Broken's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SSIS CAL licensing

  Hello, How does licensing of SSIS work on a CAL basis As far as I'm concerned there are no users of it per se cos its a back-end process. Therefore, do you only need one CAL Thanks Jamie   Tai, Here is complete description of the problem with the web site documents. I got ALL this information directly from the guy who wrote the ULA for SQL 2005. He confirmed that it is an intentional last minute change to the licensing terms based on customer feed back. Thanks, Greg ---------------------------- These outdated documents say that you need 2 SQL Server licenses to install Reporting Services on a separate computer (web server) from the database engine. This is not true!!! In fact you ...Show All

• SQL Server Object Explorer/Server Explorer Error

  I have just installed the released VS2005 as well as the released SQL2005.  When ever I try to browse my SQL Server with either the Object Explorer in MS SQL Server Management Studio or the Server Explorer in VS2005 I get the following error: Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)). Does any one have possible solutions for me Any help would be greatly appreciated. --Nick ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to get Free VBE E-Book

  I obtained VBE 2005 in a looong download. I registered it using my real name. I accessed the VBE forum using a fictitious name. I want to obtain the free VBE book "Writing my first program" but when I try to obtain it I get a page stating I have no permission to get it and it gives me a long coded value that looks suspiciously like something in the Windows registry. It offers me a change to contact someone and use the entered code as a reference. How do I complete the process to obtain my free copy of the e-book, preferably downloaded Please respond to old7t1@msn.com Thank you. Did you register the product Have you applied for registration benefits Once you register the product, you c ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Cursor disappears over window

  Hi All, When I move my cursor over a the main window of a Windows Game it disappears. I have access to the Title bar and the cursor shows there. As soon as I move over the main window it's gone. This happens for the Space Wars starter kit and a basic Window Game. Any idea how to solve Thanks, Paul Thanks. Now I see SpaceWar is set up for an xbox. How do you change to use windows control from a keyboard Thanks again, Paul ...Show All

• Visual C# communication between threads

  i am trying to write the sieve of eratosthenes multi threaded but am having a problem getting my threads to invoke and pass information to each other.Any one got any ideas first am just starting out in C sharp . the problem is getting one thread to create another thread when its array is full and then passing on any other number from the producer to the thread it has invoked. thats my main problem. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How do I change the opacity of a sprite?

  Just curious if anyone could help out a beginner here. Is there a way to change the opacity of a sprite or texture when drawing in 2D I'd like to be able to make some of my sprites semi-transparent. Thanks, Bill Okay, I got home and tried this out. A quick note: if you want the alpha components to actually be transparent, you need to add SpriteBlendMode.AlphaBlend in your call to mySpriteBatch.Begin(). So, it might look like the following: mySpriteBatch.Begin(SpriteBlendMode.AlphaBlend); mySpriteBatch.Draw(myTexture, myDestination, new Color(255, 255, 255, 127)); mySpriteBatch.End(); Without adding the SpriteBlendMode.AlphaBlend parameter to the Begin() call, your textures will not be alpha blended. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums API giving back different order start date than what shows on UI

  The Production UI shows order start date as 9/5/06 however the API returns Mon Sep 04 17:00:00 MST 2006. More info:Order ID: 54297100 Hi Sudhir, Thanks for the update. I have seen this issue before, it is worth noting that the Java Calendar object contains timezone information, while the DotNet/SOAP standard date format does not. The problem normally occurs when the Java/Axis SOAP serializer converts the Calendar object and attempts to compensate for the lack of timezone in the SOAP date format, by simply adjusting the time. Obviously, this can cause problems . There are a number of workarounds available to stop this conversion from happening. One reccomendation is setting the timezone of your Java Calendar object to GMT, whi ...Show All

• SQL Server Debugging stored procedures

  I have complete error handling and printing the error after every insert or update statements or after calling another procedure. But somehow when executing the proc it is not printing the error. The query analyzer shows a general message 'Query batch completed with errors' All the logic seems to be working properly, but this message is bothering me. Why is this message displayed if everything is run correctly [or] is something wrong Example: [code] /************************************************************* ** Error Handling **************************************************************/ SELECT @rowcount = @@rowcount ,@error = @@error ,@short_msg = 'Error Creating MCTM. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WPF/E

  It's here! Dev center: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb188266.aspx SDK: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=2B01EC7E-C3B8-47CC-B12A-67C30191C3AA&displaylang=en Docs: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb188266.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) PeerChannel PNRP LinkLocal IPv6

  That's a lot of topics for one subject line, but then I have a lot of questions. :) I notice that when I use a net.p2p address with PeerChannel that it uses the Global cloud. If I want to register a mesh as LinkLocal only, is this possible with WCF If not, then it seems a possible solution (depending on the application) would be to publish a global cloud name that only a local subnet would be likely to derive. Not being an IPv6 guru myself, is there something I can use on a given link that every member of the link would agree upon without first having communicated with each other Perhaps a custom resolver would be a better solution Finally, is it possible to use a secure PNRP name with the PeerChannel or does it always prepend &qu ...Show All

• Visual Basic Redirect XCOPY output from the console to a rich text box control

  Ok, this about has me tied in knots! I am trying to use xcopy in my program to copy files from one location to another location and have the info normally displayed in a console window redirected to a rich text box. I cannot get it to work. I don't get any errors. The code snippit is below. I can use "/K dir *.*" for the Arguments and it redirects fine. I am completely stumped. Dim myprocess As New Process Dim info As New ProcessStartInfo With info '.CreateNoWindow = True .FileName = "cmd.exe" .Arguments = "/K xcopy.exe C:\Test\Trash1 C:\Test\Trash2 /S /I /-Y" '.WorkingDirectory = Application.StartupPath .UseShellExecute = False .RedirectStandardOutput = True .Redirec ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with dynamic security and dependent dimension (SSAS 2k5)

  Hi all, I try to implement dynamic security and I have a problem with a dependent dimension. What I want: Each user is responsible for one or more branches of the company, so each user should see the data the branches, she is responsible for. What I get: Error: Das Branch-Attribut in der DIM_ZWST-Dimension weist einen ungultigen Sicherheitsausdruck fur eine generierte Dimension auf. (sorry, it's german) It means: The Branch-attribute of the DIM_ZWST-dimension has an invalid security expression for a generated dimension. This is my setup: SSAS 2k5 Dimensions: DIM_USERS with attributes Name, Loginname (this is NT user name and should correspond to the MDX UserName()-function) DIM_ZWST: These are th ...Show All

• Visual C++ Sharing pointers between processes

  I am currently writing an acquisition DLL for a specific framegrabber. The DLL is written using an SDK for the imaging software we use called Image-Pro. To be able to grab an image via this framegrabber, certain handles to various resources need to be established via calls to the framegrabber library file which is linked into the project. Grabbing an imageworks as follows: 1. Image-Pro loads my acquistion DLL and calls an "Open" type function in my DLL to set-up handles and resources within the framegrabber library. 2. To grab an image, Image-Pro calls a "Snap" function in my DLL which in turn uses some of the framegrabber handles to fill an image buffer with data and this data is transferred to Image-Pro. The ...Show All

• Visual C++ N00b wants to manipulate a database with C++ via SQL

  Hello, For my study in Econometrics I need to write a program that communicates with a database. The actual SQL-statements that I will use will - as far as I can see at this moment - not be very complicated, but the communication with the database has to be as fast as possible once the program is running (if the start-up time is somewhat higher, this is not a big problem). The SQL statements I need are mostly SELECT statements, but sometimes also other statements are to be used. The emphasis however will be on SELECT-statements. I would also like to work with multiple recordsets, if that is possible (I know it is in Visual Basic). The database itself is quite large, with multiple tables and sometimes over 10,000 of entries within ...Show All

• Visual C# Getting the client printer names in a web application

  Hi, I need help. I am currently developing a web application to print a crystal report directly to the client's printer. The application works well in my pc but when I port the application to our web server, instead of retrieving the printer list in client's pc, the application is trying to look for printers that are installed in the server machine. I developed my application using C# and I am using System.Drawing.Printing. PrinterSettings .InstalledPrinters to retrieve the printer list I realised it only trying to retrieve printer installed in the local machine. Is there any way to get the list of installed printer in the client computer Thanks in advance. if it's ASP.NET web app, best place to ask for ASP.NET ...Show All