Nickolai's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Control Array or Array of Controls

  I'm a old VB6 guy and I'm trying to move up to VC++ Express. In VB6 you could create control arrays by copying a control and pasting it. A dialog box asks if you want to create a control array, you press ok and it's done. I know it's not that easy in VC++, I've been trying to do this for over a week now and I just can't figure it out. I've seen several examples in VB and C# and I got one to almost work. Some of these examples are from 2004 when VS 2005 was still in the making and they just don't compile. Please, can someone help me I need to make 512 box's on a form that I can change the color of. I'm currently trying to do this with a panel control. I'm so warn out trying to figure this out, and I don't know how I'm going to get there ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Package Configurations

  Hi, Within the SSIS package i am currently developing I have a number of variables relating to folder locations. I have added these to a SQL configuration package as i'd like to be able to change these prior to the SSIS package being executed. I plan to launch the package by calling a SQL Agent job from a web page. On this web page i'd like to be able to change the values in the SQL database so that the package runs with User specified folder locations. If anyone has done this before i'd appreciate if you could suggest how best to accomplish this. At present i'm thinking of just interogating the created database but as there are no keys etc set up this may not make updating the table easy. Many thanks, Grant ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) SVCUtil.exe

  Hi All, I am working in WCF. Here my questio is, is it neccessary that to have Winfx SDK installed on the machine to use the SVCUtil.exe Next question, is there any advantage of using SVCUtil.exe instead of Add service reference Regards, Santha Hi, I used the command SVCUtil.exe in the command prompt under the path "C:\Windows\Framework\V3.0\Windows Communication Foundation".This is the path under which I have installed the WCF.But it does not have any SVCUtil tool but I have WSATConfig tool regards, Santha ...Show All

• Architecture Stored procedure vs standard query

  hi, I am in process of evaluating that for simple CRUD operations(select,update,delete,insert), should we use stored procedures or should we fire queries directly from DAL for performance enhancement leaving aside the fact the stored procedure pproach will mix the data access and business logic . If somebody could provide any microsoft URL link giving clearcut recommendation on the same,it would be of great help to me. Regards In my opinion you should always try to use Stored Procedures as Part of the Logic Layer. I have always seen Stored Procedures as a Logic Service, in the same manner as a Web service. Separation of Logic through Stored Procedures would then be the same as Separating Logic in ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Provisioning problem for Windows Mobile 5.0

  I am a new bee in Mobile and Embedded field. I am currently working on WM 5.0 these days. What I see on my Network Management screen is My ISP is for general network connections. My problem is I want to make My Work Network for general network connections. That should solve my problem becouse my Network adapter is also associated with Work network. I tried to do by provisioning XML files. But every time I reset my device, My ISP becomes default for general network connections. Is there any way I can change to My work network as first in list. I even tried to remove My ISP from the list by writing a following XML and then provisioning with rapiconfig.exe : <wap-provisioningdoc> <characteristic type="CM_Networks" ...Show All

• Visual Basic Connecting the UI to objects

  Ok, I thought I knew what I was doing... I did everything like you are supposed to. I created a data access layer (DAL) project, and a business logic layer (BLL) project. I referenced the DAL in the BLL project. I then created a new class (JobMaster) in the BLL and added method: GetJobMaster that returns a DataTable from the DAL. So far so good, right So how do I bind, say, a DataGridView to this DataTable Can I do it at design time I tried by creating a project data source of type Object (JobMaster) but there are no columns. It also said that I needed a reference to the DAL because I was returning a DataTable of type that was defined in the DAL. I thought I would not have to reference the DAL project, that that was the purpose of ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Fixed Function Pipeline

  Removing the fixed function pipeline is simply a bad idea. Lets face it, as an indie-developer, we are targeting 3 year old intel on-board chipsets... maybe the fixed pipeline is available via effects files I have a nice little terrain engine in C++ - using DX8 - most users don't even have the big nine installed - that I would like to port over to XNA... it uses the fixed function pipeline and can blend 2 textures per patch via a coverage factor and modulate this with a shadowmap (if there are 4 blend stages)... and runs with high framerates even on intel on-board. For older hardware with only two stages, it simply do two passes. So for indie-developers, wo loose 95% of our target audience due to the removal of the fixed function pipeline ...Show All

• Visual Studio Can I run a macro on a timer event?

  Is there some way to run a macro on a periodic basis, say every 15 minutes I think so, using a timer that you initialize in this event handlers: Private Sub DTEEvents_OnStartupComplete() Handles DTEEvents.OnStartupComplete ' When the IDE is loaded End Sub Private Sub DTEEvents_OnMacrosRuntimeReset() Handles DTEEvents.OnMacrosRuntimeReset ' When the macros runtime is reset End Sub If that fails an add-in certainly would work. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Counting

  I want to make a program where you click a button and the textbox tells you how many times that button has been clicked. However it only counts the first click. What have i done wrong Option Explicit On Option Strict On Public Class MainForm Private Sub xExitButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles xExitButton.Click Me.Close() End Sub Private Sub xCountButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles xCountButton.Click ' displays the number of times the Count button is clicked Dim numClicks As Integer ' add 1 to the numClicks variable each time the button is clicked numClicks = 0 numClicks = numClicks + 1 ' display message xMessageLabel.Text = ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Maximized TabItems

  Hi! I'm trying to create a TabControl where the TabItems fill all the available space. E.g.: 1 TabItem takes 100% of the TabPanel space, 2 TabItems -> each take 50%... I don't exactly know how to achieve that... Could anyone give me a hint Thanks! I think you can do something like this in code foreach ( TabItem ti in tabControl.Items) ti.Width = (tabControl.Width -20) / tabControl.Items.Count; //should account for the tabItem's margin ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista i get errors while installing with a DVD

  dont know what the problem is but when i try installing vista i get error at the first setup phase (setup could not copy the files to your local machine error : [80070017]. i tried burning at 3 speeds, 4x, 2x, 1x. i still get the error. i tried use the DVD at friends house and got same error. i got a SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A. i tried using nero, alcohol 120% and cheetah burner. nothing seems to be working so i guess i am just gonne wait for your ideas and suggestions. Thnx, It worked great for me. Was using a Lite-On 16X an could'nt get passed 47% on copying files, so I changed to my Panasonic DVD drive and it worked great. Thnx again ...Show All

• SQL Server Table output

  Hi everyone, While creating a stored prodecure, I now that it is possible to use an output parameter which is a table . However, I do not know how to do it In other words, I would like to return a table but as an output parameter, so how can this happen Hi mert, As far as I know, you can declare a sp parameter in any of the sql 2005 data types except the table data type Instead of sp's perhaps you can use user defined functions returning a table. You might also consider this option. Eralper http://www.kodyaz.com ...Show All

• Windows Forms Event

  Hi,   I have this code:   Public Sub DisplayAddrBook()         da = New OdbcDataAdapter( "SELECT name&' : '&email AS contact, email FROM customer WHERE (email IS NOT NULL); " , cn)         ds = New DataSet         da.Fill(ds, "Contacts" )           DataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = False         DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables( "Contacts" ).DefaultView           Dim DataGridViewChk1 As New DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn  &nb ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development ACA Explorer

  Hello, Don't know if anyone has created one yet but I figured I'll share this small tool i made with everyone. AcaExplorer allows you to view the content of unencrypted Advanced Content Archives and extract files. Usage: Run acaexplorer.exe > Click on [Open Archive]  > Select an *.aca file and click [Open] > Select one or more files from the listbox > Click on extract and choose the destination > Click [Choose] and voila! Tip: use [CTRL] to select multiple files The tool is free and can be downloaded from: http://www.levelx.eu Notes: The program doesn't warn if there is already a file with the same name in the destination map and overwrites. Currently there is a max 16MB limit.   ...Show All

• SQL Server Trying to import an Excel worksheet to Sql

  I am trying to import data from an excel worksheet to sql mgmt studio express..Everyone has told me to right click my database, select tasks, select import but the problem is there is no IMPORT option..What did I do wrong hi, in addition to Mike advice about BCP, you can perhaps have a look at linked server possibilities as well.. regards ...Show All