WilliamVista's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Close current application & start another one

  I would like to close my running application and programmatically start an updater which will update the above application. When the update process completes, the updater should close and the application should run again. What should I do you could try this: To exit the application: Application.Exit(); to kick start another process: System.Diagnostics.Process.Run(" path\filename.ext "); this would apply for both apps, your current app and the updater. Does this help ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Unified Input

  It's my biggest gripe about XNA and directx, there's no unified input...   I don't have a 360 controller hooked to my pc, not even sure if that is possible... is it Anyhow, since i took the whole unified input idea from Lynn T Harrison's book, i'll share it here in hopes that people can email me suggestions and feedback. The enum translations aren't finished yet and the InputManager is a singleton (i'm on a singleton kick lately don't know why), and obviously the gamepad implementation isn't finished.  Hopefully you can sortof see where i was headed with the 360 implementation...   wel here it is, i guess email me at jhered at yahoo com if you have suggestions.   You can purchase a 360 ...Show All

• SQL Server What about re-applying SQL 2005 service packs when upgrading Express SP1 to Workgroup, etc.?

  How do SQL 2000 service packs play a role in upgrading That is, can SQL 2000 Standard with no Service Packs(SP) be upgraded to SQL 2005 Standard, or does SQL 2000 Standard have to have a certain service pack(SP). What about re-applying SQL 2005 service packs when upgrading Express SP1 to Workgroup, etc. Priya Shekhar wrote: How do SQL 2000 service packs play a role in upgrading That is, can SQL 2000 Standard with no Service Packs(SP) be upgraded to SQL 2005 Standard, or does SQL 2000 Standard have to have a certain service pack(SP). AFAIK, you can upgrade a SQL Server 2000 instance whatever it's service pack level is... Priya Shekhar wrote: What about re-applying SQL ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Build reports not reflected in project portal

  hi.. I am in the process of doing build automation for .Net1.1 projects... I was given a solution in my previous thread.... http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=874329&SiteID=1 I followed the solution given in http://blogs.msdn.com/nagarajp/archive/2005/10/26/485368.aspx This works well. But after building the project, it is not reflected in the portal. I checked with the database in the TFS Server. The data is getting inserted in the build related tables. But this information is not available in the portal. Please help me on this. Thanks Bob. Hi, the data is not inmediatly seen on reports asn it must be processed by the datawarehouse, which is made by the TF ...Show All

• Visual C# Global Variables: Not a good practise?

  Recently I was looking for a way to access a variable from everywhere in my Windows Forms application. I achieved this by using a public static class, but that is not the point. When searching on the internet for this problem, I ran into comments that C# is designed to disencourage using global variables, and that the solutions are considered work-arounds. Why is that What is wrong with using global variables Well, The only situation I had to use globals was to dynamically store a username and password for database access. I guess there are "normal" ways to do this, I just haven't figured them out yet *shame* ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How can I read an .inf file?

  Hi. Does anyone know if there’s a method of reading .inf files similar to the way xml is read For example: [Version] Version id = “a103” Program name = “pr name” display name = “name dsp” A way to return the program name only from the file, or array list of files, as a string. are you not able to save such settings in your application settings configuration or even save them in xml There is no direct method of reading ini files but you would have to P/Invoke I believe (which you should stay away from for a number of reasons unless you REALLY have to) http://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/3287991 an alternative is to just read the file line by line using a streamreader but ...Show All

• .NET Development problem with XmlWriter

  Hi everyone, When I use XmlWriter to write XML file, I've encountered a problem: what I need to write is something like: <MyNS:MyControl>bluabluablua</MyNS:MyControl> I've tried to use XmlWriter.WriteStartElement method to accomplish this, but I'll get a runtime exception said: "Invalid name character in 'MyNS:MyControl'. The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name." So I could use the overloaded with namespace one WriteStartElement("MyControl", "MyNS"), but only got: <MyControl xmlns="MyControl">bluabluablua</MyControl> this is definitely not what I want! If I can't do this with XmlWriter, does anyone know another way ...Show All

• .NET Development How to check .Net framework version of SERVER

  i am developing an ASP.net project in 2005 using 2.0 it works locally but not on server when i upload a previous built project (that is of 2003 ver 1.1) at that place it works. so i want to know some technique through which i can check ver of .Net Framework Thanx in advance. This question has no relation to XML so next time try e.g. http://forums.asp.net/ . As for the .NET version used on the web server sometimes it is shown in the HTTP response headers so using a tool like http://web-sniffer.net/  can help, it would show headers like X-Powered-By: ASP.NET X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727 You can also have a simple ASP.NET .aspx page output the .NET version information: <%@ Page Language="VB" %> <html lan ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions datagrid requery

  hi there!!! i have a problem regarding datagrid... how can i connect the datagrid to my database(code only)... and how can i requery the items in the datagrid using some condition thru combobox when i click the OK button... pls help.... pinoyz, For the first question, connect the DataGrid to Database by code is as follows: Dim connection As New SqlConnection(ConnectionString) connection.Open() Dim adapter As New SqlDataAdapter(GetAllAuthorsSqlString, connection) Dim dataset As New DataSet adapter.Fill(dataset) adapter.Dispose() connection.Close() Dim table As DataTable = dataset.Tables(0) AddHandler table.ColumnChanged, New DataColumnChangeEventHandle ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions [2005] NotifyIcon's BalloonToolTip

  Hi, I'm using NotifyIcon in my application. It displays a balloon tooltip containing quote of the day according the current date at determined frequencies (i.e. every five minutes). I wanted to be able to display this ballontooltip when user moves the mouse cursor over the NotifyIcon on the tray. Therefore I’ve used the NotifyIcon1_MouseMove event and it works. But the balloontooltip needs user activity in order to disappear either by clicking on it or other mouse move/keyboard input. So here is my question: How can I force the BalloonTooltip disappear when user moves the cursor away from the NotifyIcon I thought the possibility to use a Timer in order to make it disappear but I have no idea on hiding BalloonTooltip manually: there is ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Signature to bitmap

  I am trying to convert a signature to a bitmap on a pda. I was using HoodCanalSystems control, but it isn't working on the new Palm Windows PDA and they are no longer in business. It returns a bunch of coordinates which it writes to a text file: 56,14,57,16 57,16,60,21 60,21,73,34 73,34,79,39 79,39,88,51 etc... I am using the following code: http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/Signature_Capture.asp Thanks, Aaron You have an exact url I looked for it and can't seem to find it. Our current solution isn't working on the palm windows machine. Aaron ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions help on webrowser - How do you get favourites.

  Hey again i've been a frquent vistor asking for help in visual c# asking about webbrowser etc.. well i'm in the middle of making my browser can any one tell me how to make a tab browser and how i can get favourites in my own browser thanks. yeah i forgot one tiny detail out, i need to be able to access the existing IE Favourites etc... if u want i could send you the template so far and you could have a look at it. theres also some wierd thing when i maximise it on any other pc the browser box dosen't fit the screen like it dose on mine. anyways if want i'll send you my template of the program so far. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Windows Forms, Web Services and Crystal Reports... Problem

  Dear All, I have an n-tier application that is devided into main three parts: 1. UI -> Windows From (dot Net Framework 2.0). 2. BL -> Web Services. 3. DB -> SQL Server 2005. The Problem Is: There are crystal reports files on the server and i need to display them but the windows form crystal viewer - as i know - doesn't take a URL as a report path and for security issues i cann't put my crystal files along with the exe or along with the client machine... soo please help..... Hello, There are two places that I think might help you out. First, I notice that you are using Web Services for the business logic layer of your application. Here is a link to a tutorial that shows you how to load and view reports using a web serv ...Show All

• Visual Basic 2005 Compiler not recognising code changes

  Ok you guys, I know this is probably going to be something really simple so I apologise in advance. I've recently converted a vb.net 2003 solution to 2005. everything is great and I've got rid of my pre-compilation conversion errors and warnings etc and am reading to carry on development. My problem is this - in a sub project (which is referenced in the main solution by the sub projects DLL file, but I also change the source code for the subproject whilst in the main solution (hope that's clear!)), when I change or add to the source code (in the sub project) and start debug, or even rebuild the whole solution, the new code doesn't get picked up. I've tried putting a breakpoint in the code, and it doesn't pick it up, so i tried typing " ...Show All

• Visual Basic Datagrid in vb6

  I wan to put my select command (select name, gender from employee where id = 'abc') in the datagrid...how to do it Muz i use adodc I'm using an access database Hi, VB6 questions, see >> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=478161&SiteID=1 or see one of these areas on http://www.programmersheaven.com >> http://www.programmersheaven.com/c/MsgBoard/wwwboard.asp Board=14&src=20&Setting =     http://www.programmersheaven.com/c/MsgBoard/sublist.asp SubID=29&Setting =       http://www.programmersheaven.com/c/MsgBoard/wwwboard.asp Board=538&src=20&Setting =     Regards, S_ ...Show All