David Gardiner's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 SP2 Fails

  I have a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 with a couple of SQL Server 2000 instances on it and two SQL Server 2005 instances on it.  I tried to install SQL Server 2005 SP1, but kept getting failures.  I saw that SP2 fixed some of the issues with installation issues that SP1 had.  So, I tried to install it.  Some of the smaller components install successfully (VSS Writer, Backward Compatibility, SQLXML4, MSXML 6.0 Parser, Native Client, Support Files), but all of the base services fail to install (Database services, Reporting Services failed for two different instances).  I've downloaded the SP2 from the Microsoft site local to that server and install from there.  I don't have space problems on ...Show All

• .NET Development trouble installing the .net framework 2.0

  when I try to install the .net framework 2.0 I get a message saying"Error creating process <C:\DOCUME~1\"username"\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Install.exe> Reason: C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll" I've tried all the ways mentioned on the forum so far and I keep getting the same error. there is a 32bit edition of the framework, unsure if it will install - theoritically it should since you appear to have a 32bit OS SDK: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=FE6F2099-B7B4-4F47-A244-C96D69C35DEC&displaylang=en x86 (32bit): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en x64 (64bit): http://www. ...Show All

• .NET Development Framework 2.0

  I updated my system using the 2.0 framework downloads and I am having problems.  I tried to use some of the new library classes such as System.IO.Ports and they do not show up in the IDE or in the help files of my VS.NET.  I checked in my Program Files and it is there along with the documentation but I tried to use some of the new methods and just recieved errors.  Any suggestions   Thanks.  Dustin You can get the express editions for free if you register them in the next 12 months. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx Mog0 ...Show All

• SQL Server error when connect to sqlserver from another machine

  hi .. i install sqlserver and make app with vb6 using ADO to connect to the database and successfully i put that application on another pc on the network when i open it it says "can't login computername\guest" !! any help thanks in advance. thanks for reply you says i can do a lot of things if i'm under domain like what and what is the domain controler could you explain and if you have short time i can talk to you in messanger it will be kind from you thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server No more datatype TIME in SQL 2005...what to do???

  I understand that SQL 2005 doesn’t support TIME ( which is, for me, incredibly weird). Now, could anyone please help me solve my problem. I want to make it possible to insert into database a start-time for the first runner in a team. And when he finishes, a finish-time. This finish-time I will also use as a start-time for the second runner....a.s.o. Furthermore I want to be able to get the results from the database to present them in several ways. This also means I can't simply insert the time as a string since it won't change hour at every 60 minutes. I have read somewhere that it should be possible to create own datatypes, but I have absolutely no knowledge to that. Could anyone please help me ...Show All

• Visual Basic C:\Documents and Settings\...\My Documents\Visual 2005\...\bin\debug\Reports *Spaces will not let me open .doc file in word*

  Hi, if someone on here could help me, I'd really appreciate it. I am currently building a program that will be able to open excel and word documents in their appropriate programs. Heres my code: Dim Job As String = txtJob.Text Dim str2File As String str2File = "" str2File = Application.ExecutablePath str2File = str2File.Substring(0, str2File.LastIndexOf( "GaugeHelper.EXE" )) Dim wordstart As New Process wordstart.StartInfo.FileName = "winword.exe" wordstart.StartInfo.Arguments = str2File & "\Reports\" & Job & "\" & Job & ".doc" w.Start() I can get it to work, except for one thing, When you use the common folder name \Documents and Settings\ Word will try to ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Orthographic UI

  So...in OpenGL I would use glOrtho(0,1,1,0,0,1) before processing my UI draw calls to set up my screen to be: 0,0 . . 0,1 . . 1,0 . . 1,1 that way, I could tell a UI component to be at 0.1, and it would make it so at any aspect ratio, any resolution, that UI component would always draw 10% to the left of the side of the screen. I want to do something similar to the UI system I'm working on for XNA, but I'm not sure how to setup the XNA camera to switch to an Orthographic projection before I process my UI components using the sprite batch. Anybody know Aye, I noticed that the spritebatch allows you to pass in the rectangle, which has to be integer values for everything. However, one of the overloads for ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Sharepoint design Question

  Hi, We are going to implement Sharepoint 2007. Over the point we are thinking about having 2 Sharepoint 2007 server. One for intranet and internal stuff and the other for the website and extranet. My question is how much flexible sharepoint 2007 is in terms of design and customization. Can we do asp.net programming and AJAX with it or is that functionality disabled. I might sound a bit stupid but the last time I checked Sharepoint 2003 with asp and i was trying to use Includes, it didn't work. Also since sharepoint 2007 have great content management, would it be a good idea to use it for websites as we might have to develop about 3-4 websites. Last but not the least Can we change the design and give the main sites the feel like any ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Debug deployed solution

  I can launch my deployed VSTO doc, then switch to my VS solution and debug-attached to the correct Word process and debug things. But how can I debug ThisDocument_Startup as there is nothing to attach to at this point I need to be able to fully step through a deployed Word VSTO solution. TIA Yes you can, I do this often. Just add a MessageBox as the first line in ThisDocument_Startup ... when your message box displays, go to attach to the process, find WINWORD.exe (should be only one of these), attach to it, set your break-point in your code, then click the 'OK' button on your message box ... assuming that you have set a valid break-point, VS should stop on it when it gets hit. Hope this helps ...Show All

• SQL Server try to publish reports to FQDN name fail's

  Im trying to publish reports to FQDN name instead of host name without luck. the reason why im try to publish the report to the dns name is that when customer rendering reports using only the dns name to logon to the web it fail's. Reason is during rendering the report Reporting Services using the hostname to access the report (if external customer put in the hostname in their hostfile it works). And my best guess is that it has something to do with how or where i deploy the report... Im using: windows 2003 R2 server standard visual studio 2003 SQL 2000 SP4 Reporting Services 2000 with SP2 Thanks in advance for any help //Mr Hi, could it be possible that RS is installed in a Standard Web and the ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Get address on user click

  Hi, I've just started using Virtual Earth... It's possible to get the address from the clicked point Thanks! Hi, You can't get an address but you can get the latitude and longitude by attaching an event to the map. map.AttachEvent( "onclick", OnMapClick ); } function OnMapClick(e) { alert( "Latitude = " + e.view.LatLong.Latitude + ", Longitude = " + e.view.LatLong.Longitude + ", Zoom = " + e.view.zoomLevel ); } Not sure how this would help you find an address though. Gerry ...Show All

• Visual Basic Microsoft SQL and VB2005

  Okay, I am wanting to add a DB connection in VB2005. I have the Server Explorer window open and I don't know if I need to add another Data Connection or Server The data is being stored on a Windows Server 2000 box. Come someone please help me. Open up the "Server Explorer" tab. Then click on the add button (looks like a cylinder with a Plus sign). That will bring up the database connection box where you can enter the information about your server. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions mutipe pages?

  im trying to use a button to load a new page in the same window can someone give me some device Try this: Public Class Form1 Private mForm2 As Form2 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click If mForm2 Is Nothing Then '--- Form doesn't yet exist, create a new one mForm2 = New Form2 AddHandler mForm2.FormClosed, AddressOf Form2_Closed mForm2.Show(Me) End If mForm2.Focus() End Sub Private Sub Form2_Closed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FormClosedEventArgs) mForm2 = Nothing End Sub End Class ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XAML and XNA

  Are there any plans to provide XAML support in XNA I realize some things are probably foreign to XNA's current design (like vector support), but even a subset of its functionality would be useful. Today, many studios use swf's (with proprietary playback engines or GameSWF) for UI and HUDs, but XAML would be perfect for that. I have some itty bitty XAML support in my own MDX engine, but it feels silly to develop a playback mechanism for it when MS has the original source and could integrate it with XNA (saving me lots of time). My second best hope is for the Anark Gameface playback engine to be integrated with XNA, that'll be good enough, but I don't think it'll happen very soon... Isn't WPF on top o ...Show All

• .NET Development Serialisation fails when using generic collections. Feedback 119402.

  There appears to be a bug in VS2005 which prevents generic collections from being serialised properly. Specifically, whenever any trivial change is made to the source code, causing the version revision to be changed, a mismatch occurs between the program and the serialised data causing a FileLoadException to be thrown. This only occurs if a) the serialisable object contains a generic (template) collection of non-simple types, b) the assembly has a strong name, and c) the assembly version revision number is defaulted. I have a simple test program which demonstrates this. The workaround seems to be to not put generic collections in serialisable classes. This, however, poses a major irritation for us as we are about to go to market with a pro ...Show All