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• Smart Device Development msi file

  I have create my application's cab file, because many mw5 handset is no pre_install .net cf 2.0. So I want to create my application's msi file, include my application's cab and .net cf 2.0 cab file which relate my application. How to create it Please tell me a way. Thank you There's nothing special about NETCF CABs, add them to the MSI the same way as all other files and deploy them to device the same way as your application CAB. That process described here, just repeat it for NETCF CABs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/deploy_cf2_apps_cab_msi.asp ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is there another 3d importer tutorial anywhere yet?

  I've uploaded a SimpleMesh game component to use on conjunction with x2swm. Instructions are here: http://astaroth.beatbuggy.net:8080/Images/XNAMagic/SimpleMesh_GameComponent_rm.jpg Download it here: http://astaroth.beatbuggy.net:8080/Downloads/SimpleMesh_GameComponent.zip Instructions: 1) Add the game component to your project. 2) Drag the component onto your game designer. 3) Set the mesh path and mesh name. (i.e media\\ , Dwarf.swm) 4) Put the DrawComponents() call in whichever effect pass you wish. This works for n swm batches. It will continue to work if the texture is missing. Here is the latest x2swm: http://astaroth.beatbuggy.net:8080/Downloads/x2swm_1_0_0_3.zip pRtkL xLr8r wrote: ...Show All

• Windows Forms ToolStrips moving between Forms

  Basically I have a MDI application. Number of different MDI children each with different toolstrip's and layout on each (loaded in programatically via a custom XML layout system). The problem I'm having is that ToolStrip's can travel between ToolStripPanel's and ToolStripContainer's of other MDI forms. I want ToolStrip's only to be able to be moved between other ToolStripPanel's inside the current Form, and not to ToolStripPanel's in outside forms. A possible solution if the above is not possible, is just to allow reordering of the ToolStrip in the current ToolStripPanel only. Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Handling incompatible old libraries

  I am currently trying to compile code which uses old C code with a C++ wrapper. It had compiled on earlier versions of software (within the past two years), but Maya needs an updated version. I think one source of the problems is that the C code relies on old libraries. I tried changing <iostream.h> to <iostream> but it introduced a handful of errors in the C code which I am hoping to avoid getting wrapped up in. I get the following errors using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition: LIBCMTD.lib(stdexcpt.obj) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall std::bad_cast::bad_cast(char const *)" ( 0bad_cast@std@@QAE@PBD@Z) already defined in handsimulatenode.obj LIBCMTD.lib(stdexcpt.obj) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall std::b ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Orcas svcutil Suport?

  Hey! I found out that I can download Microsoft Pre-release Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" today from : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=69055927-458B-4129-9047-FCC4FACAE96C&displaylang=en#filelisthttp://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1129583&SiteID=1&mode=1 Will this suport paramters on the svcutil when adding a WCF service inside Visual Studio. I need two parameters that are not suported in Visual Studio 2005(with orcas suplement): /a = asynchronous methods /r = Shared types ex svcutil /o:proxy.cs /a /r:SharedTypes.dll http: //localhost:8000 The /a and /r switch has always been there in svcutil.exe tool that comes with the .Net Framework 3.0 re ...Show All

• SQL Server dbo user / permissions error.

  I had found one or two other questions about this, but neither of them seemed to be the same as my instance, and there solutions were not valid for me. I purchased the Build a Program Now MS Visual C# 2005 Express Edition book with CD. This was installed by the auto installer on the disk. which included the SQL Express 2005 version. I have used the Visual Express C# interface, build a small program, created the database, created tables. all went well. I can even add data, and so forth. My problem came when I went to click on database Diagrams in the Database Explorer. I get a Dialog box stating " This Database does not have a valid dbo user or you do not have permissions to impersonate the dbo user, so da ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Does VE mess up PNG alpha for IE7?

  I've been playing with a custom tile set generated via map cruncher. The tiles are generated from an image with an alpha channel of about 170 on coloured regions, and full transparency everywhere else. When the tiles are generated and loaded in firefox they look great... exactly as intended. IE6 used to be hideous (last month) and now seems to have the transparency handled, but no alpha. I was using Lewis Harvey's fix, but it no longer seems to be required IE7 also has no alpha on the coloured regions, either, which suprises me. I thought IE7 was supposed to support PNG alpha now. Anyone have any insight or hacks that might make IE7 work as nicely as firefox Thanks, Greg Unfortunately I don't have a pub ...Show All

• SQL Server Non-release version (600) is not supported by this version of SQL Server

  I downloaded the 101 Samples installation (i.e. 101SamplesCS.msi) from Microsoft's website, which contains SQL Server database files. While working with the databases in the "Data Access" samples from the 101 Samples projects, I get the following error: "Database <mdf_name> cannot be upgraded because its non-release version (600) is not supported by this version of SQL Server. You cannot open a database that is incompatible with this version of sqlservr.exe. You must re-create the database..." I assume the database files were created with a beta or CTP version of SQL Server 2005. Does anyone know where I can get an updated version of these database files or scripts to update them Please help. Mike. ...Show All

• SQL Server analysis service DTS keeps failing . ERRORSOURCE = DSO

  i have an analysis services dts job on an old sql server 2000 box. i have never used analysis services before, and am a bit stuck. the job used to run and succeed all the time, but now it fails most of the time. this is the error that goes with the failure. someone suggested that its because more than 1 cube processing jobs were running at the same time, but i dont know how i would sort that out as they have to be run at the times they are scheduled for. ERROR: Executed as user: REDMOND\osqlli01. ... tart: DTSStep_DTSExecuteSQLTask_4 DTSRun OnFinish: DTSStep_DTSExecuteSQLTask_4 DTSRun OnStart: DTSStep_DTSDynamicPropertiesTask_1 DTSRun OnFinish: DTSStep_DTSDynamicPropertiesTask_1 DTSRun OnStart: DTSStep_DTSOlapProcess.Task_1 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System changing Environment Variable via postbuild event

  dear all i need to access an environment variable via build and change its value - any idea how do i do that Thanks alot Ron Ron, MSBuild does not have a built-in task for modifying environment variables. However, you can do it via a custom task (which has already been written for you). Check out the following links for more information: http://sstjean.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_sstjean_archive.html http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=669082&SiteID=1 Hope this helps. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Smart device help

  Hi, I am developing applications for smart device by using CF1.0 in visual studio 2003. I hav one doubt. I give one exe file name to the program (function) that program returns whether that file is currently running or not. ( OR ) that program returns window handler (return type is intptr)for that file. Is there any Device API for solving that problem i don't need Process class because that class contains more code and it occupies more memory. I need solution like FindWindowW(). Please send links or solutions. Thanx GANESAN M. I got the solution. Just I'm using FindWindowW() and SendMessageW() APIs to close the application which is currently running. Steps: 1. First i get the window handle by using FindW ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How do I get the WorkflowContext?

  I created a new class that derives from CopyItemActivity. When the Execute method executes I look at the ListItem property and it is ALWAYS set to zero. If I follow the Parent properties all the way up to ROOT it's ListItem property is correct. The action is defined in wss.actions as: <Action Name="Test Copy List Item" ClassName="MyWorkflows.TestCopyItemActivity" Assembly="MyWorkflows, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=xxxxxxx" AppliesTo="all" Category="List Actions"> <RuleDesigner Sentence="Copy item in %1 to %2"> <FieldBind Field="ListId,ListItem" Text="this list" Id="1" DesignerType="ChooseListItem" ...Show All

• Visual C# How to Create a URL syntax checker in C#

  I would like to create a URL syntax checker so that can verify a cerrtain URL not a phish site. But I am also aware that some URL have valid syntax but is still a phish site. To answer this, I am looking for some measures on how to verify a URL and its correct DNS equivalent. I am doing a project of mine as one of our requirements and I have decided to create a web browser (already done) and I have included there 3 anti-phish tools. One of the tools is to check for URL syntax error. i have searched for such but has given me no good results that can be of any help to my project. I was hoping that some of the bright minds here could help me or enlighten me in my search. Thanks. Hi, Is this a good means for catching URL that is ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. d3dx9d_30.dll

  Why do I keep getting an error box saying d3dx9d.dll was not found how do I fix that do i need to do somethink to the directx sdk after it is installed. i get the error when I try to compilie something with xna it does it with the space war start up kit or just if you compilie a new project with nothing done to it. The direct x sdk was downloaded on another computer because i us dialup could it be because it wasn't the redistributable version that they downloaded and its d3dx9d_30.dll i forgot the underscore 30 last time. ...Show All

• Visual C++ mangled name

  Is there any API to retrieve the address of a method (private/public) using the mangled name. the method is supposed to be a class member. we can know the mangled name from the .map file in VC++ 6.0 Please also suggest a method of using this in GCC. einaros wrote: Shouvik wrote: So please suggest a way to retrieve the address(HEX Value) from the mangled name. Un-mangle the name using undname, and fetch the address using GetProcAddress() . Erh Why would you expect the unmangled name to produce valid input to GetProcAddress If the function is indeed exported it would very likely have the mangled name in the export name table, but certainly not anything I can thi ...Show All