Ariel S's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions install error

  Downloaded & installed OK on desktop.  On Laptop, still getting the Windows Installer 3.1 error.  The installation stops with the error message to send or not to send to Microsoft.  On the download to desktop, the Windows Installer 3.1 wasn't one of the items being installed.  However, when I did the install to the laptop, it was in the list of items it would install.  Both systems xp pro sp2. Any help I have the exact same issue. When I tried to install Windows Installer 3.1 v2 from Safe Mode I still recieved '"ACCESS DENIED" and the installation backed itself out. This problem started after I did a repair install of xp pro today because IE6 was not working right. That was because I stu ...Show All

• Visual Basic check windows account type

  I am building a custom installation wizzard in vb .net and want to check for what type of account they are running the app as, to make sure they are using an administrator account. yeah seems to work, thanks, 1 question tough, it won't generate any errors if i use this app on a pre-nt machine without administrators, will it ...Show All

• Visual C++ F1 help context bugs when App is starded from Createprocess()

  Hi , I've created an application in which I implemented F1 help context. Everything works well when the application is launched by mouse (chm help files deploy well when I hit F1). But when the same application is launched by Createprocess( ), the F1 help context stops working (nothing happen anymore when I hit F1). I suspect that CreateProcess makes the child application loose his help context. But I haven't yet found the way to solve that . Does someone has a solution for that Thanks. The the handler function for the F1 key and the help system called I sopose yes. Is it possible that the rights of the parent process are not sufficient to open the help file ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Xml Schema Validation in WCF

  After having some time to actually write some code in WCF and after reading quite a bit from a few sources, i have blogged some draft thoughts on Xml Schema validation in WCF. It's pointless repeating it all here which is why i blogged it. http://stevenr2.blogspot.com/2006/08/xml-schema-validation-in-wcf-and-web.html I also have sample code of Schema validation in WSE and WCF, for the July CTP and Vista 2 builds. http://stevenr2.blogspot.com/2006/08/xml-schema-validation-in-wcf-and-web_22.html I am still in a learning process with WCF, so please feel free to tell me about anything that may/may not be exactly what happens and i'll make the modifications to the text. The code itself should work fine. Regards, Steven http://ste ...Show All

• Visual C++ C and C++ run-time DLLs in VC++ needed in Deployment servers

  Hi friends, I have a small question on the C, C++ RTs. I have an application built in VC++. Now it runs fine in the machine where the application is built, since msvcr70.dll and msvcp70.dll are present. But it complains if I try to deploy the application in a machine(Windows 2003) where VC++ is not installed . I was wondering if there are any equivalent DLLs that comes with Windows 2003 so that I dont have to install VC++ there. What is the solution for this problem without having to install it. Is static linking a solution (which I don't think so ) Or bundling the CRT DLLs when I ship the product Can somebody suggest some help. Thanks, Robertis I am under the impression (and may be wrong) that msvcp7 ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Custom Workflow Designer sample

  I downloaded the Custom WorkFlow Designer from the samples directory. When trying to run, I get the error that the ToolboxAssemblies could not be found. Any Ideas where it is and how to get it installed Donald - I'd use Vihang's sample from here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFDsgnRehst.asp instead. ...Show All

• Visual C# Converting List<object> to List<Class>

  Hi,     I get an object of type List<object> from a function. I know that it is a List<Employee> , i cannot type cast it directly. Is there a way i can do the type cast without having to loop through List<object>, typecasting object to Employee and making a new List<Employee> Thanks That does not work. List<Employee> ctor expects an IEnumerable<Employee> that cannot be casted from IEnumerable<object>. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums GetMapView() TopLeftLatLong/BottomRightLatLong oddity

  Im using GetMapView () with TopLeftLatLong and BottomRightLatLong to display a set of pushpins in the visible area of the map and i am seeing some weirdness with the values being returned for BottomRightLatLong. On page load i obtain the values i need using var v = map.GetMapView(); alert( "Vis cTOP LEFT" + v.TopLeftLatLong); alert( "Vis cBOTTOM RIGHT" + v.BottomRightLatLong); The values returned by BottomRightLatLong show as: 42.488966 -83.102903 I also have an event attached to a mouse click which uses the same exact code: var v = map.GetMapView(); alert( "Click cTOP LEFT" + v.TopLeftLatLong); alert( "Click cBOTTOM RIGHT" + v.BottomRightLatLong); The values returned by BottomRightLatLong for the click function show as: ...Show All

• Visual Studio CrystalDecisions.......Assembly can't be loaded

  Hi Frends I am using ASP.Net 2.0 with Crystal Report...but if i am making a setup for my web application then does'nt include the crystal reports Assemblys while i have added the .... Crystal_Regwiz2003.msm and other msm files..... whenever i run my application after setup it shows me an error in web.config file for added assembly...... I have put all the required assembly in bin folder manualy except <b>CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc</b> this file shows in GAC whenever i open the folder GAC in windows explorer but does'nt shows in dos mode .....my problem will be solved if i'll found this file or if any other way to include all the references at the time of setup... You are using the wrong merge modules ...Show All

• SQL Server Which webhosting can I use?

  Hi, can I deploy my projects made with VWDE and SQL 2005 Express to a web hotel using Access or SQLServer 2000 Main concern is, will the ASP.NET User Login and Membership functions be converted Or maybe they don't need to be converted Only hosting offer with reasonable prices for .Net 2.0 that I could find is in Sweden and costs approximately 7$ a month, but it uses SQL Server 2000... Thanks, Mike There are ways to add the membership system to SQL Server 2000, but I would ask this question in the asp membership groups on http://forums.asp.net as the guys there use the systems all the time and should be able to point you in the right direction. ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem connecting to remote datasource

  I'm having trouble connecting to my datasource while processing (but no trouble connecting to it when developing). My datasource is using a database on a different server to the AS server. I'm getting an error along the lines of The remote datasource '' cannot be found in the metadata I've tried all the different impersonation options with no joy. I've got the SSAS service running under a user thats set up as an administrator on both the AS server and the database server. Can anyone shed any light on what I might have done wrong. Thanks in advance, Jon If it helps the exact error message is: Errors in the high-level relational engine. The '' remote datasource cannot be fou ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Can I load *-x files with UV textures?

  First hello. I'm trying XNA and I'm so happy with its 2D features but, I have been looking for a method to load *.x files (with 3D graphics) and I have not found anything. If you can help me... Thanks a lot! http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=693896&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual C# reduce code

  There is any way to reduce this code, like not needing to use the same code twice #region HKLM Run RegistryKey hklm = Registry .LocalMachine.OpenSubKey( "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run" ); foreach ( string programas in hklm.GetValueNames()) { string arquivo = hklm.GetValue(programas).ToString(); ListViewItem item1 = listView1.Items.Add(programas, imageList1.Images.Count -1); item1.SubItems.Add(hklm.Name.ToString().Replace( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion" , "HKLM" )); item1.SubItems.Add(arquivo); } hklm.Close(); #endregion #region HKLM ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WCF Channels

  Hi, I have the following scenario: IDmmyContract dummy = ChannelFactory<IDmmyContract>.CreateChannel("binding") i would like to know whether i can cache dummy for sometime and use it from more than one thread, so does the contract instance holds context information that are not thread-safe What;s the cost of creating a new contract instance per method call Thanks I see what you mean. In my case i have a web-based app, so you recommend for example to create a one channel per client request, so if i have 50 client requests at one time, i will have 50 channels created. The other way is to create one channel per interface, cache it and syncronize it. what's the best way t ...Show All

• Visual Basic Learning Material recommendations

  Hi again, Just wondered if anyone has any recommendations on good books to get for learning visual basic the language(bearing in mind I have very little knowledge of it at the moment) I got a book titled MS visual Basic 2005 Step by Step, thinking that this would be the sort of thing i was looking for but although it covers the basic rules and syntax of VB I just wanted something a bit more in depth that would help me to learn about how to actually program in this language. This book is mainly about using the Visual Studio 2005 IDE and not so much the actual code. I have seen the book titled MS Visual Basic: The Language, but someone told me this was very much just about updates from previous versions of VB and as I don't know them eith ...Show All