Saptagiri Tangudu's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Universe Database (IBM) - Linked server no longer works with MS SQL 2005

  Has anyone managed to set up an IBM Universe database environment as a linked server to MS SQL 2005 If so please convey how you got it done. Thanks, Unfortunately, we are using a RISC box and also the Windows version of the Universe product, so the examples above are of less use. Though you have confirmed for that we are using the correct approach. Thanks for the assist. - John ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Build for Xbox 360 and Windows in one project

  I have created a Visual Studio project template that can be built for either Xbox 360 or Windows, by selecting the correct platform in the VS IDE. There's nothing particularly clever about this, it just uses some of the conditional abilities of MSBuild projects to merge the properties of an Xbox 360 XNA project with a Windows XNA project. There's a slight problem though - the VS Express C# IDE has, by default, disabled the build configuration and platform settings to present a simpler interface to beginners. In order to use this project template you need to re-enable these features and should probably have a reasonable understanding of what they do. This could be the reason that the XNA devs have mentioned that building for both platforms ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie How to question

  Hello To All: This is my first post. In regards to vb5-express how do you write a code for a button that will display a change for a dollar In other words I have a textbox that ask the user to enter cents from one dollar. However I do not know how to write the correct code that will give the user change in half dollars, quarters and so on, by displaying the change in a label after the button or calculating button is pressed. Any help welcome Here's some code which is probably going to show you the general idea. Public Class Form1 Const Quarter As Integer = 25 Const Dime As Integer = 10 Const nickel As Integer = 5 Const Penny As Integer = 1 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows Form Dictionary

  Hi All, I want to make a dictionary with windows application. My data is html format. therefore, i use webBrowser control on my windows form. If the user click any word in webBrowser control, word mean must browse to user (like babylon). I have a windows form. My form has webBrowser control. I fill a html content with javascript (Dictionary.js) to webBrowser. Javascript (dictionary.js) can obtain the word if user double click on the word. I must to send this word another windows form. Thus, i will learn this word mean. My question is; Can the javascript call the windows form server code if it can not, how can i do that Note: Visual Studio 2005 C# Thanks any suggestion. Oznur I mea ...Show All

• Visual Studio Bug with datetime picker?

  I create report that uses stored procedure with 2 parameters. 1st parameter is datetime, 2nd is string. In preview mode I see datetime picker for 1st parameter. I pick September 1, 2005. I use Russian regional settings and date is displayed as dd.mm.yyyy (01.09.2005). It is OK. But after I click "View Report" date is changed to 09.01.2005 (January 9, 2005) and I get empty report because I have not data on this date. I click again and date is changed to 01.09.2005 (September 1, 2005) and I get report with data. I click again and date is changed to 09.01.2005 etc. If I change Standards and Formats in Regional Options to English (mm.dd.yyyy) I get normal behaviour. But I need Russian standards. Alex, ...Show All

• Visual Basic Passing variables between forms

  My program has several forms in it. There is a form that has some buttons and when i click each button i want text to generate from that button to a textbox on another form. If you know anything about this i would appreciate it. Thanks!! 'This is the form with the button where when i click it i want the data to go in the textbox on the other form Public Class Form1 Dim _frm As Form2 Public Sub New(ByVal parentform As Form2) InitializeComponent() Me._frm = parentform End Sub Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Button1.Text = "Testing" If Not Nothing Is Me._frm Then Me._frm.TextBox1.Text = Me. ...Show All

• Visual C# extracting data from comma delimited string

  hi, im using c#, have a comma delimited string and i wish to split it. string example is: john smith, freddy, mark/,jones, john i don't wish to split where a comma is backslashed. any ideas thanks. andrej, your latest code gives me this: TechRepublic.com CNET.com News.com Builder.com john/ smith GameSpot.com any ideas ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. dxwebsetup wierdness - deployment with app

  Hi, sorry to post this in this forum, I am unsure where to post it. OK here is the thing. I have a deployment problem. I am creating a setup with my app, created in VS 2005 Pro, using C#(.NET 2.0)   This app of mine requires DirectX runtime end user files, or the SDK but really the runtime files. Now, during installation, I bundled in the dxwebsetup.exe. This executes fine.   2 main problems here already: 1) I want to silently install it without the need for user interaction, switch used to do this: /Q. When specifying this, it just seems to show then disappear instantly. I then find this next problem: 2) When running the dxwebsetup on its own (double click) or even within the app setup but without ...Show All

• Visual C# Problem in running batch file using C# process

  Hi everyone, My application has to run a batch file with the following command to generate C# code from wsdl file: wsdl Test.wsdl /out:Test.cs Here is my C# code: string filePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "\\generateCode.bat"; System.Diagnostics.Process proc; proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(filePath); proc.WaitForExit(); I put both wsdl file "Test.wsdl "and batch file "generateCode.bat" in bin/Debug folder. However when the process start to run batch file, the error from cmd is: "Invalid URL, or file Test.wsdl not found". I run the batch file manually by double-clicking on it, it run and successfully generate the C# file. I don't know what's wrong here. Is there anywa ...Show All

• Windows Forms Master / Detail on separate Windows Forms?

  What is the best general approach to have the Master vs. Detail on separate Windows Forms The reason I'm doing that is I need more real estate for my detail form. So On form1 I want my datagridview, and as I select a row on it, I want to update my detail form on form2. Currently I am attempting this way: From the datagridview on a form called fproj1 I am activating a hidden but loaded fproj2 as follow: Private Sub ProjectDataGridView_CellContentClick( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles ProjectDataGridView.CellContentClick fProj2.ProjectBindingSource.Position = Me .ProjectBindingSource.Position fProj2.Show() End Sub ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Resource Management And GC.Collect() in XNA

  I've heard lots of people say that GC.Collect() should never be called, but I also know that having garbage lying around in generation 2 is a bad thing. I have a class that loads .X files, which can potentially be large. I found that preloading the file into a buffer and then converting the raw data to data structures, and not directly reading from the filestream, is the fastest way to load the files. So, I load the file into a string and then parse the string into an array of tokens, which are then used to create an instance of my model class. The problem is that the string, which turns into garbage right after being parsed, is immediately put into generation 2 when it's read from the file. Also, other data structures that may or may not ...Show All

• .NET Development Return argument has an invalid type - security issue?

  Hi, We have a .NET remoting application server, which works great by itself. We are currently evaluating a commerical automated testing tool, that loads the application server's API assembly and simulates a client connection to the server. However, under this scenario the proxy object does not succeed in dealing with complex objects, and we get the "Return argument has an invalid type" error in return. We figured it has something to do with security issues but couldn't find any solution. We are using a tcp binary channel with typeFilterLevel=Full. The interface for the complex object AND the complex object itself are defined in a separate assembly (ApplicationServer) then the API (ApplicationSeverAPI). Thanks, Ron ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 3D game sample/tutorial

  Has anyone released any samples/tutorials/simple games that are 3D for XNA I am really not interested at all in doing anything 2D. I have made some progress making a game with MDX, though I haven't completed it yet. However, I am still having a mental hurdle with how to structure things in XNA. Not having the fixed pipeline isn't helping much either. No there are no visual designers or automatic visualizers with GSE. (though mitch did a demo showing that you can make a game component to do that http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2006/08/31/734204.aspx ) I suspect once the content pipeline is availalbe (nobody knows when....) then we will se people writing components like this. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Onscreen Keyboard Component Now Available

  At xnaresources.com , we've just uploaded a new XNA component for both Windows and the XBox 360 that allows you to display an on-screen keyboard (similar to the XBox 360 Dashboard Keyboard) to accept player input. The full souce is available (of course) and can be found here: http://www.xnaresources.com/pages.asp pageid=27 Looking good, If you are taking suggestions for the next one, how about a dialog box like the shutdown console dialog on the 360. One that would overlay the main screen and allow the user to select yes/no or others... :) ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Visual Inheritance is currently disabled because the base class references a device-specific component or contains P/invoke

  Hi all, I'm developing an app in VS 2005 using VB.net and CF2. I have a base form, which I'll use for common functionality. This all works perfectly for a while.. however, after compiling the project a few times I now receive the error "Visual Inheritance is currently disabled because the base class references a device-specific component or contains P/invoke" all the time. (This error appears in the IDE designer where you would normally have a WYSIWYG designer view of your form). I have completely stripped the base form of everything... it has no controls on it at all, not even the default menu. In addition, the form contains no code. Even after re-building the project with this stripped out base form.. every time I add a new i ...Show All