DavidAragornHouse's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Accessing a Web Service over a LAN

  Hi all, I need to set up a web server for a game environment over LAN where the webserver will store a list of available games. A client will be able to choose a game from the list and connect to the game directly using sockets (bypassing the webserver). i.e all the webserver is doing is informing the client side app which computers it can connect to. I've written a test web service stored on my hard drive (also in IIS) which i can access locally from my machine (http ://localhost/Test/Service.asmx). I've added my serverInterface (wsdl.exe) to the webservice class and also my proxy class for my client and all works perfectly. My problem now is how can I publish this web service over the LAN so that i can acce ...Show All

• SQL Server MSSQL Server 2000 error Setup fail to configure server

  I have searched and could not find an answer for this one I read log and it said Starting Service ... SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS -m -Q -T4022 -T3659 Connecting to Server ... driver={sql server};server=KENSHIN;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified driver={sql server};server=KENSHIN;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified driver={sql server};server=KENSHIN;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified SQL Server configuration failed. how do I fix this Seems that WINS or DNS ...Show All

• Windows Forms Modifying Publishing URL

  We do have vendor delivered application. By default .application file takes the name of the server as publishing URL (Codebase parameter inside .application file). Now the problem is on one of the M/C we need to specify http://servername.domainname.com/application in order to access the url. On other M/C's we can access the application directly using http:// servername/application . Can we modify the URL (codebase parameter) without rebuilding the Installation Package so that we can install application Expected Modification <deploymentProvider codebase=" http://machinname.domain.com/WindowsApplication1.application " /> Current Codebase <deploymentProvider codebase=" http://machinname/WindowsApplic ...Show All

• Visual Basic Performance Counter - Logical Disk, Free Megabytes

  How can I get a performance counter to give me free MB on my hard disk every second I put the performance counter for logical disk free MB in a 1 sec timer. But the number is static, even when I am writing loads of data to the hard drive ! Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions RSS Screensaver Starter Kit

  This thread is the place to ask questions and provide feedback for the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit.    BigJoe wrote: How does the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit generate the *.scr file   I cannot find any settings or custom steps for this file. If I'm right the *.scr file are *.exe renamed file. So you can simply rename them. But I'm not sure of this . ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) inserting data in a databound item

  Sorry if this is an easy question; i'm new to WPF and .net -2.0 and -3.0 I've a TreeView that is dynamically populated with objects from a database. Each of the objects has an id. The DataTemplate for each TreeViewItem includes a ContextMenu, and one of those items has an event handler associated with it: "OnGetStatusClick" What I need is to have the handler query the argument and get the id of the TreeViewItem whose status is requested. So, the questions are: a) how do I associate the ID of the object with it's TreeViewItem, b) how do I send that ID along in the event c) how do I get the ID back out of the RoutedEventArg thanks in advance -d- I think this scenario is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server with Visual Studio 2005 Non-Team Edition

  Our comapny is currently using Visual Studio 2005 and Visual SourceSafe to develop an ASP.NET application. We're looking into adopting Microsoft Team Foundation Server. Will TFS on its own, without the special "Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for X " versions work with our existing setup If so, what are the benefits to using the Team Edition versions TFS will work inside a regular Visual Studio 2005 with the Team Explorer client installed, however if you are not using on of the Team Editions then you will need to purchase CAL's for TFS. The Team Editions contain many additional features over and above the collaboration features provided in Team Explorer and hosted by TFS. For example the deve ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Reading embedded files

  Hi, i've added a .xml file to my xna project for windows, i've set it to be an embedded resource, how i can i them read the file n e attempt i make seems to try to read a file from the hdd or from a url many thanks Hmm, actually I just tried the Assembly.GetFile approach and couldn't get it to return the embedded data. What you want to do instead is this: Stream s = Assembly .GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream( "WindowsApplication1.settings.xml" ); In this example, WindowsApplication1 is the root namespace, and "settings.xml" is the file I embedded. The resource name is a combination of those. --Stephen ...Show All

• Visual Basic Program Execution Speed

  How can i measure how long each part of my program takes to execute, so i can know where the slow parts are I am trying to find out what parts of my program are slow so i can make them faster. Private Sub Test () Dim StartTime As DateTime = Now 'DoSomething Dim ExecuteTime As TimeSpan = Now . Subtract ( StartTime ) Debug . Print ( ExecuteTime . ToString ) End Sub ...Show All

• SQL Server The new connection manager could not be created.

  I had to reinstall the June CTP and now when I right click in the connection manager area and try to create a new OLEDB connection I get this message: TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio ------------------------------ The new connection manager could not be created. ------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The connection manager 'OLEDB' is not properly installed on this computer. (Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design) For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink ProdName=Microsoft%u00ae+Visual+Studio%u00ae+2005&ProdVer=8.0.50215.44&EvtSrc=Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.SR&EvtID=ConnectionManagerNotInstalled&LinkId=20476 I can however create MSMQ,WMI,SMO,SMTP connections.  (Coinciden ...Show All

• Visual Studio Use dataset in Custom code

  I have 2 datasets, one with five dates and the other with the main data for the report. These five dates will be column headings for the report. Since there isn't function for getting, the Second, Third, etc. like there is for First(), I'm creating some custom code to get the date. I thought I could do something like: Public Function GetDateField(Idx as Integer) GetDateField = dsDates.Rows(Idx).Item("record_date") End Sub but that's not working with "dsDates has not been defined." How do you work with the dataset in Custom Code Thanks in advance to anyone who can give the syntax for this. Carl There is no way for custom code to work with the data as a dataset objec ...Show All

• SQL Server Issues With SQL 2005 Encryption

  Has anyone had any expierences with encryption and log shipping/database mirroring. I think you should always create a symetric key with a passphrase so it can be recovered, but that does really help here. If you use a password to open the key versus a certificate I think database mirroring wouldn't have an effect. However, I think certificates are nicer since you don't have to worry about having a password being passed around. If using a certificate it seems like you would have do some work once the mirroed database was brought online. Twiggy, you also posted this question on my blog. I answered it there. Here's a link to the post: http://blogs.msdn.com/lcris/archive/2005/10/14/481434.a ...Show All

• Visual Basic split string

  Is it possible to split a string into 4 substrings and place each one inside a different label the string: xxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | the 4 labels where the text must be placed exist inside a panel. thanx for the help Every class in the library has a number of documentation pages including the "about <x> class" page and the <x> members" page. The 'about' page gives a general description of the class, its uses and restrictions, the platforms the class is available on, its thread safety and which versions of the Framework the class is available in. The 'members' page lists each property, function and event implemented by the class. These two pages are always a good place to start when trying to puzzl ...Show All

• SQL Server GACUTIL.exe Not Available

  Hello, I am going through some examples on how to build custom tasks, and apparently, I don't have the gacutil.exe utility. I guess it does not come with the .NET Framework 1.1 or 2.0. How do I get this utility Thank you for your help! cdun2 Try installing the .Net Framework SDK 2.0 if it is really nowhere to be found. If you are using Visual Studio, I would have expected to be there as the SDK is part of the default install, it may even be required. Have you done a full Search on your machine It is not included with the smaller .Net Framework redistribution package aimed at client mahines. ...Show All

• Windows Forms opening a windows form from a .net windows service

  I have created a windows service in .net and a form to control and monitor the service which I would like to open onStart event of the service. I have tried allowing the service access to the desktop and calling the form but have had issues with this. I think the best way to do this would be to run the form .exe. Does anyone know the code (C#) to do this I am finding it harder than expected to find an example on the Web. Or does anyone know of any better ways to accomplish this From my results I believe that is correct. Which is why rather than showing a form I wanted to run the form .exe from the service so it opened as a seperate process. My final goal is to have a form which sits in the icon t ...Show All