StriderIRL's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Hosting Workflow Foundation with Webservices

  I'm trying to understand how Windows Workflow services can work with webservices. I have gone through the examples of workflows but these are quite simple workflows and merely consists of exposing a webserviceReceive activity followed by a customActivity and followed by a webserviceResponse activity. What about cases where there needs to be a delay of several days. For example, a workflow within a webservice is started and then comes to a listening stage and needs to wait for 2-3 days for a response from a manager to approve in order to proceed to the next stage Can webservices handle these scenarios or do I need to host these workflows within Windows services and merely use webservices as interfaces to receive or return data to a ...Show All

• Visual C# One is Null the other is not????

  private Order _Order; this works fine under this declartion and my _Order object is not set to any instance and i dont get an exception...... private Tracking.BusinessObjects.OrderLegDetail _orderLegData; Here i declare my type and I add a ref to that object but when i try to use it.... i got the Object reference not set to instance of an object.... Why is that right cause "using it" i mean i was doing something like this._orderLegData.Name = tosomething was causing the exception this._order.Name = toSomthing works fine though....... How do i make the members of that instance type not throw that exception ...Show All

• Windows Forms datagridview cell color

  To: Ken Tucker Same question as RajKat: What is the C++ equivalent for your proposal Thank you for your reply, however ... While I was waiting I had to try something and I think I found an easier way; at least it seems to be working well in my application. Simply write: dataGridView1[x,y]->Style->BackColor = (Color::Yellow); Funny that this could not be found in any tutorials. Nevertheless, thank you for your reply! ...Show All

• Visual C++ Thread Missing

  Hello All, Does the moderater removes any threads I posted a question on FILEDESCRIPTOR structure and it is missing now. What would be a probable reason for removing the thread Thanks, It is back at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=506899&SiteID=1 Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• .NET Development Connecting to MS Sql Server 2005 with ODBC

  Hi there, I have just made a switch from sql server 2000 to sql server 2005 - that went without major problems... My server is located in Denmark. We have an office located in the US which are also connecting to our server - that goes without problems except for one machine connecting through ODBC directly (the others use remote desktop). The machine also connected through ODBC when I was using the old server - and there never seemed to be any problems. At first I could not see the machine by name, but I could ping it by ip-number. I added it to the hosts file - and now I can ping it by name as well. My problem is this: - When I try to correct the ODBC settings I do not get my new aerver on the sql-server list. D ...Show All

• .NET Development Detect Console / Win app

  Is there a way to detect from a dll what was the calling ontext Was it console app or win app Thanks Avi I thought of another way, looking at the properties of the EXE's main window. Specifically the class name. If it is a console mode program, the main window's class name is "ConsoleWindowClass". I'm not sure how reliable that is but it is nice and quick: <DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _ Private Function RealGetWindowClass(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _ ByVal lpString As StringBuilder, _ ByVal nMaxCount As Integer) As Integer End Function Public Function IsConsoleApp() As Boolean Dim proc As Process ...Show All

• SQL Server Configuration fIle

  I'm using stored procedures in a database that use data in other databases. I refer these data as DataBaseName.dbo.TableName. It works fine. But, i just thought, what if the name of the databases change Is there anyway to use some sort of variables to refer the databases like a configuration file used in programming applications. Thanks You can do one of the below: 1. In SQL Server 2005, you can create synonyms for the tables in the other database. And when the name of the database changes you will have to drop & recreate the synonym 2. In older versions of SQL Server, you can create views that point to the tables in the other database and do the same. ...Show All

• .NET Development Can't step into web service in debugger

  I have a windows forms application that calls a c# dll which calls a web service (on my local web server). I wrote the code using VS.NET 2003 and had no trouble debugging. I have recently upgraded to VS.NET 2005 and can no longer step into the web service. When I set a breakpoint in the web service and start the app, I see an icon next to the breakpoint that says no symbols have been loaded for the document. I have added the following line to the webconfig file: < compilation debug = " true " > The configuration Manager shows all projects being built with debug on and when I look at the property pages for my web service, the asp.net debugger is checked. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How Can I use Label Edit for List View Subitems?

  I would like to use the LabelEdit on subitems as well, but I am unsure howe to do this. I did a search and found one topic but there were no responces. I'm sure there is a way, but I'm just a simple self tought hobbiest programmer. I'm hoping that this would be an easier approach than to Load a new Form and then replace the Listview1.FoucsedItem, which how I have been doing it. Can any one help me or point me to a site Thanks. accessing the index of the subitem (first line of code) is the way to get to the individual subitems of an item... as far as your needs to edit the label like WMP or Itunes...you would have to show some code to better explain what your trying to do ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectX book

  Can someone reccomend a DirectX book for experienced OpenGL programmers Thanks, Bob Thanks for the replies. I guess a more appropriate question would be "... a DirectX book for programmers with graphics expirience". BK ...Show All

• .NET Development Kerberos delegation problem

  I have hunted through a serious number of blogs and web pages, but I just can't get delegation to work with our WCF application. To save some space, here is a link to the source code of a small test app that I am using: http://members.shaw.ca/murraypeterson/rcstest/ You can look through the source code to see the various settings I am using (NetTcpBinding, ClientCredentialType = TcpClientCredentialType.Windows, ProtectionLevel = System.Net.Security.ProtectionLevel.None, AllowedImpersonationLevel = TokenImpersonationLevel.Delegation, etc.). The scenario for testing is simple. Two machines, both members of the same domain (machine1 and machine2). Two users, both members of the domain (user1 and user2). On machine1, run the test ...Show All

• Visual Basic Passing variable from vb to Access Report with dependent query

  URGENT, I have a VB application that needs to pass a variable, roe_num to a Access report tht has a dependent query. The query prompts for a parameter [roe_num]. Has anyone done this Here is what I have so far, but it is not working. Private Sub btnReport_Click() ChoosePrinter roe_num = Trim(lvRoes.SelectedItem.Text) Dim objAccess As Access.Application Set objAccess = New Access.Application objAccess.OpenCurrentDatabase App.path & "\" & "blueroof.mdb", False, pswd strCriteria = objAccess.BuildCriteria("ROE_NUM", dbNumber, roe_num) objAccess.DoCmd.OpenReport "PICTURE_REPORT", acViewNormal Set objectAccess = Nothing End Sub ...Show All

• Visual C# windows service running on particular time and debug.write() where it prints ?

  Dear All, I have windows service done with C# and able to be install using the installutil.exe. My problem now is that I want to set it like to run on particular time of day for instance 10.00 am daily How can I set this I have tried to use timer but it sets an interval only Another thing is that I have debug.write() in my windows service where can i check the output of the debug.write Where is the file Thanks. Well this is question about windows service lyfecycle :) OnStart is called when service is started from service controller and inside it you should initialize your variables and prepare serivice to be ready (to do ... see bellow ) OnStop - clear all resources OnPause - mark se ...Show All

• .NET Development tcplistener and guest login

  This is the source file that i am having trouble with. When the user is logged in as guest (built in account guest) the ListenToServer function isnt accepting connections. I tried to impersonate the administrator, everything works fine if logged in as an admin. Please take a look and see what i am doing wrong using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Net.Sockets; using System.Threading; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Security.Principal; namespace client { static class Program { [ StructLayout ( LayoutKind .Sequential, Pack = 1)] ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System get tfs build types from api

  Is there way in object model or command line to get all the TFS Build Types created in a particualr team system project I heard from one of guys at MSDN chat today that the VersionControl object model has it. "There is, but it is not through the Build object model. You'll need to use the VersionControl object model to enumerate the folders under the TeamBuildTypes folder." But I cant figure out how to do this. If some one has sample code to share I would appreciate it. Thanks. You can find plenty of good examples of how to use the version control API at the following links. This link has a basic walk-through of how to use the version control API: http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/ar ...Show All