Monthly Archives: January 2021

Spelling check is not working in some of the Microsoft Word documents

Posted on January 31, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you one of the possibilities why spell checker is not working in some of your Word documents. Most of the articles you found in the internet will tell you the Proofing Tools is not installed. Somehow … Continue reading →

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SQLRETURN SQLDriverConnectW(SQLHDBC,SQLHWND,SQLWCHAR *,SQLSMALLINT,SQLWCHAR *,SQLSMALLINT,SQLSMALLINT *,SQLUSMALLINT)’: cannot convert argument 3 from ‘SQLCHAR *’ to ‘SQLWCHAR *

Posted on January 30, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog shows you one position ways to resolve the error “SQLRETURN SQLDriverConnectW(SQLHDBC,SQLHWND,SQLWCHAR *,SQLSMALLINT,SQLWCHAR *,SQLSMALLINT,SQLSMALLINT *,SQLUSMALLINT)’: cannot convert argument 3 from ‘SQLCHAR *’ to ‘SQLWCHAR ” When you copy and paste the code from here  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/odbc/reference/syntax/sqldriverconnect-function?view=sql-server-ver15  to Visual Studio 2017. … Continue reading →

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Add logic to your applications with C#

Posted on January 24, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article shows one of the best resources I found for C# beginner. Add logic to your applications with C# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/csharp-logic/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769 Control variable scope and logic using code blocks in C# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/csharp-code-blocks/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769 Branch the flow of code using the … Continue reading →

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C++ ODBC connect to SQL Azure Database

Posted on January 24, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you where to get the C++ code that can connect to both SQL Server database and SQL Azure database. I put the code in this page http://bit.ly/2MeyS2e, in the same folder by following the exact same … Continue reading →

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The setup for installation of Visual Studio is not complete

Posted on January 23, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you how to resolve the error “The setup for installation of Visual Studio is not complete” when you are trying to run Visual Studio 2019. When I was starting Visual Studio 2019 the following window pop … Continue reading →

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ASP.NET Web API to return JSON instead of XML

Posted on January 23, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you how to change XML return result to json return result in C# Web Api. When you create the Web Apii using Visual Studio 2017 then you may face the same problem as I do, the … Continue reading →

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Azure DevOps (formerly Team Foundation Server TFS)

Posted on January 20, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article provides you the resources of Azure DevOps. Azure Pipelines documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/?view=azure-devops/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769 What is Azure Pipelines? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/get-started/what-is-azure-pipelines?view=azure-devops/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769 Build TFVC repositories https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/repos/tfvc?view=azure-devops/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769 Build Azure Repos Git or TFS Git repositories https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/repos/azure-repos-git?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769 Tutorial Azure SQL database deployment https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/targets/azure-sqldb?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml/?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-36769 UI testing … Continue reading →

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Laptop cannot sleep in Windows 10

Posted on January 20, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you one of the possible ways to make your laptop able to sleep again. 1. Go to Control Panel -> All Control Panel Items -> Power Options. 2. Select Change plan settings. Select Change advanced power … Continue reading →

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C++ Standard Template Library (STL) Set

Posted on January 17, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog articles puts all the key STL Set features together, Insert, Find, Delete and Read. One thing very good about Set is that it each time you insert an element it will be sorted. int main() {     // Initialize … Continue reading →

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MSB8020 The build tools for v142 (Platform Toolset = ‘v142’) cannot be found

Posted on January 17, 2021 by chanmingman

This blog article shows you one of the possible ways to find the error below. “Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State Error    MSB8020    The build tools for v142 (Platform Toolset = ‘v142’) cannot be found. To build using the v142 build tools, please install v142 build … Continue reading →

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