Falconeer's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ syncronization?

  As i stated in my previous thread, I am new to VC++ and am creating one of my first applications. In this application i have a ListBox into which I allow the user to load a list of words from a file. I need to execute this on a separate thread in order to keep my Form as functional as possible incase a large list is loaded. However, when trying to access the ListBox from a separate thread, I get the following error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll Additional information: Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'LoadList' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on. What am i doing wrong To Frank Boyne: th ...Show All

• Windows Forms Invalid icon for shortcut

  I have created a deployment project and create short cuts fro desk top and Program menu. When I tried to add and Icon for those as say in msdn it gives the Compilation error steps in msdn add the icon file to the project select properties for short cut browse and select the icon "Invalid icon for shortcut " any idea, thanks in advance. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Long running Working VSTO application RIP

  Problem I have a VSTO application fully working and actively used since March on a consumer's desktop. Recently the VSTO application, an Excel document with the VSTO custom Action Pane using Remote assemblies has failed on that desktop. Yet works on another computer as well as my development machine. The problem manifests itself as if the machine does not have prerequisites for VSTO installed. I get the cannot find File or assembly name Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime and the Action Pane never comes alive. The only thing I can think of is that the user installed a third party add-in to Excel and that may be blocking...but it shouldn't..... Any Thoughts See actions tried so far. Factors File or assembly name Microsof ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Signature to bitmap

  I am trying to convert a signature to a bitmap on a pda. I was using HoodCanalSystems control, but it isn't working on the new Palm Windows PDA and they are no longer in business. It returns a bunch of coordinates which it writes to a text file: 56,14,57,16 57,16,60,21 60,21,73,34 73,34,79,39 79,39,88,51 etc... I am using the following code: http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/Signature_Capture.asp Thanks, Aaron Version 1.4 of the OpenNETCF framework has the Signature class under OPENETCF.Windows.Forms the download link is here http://www.opennetcf.org/PermaLink.aspx guid=3a013afd-791e-45ef-802a-4c1dbe1cfef9 But remember this one only works in 1.0... no 2.0 version yet. I do ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Labels with Dot Matrix Printer in VFP9

  I cannot get a Panasonic 1150 dot matrix to print a 2" long label in VFP90. I have created a new form size in server properties and have saved the printer settings in the label form. Nothing works. We even created a new driver to default to the 2'' x 4'' form size. It prints the label just fine, but ejects to an 11'' paper size. I even set the reportbehavior to 80...still nothing. Any suggestions I am also really amazed that the output from report writer does not go very well with dot matrix printers. VFP is mostly used to develop application software and most of the application software users use dot matrix printer. Really I don't think I've even seen a dot matrix printer in 15 years, much less ha ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Accessing a SQL Server table using sql authentication as opposed to windows authentication

  I have created a pivot table based on a sql server 2005 relational DB connection, with the userid and password stored in the ODC (sql server authentication). The ODC is in the data connection library (DCL) and is approved. I created an Excel sheet with a pivot table based on the ODC. I can refresh this pivot table in Excel 2005, and I have deployed the sheet to the documents library. When accessing the sheet via Excel Services Web access, it displays properly, but refuses to refresh, errorring with : "Unable to retrieve external data for the following connections: xxxxx The data sources may be unreachable, may not be responding, or may have denied you access. Verify that data refresh is enabled for the trusted file location and ...Show All

• SQL Server Error on using VB in calculated members AFTER stepping up to Enterprise version ??

  I have "succesfully upgraded" ( ) our SQL2005 from standard to Enterprise version. Before, following set worked like a charm: CREATE SET CURRENTCUBE.[Now CY] AS strtomember("[00 - Time].[00 - H - Calendar].[Day Name].&[" + format(now(),"yyyyMMdd") + "]"); But when I process the cube now, I get this error: Error 1 MdxScript(Sales) (58, 74) The '[now]' function does not exist. 0 0 It seems like the reference to Visual Basic has been lost somehow Curiously following calculated member works, even it also uses now() CREATE MEMBER CURRENTCUBE.[MEASURES].[Now] AS now(), FORMAT_STRING = "yyyyMMdd", VISIBLE = 1; Any suggestions please ;-) / geert larsen denmark ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Callback and exceptions

  Hi, Can I send an exception to the cliente when I use a callback I have a duplex communication with a callback, therefore my services are IsOneWay=true, why my services don’t send an exception Example: [IsOneWay=true] void CreateUser(User user); if the service create a user, all clients receive the notification of a new user, but if the service has an exception (the user is not valid) How do I send this exception thank you Thanks for clarifying, that's what I meant when I said OneWay can't throw faults, but I realize that my second comment about wrapping FaultExceptions for Request/Reply might have been confusing... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual studio 2005 pro instalation disappears, but NO ERRORS

  ok. I DLed another one Visual studio 2005 pro but same thing - installation disappears at "setup is loading instaltation files" BUW NOW IN EVENT WIEVER AINT ERROR... OK . it was like this. 1. i had installation on DVD , when installing it said "could open somekindatxtfile.txt very that the file is accesable and bla bla bla". 2. OK. Now i DLed installation from internet. this Setup just disappears ( event ID 11708 ). 3. And i Dled another instalation from internet. this setup disappears too, but in event wiever there aint any errors. and the strange thing - 1. instalation ( the one on DVD) now disappears too (event ID 11708) P.S whats so better in VS PRO 2005 then VS 2005 or VS 6.0 1) do NOT illegally download p ...Show All

• SQL Server Constraint disabling

  Hi, Is there any way to disable/enable constraints on the table Command "ALTER TABLE table_name {CHECK|NOCHECK} CONSTRAINT ALL" produces error. Hi, Use this : alter table YourTableNameWithConstraint drop constraint [CONSTRAINT_NAME]   Babak Izadi LotraSoft Ltd. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Clock

  How would I code a live simple 12 hour format clock that keeps up with my system's clock on my program with "hours, minutes, and seconds" on a status strip on the bottom right http://www.codersource.net/mfc_working_with_timers.html That's an article on using timers. WM_TIMER is probably what you want to type into your search engine for more info, if you need it http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/vclib/html/_CRT_localtime.asp This MSDN article shows you how to format the system time into a string. You need a slight modification of the code in the second link ( to remove the date part ) to run inside a timer event, and then to assign that string to your status bar. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Show message on splash screen

  I need some initialization processes before the main form showup. So I use splash screen I'd like show the progress of initialization on the splash screen. The following code is what I did: dim splash as frmsplash = application.splashscreen splash.status="Start initializing..." splash.status="Initializing 1...." ...... 'initial1 splash.status="Initializing 2...." .... However, I got exception :Cross-thread operation not valid, a control accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on. Is there solution or work around Thanks indeed there is. you are trying to update a UI control, perhaps, from another thread which the control was n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office "Failed to update customization from the specified deployment manifest"

  I am attempting to attach a Word customization to an existing .doc file via Custom Document Properties, as explained in the article http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms268877.aspx . While the article is fairly straightforward, I have yet to get this to work. To keep things simple, I am trying to get this to work in an isolated test case. My project is called "BlankVSTO", and is just that, a blank document with just a MsgBox coming up on Startup. This compiles and runs fine, and I am able to successfully publish it. I am publishing to my local drive just to avoid any network/framework permission errors, and the published folder is c:\AttachTest\. The document opens correctly from the published folder. So far, so good ...Show All

• SQL Server Group age by a parameter and find out the value corresponding to that.

  Hi guys... My goal is to change the given stored procedure so that I can find out the different age gorup according to users parameter and find out sumof these values for that group: s.TVmins, s.Notional$, COUNT(*) AS Qty, SUM(s.TVmins) AS TVMinsAmt, SUM(s.Notional$) AS NotionalAmt For that I am planning to put another parameter @count for the group interval and I need to group accordingly. So my answer should look like: if the user give the @count value as 10: the result should: age group TVMins Notional 1-9 1560 125632( the sum of that particluar group) 10-19 -- -- --- 91-100 -- --- I have a field DOB( Date of birth) , I have to extract age from that field first and then g ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Reload is forced when another person checks in his changes

  Scenario: Bob works on a solution in VS.Net bound to team foundation. Jane works on a project in the same solution as developer A. She adds some file to a project and checks it in. The next time Bob tries to debug/run his copy of the solution after the changes to the project has been checked in by Jane, he gets this following message without trying to get the latest version: File modification detected The project has been modified outside the environment Press reload to load the updated project from disk Press ignore to ignore the external changes. The changes will be used the next time you open the project Is this perhaps some setting on the team project I've googled it, but to no avail... Bob should not be prompte ...Show All