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• .NET Development How should i start learning building Distributed Application in .NET

  Hi Guys, I am having 3 year of .NET programming exp. I made few web services but i want more knowledge about .NET Remoting as well as web services. Can you please suggest me some good book and tips for self learning. How MSTS certification help me in this. Thanks Mahesh http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/apptype/distapps/default.aspx http://www.thinktecture.com/Resources/Books/default.html#ADR_CSHARP ...Show All

• Visual Basic controls PLEASE HELP

  is there a way to make it so that a may program can interact with oter programs like changing songs in windows media player or internet explore How would i do this bumping your own threads does not help get the answer quicker. If someone knows, they will post otherwise in the mean time do some research as its the only way to learn. In order to interact with other applications, not entirely possible. You would have to pretty much get focus to that application and SendKeys to it (send key strokes to the application) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Basic Accessing EXIF data in non-bitmap images (Photoshop docs, and camera raw files)

  I've been trying to find some resources that discuss how to read and write from/to the EXIF data in photogrph files. I have figured out how to do it with jpegs and tiffs but the process converts the file to a bitmat object before handeling the data. When I try to do this with a camera raw file (*.cr2 Canon Raw) or a Photoshop Document (*.psd) it errors out on that conversion. Can anyone point me to any resources that address this topic Thanks for the help. Edit to add: Actually I thiink what I need t is to  be able to edit  the IPTC data  of the  image file. Any help would be appreciated. Mike Allgood I am sorry I don't have an answer to your query, I was searching the site t ...Show All

• Smart Device Development pda and datagrid

  Developing a simple pda app using a datagrid(MsFlexGrid would have been better but not supported by vb 2005 correct ). I need to populate the grid with a simple table the user selects a number from. 1. it appears i need to create a database to do that correct 2 will Excel work for the data base if so how please and what format do i save it in 3. how do i import it 4. how do i get the numnber the user double clicked on Thanks Mitch Create your custom record classes and initialize fields with '=' statement. Example: Custome c = new Customer(); c.FirstName = "John"; c.LastName = "Doe"; arrayList.Add(c); // repeat as needed. You can also add ...Show All

• Visual C# Passing two paramaters

  I have an app that I am trying to build using the BackgroundWorker Component, and I am having a little bit of trouble figuring out how to pass multiple paramaters back with ReportProgress. Below you can see the two small code snippets. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Russ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// (sender as BackgroundWorker ).ReportProgress(currentCount, totalCount); ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// void backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged( object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e) { progressBar1.Value = (e.ProgressPercentage); progressBar1.Maximum = ...Show All

• Visual Studio application behaves differently when started "with" and "with out" debugging

  Hello, I built an active x control which is using Direct X for graphics. The problem which I have is that when I build the project in release mode and try executing it with "Start Without Debugging" ( strl + F5) I get a different and undesirble result. But when I execute the same with Start (F5) my application run as I intended. When I build it in Debug mode, above problem does not exist. That is my application behaves in same way, irrespective of me using "F5" or "Ctrl + F5" to start the application. Can any one please help me and tell which settings I should look into to fix this problem. I am using Visual Studio 2003 and writing unmanaged C++. thanks and regards Vikas ...Show All

• Visual C++ Is is possible to install VC++ 6.0 on MAC OS?

  No, you won't be able to do that. You still require a Windows OS (running under Virtual PC) Microsoft used to have a product named "Microsoft Visual C++ Cross Platform Edition for the Macintosh" where you could write MFC apps that would run on a Mac but the product was discontinued in 1996. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to determine if phone has SMS capability?

  Hi. I am using VS2005/VB.Net and CF2 to write applications for Windows Mobile 5 Smartphones. I'm developing an application that relies on the phone having the ability to send and receive SMS message. I believe (but I could be wrong) that in some countries, and/or with some network providers, that the ability to use SMS is something that must be "turned on" by the network provider and/or setup within the phone. Therefore, I would like my application to be able to confirm that SMS is enabled and working on the phone, and if not, inform the user appropriately, rather than the user thinking that my application isn't working as intended. So, is there a way to programmatically determine if the Smartphone has the ab ...Show All

• Visual C++ Virtual Store location in Vista

  How can I find where Windows Vista is putting my application data files Everything works until I try to do a shell open and of course the file isn't really there. I've done: SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL,path,CSIDL_APPDATA,false); but that tells me where my data should be as opposed to where it is. Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcome. Will hello Re: Virtual Store location in Vista Take a look at this: http://www.awasu.com/downloads/2.2.5/alpha2/fileLayout/ I hope it give some hints but please note that such questions are outside the scope of this forum, for the scope of visual c++ general forum, please refer to: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1944 ...Show All

• Visual C++ OracleConnection Not Found

  I am new to Visual C++ and .NET. I am trying to connect to an Oracle DB. When I try to compile the code, OracleCOnnection can not be found. I have included System::Data:OracleClient in the namespace. Is there something I need to set in the project Willy, Added the directive to the source file with no change in the error message. Thanks DocK ...Show All

• Visual Basic Saveing Added Data In an SQL Database

  Hello, I am currently developing an application which needs to go through a sequential text file and store data into an SQL Database. I have everything working except for that any data that is read into the Table is lost when the Application is ended. What do I need to do to Save the data to the database p ermanently be sure that the database is not in the project solution, if it is then click on it and set the copy to output to "never" and copy it initially to the project output directory initially, then run your app. Currently this is all I can think of   edit: in addition is this method being executed in Form1 or another class Also be sure that you implemented the InsertCommand, DeleteCommand and UpdateCommand for t ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Add start menu item programmatically

  We are trying to avoid building a setup program for our PDA application so that the user does not have to have the .NET framework on their desktop or laptop. We can install the application and the needed dll onto the PDA remotely but we want the program to appear on the start menu. To make it as easy as possible we want to add the shortcut programmatically. Is there a way to do this using compact framework 2.0, coding in Visual Basic If so, how If not, why not Thanks!! Because we do not want the user to do any more than he/she has to. We already automatically copy the application .exe file and .dll file to their pda which would be negated if we require the user to know how to run a cab file. ...Show All

• Community Chat User Interface Oriented Application Development

  Hi all, my name is Babak K. Farahani, who was thinking about User Interface Oriented Application Development concept for just 15 years! Three years ago after lots of different implementation I decided to develop the first application that could generate applications based on the UIOAD concept. As I never thought I must register the concept at the time, I never published anything about my dreams. Recently with help of my friends, we published a paper on UIOAD and set up the www.uioad.org to ask all other developers around the world help us in completing and developing the concept. So, I invite everybody to the site and appreciate your comments, idea and ... Regards No, it is really, completely different with InfoPath or ...Show All

• Visual C# What does the ? mean in C#

  I know this is saying role not equa TO an empty string and roleUp not sequal to an empty string but where does the question mark come in Any help on where I should go with this...... (role != string .Empty && roleUp != string .Empty ", " : "") Yes, it would work, as && has a slightly higher precedence than : , so it would be intrepreted as: ((role != string .Empty && roleUp != string .Empty) ", " : "") But, I agree it should have been written like that, not for the compiler, but for the humans who would be reading it. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS Server SP1 Install failed, error code 1603

  I attempted to install the final version of the VS 2005 SP1 for Team Foundation Server. First I installed the quiescence patch that the installer required, rebooted the server, then restarted the SP1 installer. After ~3 minutes, it was saying "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU" and indicated Time remaining as 0 seconds. About 9 minutes later, the progress bar shrank back to nothing, the progress dialog closed, and that was it. The Application log had an Error, Source:MsiInstaller, with a description that began, " Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU - Update 'Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (databases) - E ...Show All