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• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Can't load external resource dictionary in XBAP

  I have a scenario where I have an XBAP project and a control library project. The control library has a Themes\Generic.xaml file in it that defines some styles. Library also has a StyleSelector that will load the Generic.xaml resource dictionary and select the appropriate style for a control in that library that the XBAP application uses. My StyleSelector code loads the resource dictionary like this: Uri uri = new Uri ( this .GetType().Assembly.GetName().Name + @";component\Themes\Generic.xaml" , UriKind .Relative); ResourceDictionary resourceDictionary = Application .LoadComponent(uri) as ResourceDictionary ; All works great if this is done in a regular application. However if done in a deployed XBAP appl ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WCF Client blues (MSDN Subscriber)

  Hello.  I have been trying to write a WCF client to consume a java-based web service secured by Apache WSS4J but have not been successful.  The web service requirements are: 1. Must be accessed via https (i.e. SSL). 2. Request must use SOAP 1.1 format. 3. The SOAP Body in the request must be signed, with the BinarySecurityToken (X509 certificate) embedded in the headers, per WS-Security 1.0 spec. 4. However, the web service itself does NOT sign the responses.  So, the client must NOT expect the response to have any WS-Security headers in it. First off, how would you implement your WCF client given the above requirements   If only someone can answer this question, I'd be in heaven.  ...Show All

• .NET Development wwhich version of ADO.NET for DB Mirroring in SQL 2005

  Hello, someone know if the 1.1 version of .NET support the feature of Database mirroring in SQL 2005 thanks Eric It's a new feature of v2.0 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5h52hef8.aspx ...Show All

• Visual C++ FindFirstFile returing wrong results

  hi all , i used FindFirstFile function to search for files in folder and supplied a input as 'sea*' and though there is no file starts with sea still it is returing results as SEER_CSpringRight.xxx and SEER_ESpring_F_L.xxx .. Any help is appreciated . Rups11 wrote: hi all , i used FindFirstFile function to search for files in folder and supplied a input as 'sea*' and though there is no file starts with sea still it is returing results as SEER_CSpringRight.xxx and SEER_ESpring_F_L.xxx .. Any help is appreciated . can you Show your Code here.this is not Complete Information to tell you the exact reason for your problem.How you are Comparing File names with y ...Show All

• Visual C++ Strip debug info from an obj or lib?

  In VC 2005 what tool can I use to strip (remove) debug info from an already built LIB or obj file No, thanks anyway, but I've got them (many versions in fact), but any versions beyond February 2003 Platform SDK have this problem. This is due to the internal build process that Microsoft uses. So for example the Vista SDK versions of shell32.lib would have this problem also. In some cases I want to take advantage of functions that were added recently (after Feb 2003) ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to get the name of the image in Picture box

  Hi i have a small problem.I saving an image that is displaying in the picture box. i already has a default image in the picture box before capturing the image from a webcam name default.jpg my problem is i want to know the name of the image so that i will ensure whether i'm saving the newly captured image or the default image. hope i conveyed my problem correctly.looking forward for a solution -regards GRK You can store the file name information in the Tag object, something like this: pictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(@"D:\test.jpg", true ); pictureBox1.Image.Tag = @"d:\test.jpg"; Then the Image.Tag property can be retrieved as a symbol whether it's a default image or not, of course you ...Show All

• .NET Development Determine the version of MSXML

  I am developing a product installer and at the beginning of the setup I want to check if MSXML \ XML Parser is installed on the computer on which the setup is running and if yes which version(s). I have to do all this programmatically. Which could be checking registry settings or may be some API's etc.... But don't know where and what to look for. Any ideas Any help will be greatly appreciated. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278674 http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread553198.html Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev ...Show All

• SQL Server Error 4064 after attempting restore backup?!

  Hi, We have a little problem for you: We have 2 servers both running sqlexpress2005, both have service pack 1 installed, both have the same db (same tables etc.) both have the same users with the same passwords. Everything is identical. What I want to do is move the db. I am attempting to do this by making a backup of the db and restoring it into the second machine. (I am not sure of a more practical way to do this without stopping the SQL server). This is the problem, the backup process works fine, without error, but when restoring the copy to the other server ,it loses the dbowner property and all default users when attempting to connect recieve a 4064 error even though all the password for users are there. Very strang ...Show All

• Visual C# Embedding themes in C# 2.0 applications

  Is it possible to embed the theme that I'm currently using for my Windows XP inside my .NET 2.0 applications so that they'll have the same look n feel as I do even when they're installed on a machine that doesnt have the theme I'm using BTW, I'm using a third party theming software. Even you did succeed to copy your favorite theme in :\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes folder using .NET setup project and install it. That doesn't mean that user will use that theme. His appereance style has to be set to that theme and then your app will look like you want. It's hard to force every user for that, and by the way functionality is always more important then style. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How do you refresh graphic content?

  Although I have the box selected to Always Copy the graphic images I am using in my tests they never update when I update them in Photoshop. I include the graphic in my project and select Always Copy. I change the graphic in Photoshop and select Save. I re-run the game and the graphic has not changed. I can see the changed graphic in the root directory but not in the execution directory. So, how can I force the graphics in the project to pull the latest versions of my graphics ...Show All

• Visual Basic Calendar in a VB Application

  I want to put a calander into m applictation and when you click a date (which will be in bold) i want it to show an event that is happening on this date.... Any Help ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 database restore

  In SQL 2000, When I restore a database backup called "A" as "B" the datafile name and log file will change automatically with the new restored database name , whereas in SQL 2005 the datafile name and log file name remains with backup database name . Will this issue be addressed in next release of service pack. Thank you, I do agree that you can do with move option, but if I try the same in GUI, then there is a difference between SQL 2000 and SQL 2005. Is there any reason to change the functionality in SQL 2005 compared to SQL 2000. I don't see anywhere in the document. [books online] ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Streaming video question

  Hi. We're looking to install a streaming video solution for our university campus and wondered if you can help us figure out where to start. Here are some of the requirements of whatever system we go with, Live video streaming on the web Streaming of stored video Provide authentication/authorization as to who can view what We'd like the video solution to be flexible enough to handle handheld devices/cell phones that support it, as well as the web (PC's and Macs). We're a Microsoft shop, so we have a lot of Microsoft technologies (.NET, SQL Server), already, and wondered if you can provide some guidance. Thank you. Try posting your question on the Windows Media Server newsgroup: http://www.microsoft.com/wi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. getting actually used texture information from a .fx file using DX9

  I am trying to get the names of textures that are actually used in a .fx file. I have the texture file name to D3DXPT_TEXTURE2D name mapping. but how do I find out which texture objects are actually used by the shaders I have a couple of sample .fx files which I compile with D3DXCreateEffectFromFile giving: Parameters: 3 D3DXPT_TEXTURE2D and 6 D3DXPT_SAMPLER in the ID3DXEffect D3DXGetShaderInputSemantics: 0 Shaders (VS) and 5 Shaders (PS). Another .fx file gives: Parameters: 7 D3DXPT_TEXTURE2D and 6 D3DXPT_SAMPLER in the ID3DXEffect D3DXGetShaderInputSemantics: 0 Shaders(VS) and 1 Shaders (PS). So, which textures are actually used P.S. This is an off-line tool creating a "null" device and must be compatible with DX9. ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development C# IE toolbar: how to use ShowBrowserBar to make the toolbar initially visible?

  Hi, As I'm programming in C#, I'm using the DeskBand object http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/dotnetbandobjects.asp , rather than the MSDN .net kbbar sample which is written in managed C++. I would like to make the toolbar visible after its installation. Do you know a way to do this I tried to use code like this: Object oShow = true; Object dummy = false; Object vGuid = t.GUID.ToString("B"); // or this.GetType().GUID... Explorer.ShowBrowserBar( ref vGuid, ref oShow, ref dummy); but the problem is: where do I put this code ! If I put it in the SetSite method, it is called when the toolbar is displayed, so too late! Ideally, I would have liked to make it visible in the Register method, but unfortunately, the Explorer is not ...Show All