Brant Yin's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. HLSL effect syntax highlighting

  Hi everbody :D, I just wanted to know if it is possible to have this feature inside c# express, that way no need to always launch another application (Renderisland || Fxcomposer). By the way thank's a lot MSFT for making such cool tools and frameworks. Currently, it is not possible to get syntax highlighting for HLSL in C# Express. This is a feature that we may introduce in the future. No promises, though. --Stephen ...Show All

• .NET Development Compare two DataSets

  Hi, i am trying to compare two datasets. The scenario is this, i have a local database in which i have a table say Table1 and i get that into DS1 and then i have a remote system in which has same table as well but always get updated with new data so i get that into a dataset DS2, so now i want to be able to compare DS1 and DS2 and then on finding new data in DS2 insert that into DS1. Below is the code i have tried so far using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Data; using System.Xml; using System.Data.SqlClient; namespace DataTransfer { class DataTransfer { DataSet dsFtp = new DataSet (); DataSet dsMerge = new ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Clipboard Problem

  Hi there I seem te be having a problem when placing images on the clipboard. It only seems to be a problem when the code is executed on a Virtual PC and I suspect it has something to do with graphics memory, but I am not sure, and I was hoping that perhaps someone will know of a better way to accomplish this. Here is some info on the app. We have an avalon design canvas on which all kinds of objects are placed. Later on the user can then select an area of this design canvas and "grab" a bitmap image of the selection. This bitmap image is placed on the clipboard from where it can be pasted into other applications as normal images. Here is the code that takes, as input, a FrameworkElement, makes a bitmap out of it an retur ...Show All

• Visual Basic Visual Studio .NET 2003

  Hello: Where is the best place to ask a question, or report a possible bug, with Visual Studio .NET 2003. My probelm is with the "Propert Pages" of a project in a solution. Thanks. to post any bugs, I think you should post to here: http://connect.microsoft.com having said that, tried applying SP1 for VS2003 Are you able to tell us more about the problem you are having ...Show All

• Windows Forms installing .net framework automatically

  Hi! I have a software, which should be run from CD (no installation), however I need to install - or offer to install .net framework 2.0 on the computer of course. I've tried ClickOnce and it works well, but it installs the software to the client computer. Now the question is, how to install the corresponding framework I expect that I will have to have a piece of unmanaged code, which determines if the framework is already installed (and starts my application) or that will start the right framework package (right platform and language). How should be this done Thanks. Hi, thanks for reply, but I don't find anything new there. You have to instruct the user to manually install the framework, or you h ...Show All

• SQL Server Report diagram doesn't show in iFrame

  Hi All, Does anyone of you knows why a report diagram doesn't show if it is placed in an iFrame and toolbar visibility set to false with the param rc:Toolbar=false. Report shows properly but the image of the diagram is missing. Everything works fine if toolbar is allowed. Is this a Reporting Services bug Or is there any solution to show reports with diagrams properly in iFrame without toolbar Thanks, blaise ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Artifact list

  Hello! We are an in-house IT department with more than 200 projects and are planning to move to Team Foundation. I'm trying to do a proof of concept for the same. These projects are built on a variety of platforms and technologies. I know for sure that all .net 2.0 apps can be stored in TFS and .net1.0 apps using mssscci plug-in; I have read that stored procedures can't be stored in TFS with the present release. I don't have a list of all technologies we are planning to move, but if someone comes to me asks me "I want so and so in TFS", I want to be able to look up at a certain list and tell them "This can\cannot be stored in TFS right now". Would someone be able to give me a list of all types of popular artifacts ...Show All

• .NET Development How to support interface with MS Access databases in 64-bit applications?

  In my application I used ADO.NET and Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider. It works in Win32 environment. When I trying to run a 64-bit program, I am getting the following error: "The 'Microsoft.jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine. " AFAIK there is no 64-bit Jet OLEDB Provider, and unless Microsoft has changed (or changes) their mind the Jet database engine is officially dead in the Win64 world. ...Show All

• .NET Development One Soltion for the Windows Vista x64 Conexant Audio Driver Problem

  Hi, after many hours spent in searching for a sound driver for my HP Pavilion ZD8000, with a Conexant ac-97 chip, i found the solution actually inside the Windows Vista x64. You should try this: Goto Addhardware, pick there the Sound.... and then "Let me pick from all drivers", than select View all drivers, and under AMD, there is a AMD AC 97 audio driver. Install this driver, and your sound should work ok, except for the microphone, which is a known problem with Vista x64. Anyway, at the end, I installed the x86 Version of Vista. Microsoft and the other companies aren't ready yet, to play with x64 bit. We have to wait like about 6-7 months, and then maybe I'll reinstall the x64bit Version. Anyway, my HP Laptop is working faster ...Show All

• Windows Forms Date Range for Data Grid

  Hello Could anyone please help me. I have a form and a datagrid. I want to attach a query to the data grid so that it displays content between 1 date range and another. Firstly I am using an access database so on the query I use for teh filter I use = for teh date field which then creates a toolbar an a little text box to enter the date. What I need to do is have an option to pull data into the grid using a date range instead. If anyone can help it would be great. Thanks Joe Hello we are nearly there. This works nicely however its calculating everything. What I need calculated is the visible data in the data grid not whats in the actual table. So firstly I will call up data from a ...Show All

• SQL Server Limitations of MeasureExpression

  I have a many to many dimensional problem that I am trying to solve. Am I right in thinking that MeasureExpression is limited to a simple expression such as [value]*[percantage] and cannot cope with [value]*[percentage1]*[percentage2] What I am trying to achieve is similar to the example under the heading Measure Expressions and Many-to-Many Dimensions in the article http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms345139.aspx . In this example there is a many to many relationship between Organisation and Store Sales; and the weighted [Amount] is calculated in the MeasureExpression as [Amount]*[Ownership]. They key difference in my scenario is that instead of a single many to many relationship between Organisation and Store Sales I hav ...Show All

• Windows Forms Add query language to an app. Ish.

  Hi everyone, looking for a bit of advice from someone who might have done something similar before. We have a large and stable application that in its broadest term is an accounting package. It has a well defined business model, business objects are set up, data is stored and it all works fine. We have generic report functionality that allow our users to generate reports based on a fixed set of options that we have programmed in to it. Initially we thought it would be possible to write a form system where users are presented with a series of dropdown boxes that guide them through the process. However, we'd like to offer more flexibility and give the users the chance to "query" the system themselves. On our Alpha system, we use ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Problem making a new folder in Outlook

  I am trying to create a new folder in Outlook using c++/cli and with the code: Outlook::NameSpace ^oNS = outlookApp->GetNamespace("MAPI"); Outlook::MAPIFolder ^oInbox = oNS->GetDefaultFolder(Outlook::OlDefaultFolders::olFolderInbox); Outlook::MAPIFolder ^oNewFolder = oInbox->Folders->Add("testfolder "); I get the error: Error 1 error C2660: 'Microsoft::Office::Interop::Outlook::_Folders::Add' : function does not take 1 arguments Hi VSTO 2005 does not support C++ projects. If you are not using VSTO please post this question in the Outlook forum where they will be able to answer your question more quickly. http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft ...Show All

• SQL Server Probleam with ReportViewer Jumping to Report

  Hi, We have an ASP.NET application using a ReportViewer to show reports. I have two reports (both with logo - image - in yours headers): - Report A: with action to jump to Report B. - Report B: with action to jump to Report A. This work fine into BID and into Report Manager , but into our application, when I click in first link into Report A, show me the Report B, but our logo isn't visible. If I try to return to Report B (clicking in action), show me this error: The path of the item "(null)" is not valid. The path must be less than 260 characters long and must start with slash. Other restrictions apply. (rsInvalidItemPath) May I need to configure something into my web.config to work fine too Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Simple question - help please and thank you.

  Hey, I am calculating simple monthly returns on a series of daily asset prices for a number of years worth of data. The problem is I am not sure how to indentify the end of a month, and the start of the next in a column of 05/01/2006 format sequential dates. I could just add another column and use the "month" function in excel (what I have done thus far),  but I have to do the whole operation in VBA. What I have now is: If ActiveSheet.Cells(dayofmonth, 1) = ActiveSheet.Cells(dayofmonth - 1, 1) Then day +1  and continue till they are different etc...... The first column is a single number derived from a = month(date column) formula This unfortunately will not cut it. I want to be able to do the same o ...Show All