S Wolfe's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 3d Resource creation - Modeling and Animating

  Hi, I'm looking for a good application to model/skin and animate with. I tried the SoftImage ModTools, but I couldn't figure out how to make the DirectX Export functionality to work correctly. Does anyone have any other suggestions (I'm looking for free apps, as I'm just a hobbiest atm) Thanks, Terry Come on man ! use a copy of 3dsMax while you are learning. You will have time to pay for it when you make a professional use of it. Im sure Autodesk has nothing to complain ’bout this criteria. They are also interested in people learning 3dsMax (although it’s for free), because that way there will be more professionals using it also, and those definetly have to pay. ...Show All

• SQL Server How to install sql server 2005?

  Hi all, I dont know whether it is right place or not I am using .Net 1.1 and Sql server 2000.Now i have installed .Net 2.0 andthis time i did a small project with .Net 2.0 with Sql server 2000. But my client needs .Net 2.0 with Sql server 2005 regular version. Now i uninstall Sql server 2000. But when i insert Sql serevr 2005 cd it shows 1.Prepare a.Review hardware ....... b.Read the relaese notes c.Install Sql server Upgrades advisor 2.Install a.Server Components ,Tools,Books Online.... b.Run The sql Native Clients Installation Wizard 3.Other Information .... Which one i hav eto click to install a fresh new copy of regular version of Sql server 2005 Thanks Ujjwal ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Windows App launching a Word Project (document)

  I have read alot of information about what I want to do, and no one has offered me a clear cut solution. I have seen a few posts that come close to this, and then they do not state how they did it, or which is my beset solution. I hope this is not off topic, or too vague but this is my best hope for an answer so please help. I have read all FAQ and read this first, and every article about Interop and the new VSTO SE projects (really cool, but more external communication is a must). I have a multi-tier Windows Application, (Client Tier DataTier, BusinessObject / Application Logic Tier) in the client when I have a record (a contact) and that contact has a linked word document (a resume for that person). I know the very easiest way to laun ...Show All

• .NET Development I'm fairly certain I'm losing my mind....

  For the past 3 days, I've been spilling my brains all over my keyboard in an effort to do something that should be ridiculously simple.... What's really driving me crazy is the fact that I've done it before... Here it is: I have a datatable in MS Access. In an effort to copy all of it's records to a table in SQL that I can access and better manipulate, I created an SQL Database in my Visual Basic program and made a comparable SQL Table. I gave all the columns identical names and comparable data values as the columns in the Access table. Now, I just want to copy the records from the Access table directly into the new SQL table. Here's the catch. I'm doing all of this through the DESIGN interface because the last line of ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Managing documents from Custom Task Pane

  I have been experimenting with VSTO 2005 SE and Office 2007 and would appreciate if someone could help me with the following: I would like to open different documents using a custom task pane and switch between these documents. I can create and open the first document. When it comes to the second document, it gets created on a different window (where my custom task pane is not visible). From the immediate window in the document VBA I can easily switch to another windows via Application.WIndows(index).Activate command. However I can't achieve the same result through the Add-In. Furthermore, the second document does not respond to the Ribbon button that toggles its display. How can I programmatically switch to the sec ...Show All

• SQL Server XML to Database Save Data

  I have written the following Stored Procedure for Saving data from XML file to Database where the Database is SQL 2000 select Sp_CoCode, Sp_Year, Sp_DocType, Sp_DocNo, Sp_Prefix, Sp_PkNo, Sp_Location, Sp_AdNo, Sp_DocDate From Trn_SalePur order by Sp_pkno desc Update Trn_SalePur SET XmlCol =( SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET( BULK 'C:\Test25102006.Xml', SINGLE_BLOB ) AS x ) WHERE IntCol = 1 GO I am Gettting Error As while I am trying to execute the code: Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'BULK'. Where My XML File contains following details: <Trn_SalePur> <Trn_SalePur Sp_CoCode="C05" Sp_Year="Y004" Sp_DocType="PU" Sp_DocNo="1418" Sp_Pr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Who knows the purpose of the 'ApplyShutdownFix' Outlook property ?

  Who knows the purpose of the 'ApplyShutdownFix' Outlook property, which is not documented When I set its value to false, the Outlook shutdown is longer than as usually. I post this message because I develop an addin that uses inter processing communication between the Outlook addin and some other .NET applications. To communicate, I use AssignHandle / ReleaseHandle. My bug is that Outlook crashes on shutdown because I am not able to release the assigned handle before its shutdown. When the Outlook "Shutdown" event fires, Outlook seems already closed and my ReleaseHandle arrives too late. I have posted questions about it on this thread : http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=863522&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Torque Game Engine

  After some carefull thought, I have decided to develop a game using C++ with an existing open source engine. Torque ( http://www.garagegames.com/products/1 ) was one reccomended option, and I was just wondering what everyone else thinks about it. Is it DirectX or what Ah, so the Torque Shader Engine is also a game engine Much like TGE, but better, one might say :) ...Show All

• Windows Forms create my own Windows.Form

  Hi I want to write a c# Windows Application with my own Form style. But i don't know how. I don't want to use third party solutions, i just want to write my own stuff. For changing the style of a button i can write my own control. But how to change the window, the MaximaizeBox (replace with a graphic for example). Greetings from Germany Try this thread... There is a link to a full-implementation of window with custom border for free, including the c# source code. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=458067&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• .NET Development System.IO.File.Encrypt()

  I would like to know what specific encryption algorithm (TripleDES, SHA1, RSA, etc.) this method uses. MSDN says: "Both the Encrypt method and the Decrypt method use the cryptographic service provider (CSP) installed on the computer and the file encryption keys of the process calling the method." Can anyone explain to me what they mean by the CSP installed on the computer and if there is any additional documentation this Thanks! This is the default encryption algorithm that is also available through the properties window of a file. You can let Windows encrypt the file. This is an NTFS feature. The algorithm are the following: DESX (Windows 2000 onward), Triple DES (Windows XP onward) ...Show All

• Visual Basic ClickOnce autoupdate question

  I have an application that I published to a local network folder with ClickOnce. I set the autoupdate option to check once every 7 days. If I publish an update of the same apps and same network folder , do I need to keep the old version in that same path, or do I have to remove it first then publish, so that it will automatically pick up the new version Hi, you don't have to do anything, just publish your application to the publish location. Just make sure the new version is higher than the previous one [Visual Studio will by default increment this version with each successfull publishing]. All version are kept in the same published location, safely stored in their folders (marked by their versio ...Show All

• Visual Basic searching for & highlighting text

  hi, i am trying to make my application search for text (in a combobox called "comboboxfind") in a listbox ("showbox") when i click on a button (called "findnow") can someone help me Public Class Form1 Dim search As String = "" Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectionChangeCommitted( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectionChangeCommitted search = CStr (ComboBox1.SelectedItem).ToUpper End Sub Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim line As String For Each line In ListBox1.Items ...Show All

• SQL Server Error: Cannot display activity

  TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (CTP Nov) OS: Both XP SP2 and Win2003 SP1 ------------------------------ Cannot display activity for database 'SomeDBName'. ------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Could not load file or assembly 'ActivityMonitor, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (mscorlib) ------------------------------ To reproduce: Try to detach a database which has at least one active connection.  On the Detach Database dialog click on: 1 Active connection . Hi This is the only place in the entire world I have found reference to this ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How can I instantiate several collection of elements?

  I'd like to instantiate many time the same collection of elements inside a Canvas. I tryed with the XAML below creating a resource and instantiating it using StaticResource element, however I get an error: "Unespected UIElementCollection Child. StaticResourceExtension" Can somebody point me to an example The closest example I found so far is: http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/erwyn/archive/2006/09/09/Neave-Strobe-using-Windows-Presentation-Foundation.aspx Here below my attempt: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <Page xmlns=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation " xmlns:x=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml " x:Name="Document ...Show All

• Visual Studio September CTP?

  Anyone have any idea as to when the Sept CTP will be released Thanks John End of this month. Cheers. Anand.. ...Show All