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• .NET Development Authentication on the local machine

  Hi All, I want to authenticate a local user on my local machine using the windows API. Does using ADSI i can do the same Further suppose there is a computer A with local user - usrA with and computer B with local user - usrB. Suppose 1. I want to run a progam on computer C. 2. The user will supply a user name , password ,machine name. 3. The program at C will authenticate whether the user is valid local user for the machine specified. Is it possible to do the above implementation using the adsi rgds, Sunil Hi Sunil, It's straight forward to use the windows API and the functionality is provided by the advapi32.dll and the LogonUser method. This article is offers good cover ...Show All

• Office Live Development Adding data to custom list

  We are building a custom application for office live. Here we are using a form web part that would accept data from the user in a wizard like format and would save that data into a custom list. We are trying to figure out how to store the data in the custom list, but have not received any success so far. I tried using the UpdateListItems method of the sharepoint web service Lists.asmx, but have been unable to do so. If I try to invoke the web service from a console application programatically, I get an 'Object moved to ' error referring to a login.live.com url. I am wondering if I am moving in the right direction. What I need to know is exactly how can we save data to a custom list, using the sharepoint web service or otherwise. T ...Show All

• Visual C# Stuck on ShowDialog

  I'm getting some strange behavior in a program that I'm developing. When I call a .ShowDialog() on one of the windows that I have as a child window it will frequently (about 1/3 of the time) get stuck somewhere between the .ShowDialog() call and the Load() for the form. What is going on between those two points and what can I do to fix my code so it stops doing this Thanks, Jebrew Show your code where you are calling ShowDialog() and show the constructor of the form on which you calling it and Make sure you are not doing a long process in Load, In last are you disposing form on which you called ShowDialog Make sure these things and I hope your problem will be solved. Best Regards, ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Why is In Order Execution so Popular?

  Hi, I've been digging around the architecture of the 360 and noticed the PowerPC chips inside have In Order Executiong (IOE). After looking around some more, apparently the Wii and the PS3 also have IOE. Is this coincidence The first XBox had the intel x86 processor which had Out of Order Execution (OOE) and therefore branch prediction. After more investigation the only advantage I could see for IOE over OOE is a simpler chip design. I would think something like 3 tier branch prediction would have benefits in a tight game loop. Why do all 3 game consoles have IOE What benefits do IOE have over OOE, because I can't seem to find any. Thanks. P.S. Sorry if this isn't appropriate for the XNA Framework Forum. It did seem to fit here best of al ...Show All

• .NET Development Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.SqlHelper.cs

  We are using "Microsoft Data Application Block" and stored procedures. I saw the using of that block is handy, but I have recognized that...before it calls the stored procedure to retrieve the data... it greps the stored procedure's parameter information from database. It does not uses the parameters I passes. for example, ---------------------------------------------------- CREATE PROCEDURE SP_TEST (    @userid int ) select fullname from client where userid=@userid ---------------------------------------------------- when I pass the WRONG parameters information like.. SqlParameter p = new SqlParameter("@userid", SqlDbType.NVarchar, 700); Microsoft data block actually replaces them with Sq ...Show All

• SQL Server Bulk import data to SQL Mobile

  Hi!. Is there something like BCP utility in SQL CE I need to import (pereodicaly) large ammount of data to my CE database. When tested import on network this take a lot of time. That's why decided to send raw data in ASCII files (because of small size) and to import files to CE database. Certainly, it's not a problem to write those cli by myself, but it's interesting if someone already did this... Thanks, Sandr There isn't a bulk import utility as you might think about BCP, but you do have a couple of options. 1. if the goal is to load a "starter" SQL CE database with schema and initial data, you can setup a simple merge replication with SQL Server 2000 or 2005 and use the AddSub ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. On-screen Xbox 360 Keyboard?

  Sorry if this has been asked before. I was unable to find anything related to it when I searched. In future releases, do you plan on supporting the on-screen keyboard with the Xbox 360 I know there is a component for it, but I would be more comfortable with using the real thing. Also, are there any plans to support the other processor cores I read somewhere that only the first is used and the others just sit there and do nothing. It seems to me that it would be very useful to split, for example, physics into a separate core. Again, sorry if I'm reiterating past questions. Jim Perry: It's not that I don't think the component is good, it's just that it only supports some resolutions and doesn't look exactly ...Show All

• Connected Services Framework Eventing in CSF

  Hello, I would like to get more details about how to use eventing when writing a WES for CSF. First of all I would like whether there is any difference between the Provisioning Events, Health Events and Usage Events The provided samples with the WES toolkit don't implement any of them (except usage) so I would like to know if they are all implemented in the same way. To the more importaint question: how do I configure the sample from the WES toolkit for Usage eventing to work What is the role of Usage Event Poller included with the WES toolkit Generally what I would like to know is how to send events Is there any more documentation written on this matter And one more dummy question. What is the difference between sending a message in CSF ...Show All

• SQL Server Could not find database ID 25

  My aspx application gets the following error: Could not find database ID 25. Database ID 25 no longer exists in sysdatabases. I am wondering if something needs to be flushed out somehow on our SQL Server. We had deleted some DBs earlier. ...Show All

• Community Chat JimmyWidgets

  --- Original Post --- Hi everyone! My current project is JimmyWidgets, a widget program like Apple Dashboard, but for PC! You can even make new widgets in DLL format and post em on the online database! When I've made more widgets (I've only got 2 at the moment), I'll post it at www.jimmyware.co.uk  . It's going to be open-source, so you can download the source from there too. Here's a screenshot: http://www.freewebs.com/robinjam/JimmyWidgets%5FScreenshot.jpg I await any comments/suggestions! (But please don't be too harsh about my efforts, it took me HOURS)   P.S. A list of problems I need to fix: The online database currently lets you download the same widget twice, making startup time longer (because ...Show All

• .NET Development Regex get last number in string

  Hi ! Can someone plz help me to extract last number in strings using Regex here some examples: 1: "ksdhfkjsdhf 12" 2: "sdfsd fd sdfsdf 333" 3: "jgjhhhjdfg15" the result should be: 12 333 15 Thanks !!! Thanks for your answer ! text does not include the 1: and the quotes. I will try RegExp Builder Bye ...Show All

• SQL Server Dimensions, Table Joins, and Missing Elements

  I have situation where I'm using a element in SQL table which down the hierarchy. Such as: Table1 primary key | Table 2 foreign key primary key | Table 3 foreign key The column I using for a dimension is in table 3. Now the problem is that not every row in table 2 is going need to have data in table 3. In other words, all of table 2 primary keys are not necessarily going to have a reference foreign key in Table 3. Now that is all correct and is the nature of the project I'm working on. In regular SQL, select statements work just fine... meaning that selecting an element in Table 3 would display that element and also make Table 3 act as a filter via an INNER JOIN. Now the problem is that AS ...Show All

• Visual C# Generic overloading badness

  Hi I wrote a class that looked something like this: class Factory { void UpdateCache<T>(T object) { } void UpdateCache(IObjectList list) { } } I then used the methods on a variety of objects, including classes implementing IObjectList. This compiled without any warnings. However, the second version of the method (taking IObjectList) is only called if its parameter is explicitly cast to IObjectList. It's debatable whether this is the correct behaviour or not, but at the very least, shouldn't this raise a warning IMHO the least generic (or most specialized) method callable is the one that should be called. I can't immediately see a reason why this is difficult or impossible. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Can I download the image files, and install the program without burning it to a disk?

  I am asking this becuase I don't have a blank disk, and I want it to install on the computer I am on right now, and for some reason the internet is not working through the online installation. ...Show All

• Visual J# regarding the Support for J# browser controls in Netscape and Mozillafirefox Broswers

  Hi, I made a J# broswer control from the existing Java applet. In Internet Explorer it is working fine,but in Netscape(8.1.2) and Mozilla FireFox 1.0.7 its not working.even its not displaying any error in those browsers. Any Suggestions regarding this Regards Baji Prasad.B AsianCERC Information technology Limited Bangalore India Hi Thilak, thanks for ur reply. but i have to run that j# browser control in netscape and firefox.both netscape and firefox will support acrivex controls. don't i have any other alternative to run j# browser controls in these browsers Reagrds Baji Prasad.B AsianCERC Information Technology Ltd Bangalore India. ...Show All