John230873's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Using ADAM instead of Active Directory for authentication/authorization in SSRS 2005

  I have found a great article that explains how to use Forms based authentication pointing to an external SQL database. However what I am trying to do is use ADAM, we have a 100’s of domain controllers across the country and do not want to create groups in AD and have them replicate out across all domain controllers. Is there a way for me to use ADAM If so can someone point me to a how-to or provide documentation. Thanks Dinesh ...Show All

• Visual Basic IsNumeric function with multiple text boxes.

  How do you use the IsNumeric function with multiple text boxes The code works great with numbers and the decimal but in only one textbox. Thanks You can just call the function seperatly on multiple text boxes. Something like this: IsNumeric(textBox1.Text) IsNumeric(textBox2.Text) etc.. -Scott Wisniewski ...Show All

• SQL Server Installing SQL Server 2005 on Windows VISTA ULTIMATE

  Hi, Trying to install SQL Server 2005 on Windows VISTA Ultimate, received following error: - SQL Server Edition Operating System Compatibility (Warning) Messages SQL Server Edition Operating System Compatibility Some components of this edition of SQL Server are not supported on this operating system. For details, see 'Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005' in Microsoft SQL Server Books Online. Please help. Yes, I log onto the system as local administrator. During the install I select local account rather domain. When the install setups the db service I get the error that it cannot find the local sql server account. The account is something like this: "\USERNAME\SQLSer ...Show All

• SQL Server Corrupted FormatDateTime Results

  Using SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition and reporting services. My report pulls a datetime field from the database, for example holding a value of 9/9/2006 12:00:00. It places this field by itself in a textbox. I want it to display as long date (Saturday, September 09, 2006) so I set the format of the textbox to: =FormatDateTime(Fields!Contest_Dt.Value , 1 ) This displays the results quite oddly as: SaAur9a6, SepAe0ber 09, 2006. Any ideas as to what is going on here and how to fix it Thanks in advance! When I try this, it works as expected. Are you sure the value in the database is stored as a datetime value not as a string Can you also try this expression: =FormatDateTime( CDate ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro VFP9 SP1 DLL Error

  Hi All Shot in the dark, but just wanted to see if anyone else is getting a similar problem. My VFP9 SP1 application has been working fine but over the last month, one of my forms has been returning an error with vfp9r.dll. It's the standard error with the "send report to Microsoft". The forms in question do not do anything different to any other form and I've cut down the code and tried to isolate the problem. However, the error does not happen all the time and some users experience it more than others. The form has not changed recently either. I've tried reinstalling the VFP runtime, giving users admin privledges, etc. Nothing works. The only thing I've got is an entry in the event viewer: The descriptio ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Timer Question

  What I am trying to do is change the color of the background of a picturebox after a certain amount of seconds have elapsed. The code I am using works well the fist time you run the program but if you try to hit the button to fire the code again it does not change the color again either with the same value in the textbox or a new value. What I am trying to achive is after you first run the time you can use the same value in the textbox or have a new value and the timer starts again without restarting the program. here is the code I am using. Public Class Form1 Dim time As Integer Dim value As Integer Dim status As PictureBox Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Limiting build label scope?

  Here is a sample folder structure in TFS: $/Root ProjectA ProjectB both projects have separate TeamBuilds. When I build A I would like the label to be applied only to its sub-folders. I am cloaking B from the build but it still labels it after a build of A. The funny thing is, I am building projectB and it is not labeling A. There is the first line in the mapping xml file that maps the root, ie $/Root LocalItem="SomedummyPath" Type="Map" Does the above line matter at all Thanks for the suggestions. After looking at all the build files it turns the workspace mapping file was modified and the cloaking removed. The label syntax looks handy; we will be needing that in the future. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to Send file to development computer from target device running WinCE5.0?

  Hi, sorry to bother you! I develop WinCE Application for the first time. I was wondering how to access file between My PC and target device thank you ! ...Show All

• Visual C++ VC++ shortcuts cheatsheet

  I just watched VC++ 2005 IDE tips and Tricks video with Boris Jabes on Channel9 and I have 2 questions: 1) Does anyone have a VC++ 2005 shortcuts cheatsheet (including the commands Boris mentioned in the video) 2) Does anyone have a list of commands that can be run from the command edit accessed with "<ctrl>- " Boris demonstrated the ">open" command, are there others and where can I get a list of them Thanks for the help, Scott Boris, Thanks for the reply. I subscribe to the VC++ Team Blog so I'll most likely get the email once you post the cheatsheet there, thanks! I must say, your team is doing a great job making the IDE programmer friendly. Thanks for that also. I'm looking forward t ...Show All

• SQL Server Member.FetchAllProperties Error

  I get "System.NotSupportedException: The method specified is not supported by the current provider." AdomdClient v8, VS 2003, SQL Server 2000 What's the cause of this and is there any way around it Hi Mary. Thanks for this. It worked. We used the second technique because we need to be generic, i.e., we don't know in advance what user-defined properties will be available. But here's another question. Calling Member.Properties gives e.g., Property Name: MEMBER_KEY, Property Value: 13 Property Name: IS_PLACEHOLDERMEMBER, Property Value: False Property Name: IS_DATAMEMBER, Property Value: False ... Property Name: Allow Input, Property Value: 0 The last one here is one of our user-defined properties. The previous ones are the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Start page question

  On the start page, there's a list of recent projects. I to remove projects from this list to remove clutter. The only way that I found was to move the directory and then click on the link. VS then asks me if I want to remove it since it cannot find the directory. Is there a better way Thanks, LGuy I think the existing project list in Start Page come from MRU List stored in the registry, but the Start Page script is checking if the File/Project exist first before the script will display it to the Start Page. The location of ProjectMRUList is in this path: HKCU/Software/Microsoft/VisualStudio/<Version>/ProjectMRUList Customizing the list or clearing the list of entries from there would reflect the lis ...Show All

• Visual Basic ToolBar Control Replaced by ToolStrip with No ImageList - Rendering it useless.

  The ToolBar has been replaced by the ToolStrip control. The ToolStrip Control does NOT have an ImageList property in the properties dialog at design time. MS had to actually make the decision to remove this feature. Why Who cares. Assigning an image to an embeded command button now WILL NOT allow me to use my favorite .ico icon library. Now I have to find a way to convert my .icon library to something the ToolStrip can understand. Another time wasting useless feature. Now I have to code each and every image for the ToolStrip control. Why would I do this. Everytime I want to change the order of the command button controls I have to chase it up in code. Multiply it by 3 to get the Hot, Cold, and Disabled icons. Come on! I can't be the only ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Task pane / Action pane needs to be available accross different workbooks but I cant make it!

  Hi I was wondering if someone could help with a problem on action panes / task panes in Excel. I have a task pane which is added via code (See below). I need the task pane to "stay put" as I navigate between different workbooks. If I load or add a new workbook, then the task bar is not available to these and remains only available to the worklbook in which it was added via code. My objective is to have an add-in which contains and controlls the functinonality of the action pane and have this available has I navigate between different workbooks. I hope some one can help. Many thanks for your help. David Edelman Public Class ThisWorkbook Public oActionPane As New ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista When is RC2 expected, any interim drops?

  Just wondering if there is a new drop impending. Well I got Vista RC2 via the Comunity Previews Program (I think thats what they call it) about 10 days ago.  In my c:\Windows\Microsoft .Net\Frameworks folder, I have a version of every .Net framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, & 3.0. I havn't tried the 3.0 stuff, its taken me long enough to get to grips with 2.0(although it was worth it). I asume you will need the SDK for 3.0 I don't konw about its avaliblity. I herd somewhere MS had closed the public access to RC2 like they did with RC1. I am sure its still avalible via MSDN and Tech Net. Hope that helps. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Remove annoying help lines.

  I was wondering how I remove the help lines that comes when Im placing stuff on the from. How do I remove them DMan1 wrote: From the main menu...Tools....Options...Windows Forms Designer...General: LayoutMode=SnapToGrid ShowGrid =False SnapToGrid=False Works now, just had to restart vb express. ...Show All