Nigel36's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How can I bind a ConverterParameter value ?

  I would like to make a textblock display the remaining time of an operation. The bound object has two properties: ElapsedTime and TotalDuration, both of type TimeSpan. I thought the following should work, but it doesn't because the parameter passed to my custom converter is a Binding object, instead of the result of the binding: <TextBlock Text="{Binding ElapsedTime, Mode=OneWay, ConverterParameter={Binding TotalDuration}, Converter={StaticResource RemainingTimeConverter}}" /> The RemainingTimeConverter is implemented to subtract the "value" from the "parameter" and return a string representation of the resultant TimeSpan value. Why isn't the inner Binding evaluated and its value passed ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Web Server Extensions

  Hi, My client has WSE 2.0 SP3 & .NET 1.1 SP1 installed on his webserver (Production setup). Now, he wants to know how do I manage the above combination in his webserver, ie how I can ensure the reliability, accessiblity, security and performance (RASP) for the same. Is there any material available on this. I would like to know, 1. What are the best practices 2. What kind of skills should my resources be trained on 3.What kind of tasks one should carry out with the respect to incident , change & problems etc. 4.What are the troubleshooting practices - Typical procedures etc. 5.What are the housekeeping needs - backup 6.Where in Microsoft site will I find typical KB info 7. Any other information regardi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Status pop-up when cpu is being used.

  Hello, I am programming a windows form application. It needs to make long time calls to sql server. I dont want the user to be bored or think that the program is not responding. Before the call to sql server I display a form called "working" in which there is a marquee progress bar and a simple label. I call the method working.Show() to display it. The problem i have is that the components, progress bar and label, cannot be seen in the pop up, i mean, it is like if the program doesn't load the components in the form popup, making it really ugly( there are non-colored rectangles in the place of both components). It starts to make the call to sql server and when it finishes i call the close method to close the form. Does anyone know whats wr ...Show All

• .NET Development Need to merge 2 tables in Dataset and only get the matching accounts in one table?

  I have a dataset with a account table and another table that contains transactions for accounts in the account table. I create a crystal report based off an inner join query of the two tables but takes way too long to generate. I was told if I can get them into one table that would fix my speed issue. I'm thinking if there is some way to maybe create a merged table of the two together and only getting data from both tables where the Account# field matchup Any help or ideas would be great! I think what you really need is to use your dataset as the report's datasource instead of a SQL query. This way when a user selects the data needed, you just have to remove the extra info from the dataset and let CR do the rest. In the data sourc ...Show All

• Visual C++ what after win32 api? and general programming advice!

  Hie , i'm nearly 16 , i started programming in flash and javascript when i was 13.I moved to VB when i was 14 and also recently made a full fledge application in VB6 .Then i moved to VC 6 some time ago.I know C but NOT C++.I made a few SIMPLE applications in VC using C and win32 API only.and i did'nt forget flash.. i'm still keeping myself updated there! now i got VCE 2005 , and some explained to me that i need to install the PSDK to have win32 api support. I'm still not well versed with VC so i'm reading charles petzolds book on windows programming.Now my question is .. where do i go next.Should i learn C++ and MFC , and when should i move to C++ immediately after i finish this book i have bruce eckel's : thinking in C++ , but does any1 ...Show All

• .NET Development how to download a file ?

  Sir, I want to know that how to download a file from URL using C#.NET. I do a coding for the application about Download Manager,but at the time of downloading a file ie to save the file, the file is saved at its specified location ,but all files are corrupted. So tell me that what type of coding i can do in C#.NET. 1) I develope the application for download manager on a PC, on which XP Service Pack2 is installed. Sir the coding for the download manager i used is as follows private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { WebClient client = new WebClient(); string name1 = saveFileDialog1.FileName; this.saveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location; this.sav ...Show All

• SQL Server Event Notifications don't fire when raised by Activated procedure

  I have an activated SP that is issuing PRINT statements. These are raised as ErrorLog and EventLog events when using SQLProfiler However if you attach an event notification for ERRORLOG and EVENTLOG, nothing appears in the queue. Any other ERRORLOG or EVENTLOG event caught by profiler is caught by the event notification as expected. Please use the SQLServer feedback site to report this issue: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback Thanks, ~ Remus ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Boing v.0.5

  My first "real" game. Just a pong game but I used a different way than just having on or two files. I'll show the source after I clean up the code and summarize it for others to follow. I'll keep adding onto the game to learn other things. Rate/Comment. Boing Version 0.5 i was planning on a speed increment thing like you have for my pong game, i was just gonna do it slightly slower. though your speed increments did keep the games nice and fast paced which is always good ...Show All

• Visual Studio How can I check with which version of Visual Studio was an executable created ?

  A PC has three executables - one built with Visual C++ 6 and which runs properly, one built with Visual C++ 8 and which does not execute due to missing file / configuration error, and a third which there is a doubt whether it was build with v6 or v8. Is there a way to check the 3rd executable to see with which version of Visual C++ was it built Alternatively, how can I check whether Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package was installed or not I recommend that you ask these questions on the Visual C++ General forum: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=29&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Community Chat Zune and the iPod

  I've been following the Zune announcements fairly closely here at work. If you follow my blog, you'll see that I'm pretty passionate about media technologies, and recently went through the pain of migrating away from iPod/iTunes and onto Yahoo Music/Gigabeat S (Portable Media Center). Here the blog category where I talk about it: http://blogs.msdn.com/joemorel/archive/category/13772.aspx Now Zune is in the mix. It looks pretty neat, but I'm not sure if people are really going to go for the whole WiFi thing. I'm just not sure that I want to listen to the same music as the person sitting next to me on the bus. What do you think i like it its what the area needs no more overpriced ipods (that you have to buy addons to complete ...Show All

• .NET Development Converting Web Application from 1.1 to 2.0

  I have a working web application that was written using the .NET Framework 1.1. I am trying to recompile it using .NET 2.0 and VS 2005 without updating any of the deprecated or obsolete api calls. It compiles without errors - but fails when attempting to render an XML control. I can find no documentation for System.Web.UI.Control.ResolvePhysicalOrVirtualPath anybody got any ideas what the problem is Thanks Nigel Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at System.Web.UI.Control.ResolvePhysicalOrVirtualPath(String path, VirtualPath& virtualPath, String& physicalPath) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Xml.LoadTransformFromSource() at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Xml.Render(HtmlTextWriter output) at System.Web.UI.Con ...Show All

• Visual C++ System::String^

  I am developing an application in visual c++ using VS 2005. I am reading data in via the serialPort dataRecieved class. This returns a system string, and I am assuming that the string is an array of unsigned characters. The trouble is I am unsure how to access individual data bits within the string. I can perform an if statement to check the contents against a set value. if(myString->Text == "hello world") But......I want to perform something like a switch statement so I can test the 3rd character against a set value, say... "x" or something similar. Can I do this When I have attempted it, I receive errors stating that a switch cannot be performed on a system string - IT IS ILLEGAL - apparent ...Show All

• Visual Studio Vista Field Display Issue

  Hi not sure if its the correct place to post but were developing in house software and when we are testing it on windows vista the text boxes, drop down boxes and total boxes dont refresh and keep previous screen colours etc showing so you need to physically click on the box to refresh the text. We have Visual Studio 2005 with Service Packs. Is there anything we can try to resolve this  Picture attached As you can see above the previous window has left marks on the text boxes and wont refresh until you click on them.  Any ideas would be much apreciated Hi Havok316, Try posting to one of the 16 Software Development Forums dedicated to Vista: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx ForumGroupID=24&a ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to get distance from point to triangle or plane in XNA

  Hi all Ok, I'm trying to do ray picking in XNA with mesh positions and some terrain geometry, but I only found these classes: Ray Plane BoundingBox BoundingSphere BoundingFrustum Intuitively, I tried to use Ray with Plane to test for intersection, but it’s actually impossible. I need realistic intersection for vehicle positioning on my terrain, but I don’t know how. I search this forum and others but I didn’t find anything really useful. I tried to use height-maps to store de heights, but the result isn’t good. Any suggestions Thanks in advance I noticed that Ray.Int ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. The Unofficial "Hooray I'm Done With my DBP Game" Thread

  When you get done with you game and sumbit it, crow about it here. A little over 24 hours left until the deadline and I'm so amazed I'm done, so much better than college Thanks to ZMan for his help, good luck all. I'll post the source code for my submission once the deadline hits. Bill Well, I've just finished uploading Space Fortress - a remake of Space Zap! from the early 80's.  I've still got a list of things I wanted to add, but that I ran out of time for. The quote about adding people to a late project will make it later is very true.  I'd started with a team size of three - Me, my wife, and my 3.5 year old playtester, Katrina. Feb 27th we added a new team member - Naomi. I'm just happy my wif ...Show All