alecb's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Trying To Use Solution Folders for Projects

  Good Morning All, I've been trying to use solution folders to structure our solutions into sensible chunks with much difficulty. Apologies for the dis-jointed nature of this post, but I'm trying to get down as much information as I can. As the solution template only allows physical folders to be created I've initially created all four of my projects in the solution's root. I have four arguments which hold Project types and are evaluated "OnBeginActions" for each of the projects. These look up the projects by name using the ProjectByPathExpressionProvider, passing in the name of the project to the PathExpression attribute. These arguements are evaluated at the beginning of the actions block, and are correct at that time. The ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Where is the download? Here

  It is 12:48 pm here (GMT + 1)... in Nuku'alofa (GMT + 13) it is tomorrow... So where the hell is my download link :-D :'( Its like 1am in the states so i guess we are waiting for them :(. This is like xmas and Bill Gates is our dad, wake up Billy so I can open my XNA! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Help with "Concentration" Game

  I am a student studying VB for the first time and I've run into a snag programming as assignment. It's a matching game consisting of 8 pairs of matching words randomly assigned to 16 labels. When a label is clicked, the word currently assigned to it will display. If two labels are clicked and the words match, the labels are disabled and change their color. This is done until all 8 pairs of words are found, after which a message box is displayed indicating the game is over. I am confused as to how I can randomize the list of words and assign them to the labels, as well as how to check for matching. Any help would be appreciated. Randomizing isnt tricky really. you pretty much need to have a list of words in ...Show All

• Visual Basic deleting a particular line in a File(txt)

  hi everyone , i need a solution to delete a particular line(ptr currently seeks) in a file with out disturbing other lines. plz confirm that the file is not completly read again to achieve this. all i need is just removing the line which is pointed by the streamreader/writer Thanks in advance.. my code that i have tried : ' Dim detailAdd As String ' Dim DetailTxt As String ' DetailTxt = Me.txbdetails.Text ' Dim comstr As String ' comstr = chkmsg(selitem.Item(0).Text)' getting the selected item from the list vwer ' Dim seekPtr As Long ' Try ' ' Create an instance of StreamReader to read from a file. ' Dim str As String ' Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(filename) ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating a database on a network path

  When I try to create a new database on a network path, I get the following error: "\\server\test\testdatabase.mdf" is on a network path that is not supported for database files. Am I trying something that isn't possible Should databases always be stored on the server PC running SQL (Express) I'm using Visual Basic Express and SQL Express (installed on a local PC not the server, so the connectionstring is ".\SQLEXPRESS"), TCP/IP is enabled. Regards, EBA Jens, thanks very much for your help. It would have taken me quite some time to find this answer. I guess I'll abandon this idea. Regards, EBA ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Windows Authentication over HTTP

  I am trying to perform Windows authentication to a service (non WCF; therefore, basicHttp binding) that listens on http port 80 (not https). When I try to specify a client credential type of Windows, I'm forced to specifying a Transport security mode which requires an https URL. Is there a workaround to this It would seem there are many services that listen on 80 but require Windows authentication. Hello guys, I had a question for you related to Windows authentication and SSO using kerberos functions of AD. I'm trying to make kerberos-compatible a little software The service is a custom web server service, written in Java (no apache no tomcat etc.. : it's a really quite simple service that gives ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Question about Avg.Page time counter

  Hello, Using VSTS, from the Overall Counter Set, what is exactly the Average Page time Is it (for a real world) the response time in second for a Page to be totally displayed in the Client "browser" Where Can I get more information regarding the schema of a response time /per page and request Is it the time taken from the client (VSTS) to IIS server and back to the client (Round Trip Time) I would like to know how to understand what is teh real meaning of those numbers show in that counters and understand the degree of "simulation" for a "client browser" point of view Thanks a lot in advance Jeanvo #1The agent (or vstesthost.exe for a local run) issues the request and retrieves the response; then optiona ...Show All

• Smart Device Development pda and datagrid

  Developing a simple pda app using a datagrid(MsFlexGrid would have been better but not supported by vb 2005 correct ). I need to populate the grid with a simple table the user selects a number from. 1. it appears i need to create a database to do that correct 2 will Excel work for the data base if so how please and what format do i save it in 3. how do i import it 4. how do i get the numnber the user double clicked on Thanks Mitch lets make this simpler on second thought ... the table will be static and never change so why don't we just initialize it in the form load statement everytime the user sstarts the pda app. How do I insert data in the data grid during program initializat ...Show All

• Visual Studio PackageLoad failure - SetSite

  I am getting this error trying to create a new project of my type in the machine where I have installed my package. SetSite failed for package [Idea.Xgen.Package.XgenPackage, Idea.Xgen.Package, Version=1.0.2403.23830, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null] Does anyone have any ideas Thanks, Mike Hi Michael, Most likely you are missing the registration for your project type. Alternatively the project template could have an incorrect guid (in the case of flavors or non-flavored project that support being flavord). Look under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Project\ and make sure that your project type Guid shows up in there and has the correct information provided (if you are usin ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) XAML perform transform THEN set a property?

  I want a control of mine to shrink (i.e. ScaleTransform), and THEN I want to set the Visibility to Hidden after the transform is over. Can this be done in XAML How do I set other normal control properties at a specific point in time like ClipToBounds, Dock location, etc. Thanks! P.S. The code segment here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=952995&SiteID=1 did not work. It did not like the <Visibility>Hidden</Visibility> part. VS 2005 told me it was not legal. In any case, I got it working another way, thanks. ...Show All

• SQL Server how do i strip the time portion from the getdate() value?

  the ssis expression language getdate() function returns the current date with the current time. i only need to get the current date, without the current time. for example: 9/1/2006 how would i construct the proper expression to return this value thanks in advance. (DT_WSTR,2)DATEPART("dd",getdate()) + "/" + (DT_WSTR,2)DATEPART("mm",getdate()) + "/" + (DT_WSTR,4)DATEPART("yyyy",getdate()) ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Logging

  Hi, I have migrated DTS package into SSIS. One of the ActiveX Script contains the following code. I have a question regarding changing this code. What is the equilaent object of reading LogFileName in SSIS I setup the Logging in SSIS, but didn't fidn any option using which i can refer to logfile as it is done in the following DTS code. It'll be a great help if somebody can assist me in this. Thanks in advance. Neetu Code: Function Main() Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8 dim fso dim pkg dim filename dim srcfile, logfile dim inchar set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set pkg = DTSGlobalVariables.parent set logfile = fso.OpenTextFile(DTSGl ...Show All

• SQL Server Encrypting and Decrypting Data

  CREATE TABLE TabEncr ( id int identity ( 1 , 1 ), NonEncrField varchar ( 30 ), EncrField varchar ( 30 ) ) CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'OurSecretPassword' CREATE CERTIFICATE my_cert with subject = 'Some Certificate' CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY my_key with algorithm = triple_des encryption by certificate my_cert OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY my_key DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE my_cert INSERT INTO TabEncr ( NonEncrField , EncrField ) VALUES ( 'Some Plain Value' , encryptbykey ( key_guid ( 'my_key' ), 'Some Plain Value' )) CLOSE SYMMETRIC KEY my_key OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY my_key DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE my_cert SELECT NonEncrField , CONVERT ( VARCHAR ( 30 ), Decr ...Show All

• SQL Server Multiple SP values overriding the desired SP value

  I have a stored procedure (lets call him Earl to keep things clear) that executes another sp (lets call him Daryl). Daryl returns a value, and although the last thing the first Earl does is selects a record set to return to the code, the only thing the code can access is values from Daryl. I am using NOCOUNT ON in the beginning of Earl, and NOCOUNT OFF at the end of Earl, but I still get Daryl's values. I even put NOCOUNT ON / OFF in Daryl, but no such luck. How do I bypass Daryl's values and get to Earl's Thanks. no, nothing to do with the row count I guess. What it is: because the secondary SP, which is called by the first, uses a select statement, that data generated from the select is being r ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions The Matsui riddle (Advanced programmers only)

  Sensei Matshui is now old and blind. He sits in the sun drenched courtyard of his dojo in Tokyo. He has fifty student in five rooms. 10 in each. All the students in the same room have the same name. They are  itchi, ni, san , si and go. They are well disciplined and obedient. Every time Mr. Matshui  receive a new batch of student he affixes the rule of the dojo on the door post of every room. The rule on the door post of the itchi's room says: only  one itchi  can stay in the courtyard at any given time. Itchi can/has to leave the courtyard only if it is told so or a call goes out for an other student from  one of  the other rooms. Although the blind sensei may call for itchi several times, no other itchi sho ...Show All