Kyle Leitch's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Bullet points for building a guidance automation package from scratch.

  After creating my first test guidance package using the Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT), I've cobbled together some bullet point steps on how to do it here . This is really rough at the moment, but I'll be adding to it as my knowledge grows. It took a while because there's nothing similar to it, like a walkthrough, in the documentation and I didn't want to use the meta guidance package because I wanted to understand how it all hung together first. It's on my blog ' mikehadlow.blogspot.com '. This is the link . I put a link on the original post, but I guess it wasn't very obvious :( ...Show All

• SQL Server Does anyone know of a web based SQL Query tool?

  Hi I want to be able t give my users access to our SQL server database via a eb application published o our web server. I have found one freeware tool but it only supports SQL Server 2000 and the developer doesn't returns any emails. Has anyone come across a web ui SQL query tool either freeware or one that can be purhcase thanks for your help Marcus Do you just want to have a tool sending out a query from a textbox and getting the results back in a grid or something Or do you want tome graphical designer for your users HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• .NET Development Error .Net SqlClient Data Provider when running a SQL Job

  Event Type: Error Event Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 19/09/2006 Time: 12:41:57 User: N/A Computer: Description: A severe error occurred on the current command. The results, if any, should be discarded. Job 'Update Shared Data from CM' started successfully. running a stored procedure which executes sql to quick off a sql job on another server (provides it with the remote servername as an input parameter. Stored Procedure Code as follows --set ansi_nulls on --go --set ansi_warnings on --go @strLiveServerName nvarchar(30) as DECLARE @strSQL nvarchar(500) SET @strSQL = "EXEC [" + @strLiveServerName +"].msdb.dbo.sp_start_job N'Update F ...Show All

• SQL Server consumming reports in ASP.NET

  Hi everybody, I don't know if my request should be posted here, but any comment will be appreciated. I have a lot of reports on a Report server. I also know that with the Web control (reportviewer) placed on a page, I'll be able to show the report in the browser. But what I'm looking for is a way to have something like a control that accepts some parameters (ServerUri, reportPath and so on), calls that control within a page to render the report instead of having to repeatedly placed the reportviewer whenever i need to view a report. Can someone helps me to find an approach Could Composite Asp.net server control be a solution Thanks in advance. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Using Excel as a DataSource for coded web tests

  I have a web test which is databound. The backing datastore is an Excel spreadsheet and this works. However, if I turn that test into a coded web test the tests fail to run (note the tests don't fail, they don't even execute). If I remove the DataSource attribute from the coded test then I can get the test to run. The DataSource attribute looks like this: [DataSource("DataSource1", @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\temp\Starbuzz\Starbuzz\testdrivendata\CoffeeMakerTestData.xls;Extended Properties='Excel 8.0'", DataBindingAccessMethod.Sequential, "Sheet2$")] And I get the following failure Error WebTest1Coded WebAppTest Could not run web test 'WebTest1Coded' on agent 'MACHINENAME': Ob ...Show All

• SQL Server Microsoft SQL Sever management Studio: Failed to open connection dialog

  Does anyone encount the following problem before When I tried to connect to Microsoft SQL server 2005 with MS SQL Server Management Studio, I received: "Failed to open connection dialog" message with additional information is "Package 'Mircrosoft SQL Server Object Explorer' failed to load. This's just happened recently. Although I am receiving that message, I still able access into database with different types of connection. Can someone shred some light Thanks Tommy. This looks like some of your .NET components have corrupted. Reinstalling the same should help. Thanks, Kuntal ...Show All

• Visual C++ Class diagrams unpresent in VC++05?

  I enjoyed C#'s way of immediately showing class diagrams just by a few clicks. I also develop the majority of my program in native C++. In the VC++ documentation, it said to add a new item and double click on Class Diagram. For some reason, it is not there. I guess I could start with asking why, and what can I do to create such a file VC++ 2005 does not support Class Diagrams. This looks like a documentation error, where did you find this information ...Show All

• SQL Server Split Function

  Is there any split function in sql server 2005. I just want to pass a string to a stored procedure. it should split that string when it encounters a space. for ex, consider the string " the intel mother board" it should give "the,intel,mother,board" as result. You are probably going to need to be more clear. Technically, you can do what you ask using REPLACE, but I doubt that is your intent. If your intent is to use these values as a set of search values (like using IN ('the','intel'...) then check this article: http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Localization and image resources in satellite assemblies

  Hello, i have already searched for a solution, but have not found one so far. In our WPF-application we have several images which are language-specific. The Localizable flag of those images is set to true, and during the build process the images are embeded into the satellite assembly of the default language. But now we want to create a satellite assembly for another language. At first we use "LocBaml /parse ..." to generate the csv file to translate all string. An then we use "LocBaml /generate ..." to create the new language satellite. If we start the application with the new culture, all strings are proper translated. But not the images. The new language satellite contains all the image resources of the defa ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Agent 2005 won't start

  I'm having a problem getting the SQL agent restarted. It ran properly for about a week then stopped. SQL Server is running fine. I've used the sp_configure to change the settings for 'Agent XPs' to 1. I can see the settings changed, but when I go through either the Management Studio or Surface Area configuration it fails and resets the 'Agent XPs' value back to zero. Here's the error I get in the sqlagent.out file: 2006-07-28 10:15:37 - ! [241] Startup error: Unable to initialize error reporting system (reason: The EventLog service has not been started) 2006-07-28 10:15:37 - [098] SQLServerAgent terminated (normally) I don't see an EventLog service under services that I can start. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ...Show All

• Visual Basic msxml6.dll failed to register

  Hello, I am writing a very small application in VB.Net 2005. I added a reference to Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS so I can use a SQL Server 2000 DTS package on SQL Server 2005. I have one form with an Import at the top: Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime ' needed for the DTS package to run and under a start button I have: Dim oApp As New Application Dim oPkg As New Package oPkg = oApp.LoadPackage(g_DTSx_Directory & "AOC copy Generic1 CSV to AOC_verify_file_1.dtsx" , Nothing ) Dim oResults As DTSExecResult oResults = oPkg.Execute oPkg = oApp.LoadPackage(g_DTSx_Directory & "AOC copy Generic2 CSV to AOC_verify_file_2.dtsx" , Nothing ) oResults = oPkg.Exe ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista State Machine in Web Service

  Can anyone point me to an example that shows a State Machine WF built into a Web Service Txs. Joao Cunha Lopes The hands-on labs have this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=2e575633-e357-4ee7-aaff-34138f00e830&displaylang=en 1 ...Show All

• Visual Studio can't hit breakpoints in unmanaged functions

  I have a C++ assembly that contains managed and unmanaged code. I can set breakpoints within the unamanaged functions, but they will not be hit. When I run debugging, full red circle in unmanaged part becomes an empty one and it says "The Breakpoint will currently not be hit. No executable code is associated with this line". Interesting thing is, this code does get executed, because i can see the results. I can debug managed code without any problems. Help thanks for the answer, but the problem was in C# gui for this mixed assembly. Apparently, you have to manually check "enable unmanaged code debugging" in C# project properties ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions access database

  I know there is a treat about this but it can 't solve my problem I've got vb express on 2 computers now, en when I try to connect by add new datasource, one my laptop i'vr got give a connection string , on the other pc , I can browse to the access database. I already removed the complete office and express editions and installed them again the same problem occures a simple question fot some but i can't find it why is there a difference, and I'vr tried several connectionstring , nothing seems to work Is there someone who can give me a push in the good direction thanks in advance greetz ivo it is xp,with sp2 .net framework 2.0 office 2003 proff. the same config ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Needs steps to purchase Creator's Club memebership.

  I find the link for the Creator's Club here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/XNA/creators/default.aspx I find nothing when I attempt to find an offering titled "Creator's Club" from here: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/ WT.svl=nav Or listed under the Subscription Plans: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/memberships/xbox360subscriptionplan.htm It should be easier than this. There isn't even a blatant "Creator's Club" menu item in the XNA Express "Community" menu. Any demonstrable links would be nice. -Thanks You sign up for the Creator's Club through your 360. See here . ...Show All