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• Visual Basic Can't Get VB6 Serv Pak 6 to install in Vista RC1

  Has anyone gotten VB6 Service pack 6 to install in VISTA RC1 I tried and it errors out with some cryptic error about a missing file and quits. VB shows no sp installed and programs that were created with SP6 installd on XP will not run in the API on Vista RC1 with an error message "Component missing". Has Microsoft a fix for this We have lots and lots of custom written programs that we will have to maintain and support on VISTA (if installed) and there seems no way to do it because the service Pack 6 can't install. Hi Greg, Did you get it working I have also hit the same problem. I have installed Vista Ultimate and now trying to install VB6 using the original CD. I am also the only user with Administration ...Show All

• SQL Server Recursive query?

  I have a set of data and I need to actually add a column to the result set based on information contained within the query. For example, SalesmanID  SalesBudget   SalesRegion      Product      Amount 1                      1000                 USA                   Soap          100.50 1         &nbs ...Show All

• Windows Forms Help please with richTextControl

  hi im using c#, I have 2 richTextBoxes box1 & box2 if I go: box1.Rtf.ToString(); i get a string like: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}} {\colortbl ;\red255\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs36 Hello, this is a test\cf0\fs17\par } how do i append this text to box2 kepping the textes font and size ect Thanks. I tried box2.AppendText(theString) but it appends the code of the text, not the text. This should work : RichTextBox2.Select(RichTextBox2.TextLength, 0) RichTextBox2.SelectedRtf = RichTextBox1.Rtf Best Sriram ...Show All

• SQL Server Copy Database Question

  Setting up a sql2005 db server, trying to use Copy Database to move from sql2000 to sql2000. When I use the copy database wizard it does copy the tables and logins but it does not appear to be copying the permissions (like db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_denydatareader, db_denydatawriter, etc.) What could I be missing Thanks The Copy DB wizard does not copy all metadata from one server to another. Check out this article: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188664.aspx Specifically, this section that tells how to migrate everything else over: Managing Metadata When Restoring to Another Server Instance When you copy a database to another server instance, to provide a ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Selection Clipboard Operations

  Hello, 1. How does one know if there is selection (strokes or elements) without having to put it on clipboard 2. How does one delete selection without putting it on clipboard 3. If the above two require clipboard, is there a way to get a temporary clipboard so that the "main" clipboard contents are unaffected Thanks in advance. Regards, Vinay Agarwal Hi Vinay, 1. Call InkCanvas.GetSelectedStrokes() or InkCanvas.GetSelectedElements() to find out which (if any) strokes and elements are selected. 2. There are three ways to delete the selection without putting it on the clipboard: a. Call InkCanvas.Strokes.Remove(InkCanvas.GetSelectedStrokes) b. Send the ApplicationCommands.Delete com ...Show All

• Visual C++ LNK2019 unresolved external symbol error

  Hey everyone. Im creating a program that inputs polygon data and outputs polygon projections. When compiling some code I get the following build output. ------ Build started: Project: projection, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... homework6.cpp Linking... projection.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class vector<double> __cdecl operator*(class vector<double> &,class vector<double> &)" ( D@YA AV $vector@N@@AAV0@0@Z) referenced in function "void __cdecl parallel(void)" ( parallel@@YAXXZ) projection.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class vector<double> __cdecl operator*(class vector<double> &,double)" ( D@YA AV ...Show All

• SQL Server xml data source, not sure why i'm losing data

  I created a SSIS package, it calls for web service which creates an .xml file, then I use XML source to point to the xml file and want it to be imported to a table, but data won’t go into the database table. I believe it’s something wrong with the xml file format, but don’t know how to change it. Here is what the .xml file like: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" > <DataSet> <xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema " xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata"> <xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true"> <xs:complexType> ...Show All

• .NET Development Why there is a blank line when a row is set to style:display=none?

  Hello, I have a table with three rows, the rows need to be set to visible or invisible. The current problem is: when I set row 1 and 2 to invisible, there are still two blank rows above the third visible row, why how to remove it Thanks. Code is as below: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <body> <form name="Form1" method="post" id="Form1"> <table id="DataList1" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr> <td> <TABLE id="Table5" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="70%" border="0&qu ...Show All

• Windows Forms Combobox in DataGridView Cell problem

  Hi all, I hope this is a simple problem that someone can help with. I have a windows application with a DataGridView. The last three columns of this grid contain combo boxes in each cell linking to three different lookup tables on our SQL server. When a useris using the application and they select one of the options from the drop down list it displays no problem, they can then click a button to save changes. The problem lies if the user makes a mistake with the drop down choice. If i want to leave the field as a null value there is no way they can delete the choice in the combobox. To try and get round this i created a null entry in the lookup database but this created a different problem. With this in place when a user selects the values ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. The Unofficial "Hooray I'm Done With my DBP Game" Thread

  When you get done with you game and sumbit it, crow about it here. A little over 24 hours left until the deadline and I'm so amazed I'm done, so much better than college Thanks to ZMan for his help, good luck all. I'll post the source code for my submission once the deadline hits. Bill I'd like to post my game somewhere, for others to see, but I'm still wodering if it is ok with MS. Anyone has an official opinion ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Permission - How do I deny delete access only from contributors?

  In TFS, I don't want anyone to be able to delete the files from source control. This was easily done in Visual Source safe 6.0 / 2005 not in TFS. There is no OOB deny delete - any way to customize Thanks. James, That would be great but once I delete the file and checkin my changes (the project file), I don't see the deleted file anymore in the source control explorer. How do I undelete or recover it Also is it possible to see a list of deleted files as some kind of a report Or is it because I an administrator I'll have to try with a team member who has a contributor role. Thanks. ...Show All

• Windows Forms run time error (book1.xls) invalid attachament type but works when continuied

  I have a vb app that creates a xls book1.xls and then sends an email and attaches book1.xls then goes and then goes to the next customer and drops book1 and creates a new book1. my problem is that during the run (200) customers i get an error at this point Dim oAttch As MailAttachment = New MailAttachment(sfile, MailEncoding.Base64) but i click continue and it still attaches book1.xls and will loop through 10-20-30 customers then pop the error again I press continue it my go to the end of the list or it may go 1 - and pop again then i click continue it attaches book1 and rusumes is there a way I can check for a specific error code error code -2147467259 and just tell it to contiinue so to ...Show All

• SQL Server How to translate oracle decode

  Hi, How to translate oracle Decode without changed code I mean: I have one application and instead to change all decode to case when I would like just replace decode for dbo.decode, so I Wrote this function select dbo.fnDecode( 1 , 2 , 3 ) first parameter always int, and the others parameters could be char, int or float. I would like to test first value and return second or third value -> sql_variant for all parameters, ok but I can use + or - I can't do this select dbo.fnDecode( 1 , 2 , 3 ) + dbo.fnDecode( 1 , 2 , 3 ) If I put cast ok, but I is there another way, overload this call With clr doesn't work, because Sql Server doesn't accept function overload calls from C# Any ideia ...Show All

• SQL Server Display XML document via Reporting Services from SQL XML Datatype field

  We have XML documents stored inside of a SQL Server 2005 database, and I am accessing relational data through Reporting Services. There is a requirement to display the XML document as XML in IE, much like it would work if you opened an XML file from the file system and dispay in IE, but the user has to navigate to this from within a reporting services report, and XML data comes from an XML field. I haven't found any straight-forward way of accomplishing this. Any help appreciated! -Kory ...Show All

• Visual Basic Error from custom control & ToolStrip problem

  I have created a Custom control, containing 4 masked text boxes.and most times when i build it, i get a error: "InvalidArgument=Value of '-2147483648' is not valid for row position.' What is it i searched MSDN, it looks like one of the SQL errors. How can this happen, i didn't use SQL. Edit: i fixed this tool strip problem. seems that i put visible to false unknowingly. I also have a problem with my Tool strip. The tool strip on the top works well, but the one i placed in a table layout panel, is missing from view, it only appears in Design view when i select it from the bottom strip. actually when i comment out all the code, it still have the same error. but the code Public Class IPTextBox Private ip A ...Show All