Helen999888's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development Problem in gwes.exe while installing a CAB file

  Hi All, I have written a project to generate a CAB file to install a directshow filter. In the destructor of my directshow filter i am deleting a instance used inside directshow filter. If I generate a CAB file with this project and then try to install this on the Dell Axim X51v I am getting following error message: "A probldem has occurred with gwes.exe. Please tell microsoft about this problem at no cost to you. The data is used exclusively to improve products." And installation fails subsequently. But if i remove code that delete the instance in the destructor function of my directshow filter and genearte CAB file and install that on Dell Axim X51v it installs it without any problem. Destructor code can't ru ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Future of DirectX

  I'm starting to get worried about DirectX, because mostly it becomes deprecated, first there was DirectPlay, and now it is the same thing for DirectInput and DirectSound, I've recently read that they are becoming deprecated in favor of XACT and XInput. Could you tell me why is this happening What will become of DirectX in the future Will be there only Direct3D, or will it disappear either I'd like to give you my opinion that deprecating good API's like DirectInput and DirectSound is a bad idea. Take a look at XInput- it allows only xbox controllers, and what about mice, keyboards, or other joypads And mostly I'm concerned about DirectSound, In Vista there is no hardware support for it, does that mean I have to stop working with Direc ...Show All

• Visual C# Export PowerPoint with C#?

  Hi, Currently i am working on small application where i export all the slides in the powerpoint and display then in slide show using C# form.My Problem is that when my application runs on a system on which office is installed it works fine but it is giving me error when i am running on a system where office is not installed. I know two methods of exporting the power point one is using export option and other is using screen capture method. Please told me the solution to my problem that how i run my application on a system without office being installed on it.And i am com Yo dude, i dunno. Once I created a plugin for an enterprise app and it exported data to Excel from a datagrid. I used the method I explained and it worked for me ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums DAO can't connect to Access2007

  Hi all, I'm using DAO to connect to an Access2007 database file. But it reports such an error "unrecognized database format". Does anyone know if MS supports using DAO connect to Access2007 Is there a new release of MDAC along with its Office2007 Thanks in advance, - Haojun I am having the same Problem.. Can anyone Help Also - This looks like a seasoned forum of Users who are still using DAO. have any one you guys used the DAO in Client-Server Mode across the Networks Can I have multiple users ( from different Systems ) connecting to an MDB on the Server Any help will be appreciated. Venkat M desikan.venkat@gmail.com ...Show All

• SQL Server Create View

  how to create view in sql server 2005 that recognize Identity And Primary key of base table I don't understand what the requirement is, over any normal view. See CREATE VIEW in Books Online perhaps Why is this related to SQL Server Integration Services, the title of this forum ...Show All

• Visual C++ Key Combinations

  Hi, I have a keydown function in one of my windows which goes like this void CLegacyScreenView::OnKeyDown(UINT nChar,UINT nRepCnt,UINT nFlags) { char ischar; ischar=char(nChar); if (::GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) < 0 && ischar=='k') some code.... } My intetion is to handle the ctrl and k button at once. but this takes ctrl as a key down and k as a key down separately Please suggest me how i can make the comdition to be true. Thanks & Regards ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB 2005 not saving data from textbox to database even after following correct steps.

  I have folled the correct steps mentioned in the tutorial of saving data from a datasource to the text fields. But after I make changes to the textfield and click save data button, it does not save data into the database. The data gets updated in the dataset but is not updated in the database. Is your database included in the project explorer If so it's possible that the database is being overwritten by the old database each time you run the debugger. Please examine the properties box if the dabase in included in the solutions explorer and set the copy option to "No copy". ...Show All

• .NET Development Secure remoting, authentication and (unwanted) anonymous access

  Hello! I'm trying to develop a C# application that will use secure remoting in an AD environment. Both the client and server are in the same domain, and I'm using identify for tokenImpersonationLevel. However I'm having some problems with the authentication. It will only allow users that are local on the server, and in particular if I leave the username/password empty from the client it will allow logon using "ANONYMOUS LOGON". Server configuration: Hashtable props = new Hashtable (); props[ "port" ] = 12345; props[ "secure" ] = true ; props[ "authenticationMode" ] = "IdentifyCallers" ; TcpChannel channel = new TcpChannel (props, null , null ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Windows media player ActiveX control---why no video?

  Hi, This is not a new rpoblem i think, but i still wonder why. I am using CF ActiveX host which is described in this this article . When it plays a MP4 file, i can only hear the audio but can not see video. Is this something to do with the version of my windows media player(version 10.0) or windows mobile 5.0 OS(build 14847) Does anyone know how to solve it Thanks in advance. Caffey ...Show All

• .NET Development Ping to get location

  Hiya. I'm wondering if there's any way to send a ping command to an IP address or URL and be able to pinpoint the location of that address on the Earth. Please answer my question - VB.net would be great. Thanks. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/09/EarthlyDelights/default.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions MFC CFontDialog Assertion error

  Hello. I am trying to change some font properties through CFontDialog class. When I click on the Font button, the following code is executed: CFontDialog cf; if(cf.DoModal() == IDOK) { LOGFONT* lpfl = new LOGFONT; cf.GetCurrentFont(lpfl); m_font.CreateFontIndirect(lpfl); m_color = cf.GetColor(); RedrawWindow(); } The problem is visible when I change the font settings for second time. I get the error: "Debug Assertion Failed!" and the class "wingdi.cpp" is mentioned. How could i fix this problem Hay, the problem was, that the odl font was not deleted. So I used m_font.DeleteObject(); before creation of new font. Thanks for your reply. ...Show All

• Commerce Server SiteConfigReadOnly

  Hi, I have loads of warning messages in the event log concerning too many instances of the SiteConfigReadOnlyFreeThreaded objects. I do not manually instantiate these and have checked the code for manual context creation. I found minimal occurrences of "offending" code, though and these warnings are getting logged when hitting pages which do not even call this code. Could anyone let me know which CS components may be calling this code and when, or offer any assistance on diagnosing this problem Many thanks, Amy Thanks for the feedback. Joseph, I'll recheck our code base paying specific attention to CatalogContext.. Vinayak, I've removed the entire CS Authentication ...Show All

• Visual Studio I have lost my S/N and i need help here?

  hello , i have microsoft visual studio 2005 standerd edition and i have lost the S/N but its still instaled on my pc is there any way to know my sn from the pc or from microsft becous i need to format my pc i hope someone answer me becouse its important and thanx Zaid you find their phone number on the link I provided, and follow the links to "contact us" or "contact Microsoft" perhaps this will be direct: http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/ ws=support ...Show All

• Windows Forms Data Not Saving In Calculated Field

  I have a textbox that is populated from a calculated variable. The textbox populates ok but when I save the data, the textbox resets to zero and saves to the database as zero. All of the other data on the form saves appropriately. The data is originally binded as: ctl.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", usmDataSet_est1.Tables["cabinet"], ctl.Name, true, DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged)); I'm setting the text property of the calculated value with: private void populateAreaTextBox(string First, string Last, Control ctl) { string sArea = Convert.ToString(Decimal.Round(calcArea(), 2)); ctl.Text = sArea; } What could be the problem The textbox is read-only. I'm using VS200 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Search For Files by Date Accessed

  Does anyone know how to search for files by date "Accessed" as oppossed to "Modified" or do you know of any software that could do this for me as we are trying to clean our server up. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Kev ...Show All