gdog300's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Login failed for user '(null)'

  Hi, I am using a Third Party software which depends on my SQL Server 2000 for storing data. When I use Windows Security in my Third Party software, I get the following message in the event viewer of my SQL Server 2000. Description: 18452: Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with trusted SQL Server connection. When I user SA, I do not get the above error. Any clarifications on the possibilites for getting the error is appreciated. Also let me know if we can overcome the error without using SA. I tried the article in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840219 . But it didn't make a difference. Are the application and the SQL Server running on the same machine If not, are the machines in the same domain ...Show All

• Visual C# Win98 Disk Defrag graphic

  Hi, If you remember Windows 98 defragmentation tool, there was a map of the disc clusters (Squares) which dynamically moves and changes colour depending on the state of the sector. I was wondering how to call such a map as i want to implement something similar in my codes. I would also be grateful if anyone know if there is a ready-made class for this. Cheers, Girish its been a while but no there is no ready made class for this. This is additional functionality outside the .NET Framework which you will need to create. AFAIK if I remember, it was just an animated GIF being loaded at the time of the event. you can load GIFs into the PictureBox control and see it animate. Change the image when it hits a certain point in you ...Show All

• .NET Development Windows service

  Hi, I have windows service project that makes an object of a class in a Call library project. it all works fine if i use a windows application project to make this object but with the windows service it gives me Type Load exception "Could not load type 'SeekWare.Engine' from assembly 'SeekWare, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'." Seekware is the class library and Engine is the class inside it that i want to make an object from. ...Show All

• .NET Development FTP Problem

  I am trying to login to an FTP server, to download a file. Every time I try, I get the following message: "The remote server returned an error: (530) Not logged in." I can login and download the file using DOS FTP, and CuteFTP from this server without a problem. I also changed the code to reflect a different server, and that worked fine. When I login to the server, it identifies itself as "Microsoft FTP Service". Can anyone point me in the right direction Below is my code: request = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(fileName); request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(userName, passWord); request.KeepAlive = false; request.UseBinary = false; request.UsePassive = fals ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error on form will not allow me to view form.vb [Design] mode

  I wanted to change a dataset and deleted it before I added a new dataset and I had controls bound to the dataset, so I expected a few problems, BUT......... VB 2005 will not let me open the form in [Design] mode until I fix these errors One or more errors encountered while loading the designer. The errors are listed below. Some errors can be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes. The designer cannot process the code at line 248: Me.Org_TemplateDataSet.DataSetName = "Org_TemplateDataSet" The code within the method 'InitializeComponent' is generated by the designer and should not be manually modified. Please remove any changes and try opening the designer ag ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectInput not usable yet?

  Hello, i was in need of working with mouse and keyboard inputs but I notice the DirectInput.SystemGuid class is gone (i used in DX9) and getting the Guid from the GetDevices() seems impossible too, since is "Method isn't found" yet... So, how are we able to use the DirectInput.Device(Guid, Handle) if we cannot get the Guid from anywhere Or is there another place to get the Guid from TIA Yeah I am, and thx for link, seems that XNA is even less complete and I was too early to make the jump... A well, back to 1.1 for me... ...Show All

• SQL Server How to Fax Reports from SSRS 2005

  How do I fax out reports from SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005 I tried RightFax 6.0 but it didn't work. You will need to create a custom delivery extension. The best way would be to start with the Printer Delivery extension that comes with the SQL Server Samples. Bret Updegraff Microsoft MVP,MCAD,MCSD,MCDBA Author - Reporting Services In Action 2nd Edition http://www.manning.com/updegraff ...Show All

• SQL Server Horizontal table

  I have seen the blog article about creating  horizontal tables but it says that you need to have a static number of rows. Is there a way to do this if you have dynamic rows   I need for information to flow down the page and then start at top of the next column and then flow down again. I need 3 columns. Unfortunately, there can be very little or a lot of information in each section.  I need to do this: Contract 1                          Contract 4                         ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Timers

  I read that DateTime.Now doesn't have the same precision in the compact framework as in the desktop CLR. Will there be a mechanism to call QueryPerformanceCounter() or something similar thanks I'm very pleased with the Stopwatch; it seems very accurate even when measuring small fractions of time. Nice add-on for the 2.0 framework. Roger Larsen ...Show All

• .NET Development How to pass not simple types using .NET Remoting

  I can't count how many .NET remoting tutorials and book excerpts i read. Every single time the example involves a chat client passing strings or some other example where strings, ints, and simple user defined types are begin passed. I am looking for an example which shows me how to pass pointer types, like most things in .NET library. For example, I want to pass a FileInfo or FileStream object from server to client. I tried that, it didn't work. Someone told me that's because System.IO.FileStream object, for example, is a pointer to a memory location which would have meaning on the machine it was instantiated on. If I pass that pointer to another machine than that pointer would have no meaning on that machine. But I did check an ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Revision Control included in XNA?

  I heard XNA will include some sort of Revision Control, some kind of Perforce or SubVersion directly included in the package. Can someone confirm that Subversion is really nice source control. I especially like the fact that I don't need to manually "check out" files. ...Show All

• SQL Server CLR Function - Invalid character in the given encoding

  Hello! I wrote a CLR function, which is receiving some XML parameters. In certein situations it gives me the following error message: Msg 6522, Level 16, State 1, Line 58 A .NET Framework error occurred during execution of user-defined routine or aggregate "svmScale": System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 1, position 27. System.Xml.XmlException: at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Would anyone be able to help me with this?

  Would anyone have any idea why this isn't working It will draw the triangle in the middle of the screen however it will not follow the mouse cursor. I've tried a few different thing but have not been able to get anything to work. using System; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input; namespace ChaseMosher { class MouseComponent : GameComponent { private MouseState m_MouseState; private Vector3 m_One; private Vector3 m_Two; private Vector3 m_Three; private VertexPositionColor[] m_VertexPositionColor; public override void Draw() { m_MouseState = Mouse.GetState(); m_One = new Vector3(m_MouseState.X, m_MouseState.Y, 1.0f); m_Two ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to override "hardcoded" content of button with style setter

  Hello, I have XAML, for example <Page.Resources> <Style x:Key="ButtonStyle"> <Setter Property="Control.Background" Value="BlueViolet" /> <Setter Property="Control.Foreground" Value="White" /> <Setter Property="Control.FontSize" Value="20" /> <Setter Property="Control.Width" Value="50" /> <Setter Property="Control.Height" Value="30" /> </Style> </Page.Resources> <Button x:Name="GoButtonWithStyle" Content="Go" Style="{StaticResource ButtonStyle}"> </Button> I would like to have Content attribute defined in style. Is t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office VBA or .NET?

  Hi, I'm planning on creating a customized toolbar for Powerpoint 2003 which would have a custom color palette, custom icons, create new slides based on a table of contents, etc. I'm weighing my options trying to decide between VBA and .NET with VSTO 2005. I talked to Microsoft MVP Jonathan West concerning this choice, and his gave me some pretty compelling reasons for choosing VBA, namely: VSTO 2005 has no special tools for Powerpoint VSTO 2005 SE only works for Office 2007 (not Office 2003) COM add-ins are a pain with .NET Accessing the Powerpoint object model with VBA would be easier than with .NET for this specific project What does the forum say about this Is VBA the clear choice Thanks, Pete Pete ...Show All