philknight's Q&A profile

• Windows Live Developer Forums Welcome!

  Welcome to the discussion forum for Windows Live ID! This forum has been created to provide a place where developers can discuss not only Windows Live ID concepts and plans for the SDKs, but also general discussions around identity and authentication as they apply to Microsoft online services. For an introduction to Windows Live ID, I encourage you to check out these resources: Whitepaper on MSDN which describes our platform and how we integrate in the Identity Metasystem. Team blog at http://spaces.msn.com/winliveid which has information on our new sign-in UI and multi-user support , as well as the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant . Currently, we do not have any public SDKs for development against Windows Live ID, but ...Show All

• Windows Forms searchable combobox problem with datagrid

  i have a datagridview and a combobox. Now i made my combobox so that it's linked to my datagridview. You can type word(s) in the combobox and then it will search in the listitems. But when i click on the result in the combobox it will change the selected field in the datagrid with the result he has found. He has only to look up and not to change someting in my dagatrid. i have made my dagatridview columns readonly and also disabled editing , adding and deleting but it keep changing the value. Hi, Try to set a different bindingContext for the ComboBox,as this .comboBox1.BindingContext = new BindingContext (); This desynchronize the ComboBox and the DataGridView. Hope this helps.Regards. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Does the .NET 3.0 July CTP include ADO.NET 3.0?

  The .NET 3.0 July CTP can be downloaded from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=62057A6F-185F-41DB-ABE5-678F6FC388F0&displaylang=en Does this include ADO.NET 3.0 If not, when ADO.NET 3.0 is released, will it be part of a .NET 3.0 CTP ...or a standalone CTP Michael. Jesus Jimenez - I feel renaming .NET 3.0 back to WinFX or something else this late in the cycle will cause EVEN MORE confusion. It was a mistake to name it .NET 3.0 - no qualms about that, but let us just count our losses and move on for now, and hope that MSFT will consider asking their product teams before making silly name changes going forward. Sahil Malik http://blah.winsmarts.com ...Show All

• SQL Server Removing Duplicate Entries from a Parent-Child Hierarchy

  I have defined a Parent-Child hierarchy for one of my dimensions. (It is a flavour of organisation structure) However, when I process it, each node repeats itself as one of its own children. What is going on here and how can I fix this Someone mentioned a property I can set, but nothing jumps out at me. I don't understand what you guys are talking about... when I browse the hierarchy of my parent child relationship, for each parent node there is a child node with the same name and properties when the dimension is processed. This is before we even run any MDX... ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. MDX and Vista

  Will managed DirectX (for .NET 1.1) come pre-installed on Windows Vista when it is released How about the .NET 2.0 framework I'd like to see the MDX libraries included in Vista, and also in XP service pack 3 (if there ever is one). -Jeremy The official MS policy is only to ship OS core fixes and additional driver type stuff in service packs. For example I tried very very hard to get .Net framework 2.0 included in SP2 and it never happened (bear in mind I was an internal MS guy at the time giving official feedback to the SP2 program managers!). So I doubt we will see anything in a service pack. As for Vista - I don't know - is it currently installed with the betas or is it just the core DX ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Coloring syntax

  I am making a text editor, anyone know where to find some example on how to make a word get colored as you type Like an example already made. Hi, I guess you'll have to use a RichTextBox control. Here's a sample: Dim txt As String = " www.java2s.com ." rchSource.Text = txt rchSource.Select(txt.IndexOf("www"), Len("www")) rchSource.SelectionFont = New Font(rchSource.SelectionFont, FontStyle.Italic) rchSource.Select(txt.IndexOf("."), Len(".")) rchSource.SelectionFont = New Font(rchSource.SelectionFont, FontStyle.Bold) rchSource.SelectionColor = Color.Brown rchSource.Select(txt.IndexOf("java2s"), Len(&q ...Show All

• Visual C++ cout << int; always displays 0

  void setbeamtypevars(){ if (beamtype == 1) { double beamtypedmg=0.5; double beamtyperange=200; double beamtypewt=24; double beamtypespace=10; int mintl=8; double beamtyperof=2; int isimpaling=1; beamname= "Laser (Standard) " ; } } void getinput2(){ .... cout << beamname << "chosen, Minimum TL is TL" << mintl << endl; .... } where beamname is a char* and mintl is an int, both defined in the same function prior (SetBeamTypeVars();)to this function (GetInput2();) being called. This returns "Laser (Standard) chosen, Minimum TL is TL0", but it should return "Laser (Standard) chosen, minimum TL is TL8&q ...Show All

• Visual Basic Failed to import ActiveX control

  I am using VB2005 express and VC#2005 express. With my old friend VS2003, whenever i needed to add flash to my WInforms, all i needed to do was to add the control as a com component and drag it on the stage from the toolbar. Now, when i did the same in new express version, althogh it is added in the toolbars and the references list, but still, whenever i try to drag a shockwave flash instance on my win form, i get the error: Failed to import ActiveX control, please ensure it is properly registered. does some one have any idea how to add flash comntrol as we used to do in earlier versions Please reply this ASAP. Thanks and regards. Syed Mazhar Hasan forstf wrote: I have alw ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums url for RSS feed

  Hi @ll, I have a particular rss feed on my website. Is there any possibility to create a url which enables users to integrate the rss-feed automatically to their Windows Live Space Example: For Windows Live (not Windows Live Spaces!) it works using the url: http://www.live.com/ add=[URLofRSSfeed] But for Windows Live Spaces Thx in advance and best wishes, Eric ...Show All

• Commerce Server Product List Screen

  On the product list screen ( the screen that shows a list of products) in the Starter Site where it shows display name and price. How do you configure this screen to show different columns. I thought clicking show in Product List in the Inventory and Catalog Schema manager would have done the trick but it does not seem to affect this screen. Does screen require back end coding changes to change the columns. Also, where can you change the number of rows that show per page. Please Advise. I have tried that and it does not change the list screen. It does however changed the product detail screen. Chris... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Publish Problem with Database

  If this Post is in the Wrong area I am sorry. I have written a VB.NET 2005 program using a MS Access database and a Datagrid control. The program works fine locally as an exe but when I come to Publish it (using the Click Once method and publishing to CD/DVD) I get a problem. The publishing Wizard works OK and produces the publication files but when I run Setup.exe I get an Unhandled Exception error "Cant find the file C:\Documents and Settings\..\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\Data\............\data\my password.mdb I have not provided the full path as it is very long and includes long strings of characters & numbers). If i manually copy the database to that Directory it works my question is why is Click once not Copying the database HE ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies MOSS 2007 RSS Viewer's XSL Link not working

  Has anybody been able to get the MOSS 2007 RSS Viewer Web Part to work with the XSL Link I have an RSS feed file and a style sheet in the same anonymously accessible location. It works fine if I just point the web part at the RSS feed. If I try to use the XSL link, it fails every time with this error in the logs: RssWebPart: Exception handed to HandleXslException.HandleException System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: s at System.IO.StringReader..ctor(String s) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.DataFormWebPart.GetXslCompiledTransform() at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.DataFormWebPart.PrepareAndPerformTransform() I started by using the default XSL copied from "XSL Editor..." in the web part. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Controlling one form to another

  Hi, Is there any way to control parent form from child without using showdialog(). I am not using MDI form. suppose I opened Form2 from Form1. Now I want to change some property of Form1 from Form2 then how is it possible Hi, Simply make a public property in form2 which it's type is form1 then set this property of form 2 to "this" in form1 before opening the form2. here is what you need to have in form2: //Don't forget that It's better to use accessors for property members of a class public Form1 CallerForm; and have this in caller form: Form2 form2 = new Form2(); form2.CallerForm = this; form2.Show(); then you can change any property of form1 in form2, for example: this.CallerForm.T ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. C# Brainwrong

  How do I do this in C# I have an ArrayList and the following code : levelObject objtest; objtest = ( levelObject )levelObjectList[10]; objtest.matWorld = Matrix .Identity; I want the matWorld of the 10th element of the arraylist to change to identity when I change the objtest.matWorld. I thought objects were references and not value types. Maybe it's because my levelObject type is a struct public struct levelObject { public Matrix matWorld; public BoundingSphere sphereWorld; } ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Portal and reporting components of TS in DMZ?

  Is it possible to configure Portal part (and possibly reporting part) of Team Systemk to be in DMZ to give team members and clients access from the Internet withpout VPN If it is could somebody explain how, or if not - what is the secure alternative Hi Dusan, Can you please verify for me that this is still an issue If it is, I will have it assigned to the appropriate person to provide help. Thanks, -Matt ...Show All