etrast's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Backup Software

  Hi We are getting ready to rollout a new system in the next few months and I have started to look at backup and recovery strategies for SQL Server 2005 on which this new system will be housed. The proposal is to by Veritas Backup Exec with the server this system will be housed on however my knowledge is "limited" to the backup and restore options available directly from SQL. I have been unable to find any opinion on using third party software to backup and restore SQL Server 2005 databases. Can anyone help to give me an objective opinion on this subject. Should I simply use SQL Server and the tools it ships with or do these third-party applications make it easier Many thanks in advance of your help Cheers Danny ...Show All

• SQL Server Providing Access of Cube to Users

  I have made my first cube... Now how do i publish it to the users so that they can use it I know that Crystal enterprise could solve this problem... do we have something like that in SLQ Server 2005 Regards journeyman Once you have assigned user to a role that has permission to access one or more cubes, the only other thing you need is a client application. Excel pivot tables is probably one client that most users have althought the functionality is fairly basic and you really need Excel 2007 to get a reasonable view of a 2005 cube. If your users need reports with fairly static layouts Reporting Services would be worth a look too (especially as you already have a license) ...Show All

• .NET Development Unable to connecto remote server while accessing exchange server

  Hello all, I am trying to access the exchage server 2007 and send a mail through a WebDAV request. The exception that i encounter is "System.net.webException: 409 Conflict". I am using VS 2.0 and i am not sure where lies the problem. I have checked the credentials and i am providing everythng correctly. Can anyone guide me with this please. I am also providing my code hereby: string strServer = "server name given here" ; string strSenderAlias = "alias given here" ; string strFrom = "email of the sender"; string strTo = "email of reciever" ; string strSubject = "Send Using HttpWebRequest" ; string strBody = "Hello World" ; ...Show All

• .NET Development Empty strings in System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection

  Maybe there should be a specialized string containing collection that blocks adding empty strings I know v.v.easy but in my opinion should be included as standard. Well yes, I know. Overriding inherited Add and AddRange methods is even batter but a class like this should be included in Framework. It's my opinion. ...Show All

• Visual Studio asp.net

  How to added the multiple textbox dynamically in asp.net Add a panel in aspx page. <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:Panel ID="TextBoxPanel" runat="server"> </asp:Panel> </div> </form> Use below code to add text boxes dynamically. TextBox textBox; for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { textBox = new TextBox(); textBox.ID = i.ToString(); TextBoxPanel.Controls.Add(textBox); } ...Show All

• SQL Server 2 sql tables to a text file with comma delimited

  hi , I have 2 sql tables. 1 is the header table and another is the detail table. How can I have the header record being appended in the text file and then have the detail records being appended to a same text file again with comma delimited If you are looking for a file like: Header 1 Detail 1.1 Detail 1.2 Detail 1.3 Header 2 Detail 2.1 Detail 2.2 Header 3 etc. You will need to write your own program. If you can construct a query that gives the results you want -- some kind of JOIN or UNION -- then you could create a view that could be BCP'd out. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem uninstalling windows service with Setup Project

  Hi, I have an application consisting of 3 Windows Services and a setup project to deploy them. I have put conditions on the installation of these services (using Custom Actions -> Install) which works fine but I'm using the same conditions for the unistallation of these services also (Custom Actions -> Uninstall). I am finding that 2 of the 3 services are being properly uninstalled but one of them is still present in the registry (even though the actual files for it have been removed). The installer classes for these services are pretty much identical. Anyone got and ideas Regards, Neil Alderson I have found a workaround for anyone that is interested and has the same problem. In th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions NEW to prgramming/VBE

  OK I'm having a hard time trying to get a program together, I thought I was clever enough to cut and paste here and there and to get the thing done. Well, I'm clever enough to see that I can do it, all the books and articles I've found aren't of much help, because I'm starting from scratch, don't care about the web and I have loads of string manipulations to do, basically I'm trying to build a custom log_files interpreter. So here is the questions: Were can I find decent documentation/books that I can source, document myself and get going THX to all that can answer or provide guidance PAOLO more on datetime the logs I have come from all over the world, and so the months ...Show All

• .NET Development Passing a Form handle to a class constructor

  I'm just starting to use Managed C++ and .NET. I'm still in the early learning stages. Basically, I have a Window Form that has a value for MyClass to use. I thought I could use the following code to pass the Form1 handle to the Myclass constructor. First, the compiler says MyProgram is not a namespace. I've placed the using namespace into the MyClass.h, but this dosesn't help I think it may be a chicked before the egg kind of thing, but want to make sure I'm not missing something. Currently, I have a private member method within the Form1 class called setMyClass( ^Form1 ) which works but this doesn't seem very OOP to me. //---MyClass.h--- #pragma once public ref class CMyClass { public: CMyClass( MyProgram::Form1 ^hFor ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Using own data-exporter.

  Hi, we are a team of programmers and graphic artists, wo work on a kind of an instant messaging system in 3D. We use C# and managed directx and are in a decision process, if we shall develope our system for XBox 360, too. Because we work on a commercial project, we have no time to wait for the content managment system. We must work and decide now. Indeed we need a kind of a content system and want to develope our own system with collada as intermediate format and some own formats, which will be only a image of the data, we will hold in the memory after loading, so that the loading process will be very fast - perfect for streaming data in the background. Will it be possible to load our models with the storage system on the XBox 360 Will it ...Show All

• SQL Server “AcquireConnection method call to the OLEDB Connection Manager for SQL Server failed” Error

  I have an SSIS package which takes input from Flat file and transfer the data to SQL Server using OLEDB Destination Data Flow Item. The OLEDB Connection Manager used for the destination is configured to use SQL Server Authentication for the user ‘sa’. The package works fine without enabling the configurations. But when I enable package configuration and save the configuration of the various connection managers in an XML configuration file and then run the package it gives the following error in the validation phase: [OLE DB Destination [21]] Error: The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "<Connection Manager Name>" failed with error code 0xC0202009. And after the validation phase is comp ...Show All

• Visual Studio Rules of Coherence launched at start

  HI, I am currently implementing an Entity-Relation Model. I have some properties on my Entity. I have written some specific code to set the default type (string) when the user creates a new property: [ RuleOn ( typeof ( EntityProperty ), FireTime = TimeToFire .TopLevelCommit)] class DefaultTypeEntityPropertyRule : AddRule { public override void ElementAdded( ElementAddedEventArgs e) { base .ElementAdded(e); //e.ModelElement will give you the newly added relation EntityProperty prop = e.ModelElement as EntityProperty ; prop.Type = SystemType .String.ToString(); } } This Rule is added to the Framework: public partial class EntityDesignerDomainModel { /// <su ...Show All

• .NET Development VB Express creating new project

  I just install VB. Express 2005 and I was trying to create my first project in it when error occurs. Error is: C:\winnt\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets: The imported project file could not be loaded. Root element is missing. Can anyone help me Everything seems to be normal including .NET Framework 2. Goran ...Show All

• Visual Basic Developing VB.NET on a Mac?

  I've looked around a bit and I'm still not very clear. Is there a development tool available for the Mac that will let you program vb.net while on a mac system I don't plan to do a lot of vb coding on the mac but it'd be nice as it's the only portable system I have. Thanks! badsign again, good points. i would like both platforms on one system but if thats not possible, the second hand laptop sounds like the way to go. then i can still study away from home (its hard to focus when i've got so many distractions). now now, dont turn a blind eye to the mac ;) im definitely a windows fan but i cant stop myself from getting into the mac mainly for the audio/video capabilities. all i ever hear from my producer friends is how effin sweet the ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to replace a folder icon

  Hello, I am trying to figure out how I can programatically replace a folder's icon by clicking a button. i want to change it to an image I have created (type *.ico). Can anyone please help me Thanks! http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_extending/icon.asp Best regards, Johan Stenberg ...Show All