mtndonc's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Not getting email alerts on checkin?

  I set the project alert and entered my email address, but there have been 7 checkins over the last 12 hours and I haven't seen an email. How often are they sent, on every checkin or only once per time period If it is not working, what do I look for Thanks Found out relay was not being allowed through the local SMTP server on TFS box, so I pointed at our exchange server... that worked. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions folder viewer

  1. I need to know how to add a folder view... It works like this: *Menustrip* _____________________________ File Folder1 _____________________________ *click folder1* *Menu* _____________________________ Sub folder1 Sub folder2 _____________________________ When you click folder1 it shows what's inside that folder.. if you hover the mouse of sub folder1 it shows what's in the folder P ut C:\Favorites in quotes: My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles("C:\Favorites") and My.Computer.FileSystem.GetDirectories("C:\Favorites") ...Show All

• Windows Forms Table Adapter Update Order

  I have two datagridviews on a form, that have a parent-child relationship via a FK. I am getting a FK error depending on which order I call the .Updates in. I.e. Add new record to Parent and Child childAdapter.Update FK violation here parentAdapter.Update If I change the code to update the parent first of course it works parentAdapter.Update childAdapter.Update until... you Delete... then the code has to update the child first then the parent How do I know what order to call the updates in, or how do you call a hierarchy type auto update Thanks The TableAdapter will generate update, insert, and delete commands for you automatically. They work for most situations but not all. In your case look in the TableAdapter's ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista TabletPC and Video Drivers

  I have a Toshiba TecraM7 tabletPC.  The display adapter on it is the nVidia Quadro NVC 110M.  Currently, Vista Beta build 5472 is installed with the latest of Windows Updates.  After the updates, the video display in the device manager is showing up as only "standard VGA."  I've talked with nVidia, who has this display adapter's drivers on hand, but they are only good for desktops [only].  I've talked to the tech support and they say that it is the manufacturer's responsibility for notebook and tabletpc drivers.  I then talked to Toshiba's tech support, and they have been almost no help at all.  The last response I got from them is "the driver must not be available yet."  Wel ...Show All

• SQL Server How to enable the SQL to update all fields?

  How to enable the SQL to update all fields "UPDATE addresses SET " + "strCompany='" + strCompany + "'," + "Name='" + strName + "'," + "strAddress='" + strAddress + "'," + " strPhone='" + fields.phone.getText() + "'," + " strHp='" + fields.hp.getText() + "'," + " strFax='" + fields.fax.getText() + "'," + " strEmail='" + strEmail + "'," + " strStart='" + fields.start.getText().trim() + ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Open Specific File

  Hi all, How can i open a file without using the OpenFileDialog and i know the location to display a text file into a rtf box Any Help will be appreciated, Thanks in advance MW200675 I think the problem lies in the space in the fileName. I encountered the same problems and still could not fix it. Any suggestion ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Work Item Form Customization Question

  I have three text fields under a tab and I want to control the sizes of each of these text fields - for example, the first one being the biggest, and the others smaller. But using the 'dock' attribute does not seem to do the trick. Can you tell me if there is a way to specify sizes of text boxes on a work item form Thanks, Maggie Having the columns on the tab group and providing the proper PercentWidth attribute for each column and then placing the controls within those columns should achieve the deisred results. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding items to compartment

  I basically had one compartment and when I tried to add new item, say it "Field", by using "Add Field" menu item to this compartment. I got this error. "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Can anyone tell me how to fix this or point out to sources Thank you. I got it works now. This problem has been discussed and here is the solution. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=455187&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView Seek

  Hi, Is some way that I can make a search in a datagridview not whit Loops (For, while). I remember that the datagrid in VB 6 has a Find or Seek method that does this. I don’t remember the correct syntax but it was something like this: DataGrid1.Seek = “field LIKE ‘” & textbox1.text & “%’” Datagridview has that method or is some way that i can do this Checkout this thread ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. I'd like to develop a path-finding engine for RTS game

  With the increase of the number of C# user, and the publication of the XNA new edition. More and more developer agree with using C# to develop game. And I think the problem to use C# to develop is not the efficiency but the accumulation of language such as various libraries. As far as I know, many 3D graph engines have developed by researchers, and some one have being developing the physical engine. But I can't see any engine for AI, such as path-finding engine(if you see any, please tell me, thanks!) especially for C#. And I'd like to develop a path-finding engine for RTS game, of course, for other grid-base game because of my research of a very effect path-finding algorithm which can cost only 1/100 time of AStar and breadth searc ...Show All

• Visual Studio DataGridView wrapper - additional property-combobox fill up

  Hi All, I have made a datagridview wrapper, in wich I add properties to grid for the developer to see at the design time in properties window of the grid . The properties in which developer has to type in a value, those are easy to do. But now I have to make a property as such which appears as a combobox and has 2 values(same as autoscroll property of datagridview -where we have true and false as two default values, and false is default) which are strings and appear in dropdown. I have been able to make a property appear as combobox, but I am nto able to fill up the dropdown list. The code to make property as combobox is here below: ComboBox formManagerMode; public ComboBox FormManagerMode { get { ...Show All

• Visual C# What is the purpose of all these generated files ??

  I wrote a simple program in c# to display an image and Built it.(file name was Image) In the Project Folder these are some of the files that were generated.                   Image.sln (Solution File)                   Form1(Dot net managed resource file)                   Form1.cs                   Image.cs             &nbs ...Show All

• SQL Server Get file create date and time from within SSIS

  The subject line says it all. I need to be able to do a comparison on a file's date and time to see if it is stale or not. I had exactly this same problem. Setting Dts.ExecutionValue to False always results in the package "failing", when all you want to do is end execution if the file isn't newer. The trick is to set a boolean variable ("Go_NoGo" in the following code) to False if the timestamp isn't newer, and set Dts.Execution to True. That way, when you exit the procedure, you don't get an error, but you've got a variable indicating not to proceed. Then, check the variable on the constraint between the Script Task and the next task in the Control Flow. Here's my VB code: If ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Ignored Tests

  Hello Is there any way to retrieve information on the amount of ignored tests in a test run or test project I would like to show in a report the amount of tests failed, passed and ignored. thanks I didn't explain myself very well. I'm sorry. What I meant is if there is any way to know how many tests in a test run had the attribute [Ignore]. I think this is not possible because those tests are not actually included in a test run. Precisely because they are "ignored" they cannot be selected to run. Again, just checking. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA compiled programs crashing

  Hi, i downloaded XNA Game Studio express Beta an hour ago. The application itself works pretty well, but when i compile an application (like the Spacewar starter kit or a new project), the exe that i find in *project folder*/bin/Release/ won't launch : it crashes and asks me if i want to send a report to microsoft. I know it's kinda normal since it's a beta software, but if anyone knows an issue to this problem, it would be very helpful ;) Thanks in advance. Thanks everyone, it works now ! I installed the latest version of the directX SDK (august 2006) and changed the code, and it now works perfectly ;) ...Show All