Damien fromOZ's Q&A profile

• .NET Development .NET Security.

  There is something about .NET security I dont quite understand. Lets say that I'm writing an application with plug-in support, i.e. my application can load any assembly, private or shared. Users can load the assembly, work with it's members and unload them. To unload the assembly, I create a new Appdomain, load the assembly and unload the appdomain as explained here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dncscol/html/csharp05162002.asp I create the app domain like this; AppDomain^ newAd = AppDomain::CreateDomain("MyAppDomain",AppDomain::CurrentDomain->Evidence, ads); where ads is AppDomainSetup^ ads with some fields set. So far so good. What I dont understand is, should I worry about security or not. ...Show All

• Community Chat Buying questions about Zune

  Hello! I am considering getting a Zune (I have no music player at the moment, and am willing to give Microsoft's music player a shot), but I am very concerned about it being a "1.0" product; how much upgrading can Microsoft perform on the Zune through firmware/software upgrades before Zune 2.0 is released (I guess I'm concerned about plunking down $300 for a music player this year, only to see a new, improved version of Zune come out next year...) Specifically, I am wondering if the list of supported video and audio formats will ever be expanded through firmware and/or software upgrades, or if those will require a new Zune product... I am primarily interested in listening to my CD collection (the subscription service doesn't interest ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions help:diff between professional and express edition

  hi, I am using the visual studio 2005 professional edition for the web development . Can anyone tell me the add-ons or advantages of express edition when compared to the professional edition . Can i upgrade the professional edition to the express edition. Thank you for your help. Regards Various visual basic editions http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b4z62wxz.aspx If you using the Pro edition then you have more functionality than the express edition which is free to download from the microsoft web site. The VB Express does not allow creation of web projects but there is a free version called visual web developer express which can be used. However as you have the pro edition this version can create web and w ...Show All

• .NET Development Asynchronous Sockets, BeginConnect

  I am trying to use the BeginConnect() method. Maybe I am not understanding it properly but I thought it would keep trying to connect to whatever host:port you asked it to until it connected (or times out maybe ). If this is the case then does anyone know how to change the timeout interval, or make it so it doesnt time out. I have an application that wants to keep polling a given host to see if its there, and if it is then connect to it. Is there a better way to do this if I am totally wrong on the BeginConnect stuff Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks TcpClient client = new TcpClient(); public void TryConnect(IPAddress serverIP, serverPort) { this.client.BeginConnect(serverIP, serverPor ...Show All

• Visual C++ VS2003 -> 2005 : iterator / vector problem (C2440)

  Hi, Retaking someone else code which goes like that : typedef std::vector<XML_Node>::const_iterator nodes_const_iterator; XML_Node *_currentNodeTarget; XML_Node::nodes_const_iterator begin; begin=static_cast<XML_Node::nodes_const_iterator>(_currentNodeTarget); This was compiling / running well on VS2003 and now I have this on VS2005 : error C2440: 'static_cast' : cannot convert from 'XML_Node *const ' to 'XML_Node::nodes_const_iterator' It is my first encounter with standard C++ and I am a bit lost. Any idea how to correct this properly Thanks for your help Olivier Hi, It seems that I can cast an iterator to an element, but not the reverse. Any idea how to do this Cheers. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Debug Error - "No Such Interface Supported"

  I have a PPS 2003 app and am trying to debug but keep getting a "No Such Interface Supported" error/message ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Project Error

  Whenever i try and open the SpaceWar for windows file i keep getting this error, im new here, so i hope i put this in the right section: Could not load type 'Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.ContentSerializerCollectionItemNameAttribute' from assembly 'Microsoft.Xna.Framework, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f48fa5f25d27e8ff". im using Beta 2 and have the latest Direct X and XNA Framework Have a look at https://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=911008&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual C++ Borland C++ V4 and Visual C++

  I have been asked to upgrade an old system. The person in question has the files which were created in Borland C++ V4. However i do not have Borland C++, is there any version of Visual C++ that can read the files or will i need to source a copy of Borland C++ That makes sense. I did not realize that that is what you were asking but it seems to be a valid question. I don't know of a way for VC to read the Borland project files and I doubt that such a thing exists. If it does then the quickest way to find it is to search MSDN for Borland. You could search using the two words Borland and project. You are more likely to get help in a forum or newsgroup that does not specialize in VC as this one does. I ...Show All

• .NET Development BroadcastSystemMessage equivalent???

  I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this... One of the biggest issues I have had in making the switch to managed code code is finding equivalents to various functions. I have found this... But I would really like it to go a level or two deeper. For instance, what is the managed equivalent (and compatible version) of BroadcastSystemMessage Shoot, while I'm at it, what about something that shows equivalents to the other 10,000 unmanaged functions I have used in the past Certain things aren't considered safe to do. BroadcastSystemMessage is one of them. It's not inherently supported by .NET. If you want to use something like that you'd have to PInvoke it. See http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/BroadcastSystemMessa ...Show All

• Visual C# can VB & C# to be used in same project?

  we are develop a project I'm using C# but my partner are using VB is it possible use 2 different language in same project if it is possible . can you let me know how we have some class and module was written by VB is it possible use that when I'm coding ( using C#) thank you very much Hi, if you mean if you use the VisualBasic namespace in your C# file will that enable you to write VB syntax code, then the answer is still no. There are some Visual Basic namespaces but those only give you access to the types that are defined in this namespace which may pertain normally to use in VB coding. You should also be aware of the Common Language Specification (CLS) http://msdn2 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Custom team project creation failed on RTM with TF30162

  Hi all, We upgraded to team foundation server RTM (from TFS beta 3 refreh) single server deployment couple of weeks ago. The upgarde went fairly smooth. We have a custom process template on our team project (based on the MSF agile). After the upgarde we managed to create a new test team project based on this custom template. Today when I tried to create another one (again based on the custom template) the project creation wizard fails with the message "Actual reporting settings for the field System.Title are different from those specified in the XML. Changing these settings is prohibited" (as detailed in the creation log attached). We hav'nt changed this field in the customization but it's possible we changed its reporti ...Show All

• Visual Studio There is no source code available for the source location in Visual Basic.net

  I worked on an a VB app at my college lab and it debugged perfectly. But, for some reason my home copy of Visual Studio Pro won't let me debug the app! I get a message saying VSHOST error, and that there is no source code available. How in the world do I fix this thing! Please advise!!!! Try the following: Go to the project properties for your VB project, go to the debugging tab and switch off the "use vshost" option. Rebuild your application clean and try. John ...Show All

• Visual Basic How can I get screenshots of every open window?

  I have 2 questions today: How can I get a list of the hWnds of all the open windows How can I get a screenshot of a window with an hWnd I provide Basically I'm trying to get screenshots of all open windows. Any ideas ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do I detect if one of the combobox has value in a panel grouped with 8 combobox?

  Hi Please somebody help. I am using vb.net or vb 2005 I have 8 combobox in a panel (Panel1) and have textbox1 outside of the panel1. If textbox1 is 2 or 3, one of the combobox in the panel1 must be completed. So if the user 'levave' the 'tabpage' whithout completing one of the combobox in the panel1, the message should display and the focus should be in the panel1. If textbox1 is 2 or 3 and one of the combox (not all the combobox) is completed, then the event should not fire. Advance thanks Something to start with: Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click For Each c As Control In Me .Panel1.Controls If TypeOf (c) I ...Show All

• Visual C# Keeping a logfile

  I am new to C#. I want to know what is the best way to keep a log of what you do in an application The log will be a file of some sort which can be added to but not updated. There should be an easy way of reading from the file. Nope, not at all. Here's my app.config file: < xml version = " 1.0 " > < configuration > < configSections > < section name = " log4net " type = " System.Configuration.IgnoreSectionHandler " /> </ configSections > < log4net > < appender name = "Application1 " type = " log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender " > < file va ...Show All