dacky's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ .lib file is a static library file or DLL implicit linking file?

  Hello everyone, If I am given a .lib file, how can I check whether the .lib file is a static library file (archive of obj files) or DLL implicit linking file I have such confusion since they both use the same extension name .lib. regards, George You can find out with Dumpbin /exports library .lib. If it is a DLL import library (like kernel32.lib), you'll get a list of names under "Exports". If it is a regular link library (like libcmt.lib), you'll see no "Exports", just a summary. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Text property in Windows Forms Designer

  I am using the properties window of a Label that I am placeing on a windows form. I am trying to set the text property to My.Settings.mytext  and it keeps putting quotes around the string. What is display is "My.Settings.mytext" is there any way to tell Visual Studio not to place quotes around the string   Yes I know that will work. Thank you. I just though you could do something like <%My.Settings.mytext%> like you can using VB script for a website project. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Coloring TabControl.

  As far as I can see TabControl object has no properties of either Back or ForeColor. Is it possible to assign these properties to this object Another question: TabPage object does have both properties but when you assign a color to it it does not cover the whole TabPage: the tab itself remains gray. Is it possible to give it colors Many thanks. Mick Doherty wrote: With a fair amount of effort it is possible to get the TabControl to do exactly what you want. You will find some basic tips on my TabControl Tips page: http://www.dotnetrix.co.uk/tabcontrols You will also find TabControlEx (an extended TabControl) in my Controls section which will allow you to change the colors via a simple property change: http:/ ...Show All

• .NET Development .Net 32 bit and 64 bit encryption

  I ran into a couple questions as we are involved in architecting a .Net 2.0 solution that will need to support 32 and 64 bit systems and .Net frameworks. 1. Does .Net encryption behave the same on different OS’s, or on different platforms (i.e. 32bit and 64bit) 2. More Importantly, if something is encrypted on a 32 bit XP platform, can we assume that it can be decrypted on a 64 bit Windows 2003 platform, and so on This is using the built in encryption in the .Net framework itself. Yes, the algorithms should be completely interoperable between 32- and 64-bit. Not only that, since most of the algorithms are public standards, the data they produce should be interoperable with non-Wind ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) FlowDocument text leading

  Hello, any of you know how to change the leading (space between lines) of the text of a paragraph in a FlowDocument. Thanks a lot !!! Hello I just found the way to solve my problem. I share with you what to do: < Paragraph FontFamily = " TheSans Num " FontSize = " 14 " LineStackingStrategy = " BlockLineHeight " LineHeight = " 15 " > The key is to assign BlockLineHeight to the LineStackingStrategy property and than select the LineHeight value that we want. Thanks a lot people !! ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. system.io.filenotfoundexception (installing)

  EventType : clr20r3 P1 : myspacewarwin1.exe P2 : 1.0.0.0 P3 : 459b54f9 P4 : mscorlib P5 : 2.0.0.0 P6 : 4333ab80 P7 : 32f8 P8 : d8 P9 : system.io.filenotfoundexception Anyone else getting the following or have a solution to it Comes up every time I do an install, or try to run my games. It publishes fine, run just fine from within XNA. I'm stumped, how can it run from within XNA, but not when it's published Shouldn't I get the same exception from with XNA ...Show All

• Visual C++ Compiling Error

  Hi all, I'm keen on learning the VC++. I've written a C++ code ,but I'm unable to compile it.It shows an error as " The MMD.386 virtual device driver is not loaded in Windows.Ensure that the line 'DEVICE=<Directory specified in setup for binaries>\MMD.386'exists in your SYSTEM.INI[386Enh]section." So I have given the directory path C:\MSVC\BIN in the SYSTEM.INI[386Enh]section. But still the problem persists. I'm using VC++ version 1.0 on WindowsXP platform. Can anyone please help me in solving the problem. I have posted this problem in so many forums,but none have given me solution. I hope this forum will help me out. Thanks a lot. Regards, Raghu Wow, version 1.0! Keep it around, it is going to be valuable som ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Compile in Release

  I am in a huge rush right now. Between VS2003 and VS2005 they moved where you choose whether you compile in Debug or Release mode. Where is it now I have manually added the drop-down box to the tool bar, but it's grayed out. This is extremely frustrating and critical to testing DirectX stuff. Okay, that enabled the drop-down! Cheers! I know in Human Computer Interaction they tell everyone to hide extra settings... but the more I see such implementations, the more I think it's a load of BS. It seems to just get in the way and make things /harder/ to find. ...Show All

• SQL Server FK Position

  Does it make any difference where we define the FKs in a table I mean, do I speed up the query if I define it as the second field or the last one What about the other fields, the ones that are not FKs, but are used as filters in a query Column position is virtually meaningless in defining PK's. Column position is virtually menaingless except: 1. In UNIQUE and PRIMARY key constraints, and all indexes, order of columns has meaning. 2. In relatively rare cases, order of column conditions in a WHERE clause is involved (and only when the criteria is so large as to make it impossible for SQL Server to check all possible uses in a timely manner) The position of a column in a table has no little if any bearing on performance, as ...Show All

• SQL Server Attach MySql database via internet

  Hie ! Please, how to manage (attach,connect to) MySql database located on host server http://www.avanti.si from my home PC with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express This " http://www.avanti.si:8080\MySqlDatabaseName,3306 " fail ! Thenks! hi, you should ask you provider about connection info.. assuming the "server" is named and available as " www.avanti.si " and 3306 is the port you have to use to connect to, you should provide that info in the SQL Server MAnagement Studio Express connection dialog as www.avanti.si,3306 in the server property, and provide your SQL Server standard login and pwd.. in the "options" tab you can, but is not mandatory as the <default& ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Click button go to certain tab

  What is the best code to clicking a button and going to a certain tab within a tab control. Thanks Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click TabControl1.SelectTab( "TabPage2" ) End Sub End Class ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Open PDF file

  Hi everybody, I'm creating a program in MS. Access but I just want to ask:, how to open *.pdf(extension) file in visual basic access (vba) thanks in advance. :-) Hi sweet66 - sorry but ive been away for a while - yes that was exactly what my code did but it also allowed you to browse for the file and insert the path into datasheet view - a guy called Derek Smyth who is one of the fountains of knowledge on this forum helped me out with it - glad you got it sorted though. Rhys. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista "Error binding to target method." in Activity.Clone ??

  We have a workflow with a while loop which is failing in the attempt to clone the contained SequenceActivity. It appears to be failing to FixUp the references to CodeActivity event handlers and CodeCondition event handlers. I can also reproduce the failure by Activity.Save() to memory stream followed by Activity.Load(). The only difference I see between the development environment where it works, and the server where it fails, is that .NET 1.1 and .NET 1.1 Hotfix were never installed on the server. John West Starz/Encore if I make the function the code activity calls, static, then it also works, but this will not work for my needs. It seems as if loading the workflow using reflection causes ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I cause a desktop icon to be placed during installation of my application?

  When my application is installed on the user's computer, I want an icon to always automatically be placed on his desktop. ClickOnce did not offer this. How can I do it (Visual Basic 2005 Express) DMan1 wrote: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;837220 How to add a shortcut file to a Setup project in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio .NET This does not apply to Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition! None of those options are in the menus! ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Somehow deriving an AddPolygon() from a Live Search Collection

  Dear Group, I've recently begun to experiment with Virtual Earth. I do a fair amount of JavaScript programming in my real job; so I created a rudimentary script to allow me to plot a polygon representing a political district in my city. I'm an alderman running for re-election and I got interested in Virtual Earth as a means to make an on-line map of aldermanic districts. Anyway, here is my rudimentary page: http://www.swerbach.com/Neenah3rd/NeenahAldermanicDistricts1and3.htm Summary of functions: Start: Start recording mouse click positions as LatLong pairs Stop: Stop recording mouse clicks Del Last Line: Remove last polyline drawn on the map Display: Show recorded mouse clicks in new window So click the 'Start' button an ...Show All