Phil Bolduc's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Data Source

  I have a problem connecting Visual Studio 2005 to my DataBase file. I've downloaded northwind.mdf . Three weeks ago I installed SQL express and I used Visual Studio in the following manner: From server Explorer tab I choose Add connection.. , Change data source and I selected Microsoft SQL Server Database File (SqlClient), next I've selected my NORTHWND.MDF and when I pressed Test connection , it succeded. Recently, I've purchsed SQL server developer edition. The problem is when I follow the steps above I reveive: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server, When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failture may be caused by the fact that under the default SQL Server does not allow remote connections. ( provider: ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Help with media controls

  Currently I am trying to create a media player with VB.NET 2003... My question is how would I play the actual files I am aware that I can integrate Media Player into the coding but is there any other way to accomplish this without using Media Player I was made aware recently that somehow DirectX can be integrated into the coding, does anyone know how this is done Do I need the entire Library to do this ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums New Outlook Task: Automatically inserting text into the notes area

  I want to write code that automatically inserts text into the notes area of a new task, i.e. when I click on the "new task"-button and the "Untititled"-task window opens, I want certain text (eg. Requirements) to appear automatically. I have tried the following: Public WithEvents myNewTask As TaskItem Public WithEvents myTasks As Items Public Sub Initialize_myTasks() Set myTasks = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") _ .GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks).Items End Sub Public Sub Initialize_myNewTask() Set myTaskItem = Application.CreateItem(olTaskItem) End Sub Private Sub myNewTask_Open() myTaskItem.Body = "Requirements" End Sub And I have tried tried: Private Sub myTasks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions vb express code snippet problem

  I am trying to work through the "Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for Dummies" book. I have installed VBE on 2 machines. Both seem to have corrupted code snippets. This is all I get when I insert the code for the mortgage calculator: Dim futureValue As Double = 0 Dim payment As Double payment = Pmt(0.05 / 12, 36, -1000, futureValue, DueDate.EndOfPeriod) Shouldn't there be more Am I missing something Thanks. Nope that looks complete to me. PMT method http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hyd90ysd.aspx You've provided all the parameters and it will calculate the payment. What more are you expecting ...Show All

• Visual C++ Use of __m128i as two 64 bits integers

  Hi, I'm trying to write an x64 implementation - targeted at AMD64 - of the lock-free queue designed by messrs Maged M. Michael and Michael L. Scott (go to http://www.cs.rochester.edu/research/synchronization/pseudocode/queues.html ) and referenced in http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/33290/1763 . The technique involves wrapping up pointers to the 'next' node in the singly-linked list as a pointer and a version. As pushes and pops occur, the algorithm constantly checks the version of either the tail or head node (when pushing/popping respectively) whilst it attempts to make modifications.  If the versions change during the push or the pop (meaning another thread has just completed a change), the thread restarts th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Source Control Folder still visible after deleting Team Project

  I created a new Team Project named ProjectA and a new Source Control folder named ProjectA. I migrated the solution from ProjectA in Visual SourceSafe to the newly created ProjectA in TFS Source Control. Then I deleted the solution folder in TFS Source Control and performed a check in. Next I deleted the Team Project using TFSDeleteProject and everything was deleted according to the results of TFSDeleteProject in the command prompt. In Source Control Explorer I can still see ProjectA and under that folder the deleted solution. Why is the Source Control folder ProjectA not deleted When I try to undelete the deleted solution I see the following message: TF10175: The team project folder $/ProjectA does not exist. Conta ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Welcome to the Media Foundation Development Forum!

  Media Foundation is the next generation multimedia platform that we are shipping with Vista. We have built this platform from the ground up to embrace the wave of next generation premium content. Our focus has been on robustness, audio video quality, and seamless interoperability thereby making the Vista PC a great platform for all your audio video experiences. And last but not the least, thro Media Foundation we have tried to address some of the limitations in the current digital media platforms. Please feel free to post any questions or comments you have about the Media Foundation platform. We are eagerly waiting to help you in any way we can. Thanks and happy posting! Prakash Channagiri (and the rest of the Media Foun ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to extract a form from a project

  Hi there, Does anyone know if a class exists to capture the same info now wrapped in "InitializeComponent()". I want to capture all form details for a given form at design time (properties and controls) but I can't find anyway to do it. Note that reading a form's ".resx" files won't do either since it's only good for localized forms but in any case, it doesn't always provide complete info. Thanks very much. you can try out lutz roeder's reflector tool to disassemble your assembly. it also has builtin support for reading designonly properties set to be persisted as embedded resource for your form. ...Show All

• SQL Server How to move variables between packages??

       hi,         Is there any way to export a set of variables from each other package      Issues comes when you have to built five packages which share the same variables.  It's very tedious and hard to re-write them every time...      Thanks for your time, There is no supported method of doing this. You could edit the package Xml directly, variables are fairly easy to find, near the top of the Xml, just copy and paste. N.B. If you make a mistake you will corrupt the package, so keep copies. ...Show All

• Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) BUG: WPF/E CTP for Mac (February 2007) installation fails on HFSX filesystem

  I couldn't find a better place to report this bug, so here goes... PROBLEM The WPF/E installer incorrectly places WPFe.plugin in /Library/Internet Plug-ins/ rather than /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ (note the case difference). As a result, the plug-in fails to load when installed on a case sensitive filesystem (such as HFSX or UFS). FIX Amend the installer to place the plugin in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Where are Common Control Balloons

  I have been trying to track down information on the new Balloon Common Controls but have so far only managed to fine the Vista guidlines on using Balloon Controls or the Common Controls Balloons info which just says it has not been written. Is there anywhere I can find information on the Balloon Common Control interface Thanks in advance, and appologies if this is a stupid question, but I have looked everywhere and found nothing!! I must not understand the question. The common control balloons are in the same place as they were in XP: commctrl.h, TOOLTIPS_CLASS, TTS_BALLOON. My guess is that you're not actually looking for the common control balloon; you're looking for some sort of wrapper control for a m ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server Service don't start after reboot

  I'm with this problem!!!! when the box is recycled the SQL Server login password is not saved and has to be re-entered Then I have to go to the services and re-enter the pw every time the server is re-started. Windows 2003 / Std - SQL 2000 Any Ideas to solve this problem Rgds... ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to desing data manipulation services?

  My question is not a new one. This problem appeared long ago about web services. Assume, that I have a WCF service to manipulate some data. I have the data layer as well, and a business logic layer with huge number of business objects in separated assembly. The business objects know some logic, so they have lot of methods impelmented about validation, manipulation and so on. I want to share these business objects with the clients allowing them to validate user input. I use the WCF service as a facade layer therefore the interface methods has the shared business objects as parameters or return values. I can use the business objects both at server and client side by adding a reference. When I want the client proxy to be generated the svcuti ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Save URL adress to table or to word

  Hi, how can save URL adress to foxpro table or something or to word document. I want to gather some info from the site(text not pictures). If there is a way how to save it to table or cursor, it will be great. Thank you. Have a nice day. You can grab the ReadURL function from my website. You can also use IE automation: create cursor x1 ( urlcontent m ) oIE = createobject( "internetexplorer.application" ) oIE.Navigate( " http://forums.microsoft.com/ " ) do while oIE.Busy doevents enddo oDoc = oIE.Document insert into x1 values ( oDoc.documentElement.outerHTML ) && full html content of the page insert into x1 values ( oDoc.documentElement.outerText ) &&a ...Show All

• Visual Studio How the let Studio 2005 break in source code if there is a C++ first-chance exception?

  I am running my application from Studio 2005 and I can see the first-chance exception (C++), but it doesn't break anywhere in source code. As a result, I can't find out where is the place in my code cause the exception. 'IdsDoWebServer.exe': Loaded 'D:\CurrentVersion\Apps\DataConsole\WebServer\ReleaseMinDependency\IdsDoWebServer.exe', Symbols loaded. 'IdsDoWebServer.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll', Exports loaded. 'IdsDoWebServer.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll', Exports loaded. 'IdsDoWebServer.exe': Loaded 'D:\CurrentVersion\Support\IdsErrorHandlingSupport.dll', Symbols loaded. 'IdsDoWebServer.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.MFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.42_x-ww_dec6ddd2\mfc80 ...Show All