TedViste's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development Installer

  Hi, I would like to ask on the way to create installer (multi-cab) for my Compact Framework 1.0 application. I don't use SQLCE. Only used some OpenNETCF libraries. Previously, I have been using ezsetup, but, it does not provide me capabilities to perform some custom action given the installation process. For example, I would like the installer to write in PDA registry about the successful installation (if it is sucess) and copy some files across to PDA once it finish install. Same for uninstaller (delete the registry and files) However, if the installation is being cancelled, the registry will be untouched and the file will not be copied as well. I am aware of NSIS and Inno Setup, but, not sure if they have capalities to wri ...Show All

• .NET Development XML Data Island inside HTML/XHTML Architecture

  Please see question below. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. I have a program in Visual Basic. I want to output a log file from my XML data. I would like the final log file to be in the format of XHTML or HTML for portability. The HTML would be contain the following XML structure as a data island. When HTML processes a <ObjectRef> it will go find the corresponding <Object> data. It will then pull a remotely located ( www.mywebsite.com ) VB user control into the web page and fill out the data. XML Structure <Root> <Reports> <ReportA> <ObjectRef>Object1</ObjectRef> <ReportA> <ReportB> <ObjectRef>Object1</ObjectRef> &l ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Image Search?

  I still see no support for image search. When might this feature be released Thanks. ...Show All

• .NET Development System.Drawing.Imaging trouble

  Hi, where's the best place to ask a question about trouble with System.Drawing.Imaging I couldn't find any special forum for this. That exception is not documented for Image.Save(). Start by not tinkering with the encoder parameters. If that works, post the code that sets the encoder parameters and a call stack trace. ...Show All

• .NET Development unable to create odbc data connection

  hi, i am using visual basic 2005 and oracle 8.0 as my data base. i had created the odbc. i had created a odbc data connection in administrative toos. But when i try to create data connection in vb, selected Microsoft ODBC Data Sources, when i test connection, it says an error message: ERROR[NA000][Microsoft][ODBC driver for oracle][Oracle]ORA-03121:no interface driver connected- function not performed ERROR[IM006][Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLSetConnectAttr failed ERROR[01000][Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager]The driver doesn't support the version of ODBC behavior that the application requested (see SQLSetEnvAttr). Do i have to download any other driver to support ODBC If so please sent me some links. Is it free ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual Studio Express 2005 - Multiple Projects

  Hi , I have trouble figuring out adding projects to the existing project in ASP.NET using express edition. Here is what something I intend to do : --Main (Project) ---DBHelper(Project) ----Class1.vb ---Business Layer(Project) ----Class1.vb --Default.aspx --Welcome.aspx I did thing many times in 2003 version, but not in 2005 express edition. has somebody done it Is it possible Thanks in advance. ~RCandy I'm Sorry rmscandy. This forum is for posting questions concerning the express version of Visual Basic only...Pleas see the following forum for questions regarding asp.net http://forums.asp.net/ ...Show All

• Windows Forms Not able to enable/disable the toolstripbutton through vb.net code

  can anyone pl let me know how to enable/disable a toolstripbutton through vb.net code, i have tried following code but having the toolstripbutton doesnt disable... i am creating an object of a form in another form and trying to disable the toolstrip button of that form ......... Private objConsistencyMain As New frmConsistencyMain objConsistencyMain.ToolStripButton2.Enabled = False Thanks in Advance Thanks Ravi Try writing it like this: objConsistencyMain.Show() objConsistencyMain.ToolStripButton2.Enabled = False ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express XCopy deployment under Vista

  We are in the process of converting our MSDE-enabled products to using SQL Express for compatability with Vista . With help from the msdn article at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165716.aspx I've been able to create a test install that works fine under XP, but fails under Vista . We have our application installing under the "Program Files" directory, and are copying the database's MDF file into the same directory. We are using AttachDbFileName to connect to the database and under XP the LDF file is created fine. Under Vista we receive an error that the database cannot be attached and I've noticed that the LDF file is not being created. I was receiving the exact same error under XP until I removed the LDF f ...Show All

• Visual C# Getting shortcut properties

  Is it possible to get the values of properties from a shortcut that launched an application I've created a shortcut for an application and after right clicking on it and selecting "properties" I can see there are several items in the "shortcut" tab. What I'd like to be able to do is get the value of "Run:" in the application, so I could get it to start either normally or minimised. Is it possible to read these values Thanks, Stu not sure I quite follow. You would need to implement the IWSH interface to read desktop shortcuts.... if you are trying to pass arguments into your application, then this would be better than to read the shortcut and checking to see what the shor ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. input strategy

  Is getting a input device state heavy Should I only do it once per tick and save the info to some global variables that the rest of the of the program can access. Or can I use GetState() everytime I need to check the state of a input device You should store the data as a GamePadState which you can then refer to in order to get input. For example: GamePadState currentState = GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One); if (currentState.Buttons.A == ButtonState.Pressed){ // do something } ...Show All

• SQL Server Passing value inthe Query

  Hi All, I have problem creating query. here is the scenario I have a table EMPLOYEE , the fields are Employee Name, month1,month2,month3,..month12 thomas,100,1200,400...1200 wilson,500,1100,500...1000 carol,200,500,200... 3400   I am creating report using visual studio reporting services I am passsing the report parameter to the query, but i could not the actuall result MY PARAMETER  is 2 ( varrialble is gmonval) I am writing the query  like, select empname,"month"+Ltrim(@gmonval) from employee the result which am getting is thomas,month2 wilson,month2 carol,month2   it suppose to be thomas,1200 wilsom,1100 carol,500 how to get the above result. plea ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to have access to contacts saved on SIM card.

  Hello Everyone, I am trying to get all contacts that are present on my Windows MObile phone and ON SIM Card. By writing following simple code, I got all the contacts from my Windows Mobile Phone native address book. ContactCollection contactCollection = null; Contact contact = null; OutlookSession outlookSession = null; outlookSession = new OutlookSession(); contactCollection = outlookSession.Contacts.Items; But this contactCollection does not include contacts that are stored on SIM Card. If anybody knows how to access contacts stored on SIM card or any work around the please reply ASAP. Thanks and regard RaJ Hi RaJ You'll have to use the native SIM Manager API (docs see here ) And the MSDn Arti ...Show All

• SQL Server JDBC Integrated Security problem

  Hi, I am using the latest 6/26 JDBC driver to connect to sql server 2000 server. My url is jdbc:sqlserver://hostname:1433;integratedSecurity=true;. I was getting the following errors "Invalid integratedSecurity property value:true". Any suggestion to resolve this problem. Thanks. Angel, Thanks your information. As you mention, it will be a problem if our java client resides on non-windows environment and tries to access sql server. ...Show All

• Visual C++ XML file operations in MFC

  Hi , I have to write data such as names into an xml file. can anyone tell me how to open and write data in an XML file using MFC . Thanks h ave a look on this Thread http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php t=408426 #import <msxml.dll> named_guids using namespace MSXML; A Example for Creating a XMl File with Some node and value Function is Devided in two Parts So Easy to understand Code: IXMLDOMDocumentPtr docPtr /*docPtr1*/; IXMLDOMNodePtr DOMNodePtr,DOMNodePtr1, pChild,/*pChild2*/ pChild1,pPtr,pNewNode; RegXML(BSTR bstrName,BSTR bstrWord) { try { if(CommonFunc()==E_FAIL) return E_FAIL; DOMNodePtr = docPtr->createNode(vtTemp, _T("UserInfo") ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Problems with Bluetooth Connection

  Hello! I have a smartphone Qtek 8300 and Bluetooth pulse oximeter Nonin 4100 ( http://nonin.com/products/oem/4100.asp ). I'm a novice in Communication programming. My task is to write application that connects to this pulse oximeter and recieves some data. I have specifications of Nonin 4100 ( http://www.nonin.com/documents/4100%20Specifications.pdf ). As I read in this document I must use SerialPort for working with this pulse oximeter. But some people advice me to use WinSock but I don't know C++. I have some code on C++ and I don't know what can I do... :( BYTE buf[125]; if( (buf[0]!=1)||(buf[5]!=1)||(buf [10]!=1)||(buf[110]!=1)||(buf [115]!=1)||(buf[120]!=1) ) { // error return; } TUint16 HR = buf[3]; TU ...Show All