me262's Q&A profile

• Windows Live Developer Forums Getting the tic tac toe example

  Where do I get the entire Tic Tac Toe example mentioned in the SDK TIA Here it is, I zipped my messengerActivitySDK directory for you (excluding all my brilliant activity's of course ). I'm sure I downloaded it once from a microsoft site including the sample, but I think they changed it over time. I think I downloaded it about a year ago... ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem with Sendmail Activity

  Hello,In my application I use the send mail Activity but it doesn'y work.. (I am using the IIS SMTP server) I want to know if there is a specific configuration in this activity to success this scenario, thanks. I have the same problem, I didnt know how to set up IIS and Outlook to receive the mails sent by my send mail activity . Can Someone help please Thanks in advance ...Show All

• Windows Forms Turn 1 ID column into two columns from another table.

  Here is my example. One table would hold transactions with a product ID. The ID comes from a product table where there are make and model columns. Ex. Transactions Table - Date, number, ..., product ID Product Table - ID, Make, Model Can I set up automatic databinding with this senario. I could easily set up the ID column on the datagridview to show make instead of ID, but then I would have repeats of all the makes depending on what is in the database and I wouldn't be able to select the model. Can I have two columns whos items in a combobox change based on the first column and databind that to an ID The first column would hold distinct makes and the second column would hold models within that make. Then the result would be ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Customize web setup for Auto Installation and Testing

  Hi, In my TFSBuild process i have WebService, Setup Project, Web Deployment Project and Unit Test Project. Through automated build am able to create .msi for my webservice and install it on my Build server as well. My next step is run my test against this Installed webservice as a part of automated build process. But when the webservice is installed. I see 1. it by defaults to ASP.net 1.1 instead of ASP.net 2.0. 2. web service should be Windows Inegrated Authentication selected and should not allow Anonymous Access but it does exact opposite of this. Due to this my test cases fails. How do i customize my setup project so that i achevie above settings. Thanks, Jignesh Vyas This probably isn't t ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ListBox/ItemsControl DataTemplate issue

  I have a ListBox with a DataTemplate as follows: < ListBox x:Name = " procList " ItemsSource = " {Binding} " > < ListBox.ItemTemplate > < DataTemplate > < TextBlock Margin = " 10 " Text = " {Binding Path=Identifier} " /> </ DataTemplate > </ ListBox.ItemTemplate > </ ListBox > This works fine, i.e. the DataTemplate is applied to my items as expected. However, if I use an ItemsControl instead of the ListBox, i.e.: < ItemsControl x:Name = " procList " ItemsSource = " {Binding} " > < ItemsControl.ItemTemplate > < DataTemplate > < TextBlock Margin = " 10 " Te ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WPF documentation

  I have started working with WPF and I must say I am impressed. I use the excellent book of Charles Petzold and the documentation on the web to get started, but I cannot find any online help. I thought it would have been incorporated in the MSDN library by now, but I cannot find it anywhere (I am a registered MSDN member). Am I looking in the wrong places or is it just not there If not, when will it be available Online help just doesn't do it for me If you download and install the Windows Vista SDK  and then install the Visual Studio Extensions for .Net 3.0 . The latter will integrate the WPF, WCF, and Workflow documentation into the local MSDN library, add intellisense support for the .Net framework ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ping client before sending message

  In the publish subscribe scenario, is there a way for the host to ping the client before sending out a message Specifically, if the host is trying to invoke a method that resides in the client's service, is there a way to find out that the client's service is actually running before invoking that method I understand, but what is the problem in catching the error and continuing the execution with #8,9 & 10 I also would point out that all the services that you mentioned, work in a pull model, clients pools the server for updates. If you what need reliable messaging, i.e. ensure that the message is delivered at some point and in order. Then you either implement the logic in you database, i.e ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Substitute for VB's 'Module', in C#?

  Is there something thats similar to a module in VB, in C# Because I want my variables to be used widely, so I can use isclicked=true , instead of frmwhatever.isclicked=true   I'm using C# 2005 Express k, I'll try that === Edited by Predator14567 @ 28 Aug 2006 2:13 AM UTC=== Ok, I created a class, but how do I declare the variables inside it, I can declare public static int something, but in order for it to work through another file, you have to do class1.bob= 2, and it only works when declared public static ...Show All

• Gadgets Flyout Flicker

  I encountered the problem described here: http://microsoftgadgets.com/forums/7638/ShowPost.aspx They say that's not supposed to happen. But it does! Is it possible that this is a display driver problem The problem seems much less severe when the gadget has a <g:background ...> element. Help! My flyout flicker is awfully ugly. It happens on every gadget I've developed!  It looks aweful. My WMP Gadget goes white when you open the media browser, and Asteroids flickers white like crazy when it's docked to the Sidebar.  If it's a bug in Sidebar, nothing's going to be done about it now - we'll just have to live with it. As you say, it's not supposed to happen.  During the beta severa ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA Game Confusion

  Just to give you a little background. I am new at game codeing. I have done buisness apps for 8 years in vb to vb.net. I have started to learn c#. I download xna and did the first tutorial, got a bouncing bmp file. So I have some questoins, sort of big general questions. I do not understand the architect of a game program. There are some big concepts that I am missing from xna. For example the loop that the tutorial refers to. I do not understand these methods and the significance of them: Update Draw There is a Program.cs file that gets called and there is the class file that is partial that gets called that has these methods. Please help I want to learn. Im thinking that maybe some ...Show All

• Visual C# Newbie Question: creating GIF images from c#

  all, I am new to graphics programming in c# and am looking for a tutorial that will take me from creation of a graphic through exporting it as a gif (or jpeg). I have kind of figured out the creation of the graphic using System.Drawing but am not sure where to go from here. Anyone solved this problem before Many thanks in advance. Kevin Jeff, Thank you, this is exactly what I needed. One other question, does it work with system.drawing objects as well Thanks again, Kevin ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Package Failing - SQL JOB

  Hi: I have scheduled a SQL JOB (SSIS Package), eventhough the validation comes back as success, the job actually fails. I have configured the job to write to Windows Application Log, but How do i configure the Step(SSIS Package) to write errors to windows application log. I would like to find out why its failing, and I cant seem to find it I am guessing I would have to setup Logging - Windows Event Log, but how do I configure it, any advice would be helpful. thanks. Following are the two steps you would have to follow to enable and implement logging on your package: Step 1(Enable Logging) : http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141212.aspx Step 2(Implement Logging) : http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. A problem with ContentProcessor

  If i create a ContentProcessor which .X files are required to use, Then another programmer uses my engine - Adds some .X files - doesnt select the correct ContentProcessor. My program will spew errors and there is nothing i can do about it (as far as i can see). Is there anyway to force a file to use a specific ContentProcessor Cheers yes, i know how to select it. What i am saying is - you have to manually select it (a custom processor) and you cant enforce it. If i make an engine and someone else adds a resource to the app, if they dont select the correct ContentProcessor then my program will throw up errors. Its anoying. ...Show All

• SQL Server sp_browsereplcmds causes "Failed to initialize the Common Language Runtime..."

  When executing exec distribution..sp_browsereplcmds SQL Server 2005 Standard SP1 says: Msg 6513, Level 16, State 27, Procedure sp_browsereplcmds, Line 110 Failed to initialize the Common Language Runtime (CLR) v2.0.50727 due to memory pressure. Please restart SQL server in Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) mode to use CLR integration features. I have two (nearly) identically machines (test has 2, prod has 4 CPUs), both 3071MB RAM, Win 2k3 Server SP1, both have no AWE running. On test-machine the procedure works fine, on production in doesn't. I checked performance. Test machine has about 180MB available memory, production about 160MB (nearly constant). Thread count for process sqlservr is constant and similar at about 65. Any ide ...Show All

• Windows Forms ToolStripManager.Merge does not work

  Hello all I have tried with no success to get 2 toolstrips one on an mdi parent the other on a child to merge using ToolStripManager.Merge(ChildToolStrip, ParentToolStrip) this does not work. I recall in tone of the Beta Versions that this was possible. Apparently this feature was removed ! ! ! Anyway is their a better way to merge toolstrips Or should I dump the toolstrip altogether and buy a third party control, because this is really getting aggravating Trophus "You Kill One Bug...And Fifty Show Up For The Funeral" Hello All: I finally got this thing to wor, its quick and dirty but it functions ok. It seems to work better if you put ToolStripManager.Merge in the ...Show All