JIM_LANGDON's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development Type 'SqlCeConnection' is not defined

  I'm making an SQL mobile database program in VS2005 (VB) for a Windows CE device and I cannot find any postings to fix the error stated in the subject. I believe it has something to do with the references, but I still can't figure it out. Here are the references in my program: System System.Data System.Data.SqlClient System.Data.SqlServerCe System.Drawing System.Windows.Forms System.XML If anybody could guide me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Thanks. I tried what you mentioned and it still shows up as an error. If I rem out the few lines of code that are causing the errors I am able to run the program on my device with no problems, but if I leave the errors in the program it doesn't w ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Where is physics???

  XNA Framework = MDX Where is game library ! Actors, Scenes, Physics, Reactors, Particles, AI, etc... I think the best physics engine for 2D games in XNA is now: http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx ProjectName=FarseerPhysics "The Farseer Physics Engine is an easy to use 2D physics engine designed specifically for Microsoft's XNA platform. The Farseer Physics Engine focuses on simplicity, useful features, and enabling the creation of fun, dynamic games." It is fast and really good! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I wait for a key to be pressed ?

  Hello, I would like to know how do I wait for a key to be pressed in VB2K5, I've been looking on the MSDN a couple of times but couldn't find anything like it, there is a Declare Sleep from Kernel32.dll....., However it's not really what I'm looking for ! I'm looking for something like this, If Inkey$="" then End But this is very old VB Thank you all. Great, That works but only for a Form, however I'm on a console project currently, so no KeyEventsArgs ... I found that this works by waiting for a key. Dim value As IO.TextReader value = Console.In value.ReadLine() Maybe you have something else Thanks anyway ! ...Show All

• Windows Forms Wrapping NativeWindow in UserControl

  I am trying to wrap a class derived from NativeWindow in a class derived from UserControl so I can use the underlying win32 window created in the NativeWindow class as a control. It all works fine for a while but then for some reason that I cannot ascertain the underlying WIN32 window gets sent a WM_DESTROY message and is destroyed. This happens with the standard WIN32 window types as well as one of my own. An example is below. Clicking the button should toggle the UserControl's visibility and all works fine for a few clicks but after a while (usually 16 clicks) the "edit" window gets destroyed for some reason. The same happens if I set the location of the window rather than toggle its visibility. using namespace System; using ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development HDDVD_E_INVALIDOPERATION when switching tracks

  In the HDiSim, I'm getting an error most of the time I switch to play another title. The error is thrown when a new title is called like so: Player.playlist.titles["title1"].chapters[0].top(); This only happens if a title is currently playing. Do I need to stop a title before starting a new one The readme I have just indicates that you should have a current gen video card with 256mb RAM. I have the new Toshiba Laptop with a GeForce 7600 256MB, so that should fit the bill. I stripped out a bunch of timer managed code and most of my javascript. Now the video plays smoothly. I'm going to back and slowly add all my script, checking video playback along the way to see what might be causing the issue. ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Foxpro7 crashing with "fatal error exception code=c0000005 ..."

  Hi I have a tricky issue in my VFP7 application. At least tricky for me.  The application is crashing with fatal error C0000005. Sometimes I see a message like this one in the eventlog: "Faulting application <appname>.exe, version 1.4.82.0, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x00010f29.". Sometimes the application just hangs. I also see the Windows error "The instruction at "0x...." referenced memory at "0x.....". The memory could not be "read"", and then the application is closed, of cource. The error does only appear in situations where I print, but it does not occur in an exact pattern, or when I pass a particular code line. I use a third party dll called foxpp.dll ( ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How do I cancel my subscription to XNA?

  Okay, I purchased XNA from the Xbox Live Marketplace thinking that the launcher thats under memberships was all I needed. Now, I think it was all I needed, but I can't connect to anything to make anything. So, I want to cancel the subscription, but I can't seem to find any links or anything to cancel. I decided against the XNA Game Studio Express creators club and I now want to cancel and get my money back, where is the link to do that ...Show All

• .NET Development Enterprise.Library help!

  I've been having issues lately with Microsoft.com and it is the same issue as it is for this one. I've been getting a lot of "insert file name here" is not a valid Win32 application. The most recent one is with EnterpriseLibrary 2.0 (January 2006). I download and go to run the file and it comes back and says it isn't a valid Win32 application. I'm running 32 bit windows on a x86 so not sure what the deal is. Another file was some Hands On Labs. Pretty much anything in an EXE i'm having problems... is anyone else having these problems I've also cleared IE's cache so that I download fresh and it still happens.... this is getting very annoying! Sounds like you might have a virus of some ...Show All

• Visual C++ MSVCR80.DLL and Win32 Console Projects

  Hy Guys! I'm developing with VS2005. I need to distribute my Win32 (NOT CLR) console application developed with VC++ 2005. But in the dependencies list I find always MSVCR80.DLL. So in the destination PC the application doesn't work. How can I avoid to link this DLL Thank you. Roberto ...Show All

• SQL Server XP Home security worries

  Hi, I have SQL Server 2005 Express and XP Home sp/2.  There's just me, the one computer, (i.e. one user and no nowork), but I am connected to broadband Internet.  I have the SQL Server installed with its defaults, so it and its various parts are all Network Services (except VSS which is a Local System service).   I've read, and read, but still do not really understand it all. Can someone please just tell me: is this the safest set of services I could use I also use Aqua freeware to import my data to the SQL Server, and Aqua requires connection via the TCP/IP port and for the Browser to be on.  How vulnerable am I doing this Thanks in advance, jessj   hi, the ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums V.E. SDK

  I was wondering if I could see the code that you use for the Virtual Earth SDK because it is not the same code used for the example. So if it is possible can i view that Thanks Yep--there is nothing hidden there. Just right-click the page and "view source". Default.htm page contains just the HTML, vesdk.js contains all of the script, and vesdk.css contains all of the style info. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Launch Conditions - Registry Search problem

  I have setup a setup project to install my application and wanted to add a launch condition to test for the existence of a dependent application, I created a file and registry launch condition and the file search works correctly but I can not get registry search to work at all, I would prefer to use registry search as it is more certain than the location of a file which might have another install location other than [ProgramFilesFolder]. The dependent application is Apple iTunes and has a registry key at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\iTunes. I have set the Root to vsdrrHKLM. I have tried several variations on the RegKey value and none work: SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\iTunes "SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\iTunes" SOFTWARE\Apple Comp ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Works with Vista logo requirement question

  Your "Works with Windows Vista Software Logo Spec.doc" states " The application must be tested on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista. " Our application is a 32-bit Windows application which works just fine on Windows Vista 32-bit OS. So if our application doesn't work "nicely" with 64-bit Vista does it mean that we will not qualify for the Works with Windows Vista Software Logo certification Thanks in advance, Bobby. I'm referring to the "waiver document" that's used for the "Certified for..." logo. If you look at the link http://microsoft.mrmpslc.com/InnovateOnWindowsVista/getstartedcert.aspx and go to the "Test and Submit" section and in subse ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Problem in Creating Excel Addon using .Net assemblies (multiple references)

  Hi all, I am able to re-use a "standalone" .Net component in Excel VBA. However, there is problem if the .Net component further refers to another .Net components. There is a class CompVB which is a VB.Net component with a public method AddOne() to incremnet the input number by "1". There is another CompCS which is a C# component with a public meth AddTwo() which invoke the AddOne() of CompVB and then further increment the input number by "1". My target is to make the CompCS become accessible in Excel VBA environment. I try to generate the ".tbl" file by "regasm.exe" but there's Automation error. It stated that a file could not be found but I don't know which file it is. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development MemWatcher DLL and /clr capability

  Hello. I opened the MemWatcher solution in Visual Studio 2005.(it's the sample solution for creating dll, today screen plug-in). I tried to edit it a little, writing : using namespace System; using namespace System::IO; Namespace hasn't been recognized. As i read it is because of the absence of /clr. I tried to enable this feature but it doesn't exist!! The next step is to create a new CLR project and check again the properties. The Common Language Runtime Support (/clr) was there. So the problem is that the memwatcher isnot made as a CLR. Is there any way to enable this feature so i can add some extra code(and some extra features)... You can try yourself and realize that you cannot add clr feature to memwatcher... ...Show All