MattWilkinson2006's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Which book is best for learning C#?

  Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book for learning C#. I already know ANSI C++, which means I don't know MFC programming. I'm very good at the language level (OOP an' all), but I couldn't decide which book would be best for me. Any advice will be appreciated. The books which I short-listed are : 1) MicrosoftR Visual C#R 2005 Step by Step (by John Sharp) http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/7655.asp 2) Programming MicrosoftR Visual C#R 2005: The Language (by Donis Marshall) http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/7219.asp Which do you think is better Or if you have a better book in mind, please tell me. Thanks! Furqan Farooqui wrote: Going by the numbers, Wrox seems to lead the way. Here are the nominees! ...Show All

• Visual C++ Space separated String...need to parse

  Guys, I'm at a point where I have a string that comprises of multiple IP addresses separated by a space (or a comma, whatever I have control over that). Now, I need to parse that string to pull out each IP address separately. Is there an easy way to get this done Or do I have to do it the hard way using one of the low level string operations. I'm working with C++. You can use strtok function from C Runtime Library see MSDN for code sample and description ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. I need Path-Finding

  I am currently working on an RPG using XNA and I was wondering if anyone has implemented a shortest path algorithm on XNA. I need some shortest-path collision-avoiding code that I can use on a grid. I have looked at A* and Dijkstra's algorithm, but I think both may be outside my capabilities as a programmer. Any help is greatly appreciated. A-star is usually better than Dijkstra, even for "guaranteed shortest path." That's because it won't examine nodes that can't possibly be part of the shortest path. Dijkstra calculates global costs (examine all nodes). A-star is really simple, though. It looks something like: Pos p = startPos; Pos g = theGoal; PriorityQueue<Pos, Cost> open = new Prior ...Show All

• Visual J# How do you publish applications to the web

  I am a desktop application creator. I use Visual Basic, and Visual C++. I am new to developing web applications. I just Downloaded Visual J#, and already understand the basics of it, because the language is alot like visual basic and c++, So all I need help with is puting my applications on the web. Can someone kindly help me Hello, You might want to refer to following thread : http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=360853&SiteID=1 Let us know if you have any more questions. thanks, Varun ...Show All

• Visual C++ Trivial Properties vs. Block Properties vs. Traditional get() set() methods = Compiler Bug!!!

  I already posted this thread but I am not getting any feedback. I would like someone from the C++/CLI development team to take a look at this. I have provided a sample of C++/CLI code and it's equivalent written in C#. This is about as simple a demontration as I can provide so hopefully someone will try this out and at least confirm that this is a compiler bug. I have two classes, class 'A' and class 'B'. Class 'B' derives from class 'A'. They both have the same privately declared (same names and signatures) properties and 'get' and 'set' accessor functions. This is possible because they are PRIVATE. The 'get' and 'set' accessors work fine, the trivial property works fine, but the block property in the derived class causes a compil ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Deploying Multiple cab files at once

  I have developed my application and created the .cab file for this application. I followed the tutorial on creating an MSI file and custominstaller and this works fine. My problem comes from the fact that my application must also install .NET framework 2.0 and the SQLMobile .Cab file. I am wanting to package all of these together and be able to deploy them at one time from a users PC. I am not wanting to make the user click on each cab file to execute them. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial to accomplish this, or give me a good idea on how to do it. Thanks for any help These functions are indeed in optional setup DLL which lives inside a CAB file and runs on device whil ...Show All

• Windows Forms Year calendar control to select months

  I was rathered surprised I could not easily find a control that displayed an annual view to allow users to select time periods by _month_, rather than specific day dates. The regular DateTimePicker or Infragistics UltraCalendarCombo just extend off the regular month view showing specific days, and there is no mode out of that granular a selection. Has anybody seen a higher-level time control to let users just select month/year periods thanks In the end i just altered the input/display mask of the UltraDateTimeEditor to show mm/yyyy so the user sees only the month and year no matter which day gets selected. That will suffice for now even though it is not what I envisioned as the perfect visual experience. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error in installing the application tier of TFS

  Hi I'm struggling with the TFS setup for dual server installation :( now while installing the application tier the "createDs" command fails with an error code of 4 and says "Unable to connect to the Yukon Reporting Server. Please check that the Yukon Reporting Web and NT services are running and you have sufficient privileges on the data tier: The request failed with HTTP status 404: Not Found. Data source creation failed" Can someone give me some pointers to the issue!! or any clue wat must have gone wrong Hello, Are you installing the RTM version Have you installed all of the prerequisites before starting the TFS installation You can find the latest setup guide o ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. SpriteBatch.Draw methods not overridable?

  I want to make a component with the same functionality as a SpriteBatch, but it automatically translates, scales, and clips everything drawn with it. I figured I could inherit from SpriteBatch and override the Draw methods, but they're not overridable. I'd be forced to shadow the Draw calls and it kind of blows my whole object-oriented, polymorphic system outta the water. Right now I'm using containment to do what I want, but it doesn't seem very flexible or object-oriented. I have a base component that just passes everything straight to my internal SpriteBatch object and a derived component that translates, scales, and clips everything before passing it on to the SpriteBatch. Can anybody offer a better way of doing what I'm trying t ...Show All

• Visual C# Many a C# Question

  Hi, I've got a few questions relating to C# (Forms & Code) and am hoping that someone could please help. If you do, it'll be much appreciated. Is it possible to add tabs (like MS VS does) when I want to make a new thing If so, what do I do Is is possible, to add non-existant programs to a menu after they have been installed on a computer (like MS Windows Start Menu etc. or Internet Explorer) If so, what do I do When printing with web browsers, is it possible to NOT use the image document user (like when using IE) If so, what do I do Is it posssible to ban websites using web browsers If so, what do I do Is it possible to have a loading bar when a web browser is loading or if something is printing If so, what do I do ...Show All

• .NET Development Securing SqlConnectionString

  Hi, I want to secure my confidential data in database. So i have written a function. It will initially changes the user's (which i have created for data access) password and gives me the encrypted one of the new password. So the developer won't know the password. To get the connection i have to pass the username and the encrypted password into one module which i have written. It will decrypt the password, creates a connection and returns the SqlConnection object. Here i am facing the problem. After decrypting the password i have to attach the username and password in ConnectionString that can be readable by the developer. How can i overcome this. Please advice. Thanks in Advance. once the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Free Corbis images

  Hi, I just registered VB Express and when I try to access the Registration Benefits Portal I get an error: " The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have permission to view it". Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Sometimes it can take a few hors up to 24 hours for the access to be granted... you gan check by going to the http://connect.microsoft.com site and signing in with the passport account that you registered with. If after the time has passed and you still have not been granted, I would drop an email to the connect support guys to see what is happening. ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Get Call Status

  Hi i m Rajat, simply i want ot get state of call whome i m calling on mobile. is she/he On line is she/he switched off his phone. etc. do it man. Rajat Hi I need to know the various states of call in progress to the target number. Let me explain the exact problem. I have developed a windows mobile 5 application which is initiating a voice call from with in the program. Let us suppose to a predefined number +123 or whatever. Now I need to know various states of call in progress. For example – dialing, ringing/busy, pick up, disconnect etc. When programming with native code there are some TAPI functions like “linegetcallstatus” which serves the purpose but unfortunately I am not very good with native language programming and need thi ...Show All

• Visual C++ Exes build by .NET

  Hi, I have come to know that the executables build by the .NET are not complete executable rather they are furhter compiled right at the time of execution. Is the information acquired by me is correct Thankx & Regards, Ashish. Ashish Pratap said - .NET exes are different from the normal windows exes Yes. You are right. They are different from traditional executables. Like I said before .NET code runs on top of a Virtual Machine called the CLR (Common Language Runtime). You may also want to take a look at this article: http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/dotnet.asp And: - To run the .NET exes we need to have the appropriate .NET framework installed on our machines. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Saving time into database.

  I have a timer in a labelbox and I need to be able to save the contents into a database. Whenever I try to save it, I get this error: Column 'TimeOut' does not allow nulls. The error is right, it does not allow nulls, but I was trying to save a time in there, not leave it blank. The only thing I can think of is that it is not converting the labelbox display to a string. The line of code I have to copy it into the database is: NewDayOut.Item( "Time Out" ) = TimeBox.Text where newdayout is the name of the row I'm trying to add, Time Out is the name of the column, and TimeBox is the name of the labelbox I'm using to display the time. I'm going to keep working on it, but if anyone can help, it would be appreciated ...Show All