AlbertG's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio MSDN Oct 2005

  Hi, I know that this is a kind of common issue but I spend 3 hours on reading and trying to fix the problem and end with nothing. System info : Windows XP (sp2), I do have VS 6 and VS 2003 with coresponding MSDN collections installed. Installed VS2005 Pro, then installed MSDN Oct 2005 (full installation). System is kind of old (2 years) but reinstalling all my stuff is something like 4 days of work. Problem : When I run (from Start or from VS it's not important) MSDN Oct 2005 I do not see neither Contents nor Index (only help on help). When I try to search I do receive results from web, but no results for local help. MSND installation eat 2GB from HDD, searching the web is slow. Reinstalling doesn't fix the problem. I do ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Undoing exclusive checkouts

  All: My question/problem is this: A TFS user has a number of files checked out for exclusive checkout. The user has subsequently left the company. His domain user account has been deleted. We've tried a number of command line commands to unlock the files, undo the operation, delete the workspace etc. However these approaches all seem to require workspace/owner information, & are unable to find/process the workspace the files were checked out to. How can I undo/delete the checkout operation if the workspace or domain user account no longer exists Thanks in advance, Dave Riches Hello, I'm desperate for help on the same issues that the person above was experiencing. It doesn't seem like a resolu ...Show All

• SQL Server Rights needed to run Production DTS package

  I need to give a developer the minimum "rights" required to re-run a DTS job on our production server, if the job failed. . (He does not have direct access to the sql 2000 server. His role is a "backup" one in case the DBA is not available). What's the best way to accomplish this TIA, barkingdog ...Show All

• Visual C++ GDI+ CachedBitmap drawing issue

  I'm trying to speed up some GDI+ code by creating and using CachedBitmap objects. All seems Ok except when I go to paint them. If the image has an alpha channel then this is drawn at relative position 0, 0 and the rest of the image is drawn at the correct location. To test it I filled the CachedBitmap with a solid color 255, 128, 0, 0 (ARGB) , this then draws in the correct location. If I fill it with 128, 128, 0, 0 then the rectangle appears at 0, 0 What am I doing wrong For such issues, please use the newsgroups at http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups . Folks there might be more familiar with such issues OTP Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Help with a query - all WI that have been built.

  Hi! The problem: How can you tell which Work Items (for example a bug) have been integrated into a build As a tester you would like to create a query that gives you a list of all Work Items with these statements: Type = Bug State= Resolved Integrated in build: <not blank> I have not been able to create a query like this... any ideas Team Project = @Project And Integration Build <> Yeah, thats what I tried. I gotta try again tomorrow. I saw no reason why it would not work.... hence the post here. So.... hopefully it was some temporarily bug or something. I'll post my findings tomorrow! ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Mouse-responsive programs

  Well done to everyone for getting it out of the door. Like a lot of us I had a double-take with the Spacewar example - strange, that although this version specifically doesn't allow you to deploy on Xbox 360, the only complete example provided requires an Xbox controller as released (... or change your build options to include USE_KEYBOARD). OK, a couple of visits to this forum answered the question ... but ... it raised another one. I'm only a (keen but ignorant!) hobbyist, and have no interest in deploying anything on Xbox, ... but I've quickly begun to wonder if we're going to be easily able to write PC-only apps that respond to the mouse. Or, are we going to have to sacrifice easy mouse handling to retain support for both Xbox and P ...Show All

• Visual C++ LNK4209 in VS2003

  Hi I am trying to link an EXE that will statically link in a library A that also depends on another static library B. When B is compiled with any debugging information, I get LNK4209 when linking the EXE. The steps I follow are: Build B Build A Build EXE The object files that LNK4209 comes up on are both generated from my own source files. All of these are compiled with VS2003. Additionally, eventually the linker terminates with "Internal Error during pass 2". If I rebuild B with no debugging information, I am successfully able to link & run the EXE, but this is not desirable. Below is some verbose output from the linker. If anyone can shed some light on this, it is much appreciated. GIPSSipVoiceEngineDll_debug.lib(rtpsende ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Problems with VEMap.Hide3DNavigationControl() method

  Can anyone confirm whether or not this method is working in v4 It works for me when in 3d mode and no other windows are poped up. To confirm it removes the new funky control in the bottom left corner not the dashboard. John. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Reportviewer doesn't print first time I click print button

  I use a WindowsForm Reportviewer. C# 2.0 I generate the report and all is OK but when the user try to print (print button in toolbar), the application open the printdialog, I select the printer and press Ok. But the application doesn't generate a document. When I try again, all work fine. If I close the application and restart, occurs the same (first doesn't works, second works, all time works). somebody have any idea Thanks form Spain.               Yes, if you touch the dialog box in any way that sets the focus to the box and it will print. But you have to click on the box and do something first. That shifts the focus. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions communication between programs

  Hey, I have two C# apps. One makes some calculations and should send the results to the other app... how can this communication be done Files dont count... Thanks .NET remoting offers many ways for applications to communicate http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kwdt6w2k.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions msgbox problem

  hi there i have a problem regarding messagebox.... i want is to delete all my items in the table when i click the button the messagebox will promt if you want to continue... if i choose cancel it's also execute the delete command what's wrong with my code here's my code msgbox ("some text",messageboxresult.OKCancel) if msgbox = vbOk then theOleDbCommand.Connection.Open() theOleDbCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() theOleDbCommand.Connection.Close() else if msgbox = vbCancel then msgbox ("some text") end if   thanx 4 d reply.... i figure it out using if condition here's my code dim message = msgbox ("some text",messageboxbuttons.OkCancel) if message = windows.forms.dialogresult.OK then 'your code / or w ...Show All

• .NET Development change the xsd file corresponding to mdf file

  Hi, I have mdf file and corresponding xsd file which work together and all is good :) I have made changes in the mdf file, how can I recreating the xsd file Thanks If you are working in Visual studio: open the dataset right click on the main query "fill" and click configure. change the query by adding or removing the fields you want That should do the trick. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Jet.OLEDB.4.0 error

  I am trying to connect to an access database but everytime I try and connect I get the following message: "The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine" I went on the microsoft wibsite and downloaded and installed the latest Jet but I still get this message. Can any one help me clear this It is obviously stopping me from developing my application. Does anyone have any suggestions to make this work Maybe I should un-install both the Visual Studio and the VB6 and then re-install I am lost here. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions connection routine for an SQL Express database I'm using with ASP.NET and C#?

  connectionString = "server=.\\SQLExpress;uid=sa;pwd=;database=cartridge;" + "Integrated Security=True;"; connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString); connection.Open(); When I run the database in "debug" mode through the VWD IDE the connection is made and I get query data etc, but when I try to access the database from IIS I get a login failed message, I assume this means I must create another SQL user I can't find any option to do this in the GUI. You are likely encountering the Windows Authentication double hop issue. If you do an internet search of "windows authentication double hop" you will file a lot of article that should help you. Good Luck, Peter Saddow ...Show All

• SQL Server Help with finding last record!

  I have two columns - code (nvchar) and date (datetime) within an sql 2005 table. The code contains a list where the items are duplicated and I need to search for each item for the newest date and if the date is older than 180 days to display that record. Was relatively easy using the Last function but this does not exist now. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Just to let you all know, I still have not had time to try this. The xmas rush still has not slowed down ...Show All