Christina Tabet's Q&A profile

• SQL Server The annoying WMI configuration error

  I'm recieving the following error: The SQL Server System Configuration Checker cannot be executed due to WMI configuration on the machine 'machine information' Error: 2147749896 (0x80041008). I've researched the error and found out some people were running batch scripts to reinstall wmi, but none of them worked for me. One of them I gave up on after thirty minutes and it wasn't doing anything. Please give some suggestions on how I can resolve this issue. Yay! I've actually maged to get it working! More or less. If anyone else is having similar troubles, here's what I did. As on this page http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm , I downloaded, READ ABOUT, and ran the WMIDiag script. That pointed ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problem if "get latest" in a workspace whose local drive is a Samba drive

  I define a workspace and map a source code folder to a Samba drive (i.e. this is not a real PC drive, it is actually a folder on a unix file server). When I do a "get latest", TFS complains about "Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation". In the "Latest" column, it says "Not Downloaded". But when I look at the folder from unix side, the file does exist(i.e. it is already downloaded). Since the file is marked as "Not downloaded", I am NOT allowed to check it out and other TFS manipulations. Anybody knows what is going on I think that is the problem about operation system. TFS was written by VS.NET VS .NET CLR (Installed on Windows) can't support unix. So if your folder ...Show All

• SQL Server ACCESS SQL SERVER TO USE NORTHWIND DB (continuation)

  I went to Start>programs>sqlserver2005>configuration tools>surface area configuration. Next, I selected local and remote connections. Further, under this selection there is: Using TCP/IP only (SELECTED) Using named pipes only; and Using both TCP/IP and named pipes. Again, I received a message saying SQL server does not allow remote connection. Any suggestions Thanks!! Thanks for the link on how to configure the SQL server to allow remote connections! In step 3 for creating exceptions in Windows Firewall, the Instance ID is located and is showing as MSSQL.1. Even though MSSQL.1 is showing in the Instance ID, it is not active, ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adapter.Fill fails with No Selection Rights.

  Im using an informix driver and having an issue when I try to change the connection string. Setting up a data source with the tables and adapters, I have only been able to use a DSN that I have created using the ODBC Manager. When you do the setup, it wants to save the ConnectionString. But it saves it to the Application.Connection String which is impossible to change.(Maybe I wrong) Everything works great until I try to get rid of my UID and PWD. The Adapter.Fill fails with No Selection Permissions. What am I missing DataSet ds = new DataSet(); OdbcDataAdapter daAccountInfo = new OdbcDataAdapter(); OdbcConnection connection = new OdbcConnection(myConnString + myLoginPWD); try { this.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor; ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Build .vbp in Express Edition

  I have several files, .frm, .txt, .vbp which were created from the old Visual Studio (licenced copy). Howver, the installation cd is lost and therefore, I can't install on my machine. Recently, I installed the Visual Basic Express Edition. I made some changes to the codes on the .frm file with the express edition. When I tried to build/compile, the build button is disabled. Why is that so P.S I'm a newbie in visual basic. Hi, I manage to resolve the problem by using the upgrade wizard. However, when I try to build the project, there's an error which says 'Fullscreen' is not a member of  'System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser'. Apparently, this property or method is different from VB 6 and i ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Spare 360 power supply to help with XNA development

  I have to move my xbox from the tv room to my computer room for doing XNA development - probably the same story for many of you here. So I figured I would just buy a second set of cables so it was easier to move - I can find the video cables all over but there appears to be no way to get a second power supply. There's a couple on ebay but they want $120 with shipping which seems a little much. So what is the magic search voodoo to find a spare one at a reasonable price. i do whireless i my place all include my coffe maschine is wireless conected so i just send a command to the coffe maschine and it make coffe if i rember to put the coffe in the container so i deploy wireless just rember to shot off your microwave good ...Show All

• .NET Development ExecuteScalar() and Primary Key

  I have a sql command that inserts into a Datbase....and i pass it the parameters in my table...It breaks though...When i do a call stack i see the new values being loaded into the memory through the parameters...but i also do a stacktrace and i see it breaks when i try to retrieve the _CustomerID that is also the primary key..... which is line 990.....take a look at the command could it be structerd different...... private void Insert() { string sql = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"]; using (SqlConnection connect = new SqlConnection(sql)) { using (SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("Customer_Insert", connect)) { command.Parameters.Add("@CustomerC ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bug in VS.NET 2003?

  Ok I had some time to make a sample project to demonstrate what I feel is a bug. Either that or I am doing something wrong here. http://www.myshack.net/fotty/VSBugSLN.zip Here is a link to a simple windows form app project and class library project (both part of same solution) Zip contains only the uncompiled project files. the class library contains 1 class which extends to textbox class (just makes the font red, this is just to illustrate the fact that its a class inheriting from a control) the windows forms app contains just 1 form, and references the class library project. Open the project, and compile it in debug mode prior to viewing form1. This is because the class library DLL needs to be compiled before it can be used on the fo ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista human workflow and tasklist

  hi,im quite new to windows WF i have experience of developing human workflows with wfmc standards,but windows WF concepts seems to be diffrent. i should develop a human workflow which is role based.for example each step of the flow(activity) is assigned to a role(an individual person or a group of persons who meets a certain criteria eg. all employer of department X). i want to know how should i get the task list of a certain user who logs into the system.any methode any example any idea i should mention that i DONT want to involve sharepoint in my system and i want to develop all the system as a web application without incvolving sharepoint. any help on this is welcomed. thank you Mau ...Show All

• SQL Server Connect to Hyperion Essbase

  Can SQL Server Reporting Services connect to Hyperion Essbase If so, what version of Hyperion Essbase So, the two beta product can connect to each other. (I believe Hyperion System 9.3 is still in beta.) Guess I'll wait for the RTM versions of SQL Server 2005 SP2 to come out as well. Thanks for the info. ...Show All

• Visual C# Completely dynamic method invocation

  In java, I believe you can attempt to call a method even though the compiler can't find the method in the object's known class. Basically, you could do something like this - Object o; o.SomeMethod(); The java compiler doesn't look to see if SomeMethod exists in o. It simply compiles the code and tries to find the method on the object at run-time. If it's not found, something like a MethodNotFoundException is thrown, and can be handled gracefully. I want to do precisely the same thing in C# without using reflection. I think this type of behavior can be acheived in a roundabout way using the item of a foreach loop, but I want to be able to do it anywhere. Essentially, I want to be able to get this piece of code to compile - tr ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums ASP.NET Virtual Earth Mapping Control

  Here's a link to an ASP.NET Virtual Earth Mapping Control that I'm developing. http://pietschsoft.com/product/ve3 There's a newer, even better ASP.NET Ajax Virtual Earth Mapping Server Control out now, called Web.Maps.VE. I have an even richer Ajax support than what PietschSoft.VE ever had. It is definately worth checking out! http://simplovation.com/Page/WebMapsVE.aspx ...Show All

• SQL Server How to pass values to multi value parameter

  Hi, I am trying to pass a url which can run my multi value parameter report. I have done similar thing for single value parameter and it worked but I don't know how should I pass more than 1 value to my parameter. Please help!!! -Rohit What kind of database are you using relational DB or analysis services cube If you are using a relational database, when you are defining the parameter in the query you have to use the IN operator instead of the '='. For instance if you said column_name = @parameter_name in the previous query, you have to change this to: column_name IN(@parameter_name). If your database is a relation DB, whenever you define a multi-valued parameter, you have to use the 'IN' o ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL2005 SSIS - won't allow text delimiters

  W2k3 server, SQL 2005. @@version = Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.1399.06 (Intel X86) Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 1) I'm trying to set up my first SSIS package to import a flat file to a database table. The connection manager will not allow a text qualifier. My data is comma delimited, with doublequotes around each field. If I enter " as the text qualifier, then I get the error "The preview sample contains embedded text qualifiers ("). The flat file parser does not support embedding text qualifiers in data. Parsing columns that contain data with text qualifiers will fail at run time." The data in Columns view shows as just one column rather than multiple columns. If I leave the text ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Digital signature

  How can I digitally sign a document either a Word or a PDF file using Visual Studio 2005 How do I assure it's integrity Thanks. Have you considered using the Digital Signature feature of Word In order to assure integrity of the document, you can't use VS. You'll need to use Words signing feature. You can find more information on signing documents here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH060839901033.aspx Hope that helps. ...Show All