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• SQL Server Universe Database (IBM) - Linked server no longer works with MS SQL 2005

  Has anyone managed to set up an IBM Universe database environment as a linked server to MS SQL 2005 If so please convey how you got it done. Thanks, Jeremy, Here is a good place to start: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/u2/middleware/index.html#odbc ...Show All

• SQL Server What kind of data can cause a SSIS package to fail?

  Hi, I am likely to work on moving our ETL system from SQL server 2000 to SQL server 2005. Code is being re written. I wanted to know from anyones previous experience like what kind of activity/data can cause a package to fail. I need to check that a certain package fails and logs error to the server error log and stops. And also check that a certain package fails, logs an error to the server error logs but continues to run. Any thoughts in this regard would be very helpful for me. Thanks Melissa. The very first thing which can make package fail is the Package ProtectionLevel property - personally I use DoNotSaveSensitive and load DB connection strings etc. from .config file. Common error is creating a package ...Show All

• SQL Server Flat File With Fixed Length Header and No Delimeter

  Hi, I'm trying to extract data from a Flat File which is as fixed length as they come. The file has a header, which simply contains the number of records in the file, followed by the records, with no header delimeter (No CR/LF, nothing). For example a file would look like the following: 00000003Name1Address1Name2Address2Name3Address3 So this has 3 records (indicated by the first 8 characters), each consisting of a Name and Address. I can't see a way to extract the data using a flat file connection, unless we add a delimeter for the header (not possible at this stage). Am I wrong Any suggestions on possible solution would be much appreciated - I'm thinking Ill have to write a script to parse the fil ...Show All

• SQL Server Help please some data not replicating

  Hello, We have four mobile devices that are set up for merge replication via the web. We are not receiving errors but some of the data is not coming over to the devices. If we manually add a record that record will come over, but there is data that is on the server that isn't on the devices. If we run the snapshot for each device (We're using host_name as a filter) nothing happens. If we do validation check we get errors. If we reinitialize all devices it works but the next days data (sql job populates data to the publisher db at night) isn't on the device after syncing the next morning. Any help would be appreciated. John Mahesh,     I am waiting a response from CSS to get ba ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Web Services on Devices - WSDAPI - Wsdcodegen.exe

  Hello, This is a question related to the April Vista Developer Story on Web Services For Devices . The Story talks about the new WSDAPI - a c++ COM library for communicating with network connected devices supporting WSD. The document refers to a tool called "Wsdcodegen.exe" as being a core component of WSDAPI development, to aid in the creation of a WSDAPI proxy service. Unfortunately I have been unable to locate this tool in the Windows SDK or elsewhere. Has any one else had any luck in locating this tool, or barring that, perhaps found a sample of a manually created service using WSDAPI Thank you for any assistance you might be able to provide. Cheers, Scott Bailey ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Visual C++ Express for WIn CE?

  I started to learn VC++ Express, and assumed that since it generats managed code for FORM applications, I could just copy the working app. to my CE mobile, but it is not working. What do I have to do in order to have the portabilty (same manged code runs on mobile or desktop), or, if this is impossible , what do I need to do in order to have a working app. on my mobile Thanks. First of all Visual C++ Express will generate native code. It is "C++" afterall :) You need Visual Studio 2005 Std or above to be able to write managed applications (C# or VB.NET) for mobile phones and/or smart devices. Using VS 2005 you can also write C++ native applications for smart devices. Manav ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to get WPF and WF work together?

  Hi, I got this two technologies to work together but only to a certain degree. As soon as I want to describe wpf components derived from my own type I'm having problems with namespace mapping. I'm getting following error messages: - If this type is from another assembly: "Unknown build error, ''clr-namespace:MyNamespace;Assembly=MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' mapping URI is not valid. Line 2 Position 13." - If this type is from the same assembly: "The "CompileWorkflowTask" task failed unexpectedly. System.ArgumentException: The resource string "UnsupportedProjectType" for the "CompileWorkflowTask" task cannot be found. Confirm that the resource name "UnsupportedProjectType" is correctly spelled, and the ...Show All

• Visual C# How to read a binary file into String?

  Please note my binary here does not mean the 1s and 0s, but those unprintable characters. I tried to use File.ReadAllText() but found that the data has been changed. And if I use File.ReadAllBytes(), then I found that in order to convert Byte[] to String, I need to define an encoding. But the data is not a language text but actually some image data. What is the best way to convert a byte array of unprintable character to String Please help. I will grade your answer. Thanks Matthew Watson wrote: If it is not text, why do you need to convert it to a string Why not leave it as an array of bytes Good question. The reason is that I need to manipulate the content by adding some text in ...Show All

• Visual Basic Setting MessageBox returnValue to Yes

  I have created a dedicated WebBrowser application that is only used for viewing a program containing dynamic web pages that runs on my computer. Some of the web pages in the program utilize activeX controls so when I open up a page containing activeX controls in my dedicated WebBrowser application I get the following warning message box. An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction I click the “Yes” button and all is well. It is just that the repetition is annoying. If I set the “ScriptErrorsSuppressed” property of WebBrowser control to True, I don’t get the warning message boxes, but the activeX controls don’t work either. Is ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Buttermilk Game Engine and LGPL

  I'd like for Buttermilk to have the following features in its license - Free to use and redistribute. Free to publish commercial games on Windows. Free to publish free or commercial games on the XBox360 (XBLA, etc). Basically no restrictions except don't pass my code off as something you made :) Will LGPL do this I hear it's looser than GPL. The looser the better, methinks. There's a great big giant list of open-source licenses right here ...Show All

• .NET Development soapextension & web.config help

  Hi i have a web service and the soapextn classes with soap header are writen as a dll .I have 3 methods .I only call this soap header for authenticating the webservice 1.do i need to use the encryption exten.. along with the saop header or soap header is enough... 2.i use the following atributes for other 3 webmethods . [WebMethod] [EncryptionExtension(Encrypt=EncryptMode.Response)] my doubt is ,if i have 20 webmethods ,do u i need to repeat the above 2 attributes for all 20 webmethods instead i know that we can configure web.config that will apply some attrubutes/properties to all the webmethods !!!! am not sure .Please clear me gurus and guide me with some samples(articles)how can i configure web.config to configure s ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) I am so fed up with WPF and .Net 3.0 !!!!

  I have dutifully followed the development cycle of Vista WPF and .Net 3.0 through over a years CTP's and although it all sounds great, the delivery from MS is very poor. It's strange how a xbap application will work, then suddenly not work and then I have start a new application with the code from the old one and it works. The documentation provided by the SDK is so technical and incomplete it's virtually impossible to decipher and errors fly thick and fast through the Extensions to VS2005. I have a entire book shelf of now obsolete .NET 1.1 Framework ... volumes and volumes of it which was outdated before I even got it and was over $600. Now .Net 2.0, and .Net 3.0 Come on MS, where the hell are you going and how the hell do you thi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Detecting keypress outside the program windows?

  Hello, I am trying to make a keybind program, but in order for it to work, I have to check if a certain key is pressed while another window has the focus, and then simulate what the users has entered. I am successfully able to simulate keypress, but I cant manage to detect it outside the main window. Its a keybind program for the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, so I could check if the name of the window contains "San Andreas", then check if a certain key is pressed while that last windows has the focus, it would be helpfull. Ive searched for ages on Google and MSDN, and I am not able to find anything. Help would be apreciated. Thanks. Hello, Alex It can be done in C++ by using win32 api, it's quite true. Also we c ...Show All

• Visual C++ VSS WebService connection problem

  I've got the VSS WebService working for some users but not for others. This is what we see when he tries to connect: 1) The database is successfully access from within VSS and appears in the VisualStudio Open Project correctly. In other words, he appears to be able to connect to the VSS database using his VSS & Windows account credentials. 2) When selecting by double clicking the database name in the list we see the following dialog: "Cannot contact the Visual SourceSafe Internet Web Service or cannot access the specified database. The Visual SourceSafe Web Service returned the following error: VSS Web Service could not open the database." This is what we've done to try and understand the problem: 1) A user (no ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DreamBuildPlay is up!!!

  Now go register!!   Actual contest details to come the week of Feb 5th U can't do it....U can't give wrong information, as it's violation of "terms of use": MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY If any of the Services requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You also will choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Microsoft im ...Show All