Steven Fl's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Building 1 Soln with multiple web projects in Team Build

  Hi, I have a solution with mutiple projects. There are 3 web projects in the solution and a few other library projects. WHen using a web deployment project (wdproj) for the main website, how come Team Build skips compiling of the 2 other web projects I need these two web projects within my solution. What can be done to oversome this I have created two new configurations DEV & QA within configuration managere and set those release types. I am only building in DEV & QA modes not Debug & Release. My DEV & QA modes are essentially release modes. Skipping because the "$(AspNetConfiguration)" configuration is not supported for this web project. You can use the AspNetConfiguration property ...Show All

• Visual C++ Date conversion with SQLAPI++

  Hi Folks; I'm running a query that gets the date from a database. The date contained in the database is of the format: 7/12/2006 12:00:00 AM The result of the query is put in a string but the string looks like: Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 2006 I want it to appear in the first format and I want to get rid of the time. I'm using SQL Server 2005. For such issues, please use the newsgroups at http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups OTP Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• Visual C# cannot debug any code once it has changed

  Hi, I have just installed Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and all was well. One day later and I can't debug a new project as I get the error: "The following module was built either with optimizations enabled or without debug information" I can create a new command line project and add the following line of code: Console.WriteLine("Test"); This runs fine...no problem. However when I change that line to: Console.WriteLine("Another Test"); I get the above error. I cannot debug any code once it has changed. I've seen some other posts with the same error but no clear solution. I have worked out that when I delete the .exe file from the bin\debug directory it all works again. The code debugs f ...Show All

• .NET Development help needed in pixel operation

  hi, I want to know the difference of the below, 1. Doing image operation with the manipulation of getPixel() and setPixel() methods. 2. getting the address of the first pixel data in the bitmap using the code, BitmapData bmData = b.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, b.Width, b.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb); int stride = bmData.Stride; System.IntPtr Scan0 = bmData.Scan0; How these two differ thanks in advance. Uvaraj T The first one uses GdipBitmapSetPixel so set the pixel data Its easier to use I don't see what you're getting at here. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista *** VISTA RTM *** Writing to raw disk sectors.

  Hi, I have an application that is accessing the physical drive to read and write directly to the sectors. Recently I've used the new Vista RTM, and unfortunately my application is not working anymore. I get write access denied error when trying to write to sectors in the physical drive. I use CREATEFILE to get the handle to the physical drive (ie: \\.\c :), then the WRITEFILE to write directly to the sectors. I use SETFILEPOINTER to point to which sector I want to write. The WRITEFILE always fails with ERROR: 5 Access Denied. I run the app in user mode, but I elevate my app to administrator level. The problem still there. I have found the following discussion in a blog by Joanna Rutkowska: http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2006/10/ ...Show All

• .NET Development Alternative of web.config

  Is there any alternative to web.config. or there is any alternative to use httphandler for ajax in web.config. i have to remove this from web.config. is there any method to remove it from web.config. if i remove it then it gives a error and ajax stops working plz kindly give me a solution. urgent I have used location method but no work if i use "." in path then all works fine for all project except project those who dont have ajax. if i try to give the name of application name in that path then it application dont accept that. it dont take this http handler plz help me plz tell me how do i use the path in location.I write location in web.config as < location path =&q ...Show All

• .NET Development IpcChannel server stops responding to messages

  I have a mysterious problem in which an IPC server created using IpcChannel stops accepting named pipe messages after a prolonged period of inactivity. I am using name pipe-based remoting in .NET 2.0 with C# to send objects defined in a shared assembly between processes. There are quite a few code examples of how to do this on the Web, and people seem to be having success using this form of IPC in .NET. I have adapted this code so that all of my apps create both IpcChannel clients and servers for peer-to-peer communications. The IPC communication works perfectly fine as long as messages are periodically sent. However, if the IPC server does not receive and messages for several minutes, it will not respond to any IPC message sent to it by a ...Show All

• Windows Forms Reg-Window Vista

  Hi all, What is the advantage of Windowsvista and major benefits of visual studio 2005 in windows vista. venkat. well let's see... 1. Paying more for your computer to run slower (Had XP w/2GB RAM so fast, installed Vista, she's not so fast anymore) 2. Pretty colors 3. Running Mac on your PC...well at least a cheap M$ rip-off of the Mac OSX 4. No bluescreens, just the system constiantly locking up with no explination as to why 5. Most of your old programs Won't work correctly 6. Oh, and you can run Direct X 10 My advice would be Stick With XP or Learn a Linux Distro (much better support) ...Show All

• Visual C++ VC++ won't run from source control: "The system cannot execute the specified program"

  Hi, I've installed VS 2005 C++ Express into source control and it won't work. I've wasted the better part of a day so far trying to get it to work. The error message I get when trying to run something as simple as lib.exe is: "The system cannot execute the specified program." When I load up the .exe in the dependency walker (depends.exe), it says: Error: The Side-by-Side configuration information in "y:\compilers\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\LIB.EXE" contains errors. This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem (14001) . The only dependency shown for LIB.EXE other than KERNEL32.DLL is MSVCR80.DLL. I've tried copying all t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System One build type for two branches of a solution

  I have a solution that is branched in source control. I would like to use one build type to build either branch, and control which branch is built with a parameter perhaps. The builds are the same except for the different source control locations of the branches. So, the only two things to set at run-time are: 1. the sln file to build 2. the files to get #1 can be accomplished by using a Condition in SolutionToBuild, for example: < SolutionToBuild Include = " $(SolutionRoot)\myapp\myapp.sln " Condition = " '$(BuildBranch)'!='true' " /> < SolutionToBuild Include = " $(SolutionRoot)\myapp-branch\myapp.sln " Condition = " '$(BuildBranch)'=='true' " /> Is there a way t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Schema Compare Problem #5

  I am comparing a Database to a Project. One table is showing up as being different. Here is what DBPro reports as the difference: In the Database: [DefaultPerformanceEmailText] [nvarchar] ( max ) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL , In the Project: [DefaultPerformanceEmailText] [nvarchar] ( max ) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_HumanResourcesPolicy_DefaultPerformanceEmailText] DEFAULT ( '' ), When I click the 'Write Updates' button to synch my Project, DBPro says everything was successful but when I do a recompare, this same difference reappears. DBPro is not removing the constraint. Thanks - Amos. Are you doing a database to proje ...Show All

• SQL Server Running Report gives error "root element missing"....

  I have some users building a report in ReportBuilder through SSRS web service. When they run the report they are getting the error "root element missing". Anyone know what this means I'm getting that too when I create a new fields that contains NOW() or TODAY().  Just creating a field that is equal to either will cause the error message.  Can anyone help with this issue ...Show All

• Visual Basic Avoiding shared properties in classes

  Hi, I have a class structure with multiple subclases. My problem is, that when i instantiate the subclasses, i cannot acces properties from the topclass, within the subclasses, unless I declare them shared, thus eliminating the opportunity of creating several instances of the topclass. How do I create a property in a topclass, that can only be accessed in all instances of the subclasses, without being shared with other instances of the topclass An example: Public Class TopClass Private arrObject as Object() Public Class SubClass Public Function getObjects As Object() Return arrObject 'Results in error if arrObject isn't shared in class TopClass End Function End Class ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dynamically adding controls to FlowLayoutPanel

  Is there any way to set the FlowBreak property for a control if I am adding controls to a FlowLayoutPanel at runtime Thanks FlowLayoutSettings.SetFlowBreak http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.flowlayoutsettings.setflowbreak(d=ide).aspx ...Show All

• SQL Server Flat File connection manager and String delimitation

  Guys Another question regarding the frustrating SSIS stuff. Basically when I used to use a DTS task to import a flat file (comma delimited) into the database it worked fine no problems, however, for some reason the same approach in SSIS means that any string values in the file are automatically delimited with double quotes, even though I am specifying <none> as the delimitation. I have also changed the fields so that the the TextQualified is set to false. This causes a problem because all of the information stored in the database (done by a stored procedure) contains these stupid quotes. Is there something I am missing or haven't done correctly to get rid of the quotes Thanks D That d ...Show All