ultimafury's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Problems with performance when programmatically printing large amounts of pages

  We are using VB.NET 2005 to develop a WinForms application that uses SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services to produce reports. Originally we tried  using code found on Bryan's WebLog,  http://blogs.msdn.com/bryanke/articles/71491.aspx , but found that for reports of 300 pages it was taking about 2 minutes to render each page. When using RenderStream to render idividual pages, reports of about 20 pages printed without a problem, but for reports of 300 pages we recieved the follwoing error: "The stream cannot be found. The stream identifier that is provided to an operation cannot be located in the report server database." Is there some cache or something that we should be using Any ideas appreciated. -- Leah The ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. emulating pixel shaders

  Heres the problem i have a computer that doesnt support pixel shaders now before when i had a problem with that (for TES: Oblivion) i just used 3d analyzer and it allowed me to emulate the shaders so i wanna know if there is a way i can use this with xna or is the only way around this problem is buying a new graphics card You will have to get yourself a new graphics card, in the past with managed directx you could create a software device but with the newer systems dx10 and xna you will have to get a card that supports the shader levels required. ...Show All

• Visual Studio SKU011.CAB solution

  Go into Registry Editor (Start, Run, "regedit"). Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Software, Microsoft, Office, 11.0, Delivery. There should be only 1 directory under Delivery, which is your DownloadCode (mine was 90000409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9). Select that directory. On the right side of the screen, right-click on CDCache. Change the value to 0. honestly works with out a hitch. Hi , Problem SKU011.cab after an auto MSupdate, and among others things it invited me to install MS Explorer 7. Sorrily I did it. After that MS Excel did not open anymore, nothing to do with installation CD . Tried after disinstalling the newly installed explorer 7, same behaviour. I searched on ms for a solution , and went to your message ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Image Conversion

  Hi Is there a way to convert a GIF, PNG or whatever to an icon (ICO). thanks. When you save an image to 'ICO' icon format in VB EE, it is actually saved in PNG format. (Which sucks.) Microsoft says: SYMPTOMS When you use the Image.Save method to save a graphic image as a Windows Metafile Format (WMF), Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF), or ICON file type, the resulting file is saved as a Portable Network Graphics (PNG) file instead. Back to the top CAUSE This behavior occurs because the GDI+ component of the .NET Framework does not have an encoder that allows you to save files as WMF, EMF, or ICON files. Back to the top STATUS This behavior is by desig ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS .NET 2003 debug broken with windows XP SP2/VS2005

  I have recently installed windows XP service pack 2 and a trial demo of VS2005/VSTS on my PC. Now I can't debug in VS .NET 2003. I get:- "Access denied. Verify that you are an administrator or a member of the 'Debugger Users' group on the machine you are trying to debug. After being added to the 'Debugger Users' group, you must log off and log back on for the setting to apply". My MDM isn't running and when I try and start it I get:- "The Machine Debug Manager on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts service." I have looked through all microsoft articles I can find and tried everthing they sugge ...Show All

• .NET Development Sharing library between embed web server and application

  Hi, I'm making an application that embed Cassini as web server to command application with WebServices. The Web Service and the application use both a library that I'll call "myLib.dll". If I compile both with references to this library, the application copies it on the root directory and the web project copies it on the "bin" directory. So during the execution, the application and the server use different libraries, so the static variables have bad values. I would like the web server and the application could call the same library, ie that cassini loads it from the root or the application loads it from the bin directory. I try since one week with no results. It would be great if someone could help me. Thanks in advance. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Unbound Fields

  How do you send a value/variable in code to an unbound field I have not been able to find any code what-so-ever regarding this issue. Any help is appreciated as well as code samples to show how this process is done. Thank you Ok. Thought i would post the result i have come up with for VB programmers. Private Sub DisplayReport() Dim rpt As New CrystalReport1 Dim root As CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.TextObject rpt.Load() root = rpt.ReportDefinition.ReportObjects("Text1") root.Text = "Italy Wins!!" CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = rpt End Sub The problem i was having earlier was due to the fact that i was not casting the ReportObject as a TextObject. ...Show All

• .NET Development SQL LIKE QUERY WITH A PARAMETER

  I have a problem with a LIKE query in vb.net. I want to run a query which will output all of the usernames that end with a certain character. I need to use a LIKE query but I am not sure how to use a parameter. I have tried this: SELECT Username FROM TblUsers WHERE (Username LIKE '%= ') ORDER BY Username This does not work because it does not allow me to enter the value I want. If anyone can help I will be grateful. Thanks Hi, I usually use C# and stored procedures, so this may not be perfect, but it works. Dim cn As SqlConnection cn = New SqlConnection( "Data Source=MyDatabaseInstance;Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI;Application Name=My Application;Co ...Show All

• Visual Studio Changing display names in the solution explorer

  Hi. Im developing an editor for a XML-based language (kinda like XAML) in VS2005 using the MPF. Currently, im working on the solution explorer. The trouble here is that my source-files contain a GUID in their filenames. This GUID is necessary, but I don't want it displayed to the user. So what I would like to do, is strip away this GUID from what is displayed in the solution explorer without changing the filename. I discovered that the following call changed the display and filename: object var = "displayName" ; IVsHierarchyObject.SetProperty(itemid, ( int ) __VSHPROPID .VSHPROPID_EditLabel, var); Is there some other property I can use to only change the displayname and not the filename ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista FreeformActivityDesigner and Connectors question...

  Hi! I am hosting a FreeformActivityDesigner in my app which works really great. I can drag my custom shapes onto the design surface and drag Connectors between them. But i'm unable to find out how I can delete a Connector on a key press (I know how to actually delete it but I can't figure out how to listen for a key press when the Connector is selected)... I tried to override FreeformActivityDesigner.CreateConnector to supply my own connector class derived from Connector but the Connector class doesn't have any events to listen for key presses... If I override FreeformActivityDesigner.OnKeyDown, my override method is only called if the design surface itself is selected and it's not called if a Connector is selected. How can ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions GetAppDomainByName()

  Why doesn't .Net Framework provide a method GetAppDomainByName() to get the AppDomain given its friendly name This would be extremely helpful in making calls to other domains. Thanks for the answer. But I was asking about AppDomain and not www domains. Once we enter another AppDomain, we do not have a way to call into a particular AppDomain. That's why I asked this question. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Why can't I use System.Windows.Forms?

  I created a new XMA project and imported an error handling class I made. I have using System.Windows.Forms at the top, but when I compile the project it says The type or namespace name 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference ) What's up Right click the references folder and select add reference. Then scroll down and find the system.windows.forms.dll However if you use forms your app will not run on the xbox 360 since that assembly will not exist on that platform. ...Show All

• Visual Basic populating a datagridview from a 2nd form

  I am having trouble populating a datagridview using a 2nd form. The datagridview is bound to a table on form 1. There is a button on form 1 which displays form2 where I enter the data to be displayed in the datagridview on form 1. The first time I do this it works fine and creates a new row in the datagridview and updates the underlying table. The second time thru, it populates the new row but does not create another new row. this row does not update the underlying table. Does anyone know why ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) 2D controls in a Viewport3D?

  Is there a way to create a Button in a Viewport3D Or is there a thirdparty tool that has created such functionality as an add-in on top of WPF The closest I've been able to come is creating a VisualBrush and then applying it to a 3D surface, but it's not really fully interactive. If there isn't a way to do this, please consider this as a vote for adding this ability to future versions of WPF. You can't really do a full 3D user interface without the 2D controls being available in Viewport3D. I could live with restricting the 2D controls to being placed on 3D planar (flat) meshes, if that simplifies it. Perhaps a new Canvas3D or Grid3D class that can be placed within a Viewport3D No, there is no w ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development IE7 and desktop icons

  I just installed Internet Explorer 7 today, which I guess is a.k.a. Windows Live . All of my fancy customized shortcuts on the desktop disappeared and each got replaced by the same generic windows icon. Right-clicking & changing the icons in properties no longer works. Also, when I create an internet shortcut while browsing, that creates a shortcut with that same generic icon (not even an explorer logo). Now my desktop is just one forest of identical icons. Anyone know how I can fix this I've wasted all day without success. The issue is not the favicon. In my case it is for a shortcut to a webpage that has been placed on the desktop. I have several web based applications that I had c ...Show All