willajo's Q&A profile

• Architecture UML question

  I have a web site that I am documenting. It does a search process and stores the criteria choices in the session. The it goes into another page for view order details.   I displayed the activation to start of the criteria and at the end of the criteria when they come back. But, I was looking at another architects drawings for another company and he makes the activation small. And, yes since a page is delivered right after a request. I can see him make short activations. But, since the criteria is held in session I think the activation should extend until this data is released.   Main --> || Search  --> Details            &nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions full screen media player

  Is there a code to make windows media player go into full screen apart from right clicking on the player What i want to do is have a button that makes the player go into full screen is it possible I had the same problem, I couldn't find a direct way to block it. So I made a timer that checks if the player is full screen and if it is it sets the fullscreen parameter to false. And because the going into fullscreen is not instant it will not look as it is going into fullscreen at any time. I hope you can work with this, Kasper ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Persistence Services and DTC

  I'm using a TransactionScope Activity that required me to add a Persistence Service to the runtime ( I understand this) However, when I add the SqlPersistence Service to my runtime, I started getting DTC errors. I'm running a WCF Service hitting the SqlPersistence DB on my local machine accessing data on a separate SQL Server box. Is it a requirement to have DTC enabled on my local machine and the SQL server Is this strictly because I don't have the my local SQL server and the network SQL Server linked Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! David, Yes, it is a requirement to enable DTC on both the SQL Server box as well as yours. The workflow runtime handles transactions internally through the .NET System.Transactions infrastr ...Show All

• SQL Server Database mail - send test email

  i've got a brand new server and just installed SQL 2005. when i try to send a test email, i get the following error message: The mail could not be sent to the recipients because of the mail server failure. (Sending Mail using Account 5 (2006-11-23T11:49:34). Exception Message: Could not connect to mail server. (No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it). ) I have checked all items from troubleshoot and eveything is ok...any help thanks So clearly everything is not OK, but what troubleshooting have you done The message says it cannot connect to the server, so he probably is not connecting to the smtp server. From the machine hosting the package, are there any firewalls in b ...Show All

• Windows Forms Creating Microsoft Windows Installer (.msi) file from VS2005 project

  Hi, I could not find a clear answer to the following question so I hope someone on this list/group could offer some advice. Can anyone suggest suitable examples/walk through documentation or even general documentation I can read or try that describes the VS2005 process for creating an .MSI file from a project I am creating. The project is to be fully standalone running on client machines however it requires .NET on the client machine and uses .NET Programmability Support for MSWord2003. I can currently install the published project (directory of .exe, .dll files etc...) which gets and installs the .NET framework from the microsoft site and requires manual intervention to add .NET Programmability support. I want to know if it ...Show All

• Windows Forms problems with showdialog and visible true & false

  Hi I’m work in a system with showdialog form (Modal). The trouble is when open a modal form over other (in modal too), this open good, but when i hide it (childform.visible=false) and again open this from parent ( childform.visible=true) this one becomes visible but lost MODAL (showdialog) property. How I can make visible the child form with MODAL property piece of code to open child form Private Sub oPb_Cheque_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles oPb_Ch eque.Click If not vpb_EstadoFormCheque Then Recepcion.oFm_cheque.ShowDialog() ' Here, we will fill the form whit our data... vpb_EstadoFormCheque = not vpb_EstadoFormCheque Else Recepcion.oFm_cheque. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Using the camera

  Hello all :) I’m a research assistant from the University of Aalborg – Denmark. I am working on a project, that involves building recognition. In this project we need to get some images of buildings, and at the same time get the GPS coordinates, and a time stamp on the image. We have bought a Fujitsu Seimens Pocket Loox that is running windows mobile 5.0. It has tow cameras and a GPS unit build in, So it has all that we need. However making a simple application for the PDA has proven difficult, maybe because I have never made any software for PDAs. I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and a can easily make a small c# application and deploy it on the phone. The problem is getting access to the camera in the PDA. I ha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Invalid Email address--fail to register

  When registered, I was keeping get this error message: Invalid email address I have provided my hotmail address, like XXX@hotmail.com , What's wrong with that Please help how long did you have to wait i've been sitting here all day after trying to register at 09:00 this morning... someone i know reckons they still have the key they were given written down somewhere so i can always post that if it'll be of help... ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. By the numbers - why so big?

  My content, using JPG's, is roughly 14.4 MB. However, the XNB version is roughly 515 MB. About 38 times bigger than the original. Is this normal What steps do I need to take to reduce the size of this I'm just begining with my development but if I can't augment this behavior of the Framework I'll have to serverly strip down my game. Maybe, I'll have to replace Content<T> altogether ( ) Ah yes, pick on my lack of Content processing. . .it's okay, I'll get better :) Well, quite simply all I did was add the JPG's to the project. Nothing in my project is loading them yet (I had to deal with another problem. . .most of the night LOL). So I would have to state the default processor that comes with the Framework. ...Show All

• SQL Server Parent ID in a Slowly Changing Dimension

  Hi There, Just wondering if any of you implemented a (Kimball type 2) dimension structure, in which a ParentID column exists which points to a record from the same dimension table, using a SCD objects in SSIS. The ParentID column would have to be "Historical". The challange here is that you would need to go through the table twice somehow, because if I would do a lookup of the parent record in the first run, I wouldn't be sure if I got the right parent record. Thnx, Jeroen. Jeroen Alblas wrote: Hi There, Just wondering if any of you implemented a (Kimball type 2) dimension structure, in which a ParentID column exists which points to a record from the same dimension table, u ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Error message "non-generic method" using ObjectDataSource and GridView

  Here is my process: (all with visual web developer 2005 Express, April version.) 1.  create new dataset in the app_code folder, called interaction.xsd.  (right-click on the app_code directory and select new...) a.  Step through the TableAdapter Configuration Wizard. b.  Select the data connection (ManagementConnection String (Web.config) c.  Create new stored procedures d.  sql statement "SELECT Interaction.* FROM Interaction e.  new stored procedure names:  InteractionSelect_sp, InteractionInsert_sp, InteractionUpdate_sp, InteractionDelete_sp f.  Fill method: FillInteraction, Get method:  GetInteraction g.  Checked Create methods to send updates directly... h.  I now have Interac ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Building XPS printer driver on windows XP

  Hi      I want to use XPS printer driver on Windows XP.  while installing this XPS printer driver on windows XP it's asking for some DLL files (ex. xdwmark.dll, xdcolman.dll). in WDk folder there is no such DLL that means i have to build this DLL from WDK building environment.   when i am trying to build these dll from WDK's Windows XP build environment i am gettting following warning :   [source path ] is not valid for the current  OS target . can you help me how can i build these DLL for XP   I am able to build these DLL from Windows Vista environment. but while printing from this d ...Show All

• SQL Server Protecting Stored Procedures

  I am creating a .NET application with a SQL database (SQL 2005). The database will be installed at the clients site. I would like to keep them from viewing my Tables, Stored Procedures, etc. I have read several posts on here and no one has given a solution to this, is this possible in SQL I am also currently encrypting/decrypting the table data in my SP's but what is to prevent the client from writing an application that accesses my SP's and therefore retrieving the decrypted data So to answer my second question, anyone who can access my database can call my SP's which will provide them with the decrypted data, correct ...Show All

• Visual Studio Debugger Problems in Thread

  FYI: I'm running Windows XP x64 Edition debugging a 32bit targeted C# application. We have a ton of cases where we use the .NET 2 BackgroundWorker. It's great! However if I try and put a breakpoint in the DoWork event anywhere, it hangs for a while then gives me what I asked for. But that isn't the problem (although it's anoying). The main problem is that it then kills the thread. it doesn't continue when you hit F5 it just dies. Any ideas This is caused by funceval. See the blog entry below for workarounds. In your case disabling ToString() calls in Tools -> Options -> Debugger -> General may solve the problem. http://blogs.msdn.com/greggm/archive/2005/11/18/494648.aspx Azeem Khan Visua ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Xbox Live Stats/Gamertag Webservice?

  Is there any means to access the Xbox Live webservice to read gamer related stats so as to create a custom stats program in .NET Is there a published API for this I've seen may websites doing mashups of gamer info and was interesting in trying it out if its possible. That, no. You can get the GamerTag, which is what I thought you meant - http://www.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/embedgamercard.htm You'd need to be a registered 360 developer to have access to the Live data and API. edit: Hmmm, I did find this . ...Show All