ceilidhboy's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Does MS have a glossary of terms?

  There are several terms using ms Server that I don't know and cannot find in my books. Does MS provide that, besides BOL where it is difficult to find good explanations or even find definitions thx, Kat ps. would be a nice feature if they don't have it currently. I don't know of any off the top of my head. Are there any particular ones that you are hitting We could start the list if one doesn't already exist. :) Thanks, Sam Lester (MSFT) ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Cannot uninstall WinFX Beta2 (April) error 1603

  Greetings. I have problem uninstalling the WinFX 3.0 Beta2. This is the latest beta before the current (June CTP) so I think it is Beta2 April CTP. I try to uninstall from Control Panel, and get this error: [06/26/06,09:50:58] Windows Communication Foundation Beta 2: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Windows Communication Foundation Beta 2. MSI returned error code 1603 [06/26/06,09:51:22] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Communication Foundation Beta 2 is not installed. [06/26/06,09:51:22] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates WinFX Runtime Components 3.0 - Beta 2 was not attempted to be installed. Ok, so it seems that I didn't have WCF installed , therefore I cannot uninstall WinFX So, I try to fnid the WCF Beta2 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Cross tab sorts my column

  Hello! I have a CrystalReport (.rpt) in my project (I am using the Crystal Reports that comes with VS.NET 2003 IDE) and I am making a cross-tab with the columns, rows and values loaded from a DataTable. At run time, I am populating this DataTable with data that AREN`T sorted but somehow, the reports displays the columns and rows sorted. How or what can I say to the report NOT to do this sort Thanks! ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista 2PC using MSDTC behaves differently on one/two computers

  Hi, I have the following problem... I start a transaction within one process proc1 (by creating a new TransactionScope) and enlist a custom IEnlistmentNotification implementation. Then, using .NET remoting, I call a method on a remote object (another process proc2 ) and pass the current Transaction to it. This method creates a new (nested) TransactionScope using the passed Transaction and enlists another custom IEnlistmentNotification implementation. After completing bot scopes I can observe different behavior depending on whether the 2 processes run on a single computer or on two different computers. (1) on one comp: The Prepare() method of the proc1 is called and in parallel Prepare() of proc2 is called as well. (this is also my desired ...Show All

• SQL Server Single sign-on with forms authentication

  Hi, We are using forms authentication as per this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/ufairs.asp frame=true#ufairs_topic3 We want to get single sign-on working in SQL Server RS 2005. Users log on to our web application and we use forms authentication. We want the same logon credentials to automatically log you onto to the report manager too, so that when you navigate from our app to the report manager you don't have to log on again! I used the information from here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconformsauthenticationacrossapplications.asp to try to get the 2 web apps (Report Server and my Web app) to share the authentication cookies, but it only ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Callback and exceptions

  Hi, Can I send an exception to the cliente when I use a callback I have a duplex communication with a callback, therefore my services are IsOneWay=true, why my services don’t send an exception Example: [IsOneWay=true] void CreateUser(User user); if the service create a user, all clients receive the notification of a new user, but if the service has an exception (the user is not valid) How do I send this exception thank you Oneway Operations cannot return SOAP faults. So, for you case where you have a CallbackContract you could add a new method ( say SendError( MyError) that returns the error back to the client. ...Show All

• SQL Server Access read only variables in Script Component in a Dataflow

  I have a set of comma separated variables in a Script Component list. I want to access them in Script code and use them to build string in the code. Most methods in a script task are overrides of base class methods, so you need a bit more info. The PreExecute, which is public, and overridden, so starts with "Public Overrides PreExecute(.." supports the variable manager stuff, but may not always be what you want. If you really need to access variable at a row level then you can, see this thread- Re: R/W access problem with var in script Component - MSDN Forums ( http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=956181&SiteID=1 ) ...Show All

• SQL Server Puzzle: NULL in Conditional Split Error

  A little puzzle with this Error - Status and PropertyType fields do not allow nulls while other columns do ( there are about 20 columns in original expression but left out for simplicity - these are created the same way ). Any ideas how to solve it [Conditional Split Filter Changes [813]] Error: The expression "LOOK_Status != Status || LOOK_PropertyType != PropertyType || (LOOK_OfficeName != OfficeName || ISNULL(LOOK_OfficeName) != ISNULL(OfficeName)) || (LOOK_OfficeID != OfficeID || ISNULL(LOOK_OfficeID) != ISNULL(OfficeID)) " on "output "Listing Changed" (885)" evaluated to NULL, but the "component "Conditional Split Filter Changes" (813)" requires a Boolean results. (My wish for nex ...Show All

• .NET Development How do I ignore warning SQLExceptions?

  I'm writing some code to invoke an SQL stored procedure. I know this procedure produces some warnings, but they can be ignored. How do I code a TRY...CATCH to trap the SQLException and simply ignore it. That is, continue executing the stored procedure. Everything I try seems to cause the procedure to be terminated one the warning exception is raied. In code, I have... Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("exec proc",conn) Try cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() Catch exc as SqlException ' Ignore warnings and continue End Try conn.Close From what've read, VB should be able to use both the termination model and the resumption model of exception handling. At present it seems to use the termination model, so once the exception is thrown, exe ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Can not draw on As Top Level Form with ScrollBars property is both in VFP 9.0

  Dear All I am having some problems in VFP 9.0: I used GDI+ and do some task to draw on a form. Init event: DECLARE LONG GetWindow IN Win32API LONG HWND, LONG uCmd WITH THIS gRealHwnd = IIF(.SHOWWINDOW = 2, GetWindow(.HWND,5), .HWND) ENDWITH Paint event: gpgraphics.CreateFromHWND(gRealHwnd) IF gpgraphics.gethandle() > 0 gpgraphics.DrawImageAt(gpBitmap, 0, 0) ENDIF It is ok if I set ShowWindow property is In Screen or As-Top Level Form and ScrollBars is none. But when I set ShowWindow is As-Top Level Form and ScrollBars is Both, it failed (can not draw). How to solve this problem Thank for reading. With a top level form you need the client hWnd. Try this: oGraphics.CreateFromHWND( SYS ...Show All

• SQL Server Can we've User Defined data types???

  Hi there Can we have user defined data types in SSIS Thanks and Regards Rahul Kumar No support for that today, you may wish to suggest (and justify) this via - Microsoft Connect ( http://connect.microsoft.com/ ) ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WER with Thawte authenticode signed app

  Is it possible to: - buy the 99$ Verisign ID just to establish a Winqual Account - continue using my Thawte Authenticode to sign my applications - using WER without having to buy again a Verisign Authenticode (400$) It is not clear on how the WER file mapping works. I thought it uses the authenticode of the signed file to match the winqual account. Therefore do I have to use the same verisign authenticode for signing my app and for establishing the winqual account On top of that, it's a shame it is not possible to create a winqual account using a Thawte authenticode. It seems with Vista, companies like Verisign will earn lot of money without having to do anything. I would be very angry if I have to buy AGAIN a Verisign au ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Dll method problem

  Hi Guys I am new bie in Windows mobile platform. I am building a smartphone application using c#. It uses our own NetwrkAction.lib. Can you guys help me how can i use this lib in the project. I have follwoing functions that has to be used in the application. EXPORT CNetwrkAction* CALLBACK CreateNetwrkAction(); EXPORT void CALLBACK DeleteNetwrkAction(CNetwrkAction* obj); EXPORT int CALLBACK Configure(CNetwrkAction* obj,LPVOID aErrorNotifier,LPVOID aEventNotifier, const char *aPrimaryGateway); EXPORT int CALLBACK ConnectToServer(CNetwrkAction* obj); EXPORT int CALLBACK RequestToServer(CNetwrkAction* obj,const char *aPrimaryGateway); Can anybody tell me how to use this DLL with my program. Here's a classic example of call back if ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums opc

  I am trying to develop an opc - da client using .net technology. Have gone through the documents on opc and opc client and all, but am still not sure how to implement it, can someone give me a direction on how to start with it Hi Eric, Sounds like you know what you're talking about ... Can I also butter you up and find out if you know anything about using an OPC interface in VB.NET that was designed for VB6. The problem is the RSiOPCAuto.dll that Rockwell use to interface to their OPC server (RSlinx). It only accepts Arrays with lower bounds of 1 which is not possible in VB.NET. (see refs below) 1) http://www.control.com/1026218609/index_html 2) http://www.control.com/1026222355/index_html I o ...Show All

• Visual C# Constructor Logic???

  In dealing with Forms in .Net and they have a form load function that does some things when the form is loaded, I was trying to figure out would i be able to do the same thing if i added the logic in the forms constructor... Like say if i wanted to show some data values when the form loaded, would i be able to add this logic to the forms constructor instead of adding it to the form.load() Ahmedilyas is very right on this one. java.net recently published an article about the five habits of highly profitable software developers which very much applies to everyone. They talk about this issue specifically: " Habit 1: Constructor Performs Minimal Work - The first habit is for an object's constructor to do as little work as pos ...Show All