Rhubarb's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Hi recieve the same message

  Hi i just registered VB 2005 Express Edtition and i try to enter to the registration benefit portal but i can't. i click this link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ LinkId=52054 and error appear: The registration process can take a good 24 hours to go through, I would wait a day then try again... Also moving the thread to the Install and registration group for the express products. ...Show All

• .NET Development Make deployment of .NET Framework 2.0 faster for end users

  We have an application built on .NET Framework 2.0 and hence is a requirement for our end users to have it in order to run the software. We are using the ClickOnce deployment and its a very easy deployment for users with .NET Framework 2.0 installed on their machines. But for users who dont have the .NET Framework, its taking anywhere from 15 - 30 minutes (depending on their PC speed, internet speed etc) and they are not happy with the kind of time its taking. (We dont have any control as to check whether the installation went fine or crashed in the middle etc) Is there a better way to distribute .NET Framework 2.0 for our end users so its much faster Right now, we are using the Setup.exe that ClickOnce generates for this and we d ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista how to implement a simple approval using a web

  Hi Team, Basically we just wanted to create a simple workflow that is hosted on an IIS server. A simple request and approval will do. We’ll just use it as a sample for our development. Currently all samples on the WinFX site are windows applications… We just wanted to know how to implement a simple approval using a web Regards Rohit We have some samples of how to use WF in ASP.NET here: http://wf.netfx3.com/files/folders/technology/default.aspx Regards, Paul ...Show All

• Visual Basic Do Loops ?

  I'm afraid I'm having a little bit of a brain fart here. I have a form where I am expecting a user to enter data and then press the add button to add it to the database. Before I add the record I want to ensure that they have entered data into all the fields. When they press the add button I'm calling an Edit() routine. My question is, what kind of loop do I need to use to check this I am displaying a message box telling the user that he/she has not entered certain data, then when they press OK it is checking it again and again . This should be so simple but I've been at it all night and my head isn't co-operating. Where should the loop be and which type should I be using. Thanks in advance. Tattoo ...Show All

• SQL Server Dropdown won't show values if only one item is available

  I have a report that has 2 dropdowns, selecting from the first dropdown populates the second one. This works fine in the BI Studio. When I deploy this report to the 'Report Manager' and make a selection from the first dropdown, the second dropdown loads (as expected). I tried to select from the second dropdown (which has only 1 item - which is correct), the dropdown does not appear correctly - as in, I can't see that item. Since we can't attach anything here, below is the link to a screenshot of my issue: http://docs.google.com/View docid=ddd6j2xn_52c5qd5 If you look closely at the screenshot from the link above, you'll see that there is a value in the second dropdown - it just won't show completely - as if the dropdown is not re ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to convert char string to Unicode?

  Hi -- I'm looking for a simple way to convert an ASCII string to Unicode. More specifically, I've got a function that starts out... int main (int argc, char *argv[]) And I need argv[1] converted to Unicode because I want to feed that string (it's a file name) to a Win32 API call SetNamedSecurityInfoW, which requires a filename (logically) but needs it in Unicode. I have tried using MultiByteToWideChar, but it doesn't like my argv[1]. Any help would be much appreciated. Hi, Jonathan, and thanks for the quick response. I've written a console win32 application that lets me modify a SACL on a file, and it works fine.  But it had a file name hard-coded into it, so I wanted to modify the ...Show All

• SQL Server problem

  Dear All, I have tryed to insert a textbox in an SQL Server Report. With normal text it is easy to show the text from an access database with the help of a dataset in the report. But in my database I have text as RTF. Is it possible to show the formated text in an Report Hopefully anyone have the answer or an idea how it is possible to show rich text formated text in a report. Thanks stefan I second that. Will Microsoft reporting handle rich text in 2008 I wouldn't even mind paying for an advanced version that did handle it... ...Show All

• .NET Development System.net Ftpwebrequest FtpWebResponse BUG ????? (Error 530 Not Logged in)

  Hi, I'm trying to connect to an Apple OSX Tiger ftp server to get a list of files, and I always get the "ftpwebrequest The remote server returned an error: (530) Not logged in" error, I have tried to use it with a Windows 2003 Ftp server and works like a charm. Public Function ftpDO( ByVal serverUri As String , ByVal path As String , ByVal xUsername As String , ByVal xPassword As String ) As String Dim retStr As String = "" Dim responseStream As System.IO.Stream = Nothing Dim readStream As System.IO.StreamReader = Nothing Dim Request As FtpWebRequest Dim Response As FtpWebResponse Try Request = CType (WebRequest.Create(serverUri & path), FtpWebRequest) Request.Credentials = N ...Show All

• Visual Studio Get list of files and their versions at a particular date

  Is there anyway to get a list of all of the files that were under a particular project with their version numbers at a certain date I want to apply a label retroactively and I think the only way to do it would be to get a list of the files and their version number, and then run the label command on each file. For example lets say my SS structure is this: $/Company $/Company/Solution/ $/Company/Solution/Project1 $/Company/Solution/Project2 I want a list of all of the files under $/Company/Solution on 1/1/2007. i.e. $/Company/Solution/Project1/foo1.cs Version 23 $/Company/Solution/Project2/foo2.cs Version 31 Then I can parse that file and apply labels to those versions. I'm suprised that no one has a script to do this already. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Just saying Hi

  Hi! I have wanted to make a game for some time now... and I never really wanted to put much time into it until now. I have the whole game drawn out on paper (classes, skills, the way the networking works) but never got around to implementing it. I have been playing with this XNA GSE and have a car that I can drive around a track. Hopefully I will have more soon. I would like to "build up" to my main goal which is the game I was talking about before, but that includes animation which I am waiting for a nice example/tutorial for. Anyways, just figured I'd say Hi and I'm sure I'll be able to help out with normal programming stuff for now (I'm a software engineer for 2 years now), and maybe others can help me out with ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. What happens next?

  GSE has been out a whole day, so you should all be over your 'death march' by now , and ready to tell us what you are working on now! Seriously though, isn't it about time you spilled the beans as to what GSP will be all about, and perhaps gave us some idea of how frequent the release cycle is going to be for GSE We're actively planning future releases ... and some are on vacation. :) Stay tuned. We want to share as much as we can and get feedback as early as possible but we're not ready to do any bean spillage just yet. That reminds me, I'm on vacation. Paul ...Show All

• Visual Basic retrieve and use parameters on app launch

  Hi, Here's what I am trying to do... A user logs in to a web-based application. When credentials have been validated, ActiveX launches a client VB.Net application that simply runs an appbar news/events ticker. However, I need the VB.Net app to know specifics about the user upon login (ie. user_id). I am not new to web development; however I am new to Windows Forms/VS 2005...I have been looking for a way to declare the command line parameter that are fed via the ActiveX Shell call for the .exe c:\\program files\\test.exe -param1 testuser When test.exe launches, how do I retrieve the string "testuser" as param1 so I can begin to personalize the test.exe application based on the user that logged in from the web form. ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to process Large Binary Files

  I'm trying to read Test.bin but I keep getting out-of-memory error The file size is >300MB. I can read smaller files well - but large files are a problem. Anyone has a good snippet fileContents = My .Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllBytes( "C:\Test.bin" ) Thanks. Thanks... I tried it but it was very, very slow. Perhaps I need to read and write in blocks instead of bytes. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Is there a way to create a dll in C++ without a def file and have it work for a Visual Basic Host?

  Is there a way to create a dll in C++ without a def file and have it work for a Visual Basic Host I got the vb program to call the dll functions but there is a runtime error in the c++ code that causes it to fail and generate a Unhandled exception in VB6.exe (NTDLL.DLL):0x0000005; Access Violation error.  Then it indicates a problem with the following line of code in the assembly language in the disassembler: cmp dword ptr[edx + 14h], 0   the code is as follows:   #include "stdafx.h" #include "stdio.h" int __stdcall GetPaperAbsorbency(int Ftn, char FilePath$) {  int MultFilNum;  char PA$; // char filename;  //need C++ version of free file statement here // filename = File ...Show All

• Visual Basic Smtp Email Question

  I was just curious if anybody knows how to set the username and password on an account in order for the smtp client to be able to send an email... Thanks All... Yes, I believe so. I access my gmail account already via Outlook Express. I'm trying to do this via my own application however. But, you 'd think if I can access my gmail account through Outlook Express, I should be able to access it in some other application. ...Show All