Andrew Mercer's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic UInt32 problem

  hi guys i am in the middle of converting a big project from c# to vb.net and iam facing this problem in c# the integer type (UInt32) is implemented and can be used but in vb.net its not implemented and its giving me "value of type integer cannot be converted to PrinterErrors" in this line : Private m_Error As PrinterErrors = PrinterErrors.OK i have this code portion i have enum in C# declared as UInt32 PrinterErrors.ok =0 PrinterError.readError=20 . . . i tried to make my own enum in vb.net as follows Public Enum PrinterErrors As Integer AccessDenied = 5 CannotConfigSerialPort = 800 CannotOpenSerialPort = 842 DirectoryFull = 8 DirectoryUnmo ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Do any big game companies use C#, VB.Net or J#

  Hi, it's me again. ;) I've posted many posts in this thread, but try to stand me. Okay. This could be a silly question, but does any big game house use C#, VB.NET or J# to program DirectX Is it possible Timo I'm not sure which language they are using, but Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is being developed on the XNA platform: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/05/10/news_6097001.html part=rss&tag=gs_news ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Vista Theme and Progress Control

  I noticed that when Vista theme is used (with color scheme Aero or Vista Basic), and an application has a manifest file that references Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls", version="6.0.0.0", the progress control delays its painting so that it never reaches 100% mark before a dialog that owns the progress bar is closed. For example, a relatively basic test application at http://www.codeproject.com/miscctrl/progresswnd.asp , when linked with the following manifest: < xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" > <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorA ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. FizzVaders - 360/PC Demo With Full Source

  Hello   Not sure of the best place to post this but I thought best to share some code with you all.   It's a simple space invaders game that will run on the PC as well as the 360 - it uses the two projects in one method.  You'll have to excuse the coding, it's the first thing I've written in C#, previously I used C so it's a bit of a jump.  I always go for something simple to begin with.    It runs in 1280x720 and you can switch between windows and fullscreen using alt-enter.    PC will work with a 360 pad (not sure about others as that's the one I tried). There's a co-op mode as well, just hit Start when in game to join in.  PC keys are...    & ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro [OT] Help in translation

  Hello all, I need English native speakers’ help to correct the English text of my description of User-defined functions LCK Visual FoxPro and the several comments in the C++ and VFP source code. They will be disseminated as a free of charge download. But first I would like to tell you a bit about myself. I am an author of User-defined string functions. Each day my functions are downloaded on average by 30 people from around the world. More than 16 000 people have already downloaded my functions. My functions include versions for MS SQL Server (7.0, 2000, and 2005), MS SQL Server 2005 CLR .Net, Sybase ASA, DB2 and Oracle. I would like to bring to your attention that I found errors in the VFP, MS SQL Server, Sybase and DB2, which attests ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions changing current directory to bin

  Hello all, I'm currently working on a project that requires me to switch the current directory of the project to the project's bin. I've looked in several places, and can't figure out how to do it. Does anyone have any ideas Thanks so much for any input... sorry for this stupid question -Robert Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me .Load Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory() = "c:\temp" System.Environment.CurrentDirectory() = "c:\temp" System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory( "c:\temp" ) End Sub All work for me. ...Show All

• SQL Server matrix column grouping

  Hi, I have a requirement from my users to be able to drill down for a single column in a matrix. I've been able to implement drilldown for all of the measures (all columns grouped at the same time) in my matrix but they now want to be able to group different columns independently of each other. In other words they want to be able to group the data in different columns by different things. An example might make my question clearer, the report would need to look like this:  Client Name Sales - Costs + Revenue - Client A + Europe + Middle East + Asia Pacific + $12,000,000 Products + Investments + $12,000,000 $8,000,000 $4,000,000 $10,000,000 $22,000,000 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions error c2065: understand error

  hello people of visual c++. i have this code: #include "stdafx.h" #using <mscorlib.dll> #using <System.xml.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Xml; int _tmain( int argc, char * argv[]) { //Check for required arguments if (argc < 2) { Console::WriteLine(S "Usage: xml-diasemanahora path" ); return -1; } String* path = new String(argv[1]); try { //Create a reader XmlTextReader* rdr = new XmlTextReader(path); } catch (Exception* pe) { Console::WriteLine(pe->ToString()); } // Read nodes /* while (rdr->Read()) { // do something with the data } */ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Why strongly DataTable can't retrieve data in client in WCF?

  Hi, I have a method which will return a strongly DataTable in service, in service side it will retrieve 10 records from DB but there is no any data from service to client. Anyone know the issue and how to resolve it Thanks, Zhihao I am having the same problem described above accept the other way around. The client fills a datatable and then uses WCF to send the data over the wire to the server. I have a breakpoint right where the call to the service proxy is made and when I hover over the datatable parameter and use Visual Studio's quickview, I see the datatable with all the values. However, when I check the datatable at the breakpoint on the server the datatable is empty. Any thoughts ...Show All

• Visual C# Please suggest me the path

  Hi.. I am a fairly experienced developer. I am have always urged to learn how to design 3/n-tier windows and web applications using .NET and C#. I would be grateful, if any one of you gurus could suggest me some learning material/books etc so that I can become aware. Ofcourse i know that practise will then make me perfect. However i need a starting point. Gurus!! SOS Regards, Lalit Thanks a lot Figo..That was Certainly helpful. :) For all those who need a book, a book by Rocky Lhotka - Expert C# 2005 Business Objects (Apress) is a good reference book. Thanks. ...Show All

• SQL Server Name Field when key missing

  Im my dimension i'm having a field from table A that has a relation to another table B. I wan't to use a field of table B as the value for the NameColumn. But what if the value of the field in table A is NULL. At this moment my processing stopts on those fields. How could i create a kind of a ISNULL so that in cases where there is no value it at least continues. Kind Regards No, there is only a setting to do this for the join between the fact and dimension tables. Not for snowflaked tables withing a dimension. Within a dimension you have to resort to the "SQL-way", even for the fact table joins I still prefer to explicitly handle missing values myself in SQL. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums VE Directions

  I am using VE to build an itinerary (for directions between points on the itinerary) and it is generating errors for me. Is there a way I can have several different maps on there at the same time with different start and end points and it generate the directions between the start and end points without errors Here is the code I am using to render the maps, and the error I am getting is... Error Link: http://webpages.charter.net/mesposito/error.jpg Code: Protected Sub Page_PreRender( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me .PreRender Dim js As String = "" Dim ds As DataSet Dim CurrentID As Integer = 0 Dim i As ...Show All

• Visual C++ Handle troubleshooting

  hi there i have one little question about handle how to get a handle (i mean the m_hWnd) from existing class(object) is the append a right fuction and another where can I get some information about handling in mfc 'cos i am a little bit confused about this thanks in advance adrian proszczuk, poland ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Running script

  Hello not sure in what forum to ask this question but I was wondering if it is possible for the task scheduler in windows xp professional to do something while no one is logged on to the comuter Great thanks for your answer! Do you have any tips on links that tells you how to write an easy script for the task scheduler Thanks!! ...Show All

• SQL Server unable to connect to sql server from handheld device via usb activesync and sqlclient

  I have tried using the SqlClient class to connect to the database, but I haven't had much success. Here is my setup: Desktop/Workstation has Windows XP, ActiveSync, .NET Framework 2.0, and SQL Server 2005. The production Workstation will have 2000; so I do want to ensure SQL Server 2000 compatibility with my solution. Handheld device is an Intermec 751g with docking station, hooked to PC host using USB connector cable and ActiveSync, Windows CE 4.2, .NET Compact Framework 2.0 with SP1 and latest patch. Development tools consist of Visual Studio 2005 and C# .NET language. Note that when I attempt to ping my desktop from the handheld command prompt I get "transmit failed, error code 11010". Also, I am able to access ...Show All