Andy Hough's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to edit Adobe Indesign files from C++?

  I have a huge library of .indd files that I would like to be able to edit automatically from a C++ program. I would also like to be able to change information and images stored in .PSD files. I have seen general information for Visual Studios .NET 2003 at http://support.adobe.com/devsup/devsup.nsf/docs/53977.htm but I would like to do this with Express. What do I need to get started Any help would be very much appreciated. hello Re: How to edit Adobe Indesign files from C++ such questions are outside the scope of this forum, Contact the library publisher to get better served. thanks rico ...Show All

• SQL Server URGENT!!! - Dynamic Cube Creation using AMO

  Hi evereboy, i'm building an ASP .Net 2.0 aplication, and i need some guidance please. The aplication's purpose is to build cubes from a data source view, i saw the examples of the sql server AMO, but is hard coded, i need something dynamic like BI SQL Server 2005. so the program flow that i thought is : 1) user choose ONE fact table and many dimensions from the DSV 2) Next i need to create the db Dimensions Dynamically, so i thought, list all the relations of the DSV Schema and then for each relation that has "fact Table" (choosen before by the user) as Child and the DImensions (choosen before) like Parent build a DB Dimension. (Now i have the problem of the role playing dimension,i don't need to create the Date Table 3 times (A ...Show All

• Windows Forms Topmost Form At All Times

  How can I keep a form open for it's entire lifetime I want only my form to be active as long as the form is open. I have tried setting topmost to be true, but that doesn't work. I've done this once before in Java but am not sure how to do it in C#. My general solution is to check if the form has lost focus. If it has then give focus back to it. How can this be done with C# forms There must be a way to do this since other programs are able to do so. Think of a MessageBox or DialogBox. Neither of those can be minimized. There are computer games that do not allow the alt-tab or any other minimizing key combos. Some do not even allow alt-f4. Even instant messangers have a docking option that keeps them alway ...Show All

• Windows Forms Avoiding the selection of text in a DropDown ListBox

  I've built a User Control that has a number of controls in it. One of these is a simple DropDown ListBox. When the User Control is instantiated it always selects [in blue] the text of the selected item. I've tried everything I can think of to "hide" the blue, such as setting SelectionStart = 0 and SelectionLength = 0. I've also tried setting the focus to another control. But nothing seems to stop this highlighting from occurring. Any ideas how to resolve this problem Robert W. Vancouver, BC but why it effects no other behaviors really :-) It's a minor thing. However using a combobox (drop down) I don't have that problem. Post the code for your custom control, it would help. :-) ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development IE7 Script Error

  Hi, This problem has always been bugging me. When I sign into my user account and open up User Accounts in control panel I don't have any problems but when I go to any other user account and do this, no matter if they are computer admins or not, they encounter an IE script error with no description and this popup does not go away whether you click yes or no. It's not just the User Accounts menu in the control panel, it's other applications too. Is there a fix for this problem or any ideas I have already disabled script debugging in IE. I also disable the alerts for script errors in IE too. Well thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only one. Has anyone contacted Microsoft about this I'm on an XP Home Service Pack 2 and planning ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development problem with iexplorer ActiveX stealing focus

  I am trying to use the inernet explorer activeX control to display a web page in a C++ application. A background thread periodically requests a refresh of the page in case it has updated. The ASP web page interrogates a SQL Server table for data when refreshed. THE PROBLEM: If a user is entering data in another area of the program, the explorer component steals the keyboard focus whenever it refreshes and you must click the mouse back on the editing area to continue. Is there a way in the ActiveX to stop it stealing the focus Brian We have experienced the same problem for a long time, where the IE activex steals focus. Our problem has nothing at all to do with any pages being loaded. The problem occours in our application ...Show All

• Visual C# Multilangual WinForms - Get a list of translations

  Hi, I'm working on a multilingual WinForms 2.0 application, and I've got a question - is there an easy way to find out what languages the UI has available For example currently my app has an English UI version and a Russian version, i need to allow user to switch the UI language dynamically. This is not a show stopper by any means (i currently maitain the array of available cultures manually)... but it would be near to find a more dynamic way of doing this. Thanks in advance, Nick Goloborodko ...Show All

• Visual C++ Cannot add member variable

  Whenever I select "Add member variable" menu from context menu at dialog editor, I only get blank form with nothing in it, totaly blank. What's wrong It goes the same for MFC project, CLR, Win32, etc. I'm using Visual Studio 2005 update version and Windows Vista Business update version. I'm sorry for making you feel bad. I don't think that way. I really apreciate every help that I can get. That's why I've tried your suggestion. By the way, the "Add new member variable" wizard works fine on XP. Thank you. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Windows Vista - Process.GetProcessesByName doesn't work

  Hi, This code is written in c#.net windows application. I am trying to get all the processes by name using Process.GetProcessesByName("Exe Name") and for some reason this doesn't work in Windows Vista, does anyone have any idea     I am having issues with Process.GetProcessesByName("Sierra") , the current software runs fine on XP but when I try to run it on Vista I get "Couldn't Get Process Information from Remote Machine" . The program is written in VB with VS2003. Any Ideas would be appreciated. ...Show All

• SQL Server Run a task multiple times

  I have a situation where I run the same taks multiple times during the execution. I would like to have one task which runs every time, instead of duplicating the task over and over 14 times in my script. Basically, it is an audit log, which I set variables and then insert into a SQL table the variables. I would like to do this: Task1 ------Success-----> Set Vars -----Success--> Log | Task2 ------Success-----> Set Vars -----Success-| (do the Log task again) | Task3 -------Success-----> Set Vars -----Success-| (do the Log task again) | etc This works, however, I have to duplicate Log over and over and over. No OR does not work, because it still only executes the Log task once. Another option I thought of, but cannot find a w ...Show All

• SQL Server MSSQL Server 2000 error Setup fail to configure server

  I have searched and could not find an answer for this one I read log and it said Starting Service ... SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS -m -Q -T4022 -T3659 Connecting to Server ... driver={sql server};server=KENSHIN;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified driver={sql server};server=KENSHIN;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified driver={sql server};server=KENSHIN;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified SQL Server configuration failed. how do I fix this How are you connecting ...Show All

• .NET Development DB Question

  Hi folks, I'm interested in doing some DB work. From what I understand, not all Databases are created equal and that different API's need to be used to access them. I'm planning on using a MySQL database and would like to know if .NET can connect to it easily or if special steps need to be taken (external libraries, additional coding, etc.) -Zero Yes you can connect MySql using .net. But first you have to download and install necessary assemblies of mysql database. you can download the assemblies from www.mysql.com ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums V3 performance degrades over time

  During my development, I had to refresh my webpage every so often. I noticed that over a period of time the map was taking longer and longer to refresh. In fact, at one point, it took 35 seconds. So, I decided to do some testing. With the help of the "window.setTimeout()" function, I automated the GetMap() function to run every 30 seconds. I calculated the time for the GetMap() function and saved it. It started out with 1 second and at the end of 30th call, it took 9 seconds. The increase was progressive and there were no spikes. I have 15 pushpins on the map. I'm using IE6. If I close the browser and restart my application, it starts running faster but gradually slows down again. In our production environment, I foresee my ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Move It

  How do I make a button on my form to be always 10 pixels from the left side of the form and 10 up from the bottom, when each time the form loads it resizes to match a picture in a picture box Thanks Nobugz/Dman, Niether solution worked, but I think it's my fault ,the problem is that I want the form to be the same size as the picture box (which when the the form loads can be various sizes) what I need is to transfer the width/height of the new image which is decided in form one, to be transfered to form two, but this is not happening,why Me.Width = frmImage.txtWidth.Text Me.Height = frmImage.txtHeight.Height Me.btnAccept.Anchor = (AnchorStyles.Left Or AnchorStyles.Bottom) ...Show All

• Visual C# Turkish Character problem ( Streamwriter )

  Hi everyone..I want to write 'o' , ' ' , 'u' and 'c' characters to a .rtf file.and I want to use StreamWriter for writing and StreamReader for reading..But when i use StreamWriter and send one of the Turkish character, in the .rtf file there becomes a character like "A ".. what must i do_ and i think i must use "iso 8859-9" encoding.. hi.. you can find byte code of the Turkish letter "i" at this page http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1254.mspx then you can use FileStream's Write function.. FileStream fsTarget = new FileStream (target,FileMode.CreateNew,FileAccess.Write); fsTarget.WriteByte(305); // 305 is the byte code of Turkish "i" hope it works.. ...Show All