Wil Burton's Q&A profile

• Windows Live Developer Forums sdk not there?

  I downloaded the messengerActivitySDK.zip file The downloaded zip file which is supposed to contain the sdk only had a compiled html help file which gives me error messages instead of displaying help, an xml file and a folder called sample that had 3 pictures and an htm file. How do I get the sdk I realize now that the htm file was a tic tac toe sample but I can't read the instructions on how to use it because they give error messages when I try and read them. ...Show All

• .NET Development (MDAC) 2.6 or later required

  Recieving error OleDb Data Provider requires Microsoft Data Access Componenets(MDAC) version 2.6 or later. This is isolated to a few machines in the network. These machines are running XP sp1. I have checked the version using the tool provided via Microsofts MDAC area. This application is telling me that 2.8 is install, which makes sense consider that ships with XP. I have tried re-regestering the dlls in the oledb folder. This doesn't work. The application is created in using 2005 written in VB. Using Oracle. Works great on 90% of the machines. Any ideas would be appreciated. Try downloading and reinstalling on the problem machines http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/ref/mdac/downloads/ ...Show All

• Visual Studio doing a search in MSDN techinal articles, columns and msdn magazine

  Pls, How can I do a search in msdn or msdn2 that returns results only from technical articles, columns, periodicals and msdn magazine withount including the regular .Net help documents. Thank you For my previous question: returns results only from technical articles, columns, periodicals and msdn magazine withount including the regular .Net help documents I just discovered that doing a search for: My word 1 My word 2 Article Returns mostly articles (from MSDN magazine, columns, technical articales...) instead of regular help documents any other suggestions (I find that articles are very efficient for people who re beginners like myself to dig into a technology and understand its practical aspect) Thanks. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Treeview with larger Icons

  Is it possible to use larger icons (say 32x32) in a System.Windows.Forms.Treeview I need the tree structure otherwise I could've used a Listview... Of course it's posiible to use larger icons for a TreeView, drag an ImageList control from the toolbox to your form, it will appear at the bottom of the workshop,click the smart tag on the right-top of the ImageList control,you will see "Image Size" property,set it to whatever size you want(e.g, 32,32),then set this imageList to be imageList of the TreeView. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Conflict between Word and Outlook

  Hi, I hope you guys can help me with this problem: I have a couple of VSTO customized Word Templates that create Outlook objects as part of their normal functionality. When I close and reopen this templates, the logic in the document behaves in a really weird way: Some controls won't work, some initial events are skipped, basically the action pane becomes useless... I have seen this kind of problem before, caused by the Word instance that Outlook creates to edit mail, appointments, etc. It gets solved by closing the extra Word process in the Task Manager or by closing Outlook completely, but that's something that a normal user may not want or be able to do. My question is, how can I solve this kind of problem wthout having to t ...Show All

• SQL Server Re-installing SQL Server Express

  I recently posted this question in the SQL Server Express forum and it was suggested I also post this issue to this forum. In the hope that someone can shed some light on the problem. A couple of days ago I installed SQL Server Express and it seemed to be running fine. (I've not really had a lot of time to devote to trying it out). Today I decided to remove the software as I noticed it placed various components on differnet drives (my fault, I think). Anyway I removed everything using Add/Delete Progams and then deleted any folders left behind. Now I try a fresh install of SQLEXPR_ADV and I get as far as the "Instance Name" dialog and use the default Named instance of SQLEXPRESS and then click Next. The next dialog b ...Show All

• Visual C++ error C2664: 'gethostbyname' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'class CString' to 'const char *'

  when I use the following code in the unicode project of vc, it has the following error: error C2664: 'gethostbyname' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'class CString' to 'const char *' Can you tell me how to do this data conversion and make this statement workable Thanks you very much. lpHost = gethostbyname(pstrHost);   Samuel Hobbs wrote: You will definitely get that error whether the string is Unicode or not. So try the following and please refer to the documentation of "CString::GetBuffer". LPTSTR p = pstrHost.GetBuffer( 10 ); lpHost = gethostbyname(p); pstrHost.ReleaseBuffer( ); [...] (In my opinion the GetBuffer / ReleaseBuffer pair is required when we need to build a string. In case of gethost ...Show All

• SQL Server Date Query Parameter

  Hi There, I've only just starting working with RSS2005. I've started designing basic reports that pulls info from our HEAT DB (incident/change logging system). One of the report requirements is to be able to pull reports for calls that were logged for specific day/date, using the calllog.recvddate field in the HEAT DB. What i would like to know is how do i do this i.e. how do i setup the date query parameter so that the user can select a date from the calender picker that returns all calls logged for the selected date How do i link the date parameter to the calllog.recdvddate field Thanks, RSS2005 NOOB Hello, Here's what you need to do. Select 'Report Parameters' from the Report menu ...Show All

• Visual Basic Show Pictures in rows (e.g. Emoticons)

  Hello I have a number of small picutures and all of them has the same size. How can I show them in rows in VB2005 Look at this picture: http://www.onh1986.3000mb.com/vb.jpg And when I click one, I want to show it in a separate picture box. How can I do it   Thanks There is something else. I want to be drawn a square around the picture I want to select, how Just like this picture: http://www.onh1986.com/vb.jpg ...Show All

• Visual C++ gdi+ 16-bit color question

  Couldn't find a Platform SDK or GDI+ forum so I'm posting this here: Any information on handling images of type "PixelFormat48bppRGB" in GDI+ The documentation claims that the 16-bit channels are actually represented as 13-bit colors internally i.e. each color channel ranging from 1 to 2^13. I've confirmed this by loading black and white 16-bit color images and determining the color channels are clamped to a range of 0 to 8192. Is this industry standard, or is it just a Windows thing What happens when I save my images again, are they remapped to the original 16-bit range and saved, or just saved in their 0-8192 internal representation Documentation is a little lean regarding this. Thanks everyone! ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. (search) 3d prog to create/edit *.x files directly

  Hy @ all. I'm searching a 3d prog to create/edit *.x files directly, without all the exporting/importing issues. The only one I knew is MeshX, are there any others gonzo883. As I mentioned in my post here , you can download Softimage XSI Mod Tool with the X file addon and import/edit/export at your leisure. ...Show All

• SQL Server Merge Replication using Web Sync - Proxy Auto config problem

  Hi I am trying to setup merge replication using web sync. I keep on getting the message: The Proxy Auto-configuration URL was not found. Yes I have read all the postings telling me to check my internet explorer settings concerning proxy server and auto-detection - I am not using a proxy - auto detection is unchecked. Does anyone have another clue Thanks Alex 2006-08-16 15:31:09.375 Connecting to Subscriber 'CRAW' 2006-08-16 15:31:09.437 Connecting to Subscriber 'CRAW' 2006-08-16 15:31:09.453 The upload message to be sent to Publisher 'CRAW' is being generated 2006-08-16 15:31:09.453 The merge process is using Exchange ID '20E2BF4F-8812-431F-8BF8-94A44B80C16E' for this web synchronization session. 2006-08-16 15:31:09.500 The ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS install on Client box?

  I note that I can install SSIS on a client box not just a server. What is the advantage (expect maybe if the client is a portable computer) to installing SSIS on a client box I would normally expect to find it running on the server side of the house. TIA, Barkingdog ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS Process: Practical concerns.

  Hi, I am working on a proof of concept on TFS processes. Please see my concerns 1. If I need to extract a detailed design document (one document) as per defined template in order to submit to concerned parties, how can I import to a template This should include all diagrams, settings, constraints, configuration, class details, and targeted infrastructure details. 2. If I need to create a detailed design document manually (and store to project documents folder), then again, the problem of 'design and code not being in sync' is replicated. This should not be the case, as Team System claims to resolve 'this' issue. 3. Since VSTS claims to be an SDLC solution, please take this scenario. An architect gives a developer a set of instruct ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System When would I create a TFS Project

  Would a TFS Project be created for a single Product Line that may have multiple versions over the years ie Microsoft Word (knowing there is version controlling for every future version of the software 1.0, 2.0, etc. Or would one create a TFS Project for every version Well, I did find this thread with a little searching. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=271684&SiteID=1 ...Show All