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• Visual Basic Code Compilation at Runtime?

  Is it possible to write a program that generates code at runtime, then compiles it into a DLL Yes, you can. Remember, every computer (with the .NET framework) has access to the compiler engine. Even so, there's a specific namespace which you can use: Microsoft.VisualBasic.VBCodeProvider Look that up: there's a ton of help, and a few examples. ...Show All

• SQL Server Receive error "Unable to get the window handle for the 'ActionsAwarePivotTable' control." when trying to Browse Cube

  I'm working through the SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services tutorial. Having just built my first cube, I'm instructed to open the cube in the Visual Studio cube designer and click browse to browse through my new cube. But when I do this I get the following error: =================================== Unable to get the window handle for the 'ActionsAwarePivotTable' control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported. (Microsoft Visual Studio) ------------------------------ Program Location: at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.EnsureWindowPresent() at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.InPlaceActivate() at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.TransitionUpTo(Int32 state) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateHandle() at System.Windows.Forms.Control ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Source Control and "community"

  I have a current non xna project on codeplex, which is a great resource for sharing code and 'community' building. This seems to be one of the goals of xna in the non pro versions, and these fourms show is working. But! One of the things we are really missing to get fully there is source control. It becomes much harder for groups of dispersed people to work together on a project without it. I understand the logic of having 'pro' features in the 'pro' tool, however I think there really needs to be some access to source control for community type things. No probelm if there was a non-commercial limitation, or even codeplex access only (and maybe give a similar deal to non-MS people hosting free xna code projects). Or something... As an examp ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error 28925.TFServerStatusValidator: Calling the Team Foundation Server ServerStatus Web service failed.

  Hello, I'm installing TFS on a machine with Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP1, SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Ed. with hotfix installed, SharePoint Services 2.0 with SP2, IIS 6.0, NET framework 2.0 with hotfix. Always following the installation guide. I get this error during TFS install: Error 28925.TFServerStatusValidator: Calling the Team Foundation Server ServerStatus Web service failed. Additional details about the problem can be found in the setup log. Verify your network configuration. For more information on troubleshooting this error, see the Microsoft Help and Support Center. I've taken a look at installation logs and found that it is a "unable to load assembly" error. Trying to use http://localhost:8080/services/v1.0/ ...Show All

• Visual C++ create dll with visual 2005

  Hi, I have got my own mathematic classes (vector , matrix etc.) and I wish to export those classes in toa dll. How should I proceed to make it with visual studio 2005. thanks I wish to create my mathlib with Matrix4D Vector3D and Vector4D I have used this internet url : http://www.codeproject.com/dll/dllexport.asp so I have done , everyting which is explained in this tutorial but problems occured. (Visual C++ C1010 unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header directive) what's wrong ...Show All

• .NET Development Issues with Windows Explorer & wnetaddconnection2

  I am porting an application from Win2000 to WINXP using visual studio 2005 standard edition. I am calling the network functions: WNetCancelConnection2 and WNetAddConnection2. The drive maps and unmaps correctly. No errors are returned when the functions are called. However, if I remap a drive with the same letter to a different server, the windows explorer label is not updated. It displays the old server. If I click on properties|DFS, it shows the correct server. This worked correctly in Win2000. I am mapping to unix servers running PC Net Link or SAMBA. Anyone seen this issue. Any suggestions on what forum to post to This forum is for .NET managed networking APIs. Please refer to windows native networking API forums/usergroups at ht ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Putting a hole in a sprite

  Hi all I am currently wondering how I could put a hole through a sprite "on the fly" during gameplay, such that the background behind will show through Some sort of blending, or combination in the spritebatch class I suppose, but I havn't yet worked out how. Any suggestions Chris J. Hi... I would very much like to see your solution, but following the link freezes my browser!! (ie 7.0) thanks Chris ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to tell Vista that an app requires elevated privileges?

  Some application executables (mostly installers) automatically receive a security symbol under Vista and executing those applications causes an UAC prompt. How is it possible to tell Windows that an application requires administrator privileges even before it has been executed Both this site and this site helped me a lot. Now it's working. ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to send a parameter correctly - DateTime issues

  Hi all, I cannot get a query parameter to work correctly. I don't fully understand what is going on, any advice would be welcomed. I have 4 parameters for my stored procedure, @StartDate, @EndDate, @LowTime, @HighTime Both start and end dates are DateTime fields, they work correctly. Low and High time are time values (e.g. 23:59:00). I am attempting to use Strings to send these to my stored procedure. Unfortunately, what I enter values the stored procedure returns an error: The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value. The statement has been terminated. I ran a trace to see what was being executed, I get the following: exec myStoredProc @StartDate=''2006-01-01 ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Correct way to create a State Machine

  Hi I am trying to create a statefull booking service (state machine workflow exposed as webservice). It has the following states. Created, TicketSelected, Pay, Comfirmed. My question is twofold. First: The Created state is the Initial state and has an eventdriven activity that waits for a webserivce call to arrive. When this comes i need to do some actions and the wait for a new webservice call (SelectTicket) so I can go to the "TicketSelected" state. My question is. Where should i wait for this "SelectTicket" webservice call In the "Created" state og should i create a new state called "WaitForTicketSelect" I guess my problem is that my Created state would have to listen for two web service ca ...Show All

• SQL Server How to make a File Share Subscription running on Vista?

  I recently migrate to Vista.   I had a bunch of reports with file share subscriptions that were running fine on XP.   After installing reporting services on vista (that part only was a challenge), I re-created my subscriptions using the report manager.   As expected, when a subscription is executed, the ‘last run’ column shows the last time the report output has been delivered to the file share and the ‘status’ column shows ‘New Subscription’.   I thought that this was the signature of a successfully configured subscription.   But surprisingly, there is nothing in the file share. The directory is empty.   Anybody has an idea why   Anybody knows how I could possibly find information on my ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. constructive solid geometry

  Hi , I hope to create a system CSG, where you will be able to add boolean operators between object (cube/sphere/cylinder...), is there anyone who know algorithm's name to apply boolean operator cheers Hi, although I am aware, that this probably doesn't belong to DirectX or XNA itself, you might find this link interesting: http://www.flipcode.com/cgi-bin/fcarticles.cgi show=64448 At least there are some basics and references for two different realization methods: "Set Operations on Polyhedra Using Binary Space Partitioning Trees" by Thibault & Naylor ( ACM Link ) "Constructive Solid Geometry for Polyhedral Objects" by Laidlaw, Trumbore & Hughes ( ACM Link ) If you have an ACM ...Show All

• SQL Server How one can genrate objects scripts with DROP and Create in same file in SQl Server 2005 Like in SQl Server 2000?

  Hi seniors, i oftenly genrate scripts of stored procedures and save that code in a txt file,in develpment envoiments its very crucial becuase to overwrite stored procedures any other developemt db. For my this task sql server 2000 was very good it genrated drop and create statmentments implicity.But now in sql server its very difficult and in our development envoirment there are more than 3000 procs so when i try to genrate script in sql server 2005 ,first i need to generate "drop to" and then "create to" and it also take a very long time and oftenly goes to  stuck... How one can genrate objects scripts with DROP and Create in same file in SQl Server 2005 Like in SQl Server 200     ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Recommended way to run C# application in the background? (Cingular 8125 device)

  Hi I'm trying to refresh myself on mobile development, haven't done much with VS2005. The device is a Cingular 8125 smartphone (HTC ). I want to write an application that runs in the background, and occasionally alerts a user to provide some input. What is the easiest way to do this without resorting to unmanaged code I think long term I can live with unmanaged code, but want to put a demo together quickly. It would be nice to make this easy for the user to close, if it's hidden and then want to shut it down. Are there docs/guidelines on this, from UI and tech perspective. I assume the today screen is sovereign territory for the most part and you shouldn't use up space there. Thanks, Brian Simply put up n ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Create "Custom SetState" activity

  Hi Im am trying to create my own SetState activity. My goal is that the activity is to validate a property on the workflow and the go to 1 of 2 states defined on my CheckParameterAndGoToState Activity. I have look at the SetState with reflectot and have created my own version of the internal StateDropDownEditor which allows my new activity to have two TargetStateProperties. This works. But this does not draw the lines on the state machine since i am not using the originally SetState activity. How do i do that Should i implment my own ActivityDesigner for my activity If yes. Which one should "look at" eg. with reflector Thanks in regards Anders I was reading SDK documentation about Set ...Show All