GNT FoxPro 8's Q&A profile

• Architecture Synchronizing Legacy DB and Application DB

  Hi All, We are developing a solution which requires consulting some information on legacy systems. There is also a requirement to keep the system available even if the legacy systems are out. We are thinking about replicating the information on our application DB as a contingency (it is acceptable if the data we have to use does not change often). My questions are: Have anyone used a different solution for a simmilar requirement If not, what would be the best way to do this 1) Implement a windows service that update our DB copy from time to time (the problem here is that our application is running on a cluster, so we need to control the concurrency between the services running on each cluster machine) 2) Use som ...Show All

• Visual Basic controlling placement of ToolStripComboBox

  Hi I'm adding a toolStripComboBox to my main menu - all works well, except I want to control where it is placed At the moment it is to the right of the last menu item - I want it to be to the left of this one, not to the right. How do I do this Thanks Bruce I think I missed an important piece of information ! (doh!) I'm creating the ToolStripComboBox dynamically (but not the other menu items) ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. D3DXLoadMeshHierarchyFromX returns E_FAIL

  Hi all, I'm having some trouble loading a skinned mesh from file using D3DXLoadMeshHierarchyFromX(). The function returns E_FAIL, but according to the documentation the return value should be either E_OUTOFMEMORY or E_INVALIDCALL. I thought the problem might have been due to an error in my derived ID3DXAllocateHierarchy interface, but I've traced through the code and both CreateFrame() and CreateMeshContainer() allocate memory as they should and return successfully. What other factors could cause D3DXLoadMeshFromHierarchy() to return E_FAIL aside from an error in the derived ID3DXAllocateHierarchy interface I thought that perhaps the mesh I was trying to load might be faulty, but it loads fine in the DXViewer. Any help is appre ...Show All

• SQL Server Setting Dynamic Datasources through C#

  Below is the code that I currently have working in our C# web app but I'm looking for something a little different. I would like to be able to dynamically select a Database without effecting the actual Datasource Definitions on the reporting server. Right now, the below code will modifiy the reporting server Datasource but I only want to modifiy this instance of the report. We are moving to a multi-DB environment so we would like to have the code make the determination on where to find the data and how to process it at runtime while not effecting any other user that might be attempting to run the report at the same time. Hopefully this is clear enough. Thanks. DataSourceReference reference = new DataSourceReference(); reference ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista "XP styles" under Vista

  Hi Under Windows XP, we shipped our application with an external Manifest file which allowed it to have the Windows XP styles for buttons, checkboxes etc. When run under Windows Vista, even if this manifest file is present, the style of the buttons, checkboxes etc is back to the old classic style controls. Can this be done and how Is there a change to the manifest file needed or some setting in Vista Thanks Steve ...Show All

• Windows Forms ListBox hot tracking

  Hi, I think this has to be often asked question, but.. how can I make the listbox to fire DrawItem event with DrawItemState.HotLight Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Basic Setup Wizard in VB 2005 Standard SP1

  This one is aimed at Matthew Gertz in VB Development Team. Yes, I am aware that the Christmas Holidays are near but I hope your response will be quicker than last time. First two points and then my query 1. Despite ticking the Alert Me box, I am not getting Alerts when you post responses. 2. The first time, I opened VB2005 after installing SP1, I got the error message "Run Time Error/Program C:\Pro\R6025 - pure function call" and VB closed. The second time I got an Report Error toMicrosoft - which I did. Third time the programme loaded and ran OK. Curious QUERY I have read extensively in the help file about using the Setup Wizard but the reality does not match the reporting. Page bf5cf02e-b0b7-4a99-ba9c-bcf9d383b7d ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) wsHttpBinding and interoperability

  Hi, I have a wcf server hosted it IIS and the client is running on non-WCF environment.When I use the basicHttpBinding and generated the wsdl I have no problems and the client works with out any problem , but as soon as I change the binding to wsHttpBinding and try to generate the wsdl then i get this warning ... **************** From SDK Command Prompt ************************** C:\>wsdl http://localhost:8000/fortune Microsoft (R) Web Services Description Language Utility [Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.42] Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Warning: This web reference does not conform to WS-I Basic Profile v1.1. SOAP 1.1 binding was not found: WS-I's Basic Profile 1.1 consists of implementat i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Help Please!

  I lost my localhost connectivity to the VWD Express web server. How do I reconnect For days I had it, then suddenly gone. What do I do For web development and questions on the Visual Web Developer you should post your questions on the http://forums.asp.net site as that is the home of all web questions. On the site you will find a forum just for the Web Developer IDE. ...Show All

• .NET Development IIS 5.1 on XP does not work

  I am trying to run some ASP pages and IIS does not work. I remember I solved this problem using a Windows XP Pro version with SP2 built in. I cannot use this time this version and I want to repair this famous IIS. I tried rebuild HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3 with very known steps http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;315296 , but it does not work. When I go to control panel, components services and I try to open com + Application folder I get Error code 80080005. Server execution failed. What Should I do Thanks. This is not related to managed networking APIs. You should look up http://www.microsoft.com/communities for a better forum for this query. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) BehaviorExtensionSection not found in "System.ServiceModel.Configuration" namespace

  Is there any replacement for "BehaviorExtensionSection" As per the docs, It should be part of "System.ServiceModel.Configuration" namespace. But it does n't belong there now. I am trying to build custom end point behaviors and add them to config instead of adding them programatically. Thanks in Advance. Dave, I am getting the below exception when trying to configure Custom Behaviors: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for system.serviceModel/behaviors: Extension element 'CustomBehavior' cannot be added to this element. Verify that the extension is registered in the extension collection at system.serviceModel/extensions/behaviorExtensions. I ha ...Show All

• Visual Studio A4 paper size with winforms reportviewer

  Hi, Ive searced the web and found only a few dead ends, so i thought i'd ask in here, hope its the correct place! i have created a report that will use a localreport on a winforms app, the report works fine, however when i try to print it, it is always set to letter size paper, how do i change the print preview to be A4, and set the margins i have set the report size in the report, but it seems to make no difference. Regards, Russ Finally, it all works properly. Here's the corrected source. using System; using System.IO; using System.Data; using System.Text; using System.Drawing.Imaging; using System.Drawing.Printing; using System.Collections.Generic; using Microso ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to get access to the selected workitems in a query result document?

  I'm trying to create an add-in which can get access to the currently active work item result query (document = "Work Item Tracking - Results View"). Then I want to get access to the currently selected SCRs in this document. I assume I can use WorkItemResultGrid for this. I know I can get access to the DocumentService but I have no idea how to link al this together. - How do I know that in my add-in, _applicationObject.ActiveDocument references a "Work Item Tracking - Results View" document. - And how to obtain the WorkItemResultGrid once I know it is an WIT result view. I found some interesting info at the following location but this is not giving the answers I need. http://blogs.msdn.com/edhintz/arch ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Bryce 5 (3d modelling) for free! (no strings!)

  This isn't the latest version of Bryce, but if you're like me, and are just interested in creating free meshes to play around with in XNA, it's not bad. It's certainly a lot more use friendly than the Blender app I downloaded last week. http://www.daz3d.com/program/bryce/bryce5free.php You have to download it before 6th September, but it doesn't need installing, just unzip and run - so worth downloading and pasting the serial number in before then just in case! :-) After putting the serial number in, it'll also offers a free download of some extra stuff (I couldn't actually find what it added to Bryce, but I'm sure it was something!). Exports to .x files, which will be supported by the Content Pipeline, or can be converted to t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Nesting Related Files

  Hi there, Unlike many users of ASP.NET solutions, I am building my websites using XML/XSL transformations. Because of that, I have lot of XML and XSL files in the same location as the aspx and its related code behind files. For the overview of it, i have named my XML/XSLT files the same as the aspx file, for an exampe: default.aspx would be named default.aspx.xml, default.aspx.xsl. Since there is already an option in VS2005 for nesting related files, i was wondering if it has been so smartly developed, so i might add my own "related" files to this already built-in functionality This would really ease up my overview. Thanks in advance for usefull feedback regarding this matter :) If you are creating a managed ...Show All