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• Visual C++ WaitForMultipleObjects doesn't work

  Hello Everyone! Function WaitForMultipleObjects Requirements: Requires Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation, Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95. But this function doesn't work in WinNT. Why Thanks in advance Vladimir yes, CHECK_PERIOD == 1000, I defined it: #define CHECK_PERIOD 1000 ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to debug a Class

  I want to debug a class, more specifically functions that I have in my class. I know that I can create a little app and reference my class and call the functions like that, but I was wondering if there is a general tool that I can provide a set of parameters into and get output from it... Thanks. Hi, give TestDriven.Net a try. It's a testing plugin for VS2003/2005, allowing you to run unit tests, prepared in other tools, code coverage, etc.One thing I like about it is that you get some additional items in your code window's context menu, like "Run with... Debugger". Run this inside your method in a code window and it will run it and stop at any breakpoint you have set. Without running the whole application... I also ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Im new to XNA

  I bought the creative club membership off xbox 360 and downloaded everything on my pc. But Im having ahard time creating even the simple things. So I decided to keep my membership and keep renenwing it until I learn how to make a game and most importantly to play other games. Is there anyone out there making a First person shooter My goal is to make one battlefield 2 modern combat style with xbox graphics but I know I have to start very small before I can achieve that. This evening I'll be posting the second series of my XNA tuts online, where you can learn how to program a 3D flightsim, which is in fact a 1st person shooter (ok, 2nd person if you wish). Maybe you can start there. ...Show All

• SQL Server Using Stored Procedures with Report Builder

  New to the forum here. I'm having a trouble. My company is contemplating using Report Builder as an end user tool as opposed to giving everyone a copy of Visual Studio. I'm studying the feasability on this. A problem I'm running into, is that it doesn't seem possible to use a stored procedure as a data source. All of our standard reports are based off of stored procedures. Now granted, I'm talking about just Report Builder. I know how to base a report off of a SP using reporting services in VS. So, my question is, can you create a report off of a SP using only Report Builder, and if so, the steps Thanks guys! Hi Bob, Can you provide us the soln or a link to the soln please. We are kinda desperate to get this solution. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development CeRegCreateKeyEx

  I am developing a little program on a pda, loaded with Windows Mobile version 5.0 OS 5.1.195 My desktop pc is running XP professional Version 2002 service pack 2 I am using ActiveSync version 4.1.0 From the desktop I am using VB6 to basically move data back and forth. I have already had problems with CeFindFirstFile and CeFindNextFile, and my conclusion is that it doesn't work for set up I have. I have now moved on to try and use CeRegOpenKeyEx, CeRegQueryValueEx, and CeRegCreateKeyEx as this could be useful to gain information from the pda currently connected to the pc. I found articles 306368 and 249144 and followed the instructions, but yet again it doesn't work. What I have noticed is that at the bottom of the article ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS exception error when attempting to report differences

  I hope someone can respond to my issue. I installed VSS 8.0.50727.42 I copied over a copy of the 6.0 vss database. I loaded the old project. I am attempting to : 1. show history from date to date; recursive 2. I get a list of changes files 3. I then select report; clip board, differences, preview Then I get an unhanded exception error in ssexp.ext [2908] Any help would be appreciated. Regards Sandy C. We have a repro in-house of what I believe to be the same issue. If you continue to experience this problem, please record the exception details and call customer support. The working QFE # is 4470. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Docking TableLayoutPanel

  I have a splitcontainer, which contains a docked table layout panel. I want to dock the tablelayout panel to fill, but without anchoring. When the users resize the form, I want the table layout panel to stretch vertically and horizontally, but I want EACH cell within the table to proportionally resize. Right now, the only way I can dock to fill is to have a top and left anchor, and when that happens, only the top two cells of the 4 row by 1 column table layout panel stretch vertically (and all of the cells stretch horizontally). How do I have it so that all of the 4 rows stretch proportionally both vertically and horizontally This forum is messed up. Can you delete the last 2 posts This is the pic--> http://img56.imagesh ...Show All

• Visual C# open/close oledb connection

  I connect and query my access database and populate my datagridview using the code below. My question is if I have to explicitly open or close the connection, please can you show me how & where... DataSet ds = new DataSet(); OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter(); OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + Application.StartupPath + @"\MyDb.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=;"); string strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Log"; OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(strSQL, con); da.SelectCommand = cmd; da.Fill(ds); this.dataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0]; Thanks Thanks. Please can you let me know how I can use the above code in a reusable f ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server

  We are getting the following error when trying to connect to TFS from a developer machine: TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: tfsserver. Team Foundation Server Url: http://tfsserver:8080 . Possible reasons for failure include: - The Team Foundation Server name, port number or protocol is incorrect. - The Team Foundation Server is offline. - Password is expired or incorrect. For further information, contact the Team Foundation Server administrator. It works fine when connecting from the server. Jason Adam, 1. There were no errors logged in the Event Log of the client and the server. 2. Yes, I am logging onto the client wi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Saving Word Documents without Actions Pane and Bookmarks

  I'm sure this must be doable, and I'm just not asking the HELP files the correct question. But let's consider this scenario. An application is built with VSTO in which an Actions Pane helps User A to pull data from an SQL Database and paste the results into a Word Document. User A does this every year, so each year he puts in the current year and gets the correct results entered into his document. User A wants to keep his file like it is, with the Actions Pane, so that he can do the same thing again the next year. BUT, he would also like to save a copy of the final document each year containing the correct values for each year for distribution to User B, his client (without the Actions Pane and bookmarks or any reference to these). ...Show All

• Visual C# Changing code editor background color?

  Hey all, Like quite a few people, i love my late night coding sessions, one thing thats been bothering me for a while is the background color of the code editor in Visual Studio, and the fact that I cant change it to a lovely black color instead of white to save my poor little eyes from strain. Is there anyway to change it without me having to set custom settings on my monitor just to turn the contrast and brightness all the way down hehe :) Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks :) Skoby never mind i got it.. lol, sorry for making the post. Tools > Options > Fonts & Colors > Plain Text > Item Background > Black... :) ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Handling exceptions from asyncronous called web service

  Hello! I've looked around and although I've managed to find documentation about calling asyncronous web services, I don't seem to find information about handling exceptions thrown in the web service when this is called asyncronously. Is there any way to catch such an exception Oh, using .NET1.1 SP1 by the way... Thank you! You should be able to catch the exceptions from async web service call just like how you would for a sync web service call by putting a try catch block around the begin/end calls. What kind of an exception are you seeing Just to be sure about platform (even though the handling should be similar for desktop .net and .net compact framework), are you using .net or .net compact frame ...Show All

• .NET Development Must declare Scalar variable

  Hi, I am using Vb.net with Sql and have the following error. Must declare Scalar variable "@ScoreDate" am going to try the data reader now to see if that fixes it but would like to know why the Datatable does not work I have looked at other Forums for the same error but have not found anything similar. Please Help This is my current code: Dim dt As New DataTable( "Scores" ) Private Sub ScoresForm_Load( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me .Load GetValues() End Sub Private Sub GetValues() Dim cn As New SqlClient.SqlConnection() Try Dim da As SqlDataAdapter Dim cmd As New SqlCommand() cn.Connecti ...Show All

• SQL Server Avegage from 4 columns

  I have 4 columns and i need average from this columns. I can sum values from this columns and divide by 4, but this is inproper in case of nulls. Is there any easy way to do that Right now I'am using: This is probably the best way to do it. It is straightforward and easy to debug, if a pain to write. It is never going to be easy when working with a vector of values like this in SQL. SQL is optimized solely for working with sets of data, so if you had another table with this value in it and a key to group on, you could have a million values and it would work. The first normal form deals with this situation of having a variable number of values in a row for this very reason. This kind of thing isn't always wrong of course, I have a ...Show All

• Visual C# System.Diagnostic.Process.GetProcesses()

  Hello, I have a quick question about the process array being returned from the GetProcesses(). Specifically, why does the process array contain an entry for explorer.exe but I can not get the title of any of any explorer windows open. For example, I have 3 explorer windows open each viewing a different directory. But, none of them show up when I bind my list of a grid control. So, do I need to ignore what I get from the GetProcesses() call and just enumerate all top-level windows that are visible Is there another technique that would allow me to continue to use the Process[] without having to resort to interop Thanks for your time/help! .jdt. AFAIK ...Show All