VitaminB6's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Changing connection string at run time??? :(

  I have got two connection strings in my application which I am creating in VB.NET 2005, one whose database is installed with my application so i can keep the connection string and other which is already there with the user. I want the connection string of the other database which i am taking from the customer to be installed in the registry which is fine, the string value is stored in the registry from the customer input. Now how do i get that string as the current connection string as systems.settings.connectionstring is read only Is there any ways this can be done because I am working on this project and it needs to be done somehow Isolated Storage may be an option you may want to look into as well. ...Show All

• SQL Server Validation issues

  Hi there, I have a package that runs fine in BIDS, however fails when run in a job with the following error: "The Validate method must succeed and indicate the result using an "out" parameter". The task it is failing on is a third party FTP task that uses expressions for the filesource and filedestination and username. I have set delay validation on for this task, yet it still seems that it is trying to validate it. Any suggestions Thanks. Alright the only way i found out of this was to not have an ssis step in the job but rather a tsql step that runs: xp_cmdshell 'DTEXEC...' Not the best way, but the only one i can find that works . ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista 64 vs 32

  Does Microsoft have any forcasts in mind as far as what percentage of Vistas sold will be 32bit and what percentage would be 64 bit. I tend to lean towards the 64 bit being in the majority because alot of people will be buying new hardware as well. But I am wondering if there is a forecast available ...Show All

• Windows Forms Disappearing data rows

  This is kind of weird... I have an application with a tab control, where I dynamically add/remove tab pages, each of which has a flow layout panel that gets group boxes containing data grid views added to it. My row filters and everything seem to be working just fine and all, but I have a weird bug I can't quite understand. Say you have this thing configured such that it adds two tab pages with some lists on each. It loads up, and sits there displaying and updating all of the data just fine on both of the tabs. You can switch between them, and everything seems normal. But then, if you sit on one tab for more than, say, ten seconds or so, when you switch to the other one, every list on that tab will have only one row. But the tab you wer ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Visual Studio/VSTS and starting a build

  Somehow in the past 2 days, my VS environment has gotten a little messed up. If i choose to start a build from either Build | Build Team Project ... or from Team Explorer | Project | Team Builds | .... right click.. The UI does not show....visual studio does not respond and there is a hidden modal window somwhere. If i hit enter, the build runs (assuming i want the default options)...if i hit escape, it cancels... Anybody seen this before Anybody know how i can get the modal build dialog to show again. Thanks in advance Geno It sounds like the position of the dialog has been cached, and the cached position is off of the screen. The easiest thing to do would be to close VS, delete the c ...Show All

• .NET Development Athalon 64 problem with Win XP Home Editon

  I am sorry if this is the wrong catagory for this topic... I have been having problems with a reboot issue... my systems specs. are at the bottom of this page... I have flashed by BIOS... All the parts are compatible... I thought maybe it would be a power issue... then a heat issue... Then i was believing Windows just hates me... But i believe there is an answer to all this... To describe the Reboot:  I will be working on the computer... searchign the web... let it sit there idle... I have tested it in 3 scenarios... 1 Leave it on all night....when i woke up it was black screen... nonresponsive....2 Leave it on all night...next morning it was responsive but soon after it reboots...3. Today, which i have had this happen to me ...Show All

• Visual C++ How could I use the "default window behavior" in initial time ??

  I dock a toolbar in the bottom of Mainframe[ in function of CMainFrame::OnCreate() ], so I can initial my application with docking that toolbar in the botom. My problem: After I hide that toolbar by any click event, I can't start my application with default toolbar by rebuild [it is hidden from last time use] In other words, first time I start my application and I see the toolbar in the bottom, then after I hidden the toolbar, I can't see the toolbar anymore in initial time How could I do I just need to see the default window behavior designed by programmer. Thanks for help. This forum is for C++ language and compilation issues. You can find MFC newsgroups here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/top ...Show All

• .NET Development Enabling a panel.

  Hello.. I have a Panel control and some controls in it.Panel is disabled at first. When user clicks a Button, I enable the Panel with javascript but the controls in it are not enabled... What is the reason and the solution please. Note: I do this like that: < script type ="text/javascript"> function NewRecord() { document.getElementById( 'Panel3' ).disabled= false ; } Thanks in advance. I corrected your code and it worked.Thanks. But while I was trying to learn client side programming, I learned some about ATLAS and I saw that its really great.ATLAS in, JS out. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Form2.0 PixelFormat

  Hi there folks, I am porting my OpenGL control ( written in Managed C++) to C++/CLI, and for my surprise the PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR struct (which is valid in net1.1) that I pass to wglCreateContext() simply returns a ERROR_INVALID_PIXEL_FORMAT. Anyone had problems with that Are there new rules for pixel formats in net2.0 Thanks in advance One more note: you're using OpenGL in a window. You should probably make the pixel format identical to your current video adapter settings. Use the Screen.BitsPerPixel property... ...Show All

• SQL Server Web Sync: strange behaviour with the snapshot size

  Hi There's *strange* behaviour with snapshot size during subscription initialization. So... The initial snapshot has size about 9Mb at the publisher. After subscription creation, I notice that the subscriber downloads about 21 MB. It seems to me, that the snapshot is unpacked on the IIS, next, part of the files are packed again and just after it the changed snaphot is sent to the subscriber. Why How it can be solved It brings some extent nuisance... Thanks Paul Not only does subscriber apply the snapshot, it also has to check if changes were made between the time the snapshot was created and the time it was applied, and if so, apply/upload/download them as well. Maybe this is ...Show All

• SQL Server Granting permission to a database user to alter database role

  I want a database user to be able to alter login, database user and database role from my application. so, i assigned that user to sccurityadmin server role, db_accessadmin and db_securityadmin database roles....By now, the user can add or remove login and database user. However, the user cannot add or remove any database role membership. What am I missing here What should I do so that the user can create, and alter database roles in the database Membership to db_securityadmin should be enough. Can you post the commands that you attempt and the resulting error message. Also, what version of SQL Server are you using Thanks Laurentiu ...Show All

• Visual Studio how to inherit a report class in .net

  last time i asked if i could define a customized template and when i change the template, i could change all reports that are base on this template, it seems to be an impossible thing. Because i am using the crystal report embedded in .net 2005, so i try to make a template report, then i create other reports by inheriting this template class, however, when i check the .cs file of the report, i find nothing about the customized section such as font, background, color etc in the code, so where are they and how to implement it if i want to make a template and change all reports by changing the template ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to orientate an object along a given heading.

  Hi all, I have a problem getting my 3D objects to orientate correctly in world space. I have a Heading, Up, and Right vector for my object and can't figure out the math to rotate it so that it is looking down the arbitrary heading and keep its up and right ok. I'm trying to get projectiles to follow their own heading which were the same as the camera initially, but now the camera has moved off somewhere else. I've tried to use the CreateLookAt() method, but I think this applies to camera only and does some extra jiggery-pokery. Does anyone have any ideas / code example on how to do this Regards, Stee Pretty sure it should work. Try normalized vectors, try reversing the look vector, try us ...Show All

• Visual Basic Class Not Registered Error in VS 2005

  Hi We have migrated a VB6 (exe appllication which refered some other ocx/dll projects) application using VS2005 upgrade wizard. The application has migrated and while I am trying to debug the VB6 OCX control from the migrated VS2005 application I set the followings on the VB6 ocx project properties 1.in the component tab ---> i selected the, Binary Compatability 2. in the Debug tab -->I selected the wait for components to be created. I Run the VB6 OCX project & then I run the migrated .net applicaiton in VS 2005, I am getting the error "InvalidOperationException was handled : The Error is : Class not Registered (Exception from HResult: 0x800401154(REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))" and the Partial class frmM ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Performance Issue

  Hello, I have been running massive ssis packages and testing the performance. This is my execution design: I have a main package that gets a list of packages to execute from a table. Then using a foreach loop in send the package to execute ( somewhere in the middle i delete the corresponding old log file for that package ), each of the packages configures themselves from the parent package variables. What i have been analysing tells me that for example a package runs in 2 minutes and then the time wasted from the end of the package to the start of the other task is in average 3 to 6 minutes... thats alot... since i run about 20x12 packages witch gives me of wasted time about 20 hours. My question is... what can be causing ...Show All