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• Visual C# Multiple edition management with VS2005

  Hi All, Here is the big question : Suppose to need to compile the Basic, Standard and Pro editions of you app. What will you do inside VS2005 (each edition contains a different set of file/classes but, obviously, the most are shared between each edition) 1) I create 3 project (Basic, Standard and Pro) and link the shared files/classes from the first. 2) I use conditional compiling, placing the classes inside an #if PROEDITION #endif statement. 3) I build 3 different asseblies and merge them using ILMerge. 4) Other. Thanks so much for your thoughts, I want to start with the right foot! Alberto Thank you William, I already thought about the Common Project, but the compi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Spacewar failed to launch...

  Error 1 Error code: -1 encounted when initializing FBX file loader. The file is either corrupted or it is not a valid FBX file. C:\...\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\MySpacewarWin1\MySpacewarWin1\Content\Models\p1_pencil.fbx MySpacewarWin1 corrupted :( np - . . :\NonUnicodeFolderName\ yes but it's likely because of your My Documents folder (C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\ \...), just change it's destination ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. aspect ratio question

  I am relatively new to programming, currently I am learning C# and XNA by writing simple games for my 18mo son. I have started writing one that involves 2D balls falling from the top of the screen when he presses different buttons. On my computer the balls look round, but on the Xbox they appear flattened (we have a wide-screen tv). Is there a way for me to tell the Xbox to add vertical black bars so the aspect ratio is the same as my monitor Or another simple way of keeping my sprites looking the same Thanks! Probably a similar problem to this thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1215771&SiteID=1 Anyway, when you are computing your aspect ratio, you should do so like this: f ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating a 3.1 SDF from MDB

  I am trying to populate a new SDF database to be deployed with my CF application, and am totally bummed to find out I have to manually code my own custom app just to import the data from the existing desktop DB with ado.net code. I don't want to write code so that I can write code! Custom apps to support the development of custom apps! Jordan I wrote a commercial application for this (you can try it for free for 30 days, though). You can download it from my company's website (look for Data Port Wizard). ...Show All

• Windows Forms Setup project

  Hi, i want create an installer for an application. I know the installer add the dependet files to the installer but i want that the installer, intall the DB associate with the application. The DB is Sql Server 2005, this is possible with the the "Create a Setup & Deployment Project " If yes, where i can see how i do this Thanks for the help Larokas just a suggestion in your original app include a "tools" or "configuration" part and then install the database from that as suggested by the all mighty phil wilson - fire off the exe as a custom action but be sure to execute it as a seperate process and do a WaitForExit() so it does its job before finally re ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to debug windows paint messages within and across applications

  Hello, I am using Windows XP and VS 2005 with VB.net and I am writing a solution consisting of a set of applications, all running at the same time, with other applications. I have 4 monitors, which means a lot of real estate for applications. I have observed that my applications cause other applications to redraw their screen. This is most frequently when I use the DataGridView control. Scrolling the DataGridView at one point causes a burst of redraws in those applications, and I have to wait until the storm is over. Question: how can I catch and eliminate the messages that are obviously sent from my application to Windows (and thus to the other applictaions). The other problem with paint messages: Within one application, I ...Show All

• Visual C# report generator program

  I have a report generator program and I want to do the following.. Each report is a DLL or EXE (standalone) file) The user will add the report and assign the DLL or EXE file. The user will select the report from the report generator which will run the DLL or EXE to generate the report.. This way, I make sure I don't have to modify my report generation application.. what do you think and how can I have the standalone DLL or EXE ...Show All

• Visual Basic Creating MSSQL Tables from DataTables

  Hey everyone, quick question, I'm populating a datatable on a client based on data out of a local database on the client systems, it than pushes that datatable to a webservice where I would like to recreate that table on the server. Originally I was going to push generic lists to the server to track column names, column types, column lengths etc. but than I figured the datatable has all that information in it already, problem I have is actually creating a MSSQL table based on this datatable. If you query the column datatype properties from the datatable the types come out different than the types that MSSQL requires such as the datatable pumps out "system.int32" for what the database considers simply a "real" number. I ...Show All

• SQL Server What are the trade-offs of using binary collation ?

  Hi we have been advised to use a binary collation instead of the default collation, in order to gain more performance. I've also read that this choice could be counter-productive. Would anyone have pragmatic advices/feedback/caveats reports about using a binary collation I don't want to achieve unecessary optimisation - good enough performance is good enough for me. any insight most welcome! Thibaut Barrere http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/01/23/358946.aspx interesting blog about the subject. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions problems with rendering huge reportview`s

  hello, Does anyone have any ideea how to render in real time (<1 minute) a report with more than 30 000 pages are there any built in functions that render only, let`s say, 1000 pages, and when I go to last page (page 1000) the render continues until page 2000, and so on i tryed to use the funtion: reportViewer1.CancelRendering(30000); but it`s not working so, any ideeas thx I used a .rdlc report but it`s the same problem with a crystal report too I`m using c# (vis2005) no need to post on an asp.net forum the thread it`s in the right place, but thx for your suggestion If you can give an ideea that would be great ...Show All

• Visual Basic Save

  How do you make the text in a RichTextbox save with SaveFileDialog Thanks matt you can show the SaveDialog: Dim theSaveDialogBox as new SaveFileDialog() theSaveDialogBox.Filter = " filters here " if theSaveDialogBox.ShowDialog() = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK then Me.theRichTextBox.SaveFile(theSaveDialogBox.FileName. RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText) end if thats all there is to it! The filter for the SaveDialog is just for the file formats your application can save to....more info: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.savefiledialog.aspx ...Show All

• Visual C# call constructor of base class

  hi! What's the correct syntax to call the constructor of the base class of a class Take a look at the following example. I want myClass1 to have a parameter-less contstructor which will call the constructor of myClass2 passing a hard-coded parameter value. What should I write in place of the question marks public class myClass1: myClass2 {     public myClass1     {            } } public class myClass2 P {     public myClass2 ( int myParam)     {     } }   Hi, No, there is no way to achieve this in terms of the constructor. You can however add a Initialize method in the base class and call it wit ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Email notification per folder per user

  Hello! Is there anyway we can restrain the email notifications for only certain folders in the Team Project Also, not the every member of the development team checkin but just a particular developer checkin should instigate these email notifications. Thanks! Hi Buck! Still having trouble getting email alerts. The command: Bissubscribe /eventType CheckinEvent /address someone@domain.com /deliveryType EmailHtml /server http://MyVstfat01:8080 /filter "'Artifacts/Artifact[starts-with(@ServerItem, \ "$/TeamProject/A\")]' <> null" gives an error TF50003: Unrecognized command-line argument: <> TF50003: Unrecognized command-line argument: NULL Failed to subscribe event: TF5 ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development How to retrieve address from Address Bar, change it and then send it back to Address Bar?

  Hi guys! How to retrieve an address of web-page from Address Bar in IE7, then change it w/ my own logic and then send it back to Address Bar in IE7 Thank you. Cheers, Dmitry Alekseenko Hi Command Button Script <script> var thisAddress=external.menuArguments.location.href; // do something with thisAddress var NewAddress = thisAddress + '&Subject=IE7'; // tell the browser to navigate to the new address external.menuArguments.location.href = NewAddress; </script> Regads. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Creating a 30-day trial (How to?)

  Hi, I was wondering if anyone could guide me in the right direction for deploying an application with a 30-day trial constraint. Is this possible (and relatively easy) to do without using a third party product. If not, which product is best for this  Thanks for any suggestions. Jeff xheos licensing is a great product...  as far as licensing, keep googling, try <a href="http://www.asp.net">asp.net  ...Show All