AndrewBadera's Q&A profile

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

  I just started workin on this cause i thought it was cool, but i have no idea on how to get started, it all look so difficult, is there someone who will guide me in the right direction. Try looking here for details of the built in tutorials etc. ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS package listing by name

  I have 100s of packages under one project and finding it difficult to locate a package since it is not in any order. Is there a way to list packages by its name - alphabetically sort Thanks Sorting SQL Project Files in SQL Server Management Studio ( http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp ID=78 ) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Iterating through the DataSource property via a Foreach Loop

  I've created a custom drop down list control which inherits from DropDownList: public partial class CustomDropDownList : DropDownList I need to add a method to this class which will iterate through the items contained in the DataSource property via some sort of loop (foreach or for) and attempt to match one of the items to a variable value that is set earlier. But I can't figure out to loop through the DataSource property. If anybody can show me how to do that I'd be very grateful. Thank you in advance. Sean. Your question seems a little strange at first, since most objects only have one DataSource property, rather than a collection to iterate through. However, the Micro ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums VBA, Null value and data object not set?

  This issue is getting my nerves. In VBA, I can't just say, if MyObject = Null to determine whether the object is set or not. IsNull is pretty uesless since it will report false when the object is not set. VBA treats Null as a value, not an object that hasn't been initialized. Does anyone knows how to get around it Or maybe there is proper way to determin whether the object is initialized or not Like a simple code MyObject == Null in C# Hi, Try using Is Nothing for objects. If MyObject Is Nothing Then MsgBox "MyObject is nothing" End If ...Show All

• Windows Forms datagridview and xml

  Hi, I have an xml file which contains the history of send sms messages. I loaded the xml file into a datagridview. The problem is, i don't know how i can load the data back into their controls. I got two controls where data can be typed in. The first one is phone number which is a textbox. And a richtexteditor where the message can be typed in. But my xml file contains 3 nodes. Node 1 = date and time in ticks. Node 2 = phone number. Node 3 = message. So if a row in the datagridview gets clicked/selected, it should load the phone number in the textbox and the message in the richtextbox. Thanks in advance! ...Show All

• Smart Device Development screen resolution converversion

  Hi! I have a smart device project, developed for 240*320 screen resolution in VS .NEt 2003. When I changed to VS .NET 2005 and deploy to a qtek 9000 PDA, with screen resolution of 480*640, only the upper left corner of the screen was diplayed with the controls zipped. How can I adjust in VS .NET 2005, that when deploying to PDA, it should strech (convert) the coordinates when VGA display is detected Thank you! Hi, I developed an PDA applcation on POCKET pc2003 plateform. When we change the plateform to Microsoft windows Mobile 5.0 SDK it works fine on Normal Emulator but Not on VGA Emulator or Device 480 X 640. Can any one help me. ...Show All

• Visual Basic get the text under mouse pointer?

  howto get the text under the mouse pointer from the other application into the .net winform. "from the other application" is the killer requirement here. You'll need to P/Invoke some Windows API functions: - Capture the mouse so you can click on a window outside the form - WindowFromPoint to find the window handle - SendMessage WM_GETTEXT to retrieve the text Copy and Paste through the clipboard sounds a lot easier... ...Show All

• Visual Basic Display sum of records

  Hello, I need to display on a form, on a textbox, the value of a sum of records that is on a Query on my database. I've the following code: con2.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "Data Source=""C:\Programacao\Visual Basic\Inapal\ReportIt\ReportIt.mdb"";" con2.Open() sSQL2 = "SELECT Qtd FROM [TotalScrapQuery] WHERE ((Data LIKE'" & DateReport.Text & "') AND (Turno LIKE'" & ShiftReport.Text & "'))" da2 = New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sSQL2, con2) ds2.Clear() da2.Fill(ds2, "TotalScrapQuery" ) con2.Close() How can I make something like ScrapBox.text=Qtd Thanks, Joao Pinto ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions noob question: what do windows applications use as a db?

  sorry but I have this totally noob question. I'm completely new at writing windows applications, and want to learn. I have a book (sams learn in 24hours), and it briefly goes over ADO. My question is, besides writing to a flat txt file, what do windows applications use as a database Obviously your standard XP desktop doesn't have a db server, so how do programs save information I'm basically creating a database, but want it to be an installable program, not an MS Access db. But I'm having trouble figuring out what to do in regards to a DB. I see you can use localized db's inside VB, but I keep reading that the user would still need sqlserver express or is that wrong It is upto the developer to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Errors trying to create new database project

  Hi... I have just installed the "database pro" component into the team suite installation. I have TFS installed on a remote sever, and have SQL Server 2005 installed on a other remote machine. The SQL machine has two instances installed. One is named "MSSQLSERVER" and the other is named "MYTESTSVR". Both instances allow remote connections using "TCP/IP and Named Pipes", and the SQL Server Browser service is running. (I can connect to both instances using SQL Managment Studio from my PC). In Visual Studio 2005, I can access databases within the Server Explorer. When I try to create a new database project, I receive the following error: "An error has occurred while establishing a conne ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions how can i select startup to user control at start up

  I am new to programing and would like to know how to do the following. I have multiple use controls and i would like to select the control to show at start up from a combobox list. i would like to save the selected control to a usersetting so it will start up when the aplication is restarted. Thanks I'd customized the Joke class (I suppose I should have included it...): the one provided by the System Namespace just wasn't funny... System.Joke.Funny always returns KindaFalse . Must be the Booleanessity leaking out: I was hoping for SortaTrue . Someone must have the enumeration for Booleanessity ...Perhaps Tall Dude needs to look in the mirror (Reflection ). ...Show All

• SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

  Hey everyone...I'm completely new to SQL Server and I'm trying to learn the Reporting Services tool. I just installed SQL Server 2005 and selected to install all the options, atleast I'm 99.99% sure I did. When I go to launch Report Services Configuration, I get "No report servers were found on the specified machine. Details: Invalid namespace". Do I need IIS for this to work Also, I do not think the AdventureWorks database was installed, I cannot seem to find it anywhere. I have tried to go back through and reinstall it, but it says that it is already installed. Also, is there a certain order that you are supposed to install things i.e. SQL Server before Visual Studios Thanks in advance. *Edit*  BTW, I'm using Windows XP, SQL Serv ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista CreateFile fails under Vista

  Hi, I am a Windows developer programming in Visual Studio C++. I have an application that works fine under all recent versions of windows up to and including Windows XP SP2.   Under the latest Vista beta 2 build 5472 the application fails as follows.  The following line of code fails under Windows Vista,  even when executed as administrator.  HANDLE hHandle = CreateFileA("\\\\.\\APPDRV", GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0x80, NULL); The CreateFile fails to open APPDRV,  can anyone shed some light on this,  and the correct code to use for Vista.  regards Nic Wilson   [EDIT] Disregard,  the issue has been solved.   NW ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Not able to add the product in to cart through Ocracoke

  Hi we are using Ocrocoke(VSTS2005 PERFORMACE TOOL) for one of web application load testing .but problem that we are faching is we are not able to add the product in to cart.Scenario is User browse the site select a product and add product into the cart. Issue is same scenario is Executed perfectly through Jmeter. but not with Ocracoke. What might be a problem is it some cookie or cache related issue or some thing else Please provide ur thoughts on same we are blocked on this front. Thanks in advance Naveen Hi Rick, Thanks for reply. but still same issue persist. i have seen request and response but in web browser tab in web test result viewer. item is not ...Show All

• SQL Server Data loss in replication

  hi, Im using merge replication.I have created one publisher with dynamic filtering and i have creted two subscribers from it(pull subscription).It was working fine.but after sysnchronizing 2-3 times data from some tables went missing can any one help me.... thanks and regards Dhanya It may be because your DML caused data to go out of partition from the subscribers. Is this SQL 2000 Is the setting compensate_for_errors=true for the article you are experiencing data loss And by data loss, do you mean an insert done at publisher after synchronizing, does not exist anymore at the publisher and subscriber ...Show All