Bruce Baker's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Errors after deployment

  I've been deploying projects a while, but suddenly I get the following errors after I do a click once deployment and then click on the setup.exe file. What do they mean and how do I fix the problem PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42 System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) SOURCES Deployment url : file:///F:/deployForNotebook/CTS.application Application url : file:///F:/deployForNotebook/CTS_1_1_0_0/CTS.exe.manifest IDENTITIES Deployment Identity : CTS.application, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=dcea ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) 2D controls in a Viewport3D?

  Is there a way to create a Button in a Viewport3D Or is there a thirdparty tool that has created such functionality as an add-in on top of WPF The closest I've been able to come is creating a VisualBrush and then applying it to a 3D surface, but it's not really fully interactive. If there isn't a way to do this, please consider this as a vote for adding this ability to future versions of WPF. You can't really do a full 3D user interface without the 2D controls being available in Viewport3D. I could live with restricting the 2D controls to being placed on 3D planar (flat) meshes, if that simplifies it. Perhaps a new Canvas3D or Grid3D class that can be placed within a Viewport3D No, there is no w ...Show All

• SQL Server Simple Null question

  I'm guessing there is some simple answer to this question. Im working of a Cube. Now when i preview my report. It leaves all the null values with nothin displayed. I would like to have them displayed as zeros. How would i do that If you won't find anything better try this: as expression of that field use "=iif(IsNothing(Field!yourfield.Value)=true,0,Field!yourfield.Value)". You can also try to modify dataset (if possible) to change all nulls to zeros. Maciej ...Show All

• Visual Basic get the system thousands seperator

  Is there a way to determine the user system's thousands seperator and decimal character http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_format_currency.html This should point you in the right direction - GetCurrencyFormat API. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Correct use of Find with callback and index

  Hi Could anyone give any pointers on how to use the find method with callback when changing the index when using wheres and whats. I've implemented a page where you're supposed to be able to navigate through results. When you click e.g. "next results", the index variable is increased by one and the find method fired off again. The next results button/link is only available when findResults.HasMore == true I seem to be getting weird results however. On some wheres and whats I get 1 more pin if I click next. Sometimes I get a lot more but the older pins aren't removed. I tried increasing the index variable by 10 for each click but that isn't the solution. Any ideas Cheers Aled ...Show All

• SQL Server Deploying Reports from Development to (Remote) Production Machines

  After intial development of some reports on my notebook I will need to deploy them to a production machine remote from my office. In other words I will will not be able to directly from the BI (aka VS) Studio on my notebook. I had thought that I might be able to simply send the RDL files to the remote site and instruct them to create data sources with the same name (and in the same folders) on the local ReportServer (not the BI Studio) then use the "Upload File" option to upload the RDL files. I have tried this once so far, without success. The next alternative that I can think of to copy the entire set BI Studio project files to the production server (which should have the BI Studio installed) and deploy normally from ther ...Show All

• Visual Studio Questions about Sandcastle CTP August

  Hi, thanks for the new Sandcastle CTP. It took a little time to adjust my batches, but now it produces nice CHM files again. Here are a few issues I came across: I didn't measure, but I think the generation time is significantly longer compared to CTP July. The Sandcastle-Blog mentions, that there's a new /internal+- switch now. I'd like to include protected members but exclude both "internal" and "internal protected". How can I achieve this Is or will there be a /protected+- also switch The index that is now generated for CHM helps has words that are fored from e.g. the class name, a dot and the member name. For example "MyClass.UsefulMethod". In an index however it would be much better to i ...Show All

• .NET Development Website

  Can Any body help me how can i create a web site that ather than localhost,i want it to have an address like juandelacross.com in my own computer my os is server2003 standard,please i'm an amature. they are all correct but,there is also other thing to do you have to configure your dns or if u dont know how you have to register ur domain,if u want to learn about configuring your dns to host your own internet domain or windows domain just text me so i can responce you any time i dont have internet connection at this time so you have to text me (0920-272884) ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista not able to create globally named objects

  From MS' Windows Vista Soft. Logo doc.: Applications should not depend on globally named objects. Since, globally named objects can be created by any application or service, an application dependent on creating or maintaining such an object could fail. Additionally, a user running under User Access Protection will not be able to create a globally named object. In my app. I created global mutex for a shared resource. If this is not a "good" thing to do in windows Vista, what is the best practice MS recommend Also as of the Feb. CTP release of Windows Vista, the creation of my global mutex still working fine, so it's not like what it is described in the logo doc. Thanks in advance. ...Show All

• SQL Server SQLDriverConnect Error

  I have an application I am working on and I am trying to connect to a database on SQL Server 2005 using the SQL Native Client. The database is called ' noquotes~`!@#$%^&*()_+|\}{:; />.<,_key' . The call to SQLDriverConnect fails with the error. [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Cannot open database requested in login 'noquotes~`!@#$%^&*()_+|\}{:' . Login fails." I notice in the error message that the database name is truncated at the semicolon in the name of the database. I try try using {}, [ ] , single quotes to enclose the database name in the connect string, but I still get the error. Is there away around this error, or is there a list of unsupported characters that cannot be used in the database n ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. bug with adding components, or did i do something wrong?

  i have started working on a pong clone, and with hardly any resources available, i've been doing my best. i saw the game components video and using that and some forum posts i have found here, got a menu component set up that would draw a menu. just some basic stuff. the problem comes when i drag & drop the menu component onto the design view of my Pong.cs file. i click on build, and get this error: "The type name 'Menu' does not exist in the type 'Pong.Pong'". i am able to fix the error, and the project compiles and runs as expected by changing the line this.menu1 = new Pong.Menu(); to this this.menu1 = new Menu(); in my Pong.Designer.cs file. i noticed the comments in that file stating not to edit it from the code view, but ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) What is most efficient way to create the list of image thumbnails?

  Hi! I have a "little" question... ;) I would need to have (kind of) photo-album functionality in my application - it should display thumbnails of images from certain folder (and entering a folder with 2000 images should not bring the system to its knees!), and user should be able to move in that thumbnail view (using keyboard!) and perform some actions. Problem is, that there are so many options in all respects (what should be the container, how to get thumbnail of the images, how to do it asynchronous - so that folder with 2000 images would not block whole machine, etc.), that it is difficult to choose something In your opinion, what would be the most efficient way to do this Thank you very muc ...Show All

• Windows Forms C# program on Windows XP Pro

  Two users of an application I developed have told me that my program does not work properly. Controls are being screwed up, settings don't save, a whole lot of stuff is going wrong. The common link They both use Windows XP Professional. I believe Win XP Pro is the reason why something is wrong, and they both do have .NET Framework 2.0 on their OS, so something with Win XP Pro is causing problems. Why doesn't it work on Win XP Pro Maybe the XP Pro users are using a Limited account, while the XP Home users are running as administrator Try running as Guest on XP Home and see if you experience the same problems. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Legacy Win32 C/C++ Code to be used in CF

  Hi, My problem is described pretty much in the title. I am using VS 2005. I have some code to use in a Pocket PC 2003 application and it is written in C/C++. What is the suggested way to do this I tried to use the DLL in a PPC project but since it is desktop DLL, i failed to do that. I tried to compile the code in a Smart Device project, i failed to do that too (couldn't find files like wincon.h, io.h, etc)...This code was written to be used in desktop applications. I think this must be a frequent problem that Smart Device developers encounter but I really couldn't find a way to solve this either through forum-search or google. Thanks for any help... I believe you need to add a "Win32 Smart Device Project" to your existing ...Show All

• SQL Server remote webwork place

  We have a SBS2003 server. And configured remote workplace to allow remote users access to their workstion. On the windows XP Pro sp2 station I have added the user to the "Remote desktop" list ( control panel-system-remote-allow users to remotely connect this computer - Add .) Nomal users can pass router and select wanted station then get logon screen. But this error message is showed up: "The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interractively." The administrator can logon to any station remotely. Do I have to give additional permission to normal user Thank you for any help or clue. Peter THis seems more a Windows problem than a SQL Server ...Show All