Ben Fidge's Q&A profile
Windows Live Developer Forums POI - underground stations
Hi, We are looking at implementing Virtual Earth and one of the main omissions that we have noted is the lack of tube and train stations (in locations such as London for example). Is this something that exists as a configurable item within the system thx mark I couldn't test it as the search looks like it is down but there is a findnearby() function that can find points of interest within the current map view. Start on local.live.com and when the search is working again center the map over your part of London and using the top search box "search for business or category" see if you can crack the code for the tube stations. If this works you can then use this functionlaity with ...Show All
SQL Server SSIS Crashes while validating Data Flows
Hi all, I'm stuck here when I try to open an existing package which contains several data flows, SSIS tries to validate each data flow and after a while a Visual Studio error message pops up and I can't do anything. The error message says : "Unable to cast COM object of type 'System._ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper.IDTSObject90'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on Com component for the interface with IID '...GUID...' failed due to the following error : The application called an interface that was marshalled for a different thread. (Exception from HResult: RPC_E_WRONG_THREAD)" Did anyone has seen this error message Any help will be appreciated. Sebastien ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions Does`nt come back to Form1 from Form2
Hello Every1 in VB.NET 2005: in Form1 : Private Sub GetMyString() Form2 .Show() MsgBox(globalMyString) End Sub There is a text box in Form2 and I type "Hello" in the textbox, and there is a button with this code: in Form2: Private Sub cmdYes_Click( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdYes.Click globalMyString = txtInput.Text Me .Close() End Sub and globalMyString is a global variable that I had defined it in the module level. But there is no MsgBox at all. I do`nt know, I have been confused . . . pls F1 me As you have written it the messagebox will show at the same time as ...Show All
Windows Forms ClickOnce & Custom Actions
Hi, I want to know how can i add custom actions to my ClickOnce deployment. Is there any way for it Basically i want to attach a database to a server in the custom action. I also get the server address in the custom action. Please guide me how can i do it | Thanks in advance... Regards, Wasif Ehsan. Thank you very very much. Now can you tell me whether I can use IsFirstRunProperty Only in ClickOnce Deployment or also other types of deployments. Moreover, can i display a baloon in the taskbar instead of normal update dialog that appears when an update is availabe. Thanks in advance. Regards, Wasif Ehsan. ...Show All
SQL Server Errors: SQL Reporting Services with CRM 3.0
Good Day All ... I am currently trying to install CRM 3.0 onto one of our test servers. I have managed with no problem to get everything ready for installation ... but having a problem with reporting services. On the system requirements results page i have green for everything but reporting services. ERROR; Specified Reporting Services Reports Server http://XXXXXX/ReportsServer was not found. I have reporting services installed, can someone please give me some direction on where to go from here to get this up and working. Thanks If this helped please mark post as answer and (for me) rate the screencast and give additional feedback if you want to :-) HTH, Jens K. SUessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All
SQL Server Using a cube to generate reports
Hi, I am trying to join a cube with reporting services 2005 so i created a report template but could not figure how to join the cube and the report template made. I am hoping the readers could provide some info or some link where the procedure is explained. Thanks, Somu In the data source, in BI-DEV studio and your reporting services project, you create a connection to your OLAP/Analysis Services cube, by choosing OLEDB for OLAP 8(SSAS 2000) or 9 (SSAS2005). You will have to point to the server and the database that hold the cube. HTH Thomas Ivarsson ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Text looks blury and hard to read.
I need to place lots of text in different places in world space. I have tried a few things but they all look rubbish. Worst is using the 3D Text which puts the text on a mesh. I then tried to use 2D text (using LPD3DXFONT) to improve things, which looks great if you place it in screenspace but as soon as I flag the sprite I am drawing it on with D3DXSPRITE_OBJECTSPACE the text goes all blury. I also tried doing something similar to what a previous person in the forum asked how to do (i.e drawing to a texture then placeing the texture on a primative) but that also looks blury. Any ideas guys PS I am working in unmanaged DirectX9 with C++, but if you know in managed/c# its easy to translate (usally if we have the functions in unmanaged) ...Show All
Smart Device Development Problem related to sending data to the server
hi, i m trying to send the bytes to the server using the httpwebrequest.The problem is, i want to send the data in the chunked format, i.e. first i send 20kb then next 20 kb and so... untill its completed. how to implement it should i have the loop, and if 1st 20kb sent, i shud get the response frm the server and then send next bytes.. and so on. plz help,thanx in advance. It’s all expected then. GPRS is not reliable and slow. It is usually subject to bandwidth availability so it can stop working or slow down to a crawl at any time. Because of that your upload would fail from time to time and it could take long time. There’s not much you can do except for retries. There might be a way to resume inter ...Show All
SQL Server Invisible rows after failed syncronization
Publisher: SQL Server 2000 SP4 Subscriber: SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Sometimes, after a failed merge replication(due to communication error) some rows on the subscriber became invisible for the publisher. I've reproduced a case: [START Short Version] All rows inserted between a comm failed sync and a fine sync became invisible. This seems to be caused because the subscriber keeps generating rows with the same generation number and the publisher doesn't look for this generation anymore. [END Short Version] [START Detailed case] STEP 0: INITIAL STATE Publisher Orders Table EMPTY Subscriber NO DATABASE STEP 1: After FIRST SYNC and INSERTING 2 Orders Publisher Orders Table EMPTY Subscriber Orders Table OrderId __sysIG _ ...Show All
.NET Development custom control focus enter event
I'm sure I posted this before but now I can't find it on the boards. I've made a custom control which has three picture boxes and a combo box. Is there a way to determine when the control as a whole has or looses focus. It was suggested that the enter event for the control could be used. This, however, only seems to work if I click on the actual control 'container' . If I click on the picture boxes or combo box it does not seem to be triggered. Have I done something wrong in the creation of the control or not set some property Any advice or thoughts greatly appreciated. Cheers, Gareth A UserControl that hosts controls doesn't participate in the tabbing order, only its controls do. You could ...Show All
Visual FoxPro how can i restore a form that failed to load?
it happens when i compile my project. "Error Loading file-record number 3. cursoradapter < or one of its members>. Methods: c:\myprogram\forms\solditem.SCT is not an object file" is there anyway we can restore it since if we copy from the original, and or make another d'same form from scratch it's a long process. Thank you I meant record #3 in your scx file. You should do something like this: -Take backup of .scx and .sct -Try a compiling and check if that works (that might be the only thing needed at times) compile form solditem.scx -If it doesn't work: use solditem.scx browse && check record#3 use It's hard to say what you're looking for but you might find some offending code in prop ...Show All
.NET Development Remoting proxy has no channel sink...
For the history of this project, see: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=572115&SiteID=1 Now, I'm able to make the remote call, but there's a bit of code in the server that is throwing an exception. public void CreateBuildTree( TreeNode node, string RootPath ) { string s = node.Text; ..... } Here's the exception: System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingException: This remoting proxy has no channel sink which means either the server has no registered server channels that are listening, or this application has no suitable client channel to talk to the server. at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.InternalInvoke(IMethodCallMessage reqMcmMsg, Boolean useDispatchMessage, Int32 ...Show All
Visual Basic Does VB2005 support Network access?
Hi, We have 4 computers; one is main computer [server]. In that computer have VB2005 source code files, in server machine we can access that files also run using vs2005 IDE. Its run exactly, but the problem is when we try to run that file from client machine using VS2005 IDE, its says, “ The operation could not be completed. The process can’t access the file because it is being used by another process ”. If I saved that project and reopen it will run once [some times it wont work]. Again I need to reopen. Does visual studio 2005 support network access How can we enable that We must put that file in the server only. Help me please… Thanks for REPLY. Your correct. We are using one project at a time. but If I try to open ...Show All
Visual Studio Installing VB6
Hi all Please help me. I have tried to install VB6 onto and XP running pc. The software has not loaded properly and now when I have tried again I get a different screen to the installation screen and a message pops up when I try to custom install saying that the 32 bit system does not run msdos or windows. I have installed this software onto a laptop with XP without any trouble. I would be very grateful for any ideas on how to get this software installed , it is genuine and cosha. Thanks Chris This is the wrong forums to ask this question. This is the Visual Studio Source Control integration and Visual SourceSafe forums. Please redirect your questions to the Visual Basics forums. ...Show All
Windows Forms MessageBox from worker (Non-GUI) thread
In a C# (.Net 1.x) application, when a user clicks on the "Run Update" button, I launch a function DoRun() in a worker thread Question 1: I need to bring up a confirm dialog while the function is running based on some condition. That cannot be asynchronous. Is it generally Ok to bring up the Dialog (MesageBox.Show.....) from the worker thread If not, what is the way to do this synchronously on the GUI thread Question 2: I need the command button (btn_run) disabled at some point in the function, and then enabled again at the end of the function. While I know how to define delegates and do this with BeginInvoke, is there a simpler way, since I have a lot of buttons and do want to define a separate function to delegate e ...Show All