djm-web's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Configure what ports the .NET component uses?

  I am trying to run an application (Smartermail, a mail server built on the .NET framework), which uses a .NET component to manage its TCP connections. The application does not specify a local port, so apparently the component chooses one it considers open, from the range of 1024 to 5000 I think. Is there any way, as an administrator of the machine, I can predict, constrain, or influence what port will be chosen For example, how does the component decide a port is open Can I configure the machine to declare all but a few ports closed, so the component will always choose the ones I want it to use Can the component itself be configured at the machine level Is there some other utility in Windows 2003 server, the platform in questi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System permanent delete file from SCC

  I want to know how to permanently delete a file from scc . We have created lots of team projects and files while learning vsts but we dont need them and it is taking space in SCC . as most of files are binaries which does not support differential storage so the useless amount of scc DB is 2GB . so I want to delete it permanently even it can never be recovered . can i do that It would be great if some one can give us pointers to reduce size of SCC DB. Thanks Richard...It is great news...since i am very waited for the release of SP1...and i heard so many new colorful features has been added...i need to try it out..since i am doing complete customizations over this... Thanks once again for your quick info. Regards, Kathir ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce application read data from cd rom

  I have an app that is meant to run from a CD as I do not want to copy the contents to the users pc. If I use click once to deploy, it checks the prerequisites, which I need it to do, but then runs from the Cache. This causes problems as all the materials I need the app to access are on the CD. How can I tell the app after the click once has run, where it was installed from, so it can read the folders and files on the cd Or is there a better way to run an app from a cd and check that .net is installed!!! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Suppression of Warning Messages

  Hi, Using the RTM version, I have loaded the four databases that comprise our system but I have over 300 warning messages. I cannot see the wheat for the chaff. I am slowly working through these warnings, changing our code where I can, to eliminate them. However, many of the warnings are generated because we have stored procedures that create, and fill, #tables and then call other stored procedures to process the records in them. However, VSTS4DBPro issues a warning for every line in the called stored procedures that reference a field in one of these #tables. Is there any way that I can declare a #table in the called procedures, that will not cause an error when it is called, and which will cause these warning messages to go away ...Show All

• SQL Server Use Variable as Table Name

  I am trying to write a stored procedure that accepts a table name as an argument and then displays all of the columns of the table. My code does not work and I don't know why any ideas set ANSI_NULLS ON set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo] . [selectTable] @tableName varchar ( 50 ) AS select * from @tableName ; I get this error: Msg 1087, Level 15, State 2, Procedure selectTable, Line 5 Must declare the table variable "@tableName". Please help. sorry for that buddy......the scope of variable ends in the dynamic query itself...this will work... alter PROCEDURE [dbo] . [selectTable] @TableName varchar ( 5 ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is it possible to use Newton Physics or FMOD?

  Is it possible to use Newton Physics or FMOD Can the newton .dll be used in XNA http://www.newtongamedynamics.com/ What about FMOD for sound http://www.fmod.org/ Im trying to get a handle on creating a game in XNA - ive been using TV3D 6.5 Beta and I want to see if i can accomplish the same things with XNA. thank you, Thanks for the quick replys Jim. I am completely new to XNA - I have been using TV3D 6.5 beta for months now - i have a pretty good handle on it despite the lack of (none) documentation and the dredful people that run the forums -- oops im not trying to b#@! I really want to look for any alternative to TV - if possible. Im not really sure that i understand the rol ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Want to shell(myprogram)...

  I am a little lost... I wrote a program to open Outlook templates - I know a can do this in VBA, but don't want to set up on every computer so I included the templates as content in a program. Now... I want to shell my program from Outlook VBA - I would expect something like: shell("c:\program files\My Company\tempmonster.exe") But I can't find an executable - what happens to my program after I've installed it, and how do I shell to it Thanks Dman1, congratulations on 3000 posts! I found some stuff there, but no executable. My current best solution is to copy the files from ...my project\bin\debug directory. How do dotnet apps execute ...Show All

• Visual Basic Newbie question on how to authorize command line app

  I am building a command line application (vb.net 2003 - 1.1) that I would like to be installable (via a download from a php script) without having to touch the machine to run the "trust an assembly" wizard. I have looked into running caspol to tell it to trust the executable. Caspol requires that the module have a strong name. I have generated a key and tried to include it in the assembly, but the application also relies on a third party dll that does not have a strong name, so I am unable to build with a strong name. I have tried using tlbimp to create a wrapper for the dll with a strong name, but am unable to get that to work (really don't know what I am doing with that, just tried to follow suggestions in an article I googled ...Show All

• Visual Basic Picturebox format conversion?

  I'm running into a minor snag. I load a bitmap into the clipboard using the Ctrl+C command. The program I wrote, then copies the clipboard into a Bitmap object. Next the program assigns this as the Image of a Picturebox object. So far so good... This is where the problem pops up. The Image displayed in the picture box is a dithered image. A nice solid brown patch becomes a dithered patch of color. It shouldn't be system display settings, since the original image displays properly. It isn't the copy operation, since I can set the clipboard object to the bitmap I just loaded, paste it into a graphics program, and the dithering is not there. It appears to be a function of the picturebox assignment. Sample code: Private ...Show All

• SQL Server BULK INSERT using Exisiting Folder

  I am getting the following error when trying to point a Bulk Insert Connection Manager to an existing folder (rather than a file). Anyone else having this problem or know what i am doing wrong I find it interesting that is says file (below) when i told the connection manager to point to the folder. Thanks in advance. "Error: 0xC002F304 at Bulk Insert Task, Bulk Insert Task: An error occurred with the following error message: "Cannot bulk load because the file "c:\Folder\" could not be opened. Operating system error code 5(Access is denied.).". Task failed: Bulk Insert Task" James Bulk Insert Task uses FILE connections that point to a file wich contains data that you want to be loaded using BULK INSER ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express Import Using Transact SQL Statements

  I have SQL server Express. How can you import a database, using transact sql code, onto a server from your local PC. there are several ways to "import" a database into SQL Server including the Express edition... Attach database files Restore previous backup Execute generated tsql scripts ...Show All

• Smart Device Development C++ for Windows Mobile

  Hi there, i would like to know what c++ libraries are supported on the windows mobile os, and will the standard c++ commands work with windows mobile if not can you recommend any sites which will help point me in the right direction. You might want to start here - http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/reference/GettingStarted/default.aspx Checkout the links to Videos on the page. This should get you started. Manav ...Show All

• Visual C# how can i delay compiler??

  In order to see the changes I want to add delay time. That is actually the "timeFly()" method's work. But this is not suitable and reduces the performance. Can I use Timer class for this aim If yes, How can i write code statement private void timeFly() { for ( int i = 0; i < 12000000; i++) { } } private void fly() { int t = 0; timeFly(); timeFly(); while (t < 50) { this .pictureBox36.Image = Properties. Resources .fly1; timeFly(); this .pictureBox36.Image = Properties. Resources .fly2; timeFly(); this .pictureBox36.Image = Properties. Resources .fly3; ++t; this .pictureBox36.Location = new Point (a, b); a -= 5; b -= 2; } ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development launching InternetExplorer.Application x32bit on a x64-bit OS

  There are two InternetExplorer.Application objects on x64-bit systems, one for x32 bit, the other for x64. By default, the x64 bit version is launched when you call the object, because by default the x64 bit wscript.exe is used. But you can also launch the x32 bit version of the object by using the x32 bit version of wscript.exe and passing the vbs url to it as an argument: -------------------------------------------------- Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.Run("%windir%\SysWOW64\wscript.exe " & Chr(34) & "C:\Program Files (x86)\IE_InternetExplorer.Application.vbs" & Chr(34)) -------------------------------------------- The same works for all other x32 bit Active ...Show All

• Visual C++ About MSDN Libraries CD in the Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition Package...

  Hi, About those MSDN Libraries CDs that come with g the y Package, Do they ABSOLUTELY have to be installed in order to be able to program in Visual C++ and to be able to use the Microsoft SDK v2.0 and all the OpenGL and DirectX or Direct3D APIs... Are they necessary in order to write and make workable programs... Do they contain any needed APIs or libraries files that are needed by the Visual C++ compiler... What I mean is, do they contain any needed libraries files used by the Compilers, like Visual C++... Or are they just for the Help index and Contents to view and see the APIs macros... You are correct: you don't need to install the MSDN documentation in order to use Visual C++. But doing so helps g ...Show All