Alger's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Relationshiptype in type 2 Slowly Changing Dimensions

  Hi, I've got a cusomer dimension buil on a type 2 slowly changing dimension with following attributes: customer group customer name customer number (business key) surrogate key I've got one hierarchie: customer group -- customer number and defined a one to many relationship between customergroup and customer. What I am not sure about: Can I choose relationshiptype = Rigid for this relation When a customer is moved to another customer group, a new record in the dimension table will be added. Before change Group A nr. 12345 surr. key 1 after the change, a second record was added Group A nr. 12345 surr. key 1 Group B nr. 12345 surr. key 2 So the relationship ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How easy is to make effects in XNA?

  Hi friends, Regarding effects in XNA: Would it be correct to say that it is easier to make/add an effect in XNA than in DX Does XNA already have some shader models Which is the easiness that XNA supplies for working with effects Thanks in advance You can check out what features the BasicEffect supports by looking at the class reference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xna.framework.graphics.basiceffect.aspx Special features that make it more productive for beginners ... hmm ... that's kind of a subjective one there. Feature for feature, it offers roughly the same functionality as unmanaged and managed directX. XNA as a framework is (IMO) a pretty nice API that could make it ...Show All

• .NET Development Launching a web browser with URL in a string

  Hello! I'm using .Net 2.0. I'm launching the default web browser with the following code: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(url_string). Url_string is a string variable that contains the URL I want to open in the browser (e.g. "http://www.searchexample.com=q&e=aakkonen&esim"). The problem is that if the string contains scandinavian characters (a, o, a) or the characters &, ", #, they will be converted to some kind of HTML code. For example %E4 stands for letter "a". How to open the web browser without changing the string at all Thanks, but I think the core of the probelm is that I don't know beforehand what character encoding the www-page uses. Is there away to open an U ...Show All

• Visual Basic help please on print dialog

  how on the push of a button do i bring up a pring dialog for pinting the contents of a text box. try this....on my app worck's: Private Sub menu_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles menu.Click PrintDialog1 = New PrintDialog With PageSetupDialog1 .PageSettings = PrintDocument1.DefaultPageSettings End With Try If PageSetupDialog1.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then PrintDocument1.DefaultPageSettings = PageSetupDialog1.PageSettings End If 'PrintDocument1.DocumentName = PrintDialog1.Document = PrintDocument1 If PrintDialog1.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then PrintDocument1.Print() End If Catch es As ...Show All

• Visual Basic access DB problams

  hey agian , i have database : table name : Program (in office access) Program Code Button Web Note Lo 1 dsadsa www.Xyz123.com This is 1st Note I:\iTunes\iTunes.exe 2 Button2 www.Xyz124.net This is 2nd Note 3 Button3 www.Xyz125.org This is 3rd Note I:\Program Files\Blaze Media Pro\BMP.exe 4 Button4 www.Xyz126.co.il This is 4th Note C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe 5 Button5 www.Xyz127.gov This is 5th Note C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe i know that DsProgram1.Tables(0).Rows(0).Item("Button") is "dsadsa" i know 2 that DsProgram1.Tables(0).Rows(1).Item("Button") ...Show All

• Community Chat FTP

  Hi ya, Please help me how to upload my web application in the web Browser using FTP Open your web applicaction. From menu options, select Website > Copy Wesite. Select Connect button just right of the Connections: item. You may then copy your exsiting web app. to whatever ftp locaction you choose. ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development A little help please...

  My friend has firefox, and he told me that they dont see any ads, is this true if so is thier a way that Ie7 can block all the ads... not pop up. ads slow my PC a bit and I dont like them. please tell me how to get rid of them. thank you Many ad-blocking addons are available for IE7. Check http://ieaddons.com or look for the IE7Pro addon (no relation to microsoft). ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Run /N *.msc

  We can't use : RUN /N gpedit.msc (any file *.msc) Please help me to sovle the problem Thanks Thanks Ex: run mmc c:\windows\system32\secpol.msc ( Markish) We can't : RUN /N *.CHM Please help me ...Show All

• Smart Device Development updating web reference thru UI

  how can i do this I'm not quite sure I follow you logic. You need to change URL, so go ahead and change it. . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions form2 combobox

  Hi,i am new to programming i am having trouble with the following. i have a form with a splitcontainer i have added 2 usercontrols "usercontrol1" and "usercontrol2" i have set the usercontrols to fill splitcontainer panel2 i have a second form "form2" i have a combobox on form2 with collection items "conttrol 1" and "control 2" i am saving the selected text of the combobox to a user setting "startupcontrol" if i put the combobox on form1 on splitcontainer panel1 i get the results i want. But if i move it to form2 where belongs it does nothing. Please see the code below. The first part is working with the combobox on form1 splitcontainer panel1 T ...Show All

• SQL Server Case statement

  Hi I am having a few problem with a case statement. I have a table with customer data in and I need to bring back all the rows which have data missing from 2 different columns. customer table CustomerID Name SoftwareVersion 1001 TEST1 V5 1002 TEST2 V5 3 TEST3 V5 004 TEST4 V6 ect.. CustomerID Table ID 1001 1002 1003 1004 ect... I have a need customerid table and I need to list all the customers who are not in this table or whos id does not match the new listings, alos there is a softwareVersion Table list all the newest software so the same will need to be done for this. Thanks Rich I assume you mean that the CustomerID table ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista applications in Application compatibility toolkit

  hi, i am trying to test the application compatibility with the ACT tool. i have windows server 2003 installed on my machine and running SQL server 2000. in the ACT tool, when i deploy my package, all the applications should be shown up in the analyze section. but the applications do not show up. can anybody resolve this issue very urgenty, because i cant proceed further. regards, divya Hello divya mittal, Can you double check to ensure the following: The ACTLogs Directory has "Everyone" with full permissions Ensure the Log Processing Service is Running When the DCP installs, ensure that the Data Collection Service is running on the computer Thanks! Matthe ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums 3d polygons???

  [sorry if this is a dumb question...i'm new to virtual earth] can you create 3d polygons if so, what object(s) do you use it looks like the 3d buildings in the "cities" demos are just such beasts, but I haven't figured out how to create one also, can you specify an altitude for pushpins THANXS! amb Not a dumb question. But I have no happy answer for you. There is no z axis or altitude properties anywhere, i beleive everything is rendered as if it is on the ground. There are rumors that we may get access to create 3D objects in the near future but nothing is confirmed. John. ...Show All

• Visual C++ DirectX Symbol Not Found, Can anyone help?

  Hi this is some sample code i have been trying to run in Visual Studio Express: #define STRICT #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN #include "stdafx.h" #include <windows.h> #include <d3d9.h> #include <d3dx9.h> #include "resource.h" //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // GLOBALS //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HWND g_hWnd = NULL; LPDIRECT3D9 g_pD3D = NULL; LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 g_pd3dDevice = NULL; //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // PROTOTYPES //------------------------------------------------------------ ...Show All

• SQL Server UPDATE Statement with a JOIN Condition

  Hi all, HERE IS MY UPDATE STATEMENT: Update WACTS_Inventory_Part_Loc_Tbl SET WIPLT_Part_New_Qty = WIPLT.WIPLT_Part_New_Qty + tmp.MATIN_QTY FROM WACTS_Inventory_Part_Loc_Tbl WIPLT INNER JOIN Temp_MatIn_Data tmp ON WIPLT.WIPLT_Part_Number_MSBA=tmp.PARTS_ShortID WHERE WIPLT.WIPLT_Location_Code='MF' I have a Problem with this satment becoz my Temp_Matin_Data_Tmp table contains two records with the same PartNumber that is (ShortId) and the two records have two different quantities. The WACTS_Inventory_Part_Loc_Tbl has only one Part NUmber Record and the key is the PartNUmber and Location_Code. Now when the Update Satement runs it updates the qty only from the first record of the temp table and does no ...Show All