Michael Per's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio VSS Get Error

  am trying to get latest version of my project using following < UsingTask AssemblyFile = " Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.dll " TaskName = " Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.SourceSafe.Get " /> < Target Name = " Latest " > < SourceSafe.Get UserName = " abc " Password = " abc " Database =" \\vss\Code " Project = " $\Source\Project " WorkingDirectory = " c:\temp " > </ SourceSafe.Get > </ Target > It gets all the files from the VSS but at the end I get following error message. Target Latest: Connecting to VSS. Getting latest version. D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\W ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Is there a way to import MSN messenger/Yahoo messenger/AOL messenger into a universal address book.

  Is there a way to import MSN messenger/Yahoo messenger/AOL messenger into a universal address book. I was asked by my management to find out how some of the other sites have implemented this functionality. SANU wrote: Is there a way to import MSN messenger/Yahoo messenger/AOL messenger into a universal address book. I was asked by my management to find out how some of the other sites have implemented this functionality. It seen GAIM can work like your saying. ...Show All

• SQL Server Importing Null Date Fields

  I'm using SQL Server Express and am trying to import a CVS file. The CVS file contains a string field (named DAS) that represents a Date. This field can be null. I've tried using the DTS Wizard to import this CVS file and convert the DAS field to a Date, which works great until it hits a record with a NULL DAS field. It then throws a convertion error. Still using the DTS Wizard, I've changed the DataType of the DAS field in the Source file to [DT_DATE], it works fine but all the null dates are converted to 12/30/1899. Is there a way (DTS Wizard or something else) that will allow me to import these CVS files with null Date fields and keep them as null in SQL Server table. Thanks for any help, Jon ...Show All

• SQL Server setting a null value for mirror_address

  Hi I set up some routes incorrectly on one of my servers and included a mirror address when i shouldnt have. now i cant get rid of the mirror address - when i try alter route remote_route with mirror_address = null i get an error saying incorrect syntax near null Does anybody know how i can clear out the mirror address for a route Thanks Anthony Looks like a limitation in our design of the ALTER ROUTE statement. I'll investigate this. Until then the workaround would be to DROP and re-CREATE the route. Rushi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How can I create bitmaps

  Hi, Can someone recommend a program that I can use to create bitmaps that can be use on a form or is there an easy way to create one in VB. The reason why I ask, when I draw text and lines using form Graphics.DrawLine, DrawString, FillRectangle I get a lot of flicker when the information is updated. Thank you in advance. Regards, Ken I don'y know if making your own bitmaps will solve your problem or not, but if you want to do it in VB: Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim image As New Bitmap(100, 100) Dim gr As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(image) gr ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Clarification on SSDL ?

  Hey there! Ok, I've read numerous articles on vNext as well as been analyzing the samples. I would just want to have a couple of concepts clarified to me: General concept: ----------------------------------- As I have unserstood it, the *SSDL files contain the description of the "physical" database with all its tables translated into the Entity framework "types". *CSDL files contain the conceptual model which is exposed to the application, and should preferrably be as consistent as possible with little or no major changes. *MSL files maps the conceptual model to the SSDL description of the "physical" database Have I understood this correctly The part I'm a bit confused about is the SSDL, this has nothing to do with the conceptual model ri ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions another combobox problem

  PS my other problem was answered and everything works right now. Now I have one more question: I have 10 comboboxes on my form displaying values from the same table: ComboBox1.DataSource = MaintenanceDatabaseDataSet.MachineTable ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "Machine name" ComboBox1.ValueMember = "Machine Number" ComboBox2.DataSource = MaintenanceDatabaseDataSet.MachineTable ComboBox2.DisplayMember = "Machine name" ComboBox2.ValueMember = "Machine Number" etc Everytime I chose value in one combobox all of them change!!! I want users to be able to chose different values from every box. How can I do that The currency manager will ...Show All

• Visual Studio Code Snippets of the plain ol HTML type?

  Can you make a snippet of just HTML When I open a website/ web project I don't see any tools for creating a simple web snippet. I must be missing something obvious ... jonk2000, Code Snippets are only supported in the code editor, and it is not supported in the HTML editor. However, if you just want to store a piece of static text, you can select the text and drag it into the toolbox. You can drag it back out at a later time. Hope that helps. Regards, James Lau Lead Program Manager, VS Ecosystem http://blogs.msdn.com/jameslau/ ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Contact list not showing in MSN Live

  Hey there, I have seen a few posts about this, but the fixes listed (in app data, deleting files & dirs) did not work for me. My contact list works fine in the old MSN, however when i install MSN Live it does not show anyone. I can try to add contacts and it shows them as offline (even though I know they are online). My friend has Live installed on his computer and it works fine, and we can sign in my ID on his computer and my list shows up. Since this is only on my computer, there must be something wrong with my settings but I have no idea what. I have no firewall or such thing. -please help I also am havinng this problem. It doesnt show that they are online but if they start a c ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Joypad problems

  Hi have just set up C# EE and XNA game studio, no problems there. Compiled and run ok, but I get absolutely nothing from my Joypad, no buttons, no direction, nada..So am forced to use keys which respond fine The joypad works fine in other games, so is XNA only compatible with Xbox 360 joypads TIA Brian If you don't have the latest DirectX SDK you might want to download it and take a look at the DirectInput samples. They'll show you exactly what you need to do to get it running in your game. There's also a ton of resources available on the various game dev sites (you might start at GameDev.net). ...Show All

• SQL Server System Variables in a SSIS package

  hello all, I am having a hard time referenceing system variables. Can some one give me a quick lesson I am trying to save system variables suck as StartTime finishtime and processes ran I want to store these items into a table for use later. FATSO wrote: This is what I have been trying to do. Declare @MyProcess as char SET @MyProcess = 'Zrocess 1' INSERT INTO dbo.ProcStat (Starttime, Process) VALUES (@[System::StartTime], @MyProcess ) Should be simple, but it is not working. Your best bet would be to create this as an expression on the Execute SQL Task's SQLStatementSource property. The expression will look something like this: "Declare @MyProcess as char SET @MyProcess = 'Zrocess 1' INSE ...Show All

• Windows Forms Urgent... Stuck in iimplementation Custom Save File Dialog

  Hi All, I want to implement my own custom file save dialog. I have 2 options : 1) Use WinAPI and use GetSaveFileName API. 2) Inherit commondialog and make it according to requirement. I am using Windows API. GetSaveFileName. and implementing HookProc in that. I m getting every message in that. But I have problem in that. First problem is lparam value for particular event like folder up and back to folder is not constant. Second is even if I return nonzero value Folder doesn't ignore the message. actually it should according to documentation. Below is a sample code. public class DialogHelper { #region Private Variables public delegate int OFNHookProcDelegate( int hd ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ado db

  have i got it or do i need it, did i get when i installed vb express ...Show All

• SQL Server expressions

  Maybe I just have my eyes closed as I search for how to do this, but can you refer to a textbox value in an expression something like; Value of textbox1 = textbox2.value Use this syntax: =ReportItems!TextboxName.Value However, keep in mind that for instance you cannot refer to a textbox that is contained within a data region (list, table, etc.) from somewhere outside that data region. Additional restrictions apply. -- Robert ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. rotation to face another model

  This seems like a basic question, but I wasn't able to find any previous posts on it (I'll admit I only looked at the first 110), so I'm quite sorry if its already been covered and I just missed it. If I have 2 meshes, how do I get mesh 1 to rotate so that it is facing mesh (using their vector3 coordinates). I understand the principles behind implementing rotation well enough (or rather have access to books that explain it), I just dont have the slightest idea how to derive a rotation matrix from the two vector3's that will allow mesh 1 to point at mesh 2. background info: Im working with c# (visual studio express), and directx 9. Ideally the rotation would involve all three dimensions, for example if a spaceship was rotating to face a sp ...Show All