Rod Blackwood's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista App Verifier 3.3 only generates logs with our application if we are logged into Vista as the LogoAdmin user

  App Verifier 3.3 only generates logs with our application if we are logged into Vista as the LogoAdmin user. When we are logged in as LogoUser1, run App Verifier as Admin, but run our Application as LogoUser1, no logs are generated. Is it a requirement that App Verifier generate logs when the application is run as LogoUser1 Feedback from MS: Run the app verifier as an admin, when completed log out of the app verifier, then log back into app verifier as logo user1. It is something to do with the UAC that causes this behavior. We tried this and our application still crashes running App Verifier as Logo User 1 using the same configuration as can be run successfully as Admin User: - Default ‘Basic’ checks with Heaps, Full tur ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Signtool: signing and dating passes, but verification fails

  Hi, I just purchased a code signing certificate from Thawte and am having trouble with the verification process after signing. I have tried signing my executable two ways as follows (in a batch file): Method 1: pvk2pfx -pvk mykey.pvk -spc mycert.spc -pfx mypfx.pfx -pi rom828 -f set File=bw700.exe set TimeURL=http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll signtool.exe sign /f mypfx.pfx /p mypassord /v "%File%" signtool.exe timestamp /v /t "%TimeURL%" "%File%" signtool.exe verify /v /a "%File%" Method 2: set Product=BibleWorks set File=bw700.exe set TimeURL=http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll signcode -spc mycert.spc -v mykey.pvk -n ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Spacewar failed to build... Different processor target

  I'm getting this warning and the project won't build Warning 2 Referenced assembly '..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio Express\v1.0\References\Windows\x86\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll' targets a different processor than the application. MySpacewar1 I'm using a Dell XPS M1710 with a Core Duo 2Ghz processor. Any help please. You know, I just had the *exact* same thing happen to me. I clicked it, got that error, clicked it again and it worked. I've got a P4 2.8, nothing special. ...Show All

• SQL Server object required jave script error occurs

  Hi, I have designed a report in sql server reporting services using SQL Server Bussiness Intelligence Studio tool. I have applied sorting feature for a column. Sorting facility is working fine when there is one or more records. Its giving "object required" Java Script error When there is no record. Kindly help me how to fix this issue. Regards Sagayaraj R Hi I have tried this statement. SortExpression>=IIF(ROWNUMBER(NOTHING) =0, Nothing, Fields!Date.Value)</SortExpression>. I am getting below error when i am uploading in report manager. SQL Server Reporting Services Error ...Show All

• Smart Device Development drop down loses value

  I have ported an app from vb.net03 to vb.net 05 for windows mobile 5. 1 issue that I haven't figured out is when you choose a value in a drop down the Text stays highlighted. The problem is if you go to the next form after choosing the value, that value is lost. I have tried changing the focus on the page to another control in the selectindexchanged function but the value goes back to null in the drop down control. Anybody else have this problem After saving or cancelling the actions of the 2nd form you return to the first form. The first form has several controls (drop down lists, textboxes, etc.), the only value that is lost is the highlighted value in the last drop down list chosen. If you tap on anothe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to permenantly delete all data in my .mdb database?

  Hi, How to permenantly delete all data in my .mdb database through a button click event Thanks. you are looking at deleting all records: DELETE FROM tableName   and execute this command (oleDb) and thats it. Example:   OleDbCommand theCommand = new OleDbCommand("DELETE FROM tableName ", new OleDbConnection( connectionString )); theCommand.Connection.Open(); int theRowsAffected = theCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(); theCommand.Connection.Close();   MessageBox.Show(theRowsAffected.ToString()); ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions express?

  does anyone know the difference between visual C++ express and visual c++ Ozular wrote: I'm new to this too but I wasted a LOT of time finding out that Express Edition has less templates included. Note that the Express download pages do not tell you the restrictions or even contain links to pages that do. I can only speak from my own experience here, but I did find information on exactly what the restrictions were before I downloaded VC++ Express. I don't recall having to look hard for it, either. However I downloaded it a while ago, so it's possible the page has since changed. Ozular wrote: Express Editions are supposed to be more suitable for beginners; if anybody can point out why ...Show All

• SQL Server How can I use Reporting Services on ASP.NET Pages?

  Hi all, Could you tell the correct way to use Reporting Services on ASP.NET pages Now I wanna create an ASP.NET page to show some reports, and I hope to control all logic by program, so I need know the API between ASP.NET and Reporting Services. For example, I wanna pass some data to Reporting Services via API, and then Reporting Services handle the data and return reports to me, and then I can show the reports on my web pages. Please tell me how Hi, I tried with this but instead of prompting to save Excel File,it is displaying the report http://localhost/Reports/Pages/Report.aspx ItemPath=NameOfReport&rs:Command=Renderl&rs:Format=Excel -Thanks, Digant Desai ...Show All

• SQL Server Case statement

  Hi I am having a few problem with a case statement. I have a table with customer data in and I need to bring back all the rows which have data missing from 2 different columns. customer table CustomerID Name SoftwareVersion 1001 TEST1 V5 1002 TEST2 V5 3 TEST3 V5 004 TEST4 V6 ect.. CustomerID Table ID 1001 1002 1003 1004 ect... I have a need customerid table and I need to list all the customers who are not in this table or whos id does not match the new listings, alos there is a softwareVersion Table list all the newest software so the same will need to be done for this. Thanks Rich You need to create the join batween the two ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How can we automate(creation of test scripts) the functionality testing of windows based application developed in vb using vsts

  i would like to know is there any possibility to migratie scripts from loadrunner to vsts. Is there any possibility to record the vb application by using unit or web test. 1.How can we automate(creation of test scripts) the functionality testing of a windows based application developed in vb using Visual Studio Team System for testers. 2.previously we were using load runner for testing the vb application. now we are planning to create the scrips for the same application in vsts for testers by using same functionality. pls give me quick answer. thanks and regards rams is it possible to genarate code for vb application by using unit test for team system.pls give me quick answer.............In loadrunner we have code for vb application t ...Show All

• .NET Development FTP directory browsing and file download

  Hi, I am having a problem when I log in to the ftp server to download a file. FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://nndata.se/user/test.txt"); request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile; request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user", "pw"); FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse(); I want to download the test file from that specific directory above. However when I use this code in some way the ftp server adds the "user" string to the directory and starts looking for the test.txt file in this directory: nndata.se/user/user/test.txt I get a a file not found exception back. Anyone knows how to solve this, without changing the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Control.Focus & Control.Select

  Hi - quick question here: what's the difference between Control.Focus and Control.Select (is there any or are there just two different methods on some controls for readability purposes e.g. you "select" a textbox when you want to input text rather than "focus" it ). If someone could clarify the difference and/or an example of where to use each, that'd be great. Thanks in advance! A container like a form has an ActiveControl. That's the control that gets the focus when the form gets the focus. Select() just makes a control the ActiveControl. Focus() gives it the focus *and* makes it the active control if that worked. That's why Select works in the form's Load event but Focus doesn't; the ...Show All

• Visual C++ please help with variable argument lists

  Hi, I have ripped the following out of an object I am trying to get working in order to simplify the problem. Source code: void trace(int level, char* string, ... ) { va_list args; char buffer[256]; char *str = ""; va_start(args, string); str = string ; while (str != NULL ) { std::cout << "---" << str <<"\n" ; strcat_s(buffer, 256, str) ; str = va_arg(args, char*); } va_end(args); std::cout << "XXXX!!!-> " << buffer << "\n"; return; } int main () { trace (0, "Hi fred", "There", "Now") ; return 0; } and the output I get is \debug>"testing classes.exe" ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Using the default XML namespace for custom activity types

  I am using WorkflowMarkupSerializer.Serialize(...) to write out a xoml file. After adding the XmlnsDefinition attribute to my assembly, I get a file that resembles: <ns0:Sequence x:Name="sequence1" xmlns:ns0="http://EssentialWF/Activities" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/workflow">   <ns0:ReadLine x:Name="r1" />   <ns0:WriteLine x:Name="w1" Text="{ActivityBind r1,Path=Text}" /> </ns0:Sequence>   In Dharma's book, Essential WF, he states: "In this book, we favor the use of the "wf" prefix [for the "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/workflow" namespace] because it allows us to use the default XML ...Show All

• SQL Server Table existance in DTS

  Hello, In a DTS, I want to check whether a certain table already exists. If so, it should be deleted. Any ideas how I can do that ActiveX (if so, how) Use an Execute SQL Task, with some standard SQL as you would use in any object management script. You could use DMO in ActiveX Script but - 1 - It is harder I think 2 - It will not upgrade to SSIS as both ActiveX and DMo have been deprecated. ...Show All