leo1's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions When I Register My Visual Studios Express Edition Its Says Invalid Email

  I am typing in valid emails but it won't accept them. Check out this thread, jluca777's solution seem to work for others. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=567005&SiteID=1 Found a solution. Goto profile.microsoft.com, signin and make sure all info is correct especially the email address. When the profile is successfully updated, try registering again. should work. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions protected override vs. event question

  Hi, I'm making a usercontrol and was told that it was better to use the protected override OnPaint method rather than This.Paint event. Would this also be true, for example, for Resize and MouseMove etc. Hi, Functionally, it is ok to use either. But I prefer to override the OnPaint method, personally. And OnPaint is fired before Paint. And you'd reference to this thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1186692&SiteID=1 Thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server Why does not ADO.NET connection support DTC?

  I built a bulk Destination component for Oracle using lastest ODP.NET drivers. I was disapointed when I relised that SSIS does not support DTC (Distributed Transactional Coordinator) for ADO.NET connections, just for OLE DB ones. I do not see the reason for it as ADO.NET connection can enlist to a transaction in DTC (if provider supports it). Is it possible somehow to change this default behaviour and have ADO.NET connection supporting DTC Thank you very much in advance Vladimir ...Show All

• Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) Multiple Storyboards

  I'm trying to create a simple rectangle which has a MouseEnter and MouseLeave event. These events trigger a corresponding storyboard. The first time I roll onto it the MouseEnter storyboard plays fine. When I roll out it runs the other storyboard fine too. But after that it never triggers the enter storyboard again. Below is my XAML and JS.. <Canvas x:Name="home" Canvas.Top="114" Width="144.692" Height="36"> <Canvas.Triggers> <EventTrigger> <EventTrigger.Actions> <BeginStoryboard> <Storyboard BeginTime="1" x:Name="in"> <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="rectangle" Storyboard.TargetP ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) mismatched dll versions (june ctp)

  Hi, Since installing the most recent ctp, I get an exception on my old projects. Message="Mismatched versions of PresentationCore.dll, Milcore.dll, WindowsCodecs.dll, or D3d9.dll. Check that these DLLs come from the same source." I can create new applications without a problem, so it's definitly something in my old project. Obviously, I've checked all references in the project, they are set to not copy and point to: C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0 The version of all dll's (including presentationCore ): 3.0.6507.0 (vbl_wcp_avalon.060607-1054) Public key tokens of all the dll's is: PublicKeyToken =" 31bf3856ad364e35 " I've looked at the gac, and it seems to be okay. I'v ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Multiple Lights on a scene

  Hello ; I want to learn an important technique which I can not figure out till today. Even in old games (such as Half-life ) we can see several lights in a scene. But when I look my graphics card capabilities it suppports max 8 active lights. Considering the time which Half-life built the graphic cards were less capable. So I wonder how they can achieve this effect. (Can they be using different textures for each face to imitate real lights if so the game should require too much resources.) Thanks The limit in the caps reference to the fixed function pipeline. With shaders you can calculate more lights but this isn’t even necessary at all. As you have to draw object by object most times these light ...Show All

• SQL Server Filter on different dataset

  I have a list control with dataset 'foo' in it. The list contains a table control using data from 'foo'. The list also contains a chart control which, as it's source, uses a different dataset 'bar'. 'foo' and 'bar' have a common field called "employee_id" which I would like to use to as a filter in the 'bar' dataset so that the chart data shown coincides with the other employee data. Does this question make sense Is it possible Assuming that you are applying grouping and maybe paging by employee to the control, I think the only way to do this is to use a subreport for the chart and pass it the employee_id mapping to a parameter in the subreport. ...Show All

• .NET Development Database.ExecuteNonQuery

  I am running a stored procedure through Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database.ExecuteNonQuery(..) And getting a generic exception, "ExecuteNonQuery failed for Database ...". When I run the stored procedure from the Query Editor in Management Studio, the stored procedure runs fine, though it takes about 18-25 minutes to run. Does any body know the problem Is it a time out issue, if yes, why am I not getting TimeOut Exception and what is the cure Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Moving to the .NET Framework Data Access and Storage forum since this is using managed code. Can you provide the complete text of the error message in the exception, error codes etc. ...Show All

• SQL Server FTP from a mainframe (z/os)

  Being that this issue first surfaced September 2005 and it's now six months later (March 29, 2006), has the problem with recognizing VMS datasets (not requiring a '/') been addressed Now that it's almost a year later......has this problem been addressed Or has anyone figured a way around this (within SSIS - not using cmd files) ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista I want to stop processing a Sequential workflow if an activity fails....

  I want to stop processing a Sequential workflow if a single activity fails.... How do I force it to stop processing everything else Any help would be appreciated. Thanks I'm new to this whole Workflow foundation. Can you tell me where to go to find information on how to set up a FaultHandler I see it the designer, I just want to make sure I set it all correctly. Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Problem in Add Reference (static library)

  Hi I am reading ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235627.aspx ) this article. I created static lib But i can't achieve this part: "To use the math routines that were created in the static library, you must reference it. To do this, select References… from the Project menu. From the Property Pages dialog, expand the Common Properties node and select References. Then select the Add New Reference… button. The Add Reference dialog is displayed. This dialog lists all the libraries that you can reference. The Project tab lists all the projects in the current solution and any libraries they contain. From the Projects tab, select MathFuncsLib. Then select OK. For more information on the Add Reference dialog, see ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Print Spooler won't start

  Can anyone help solve this problem, all printers have dissappeared from printers and faxesm any attempt to add printer says print spooler not running. I have followed Microsoft suggestions for restarting and get errors 1068 and 1053, nothing seems to work. I am trying to avoid a reformat if at all possible. The problem occured shortly after installing a new printer Lexmark 6200, though not immediately. I was able to use the new printer for 2 days, I then took my laptop to work and used it with other printers at work. At home again used the Lexmark and then next day at work no printers. A problem with the lexmark looping in scanner mode was stopped by removing the usb cord which iam concerned may have caused some sort of corruptio ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Problem with limiting instances

  Hello there. I'm working with XACT in conjunction with a pool of programmers on a project. I 'm having problems limiting the instances of a sound. The limiting actually works, but when I demo the game in Windows, there is quite an obvious slowdown, runing the pace of the game. When I remove the limiting, the game runs fine. According to the rest of the team, it runs fine on the XBox but I'm struggling at my end with the slowdown. If anyone's got any suggestions as to what might be causing the problem, drinks are on me! Cheers, James I've tried to change the HowToReplace variable but it doesn't make any difference. Because I'm using BehaviourAtMax - FailToPlay, I can't alter the InstanceToReplace . Changing the Be ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Anonymous sample wsHTTPBinding

  Came upon something strange while doing the wsHttpBinding Anonymous sample Example. Heres an the web config < xml version="1.0" > <configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0"> <system.serviceModel> <services> <!-- Before deployment, you should remove the returnFaults behavior configuration to avoid disclosing information in exception messages --> <service name="MyService" behaviorConfiguration="returnFaults"> <endpoint contract="IMyService" binding="wsHttpBinding"/> </service> </services> <bindings> <wsHttpBinding> <binding name="Binding1" ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WPC: GetUserSettings() & E_ACCESSDENIED

  I'm attempting to run the Windows Parental Controls ComplianceAPI sample from the RC1 SDK CD and am getting E_ACCESSDENIED upon calling GetUserSettings() (ComplianceAPI.cpp::WpcsCmplApiUserIsLoggingRequired()). Any ideas on this I have tried running with Administrator access with the same results. Thanks for any tips you can provide! ...Show All