Nuno_Salvado's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. D3D_DEBUG_INFO

  Hi, I've added this #define just before including d3d9.h but I can't see the desired debug info even with the debug runtime. I've checked using the preprocessed .i file using /P option that the define was effectively set and it is for sure. Also, the d3d9.h is inlcuded from one and only .h file in my project so I'm sure D3D_DEBUG_INFO is ALWAYS defined before including DirectX files. Can someone tell me what could be wrong Guillaume Hi, It seems to me that there's no specific debug library for d3d9. Also I think taht the __d.dll files are loaded automatically when the debug run time is selected and even with that I can still not see the D3D_DEBUG_INFO. Have you done any try Thanks Guillaume ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem when using linked server

  Hi everyone, I've got problem querying remote tables via a specific linked server. The server from which I execute the query is an SQLServer2005 and the linked server is an SQLServer2000. If I do select * from <linked server>.<database name>.<db owner>.<Table1> after a while I get the following error message "Server: Msg 10054, Level 16, State 1, Line 0, TCP Provider: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host." I execute the query using profiler and I got the following profiler error: 'OLE DB provider "Unknown" for linked server "(null)" supported the schema lock interface, but returned "0x80040e96" for "ReleaseSchemaLock".' ( The que ...Show All

• Windows Forms VWD and MySQL

  I am trying to create a simple CRUD form using VWD express edition on a table under MySQL. The table has a primary. When I get to the "Advanced SQL generation Options" dialog box to generate the insert, delete, and update statements, both options are disabled. Note: The table has a composite primary key. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Please ask asp.net questions in the asp.net forums . I believe for you to get insert, delete, and update commands you have to list the column names in the query. By that I mean Select * from MyTable will not allow you to generate the commands but Select Column1, Column2 from MyTable will. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Strange Issue with String.IndexOf()

  I am using Function(String b)//where b="FunGroup" { String Categories= Contact.Categories // Categories return "FunGroup" Categories.IndexOf(b) // returns -1 .. where as it shall return 0 } What can be the issue Airan wrote: Found the answer, i was reading categories from Contacts and it returns categories with a space before the category name ..Culprit found and fixed too :) good to hear ... if you wouldn't mind though, mark mine as answer, since I did bring up checking for spaces ... would appreciate the credit. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Ugh....Driving Me nuts....

  I am in the middle of writing a prog that takes a file within a directory on a HD renames it to the directories name and then places the newly named file on the root of that HD. Here is the code. and I am not getting it.....I would really appreciate your help. Thanks Imports System Imports System.io Imports System.IO.DirectoryInfo Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim dlg As New FolderBrowserDialog Dim FileNamesSelected() As String Dim SelectedFolder As String 'Dim FileFound As String SelectedFolder = Me .FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath FileNamesSelected = System ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Printer Model #

  When you right click on a printer | properties there is a Model property which displays the printer model, is there a way to retrieve this using the .NET 3.0 API Looking in PrinterQueue but can't see anything... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Automatically generate an embedded manifest

  If an application has many individual executables (over 50) and I need to embed a manifest in every one of them, is there a way for VS2005 to do this automatically during the build. Thanks Is there a reference on how we can automatically embed manifest files into a console application written in C++ with VS2005 A mainfest gets written, but we need one for Vista certification requirements. ...Show All

• .NET Development displaying a windows form from inside an asynchronous method(thread) ??

  Hi, I am listening to HTTP using sockets on some port where the browser sends data. I want to display the HTTPRequests to the user I send it to the server. The problem is that I am calling a Windows Form inside the asynchronous operation and it is not displaying the form. here is the code. I have tried to use put the "frm.show" method in a separate method and call it asynchronously but still not working. Can anyone please modify this code. All I want is that if TrapRequest is true then it should display another Form to the user where he can see the HTTPRequest and untill the user clicks on some button at that form, this method should not go further. I mean the current thread should block, show the form to user, takes input fro ...Show All

• SQL Server Including Sql Express DB with Winforms Application

  We are thinking of using a Sql Server Express database ( .mdb .mdf) as a data resource in a Windows Forms application that we will be distributing to clients. When the application is built, the mdb file is copied to the bin directory. In order for clients to access this database, will they need to have an instance of the SQLEXPRESS server installed on their computer Or since the .mdb .mdf file is being accessed from a .Net 2.0 application, there is no need to install a separate db component If I do have to separately install the db component on the client end, is this the way to go about it This Or is there a different/better way When you do distribute you can package up the SQL Engine (SQL ...Show All

• SQL Server Need Help with Data Conversion??

  Hi, The requirement is, we have to transfer from Flat file to OledBDestination. Flat File example is: 001|001|abc| In the Database Table, Column A and Column B are Numeric(4,3). Column C is varchar(50). We have to write custom component (programmatically) which puts in the Database as 0.001|0.001|abc I followed the Programmatic Sample, that comes with installation, ChangeCase which changes the case of the column as it moves to Database. I modified the program to meet my requirement. Program Sample is below. In below, I get the decimal Value (as columnValue), and then Divide by Math.Pow(10.0,3) to get 0.001. And I set it to thebuffer.SetDecimal method. For some reason, the decimal values does not show up in the Database. It ...Show All

• SQL Server Using Variable/Expression to Log with Parent/Child Packages

  I have one package that executes 4 child packages (5 total). All 5 packages are set to log information using a connection string with a variable set at runtime for the location. The child packages use a parent variable to get the log connection string from the parent package. The parent package logs fine, but a strange behavior occurs with the child packages. The child packages all log data to the location used in the configuration file variable during runtime (like it's supposed to). However, I would get an error right before the first child package finishes execution saying path not found. Just for giggles, I created the folder I use in my development environment on the production environment. The error goes away, but the log file ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Controlling the name of the .sql file.

  Is there any way to control the name of the .sql file that is produced by datadude The background to this is that we want to put in a Post-Build step that chnges the .sql file to a name that is short enough for MSBuild to use. We've tried changing the name in TFS Build but thatr doesn't work because we cannot predict what the name of the file is going to be (because it puts the server name in there). Thanks Jamie Hi Jamie, Correct, right now this cannot be controlled from the UI. You should be able to add this property to the project file manually and we will pick it up. If you then override it from the command line, the command line setting will override the setting in the project file (similar to overridin ...Show All

• .NET Development System.IO.Compression not as good as compressed folder

  I'm getting much better compression when I make a compressed folder (Windows XP) than I am using DeflateStream or GZipStream.  I thought these were the same algorithms used in PKZIP and for compressing folders.  Why such bad compression DeflateStream: 3544Kb -> 1261Kb GZipStream: 3544Kb -> 1261Kb Windows XP: 3544Kb -> 804Kb So how can I get the same compression ratio as Windows XP Thanks, Jeremy Well, it looks like all the Microsofties who would know about this issue are on holiday so I filed a bug report:   http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewfeedback.aspx feedbackid=7b108df7-540e-4a30-a964-a8509804c8a6   Happy new year eve ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Visual Studio 2k5 Database tools problem with Fox pro 9.0 sp1 ole db provider

  I have MicrosoftR Visual FoxProR OLE DB Provider 9.0.0.3504 installed. In the visual database tool, when I run "SELECT DATE() FROM MYTABLE", visual studio will give me the follow error: Error in SELECT clause: expression near ')'. Error in SELECT clause: expression near 'FROM'. Missing FROM clause. Unable to parse query text. However in visual studio 2003 on another machine, everything works fine. I tried to reinstall visual studio 2005 and the fox pro ole db provider many times. I still get the errors. Also, I remember it works on my friend's visual studio 2005. Can someone give me some help to fix this Thanks. Also, "Verify SQL Syntax" returns "This command is not supported by this provider&quo ...Show All

• SQL Server Custom Scheduler - similar to Report manager's for scheduling and subscription

  Hi I'm looking for a scheduling control for ASP.NET The project requires we need to create our own custom interface similar to Report Manager's for the scheduling and subscription functionality. Has anyone done something similar or know of any code libraries that may exist already We need to do this because our web app will interact with SSRS via the Web Service - we are not exposing Report Manager. Thanks Brian ...Show All