JasW's Q&A profile

• .NET Development .net 2.0 - webservice

  Hi, Using .Net 2.0 I have created webservices inside a project. These services are in a solution on my machine which I am developing. To reference these services, I use Add Web Reference, webservices in this solution (Because the services are saved in my local machine). At what stage should I place these webservices in the virtual directory of a webserver Should these webservices be developed in a virtual directory on my local machine as opposed to in the local C drive as it is now The intension is that others be able to see these webservices as they are being developed. For an example, from my machine to reference one of the webservices, this is the path I use: http://localhost:2144/inTest.asmx does this mean that other developers ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Bullet Fires Only Once--Never again

  Hi there, Like everyone else here, I have a problem. Basically, whenever I fire a bullet, it will fire only once. It fires just fine, only, when I hit space to fire a second bullet, a second never fires. Or any other number. So, I think this is all the relevent code for the bullet: void FireBullet() { for ( int x = 0; x < bulletnumber; x++) { if (BulletVisible[x] == false ) { BulletVisible[x] = true ; BulletPos[x].X = PlayerPos.X + 40; BulletPos[x].Y = PlayerPos.Y + 32; } } } Another section where there could be issues, this time in Draw(): for ( int x = 0; x < bulletnumber; x++) { if (BulletVisible[x] == true ) { SpriteBatch.Dr ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express Cannot Start

  Hi there, I recently installed VS Express on a brand-new machine running Win XP SP2. I ran the wizard in VS Developer and created a personal website sample. When I hit CTR + F5 to test drive the sample website, it gives me the following error: Server Error in '/WebSite2' Application. An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server). I now realize that the SQL Server is stopped. When I tried to start the SQL server in the manager console, I get the following error log: ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB 2005 Express Issues

  I got the hotfixes today and installed them. They seem to help some with the crashes. But, I'm still having this issue: I have a table in a SQL database I made with SQL express edition. I have the db connected to my program. In this table I have a field called Last Name. I place a listbox item on my form, then on the controls bind it to Lastname field. When I click on the small triangle, I select build query at the bottom. I use the query builder to build me a query. Everything is fine, until I go to add a second query. I then get this message: Unable to write the custom tool "MSDatasetGenerator" to file Database1dataset.designer.vb. Process cannot access file because user by another process. Also, then my dataset i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Cannot Enable SourceSafe Internet

  Hi, I'm using Visual SourceSafe 2005 release version on Windows Server 2003 R2 x64. I cannot enable the SourceSafe Internet feature, Visual SourceSafe Administrator returned the following message when enabling SourceSafe Internet for this computer: "Visual SourceSafe Internet was not enabled on this computer because Internet Information Services (IIS) is not installed." I have a Sharepoint website running on the same computer, so IIS is installed for sure. Any idea how to enable this Thanks! Hmm... Try configuring it manually http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms230398.aspx ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with ProClarity analystics 6 for SQL Server 2005 reporting services

  Hi, all here, Thank you very much for your kind attention. I'v got a problem with Microsoft ProClarity for SQL Server 2005 reporting services as below: Created a 3-D effect reports (which are views in ProClarity professional ) and exported it into SQL Server 2005 reporting services, but the result in SQL Server 2005 reporting serivces is totally different, no 3-D result, and also the color of the report has totally changed, for better result in SQL Server 2005, I have to manually modify the reporting file in reporting services. Another problem is: the views created in ProClarity always change colors (the colors I think are aweful) after exported into SQL Server 2005 reporting services. Can any expert for that give me any adi ...Show All

• SQL Server MDX Performance Issue with TOPCOUNT Using Calculated/Derived by Time Specific Members

  I am new at The MDX game and need some help. I have the following MDX that executes a wee bit to slow when I specify one of the following members (See MDX below) [Measures].[Prio Shp Unt], [Measures].[Unit Variance], [Measures].[Prio Cst Ttl], [Measures].[Prio Awp Ttl], [Measures].[BM Variance] in the TOPCOUNT statement. I have arrived at the conclusion that the problem is because I speicfy a period at the member selection that is different to the period on my where clause. Now the problem is that both the periods are user driven and can be anything from current back for the last three years. In other words the users have the option to specify which two periods they want to compare. Also the TOPCOUNT measure is user driven and can be ...Show All

• Visual Basic Voice Recognition

  I've been reading a lot of web pages that tell you how to do voice recogntion things, and all of them say to select the Microsoft Speech Recogntion component thing, but I can't find it! Where is it, and can someone point me in the direction of a good article on how to do voice recogntion things in Visual Basic (Unless someone wants to list the code here, but I doubt that. ) Thanks! Thanks, Kyle. You told me what I needed to know. I'll tackle the coding later, I just wanted to find the component selection thing. I have the SDK AND the .NET framework V3, so I should be okay. Thanks again everyone. ------------------------------ UPDATE: Actually, it doesn't work. I got sent to the same place I was at before. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Visual designer display of Workflow

  Was wondering if anyone had an idea as to how to fit a workflow in the designer on a single page. As I view my workflow in the designer it wraps to another page on the right and splits the CAG down the middle. It is not a show stopper by any means but at some point would like to either see the break across the flow line or perhaps be able to set a horizontal view so that the workflow fits on a single page. I have tried the PAN and ZOOM but can't seem to fit it the way I want to. Would be great if I could upload an image so you could see exactly what I mean. Would be happy to email a screen shot to anyone. As always, any help is much appreciated!!! -John ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 SSIS Query Timeouts

  When I use the Import and Export wizard in SSIS to construct a SQL OLEDB Data Transfer I get an error message "Deferred Prepare could not be completed. Query timeout expired". The same query works fine when I run it under SQL Server Management Studio. The query uses linked servers. How do I adjust this so it can complete the Parse without timing out ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Possible Reasons Why Group Policy Rules Aren't Being Applied?

  Hey there. I recently set up a test environment using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP in Virtual PC 2007 environments. I installed WDS administrative templates on the Server 2003 machine but the rules I've set up are not being applied to the XP machine (both being run on the "CONTOSO" domain.) I'm trying to think of anything I've missed. I've gone through the administrative guidelines but I can't see why this might not be working. Has anyone else ever encountered issues with Group Policy rules not being applied Any suggestions at all would be wonderful. Many thanks! (I avoided using WDS 3.0 as I've heard that GP doesn't really work with it...so, I stuck with WDS 2.6.x.) A Microsof ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to retrieve value of ActivityInstanceId (or Activity's ContextGuid) from an HandleExternalEvent1_Invoked method?

  I have a StateMachineWorkflowActivity where each state contains a EventDrivenActivity, HandleExternalEvent, and SetStateActivity. In the HandleExternalEvent1_Invoked handler, I want to be able to access the ActivityInstanceId (or Activity's ContextGuid) value   How can I do this (ActivityInstanceId is the name of a field in the ActivityExecutionStatusEvent SQL tracking database table.  An Activity's ContextGuid appears to server a similar purpose.) Michael. private void HandleExternalEvent1_Invoked( object sender, ExternalDataEventArgs e {     TaskActionSentEventArgs e2 = ( TaskActionSentEventArgs )e;     Console .WriteLine( "HandleExternalEvent1_Invo ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Users added via a domain local group don't get access?

  I have a user who isn't added directly to the site but is a member of a domain local group that has been added to the viewers group. The user gets access denied. If I add them to a domain global group in AD and add that domain global group then there is no problem. Is there a problem giving access to domain local groups (these are not the same as machine local groups) as opposed to domain global groups Thanks, Mark I discovered this was because my domain was working in mixed mode and domain local groups are scoped to the domain controller only in that mode. Switching to native mode solves the problem. ...Show All

• .NET Development Default Directory For Common Dialog

  Is there a System class/property that stores the location that a common dialog (file save etc.) will default to upon invocation Hello All. sascue: Yes, I understand. The point that I'm trying to make is that if the PrintPreview control provides Save functionality, it really ought to expose some control over that functionality, and not force acceptance of default behavior. Do you see what I mean HTH. ...Show All

• SQL Server Remote connection not working using MSSMSE

  Im getting quite desperate and frustrated!! I have installed SQL 2005 Express successfully and can connect to it fine using Management Studio locally. If I try and connect remotely using Management Studio Im getting the old Error 10061 : The machine actively refused the connection! I have set it up exactly as per all documentation and help from the forums. Remote connections is on TCP and Named Pipes, I even have the firewall disabled. Im running it on Windows Server 2003 Standard. Any help would be really apriciated as i have tried everything!!! I hope you were not confused. The alias should be checked in the client, while browser and firewall stuff should be done on the server. Can you try co ...Show All