Scott Chang's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Passing parameters from the workflow to the host example request??

  WF Gurus, I am using XOML only state workflow from ASP.NET client (WF 3.0). I need to pass output parameter to the host ASP page before WorkflowCompleted event executes. Can someone please provide a code example of how this could be done Thanks in advance, John Portnov Matt, How do you "bind the callexternalmethod parameter to the property of the activity" I need a code sample to get started. This is why I posted this question. Can you help Thanks in advance, John ...Show All

• Visual Studio Web Project pdb files - VS always want to add to sourcesafe

  I had posted about a problem in beta 2 where the output from a web project (dlls and pdbs) always were showing up as a new file to add to source safe in the pending check-ins.  Someone replied and said it was a beta 2 bug and would be fixed in the release version.  I have since installed the RC and the problem with the dlls has been fixed put the pdbs are still showing up as needing to be added.  Is there something I need to configure to make this go away or is it intended to be this way Thanks, Rod Has there been any updates to this issue I have tried to modify the source safe files to exclude it but I wasn't able to get it working. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Assigned To field should not be empty

  When work item is closed, Assigned To should not be empty i.e. it become Unassigned so if you run the query saying sort the WorkItems which are closed and assigned to me, it won’t show the same. So the proper results would be available if and only if you sort it by Unassigned field in the query. Can you please give me the solution to sustain the names even though the work item was closed Thanks, Kathir Kathir, The workitem type definition of a task contains the following part in the XML definition: <STATE value="Closed"> <FIELDS> <FIELD refname="Microsoft.VSTS.Common.ClosedBy"> <REQUIRED /> </FIELD> <FIELD refname="Microsof ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Texture.Dispose() seems to mix up textures if called more than once on a texture

  Strange things seem to happen if Texture.Dispose() gets called more than once. The way it manifested for me is that after re-loading all textures, the managed texture objects seemed to be pointing to incorrect unmanaged texture resources. For example, in an example 2D app, I have a wall texture and 4 player textures (bitmaps of the player facing forward, left, right, and up). I was calling Texture.Dispose() during the DeviceResetting event, but was calling it again during the DeviceReset event "just to be extra sure" the old texture was disposed before re-loading a new one from disk. This worked under MDX 1.1 without any problems, even if it was slightly inefficient and sloppy. Under XNA, after the device reset, it seeme ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Flash Professional 8, | VISTA | Bug

  Hi I recently installed Flash 8 on my computer I found when I double click on a symbol to open it, it as dotted lined boxes slow increses in size then opens the symbol this is very frustrating is there anyway to make it faster like it was on XP Right click on the shortcut to Flash (or the Flash exe file itself should do the same), click Properties, go to the Compatibility tab, and check the box next to "Disable desktop composition" -- this helped a lot for me. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can FxCop parse through embedded resources?

  Hi! I'm wondering, if it's possible to make FxCop visit embedded resources, and not only the source code. I'm particularily intrerested in whether or not it can look through localization strings gathered in *.resx files. If not, then is there any way (a freeware-way) except for writing a custom tool for that Thanks for help, Krzysieq I only need the strings contained in the resx files, and - very welcome - a way to get back to the place in the resx, from where the string was taken. This could be line number at least, but could also be - more wantedly - the resource key. Do You think this is possible Which of the two approaches would You take ...Show All

• Visual Studio adding images to reportviewer

  Hello i have a problem about adding image to reportviewer control in Windows Forms. I want to add an image to my report from a path. This image changes during program run. When user wants to see report, then a different image shall be shown to user from same path. how can i give such an image path to reportviewer Thank you very much... Thank you Brian for your reply But i couldnt add image as database. I have an object datasource and it includes a Bitmap field. I tried to add that field to my reportviewer. And selected properties of that image as: NIMEType: image/bmp Source:       database Value: = Fields!Bm.Value     - ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot insert a variable in SSIS Package designer

  Hello, This morning I got an odd problem, I just added a new package to my dtproj and I cannot add a variable. Am I missing anything. here is the image I'm having a similar problem. I cannot even open the Variables window. If I right click the design surface and select Variables, nothing happens. I've tried creating a new package and starting from scratch but I get the same problem. I even uninstalled SQL Server and all of the client tools and reinstalled and applied all of the service packs but I still get nothing when I try to create a variable. I'm willing to try just about anything at this point. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Figuring out the angle a ship is pointing at

  Do any of you know Asteroids, that classic arcade game, something similar to that, I am trying to make (but much cooler of course ). I have just started with xna, and I wanted to do something like that, I would say that I am pretty proficient in C#, but don't know at all how I could figure out the angle of a ship, and change it when the person moves the keys...obviously, the x, y is easy, but how would you figure that out, and rotate the image through xna Is it easy One tutorial that I found helpful on that site was the Beginning Game Development series by Derek Pierson. This series is using Managed DirectX with C#, but once you've got the basics down it shouldn't be too difficult to switch over to XNA lat ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista SharePoint WF host?

  hello, There's a project I will be working on that consists of a mix of human workflows and system workflows. The human actors will interact with the workflow through SharePoint 2007, and the system workflows will be communicating with many other apps/services through either web services or .Net remoting. My question is, what should I use as a host for this workflow SharePoint, web service, and windows service all seem to be valid choices. Is it possible to have 2 different hosts running concurrently working with the same workflow instance e.g. a Sharepoint host for the human workflow portions, and a windows service for the system workflow portions. Any comments that will make this a little clearer is be appreciated ...Show All

• SQL Server OPENXML

  Hi , I have an XML file that contains hierarchical data for a tree. I need to persist my Tree object into a SQL server 2000 table that contains the Tree structure date (TeamID, ParentID,TeamName, ...). The tree is deserialized as an XML file as follows: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <DTreeNodeOfOBSTeam > <val> <TeamID>10</TeamID> <TeamName>Team10</TeamName> </val> <Nodes> <node> <val> <TeamID>20</TeamID> <TeamName>Team20</TeamName> </val> <Nodes> <node> <val> <TeamID>30</TeamID> <TeamName>Team30</TeamName> </val> ...Show All

• .NET Development Transform to HTML for URL in XML Data using XSL

  Hi, I have a XML data and inside the contents of the elements, it contaings URL as seen : As you can see there is a URL link for the word "SAP" in the element description. < xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="simple.xsl" > <root> <holidaycelebration> <title>Holiday In Malaysia</title> <StartDate>2006-11-28</StartDate> <EndDate>2006-11-19</EndDate> <Country>us</Country> <location>TEST</location> <description> The <a href= http://www.sap.com> SAP</a> Help Portal provides web-based documentation for all SAP Solutions. This enables you to search the online library for the right information where and when you ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Problems with AddService()

  Hi! I have been working with XNA for about 2 weeks now and I am new to the C# language. In my game I have a TextureManager and I wanted to give every class access to it. So I thought Game Services are a great idea, but it doesn't work right. In the Texturemanager-Class constructor I add it into the Services: Services.AddService(typeof(Texturemanager), this); Then I made an instance from the Texturemanager in my MainClass and after it I wanted to get the object back. ITexturemanager texturemanager = (ITexturemanager)Services.GetService(typeof(ITexturemanager)); But the texturemanager value is always null! Why doesn't it work right thx cya, Stefan Thank you all for the great answers! Sheepsteak was ...Show All

• .NET Development NEED URGENT HELP!!Creating an xml file based on xsd schema

  Hi all, I need urgent help with an xml issue. Let me explain the scenario: My app needs to read an xml (e.g. Sales Orders). This xml contains say 10 sales orders. Next the app needs to split the original xml into 10 individual SalesOrder xml files, each file containing a single sales order. The xml files created must be created based on a set xsd schema.See example below: Here I have 2 sales orders in my original xml, I want to create 1 xml file for each Sales order. e.g. <Sales Order> <DocNum>"1234"</DocNum> <ItemCode>"321"</ItemCode> <DocDate>20070215</DocDate> <Qty>1</Qty> <Amount>$1500.00</Amount&g ...Show All

• Smart Device Development path not found - vs2005 to SQLCE .sdf file

  Hi there, i'm currently working on a Windows mobile 5.0 application using Vs2005. my original intention was to store data in mobile access tables and them integrate this with data on a desktop pc. having searched a few forums (this one included) i find i cant do that anymore so i now want to store data in sql server ce on the pocket pc and integrate that with data in the desktop pc in SQL Server. To SQL server Pro's i'm sure this is easy but unfortunately i'm new to both Vs2005 and SQL so any assitance would be greatly appreciated. i've created a .sdf database and attached this to my project (also set it as content) but when i try to connect to the database (using either emulator or on the Pocket Pc itself) it s ...Show All