I'm writing an application that needs to connect to the Team Foundation Server, and then get the last version of a specific file from a specific project. At the begging I did this by using an external .bat, but I'd preffer running eveything inside the code.
I've been looking for examples but all I can find is written in C#. All I got so far is:
Dim tfs As TeamFoundationServer = New TeamFoundationServer(nameOfServer)
Thanks!
Finally I manage to solve it:
Dim tfs As TeamFoundationServer = New TeamFoundationServer(serverAddress)
Dim vcs As VersionControlServer = tfs.GetService(Of VersionControlServer)()
vcs.DownloadFile(fileToGet, fileDestination)
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I am exploring methods to enable users to restore a database from within the project.
I have a project which I want to publish together with the database, so that users with no experience can use the program I have developed.
The code is written in VB script and I am able to publish the VB code, but am finding it difficult to include the database in the ClickOnce method.
I have been thinking that I could possibly copy the .bak file to the client's PC and then run a VB script that restores the database to the SQLserver that is installed in the ClickOnce install.
Has anyone ever done this?
I did find on the web something that looked promising, but it has been written for .NET framework 2.0 or 3.0 and I found that when I added System.Data.SqlClient 4.8.0 I got the following error:
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Could not install package 'System.Data.SqlClient 4.8.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=v2.0', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author.
The website where I got the code: http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=1433&lngWId=10
Please can anyone help?
VBScript, which would get run via wscript.exe is decades old technology
VB.NET, which would get compiled into a custom .exe or .dll, is 2005+ (not included in this is .net core which is the past few years but I've not touched it)
dim connectionString as string = "Provider=MSOLEDBSQL;Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase;Trusted_Connection=yes;"
dim connection as New OleDbConnection(connectionString)
Dim cmd As New OleDbCommand
Dim query As String = "RESTORE DATABASE AdventureWorks2012 FROM AdventureWorksBackups;"
Try
cmd.CommandText = query
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("something bad happened")
End Try
Reference bits
ExecuteNonQuery https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.data.oledb.oledbcommand.executenonquery?view=netframework-4.8
Restore database https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/restore-statements-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15
and if you're not using OLEDB, or need a different provider, then futz with connection string as needed but that's the general approach
I am trying to write a VB code to export Power BI dashboard from PowerBI server to local path using script task in SSIS using HTTP Connection Manager. A 5KB file is getting generated but not able to open it. Could anyone help me to fix this up.
Dim HttpCon As ConnectionManager = Dts.Connections("ReportServer")
Dim ClientCon As HttpClientConnection = New HttpClientConnection(HttpCon.AcquireConnection(Nothing))
Dim ReportFileName As String = "C:\localpath\Warranty.pdf"
ClientCon.ServerURL = "http://powerbidev.abc.com/Reports/powerbi/FolderName/&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF&rc:Toolbar=False"
ClientCon.DownloadFile(ReportFileName, True)
You can use Power BI API (link to request you need) to accomplish it.
There should be a programmatic authnetication first, but it is a whole new topic.
Also, there are nu-get package to do it, but you will got problems with adding additional ddls to Script task, when deploying package to server.
I'm getting closer to having a functional SQLite Database in my Universal App.
I keep getting the error 'Cannot Open' and I feel it might be a path problem as SQL Toolbox for Visual Studio picks up the .db file fine.
How to I reference the .db should i put it in a new folder? I need to perform operations to this database but information on this in VB.NET is extremely limited!
Here is what I have so far:
Dim platform As New SQLite.Net.Platform.WinRT.SQLitePlatformWinRT
Dim lc As New SQLite.Net.SQLiteConnection(platform, "/myDB.db")
lc.Execute("INSERT INTO lcCust (CName) VALUES ('Hello')")
I have now successfully created a db using a GUI program. This one specify is SQLiteStudio. I created the DB and connected to it using the SQLite-PCL package along with the Visual Studio addon
I hope this is not a repetitive question; I've searched on the site but I was not able to find anything.
As the title say I would like to create/edit spreadsheet on a .NET Compact Framework project.
On desktop project with the full size framework I use, with pleasure, ClosedXML but if I try to use this I get multiple errors so I'm searching for an alternative.
I have found a commercial option (TMS Flexcel Studio for .NET) but I was wondering if there is something free to use.
I know that I could simply create a csv but I want to do something a bit more modern.
Thanks in advance to everyone who will help.
Ok, after trying a lot of free librery i found a solution.
Excellibrary works! link to google code
I have tried it with Visual Studio 2008 in combination with a Windows CE 5 device and it created an xls file easily.
I must test it to check the performance but at least it works and it's free.
Also the sintax is very simple
Dim file As String = "\HardDisk\newdoc.xls"
Dim workbook As New Workbook()
Dim worksheet As New SpreadSheet.Worksheet("First Sheet")
worksheet.Cells(3, 3) = New Cell(3.45)
workbook.Worksheets.Add(worksheet)
workbook.Save(file)
I am updating our CruiseControl.NET continuous integration environment from using the old Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment projects to Visual Studio 2010.
I do not want to use the Beta 2010 Web Deployment projects as I think I can make use of the updated Publishing/Packaging in 2010.
Currently I have managed to configure the CruiseControl script to call MSBuild twice. First to Build the solution in the Release configuration and then to Package the MVC project.
I then copy out the correct files from the Package from a hideous file path (which makes me suspect I am not doing this right but heh) and the Transformed web.configs to the Test server.
This is finally working but unlike when I used the 2008 Deployment Projects this code returns the ExecutingAssembly as App_web_xxxxx.dll and not Company.Product.Web.dll which is what I'm after.
Dim CurrentAssembly As Reflection.Assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly
Dim version As String = CurrentAssembly.GetName.Version.ToString
I know GetName returns the a longer string than just the name but I'm debugging it to see what it contains. I understand that is is the compiled/cached dll but why isn't it the one in the MVC bin.
Cheers
I figured this out - basically when I was calling Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly inside the footer.ascx. This meant that the code was in a dynamically compiled dll for the footer.
What I wanted was the DLL for the MVC website. So I used an extension property on the controller that set ViewStates with the Assembly information.
In my case I will want to use this code again so the extension property is in a different Assemmly that I can include in various MVC projects. This meant I had to change the code to use Assembly.GetCallingAssembly but it now works exactly how I wanted.