ArcSlayer's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Special build mode

  Hello! I wonder whether the following is possible in Visual Studio 2005: I create Win32 console project; I add some source files to it with an unknown extension (e.g. ".scf"); There is no custom build rule applicable for these files; In the project configuration properties I can still configure "C/C++" properties; I press F7 to build the project: .scf-files are being processed by some application that produces another source files (e.g. with an ".out" extension); .out-files are then being compiled by a Visual C++ compiler (using settings given on step 4) to obtain final executable. Thanks in advance. Thank you, Marian. I found a way of add ...Show All

• Visual Basic Import Image From DialogBox. Store, Retrieve Image In And From Database

  May i know how to store image for example .jpeg in database I have already set a column datatype to image in my SQL Server but now i have no idea how to use dialogbox to select a image file and import it and store into database. Besides that, how to retrieve the image and display in imagebox or picturebox Thank you. I don't know how to make use of dialogbox and import image from there before i store into database Besides that, i have used the OLEDB and the code shown as above is based on another component. Anyone can show me the sample code on OLEDB. Thank you. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Pin recursively

  Can I pin files in a project recursively Pin: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ko-kr/library/adsxty97.aspx Unpin: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ko-kr/library/0y9ch9s9.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System vdproj, msbuild, and MSDN walk through

  I have followed the walk through located here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404859(VS.80).aspx and have corrected the issue mentioned here http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2006/09/23/767329.aspx However, I still have an issue with the end result and wonder if the person that wrote the walk through actually tried it. The walk through states to do the following in the set up project: In the Add Files dialog box, open the location of HelloWorldTest.exe, select it, and then click Open . The location in this walkthrough is C:\DeploymentProjects\HelloWorldTest\HelloWorldTest\obj\Debug\HelloWorldTest.exe. Your file path may be different depending on the location of your local workspace. if you add this file to the setup and ...Show All

• Visual Basic Icons in custom-made dialog boxes

  I have just created a custom-made dialog box using the Add Windows Form command under the Project menu of Visual Studio 2005. Now I've run into a bit of a problem: Remember those icons (information, question, warning, error) in those dialog boxes you're always seeing I want to know how I can implement those in my custom-made dialog box I would appreciate a response as soon as possible. Thank you. I would have to take screenshots of the dialog boxes themselves, copy and paste the associated icons, and then save the icons into picture files. How, then, would I implement the ImageList control to display the correct icon in the correct condition (i.e., error, warning, etc.) ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to create a bitmap in compressed mode?

  Not sure if this is the right forum to ask.... I need to generate a bitmap file (.bmp) in compressed mode. I have tried MSPaint and photoshop, but just couldn't figure how to produce such bitmap file in compressed mode. Can someone please tell me I promise to reward you. Thanks thanks for the reply. even after the compression, i would still want to keep the file as bitmap. that is to say, i want to create a bitmap (.bmp) with compression mode (somewhere in the header) is non-zero. I don't want PNG or JPG. I have started to write my C# program for this punishing task. I am now stuck at the RLE compression. Do you know where I can find an off-the-shelf API or DLL to help me compress someth ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How do you enumerate an IQueryable?

  There is a prototype for the CreateQuery method that returns an IQueryable, as opposed to IQueryable<T>. I can't seem to find a way to enumerate through an IQueryable. How is it done Thanks. Yeah, I know that, but I still can't seem to enumerate through an IEnumerable. Here is a method I added to my entity classes that were generated by SQLMetal for Northwind: [Function(Name="[dbo].[MinUnitPriceByCategory]")] public IQueryable MinUnitPriceByCategory2(System.Nullable<int> categoryID) { MethodCallExpression mc = Expression.Call(((MethodInfo)(MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod())), Expression.Constant(this), new Expression[] { Expression.Constant(categoryID, typeof(System.Nullable<int>))}); return this.C ...Show All

• SQL Server Built-in data types in SQL Express: best practices?

  Greetings, I think these should be rather simple questions, yet I spent a number of hours last night digging through the forums here and msdn and couldn't find any satisfactory answers. Basically, there tend to be types of information that are commonly saved in most databases, like names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc...and there are a variety of built in data types in SQL Server. What are the best built in datatypes for some of the common entries in a sql database. Also, there are a number of character based types and I am curious why one would be more useful in certain situations than another. Why is there char( ), nchar( ), varchar( ), nvarchar( ) and text datatypes Why so many Also, what is the "text" ...Show All

• Visual Basic Printing Variable Pages

  Okay... So I am a little new to VB and Word. Here is my dilemma: I have a word document that I would like to find a specific word ("W5WW") in then I would like to print that page along with the 5 pages that follow it. Does this make sense The word that I am searching for does not always show up on the same page in every document. I have included my code below. I was hoping that there was a way to make it print a range using this idea: 'PgPrt1 = PgPrt1 - 1 'PgPrt2 = PgPrt1 + 5 'Application.PrintOut FileName:="", Range:=wdPrintFromTo, Copies:= _ 1, From:="PgPrt1", To:="PgPrt2" Please let me know if there is a solution to this. I have tri ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Unlocking a checked out file

  A developer has checked out files for edit but locked it during the checkout process. How can I, havine administrative permissions, unlick this file so other developers can check the file out The "lock" item in the context sensitive menu is greyed out. In fact, can I disable the locking at all Thanks, Maggie Maggie, I'd download and use the Status Sidekick component of the Team Foundation Sidekicks product from Attrice Corporation. I use this often for just this purpose. The tool is free and can be found at this URL: http://www.attrice.info/cm/tfs/index.htm - Steve ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Printing RTF

  I have made my own rich text application but how can i print in rich text The 'Print function' code is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811401 Replace 'handle' in line res = SendMessage(Handle, EM_FORMATRANGE, wparam, lparam) With your RichTextBox handle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Use code similar to that below to call the code in the link. The highlighted 'print' below calls the code in the link above. Private Sub PrintButton_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button7.Click StartPosInRichTextBox1 = 0 StopPosInRichTextBox1 = RichTextBox1.TextLength PrintDoc ...Show All

• Visual C++ how can i turn off the "/gs" flag ?

  i hope im in the right forum.. im using MSVC++6 and i want to turn off the /GS flag, how can i do this thanks ! Umh, I'm certain you know that already, but obviously /GS or /GS- are command line options that are passed to the compiler driver (cl.exe) on the command line. You can always look these up in the index of MSDN Library to find the corresponding setting in the IDE. So, it is nothing you would do in the source code. Are you sure you mean /GS (and not /Gs) There's probably a corresponding pragma for the latter. -hg ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Going About an Isometric Game

  I have a really good idea for a game, and I am currently working on the engine for it, but I have run in to a problem with something. I can not seem to figure out how exactly to go about producing an isometric view. I have tried to write some camera code, but that didn't do it no matter how I tipped or scewered it. If anyone has any info or could help me, that'd be great. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Calling a WCF Service from a cluster machine which is part of NLB ...

  I have an application that hosts 2 services, service1 and service2 that is hosted in 2 machines that are part of a NLB cluster that does load balancing through muticast. If i access the services from a remote machine using the cluster IP address, it is load balanced properly. But i have a strange requirement where one of the service (Service1) needs to create instances of the other service(Service2) and want that to be load balanced. So in Service1, i created a proxy for Service2 (using svcutil) and create the Service2Client object using the cluster address as the endpoint address. In this case, even though i access the second service always using the IP address of the cluster, it is not load balanced. It always hits the same machine from ...Show All

• .NET Development Session_end not working

  Hi Session_end is not working in asp.net1.1 and 2.0 how to work with this. actually i want when user close the browser automaically fire the session_end. then we need to maintain online users count. this is urgent requirement plz help me if any one know thx advance The forums at http://forums.asp.net will be better able to help you (see http://forums.asp.net/search/SearchResults.aspx q=session_end&o=Relevance ). Thanks. ...Show All