SunHunter's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Please advise on upgrading VS

  Hi, I have been using Visual Studio 6 Enterprise Edition on a Windows ME pc for many years (2000-2007). I have hundreds of VC++6 projects on my old pc. Now, I am going to get a new pc with Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit) preinstalled. I need advise about how best to transfer my work from my old pc to my new pc. 1) For starters, can I move the Visual Studio 6 from my old pc to my new pc This would be the easiest solution for me. I have lost the original installation cd, but I have all the program files on my old pc and the EULA says that a single user can install the software on multiple machines. 2) Eventually, I would like to upgrade to the latest version of Visual Studio. Will my old VC++6 projects be compatible with the latest ...Show All

• SQL Server Reg URL Report Access Path Format

  I'm trying to render a report created using SSRS to open in a web browser in windows form. This is the URL used: "http://localhost/reportserver /C:/Documents and Settings/xsbangalore/My Documents/Visual Studio 2005/Projects/prmRpt/prmRpt&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Parameters=false&StartDate='01/01/2005'&EndDate='01/01/2007'"; I'm not able to see the report. Error: Unable to link to Web page What is missing The URL must refer to a report that is in the Report Server catalog database. You cannot refer to documents on disc as reports. Upload the report to the Report Server and then use Report Manager or the reportserver url to browse to the report. From there you wi ...Show All

• SQL Server trying to get started

  Hi folks... this is part complaint, part request for help. I have an Access db that I'd rather were an sql db. Partly to learn sql and partly because all of the asp.net examples use sql and don't seem to work with access. I installed VS2005 which includes sqlexpress, but there's no front end to it.. there's no way to "talk to" this sql2005. Can't seem to create tables, etc. So, I installed SQL 2005 Development server... still no front end. Just some config tools that I presume I may care about some day but don't mean anything to me just yet. I'm on XP Pro so can't install SQL 2005 Enterprise, but I discover a CTP called Management Studio Express. Well, we all know how robust CTPs are, nevertheless I install it and boy is ...Show All

• .NET Development HTTPListener Speed 25kB/s?

  Hi, I am using httplistener with in a standard way (took the source code from one of the examples on this website), but no matter what I do I can download from it only at 25kB/s when not on localhost. I tried IE, firefox, flashget ad nothing helps. I assume there must be some variable to set like with the max connections on the client side with the service point manager. Can you please point me in some right direction. Thanks This has nothing to do with the max number of connections, First you need to make sure that there is no bandwidth throttling going on. Unlikely - but make sure DO you have enough bandwith Then you need to see how you are really transferring the data. Are you sending the data in small chunks Do you get better ...Show All

• .NET Development Get the Disk drive information in vb.net

  I want to know the free space, used space in the particular drive of my hard disk by vb.net program. so can anyone help me in this issue sure. in .NET 2.0 there is a DriveInfo class in the System.IO namespace   For Each curDrive as DriveInfo in My.Computer.FileSystem.Drives    If curDrive.DriveType = DriveType.Fixed Then       dim theFreeSpace as long = curDrive.AvailableFreeSpace       MessageBox.Show(theFreeSpace.ToString())    End if Next   You can of course get the name of the drive using the name property to check to see if it is the drive you are after does this help ...Show All

• SQL Server RS2005 on Vista. could it be any more difficult?

  Well, I finally got RS2005 installed on Vista, only problem is, now it won't run.  I've installed SP2 (Ctp) and still no joy.  It just errors when attempting to access the web service. Here's the error: w3wp!library!5!01/08/2007-20:36:56:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details., ;  Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.    at Microsoft.ReportingServices.A ...Show All

• Visual C# Background compilation in Visual C#

  Hello, I've noticed that Visual C# builds the project in the background when some important event occurs, for instance when a class or a reference is added. I have customized the build process and there is a task I would like to perform only when compilation is explicitly required, because it is very expensive. The question is: how can I detect (from my MSBuild .targets file) that I am in a 'background' compilation and not in a 'normal' one The post-compile step is PostSharp . Thank you. Gael This costed me one night, but here is the answer. Visual Studio effectively does do some background compilations even when it is not demanded by the user. To see this, just override the AfterCompile target and use the task that write ssomething ...Show All

• Windows Forms Example

  Can someone giv me example of 1. Declear a event in a class A 2. Raise Event in Class A 3. Handle the event in Class B Thank you ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Accessing objects/controls within templates

  Hi, I am trying to access the controls within the header template of a tab control. I am using Interactive Designer to create the GUI and then using visual studio 2005 with cider to write the code behind to the GUI but i cant seem to find out how to access the controls within my template. The following code is the template that i have defined at application level in the App.xaml file. Simply what I am trying to do is modify the label text at run time and also use the click event to close the tabs with the button. I am able to use the click="methodName" to use a method in my code behind but i am stuck for the labels. The idea is to open and close tabs as well as dynamically assign values to the labels at run time. <DataT ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem with custom datasource

  The datasource for my Datagridview is a custom class, one of the properties of this class is an instance of another class. How can I set the DataPropertyName of a column to reference a property of the inner class.ie Prop1 from classB is the value I want to assign to DataPropertyName objbindingsource.DataSource = ClassACollection DataGridView2.Columns(3).Name = "Prop1" DataGridView2 .Columns(3).DataPropertyName = " TheOtherClass. Prop1" 'this does not work Public Class ClassA Private nameValue As String Public Sub New(ByVal name As String) nameValue = name End Sub Public Property Name() As String Get Return nameValue End Get Set(ByVal value As String) nameValue = value End Set End Property Public Su ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TF26202: Validation failed. Field "Iteration Path' not supported.

  Writing a piece of code that creates a new Bug. I have the iteration and area information and want to save the new workitem with the Iteration and Area. However, when the save (workItem.Save()) is done, I get the TF26202 error. Here's a piece of the code that I am trying to execute: workItem.Title = title; workItem.Description = description; workItem[ "Rank" ] = rank; workItem.State = "Active" ; workItem.Reason = "New" ; workItem.Fields[ "Assigned To" ].Value = assignedTo; workItem.Fields["Area Path"].Value = areaPath; workItem.Fields[ "Iteration Path" ].Value = iterationPath; if (! string .IsNullOrEmpty(attachmentFilename)) { string co ...Show All

• SQL Server Installing Data Mining Web Controls

  Hello, I have SQL 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 and I’m trying to install the Data Mining Web Controls. I downloaded the SQL Samples and I’m following the instructions of the "ReadMe_Data_Mining_Web_Controls.htm" file, but when I try to install de data mining web controls the setup.exe does’nt create the folder "C:\Program Files\Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DataMiningHtmlViewers " and the folder "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\aspnet_client\microsoft_analysisservices_datamininghtmlviewers ". Then, I don’t have the file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DataMiningHtmlViewers\Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DataMiningHTMLViewers.dll " for using the web controls. Can somebody help me Dunia ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Breaking changes from MDX?

  Hello there, I have a question: when will we learn what kind of breaking changes will XNA bring if compared to MDX Also, what will be the extent of those changes Will they mostly be refactoring changes or will there be serious changes in the coding way compared to MDX Also I read soomewhere that XNA will have font and UI features. What kind of UI features are we talking about :) Widgets and the like Thanks in advance! Are you going to make them similar (compatible) to Avalon (please please :-) ) I presume you are gone make them XML based. Will you publish the chosen format before the next release of XNA so people can make there customised solutions compatible I hope you have a very nice day Bill Spinhoven ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Does CF 2.0 support app.config?

  Hi all, I would like my application to use the XML app.config file, but can't get the namespace's I require. Doesn't CF 2.0 support this That means you should open this file like any other XML document (e.g. using DOM) and process it using normal XML functions. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Thanks for response

  Hi, I am attempting to write an application that exports mesh vertex and polygon face information to the Direct3D .x file format. I've read the DirectX documentation, and, have saved initial trial meshes to file using the interfaces provided by the X File APIs. Unfortunately, the official documentation only seems to hint at the true capabilities of this format. The best source of information that I've been able to locate online is this chapter from Richard Thomson's book, "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline", 2004. http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/21-X%20Files.pdf I've read elsewhere that this file format has an amazing set of features, but the Microsoft documentation describes it in only a ...Show All