Josh_G's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System New Certifications Stemming from Visual Studio 2005 Team System

  I predict that there will be a new line of Microsoft Certifications stemming from Visual Studio 2005 Team System. I would make them as follows: MCTA = Microsoft Certified Team Architect MCTD = Microsoft Certified Team Developer MCTT = Microsoft Certified Team Tester MCPM = Microsoft Certified Project Manager WHat do you think of that prediction Rob, Do you know if there will be exam coverage outlines available in June for the new certifications 2005/2006 is going to be an AWESOME 2 years for Microsoft! So much great technology coming out. MSFT stock up to 50! I can feel it. Thanks, Adam ...Show All

• .NET Development Error installing .NET 3

  When I try to install .NET Framework 3 on a Windows 2003 Server R2 new instalation (no betas on it) I get an error. The error log file contains [02/01/07,12:39:58] Windows Communication Foundation: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Windows Communication Foundation. MSI returned error code 1603 [02/01/07,14:29:54] Windows Communication Foundation: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Windows Communication Foundation. MSI returned error code 1603 [02/01/07,14:30:03] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Communication Foundation is not installed. [02/01/07,14:32:34] Windows Communication Foundation: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Windows Communication Foundation. MSI returned error code 1603 [02/01/ ...Show All

• SQL Server System crash

  Hello, From time to time, our production system crashes and reboots while running some data warehouse load packages. There is nothing in the logs; it just seems like the reset button is pushed. The situation occurs at different moments in the batch and not every night, but lets says once every two weeks or more frequent. We are running Windows 2003 server and SQL Server 2005 SP1 incl. hotfixes. Does anyone of you have this issue, or is this a hardware issue without any doubt Could there be any chance it's in the SQL Server software Regards, Jeroen It is most likely a hardware issue, specifically a memory issue, would be my guess. What kind of hardware are you using How much memory, cpus, etc. ...Show All

• SQL Server Update query runs very slow in SQL 2005 than SQL 2000

  We have upgraded our database server from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. To migrate the DB I attached the mdf file in SQL 2005. After migration website loads quicker than earlier but records updation ( no of records are 20k) got slowdown. I have found that update query run very slow in SQL 2005 as compared to SQL 2000. Although other select query run very faster. Query is called from ASP (active server page) page. Changing of fill factor option from 0 to 70 also did not work. I also have set the competible leve to 90. OLD Sever Config: dual xeon 1GHz, 512MB RAM, window 2000, MS SQL 2000 New server Config: Dual Core Xeon with 2 CPU, 10 GB RAM, window 2003, MS SQL 2005 size of mdf file is 16GB Rebuilting of index did not improved the p ...Show All

• Windows Forms detailed listview questions

  1) how can i write in a multiline way in a row in a detailed list view 2) how can i export a data listed in a detailed listview to: .pdf .doc .html 1) how can i write in a multiline way in a row in a detailed list view Solution: Use the "\n" in the value. Ex: listView1.Items.Add("first line\nsecond line\n"); ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to add comboBox in a data grid column, DataGridComboBoxColumn???

  The question is simple, & for sure sample code will b there, I searched & found only C# smples :( I want to add a combo box dynamically [at runtime] in the data grid, it should appear in one of the columns of the grid, say column 1, a text box, column 2 a check box, column 3 is a combo box please provide vb.net sample, if you use any self mde 3rd party specialized class, provide the code please HI Paul thank you so much for your reply & showing interest in solving my problem, tks but i have left that work & working on another form, so may be i won't be able to reply you, i solved the problem this how i added a control in the datagridcell textbox.controls collection, filled it usinf For Each Loop &am ...Show All

• SQL Server simple custom data flow transformation doesn't produce any output

  I've built a simple custom data flow transformation component following the Hands On Lab ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=1C2A7DD2-3EC3-4641-9407-A5A337BEA7D3&displaylang=en ) and the Books Online (ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.SQL.v2005.en/dtsref9/html/adc70cc5-f79c-4bb6-8387-f0f2cdfaad11.htm and ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.SQL.v2005.en/dtsref9/html/b694d21f-9919-402d-9192-666c6449b0b7.htm). All it is supposed to do is create an output column and set its value to the result of calling a web service method (the transformation is synchronous). Everything seems fine, but when I run the data flow task that contains it, it doesn't generate any output. The Visual Studio debugger displ ...Show All

• Visual C# Session Initiation Protocol

  Hi, Can any body tell which API or Lib. is good for VoIP for .Net specifically C#, if ever experienced. by good there could be three out of many meaning 1. ease to use 2. well documented , good user manual 3. performance and efficiency wise. actually i want to establish a Wireless LAN to make telephone calls. at the moment i am trying to use ASTA SIP library for this purpose. but can anybody tell me an alternative library or solution. Regrds Khan Hi, I am not experienced with this but you can look at these links for your requirement, if it can help or give some pointers to you, http://www.vaxvoip.com/ http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/02/03/openzoep-an-open-sourc ...Show All

• SQL Server When you open your SSIS project with other user, delays?

  hi everyone, A couple of issues. 1)I usually connect to my remote server via TS using a specific login (it belong to Admins) and through that user I open my SSIS projects (30 packages). Now, I have a new user and the same operation take a long time and I don't know why (same permissions) the reasons for this big delay. 2)When I'm gonna to press "Delete all Breakpoints" from Debug menu BIDS is closed. Previously appears a Microsoft dialog (Microsoft has encountered an error...) asking if you inform or not of these errors. Thanks in advance and regards, Hi Enric, If you get a delay with one user, and not the other, it sounds like a permission problem. Are you sure that user has the same acc ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Optimizing meshes

  Basically, I'm building a sort of Isometric Tiling engine in XNA, the same you see in games such as Civilization. Each tile in my 3D world is a mesh (cube), so many cubes form the grid or playing area. As expected, rendering many meshes at once slows down the game a lot. It can handle a 15x15 grid (225 meshes) but going over 20x20 (400 meshes) slows the game down to a halt. I'm not sure how they do it in modern games, but I'm assuming they build the terrain seperately and then represent it as a grid.. so that could be a possibility. I also thought of using sprites to represent the tiles but that (I think) severely affects the 3D stuff I can do, such as panning/rotating a camera or selecting objects. So what sort of optimizations c ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Collision detection - Howto

  Hi all, I'm trying to make two objects collide in GSE, actually in a Pong game - between the bat and the ball. I have motion for both, but no collision, the ball just leaves the stage so to speak. Any help would be appreciated. I have looked in the Help, but to no avail. Okay, I've been trying out Bounding Box collision, and I got it to work for one of the bats, but not the other. Here's my situation: | <- bat1 - the ball goes right through this one. no problem with bat2 ->| I have bat1 and bat2 as separate objects, separate bounding boxes, same texture, different X,Y values. I mean, What am I doing wrong. I don't know what else to tell you so if you have questions ask! ...Show All

• Windows Networking Development Feature inqury (WinInet - SOCKS 5)

    First of all sorry if this message/thread wouldn't appear at the right place, I'm new to the forums, and dunno where to post it.   What I'd like to know is whether the WinInet API supports HTTP connections through a SOCKS5 proxy. I've successfully authenticated on a HTTP proxy server, and non-authenticated SOCKS (SOCKS4) connection works fine (gained some experience the old-fashioned trial-error way...), but SOCKS5 still refused to work.   In case some would have idea how to make it work, and would be as kind as sharing some details, I've mostly tried the InternetOpen(), InternetConnect(), HttpOpenRequest(), HttpSendRequest(), HttpClose() functions, together with InternetOption() called with&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to get current username?

  hi, i am working on a project to send emails i wanna send a picture in a folder, but it doesnt work when i type like that: m_oSmtp.AddAttachment ("c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\1.jpg") what should i write instead of %username% That's a pretty unusual path. Without "My Documents". But if you insist: Dim path As String = IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal)) + "\1.jpg" ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Slow when retreiving data from database

  Hi I have this problem of slow starting forms in my pocket pc application. Its only for the forms that starts with a connection to a database. the application is also slow when making any connection to the database. I was wondering if there is a proper way to speed this up, and whether using XML files (or even txt files) fatser (almost on the fly) I'm creating a database class that makes a connection and query the database using this code: private DataSet Query(string SQL) { SqlCeConnection cn; SqlCeCommand cmd; DataSet ds; SqlCeDataAdapter da; cn = new SqlCeConnection(LocalConnection); cn.Open(); // Initialize a new command cmd = new SqlCeCommand(SQL, cn); // Initialize a new dataset ds = new Dat ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions API in VCE 2005

  Hie , Ok , I tried building an old VC6 project in VCE 2005.it was written using C and Win 32 API , NOT C++ .I got errors telling me my syntax was'nt valid.. it even said "include <windows.h> " was not found or something!Does VCE not support win32 api and the C language Someone said there is an option in VCE to enable that.Plz help.. i cant find it.!!!! I NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE API AND ONLY C.. IN VISUAL C++ EXPRESS 2005! Also i'm a little confused with the different ways one can program in visual C. 1. using win32 api.. and only C 2..using MFC with C++ are these the only ways to program in VC or are there more (i'm a real VC newbie!) thanx Gideon Hey thanx SO much.. that really helped a LOT ...Show All