braz's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Express needs to work on XP service Pack one

  SQL Express 2005, MUST work on windows XP Service pack 1, it should not need XP SP 2 . Also it should not require windows server 2003 SP1. This is seriously limiting our possibilities as a development company, this is ruining business , ANYONE READING THIS MESSAGE WHO CARES ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND THAT INCLUDES ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DISTIBUTE SQL EXPRESS, SHOULD ADD THEIR SUPPORT BELOW, COME ON GUYS, PLEASE LET M.S. KNOW HOW WE FEEL ON THIS ISSUE.... Thanks for the additional information. I will pass your concerns on, but want to reiterate that I don't expect to see a change in the OS level support for SQL 2005. I can empathize with the challenges you are facing with customers who refuse to upgrade to Wi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Xsd To DslDefinition.dsl transformation

  Hi everybody, I'm wondering does anybody have XSLT which convert a XSD’s metamodel to a DSL’s metamodel I have some XSD’s metamodels which I really want to have as DSL’s. I don't really need designer for that DSL, I just need possibility to load model and use all features of it like: transactions, navigation, search and so on. I have created some simple and specific for me XSLT, but maybe somebody has more generic one I will be surprised if MS guys do not have one Evgeny. Yes, I totally agree - folks will have many XSDs, some of which might make interesting starting points for DSL models. I was just poitning out that internally we've tended to have DSL models around maybe a lot longer than our ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions The link for the registration benefit portal does not work

  My registration mail suggests that I check the Registration Benefit Portal regularly to access new and updated benefits. But this address ('http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ LinkId=52054') gives a "Page not found" error. This kind of URL syntax is much more bug prone than a ...microsoft.com/products/registrationportal/ style. This 52054 name is a bit ridiculous. Does anyone have a working a URL for the portal Thanks, Johnny. Chris, Thanks. I am using IE(V7 RC) as the default browser. Maybe I should ditch V7 and got back to V6. John ...Show All

• SQL Server Deploying Reports with WSS 3.0 integrated mode

  Hi , I am trying to deploy reports through visual studio. In the Target server URL, specified the url of the report server as http://<localhost>:<portnumber>/reportserver/Shared Documents/. But When i deploy it asks for username and password. when i provide them, again login screen appears. Finally deployment fails when i press cancel. Did anybody face this kind of problem Thanks & Regards, Kiran Kumar For deploying reports to a Report Server in SharePoint Integrated mode use the updated Report Designer that ships with SQL 2005 SP2 CTP3. Additionally, it is reco'd to deploy to the SharePoint Document Library with settings as follows: TargetDataSourceFolder: http://<MyServer>/ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Contoso Healthcare prototype applicati

  Hi Everybody !!! Do someone know where can I find the Contoso Healthcare prototype application sample Code ( here is a snapshot : Contosov ) Thanks in Advance It would also be great have know where to get application sample code for the woodgrove demo http://scorbs.com/2006/06/16/woodgrove-demo/ Thanks ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Multiple render targets and multisampling

  Hi, I have this little problem you see. I want to render to multiple render targets (I'm going for Windows only. No xbox 360). Works fine and everyone is happy and the world is a pretty place. Until I turn on multisampling on my graphics device (PreferMultiSampling=true). Then I get nothing (or whatever was left in the video memory). If I only use one render target it works fine. Two, not so much. I have created the render targets using the same SurfaceFormat and multisampling as my device uses since I read somewhere that you can't have different multisample types on the rendertargets and the depthbuffer. Anyone got a clue on how to solve it In my case I can live without multisampling. I might even, at then end, decide it is ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. C# DirectX 2D information

  I'm looking to create a simple radar system in a windows application using C# 2.0/VS 2005. This radar will be based on information from another source. I just want to know the best way to approach this. I've been reading a lot about DirectX the last couple of days and I'm using the June 2006 DX SDK. My question is should I use DirectDraw/DirectX (Old, depricated), or should I use just the new DirectX Assembly If I follow the path of the new DirectX (v2) assembly, I'd like to have some help with resources about where I can get some information on how to do this. All I really wanna do is draw some dots, a circle and some text that follow the dots... so much work for soemthing so simple. Thanks, Chad I would stay away from ...Show All

• Windows Forms When to use new???

  I want to create an instance of my user control but i do not want to create a new one...but when i do not add new to the statement it throws object ref not set to instance of an object.....i have Tracking.Controls.OrderLegData _OrderLegData declared on a global level...them in my frmClosing event i have this ._VendorDetail.Vendor.Name = _OrderLegData.lblName.Text; Now what i need to happen is when i click my control another form comes up and i fill in some info on this new form and click my ok button and it takes that value and puts it into a label on my control....but it does not work...I dont understand why if i add the new to the global declaration it still doesnt work but when i step through the codes the values do get set b ...Show All

• Visual Studio Custom IDE...

  Hi, I am currently working on customizing IDE . I have VS IDE (PPE). I have developed my own user controls and I am using tool windows to host my controls in IDE. As I understand from "Dev labs" in Redmond that I can not have data persistence for multiple tool windows. What is the recommended method and place for storing the data from tool window for data persistence My next question is how do I get certain events(VS starts, exits etc) from IDE so I can write event handlers and store the data from my tool window (user control) and then load it back on next instance. Thanks, Atul I have created a Package and hosted my user control as Tool window. In the experimental hieve ...Show All

• Windows Forms Disable Button Hover in C#?

  How do you disable a button hover in C# I dont want to change the color I just want to disable the hover so that when the mouse goes over top of a button the button does no hover action. You can create your own button control, or what you could do for a quick solution is change the button's FlatStyle to Flat, then use a screenshot of a button as the background image of the button. ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS 2005 Final. Document Explorer crash.

  Every time I change the "Filtered by" combobox the document explorer crashes: "Microsoft Document Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close". What is a problem Saludos, he logrado solucionarlo, he colocado la solucion aqui: http://foros.solocodigo.com/index.php act=ST&f=50&t=23457&st=0#entry82059 Greetings, How is well known document explorer crash around different situations for unknown reasons, microsoft already say that the problem maybe is generated by a rootkit or a spyware software, as well at this moment no final solution have been posted related to this problem. After to search and to search and to search and to Sssssssss... i found a solutio ...Show All

• .NET Development Storing binary data in MS Access database -- what do you think?

  Hi there, I'm coding a photo gallery desktop program and I'm planning to store the images in an MS Access DB (OLE field). The size of the images I got is around 600 MB... ~ 400 KB each. What do think Can MS Access handle it or I should look for an alternative Please advise. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Access is more than capable, but using SQL Server 2005 Express would probably be a better technical choice. It is also free :) I would personally only use Microsoft Access for personal use applications when you plan to use Microsoft Access as the client UI as well as the database. Regards, Dave ...Show All

• Windows Forms disable back feature on WebBrowser control

  How can I disable the back feature on a hosted .net 2.0 WebBrowser control I can suppress the context menu, bu that doesn't avoid the abck to be performed when using the backspace key. The CanGoBack property is readonly, and is is not virtual so I can not redefine it on my WebBrowser subclass... How to do it thanks Hi James Your solution looks fine, but has a problem. After using the backspace to delete a char on a input, (eg), if i hit a button, the navigation does not occur, because backcalled = true. So I have do add the foolowing to account for mouse clicks, and now it seems to work fine. Thanks this .DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler (WorkspaceBrowser_DocumentCompleted); ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista TC2 - Our application can open files created by other users but will deny saving them

  Step 10 says: Attempt to open the file created by other user: The file cannot be opened and the logged on user must be prompted indicating so. Is it an acceptable behavior for TC2, if our application does allow to open files created by other users, but will deny any attempts to save changes for such a file That means that user won't be able to edit other users' files, although this will be forbidden not on file opening but on file saving operation. Or should we still need to change the behavior of our product not to allow to even open files that belong to other users See the following thread to see if it will answer your question: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1045084&S ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDI Child maximise

  I have a MDI Parent and Child. I want to open the child as fully maximized (by that I mean where the normal title bar disappears and minimize/maximize buttons are replaced with small buttons just below those of the parent form). I cant figure out how to do this, when I open the child form as maximized it retains the title bar and minimize/maximize buttons. When I then click on the maximize button the form maximizes as I want it to, but I cant find the click event, else I would simulated this. Yes, in fact here is my code. Note that I commented out the ChildForm.Text statement, but it made no difference. The child form is maximised within the parent form space, but the title bar and controls remain part of the form. When I then pre ...Show All