spectrablue's Q&A profile

• SQL Server LevelZeroOnly provider options in cross SQL Server 2000 linked server Error

  I need to create a linked server between 2 SQL Server and use the "LevelZeroOnly" provider option. However, when I set the option, I can see tables in SS Enterprise Manager but I can't send a select request to the remote server. I always get this error when I try to sent this request (LinkedSrv is my linked server): select * from LinkedSrv...SampleTable SqlDumpExceptionHandler: Process 53 generated fatal exception c0000005 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. SQL Server is terminating this process. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]ConnectionWrite (WrapperWrite()). But this request does work : select * from openquery(LinkedSrv, 'select * from SampleTable') Thanks for any help to solve my problem. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 3rd Series of 3D XNA Tutorials finished: HLSL intro

  Hi all- This 3rd series of XNA Tutorials was already online this weekend, I checked once more to make sure all code on the site compiles without errors. This 3rd series was written to be a introduction to HLSL, starting from zero, and consists of 18 chapters. The first chapter actually shows no code, it only positions HLSL in the big picture. For this series, I've chosen to create a scene shadowed by the Shadow Map algorithm to introduce the various concepts of HLSL. As you can see in the outline of this series, we start with basic chapters, which increase in difficulty throughout the series: Creating your own vertex format Creating a first vertex shader   and pixel shader, and playing around wi ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Configuring a service in code

  Hi, I would like to know of there is a way to configure a WCF service in code only, i.e. not using the web.config or app.config file at all. Thanks. Johan. Hi Ralph, thanks for you response. My services is hosted in IIS 6.0 using wsHttPBinding. Will configuration still be possible as explained above ...Show All

• SQL Server Updating report templates without losing subscriptions

  Hello, We are using Reporting services 2005 and have been for some time. Recently we have started using the subscriptions as well. However we have come across a problem with this. Currently we are updating our report templates by removing them and then creating them again. This worked fine until we started using subscriptions. Now, when the reports are removed, the subscriptions that are associated with the reports are also removed. Is there a way to update a report template, without having to remove the report first And can this be done programmatically The code is currently publishing the reports by calling ReportingService2005. CreateReport( name, "/" + reportFolder, false , template, null ); Thanks, Denise. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to store additional information using an inhired content processor

  Hi, i wanne rotate a model based on it position on the terrain. Therefore i need four Vector3 values containing the most Bottom-Left-Rear, Bottom-Right-Rear, Bottom-Right-Front and Bottom-Left-Front vertices of my model. So i have 4 corners of my model and wanne get the height of the terrain at this points, then i wanne calc the models rotation along X and Z axis based on that using "Pythagorean". Therefore i need to figure out this 4 vertex positions. I couldn't find a way to iterate thought an existing model object, so i looked at an inhered content processor for my models. I just wanted to customize ModelProcessor a bit, like that: [ContentProcessor] class ExtendedModelProcessor : ModelProcessor { public override ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Change Caption color on form

  Ok I am stuck again. I want to change the "Caption" text color on a form. I can change the text easily enough. but the color is something different. The forecolor only changes the text on controls in the form, not the caption. I looked at SystemColors.ActiveCaption but it is read only and I can't seem to find any way to adjust the color. Any Help Thanks as always Dave You can't. The caption color is controlled by the currently active XP Theme. Or if theming is disabled, by the ActiveCaption system color. Changing this is possible but will affect every window, not just yours. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Simple change

  Hello ! a newbie question. 1. I have used a "Minimal Sample" example. The DslDefinition shows an "Example Shape" that has a "Light Blue" color. I have tried a lot to change it to "Red", and to see the change in the VS test instance (after F5). No way to see the difference... 2. I have added my own domain class, and its own shape. The two are linked... but I cannot see it in the VS test instance... What did I miss Thanx a lot for any answer/clue/wish/prayer... Messaoud. Select all .tt files inside the GeneratedCode folder, right click and choose 'Run Custom Tool'. This will regenerate all templates and all changes should be committed/generated. Christoph ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboBox item not updated with List<>

  I have a generic List<DocInfo> DocInfoCollection where DocInfo is a simple class with properties "Ref" and "ID" I used the following code to bind the List<> to a combobox(I don't need to bind the SelectedValue): this.comboSORef.DataSource = this.DocInfoCollection; this.comboSORef.DisplayMember = "Ref"; this.comboSORef.ValueMember = "ID"; There is no problem with the binding. However, when I use this.DocInfoCollection.Add() to add a new DocInfo to the List<>, the new item does not appear in the combobox. To update the items, I need to use this.comboSORef.DataSource = null; this.comboSORef.DataSource = this.DocInfoCollection; th ...Show All

• Visual Basic mp3.......dman

  hi folks mr d-man helped me out with some code to load wav files... I tried the same principle with mp3 files.....but it wont work ....any ideas... d man....where are you cheers If you're not putting quotation marks around the filename already, then do it. If you ARE already doing it, then use literals or use %20 instead of a space. So a filename " Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven " should be " " " Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven " " " or "File:///C:\somedirectory\ Led%20Zeppelin%20-%20Stairway%20to%20Heaven " ...Show All

• Visual Basic Getting IsDate VB6 Behavior in VB.NET

  I've noticed that the behavior of IsDate is quite different in VB.NET from VB6. For example, the string "9p" used to be able to be parsed into a date with 9 PM in it, but DateTime.Parse/IsDate doesn't handle that properly. There may be other instances, but I don't want to have to try and figure out all the strings that we might have to parse to ensure that the next version of our product launches with the same behavior. Is there anyway to use old VB6 behavior for a method like IsDate in VB.NET Sure there may be some changes in behaviour on the VB6 / .NET versions of some of the methods. There is a compatibility namespace for VB6 which allows access to some vb6 functionality - you have to add ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Will WinSDK Sept. CTP Work With WinVista RC2

  So, the question is will WinSDK September CTP work with Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744, on the download page it only mentions Build 5728. Thanx in advance. Yes it does.   Willy.   <Mohsin Mirza@discussions.microsoft.com > wrote in message news:faae61a9-e3d4-4ed6-ae0a-49848950ffd8@discussions.microsoft.com ... So, the question is will WinSDK September CTP work with Windows Vista RC2 Build 5744, on the download page it only mentions Build 5728. Thanx in advance. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How do I get he APIs for Virtual Earth

  My company would like to include a link to Virtual Earth in our software (we currently use Google Earth). How can I get the APIs and nessasary information to do this What do you want to do with VE Take a look at this page that includes the CF application that uses VE. http://www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Gallery/VEMobile.ashx ...Show All

• Windows Forms Make selected node in treeview remains highlight after loosing focus

  hi, I have a treeview in my project, when i leave tree view and focus on another control, selected node in the treeview no longer remains highlight. Is there any way that selected node stay highlight even after loosing focus ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Deployment problem with - cannot compile a markup file which does not contain declaration of the new workflow type

  Hi, I am working with Xoml(With code separation) files. Code is written seperately in another project and adding the above as Base class for Xoml file, then removing x:Class from Xoml file. When building the project I am getting the error like cannot compile a markup file which does not contain declaration of the new workflow type. If I keep x:class attribute then I am getting WorkflowValidationFailedException at runtime. This build error is creating the problem at the time of deployment. So, anybody please help me in solving this problem. Currently I am working with Workflow Beta 2.2 version. Thank you Satya Hi Matt, Thank you for your valuable solution. I have changed the Xoml file's BuildAction property to None from ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET Framework 2.0 does really support XPath 2.0?

  Hi to everybody, today I am facing a really tough problem. I am trying to compile the following XPath 2.0 expression : ancestor::node()[1]/position() in order to get the ordinal position of a context node within its context node-set. Here it is the simple code that I'm using: XPathExpression expression = XPathExpression.Compile(xpathExpression, nsMgr); Here it is the simple code that I'm using but when I execute the program I receive this error: ' ..... /position()' has an invalid token I have tried to evaluate the same expression with Altova and it's work. Could be a bug of the Microsoft's XPath 2.0 implementation Just use: count(preceding-sibling::C) + 1 Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev ...Show All