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• SQL Server Reporting services in 2005

  Hi, How do i get the "Data" "Layout" and "Preview" tabs in the report designer like displayed in Brian Welckers video "Report Authoring Tips and Tricks" http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx xml=episodes/en/20050609SQLServerBW/manifest.xml When I add a report to my project, all I get is the layout view. When I click the menu Reports -> Data Dources, all I get is a list of my DataSources from my main project, I have no ability to Add a SQL server source, or OLEDB source, or even write a SQL statement like in the video. Did I miss something I need when installing :-) Hello, I do have designer installed, but still it's abig difference between Woelcker's Training Designer Screen and mine. For example, I don't see the ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Installing Vista drivers on XP

  We tried installing Microsoft Document Writer on Windows XP OS.But the driver is not getting installed.Even the printer driver developed by us is not getting installed on XP os. We would like to know the applications or files that are required for installing XPS document writer on XP From the XPS Faq we came to know that microsoft should supply a print processor with XPS document writer.Is the print Processor available for lower level os Could you please give me the location of the print processor Sivakami, this appears to be a problem with your XP installation. Did you try it on a clean install of Windows XP The Microsoft XPS Document Writer does work on down level OS's, including Windows 2003 and Windows XP. It's inclu ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS 2.6.5? problem

  Since being forced to upgrade to what i believe to be 2.6.5 by outlook 07', my search results are no longer tabbed under 'programs' 'documents' etc. Instead it now seems to just list the results under 'everything'. This problem extends to it listing erroneous results, typing in 'paint' will no longer bring up paint.exe as a result, instead it only shows 2 word documents that have not to do with the word 'paint'. Any advise would be appreciated. I have a related problem with the searchindexer. Mine has been running for approximetly two days and negatively affecting the performance of my machine. I do not have WDS 2.6.5 installed nor do I see the magnifying glass on my system tray. Is ...Show All

• SQL Server Server.AttachDatabase() fails on network file AND remote 2005 Server instance

  Two observations (with attached program for reproducing) 1. Attaching database to remote SQL server instance using files on network share ALWAYS fails. 2. Attaching database to local SQL server instance using MDF file on network share fails if the accompanying .ldf file does not exist. This is on SQL Server 2005 SP1. Please confirm and provide fix/workaround. using System.Text; using System.IO; using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo; namespace AttachDB { /// <summary> /// This program is a tool to demonstrate that attaching database using files /// on a network share to a SQL Server instance FAILS, if the SQL Server /// instance is not running on the same machine where this ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) how to bind to a dictionary (or something like that)

  I've got a dictionary<String,Object> and want to bind a xaml object to the key of the dictionary so it shows the corresponding value. So far I only found ways to bind to get/set accessors, or to attached DependencyProperties, but can't find a way to bind to the key of a dictionary. Is there any way to bind to something like this thanks, Sam Zhou Yong wrote: From your description, I think you should choose DataTable rather than Dictionary as your source collection. This problem description is only part of my overall problem - I tried to use DataTables instead, but they lack something else I need: they lack an event when a row is accessed. Not changed, but accessed. I'm trying ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS 3.0 Beta 2:Scanning network drives

  Hi, In WDS 2.6.5 it was possible to scan network drives. In WDS 3.0 Beta 2 this is not possible. When will this feature be returning. As it stands, due to My Documents being redirected and other files being stored on network locations WDS 3.0 isn't much use in a corporate environment. Cheers Janson Hi Paul, Thats excellent will go try that out right away! Have been waiting for this for a good while Will similar follow for Vista Cheers Janson ...Show All

• Windows Forms treeview question

  Hello guys, I'm just getting started with treeview controls and had a question about how to get which node is currently selected When the user clicks on a node, i would like to get that event and change the tab view on a split window accordingly. Any pointers please Thanks!! Nevermind... figured it out. Added an "After Select" event in the treeview properties and e->Node gives the currently selected node. ...Show All

• Windows Forms cross Thread control accessbility

  I am having a serious problem with accessing controls in another thread. This is the runtime error message I get. I want to describe the setup in general terms without displaying the code since it is large and complicated and would need a lot of editing for clarity if I am to do it. What I hope to get from this post is a general recommednation as to how such problems should be handled. It more information is desirable I will post the code. I have a Form1 class. There is another class, BuildNewTabsPages , that generates new TabPages for my TabControl on demand. When a new TabPage is created all its subcontrols end up in a Thread in the ThreadPool, I suppose. When the new TabPage is created by calling a function makeNewIntraDayPAG ...Show All

• .NET Development Fill DataSet from Txt, memory doesn't like it

  Hi all, This is my first question. Perhaps anyone can help me with what I'm doing wrong and what I can do about it. I am reading a textfile row-by-row, modelling and analyzing the data. Each row is then put in a DataSet. Afterwards, we will bind the DataSet to a DataGrid and allow the user to view/edit records before it is finally published to a SQL database. Sometimes the amount of records is substantial, so to display the status and keep the GUI responsive this process has been contained in a backgroundworker. Ofcourse not with every processed row the status is updated, but in batches. Say about every time 100 records are processed. All works perfectly fine, with the horrible exception that reading large sourcefiles (+1million rows/200mb ...Show All

• SQL Server Data Transformation Services.Linked server Error while connecting to Oracle

  Hi, I am in the process of doing DB migration from Oracle 9i to SQL Server..I am able to connect to SQL Server. But when I give import data and give the parameters to hook up the Oracle Server its throwing a "Linked Server Error and says insufficient previleges"... Is there any problem with my Oracle id Using my Oracle id i was able to take a read and write in to the oracle db.. Secondly is there any other thing that should in taken in to consideration when configuring SQL Server DTS while connecting to Oracle to avoid this linked server problem Also there isnt a connectivity problem if I directly connect to Oracle using SQL Plus..The server is running fine. But only when I try connecting it through DTS to import data, ...Show All

• SQL Server problem in connecting to sql server Express

  Hi to all, i'm installing sql server in my pc as netwrok service. when i try to connect it, it showing me a error sql server does not allow remote connections error 26 error locating server/instance (MS Sql server ) how can i resolve this plz help me out. it not able to connect the server locally. when i try to connect it with .\SQLEXPRESS or localhost\SQLEXPRESS it will connect to the DB But when i use ServerName\SQLEXPRESS it wont connect to DB what the problem plz help me with Regards Amjath Hi Mike Nice to hear from u i switch off the firewall for this purpose only mike. till now it wont work -Amjath ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. .X features supported in XNA?

  Hi, I'm currently working on a .x exporter for XSI with shader support. However I have some questions regarding exactly what features are supported in XNA. Setting the technique in the .x file does not seem to work: EffectParamDWord { "technique"; 3; } XNA always renders using the first technique in the shader, unless you manually set it with Effect.CurrentTechnique :( Also what part and version of DXSAS is supported It would be nice if semantics used in e.g. FxComposer just worked with XNA, e.g things like: float4x4 WorldIT : WorldInverseTranspose; float4x4 WorldViewProj : WorldViewProjection; float4x4 World : World ; float4x4 ViewI : ViewInverse ; Or do you have to manually parse all effect param ...Show All

• .NET Development How to encrypt Properties.Settings.Default?

  Hi I use the Properties.Settings.Default method to save settings within my program. Now I want the user to be unable to edit the settings-file generated (user.config), by encrypting this file. Is this possible Kind Regards That depends largely on why you're attempting to prevent "manual" reading and/or writing of the settings in the first place (for which encryption still doesn't make much sense to me). If your default settings are being read out of your assembly (which is the default behaviour), modifying the defaults would require decompiling and recompiling your assembly (or at least modifying the compiled assembly for a small change). Anyone doing this would also be able to muck about with ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to check for code comments (XML Docs) in methods and properties.

  I am trying to write a custom rule to check for code comments (ie. XML Documentation) in FxCop. I found a property called Documentation in Method class. But it is always holding null value for all the methods and members. Can anyone help me out in writing this custom rule And i am also interested in finding all the method calls (method names) inside a method. Someone please tell me how to do that. hi, can you use Method.Documentation to get all the xml comment for a method and its parameters Thanks, Michael ...Show All

• Visual Basic Adding multiple numbers to textbox

  Hey guys, I'm looking to add multiple numbers to a textbox. Like for example, say I have three buttons button1.text = 1, button2.text = 2, and button3.text=3. What I'm wondering is how to get all those numbers in the textbox without having to erase the previous number I clicked on. For example: If I press button1 I want the textbox to show 1, then if I decide to press button 3, I want the textbox to show 13. the sender object will be one of the three buttons because this      Handles Button1.Click, Button2.Click, Button3.Click its means thes prucedur will be called when one the events hass been raised Button1[object]  Click[event]     ' Button1.Click  &n ...Show All