GILLT's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Need of a fast timer

  Hi, I was wondering if there were a faster timer than the control timer provided in the toolbox. I would like to take some value from a controller card at a rate of around 10-20 KHz. Or I was wondering if it is possible to have an infinite loop ( which stop when I press a buton), with a function which tells to do any events ( move mouse, paint, close...) that may appear Thank you for your answer, Eric Thanks, I am using Thread and Sleep in a class: namespace Thread1 { class MyThread { public void WriteTest() { MessageBox .Show( "TEST" ); Thread .Sleep( new TimeSpan (1000)); } } } I tell the thread to sleep for 1000 ticks, that is 100 microseconds. But the ...Show All

• Visual C# Saving User Settings

  I'm writing an app where I need to save some inputs from the user. I cannot use the app.config method because the users will not have admin access on their machines. I've tried doing this through the Visual Studio IDE, but its still outputting the settings to app.config (I cannot even get it to read the settings back in). Does anyone know if there is a way in .NET to do this. My alternative is to write the code to do it and I was trying to avoid that. Thanks for your help! Mark, Thanks for your help so far. I did as you said, but it is still outputting the settings to app.config in the same directory that the executable is in. That's not going to work for my users because they won't have admin privileges plus this method only allows ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Using Stylus properties in applications

  Hi, I wanna write a real-time application which should be able to detect some properties of tablet's stylus for the specific purposes, for example finds the distance between stylus and surface of tablet. I installed everything needed for writing and running the application including .Net framework 3.0 and Windows SDK and so on. My problem is I have no idea how I should use these properties in the application, for instance 'StylusPointProperties.Z' or 'StylusPointProperties.AltitudeOrientation' such that they return - in our case - the 'Z coordinate of pen' or 'the angle between stylus and tablet' respectively. FYI: http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.input.styluspointproperties_members.aspx I would greatly ap ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Beta of Microsoft Certification Exam 70-540

  Microsoft Certification Exam 70-540 is available in Beta form right now! This is a Technology Specialist exam for application developers in the mobility space. The Preparation Guide is available for the Exam at: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-540.mspx . To register visit one of our independent testing providers: * Thomson Prometric: http://www.prometric.com/ContactUs/T...rs/default.htm * Pearson VUE: http://www.vue.com/ms/ Please use the following promotional codes when registering: Exam 71-540: BTA540 Best of luck! Howard Dierking Product Planner Developer and Database Certifications Microsoft Corporation Ahmed Waly wrote: Hi, Thanks for your post, i just en ...Show All

• Visual C# execute method from another form

  I would like to have a class with many methods used by all my project's forms. but how can access those methods available from inside of a form's class. thanks in advance, Edward well you simply create an instance of the class you wish to use, from any class (or any form, technically a form is a class file) and then execute the method however the method or property in question MUST be made public for other classes to access that method outside the class itself which has those methods. Example: //class Test public void DoTest() { //do stuff } //main form: Test theTestClass = new Test(); theTestClass.DoTest(); //will execute this method, since its accessible and exists in the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions SerialPort 101 for a beginner

  Hello, I have spent a lot of time trying to use the serial port command in the toolbox but i was unsucessful. I looked at the samples posted online but i always get errrors. Can anyone explains what are the steps needed to have a sucessful communication (read and write) from and to a serialport.If you can post the code it would be great...Please help Thank you Well you can use an arraylist and just "add" the data read, so globally you would have: Dim theDataItemsRecieved as new ArrayList() then in your DataRecieved event, just "add" the data recieved: Me.theDataItemsRecieved.Add(SerialPort1.ReadExisting()) you dont need to "check" if you are recieving data, the DataRec ...Show All

• Visual Studio Error 1305.Error during 2005 installation

  Hello, During the installation of VS 2005, the following error appears: "Error 1305.Error reading from file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\crt\src\_ctype.c. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it." Then I have the option to retry or cancel. Retry never works. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. could be a bad DVD/CD. Check this out: http://blogs.msdn.com/pgiffin/archive/2005/06/30/434438.aspx you *could* (but not guarenteed) try to create an ISO of the DVD using nero or something, then mount this to a virtual CD/DVD drive using say, Microsoft Virtual CD tool, and then start the installation from there and see what happens. ...Show All

• Visual C# Problem: The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document

  Hi, I've run into a problem that seems to defy a solution. Bottom line: When I'm attempting to debug with VS 2005, I cannot set an effective breakpoint in one of the source files. The breakpoint is the hollowed-out reddish/yellow circle, and VS says that the breakpoint won't work because the symbols are not loaded. I've found several discussions in this forum about this type of problem, but there's no concensus that I could find on how to solve the problem. Some background might be in order. I have been developing a "data binder" for use in a forms UI application that has multiple threads. There are three projects/classes in the solution, one for a test mainline, using forms, one for a general-purpose "dump" routi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Where are the files?

  Hi. I'm new to ClickOnce. I noticed ClickOnce does not use the Program Files folder or anything of that sort for desktop apps. Where then does it put all the stuff If I have an embedded database which I want under the application's install folder, how do I do that I think I've figured out what to do. I will just create separate folders for the embedded database (eg c:\data) and user settings -- they don't really have to be under the application's install foler. That way, ClickOnce can put the application's installation files wherever it puts them without me worrying about it. ...Show All

• SQL Server Problems installing Reporting Services

  Hi Folks, I want to download Reporting Services for SQL Server Express Edition but I can't find it. It seems to be in Analysis Services but when I run SQLEXPR_ADV.EXE I don't find any mention of Reporting Services. I get to the final options choice which offers me 'Database Services' and 'Client Components' but neither of these mentions Reporting Services. I have installed BI Studio successfully. I'd be grateful for any and all suggestions. Thanks a lot. Barry Hi Andrea, Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, you told me what to do but not how to do it so I couldn't follow your advice. Barry ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to use Class defined in Built in C++ Dll in C#

  Hi every body, Please let me know how to use the class which is defined in C++ Dll(ready made/Third party) in C# application. Thanks in Advance.. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums County Borders of US states

  I notice at the right zoom level the county borders are on the VEMap in dotted lines. Is there a way to access this data: A method that allows you to display the counties in random colored polygons maybe And is there reverse geo's available to click in the county and recieve the county name (basic data of the point clicked). Thanks, Jeff Jeff, Those county borders are part of the image tiles and so there is no way to access this data apart from overlaying your own tiles.  You can however do what you want by drawing on your own clickable polygons that do what you want ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Problem while installing Direct X 9.0c

  Hi I am using windows xp professional with service pack 2 installed in it. As we all know that service pack 2 has built in directx 9.0b installed in it. Now if I try update directx 9.0b with directx 9.0c it wouldn’t do it. I am still unable to install directx 9.0c into my pc. When I try to install directx 9.0c , a dialog box appear saying “The components installed are now ready for use.” Which is not true. I tried running “dxdiag” command it still shows directx version 9.0b Please help! i also have the same problem and its not just a glitch in the dxdiag display. I can't play my 3D games! And I even bought a new video card cause I thought that my old one was the problem. Please help!!! I'm going ...Show All

• Visual Basic Optional Parameter

  sub Test( Optional ByVal myParameters(,) As String = Nothing) How do I check that the myParameters has had an array passed to it I'm looking for something like the following if myParameters=nothing Do it like this: Private Sub Test(Optional ByVal myParameters(,) As String = Nothing) If myParameters IsNot Nothing Then Debug.Print("Array size = {0} x {1}", myParameters.GetLength(0), myParameters.GetLength(1)) End If End Sub ...Show All

• .NET Development How can I disconnect Wireless Network Connection?

  Hello, I have started to develop a network application which will run on the notebooks.I need to disconnect the Wireless Network Connection when the user simply press a button. I searched on the internet but could not find a solution using c# or vb.net. How can I do it using .net framework (2.0) classes. Do I have to use API Thanks in advance. Oceaner. Hello Rizwan, First of all, thanks for replying. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for the wireless or local area connection. I cannot even see the connection in the connections list. But it works for dialup connections perfectly. I am still looking for the solution. Thanx again. Best regards. Oceaner ...Show All