MBrophy's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development Is there any way to uniqely identify a contact ?

  Hi , Is there any way to uniqely identify a contact Does the POOM model provide a way to uniquely identify a contact As multiple contacts can have the same first name, last name, phone number and other details. So i would like to know is there any attribute using which a contact entry can be uniqely identified. Please help me. Thanks and Regards, Priya ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Response time does not match coded timer

  I have built a unit test that calls a DLL that calls a webservice. We need to do load testing on this service sending multiple requests with different data and we get a response back. We really want to monitor the response time as we do not want it to impact the site itself. I added a simple time check in the code (DateTime before and after and get a TimeSpan between them). My timer is showing responses of up to 8.5 seconds but the Load tester is showing a max of just over 5 seconds. Where is the responsetime gathered from I assumed it was from start of test to end of test but that does not seem like the case. Thanks Ok, it helped but I still have a question: Is there a way to get the tra ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS Installation & Lookout Search

  Hi I have been trying to install either Lookout Search or as an alternative WDS 3 but with no success. Lookout search starts the installation process but then tells me outlook is running and it cannot install. I have tried to install with outlook closed and open with no success. WDS again this starts the installation process but then says it cannot find the log file and gives up. Any ideas anyone thanks Shauna Make sure that you download the installer from http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx kbid=917013 and you run the installer as the administrator on the machine. Please also disable any anti-virus, firewall, spyware programs that possibly running on your machine. If that doesn ...Show All

• SQL Server Variable scope problem

  Greetings SSIS friends! Consider the following scenario : Source table : Result (contains 100 rows with primary key Reuslt_ID) Destination Table : stage_RESULT (same structure as source table) Source table gets regular inserts with new result_ids. I want my package to pick up new result_ids only, i.e. (Result_ids > maximum(result_id) in stage_RESULT. My package is designed to do the following : 1) Retrieve current maximum result_id into @max_result_id from RESULT_STAGE 2) Retrieve rows from Result where result_id > @max_result_id sounds simple, BUT.. it's not working.... my source table resides in a SQL Server 6.5 database so I am having to use a datareader source adapter to pull the data. The f ...Show All

• Windows Forms DateTimePicker control problem

  Hi guys, I'm using the data designer that generates form data entries. In my form entry there's this dateTimePicker control to save the date for the supplierPurchaseDate. I read someones thread that says I should set the ShowCheckBox to true.. but this doesnot solved my problem, When I clicked my save button there's this error that says supplierPurchaseDate does not allow Null values. Right, coz I set in my schema that it should not allow Null values to be recorded. But then the checkbox beside the date was already checked, why is it it says Null where there's a value Any idea guys to make this work and eventually save the value for my supplierPurchaseDate. Thanks, Hi, I think it wil ...Show All

• Visual Basic populating an Access database using visual basic 2005

  I am trying to create a new employee application that gets input from a user in text boxes and then take that information and populate a database in Access that will later be pulled to the Track IT! database on SQLserver2005. How do i do it Thank you. a) the OleDbCommand is a command object in order for you to do some things with the database, such as executing queries (insert/delete/select/delete). Here is some documentation about it: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.oledb.oledbcommand.aspx b) the code is up to you where you are wanting to place it - it depends what you want to do really and what the "code" does. In my first example I am selecting all recor ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Nothing happens when pressing the Report Builder button.

  When I press the Report Builder button on the report site homepage, nothing happens. I can see that IE is trying to open reportbuilder.application on a the report server, but I do not see any dialog requesting me to allow the application to run. When I log in on another PC with the same credentials I can create reports using Report Builder. These are the details I get when running the application directly from the server. PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42 System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) SOURCES Deployment url : fi ...Show All

• .NET Development Threads work different in VS mode and outside VS?

  Piece of code private void SomeMethod() { Thread myThread = new Thread ( new ThreadStart (FillControlValues)); myThread.Start(); progressMeter.ShowDialog();// it inherites from Form and is progress meter bar } private void FillControlValues() { //some time-consuming operation progressMeter.DoClose() //a method where Close method is called } When SomeMethod is called the second time in the red line there is an exception. Cannot access a disposed object. This bug occurs when I run app outside VS.NET IDE. Just running .exe file. This error didn't occur in Framework1.1. It occured since I migrated from 1.1->2.0.  This is serious problem for me and I have ...Show All

• Visual Basic DB Timing Issue (I think)

  I'm not sure which forum this belongs in, so I'll start here. I write a record to an Access DB and shortly thereafter try to read it back. No record is returned. I break @ the re-read and check Access with its IDE. No record shows. I refresh in Access and still no record. If I let the process run to termination (ie, back to the screen) and then attempt the re-read, the record is there (both in the application and the Access IDE). I seem to recall there is a 'flush' type process that can be called to write dirty buffers, but I can remember what it's called (or really if it exists or is just my Old Memorex Memory). Any ideas (Please don't ask for code -- its about 1000 lines . Roger This is definetely a timing issue. ...Show All

• Visual Studio can not get latest version from vss2005 voer internet

  I access vss 2005 via internate, but I found I can't get the latest version from vss, the error message is : --------------------------- One or more files could not be written to their destination folder. Possible reasons are lack of write access or disk space. --------------------------- I am login as administrator and the folder is set to writable for everyone. what is the problem, anybody can help me. Bring up the properties for the folder on disk. On the Security tab, make sure that you give all the users read and write permissions there also. ...Show All

• SQL Server Blank Pages in report

  I am supporting a web based application (ASP.NET 1.1) that uses RS 2005 on the production server. I needed to change a report, I make my changes, it looks fine in the Developer Viewer and it exports fine to PDF on my PC. I have deployed it to the production server but when you pull the report within the application (PDF format) it has 3 additional blank pages on the end of the report. The report is the correct size. It does not excede the 8/11 page size including the margins, there are no hidden fields. The report does have 4 tables. I have even viewed the report from //localhost/reports on the server and it shows only one page and exports to pdf with one page. I have looked at all the postings that deal with Blank pages and nothing seems ...Show All

• SQL Server Can MSDE 2000 upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition directly?

  According to this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393(d=robot).aspx , it seems that it cannot. But is this a complete chart Thanks for any help, Peter Looking at the link provided you can if the msde engine is at sp3 or above. I have done this upgrade on my sbs server and have upgraded the msde install that it uses to the sql server 2005 std edition. There was no problems, when the disk was started and the upgrade path was chosen, it asked what instance to upgrade. ...Show All

• .NET Development Replace xml schema in WSDL file

  Is it posible to replace the schema in the auto generated WSDL file in a Web Service, with or without WSE 3.0 I need to make more specific constraints/restrictions to it. Or is it normal to just leave the WSDL file with the standard auto generated types and then validate against a more strict schema when the request is recieved From this: - < s:complexType name =" Supplier " > < s:sequence > < s:element minOccurs =" 1 " maxOccurs =" 1 " name =" SupplierNo " type =" s:int " /> < s:element minOccurs =" 0 " maxOccurs =" 1 " name =" SupplierName " type =" ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How To Open A form

  I’m very new to VB, and have looked at the answers to the same question but have become confused so I’d appreciate your help and advice on the following: I have 2 forms: Form 1 is called “Mainform” – this will be my “main page” where I keep all the other buttons and controls (when I make them!!). Mainform has a button to open the form “Add New Chart”. Form 2 is called “Add New Chart” – this will be where I enter data for a database. So far so good!! This is what I wrote in code to open the “add new chart” form: Private Sub Button1_Add_New_Chart_Click( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1_Add_New_Chart.Click Form_AddNewChart.Show() ‘ This displays the "add ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista SqlDatabaseActivity can't handle output parameters when calling a stored procedure

  Dear all, I have just run into a problem with SqlDatabaseActivity which I downloaded from Microsoft. It doesn't understand output parameters in stored procedures, so it never returns any values for them. It assumes that all parameters are input only. I had previously discovered that it didn't handle @RETURN_VALUE, but fixed it myself. The failure to handle output parameters looks more fundamental, so I am reluctant to embark on trying to fix it. Is there a version of the activity which resolves this issue Dear Angel, I tried to do that, but the upload page doesn't actually upload anything - it assumes the file has been placed at a publicly accessible URL, which I do not currently want to do. I will email the z ...Show All