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• Visual Studio Express Editions Image as Thumbnail in Data Grid?

  I did a search through the knowledgebase, but couldn't find anything about this. I have a SQL Database, and want to display an image as a thumbnail in one of the data fields. I cannot figure out how to do this, but figure it must be possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like it to take a large image and resize it automatically for the thumbnail, but don't want to impact performance too badly, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Matt Load the file into an Image or picture (it doesn't have to be displayed). Dim a as Image = YOURIMAGE ' From SQL System.Drawing.Image.GetThumbnailImage(Integer, Integer, System.Drawing.Image.GetThumbnailImageAbort, System.IntPt ...Show All

• Windows Forms Prerequisite not working?

  I'm trying to build a setup for my application using a Windows Installer project. I'm using VS2005. My Windows application requires SQL Server 2005 Express, so I marked that as one of the prerequisites. I built the installer successfully and ran it on one computer running XP. It successfully detected that neither .net 2.0 or SQL Server 2005 Express were installed and installed both of them before installing my application. My application ran just fine and life was good. I then took the exact same setup.exe and setup.msi and ran them on another computer - also running XP. It didn't attempt to install either of the prerequisites, and seemed to successfully install my application. As soon as my app was launched though it failed with " ...Show All

• SQL Server Regarding Accessing on every objects within the sql 2005

  Hi guys , can I know is that any way to set up some authentication for user access all the objects within the database after login successfully. For example, after access login into the database server and would like to click on certain database (eg : A) , then pop up the user access login page again. Thx Sorry for the short explanation. Er... let me give a scenario. Once I open SQL management studio, there's a user login pop up window in order I able to access into my server. After login successfully,there are 3 database displays and stored in my servers ( Db A,B and C). When I want to click on the A database, then will pop up the user login window again for authorization. After that, if I want to choose ...Show All

• Windows Forms Cannot add files to any deployment project

  I have been merrily developing merge modules and deployment projects all week until this afternoon when suddenly I can no longer add any files to any of these projects. A colleague opened the same projects and also cannot add any files. After trying a number of different things to resolve this, the VS2005 IDE gave up the ghost and decided it wouldn't show me any menus or context menus.. however, a restart fixed this one. Has anyone seen anything like this before and is there a solution BTW, we are using VSTS if that might make any difference..   D ...Show All

• .NET Development FileLogTraceListener crashes my app when I change system date

  Hi Friends, I've been using FileLogTraceListener to log some messages to text files in my application. The application is basically a server which runs 24/7. Every other moment there are some or the other messages to be logged. When the server is running and I change the system date, this crashes my application. I can figure out that since the trace log is using system date for file names so this might be the problem. But how do I get around this problem Also, how is it handled when the system date changes automatically at midnight Thanks, Kunal Hi Friends, I have begun working on this problem of mine again and have some updates. In my app, the only thing that's dependent upon system date is the ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Help adding objects to my tile map

  I have a Tile map and I am trying to add interactive objects to it.   Would I make all objects as another tile layer   If I did make the objects as another layer how would I make them interactive and to keep it simple click on a object say like a car for example and have it attach itself to the cursor then when I click again have it stick to that coordinates on the map The issue is more towards putting the object on the map first of all then selecting it. I believe once I conquer putting the object on the map then I can pick it up off the map.   I just need the theory behind it I believe and I probably can figure it out my self if I cant I will just ask more questions.     I am using Dire ...Show All

• SQL Server ssis bulk insert task

  hi, i have a bulk insert task and i want to transfer to the source connection each time a different text file name. how do i transfer to the connection source field a parameter with a new name each time. the name will b excepted as a parameter to the package. can i do it in a bulk insert task thx, Tomer Brian, As usuall its always a pleasure getting the straight and proffesional answers from u. u r the best. thx, Tomer ...Show All

• .NET Development Error using a managed c++ dll in a c# app

  Hi, I have created a C++ managed DLL that is my wrapper to a Remedy server. My Dll references a remedy Lib in order to have access to it. Everything compiles fine and my DLL is generated. Now I want to consume the DLL from a C# application. I can reference the DLL without problem and access the functions using intellisence. But, as soon as I start the application and tries to create a instance of my C# class (that has a static property with the reference to my C++ DLL) an unhandled exception is raised: "An unhandled exception of type "System.IO.FileNotFoundException" occurred in MyCSharpProgram.dll" Additional Information: The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x00.....) I ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adding ActiveX control to MS Visual Studio 2005

  I have a third party ActiveX which I'd like to utilise with a project developed using Visual Studio 2005, mostly developed in C#. I've taken the .ocx and run RegSvr32 and AxImp against it. In Visual Studio I've added the control to the toolbox, but when I try to add it to a form I get the following : Message box : Failed to register the ActiveX control. Please ensure it is registered properly 3 warnings 1 : Could not resolve dependent COM reference "stdole, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a 2 : Failed to create the wrapper assembly for type library "AxWTReaderNet". Exception of type 'Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ComReferenceResolutionException' was thrown. 3 : The ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Zoom -- all pushpins visibles (different layers)

  Hi, I cant put all pushpins visibles with diferent layers. Only appear the pushpins of the last layer. I read in other thread, that it is possible save the zoom of the "biggest" layer and put this zoom for other layers, but the command GetZoom() seems dont work. Anyone has some idea, how i can do it Tks buster Sorry, I don't understand the question. I take it from the lack of responses that others are having a hard time with the quesiton, too. Can you try to list out what you are trying to do, maybe in steps ...Show All

• .NET Development WS_FTP corrupting files

  Am running ipwsitch's ws_ftp 2007 pro software on windows 2000 platform on a network. . Trying to download a 17.4mb zipped file via FTP. File comes across to my environment but is corrupt - when attempting to unzip it. Transfer mode being used is BIN and not TXT. Any suggestions This forum is dedicated to software development questions using the System.Net namespace in the .Net Framework . Please repost this question to a forum more closely in line with the topic of your question. Please see http://www.microsoft.com/community ...Show All

• .NET Development Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0

  The previous post on this subject got me to thinking. I am running VB express , Net Framework 2.0 on an XP SP2 PC, with no plans to go to Vista any time soon. I ran Microsoft's 'check for updates, and it shows nothing for Visual Studio 2005. Is the Framework 3.0 useable/recommended/useful for us VB Express users under XP SP2 At the risk of sounding dense ... A. Installing and using .NET 3.0 won't have any effect on your Express install. B. However, you can't use the Visual Studio extensions in the current CTP release, note the asterisk A. So there is absolutely no reason for me to load it B. Okay. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Mouse Help...

  I was thinking of Writing a help feature in a program I am making which would move the mouse pointer on the screen then the pointer will click things such as buttons or right Click thinks, Now I know there is a way to move the mouse pointer position but is there a way the cause the Mouse to Click Which Would be identicall to me actually Clicking the mouse button myself but the program does it on its own and produces the same result of actually Clicking the Mouse Button. If anyone knows how to do this I would appreciate it if you can tell me what the method or steps to making it work! I went to the Page you recommend and I tryed the code there and this is what My result was... Imports System.Ru ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Using SPFolder in custom WebService

  Hi all, I was wondering if someone could help me out on this. We are using SharePoint 2007 SDK in an attempt to copy an existing "Template Directory" via a custom web service. The web service is running on the same machine as SharePoint. I have created a separate class library with a method that performs the SPFolder methods. The web service invokes this method, passing it the name it wants the copied directory to be called. public static string CopyTemplateFolder(string _projectName, string _rootDir, string _templateDir) { // Get SP configuration information string sharePointWebsite = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SharePointWebSite"].ToString(); // Set the ret ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Animating Billboards Using A Single Texture

  I just finished a basic billboard class that is capable of reading in multiple textures and animating. However, I would like to read in a single texture file and be able to simply change texture coordinates to change the appearance of the billboard. Now, I could recreate my VertexBuffer each frame, but that would be a lot of wasted processing. Is there a way to dynamically alter the texture coordinates for VertexBuffer objects each frame Edit: As a bonus question, how do I enable the alpha channels in my textures Right now it shows up white. I am using the BasicEffect. Would I have to write my own effect just for that Seems rather silly but I will if I have to. Edit 2: As bonus question 2, how can I disable antialiasing of my textures I'm ...Show All