Charlie Becker's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System How can I display work item Description field in report?

  I want to display the work item infomation that is saved in work item Description tab (refer to System.Description field). But I can't find this field in any cube. Is there a way to show the work item description in report Description is a plain text field, which can't be exported to the warehouse. The only way to create reports that include description is to query the work item operation store directly. You should expect to have to rework any reports that use the operational store whenever you upgrade to a new version of TFS. ...Show All

• SQL Server Distributed processing "farm" using Broker for middleware.

  In our current project, we are attempting to use Broker for the middleware for a "queuing" solution that helps in throttling & load-balancing incoming messages. These messages could potentially be either long-running jobs or simply an incoming flood of messages received from our integration web services that are called upon via BizTalk. For the posting of messages onto the "to do" queue, we are implementing the "fire & forget" pattern that has been discussed here previously and on Remus' blog. This aspect of the design seems to work fine for us. Currently we have this setup where activation is occuring on the target queue, but we don't want to hold open a thread there on the server while waiting for ...Show All

• Windows Forms Datagrid navigation

  Hi all, I have a datagrid in my aplication form that I fill in the fly by C# code. Basically, the datasource is an ArrayList. What I want to do is enable the user to not only edit the data in the grid (which is easy), but also change the order of the lines. The best solution will be to add 2 Up and Down arrow on the form to allow the user to do it. That will be the most friendly solution. Does anybody know how I can achieve this with C# Thanks in advance, Bertrand Thanks a lot bob. I think your approahc makes a lot of sense! I was hopefully thinking that this function could have been part of the VSTS framework. But anyway, I will apply your code since I don't have a big datasource. Just a a question, I ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't install SQL Express

  It fails because it can't find sqlncli.msi. I looked in the temp directory and it was there Log excerpt: User policy value 'SearchOrder' is 'nmu' MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:843]: User policy value 'DisableMedia' is 0 MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:843]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownMedia' is 0 MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:843]: SOURCEMGMT: Media enabled only if package is safe. MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:859]: SOURCEMGMT: Looking for sourcelist for product {50A0893D-47D8-48E0-A7E8-44BCD7E4422E} MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:859]: SOURCEMGMT: Adding {50A0893D-47D8-48E0-A7E8-44BCD7E4422E}; to potential sourcelist list (pcode;disk;relpath). MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:859]: SOURCEMGMT: Now checking product {50A0893D-47D8-48E0-A7E8-44BCD7E4422E} MSI (s ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development How to make a hyperlink navigable in an editable web page (i.e. when designMode = "On" or contentEditable = true)

  I have created a WYSIWYG html editor with the help of an article at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnmshtml/html/createwp.asp Everything works fine. Now I just want to make navigable hyperlinks in this editor. A user enters a hyperlink (Say www.msn.com) in the editor, editor detects the link, changes its color and underlines it but do not take user to the www.msn.com when he clicks the link. Is it possible to make this link navigable right within the editor. Thanks in anticipation Hi, The interface does not allow this at the moment. It's great feedback to allow a user to hold the control key and be able to navigate from the link as with other editing applications such as word. Tha ...Show All

• .NET Development BroadcastSystemMessage equivalent???

  I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this... One of the biggest issues I have had in making the switch to managed code code is finding equivalents to various functions. I have found this... But I would really like it to go a level or two deeper. For instance, what is the managed equivalent (and compatible version) of BroadcastSystemMessage Shoot, while I'm at it, what about something that shows equivalents to the other 10,000 unmanaged functions I have used in the past Thank you for the link, looks like that is getting very close to what I'm looking for! However, you mention " Certain things aren't considered safe to do. BroadcastSystemMessage is one of them." This may sound like a dumb question, but how do y ...Show All

• SQL Server derived column transform (flat file blanks to 0)

  Hi, Is it possible using derived column transform to change all blank values in a flat file to say a "0" Basically convert "" to "0" Thanks for any help, Slash. Hi, I think you can generate your derived column like this : ([source_column] == "") "0" : [source_column] Arno. ...Show All

• .NET Development How i can Use ImagXpress With ASP.NET

  Hello Sir i want use an ImagXpress controls with ASP.NET you should know the ImagXpress supported for winForms i want include the imagxpress with asp.net page (full support in asp.net) not in HTML pages. if you can help me please dont late Thank You Ghassan Rashed Please post this question in the forums at http://forums.asp.net Thank you. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 2d Platforms

  I understand it'd be pretty difficult to help me with a problem with me just describing it, without seeing code so... http://skynes.tripod.com/TheWizard.zip There's a link to a zip file containing my XNA project and all images. The Project so far is a mix of a couple of tutorials I found online (2d wizard and a tile engine) along with sprites I found online. I haven't made any of my own sprites yet cause I don't see the point until I have everything working, but I will be using all my own original sprites when it works. Anyway. So far it's a wizard who can jump and shoot fireballs. An enemy (movement currently commented out) walks across the screen, firballs dont do anything yet, but touching the enemy costs you a life. M ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Your First XNA Game: Load DDS with Alpha Channel

  Hello, just looking at the "Your First XNA Game" tutorial. It mentions using the DirectX Texture Tool to create a .dds file with an alpha channel rather than a .png. Texture2D.FromFile(graphics.GraphicsDevice, "sometexture.dds"); doesn't seem to cut it for the alpha part. I tried putting the following before it: TextureCreationParameters txParams = Texture2D.GetCreationParameters(graphics.GraphicsDevice, "sometexture.dds"); txParams.Format = SurfaceFormat.Rgba32; to force it to use a8r8g8b8 but still nada. Any suggestions Thanks Hey George, Looks like the "Your First XNA Game" sample's call to SpriteBatch.Begin doesn't pass in SpriteBlend ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Persistence and Workflow invoked within workflows

  Does the Persistence Service deal with Workflows that go idle that are inside a parent Workflow Would both be Persisted to the db in this case If we manually persist the invoker workflow using instance.Unload() at some point, the invoked one doesnt get persisted. But if the invoked workflow goes idle while executing than it should automatically be persisted in the database since the persistence service is on the runtime not on the workflow. Thanks Elif ...Show All

• Visual Basic How To Write Functions that return multiple values

  I need help writing the header for a function that returns more than one values and diff types... for example this one returns a single value as Boolean Private Fucntion Truth(ByVal var, ByVal var2) as Boolean End Function ... Is Truth false Thanks. Example Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim xret As ArrayList xret = Foo(1, "test") For Each i As Object In xret MsgBox(i) Next End Sub Function Foo(ByVal a As Integer, ByVal b As String) As ArrayList Dim x As New ArrayList x.Add("test") x.Add(1) x.Add(False) ...Show All

• .NET Development delete and update code at the same button cause concurrency violation !!!

  hi although the user for the application and the access database is one user i write the code for delete and save at the same time that gives exception says "concurrency violation the delete command affected 0 of expected rows" and i resolve this by merging a fresh copy of the table to it but also the concurrency violation occurs !!!! can any one help me this i want to stop all of concurrency violation happens at many positons of the application although the user for the access database is one user thanks in advance You will see this error if the save is updating the same database record as the delete and the save occurs first. The fix is generally to alter your code so that if the record is going to b ...Show All

• Visual Basic Changing Controls back to their Original Colors

  Hey, I'm trying to create a simple web browser that supports tabbed browsing. (That is, using to tabs to open multiple windows without launching the program multiple times.) I have everything except the actual tab part complete. I need to know how to add a tab and assign a web browser to it. I can get it to add the tab but assignning the browser as a child is beyond my knowledge. If at all possible a full example of a tabbed browser would be most effective for not only completing the task but also for me to learn how to do it. It that is not available any help would be just as highly appreciated. I am using a TabControl and a WebBrowser for controls and both seem to work correctly. Other than that there a ...Show All

• SQL Server TSQL Question - Condition AND OR IF EXISTS

  Hi Everyone: I have a condition, which I would like to use, to perform an update. I am not able to compile this condition, because I think there is a syntax issue. Can someone help me with this please I would appreciate if someone could respond back soon. Here is condition: ( IF EXISTS ( SELECT [PersonID] FROM [NIS].[Person] WHERE [PersonID] = @PersonID)) OR ( IF (@PersonID = NULL ) AND IF EXISTS ( SELECT [SSN] FROM [NIS].[Person] WHERE [SSN] = @SSN)) -- If the condition is true, do UPDATE ELSE do something else. Thanks and please let me know Unfortunately, you did not specify the table you are trying to update; I am assuming you want to update the PERSON table: UPDATE PERSON set WhatEverItIs WH ...Show All