Hatter Jiang's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF) Extensions "Add Service Reference."

  Is it me, or is there no support for "Add Service Reference" to Web Site projects Looks like it works like a champ in Web Application projects but not Web Site... any way to enable this :) Thanks! Mike ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Xbox Live Arcade

  Do any of you reckon that it's possible to make a game using the XNA express framework, and then get it published (by MS or otherwise). I think, looking at the standard of games on Xbox Live Arcade, that I can make a much better game than anything there.   johnnyXNA wrote: What's to stop "underground" gaming or is it "indie" gaming from having some really great titles and distribute them themselves Is that against the EULA Probably nothing, and you may be able to do this to some extent. It's just that if you want your game on the Marketplace with a MS Point pricetag you'll need to go through the whole developer process. I haven't seen MS comment on setting up a paypal website where people ca ...Show All

• .NET Development ASP .NET Web Service in .NET 2.0 upgrade to .NET 3.0

  I wrote a simple .NET Web Service and client under .NET 2.0 If I want to run it under .NET 3.0 and get the advantages of the new release what do I have to do I have VS 8.9.5, and the ABOUT page says its using .NET Framework 2.0.50727 DO I have to upgrade my VS, I think I have the latest, not sure Do I have to recompile, or just run the 2.0 code on a machine containing .NET 3.0 Do I have to redeploy the service onto IIS Yes... that's it.... al least this is the same understanding I have.... ;) Rgds, Rodrigo ...Show All

• .NET Development How to save list of records same time with ObjectDataSource?

  Hi, How to record a register of the type Person and a list of registers of the type Address at the same time, using the ObjectDataSource thanks, Hi, you can create your own class for creating specifically what you a re trying to do with your application. You exposed those funcionalities as publib methods/functions. Then You place a DataGrid or any control you want to use in your form/web, and in the smart tag start the databinding wizard. Then you select the object datasource you just create and select the methods you create for inserting, deleting, or whatever action you want to execute. Check out this link for more information. Best Regards ...Show All

• Windows Forms Generated DataBinding and ComboBox Problem

  Hi, I make use of the automatic databinding in VB 2005. I have got two tables. One is called customers and the other is called WorkingStations. Every Customer is assigned to one WorkingStation. I have created the dataset that displays thw rows from both tables. The customer table contains a column called WorkingStationID that is related to the primary WorkingStation key. Now I created a form that allows me to edit a customers data. I load one single customer by his ID. The basic editing works without any troubles. Now I added a combobox that has following attributes: Source: WorkingStationBindingSource Member: WorkingStationName Valuemember: WorkingStationID Value: Customers.WorkingStationID I load both tableAdapters(the one for the custom ...Show All

• Visual Studio Automate component installation in toolbox?

  Hi all! I'm trying to create a simple program that installs some components into VisualStudio2005 toolbox (adding a new tab and some components). The code below works fine BUT for some reason the MyComponent.dll file gets locked by VisualStudio after the installation. I can't delete the MyComponent.dll file (not even manually from the file explorer). If I close VisualStudio the file is not locked anymore. Anyone got a clue of how to make VisualStudio let go of my file after installation public partial class MyInstaller: Form { private string currentDir = Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\"; // Constructor public MyInstaller() { InitializeComponent(); } // On "Install" button click private void buttonInstal ...Show All

• Visual C# Method Questions

  I'm reading the Book C# Step by Step and I'm on Chpt 3.....Writing Methods and Applying Scope....I'm confused on something...... In the book it says that if the method is not to return anything then you set to void... Exp: private void showresult(int answer) { result.Text = answer.ToString(); } but doesn't this statement make the method return something Jay Esparza not at all. its just setting a value to a UI control.  if something were to be returned, the keywords "return" would be used, along with the object to return. Now if you tried to return "hi":   return "hi";   in that method, you would get a compiler error since ...Show All

• Visual Studio Standalone VC++ Build Box

  Hey All, We're trying to setup a standalone build machine. Our application is made up of a mix of C# and VC++ projects (all VS2005). We have a bunch of MSBuild files that, on our dev workstations, build everything with no problems. However on our new build box, with just the framework, SDK, and platform SDK installed (no Visual Studio), the VC++ projects fail. The failure seems to be a pathing issue with the C++ includes and libraries. I'm using the .Net SDK command prompt to execute MSBuild; on our workstations we use the VS2005 command prompt. Is there some piece we're still missing that needs to be installed On our last build box, we just gave up and installed VS2005, on our new one we'd like to figure this out. Any ideas ...Show All

• SQL Server Clustering Options

  What options do I have to cluster SQL server 2005 Currently we have three servers that can be used for the cluster. We currently don't have any shared storage, but plan on getting a SAN down the road. What do you guys recommend I would like to have some redundancy in the database server. You must have shared storage (whether its a SAN or direct attached storage) to use fail-over clustering in SQL Server 2005. You can use Database Mirroring to have a redundant copy of a database without shared storage, so it depends on what you are trying to do. Database mirroring works at the database level, while fail-over clustering works at the instance level. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WCF and Cardspace sample without IIS?

  Hi, I would like to try out CardSpace as an authentication for my self-hosted WCF service. However, all the samples that I find require IIS. Is there any samples/tutorial for me to get started with CardSpace that focuses on self-host WCF service Thanks Hello YewMing, this sample demonstrates the capabilities you want. HTH, Vittorio ...Show All

• SQL Server DB2 linked server issues

  I have a DB2 linked server using DB2OLEDB from MS. the DB2 table does not have journaling enabled, so all of my data creation and update statements are failing when using OpenQuery. Is there a way to get my data mod statements to execute on DB2 without requiring journaling I have tried using ODBC and setting the Commit Level to none, but it appears that SQL server overrides that setting when connecting through the Linked Server. Any ideas If you are running the Developer or Enterprise Edition of SQL Server you could try this feature pack download from Microsoft. Unfortunately, it does not work with SQL Standard Edition so I have not been able to try it. Microsoft OLEDB Provider for DB2 Thanks, Greg Van Mullem ...Show All

• Windows Forms Combo Box

  When creating a Combo Box, Can I populate the drop down options from an XML file Hi, In theory can load it from any kind of source but not via the designer. These kind of things need to be done via code. Here is an example: http://www.functionx.com/vcsharp/xml/comboboxitems.htm Greetz, Geert Geert Verhoeven Consultant @ Ausy Belgium My Personal Blog ...Show All

• Visual C++ CEDIT Base Class

  Hello all, It would seem that the Class Wizard wont give me the option of creating a new class with the base class of CEDIT. CEDIT does not appear in the pull-down. I'm using VC+2005. I created an MFC class with CEDIT as a base. I can get around the wizard, but I don't know why it won't allow u to quickly create a class with other than the pull down selected base classes. ...Show All

• .NET Development Access 2003 vs VB 2005

  I am currently develop a software that reads of many different databases. I am trying to create database in ms access 2003 that hold the nessary information from different databases. I have foxpro, oracle, csv. Some of them will need some data massaging to show up correctly in ms access. I will have to import into ms access from the different sources. I need some guidelines to approach this problem. My thought was to create a vb 2005 data massage module, transfer the data into ms access. my concern is the performance. ms access seems to import the foxpro table much faster that tableadapter but i havent found any VBA code that data massage it. also i need to update the ms access database every day. I havent found any code for vb 2005 that t ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development DST impact on IIS

  Hi Hi,Can any one confirm me that is there any patches required for IIS due to daylight savings. Thanks. Same here. One web server is NT, the other is Win2000. Both show the correct time in the system tray, but when Frontpage sends an email containing a time stamp, it's one hour behind. I've thought of shutting down both servers, pulling the lithium battery, putting it back in and allowing that to reset the BIOS time, cranking them back up and setting the time via the system tray and not selecting "Automatically adjust for DST". Anybody have a reason they don't think that would work ...Show All