Nathan Franklin's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Retreive Project location

  Is there a way to retrieve the location entered by the user when creating a new project similar to $safeprojectname$ ie File > New Project Or will I have to use EnvDTE to determine the path of the project Kosmo Victor, This does pull back the path that I need, however I am not able to have it update anything in my solution. In my root.vstemplate I have: < Arguments > < Argument Name = " WebSiteName " > < Converter Type = " Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Library.Converters.NamespaceStringConverter, Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Library " /> </ Argument > < Argument Name = " AdminEmail " /> < Argument Name = " ProjectPath " > < Va ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Project file checked out on save

  If you select a project in the solution explorer and then click the save button, it checks out the file even though no modifications have been made. Is this by design I can't imagine that this behavior is intentional. Has this issue been logged as a bug previously Hi Jason: Ok I got it to reproduce now ... we will look at it. It is most probably the project file wanting to become writable in order to read something and we are reacting to that. Nevertheless, we got it now ... I am going to mark this as answered since the answer is: Yes it does happen and we will see if we can fix it. thanks, mario ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Help: How to create new project from old? or Source Control Tool?

  I would like to create a new project from an existing one. For example, Test2 from Test1. Is there a way of changing all the names on the files and all the occurances of Test1 in the files Having this automated would be helpful, because I build in small steps, and so will use the process many times. I know I can copy the Test1 folder, subfolders, and files to a folder Test2, and the rename files. And I have an editor that will replace text in all files in all subfolders. But even that can be tedious. Perhaps a source control system might be helpful. Is there a free one that will marry with VS 2005 Express Urm, yes, you can't do it inside the IDE. No, AFAIK, you can definitely do it outside the IDE. If i ...Show All

• SQL Server OLE DB Command and Destination writing to the same table

  Hi, I have a data flow task that performs an "upsert" by directing successful rows from a Lookup to an OLE DB Command that updates rows and unsuccessful rows (Lookup error output) to an OLE DB Destination for insertion. The problem is that execution hangs when both tasks update/insert into the same table (execution is still hung after 20 minutes). Modifying the OLE DB Destination to insert into a different table succeeds (execution completese within 2 minutes). Replacing the OLE DB Destination with a Row Count transformation also works. Could this be due to a table-locking issue Any suggestions Thanks ray You might look at the slowly changing dimension task... I'm not that familiar witrh it.&nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development Dataset designer erroneous auto loading

  My dataset code keeps auto updating incorrectly everytime I make a change to it. It happens in MyDataSet.Designer.vb at every line of code that has the following statement: Me._connection.ConnectionString =Global. InstantIQ .My.MySettings.Default.SEG2ConnectionString The underlined portion gets updated everytime I make a change to the dataset. I think this happened after I renamed my project in Solution Explorer. Is there a file I can update to stop this behavior I'm trying to avoid having to re-create the dataset. I have several queries referenced in my project to this dataset. Thank you, -Angel ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions MS Agent Unknown Error

  Good afternoon VB Experts,   I am working on an application that uses the MS Agent.   The application works as designed up to a point; the agent loads, animates and speaks, but then, for no apparent reason, suddenly disappears.   I am stumped!   Any suggestions that you have to help me work out of this problem would be greatly appreciated.   The disappearing act seems to occur when Form1 events fire.   For example, if the mouse is passed over a Button or ComboBox on Form1, the agent disappears.   Infact, just jiggling the mouse on the background of Form1 will also make the agent disappear, but it is not as sensitive as jiggling it over a Button.   If the mouse is passed over ...Show All

• Smart Device Development /clr ProcessCmdKey

  I am trying to activate my pocket pc's keyboard. I am a "C" programmer and I am really lost in windows. I am just following the clues in search and help. So, I set my compiler option to /clr. Next i got this code in help. #using <mscorlib.dll> public __gc class MyDataGridControl : public System::Windows::Forms::DataGrid { protected : bool ProcessCmdKey(Message* msg, Keys Keydata) { const int WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100; const int WM_SYSKEYDOWN = 0x104; if ((msg->Msg == WM_KEYDOWN) || (msg->Msg == WM_SYSKEYDOWN)) switch (KeyData){} } } return ( 'a' ); } the more it study this codeing the more i do not understand. I run the code and get the following mess ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL2005 cluster with domain controller

  We are trying to implement SQL 2005 automatic failover mode on two domain controllers. Could someone assist with information as to pros/cons in doing so and how many nodes required to implement it. We are thinking of implementing either cluster server or replication. thank you. tom ...Show All

• Visual C# Disable Screen Saver

  I was wondering whether there was a ". NET " way to disable the screen-saver I found MSDN Documentation for a DirectX 9 command to disable all video effects (Font smoothing, monitor power management and the screen saver) and I know it is possible for CE in unmanaged code (reset the timeout clock every so often) but I was hoping . NET 2.0 might have some way of achieving the same thing. Take a look at http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/SystemParametersInfo.html for more detailed info. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions create numbers

  Hallo I 've got a problem with a kind of numbers. I want to have the code to create the following: 1: 1 2: 12 21 3: 123 132 213 231 312 321 4: 1234 1243 1324 1342 1423 1432 2134 2143 2314 2341 2413 2431 3124 3142 3214 3241 3412 3421 4123 4132 4213 4231 4312 4321 5: 12345 12354 ... So al the possible numbers you can create with a limited number of numbers. I want to do this until 9: 123456789 .... 987654321!!! Is there someone who can help me to get the code to create that list of numbers Thx PS: sorry about my english This is a very complex problem. Take a look at this thread and the one it refers to. It's done in QBasic but should give you some idea of the complexity ...Show All

• Visual Studio Default Language in Help

  I program in C#. When I bring up the help screen it lists All the languages and I have to uncheck all but C#. Is there a setting that will retain my selection Thanks Marv Hello Pilot_cir - it sounds like you are using the MSDN Online as your default for help. If you use Local help as your default, this setting should be persisted correctly. Unfortunately, this feature is not currently supported (filter persistence) in MSDN Online. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Designer weirdness when deriving from ComboBox

  Hello, I have a form with a lot of combo boxes where the accepted values are either "true" or "false" on some or the values of an enumeration in others. Instead of having to copy and paste the values I wanted into the Items collection editor for each one, I decided it would be easier to create two custom types, each deriving from ComboBox, that automatically populate their Items collection. My original solution was pretty simple: class TrueFalseComboBox : ComboBox { public TrueFalseComboBox() { this.Items.Add(""); this.Items.Add("true"); this.Items.Add("false"); } } class PartOfSpeechComboBox : ComboBox { public PartOfSpeechComboBox() { PartOfSpeechType[] posArray ...Show All

• SQL Server How to write this function

  How can I write a function that accepts a data as a parameter and if the date is Last Monday in May or First Monday in September or 4 th Tuesday in November returns true otherwise returns false. Hi Dave, Thank you very much for your help. I was checking last one, it should have been 4 th Thursday (not Tuesday, sorry my mistake), is it still between 22 and 28 ...Show All

• SQL Server How to Give Parameter Value at Runtime in SSIS Package

  Hi i am develope package using Oracle DataBase My Logic is INSERT NEw Reocrds And Updated Existing Records With Some Condiotion . In Source query Some select Columns with Where Condiotion .This Where Condition Field value should pass at that time of Runtime Parameter. How to Achieve Parameter value pass in OLEDB Source at run time. Please any one give me the Solution. I am struggling with INSERT , UPDATE Records With Paramet condiotion, Any one give Sample Insert and Update with Parameter using Oracle Database Thanks & regards, Jeyakumar .M Follow the advice given here: http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2005/12/09/2480.aspx -Jamie ...Show All

• Visual C++ Visual Studio Professional vs Visual Studio Express

  My company spent a large sum of money to buy Visual Studio Professional 2005 about a year ago. I am not familiar with Visual Studio Express. Does Visual Studio Express have documentation on MFC Is it better than Visual Studio Professional Thank you. Thanks for your reply. I did not realize that Visual Studio Express was free. Why didn't they just call it Visual Studio Free Edition instead of Visual Studio Express How on earth can you write a Windows application without MFC Please explain. Isn't Win32 native == MFC ...Show All