hhewson's Q&A profile

• Audio and Video Development z-order attribute in <PlaylistApplication>

  As per specs all Playlist Application elements belong to the same Application Block and only one PlaylistApplication element may be activated in accordance with Menu Language System Parameter. Please explain then what is the need of z-order attribute in <PlaylistApplication>; in other words how is z-order attribute functioning here Thanks. Please explain further; this code works fine even without z-order attribute being mentioned, how Secondly, how will rendering, display order be different if i put z-order=1. <PlaylistApplication description="Test" language="en" src="file:///dvddisc/ADV_OBJ/Manifest.xmf"> ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL OK At First Then S-L-O-W-S Down

  A problem has recently poped up where SQL is slow in responding to data requests. After restarting SQL Server service, the server is able to service these requests in the same time it took before this problem started occurring. After about an hour the server suddenly slows down. Here is what I have done thus far to try and troubleshoot. Thought that it might have been MDAC. The application accessing SQL is using MDAC 2.6 on NT 4.0 Terminal Services. I tried the same app on Windows XP SP 2 and it is just as slow as on NT 4.0 TS. Tried using the application with the demo database (MUCH smaller - 39MB versus 3.2 GB) with the same results. Last night, when no one was on the system, I ran SQL Profiler. I captured data when it was running ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Adding my new custom transform filter seems to cause a graph problem

  Hello, I've written a very simple transform filter to solve what I believe is a problem with Logitech's latest (v10.x) webcam drivers. I think my filter works fine, but seems to introduce an instability when I include it in my capture graph. Specifically: as detailed in another one of my posts , the Pause/Resume function would no longer work in my capture graph with the new Logitech drivers. Now, with my custom filter added to the graph, Pause and Resume work fine until I take a snapshot from the video capture driver's "still" pin. After a snap, resuming from a pause operation hangs the graph. That is, control never returns from this statement in my code: _mediaControl->Run(); The app just hangs. Removing my fil ...Show All

• SQL Server JDBC Driver Error

  Hi, I am getting " This driver is not configured for integrated authentication.". Any suggestion how to resolve this error. Thanks. Placing it in the same directory as your application or anywhere in your path (system32 is in your path) is fine. I know other JDBC drivers suggest placing the auth.dll in the system32 directory but this seems like overkill to me. ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to query windows task manager and task sheduler

  Hi Can any body tell me how can i see what tasks are running on my machine under task manager and sheduler task using vb.net or asp.net.. I would appriciate if anybody can provide me code example for it Please reply ASAP Thanks Gurvinder Hi guys, Thanks for your help. I later came up with this Imports System.Diagnostics Dim a, b, c, d As String Dim p As Process For Each p In Process.GetProcessesByName("taskmgr", "100.100.100.100") Console.WriteLine(p) a = p.ToString() b = a c = b + vbCrLf + c a = Nothing Next p If c Is Nothing Then lblRed.Visible = True Else lblGreen.Visible = True End If ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System report designer don`t find all fields

  hi, i`m using report designer to create reports on my self-created work-items. but i did not find all fields and types in the selection in the report designer. i create a new report project. connect to the ms sql server 2005 analysis service. use the following conneciton properties: server-name: atvie-tfs01 database-name: TFSWarehouse i tested the connection and the connection is ok. in the query builder i choose the "team system" cube. and then i get the first problem. i added work item - System.WorkItemType to a filter with "Add to filter". in the filter i want to choose in the filter expression one of my newly created work-items. one is called ReleaseItem. but it is not available in the drop-down! but i imported alr ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Streaming audio/video

  I want to create a server that can stream a video to a client but i have no idea where to start. Should i stream the entire file or encode it and then stream it and how can i do that with WCF I'm not sure if MTOM is good choice for streamin, I think it will have to accumulate stream in order to attach it as attachment to the message instead of streaming it inline. May be using binary binding it would work better. ...Show All

• .NET Development Change the outer tag of the XML returned to a HTTP Post

  I've just started looking at Web services as a solution for what I am creating. I'm using VB. I simply want to receive an HTTP POST containing XML, and return XML as the response. Looking at the default "Hello World" example, it returns a String, and the text returned is surrounded by <string> tags. Can anyone tell me how to change this I've tried creating a new class and have it inherit Sting, but String cannot be inherited. I've tried simply removing the "As String" from the class definition, but then I get <AnyType> tags. Surely this should be fairly simple to do Many thanks in advance, Simon. Hi. Here is a walkthrough about how to program with web serv ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System What are the deliverables per track in MSF4/Agile?

  What are the deliverables per track in MSF4/Agile It would be great to see a one-pager that had something like: Track: Envisioning Deliverable: Vision/Scope Document Description: ... Deliverable: zzzzz Description: dkddkdkdkd Track: Planning... Thanks for any help, Ron Ron, In the MSF for Agile Software Development documentation, each track has a view that shows its "Work Products Examples and Templates", Reports and Work items associated with it. This might be what you are looking for. Choose the "View" tab, then "Tracks" on the lower left side, and then choose a track. For example, for the Envision track, "Vision Statement" and "Persona" are listed as the wor ...Show All

• .NET Development BadImageFormatException

  Using VS2005, VB.Net 2.0 application, which includes a C++ DLL as an interface linkage component.  The C++ DLL was complied using the .x86 side. In the VB code, there is this line Declare Ansi Function ShowMessage Lib "mylib.dll" ( ByVal msg As String , ByRef i1 As Integer , ByRef i2 As Integer , ByRef i3 As Integer , ByRef i4 As Integer , ByVal s1 As String , ByVal s2 As String , ByVal s3 As String , ByVal s4 As String ) As Integer When a 64 bit machine on Vista tries to run the program, this error comes back from the JIT... System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)  &nbs ...Show All

• SQL Server Guidelines for Readiness Testing for moving SQL2000 DBs to SQL2005?

  Hi, We have a number of databases running on our SQL2000 Servers. The databases use Stored Procedures which we call from our VB.NET apps, developed in-house. We now wish to upgrade our servers to SQL2005. In the past, when upgrading from VS2002 to 2003 and then 2005, we have developed and executed Test Plans to ensure that the code upgrades properly. Microsoft even supplies FXCop and other tools to help. I now wish to develop and execute a similar Test Plan to ensure that our databases will work as required. Does Microsoft supply any similar tools or guidelines for testing that databases written for SQL2000 will work as required on SQL2005 I see the Upgrade Wizard to examine the Server but is there a similar tool for testing datab ...Show All

• SQL Server SP2 issue with execute SQL parametrized query

  Hello, I try SP2 and cannot get the Execute SQL task to work as before. In this example I use an OLEDB Microsoft Oracle provider. The script uses a parameter like that  select Cast( decode(( select DECODE(TRUNC(c.END_DATE), TRUNC(SYSDATE),1,NULL) AS RESULT from one_stage.load_complete c where TRUNC(c.end_date) = TRUNC(sysdate) and c.name = and c.STATUS = 'SUCCEEDED') ,Null,0,1)  as varchar(2)) AS Result from Dual The script task is set to BypassPrepare = False I note only one change, the addition of a parameter setting called Parameter Size set by default to -1 I tried different things like reading the new BOL, changing the Bypass prepare, Changing the Parameter Size and changing the , nothing works. t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Changing Value in a Program Memory

  Hi, I am trying to find this at months but without any sucess, anyway, i need a code to change the value of a adress in a program, example: In process conquer.exe i have 100 gold, then, the adress 00933EE6, of 4 bytes = 100 i want that the program made in visual basic express change or freeze that value to something like 200. I will be greatfull for any answare. Ty. Regards, JotaC There's an example of WriteProcessMemory here: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php t=415202&highlight=WriteProcessMemory ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Must be non-Negative and less than the size of the collection

  Hi All, I need help with the code below. I keep getting this error when I run this code. "Index was out of range. Must be non-Negative and less than the size of the collection Parameter name: Index" This is the code I am running Private Sub tsbtnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tsbtnSave.Click objData = New DALBase Dim iv As New OracleParameter Dim oraConnect As New OracleConnection("Data Source=DEVELOPM; User id=VS_DEVELOPER; Password=f00tball;") Dim myCMD As New OracleCommand("Weblogica_Systems.Insert_Daily_Sales", oraConnect) Dim Val_1 As String Dim Val_2 As String Try oraConnect.Open() dgvSalesDetails = New ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Accessing internet resources?

  I understand from the FAQ that the XNA Framework on the Xbox 360 will not have any support for Xbox Live, which means no network gaming, at least at this time. However I would like to know whether there is any support for accessing resource assets on the internet For example is it possible to access image resources on an internet site using a C# HttpWebRequest MagicBuzz wrote: Hello, So, if I understand well, there won't be a net support in XNA for X360. But for Windows, can we hope a net layer in XNA I'm currently working on a MMORPG, and XNA sounds good for the client software. But when I read this, I just fear we won't have any lib to help us networking, right From what I ...Show All