Jamie Thomson's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms error when refreshing dependencies

  Hi We've updated our visual controls to the latest release version (infragistics) and need to refresh the dependencies on the setup and deployment project - when I do this I get an exception, with the message "The operation could not be completed. Exception occurred." Thanks Bruce We can't find dependencies of COM dll's. But, I wouldn't think the UltraWinTabControl is a managed assembly... You can also start to diagnose this by looking at each Project Output group, or each assembly added, and look at the dependencies property. Find out what is still pulling in those dependencies. Perhaps something isn't getting built properly in the parent project... they do have to be rebuilt first ...Show All

• Visual C++ "unresolved external symbol _main"

  I am getting this error after I try to compile a visual C++ dll file. It compiles OK but when I try to build it I get the error. Hello Re: "unresolved external symbol _main" Posted twice: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=988423&SiteID=1 deleting this thread, OTP Thanks Damien ...Show All

• Windows Forms Working with threading

  I'm very new to programming with C#, but not new to programming. I'm developing a program which will allow users to make phone calls via our phone system from Interactive Intelligence. I'm connected to the phone server via COM object. Here's what happens. The program has two threads running. One of them I start when the application runs, and the other one is started by the COM object when it receives notification of a status update on the phone call. We'll call my thread number 10, and the COM object thread 12. Thread number 10 runs without any problems. Then all of a sudden thread number 12 will get notification, and start running some code. One of the things that thread number 12 should do is change the text on a button. As s ...Show All

• SQL Server Is there a proper way to use a snowflake design?

  Hello, I am trying to develop a cube that includes employee counts. Looking at Ralph Kimball's article about Human Resource data http://www.dbmsmag.com/9802d05.html it looks like I should have an Employee Transaction Dimension table of all the employees and all their actions over time. I also should have a fact table which "is a snapshot that contains monthly numeric summaries that are difficult to calculate from the underlying transactions." That all works for me. My question is, what is the next step with this Specifically, I need to have dimensions on the Employee Transaction Dimension table such as their Department, Location, Rating, Gender, etc. Do I have those dimensions (Department, Location, Ratings, etc.) as a dimens ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to Disable Autosave?

  Hi all, Does anyone know how to disable VB autosave I like to open a working solution/project, mess around with it, and if I cant get it working, I like to exit without saving so that the original working version is left. But silly VB 2006 autosaves changes, therefore stuffing up, a once working solution/project. I can understand autosaving whilst working though a large solution, but I prefer to click save once I have accomplished a routine, in the solution/project. Thanks. In my "Project and Solutions" option, I only have "General" and "VB defaults", no "Build and run". I am using Visual Studio 2005. Help ...Show All

• Visual C++ PS: problem with "=" operator

  Code: HWND CurrentWindow = FindWindow(_T( "SALFRAME" ),NULL); HWND FirstWindow = CurrentWindow; When debugging I see when 1st line executed CurrentWindow = 0xSomeValue, FirstWindow = <undefined value> when 2nd line executes CurrentWindow = <undefined value>, FirstWindow = 0xSomeValue Question: why CurrentWindow value becomes <undefined value> after "=" operator   Olyx wrote: When I see in Locals, the CurrentWindow variable duplicates after "=" (I see 2x CurrentWindow`s, one has correct value, but other - undefined value) Maybe you have several variables with the same name   For instance, in the next case: . . . HWND CurrentWindow; ...Show All

• Visual C++ Removing ext from filename

  In a C++/CLI (vs2005) app, I've a String which contains a filename, e.g. "test.txt". How do I remove the file extension ".txt", such that, the resulting string is "test". I can't get TrimEnd to remove the extension ".txt" in the following code. Does anyone know why String^ temp = "abcb.txt" ; String^ temp2 = temp->TrimEnd( '.' ); temp2 stills store "abcd.txt". ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Get by ChangeSet Not Working; Bug?

  Hello, Seems to be a bug when attempting a command-line get by version. I wish to get changeset 190085 but the Get is getting all files rather than those associated with the requested changeset. Am I doing this wrong I don't want all files because they are targeted for the next build. I only want the file which corrects a compile error. Z:\>tf get $/KillerApp/ZRoot /version:C190085 /recursive /preview Z:\appx\src\marshal\dmcurve: Replacing MAKEFILE Z:\INCLUDE: Replacing DTLDCXRC.H Replacing Idimlog.h Replacing ifontmgr.h Replacing pasteinfodialog.h Replacing UCPUTILS.H Z:\>tf changeset 190085 /noprompt Changeset: 190085 User: BGates Date: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:03:57 PM Comment: Build fix for 20000003 Items: ed ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Graph Works in GraphEdit but not in Code

  I wrote a DVD player application and built the graph manually (didn't use DVDGraphBuilder and its auto graph building feature, just a normal GraphBuilder with manually connected filters). I added the graph created at runtime to the ROT (Runtime Object Table) and then did "Connect to Remote Graph" in graph edit, thereby loading the graph from my code into graph edit. If I play this graph in graph edit, it works perfectly. But in my program the first screen shows up for about 1 second and then it goes white and then the dvd plays with no video, only audio (with the ActiveMovie window continually filled a white screen). I can't figure out why the graph will not keep on rendering the video when running the code, since the exact same graph (sam ...Show All

• .NET Development Setting An Object To Null Ensures Getting It Garbage Collected?

  Will setting an object to null ensures getting it marked for garbage collection even if it still within its execution scope The reason I'm asking this is to know whether or not setting a global object (defined in the class scope) to null ensures getting it garbage collected by the runtime GC (even if it's still not out of scope). You're mixing up terminology, perhaps that's the reason for your question. You don't set an object to null, you set a reference to an object to null. It is that reference that can have an execution scope, not the object. The object is eligible for garbage collection if there are no references to it left. If the reference is a member of an object, that object will be garba ...Show All

• Customer Care Framework CCF Download missing on MSDN Subscriber downloads

  I was just wondering if they have taken down the CCF Download form MSDN Subscriber downloads. I heard back from the folks responsible for the MSDN Downloads... Yes you need to have either a MSDN Premuim or Academic Subscription in order to access CCF download. MattB MSFT ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Serialization and Document/View paradigms in ".net Framework 3.0"

  The time has come for me to seriously tackle serialization in my application under development. I've been dreading this for some time. But it's now time for me to make code commitment. For the purposes of this discussion: serialization: the process of reading and writing a reasonably complex application object to and from file. (Although it's understood that the serialization mechanism will also be used for clipboard interchange and a number of other uses). The last time I had to deal with serialization was in .net 1.0, and I have to say, it was not a happy experience. .net 1.0 serialization mechanisms were pretty nightmarish -- lack of serialization support for anything other than tree-based structures, and a requirement for extensive ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Creating a DirectX Device without a control

  I am building an app to perform offline image processing on the GPU, and was wondering if it is necessary to bind the device to a control. At the moment I have a dummy control used to initilialize the device, which works, but is a bit of a fudge. Passing a null control to the device constructor usually results in problems later on when rendering, even though I am rendering to an off screen texture. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Andrew. Some samples in DX SDK use this function (they are command line tools): //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDirect3DDevice9* CreateNULLRefDevice() { HRESULT hr; IDirect3D9* pD3D = Direct3D ...Show All

• Windows Forms Refreshing the web browser control

  Hi all, I have problem in refreshing a web page.... Steps: i create a windows form and add the web browser control, iam actually calling a report in this form..so if i update the values,its not getting updated....so wha could be the problem...if i take the URL and run it in the browser i am getting the changed value...so can anyone plz help me out of this problem... I hav also added the piece of code... reportPath = new Uri (url); wbreports.Url = reportPath; wbreports.Update(); wbreports.Refresh(); wbreports.Navigate(url); Thanx in advance Hi.. thnkx for ur reply... I tried passing the URL but even then its not working...In reports theres a property called A ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Trigger Error

  Can someone explain this error: I'm tring to make a trigger work for a border when the border receives focus, but i get this error 'IsFocused' member is not valid because it does not have a qualifying type name. Any ideeas Hi Lee Do you know the reason why we have to write Border.IsFocused even if it's nested inside a <Border.Triggers> Caro ...Show All