RAB36's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. I cant download directx sdk!!!!

  Right now, im soo mad. I spent over 4hrs trying to download the directx sdk, and when i finaly download it, and when i try to open it, this message box appears with the following error message "C\Documents and settings\Frantz\Deskop\dxsdk_aug2006.exe is not a valid win32 application" Right now, ive got no idea why im getting this message, and i really really need the directx sdk. Right now, i currently own the dev-c++, and the ms visual c++ express edition compilers. So if anyone is having the same problem, or know how to help me out, PLESE DO!! I really need this package. I NEED TO MAKE GAMES!!! Looks like you're not the first to have this problem. http://www.google.com/search q=dxsdk_aug2006.exe+is+not+a+valid+win32+appli ...Show All

• SQL Server how to insert int variable...

  hi, I have two question string a; int i; insert into sss (id, name) values(.....) as id is integer and name is nvarchar in the database. how can I write this variable within the values paranthesis 2) how to adjust a column in sql server 2005 to auto number thanks Do you want to know how to exactly insert them in .NET or TSQL TheI Insert should be straight forward using something like insert into sss (id, name) values(i,a) You can’t cahnge the id column to a autonumber (in SQL Server it is called identity column), you will have to add a column and assign the identity value while the creation to it. Thats actually what the designer like SSMS does behind the scenes, creating a new ...Show All

• Visual Basic Can I make Windows XP themes in VBE? I have really cool ideas.

  Can I create Windows XP themes in my Visual Basic IDE ...Show All

• .NET Development Wich is faster? In relation to how I build my business objects

  I kow for a solid comparison between using datareaders and datasets I will have to perform that myself. But for now I will be utilizing datasets... What I am doing is currently utilizing assemblies to create my datasets ahead of time. I will eventually compile them as dlls. I'm just utilizing assemblies during my building/testing fase. My questions is: Is it faster to completely build the datasets and all needed connections inside the assemblies/dlls and fill them Or to build the datasets and connections as a sub procedure that can be accessed and then fill them as each required set of data is needed I ask because I will be having many different data connections and so I'm not sure if it's faster to explicitly build/fill almos ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Cannot receive incoming calls

  Hello All Cannot solve a problem for a long time. I want to intercept incoming voice/data calls on PocketPC and SmartPhone. Everything works fine except behavior of standard answering module. When application calls lineAnswer standard phone application disconnects the call. I have found some solution for PocketPC - I can kill phone process during call and run it again after call is answered, but this does not work on smartphones, because I cannot kill the Phone process. Please, give me some advice on howto resolve this. Thank you for your efforts! Please see this post - http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=623934&SiteID=1 Manav ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to execut an SQL statement using BindingNavigator

  Hello suppose we have some text boxes already binded with BindingNavigator how to execute an SQL query using the code so the binded data can be specified with this SQL statement yes you can. what I have try is add a datagridview, three textbox, one navigatorbar to the form, I set Dataconnecion to sql server by IDE so it generate follow dataset, bindingsource and Tableadapter for me private TestDataSet2 testDataSet2; private System.Windows.Forms. BindingSource tBIDBindingSource; private __11.TestDataSet2TableAdapters. TB_IDTableAdapter tB_IDTableAdapter; I add follow at the form load event this .tB_IDTableAdapter.Fill( this .testDataSet2.TB_ID); this .bindingNavigator1.BindingSource = this .tBIDBin ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Missing Office-Template using VS-Pro 2005 and VSTO 2005

  Hello, I want to use VSTO 2005 and VS-Professional 2005 (german). Thus first I have installed VSTO. If I start it here I can find a some office-templates in the new project dialog. Second I have installed VS-Pro german. Now I have much more templates but the office templates are missing. frustrated I removed VSTO and installed it again. but no changes. the office templates are still missing. Do you have any suggestions for me Thanks Alex Hi Alex I'm not clear on what you're seeing, and what you expect to see. 1. The correct order to install the software to use VSTO with Office: The .NET Framework 2.0 Office 2003 SP1 (or also SP2) VSTO for Visual Studio 2005 2. VST ...Show All

• Visual C# Converting a string to an object reference?

  Hey guys, I have a text box thats named texBox1. I need to get this text box's text, of course using textBox1.Text but the problem is the name of the text box is defined by a variable... If MyVariable == 1, then I need textBox1, if the variable is equal to 2, then I need textBox2... etc. So to fix this, I tried converting to to a string; "textBox" + MyVariable.ToString() This works ok, I now have a string of the name of the desired text box. But how do I access its text from a string I'd need to transform it in some kind of reference to textBox1 from the string :s. The only to do this that I can see is String.System.IConvertible but I dont understand its working. So if anyone had any idea how to do this, it would be apreciated. T ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Area path security question

  Suppose I have 2 nodes in my Area definition: Node1 en Node2 Area |--- Node1 |--- Node2 Members of groupA have the permission "Edit work items in this node" set to "allow" for the root area "Area" Members of groupA have the permission "Edit work items in this node" set to "Allow" for Node1. Members of groupB have the permission "Edit work items in this node" set to "Allow" for Node2. GroupB is NOT listed in the list of users and groups for the root area "Area" security settings. GroupB is NOT a member of any group that has permissions in the root area "Area". I was suprised that users of groupB were able to create workitems at all when using ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Potential Bug: IPv6 + ServiceHost + NamedPipe

  I've noticed something unusual. When creating a ServiceHost and passing this for a base address: net.pipe://[::1]/servicebase It is expanded to the full IPv6 address: net.pipe://[0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001]/servicebase The named pipe transport then fails to identify this as a local address and authentication operations fail. Whether the abbreviated form is used or not, the expanded address or any intermediate variations should still be considered local. ::1 0::1 0:0:0::0:1 0000:0:0::0000:1 etc. public class LocalServiceFactory <T> : ChannelFactory <T> { public LocalServiceFactory( EndpointAddress address) : base ( LocalServiceConfiguration .Crea ...Show All

• SQL Server Merge replication downloading old data to the suscriber

  I'm having an error with merge replication my suscriber are downloading old data, all this start happen after I install SP4. let explaint this with more details , if a made an update to a row in a table from the publisher , the agent history show that 1 change have downloaded to the suscriber, a put an audit in the suscriber and yes one update was downloaded but the row still the same, look like the suscriber downloaded old data instead of the curent change that i made. If i delete the row, the rows gets delete at the suscriber, if a insert the row the row get insterted ok. The problem only happen with rows inserted at the suscriber, that later on get update at the publisher. My suscriber has MSDE 2000 SP3 an my Server has SQL ...Show All

• Visual Studio Strange error when adding CrystalReportViewer control

  I have the latest July CTP installed. When I tried to drag and drop a CrystalReportViewer control to my form, I got the following error messagebox:   --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- Failed to create component 'CrystalReportViewer'.  The error message follows: 'System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.ReportSourceFactory' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.Shared.SharedUtils' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.Shared.SharedSys' threw an exception. ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErr ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Organizational Certificate or 'Microsoft Authenticode' Code Signing Digital ID

  Hi, I am just wondering if the VeriSign Organizational Certificate is sufficient to pass the Certified for Windows Vista Logo Program or if we need to buy the much more expensive VeriSign 'Microsoft Authenticode' Code Signing Digital ID . Does anyone know Bye Sven Hi Oliver, that sounds interesting. Can you please explain it a little bit more BTW, this morning I got a call from a Verisign sales agent. She told me that definitely code signing is not possible with the 99$ certificate. Bye Sven ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums can you help ?

  Hi, I have an error in my vba application. It occours only in excel 2003, but not in 2000. Its a: "Application-defined or object-defined error" Error code 1004 In the follwoing method the error occurs: Public Function SaveResultsToExcelSheet(RangeOfValues As Range, ValuesArray() As Double) As Boolean On Error GoTo Error: SaveResultsToExcelSheet = True Dim OutputSheet As Worksheet Dim OutputCell As Range Dim Counter As Long Counter = 0 For Each OutputCell In RangeOfValues OutputCell.value = ValuesArray(Counter) Counter = Counter + 1 Next OutputCell Exit Function Error: Err.Clear SaveResultsToExcelSheet = False End Function The error occurs in the line "OutputCell.value = ValuesArray(Counter ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to retrieve the client machine name from within a WCF service?

  I have a WCF self-hosted service that use netTcpBinding and basicHttpBinding. Is there a way from within the WCF service to retrieve the machine name of the client that has called the service There isn't a standard way that works across every transport to do this. For instance, the TCP protocol doesn't include the client's machine name so there is no way for us to expose this to you. You may want to consider updating your contract to include the machine name as a parameter, or consider adding it as a message header on the client. Regards, David ...Show All