Mastroyani's Q&A profile

• SQL Server No. of User Accounts in SQL SERVER 2000 and SQL SERVER 2005 ..plz

  I want to know the maximum number of users that can be created in SQL SERVER 2005 and the previous version... From http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187376.aspx , it infers that SQL2K can only have 32767 SQL users, but SQL2K5 can have more. How much more, I don't know off-hand. But this doesn't say how many logins there could be (although I would guess it would be the same). http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174355.aspx doesn't give many clues. I would strongly recommend using Active Directory, where the limit doesn't actually apply in the same way. Plus, do you really want to have your DBAs managing this type of thing Rob ...Show All

• Windows Forms Convert xml to a DataSet

  Hi there I've been given a file which has xml. I'm trying to get the file to create a typed dataset so I can access its contents easily and nicely. I've run xsd.exe against the xml file and produced an xsd file no errors reported. I then brought the xsd file into my C# project in VS 2005/.net 2. That all works ok as well. Now I try to add a dataset from the tools window and it asks if I want it untyped or typed based on my xsd file. I go for typed and get a TargetInvocationException. The error doesn't say what caused it, just that it got the exception. I do get soime errors and messages in the error list window of VS though - Warning 1 The 'homePlayers_Constraint1' identity constraint is not declared. D:\My Documents\Visual Studio Proje ...Show All

• Windows Forms GetPositionFromCharIndex(int index) in RichTextBox v.s. TextBox

  Dear all, I found the GetPositionFromCharIndex(int index) is a little different from that in TextBox. And I have a question. Explain: If the length of TextBox & RichTextBox are both 2. textBox1.GetPositionFromCharIndex(2) -> invalid, return 0. textBox1.GetPositionFromCharIndex(1) -> valid, return the left bound position of the last character. richTextBox1.GetPositionFromCharIndex(2) -> valid, return the right bound position of the last character. However, because each character are not in the same width, I cannot count the bound manually. Thus, does anybody know how could I get the "right bound position" of the last character in "TextBox ...Show All

• Windows Forms Use and deployment of a custom application framework

  We decided in the development team recently to do things "the way they should be" about deployment, especially concerning libraries and project dependencies. We came up with a scenario we know, for the main part, to be possible because we're experiencing it with some components (the example being Crystal Reports) but we are still wondering how this scenario is possibly achievable. BTW, I read the document Deploying .NET Applications Lifecycle Guide and did not find the answers I was searching for. If they are there, please point me where, I'll be delited to read again what I have maybe missed in the first place. So, here is the pattern of what we would like to achieve: We have a custom application framework called Foreha ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Will XNA work with .......?

  hey everyone im new to this forums and i just had a quick question but if this question has been already asked then you may lock it. ok my question is i recently downloaded Microsoft Visual C# Express 2005 will this work with XNA / is that the only program i had to download for XNA.. or in other words are there any other software i need to download to use XNA on August 30th or will XNA come with the other programs Thank You very much.. im srry i didnt quiet understand what u meant So the Visual C# express that i downloaded of micrsoft website is good for XNA is is XNA going to come with a different C# express again i'm very srry for asking again i didnt queit understand. Thank you ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS 3 Beta 2 Index

  Hi How do I get WDS Beta 2 to index my network drive, I cannot see a check box anywhere in the network drives properties which allows me to index this drive, like I can do on my local drives. I am running Office 2007, Windows XP SP 2. Cheers Johann this new DESKTOP SEARCH DOES NOT HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE need in a business SEARCH ON THE NETWORK DRIVE ... HOW COULD YOU FORGET TO PUT IT IN THIS new BETA VERSION .. THE 2.6.5 HAS IT... PLEASE FIX IT ...Show All

• Visual C# creating objects of a private array

  I am new to c# and need help with arrays. I need to create an objects of an array that will store (first name, last name, age). What is the best way to create this array and then to create the objects of that array Follow up question as this discussion comes closest to my problem. I want to use the property Item to get/retieve a specific entry in the array list and work on an indvidual field in the item returned. My problem is I can not figure out how to code the left hand side of the statement. Using the above example , how would you get the Tim Taylor record (item = 1) and display the age field. = theCollection[1]; Console.WriteLine("-------Tim Taylor's age--------"); ...Show All

• Visual C++ Capture virtural keys in textboxes

  Question: How to capture virtural keys like VK_F1 or VK_F3 in a textbox that has keyboard input focus. Thanks...     Add a WM_KEYDOWN or WM_KEYUP message handler to the window, view, or dialog class that owns (parent of) the text box. In that handler, get the window that currently has the focus and check to see if it is the text box control you are interested in. If so, you have your key. void OnKeyUp( UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags) { if( GetFocus() == GetDlgItem( IDC_TEXT_BOX))   { // Right here you now know your text box had the focus when the key was released     switch( nChar)     { case VK_F1: // F1 key released.         // ...Show All

• Windows Forms Microsoft Outlook contact modifying issue

  Hi All, I am using visual studio .net 2005 tool and frame work 2.0. language C#. Here i am trying to modify the properties of a contact item in Microsoft Outlook application through my local desktop application. I am able to modify most of the properties like namefirst, fileas, phone number etc. But i am not able to modify the private property of the contact item. Can you please tell me how can i achieve this. In Outlook.ContactItem class, i don't see the property for private. Regards, Anand ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) In xaml, set textbox to stretch-to-fit canvas

  Is there a way in xaml to position a textbox in a canvas to always stretch to fit the canvas it’s in For example if the Canvas is width=50 and height=30, then the texbox would be width=46 and height=26 (centered). Then as the Canvas gets resized, the texbox would resize also similar to docking top,bottom,left, right in a regular windows form. < Canvas > < TextBox ></ TextBox > </ Canvas > Thanks. Hi,moondaddy Maybe you should think about "Binding". <Canvas> <TextBox> <TextBox.Width> <Binding Path="ActualWidth" RelativeSource="{RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Typ ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Route line not displayed in IE

  Hi all, Has anyone experienced a route highlight line not being displayed on a map under IE, although all the route points are correctly displayed Works fine in FF (which is annoying!!!) Thanks, Gerry Yes I have the same problem. Only IE. SDK works fine, Copy the simple route code to a local html file and it works ok. Some method call or CSS is my guess. I haven't had time to work it out. Let me know if you figure it out first. John. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dcoder - Response (blast)

  I'm running into this same problem: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=356806&SiteID=1 Databinding seems useless. The idea of the disconnected data model is a really difficult process, mainly because of relational databases. Many of my tables have identities, and if multiple people are hitting the database at once, there is no guarantee that the identity generated in your datagrid is going to be the same when you actually submit the in memory dataset to your database. This makes it a real pain to update related records. Can anyone shed some insight on complex databinding with identities and relationships Perhaps, someone has some good documentation on some methodologies used to create windows forms applicati ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System FXCop vs. 2005 Code Analysis ?

  Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm trying to find out about "coding standards enforcement", and have been asked to look at FXCop. It would appear to be from Microsoft and that leads me to ask what the difference is between FXCop and the "Code Analysis" that seems to be built in to VS2005 There seems to be some (or complete) overlap, but nowhere seems to explain what the difference is and why one would choose one over the other. I presume that we would need to write customised rules (maybe) but can't seem to see where that would fit in to either solution - although both seem to support it. From a development team point of view, which is the easier to manage so that, for example, we don't hav ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Moving too fast, problem with sound

  < defs > < set id = " ButtonFocused " style:backgroundFrame = " 1 " style:opacity = " 1.0 " /> < set id = " ButtonHover " state:focused = " true " /> < g id = " gAnswerButton1 " > < set style:backgroundFrame = " 2 " /> < event name = " ButtonAnswerEvent " > < param name = " numB " value = " 1 " /> </ event > </ g > </ defs > Only one sound effect can play at a time, so if you're sound is half a second long and the user can move to multiple buttons in that half second duration, then you're only going to hear ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectX9 for per Pixel Rendering

  Hello I'm developing an app wich must render 2d graphics in real time, so I've decided to use direct3d9. I want direct3d to render the vertices pixel per pixel. Is it possible I've only done 3d stuff... Thx! I had the same problem of speed when I try to draw Wave file You could address a texture by pointing the x,y you need on it with pointer and draw your pts this way in the texture and simply render a quad aligned to the screen using the resulting texture This would draw very fast your signal in a simple BMP format texture offscreen and the render is very fast, basicly that is what GDI was doing when it used BMP to speed the render... In RenderMonkey you have some sample of Pixel Shader drawing on a quad align sh ...Show All