpeg’s if anyone is interested. Just post your email info and I’ll send them to you Actually, I couldn’t send the images even if I wanted too because they're not mine. I thought we were aiming for the 10-Foot experience. Popping up a clip composed of 8x8 BMP’s seems to contradict that goal. May ...Show All
Visual Studio VSS2005 mishandling binary files
I have seen several posts regarding the corruption of pdf files in VSS2005, as described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925234. This appears to be an issue for us on version 8.0.50727.42. I have plans of requesting the hotfix described from our MS support rep. We installed VSS standalone, outside the Visual Studio 2005 system, so the service pack recommended in the article will not install. I have added *.pdf to our binary file mask in our srcsafe.ini files for all of our databases (Binary_Masks = *.doc;*.dll;*.exe;*.ocx;*.pdf). The files are all identified and treated properly except the pdf files. When a pdf is added to the database, it is identified as binary and not corrupted. However the problem occurs on any subsequent ch ...Show All
SQL Server Error when attempting to backup to a second disk file
In SQL Server 2005, via the GUI, I wish to backup a database to an additional disk file (there is already an existing backup disk file for this database), so that I can have more than one backup. I've added the new disk file name, highlighted it, and clicked OK. I get an immediate error (see below). Note, the 2nd error message is specifying the existing backup disk file, not the new one I'm attempting to create. "Backup failed for Server 'WCS-DEV-TPA'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)" "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The volume on device 'D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\WCS_ADV_Longmont.bak' is not part of a multiple family media set. BACKUP WITH FORMAT can be used to form a new media set. (Microsoft.S ...Show All