RPagels's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms How to refer to current form?

  Hi, I have a control inside a user control. How could my control refer to current form (thisform) in code I tried thisform, but not working. Thank you Use the FindForm() method to avoid having to walk the entire chain of Parents yourself. Note that you cannot assume the control is placed on a specific form instance (Form1, Form2 et al). You'd normally use events to let the form decide what ought to be done. ...Show All

• SQL Server Using Stored Procedures

  Hi, I am trying to use this stored procedure for the report. My problem is when I run the procedure I see all the columns but when I click on the [+] next to my dataset, it does not show any fields in it. Please tell me what am I doing wrong and how can I fix this problem Thanks, -Rohit I have done this and can see the results from the stored procedure BUT I cannot figure how to include these fields in my report. I've been baffled on this for days ... please help! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Invalid DOS Path Error - Unable to Open VSS database

  Hi our network has recently changed the network mapping of a shared drive where our VSS database is located. This has caused the VSS program to complain a dos path error. I tried remapping the database to the new path where the srcsafe.ini is located but I had no luck. The new path is somewhat similar to the one below \\hr.serv.acme.com\hr-shared-drv\application\vss\srcsafe.ini previously it was: \\hrserv34-v3\application\vss\srcsafe.ini Previously we had no problems. I've checked the permissions and no problems there. What could have been made wrong I'm running VSS v 6.0d on Windows NT. Can anybody send me a comprehensive list of probable root causes Do you have read/write access to the shared drive Can you create a file in the dat ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. BMP To X-File

  Hi I am very new in managed DirectX. I want to create a 2D-Surface with using a X-File. For example a Rectangle with a hole (circle). What Should I do Should I define all of the triangles or is there a way to convert a BMP to an X File Thanks... MAT I'm not sure if this is what you want, but wouldn't the results be the same if you constructed a simple quad with 4 or 6 vertices and then applied the texture with transparency ...Show All

• .NET Development Failed to add DataTable

  Help! When I create a new dataset in VS 2005, and try to add a DataTable to it, and I get the following error: Failed to add DataTable. Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. This happens to every DataSet I create, I cannot add anything to the DataSet, all I get are errors, and it applies to a TableAdapter or a Query, etc. I have no idea what to do... FYI: I previously had VS 2003 installed (VB & C#) Thanks for your help! Gary Hi, It would be quite helpful for others if you can post the solution when microsoft gets back at you. And also try re-installing or repairing your installation of visual studio. cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• Visual C# Evaluating a string to call a method

  I'm new to C# and for better or worse i'm trying to do things the same as in the language i'm used to (OMNIS). In the past i could do this: String s1 = "printName('John Doe')"; Test.[s1]; And the square brackets would be evaluated and John Doe would be passed to the printName method in the Test class. I have a list of methods and parameters formated as strings from an external data source. Since my data source is defining the flow of the application the calls can change. So a nice for loop with a simple string evaluation would be wonderful to have instead of a huge switch statement that evaluates the string. That's one (*) of the really nice things about intrepreters that you lose ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Custom Policy Activity update it's own properties at runtime

  Hello, How do you get a custom policy activity's ruleset to update a property on the activity instance Thanks. I still haven't been able to resolve this issue. Also tried the following with same results... lData.role_name = (( TActivityQueue )executionContext.Activity).RoleName; I must be missing something - Dharma Shukla "Essential Windows Workflow Foundation" - p337 - indicates it's possible to update a property on an activity from a rule action. The only way I could get this to work is by setting up the property on the work flow class and then setting up a dependency property in the custom activity that refers back to the work flow property. Only then do I get a value from ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. commercial programs

  if i downloaded Game Studio Express. Woud i be able to sell what i make You can sell the games you make for the PC, but not for the XBox 360. In order to sell games on the 360, you will need to purchase the XNA Game Studio Professional edition which will be coming out next spring. This information can be confirmed by reading the FAQ here. Q: Can I use the XNA Game Studio Express or XNA Framework to build a commercial Xbox 360 game A: XNA Game Studio Express will enable you to create Windows and now Xbox 360 console games much more easily. These games are limited to non-commercial scenarios for 360 titles created with XNA Game Studio Express. However, XNA Game ...Show All

• SQL Server The parent of an element from a Paren-Child Dimension

  I am using Reporting Services and I am not able to retrieve the parent of an element from a parent-child dimension. I tried to retrieve using a member but it is to slow. Is there a way to do that Can you please explan your situation in bit more detail Edward. -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Dummy question: Certificates & Services

  Hi, I'm quite new on using WCF and coming from a .Net Remoting world. I found a lot of common design practices that makes it quite easy to understand. However, I have some issues with the security side. It seems that if I want to use security with my services, I need to "sign" them using certificates. This is fine if you are in a standard client-server application that is gathering and pushing data from/to a server. But in my case, I want to use services even on the client side which would therefore mean that I need to deploy certificates also on the client side which may bring some issues as far as I understood. I still didn't decided on using either Peer-to-peer communication services or TCP services but whatever I ...Show All

• SQL Server creating SSIS packages in c#

  How can I create a SSIS package using C# Can anybody have source code for the same. thanx in advance, Vinod You can use the object model of SSIS to do the same. Please refer to the books online for the SSIS Object Model. Thanks, S Suresh ...Show All

• Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) WPF/E vs. XBap

  Hello Community! I was recently trying to evaluate why there is seemingly two ways to write web-based applications with WPF. Am I way off Can anyone explain to me when I would use an XBap over a straight up WPF/E application Thanks, Alan hi everyone out there is there a way to call javascript functions from xaml code in wpf based application. I have searched for it but could not find a solution, does wpf application supports integration of javascript functions please reply ...Show All

• SQL Server Can not remotely connect to instance of sql server 2000

  I had a big problem on connecting sqlserver remotely from other machines on the network ..... From any computer in the network i wanna to register the instance of the sqlserver from the enterprise manager ..... the server instance doesn't appear within the available sqlserver list (the servername which equal to my machine is the only one that appear) ..... when i manualy write the servername\alias manually and i choose the connection type and then i write sqlserver username and password and then finish he give a message to me that access denied or sql server doesn't exist ... !! by the way from the local machine i registered the local instance of sqlserver successfully and successfully i access the Databases ..... To be noted: ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Draw 1 Line?

  How can I draw a single line in XNA LineList dosent seem to work with a single line. Here is a simple class that should draw a single line(rest of the code missing). It gives unexpected results. If I increase the number of primatives in the DrawPrimatives call it draws more lines, even though I sent the buffer only 2 vertices. It must be using old data from the buffer. Can you just draw a single line Thanks public class Line : IGeometry { public VertexPositionColor [] vertices; private VertexBuffer vertexBuffer; public Line( VertexPositionColor vertex1, VertexPositionColor vertex2) { vertices = new VertexPositionColor [2]; this .vertices[0] = vertex1; this .vertices[1] = vertex2; } ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies #msntb_toolbar_full_name#

  I have the following sign come up on the screen. #msntb_toolbar_full_name# is unable to load config file. If you recently upgraded to a newer version of #msntb_toolbar_full_name # and have not restarted your computer since the upgrade,please try resarting your computer.If the problem persist,please reinstall the #msntb_toolbar_full_name#. I'm currently running WXP Home Edition,IE7. W Defender.This problem only occured after I completed system restore two days ago. Thanks to any person who can help. CEEBEE I have been fighting with the exact same thing. I went into control panel/add remove programs, and it is still named, but non functional. I had tried to remove it as it was not behaving ...Show All