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• Visual Studio Express Editions Real Time Math Calculations

  How's it going everyone I am working on a piece of software that will allow a user to do some complex math very easily. To make a long story short, I need the software to make the calculations in real time instead of displaying the results after a button is clicked. Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to do this Thanks, Brian Tall Dude wrote: Use 3 textboxes, textbox1&2 as input textbox3 as output. Use the textbox1 and textbox2 'text changed' event to do the calculations and update textbox3. Search this forum for 'numbers only' to find out how to control user input to your input textboxs. Search this forum for ' TextBox1.TextChanged' to see examples of t ...Show All

• SQL Server OLAP server or SQL Analysis Service

  Hi I am new to SQL Server and not quite understand the difference between OLAP server or SQL Analysis Service. Are they referring to the same thing An user asked me to confirm that the OLAP server is active on a server running SQL Server 2005, what do I need to check. The Analysis service is up and running, does it mean it is OK Please advise. Thanks. OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) is a generic term for the process of analyzing stored data. SQL Server Analysis Services is a product which performs the Analytical Processing for you. If Analysis Services is up and running then you're OK. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Stronger indication of solution filtering in pending changes needed

  This has caused developers at our site to either checkin too few or too many changes, as the indication wasn't strong enough as to indicate what file set was displayed in the pending changes. Right now the indication is a tiny 1 pixel line drawn around a tiny icon. Perhaps a big world icon to the right when not filtering and the solution icon when filtered. My team has had some confusion over this as well. I like your idea of an alternative icon for when not filtering by solution. A behavior similar to the "folder view" / "flat view" toolbar buttons possibly, or the combo box style selection for large icon/small icon/detail view, etc in the results pane of Windows Explorer. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA framework for non C#

  One of the great advantages of the .NET framework is that developers can work on the same project in different programming languages. As I'm reading about XNA, it seems that this will not be possible with the XNA framework. Will the only programming language that has access to the XNA framework be C# The performance hit is from C++ to C# or C++ to VB. VB runs CRL just like C# so the performance is the same. I have a hard time seeing VB as a good beginner language because it syntax is so different than other languages. To move from C# to Java or C++ or many other languages is much easier than moving from VB just my two cents ...Show All

• Windows Forms Normal installation - update using clickonce?

  We currently deploy using CDROM and msi. Can we still do this and allow updates using ClickOnce Is there a guide on how to do this The MSDN with Visual Studio 2005 is very confusing. regards, Mark ...Show All

• Visual C# why (Object reference not set to an instance of an object)?

  I am using this code but getting "Object reference not set to an instance of an object.". This is the code and below it is the error message: private void generate_report() { npg_connection = new NpgsqlConnection ( "Server=www.db.2connectbahrain.com;Port=5432;User Id=jassim_rahma;Password=731004167;Database=billing;" ); npg_connection.Open(); // npg_command.CommandText = "Select category_title FROM reports_category ORDER BY category_title"; npg_command.CommandText = "select * from cdr where local_gateway_start_dt between '2006-08-01 00:00:00' and '2006-08-01 23:59:59' and originator_ip = '80.88.247.115' and dest_reg_id = '2connect_pbx' and called_num_e164 in('165 ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with AuthenticationExtension

  Hi, I got SSRS2005 with FormsAuthentication working for a while now without any problems. I decided to create some kind of 'Account Enabled' functionality and therefore I modified my AuthenticationExtension.cs. But what happened, the new functionality does not work. After adding some logging stuff to this file nothing changed. So it looks as if AuthenticationExtension.css is not being used at all in my security extension. I verified this by removing the file from the project and still...no changes! Other files in my security extension module are being used however. When I make a change to AuthenticationUtilities I can see it in my results. Does anyone know how this can happen Why is my extended IAuthenticationExtension not been used ...Show All

• Gadgets This is not a valid gadget package!! grr!

  hey, So i finished creating my gadget, i use winzip to zip it up to mygadget.gadget and then double click to install... However it just says: This is not a valid gadget package The gadget works if i move the folder to the windows gadget directory! Does anyone know how to fix this problem Regards Hi there, thanks for the responce. I have however made sure both were correct (as stated) and this is true. I have a gadget.xml and the line linking to the .html file! It is weird how it WORKS but does not work with the installer! ::(( ...Show All

• SQL Server Versions of *.mdf file: which relate to SQL Server 2000 and which to SQL Server 2005?

  As you know every mdf file has an inner version. For example 539, 611, etc. Does anybody know for sure which is the last version for SQL Server 2000 and which is the first SQL Server 2005 version Yes I saw this messages while attaching SQL Server 2000 database to SQL Server 2005. Are you sure that vesion 551 belongs to some alpha/beta version of SQL Server 2005 , but not to SQL Server 2000 ...Show All

• Windows Forms WebBrowser ReadyState not working.

  while (webBrowser1.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState .Complete || webBrowser1.IsBusy) { Application .DoEvents(); } At somepages this pease og code returns even if the page has not finished loading. My guess it has something todo with pages waiting for javascripts. Is there a way to ensure that there is no more navigating On forehand thx. Thomas Segato Hi Thx for your reply. Can you show a code snippet When do you know its the last Document_Completed Most sites raises 5-10 document completed. On forehand thx. Thomas ...Show All

• SQL Server Composite vs Single Primary Key (Benefits of Normalization?)

  Our DBA has chosen to use an autonumber column as the primary key for a linking table consisting of 2 other IDs, I'll call them x and y. Another developer is concerned that since our application only keeps track of IDs x and y, not the autonumber ID, that searches will be less efficient because if x and y were a composite key they would be indexed. Is this correct If so, couldn't you just create an index for these columns to make it equally efficient I believe that to eliminate all composite keys is a requirement for second normal form (correct me if I'm wrong), but does assigning an autonumber primary key to a linking table made up of solely 2 IDs have any benefits First of all, it's entirely possi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Modifying DataDude projects from Team System Developer...

  Currently we're using the generic 'Database Project' in Team System Developer and I'm looking into switching the database people over to DataDude. Unfortunately some of our developers need to create and/or modify some of the database objects (mostly stored procs and tables). Can anyone point me towards something outlining how this works or possibly just share success or failure doing this Thanks! I'm not quite sure what you are asking here. Data Dude is all about allowing developers to modify and udpate any SQL object. It's been a while since you posted - do you have more information you could add that might help us answer your question better ...Show All

• Windows Forms datagrid prob.

  how can i place a combo box in a datagrid control. i wanna sample code. combobox in 1 colomn and checkbox in another colomn, rest of the colomns are left for the data input. any one as i m creating an instance of DataGridViewComboBoxColum itz giving an error: " DataGridViewComboBoxColumn is not declared" Sample: Dim obj as new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn ...Show All

• Windows Forms Text not showing up in Listbox

  I am having problems populating a listbox and having the text show up. When I first encountered the problem, it was within a more complicated program. So, I began a new C# Windows application program, used the default "Form1" and drug a listbox on it. I renamed the listbox to lstCSAList to match the other program I was working on. In design time, I clicked on the ellipse, under Items where it says "(Collection)". I added, line1 line2 line3 In the Form1_Load subroutine, I placed the following code: private void Form1_Load( object sender, System.EventArgs e) { lstCSAList.Items.Add("Dummy"); } When I build and debug the program, I get the listbox with no text displayed. However, ...Show All

• SQL Server Oracle Data Source Problem: Cannot connect during deployment. Help!

  I am developing an SSAS project which looks at an Oracle database but I cannot for the life of me get it to process. This is one of those awful Oracle connectivity problems! Now, in the DataSource, I can edit and the test connection works perfectly. Every other application can connect to the Oracel server correctly. The problem comes when I try to deploy my project. I get errors left right and centre. They even change between attempts! Most common is TNS name resolution error: Error 1 OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified. 0 0 Yet, as I have said, when I test the connection everything is OK. And I can use the same connection details in every other application. Wh ...Show All