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• Visual C# Updating a User Interface from a Background Process

  How to update the user interface in windows application using the background process in C# ( .net 2003) Hi Venkata, You can update the UI in a Windows application from another process by invoking the desired control by calling "controlName.invoke()" in the other process methods and then calling Application.DoEvents() method to apply the changes. Regards, Ahmed H. Waly ...Show All

• Visual C# String compa Cannot implicitly

  I cannot get the syntaxt to work on the string compare here.  I don't know why I keep getting a message saying it's trying to conver an integer to abool in my String.Compare:                    foreach (string excelDescription in exceldata)                     {                          using (ExcelWrapper     xl = new ExcelWrapper(excelDescription))             & ...Show All

• Windows Forms datatable select ---

  is it possible  to select particular columns from a table;   eg;; dttable - emp(ename,eno,dept,deptname...) from the dttable is it possible to select ename,eno(2 fields all rows). I need like this combo.datasource == dttable combo.displaymember=ename; combo.valuemember=eno;  is it possible to create a view from a table with particular columns.(all rows)   venp--- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Load Test using Team Build

  We want to run a load test nightly and collect the metrics so that we can see if/how the performance of a web app under development changes over time. To that end we created a Team Build build type for a solution that contains nothing other than a test project that contains the load test. The load test was added to a test list for the solution, and the build type was configured to run the test list. When we build the build type the load test runs just fine (we can see the load on the web server), and the test completes with no errors. After the build completes successfully we view the build report, drill into the Results section, click on the test run, and then double-click on the completed test in the Test Results window. At this point we ...Show All

• Visual Basic Accent Characters

  Here is the problem. I am accessing data, usually using streamreader, reading a line at a time. The data is in CSV format, so I parse it with the .split. However, a lot of the text contained in the files have the funky characters, such as: 6,"Jose","Grandon","",28, However, when I pull that in, I get Jos Grandn. Which is NOT what I want. Is there any quick and easy way to allow the text to be pulled in correctly Thanks, Larry I tried loading it in this way, hacking until I found an encoding that worked and this one did. Thanks! Using parser As New TextFieldParser(TeamPath4, System.Text.Encoding.UTF7) ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Can I make a Resident Evil=type game with XNA?

  Hi all, Longtime gamer and complete noob when it comes to actually designing a game. Basically, I work in entertainment and have long wanted the chance to tell a strong narrative story in a game. When I heard about XNA I thought this might be a great way for me to learn and experiment with just how one designs a game. Now, I'm not expecting RE4 but I'm basically wanting to know if I could make something along the lines of the first RE or even simpler the first MYST. I don't care if all the backgrounds are pictures, etc. But I DO want to try my hands at level design, voice-acting for dialogue and simple generic baddies to kill, oh and an inventory of weapons! Anyways, looking forward to downloading the beta version tomorrow! ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How in XNA Game Studio Express correctly to include a full-screen mode?

  How in XNA Game Studio Express correctly to include a full-screen mode I write a code: graphics.PreferredBackBufferWidth = 1024; graphics.PreferredBackBufferHeight = 768; graphics.PreferMultiSampling = false ; graphics.ToggleFullScreen(); Then I draw on the screen 2D the sprite and I move it on the screen. During the moment of moving of the sprite on the screen, he brakes and twitches, such impression that copying of the sprite occurs on without usage Z-buffer. How correctly to customize in project XNA Game Studio Express using class Game1 a full-screen mode In DirectX earlier, it was so: D3DDISPLAYMODE Display; if( FAILED( pd3d9->GetAdapterDisplay ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) this.Invoke dosn't work in 3.0 (Is Invoke Supported) Help Please

  Ok,i'm woundering why the msdn articles say invoke is supported in .NET 3.0 Framework but dosnt work at all..Even when i put in System.Windows.Forms.dll as a Reference & use " using System.Windows.Forms; " in my .cs file.. Why it tells me Window1 does not contain a definition for 'Invoke" (Error 1 'iSCS.Window1' does not contain a definition for 'Invoke' ) Run my code in .NET 2.0 on a Form and it works fine flawless, than the msdn articles say Invoke is supported for .NET 3.0 Framework.So if System.Windows; can use "Invoke" someone tell me how cause its not working even with .NET 2.0 Form Reference.. Can i get some help on this issue public void ReceiveMessage( IAsyncResult ar) { try { ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Any blog or article on getting specific versions programatically?

  Hi, I need to understand a bit better how get specific version works programatically. Any links that anyone might recommend Thanks Each of the options in the "get specific version" dialog matches the options in the Workspace.Get() method. "overwrite writeable files that are not checked out" = GetOptions.Overwrite "force get of file versions already in workspace" = GetOptions.GetAll The version you choose from the dropdown is represented by a VersionSpec object. Like in the dialog, your choices are: VersionSpec.Latest new ChangesetVersionSpec(1234) new LabelVersionSpec("label") etc. ...Show All

• SQL Server Named Pipes Error with Remote Connection Problem for Maintenance Plan

  OS: Win 2003 Service Pack I on 2 boxes SQL: SQL Server 2005 Clustered System Situation: I have created a maintenance plan to backup my transaction log every hour. This runs fine for some time and then later that day it stops working. This could happen at any anytime, and I end up having to manually kick it off again. I read the SQL error logs and this is what it points to: [298] SQLServer Error: 2, Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [2]. [SQLSTATE 08001] [165] ODBC Error: 0, Login timeout expired [SQLSTATE HYT00] [298] SQLServer Error: 2, An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default setting ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Parameterisation of text fields as in Mercury QTP

  The application I automated, contained pop up questionnaire screens that had to be filled. The date entered in these fields may be different for different runs of the script. Eg: the data entered may be a product name as in Microsoft office, Visual studio etc Another field could be a version number of the entered product. I need a mechanism where by the Automation tool will pick up this information from a spreadsheet. Currently it doesn’t. The data from the input form fields gets encrypted or so into a string, as seen in the response body of the HTTP request. For each run I wish the application to select a different product and a different version. I have seen this facility is there in Mercury ...Show All

• SQL Server Convert SQLExpress db to Sql Anywhere

  Hi, Is there any way that an existing database in SQL Express can be converted to a SQL Anywhere regards Hi Dharam, SSIS transfers data table by table from a data source to SQL Mobile database. It does not transfer the schema. There are third party tools that transfers schema and data. Joao Paulo Figueira has provided a link to a tool in the following post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=484575&SiteID=1 Regards Ambrish   ...Show All

• .NET Development How can I parse an SQL statement into a canonical form ?

  Is there any class available (either in the framework or external and in that case preferably open source) that can be used to test whether two sql statements are equivalent or not (equivalent regarding irrelevant white space, parentheses, and upper/lowercase for keywords) Basically, what I would like to do is to find a class (below called SqlParser)that I can use like this: string sql1 = SqlParser.getSqlStatementInCanonicalForm("SELECT mycol1 FROM mytable where mycol2=1 and mycol3='abc'"); string sql2 = SqlParser.getSqlStatementInCanonicalForm(" sEleCT mycol1 frOM mytable where ( mycol2 = 1 ) and ( mycol3 = 'abc' ) "); NUnit.Framework.Assert.AreEqual(sql1, sql2); / Tomas Paul P C ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Debug -> Exceptions dialog disappeared in VS Team Edition for Developers

  I recently upgraded from VS 2005 Pro to VS 2005 Team Edition for Developers. There is no longer an "Exceptions..." item under the Debug menu for opening the Exceptions dialog. Please provide instructions for getting to the Exceptions dialog. I had an MDA setting with my VS 2005 Pro installation that was apparently overwritten during the upgrade to VS 2005 Team Edition. I just got a machine that was rebuilt and started to get confused after finding many debug settings were missing from menus and tool bars. I hadn't thought about manually adding them through the customized menu. Thanks for the tip! ...Show All

• Windows Forms DetailsView Multiple Records

  Hi, I need some help I have a problem with my project. I want to show my data using DetailView Component, but I need it to view more than one record ( 3 records ) and do some paging with it. Unfortunately, I found that DetailView can only view one record per page. Anyone can help or maybe have some idea about how to solve this problem Thanks a lot ..... No, I didn't. I've asked it at ASP .NET forum too but there was no answer. I finally changed my way to view the data. Wish u luck .... ...Show All