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• Visual Studio development VS2005 for windows XPe application software

  It's not so easy to find information about windows XPe development. So I have to code an application software which must runs on a Windows XPe platform. It's not clear enough for me, what should I use in VS2005 to develop an application XPe compatible Must I use a specific framework Thanks in advance, Thanks Timo! It's understood : .Net framework 2.0 and more for XP application software ! And Xp embedded too (I suppose...) Julien. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) IIS hosted SSL service has wrong metadata addresses in WSDL

  Is it me or is this a known issue and/or a bug I have an IIS SSL (https) service deployed and working, but the metadata locations are local. Therefore, there is no way to generate proxy classes if the client is on the other side of the firewall. Eg: <wsdl:import namespace=" http://webservices.posta.si/bindings " location=https://<machineName>/service.svc wsdl=wsdl2 /> Is hand crafting the WSDL and using metadataLocation attribute the only way Is this a known issue A bug   Hello, The WSDL import addresses are derived from the base addresses for the service and from the configured addresses for the metadata endpoints. When hosted in IIS, the base addresses are genera ...Show All

• SQL Server How to show running totals

  I have a cube with many dimensions including one called WorkDate YMD. I also have a measure called Hours. At the moment I can see hours against any level of the WorkDate dimension, but I have a requirement now for running totals. For example, the data at the moment is this Jan 4 hours, Feb 5 hours March 6 Hours As well as the actual Hours the users now want to see the running totals. So the data will be Jan 4 hours, Feb 9 hours March 15 hours I know this should be easy as a calculated member in the cube using MDX and therefore visible in excel pivot tables but I cannot see how to accomplish this correctly ans easily. TIA Hi Neil. Thanks for the explanation. I provided very query specific solution to your u ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Saving excel as an image file

  Anyone knows how can I save an Excel file to a image file (.gif or .jpg ) using VSTO Note that, I want to export the entire worksheet (there are no charts in it). Thanks. Douglas: Of course we can solve in Excel using VSTO However, I don't spend any time with an "open - ended" question unless the OP comes back and explain: using or not VSTO This is a VSTO forum which don't deal with other non-VSTO technologies. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Example faulthandleractivity Office SharePoint Server 2007

  Does anybody have a sample of how you can use the faulthandleractivity in a scenario with Office SharePoint Server 2007 Please post this in sharepoint forums. this might help: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=881&SiteID=1 Vignesh ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. swap chain

  what is a swap chain any links From the DirectX documentation: " A swap chain is a collection of one or more back buffers that can be serially presented to the front buffer. Each device always has at least one swap chain, which is known as the implicit swap chain. Additional SwapChain objects can be created for rendering multiple views from the same device." One of the common uses of a swap chain is to render to multiple windows. I hope this helps. Take care. ...Show All

• SQL Server Schema modification advice

  We have a production database (SQL 2005) that is being used by at least 20 different applications. Some of the tables need to be modified (column added). There is also a need to add new tables that will have referential integrity relationships with existing tables. Does anybody have a good way or best method of changing table schemas, objects, etc. while minimizing the impact on the current operations The key is minimal downtime if there is a need to have one. 1. Can the table schemas change while it is online 2. How would you account for all the applications that use stored procedures 3. Among the existing SQL 2005 tools, which one/s can handle the job there are 20 applications using the program an ...Show All

• Visual C# how do i compare string formats?!

  on the client side i send a string in this format: Object xyData = xco.ToString("000") + "%" + yco.ToString("000") + "%"; byte[] xybyData = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xyData.ToString()); if (m_clientSocket != null) { m_clientSocket.Send(xybyData); } and on the server side i receive it like this: if (szData.Contains("%")) { richTextRxMessage.Text = szData; xyData = szData.Split('%'); x = Convert.ToInt32(xyData[0]); y = Convert.ToInt32(xyData[1]); } the problem is somtimes another client send some other data containing so ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Custom UITypeEditor Is Ignored After Activity.Bind called :(

  Hello Everyone, I've created my own custom PropertyBindDialog because the one that Microsoft provides is pretty deficient. Unfortunately my own custom PropertyBindDialog will not be used after I call Activity.SetBinding - after I do this for a given property my own custom PropertyBindDialog is ignored and the Microsoft BindDialog is used. Here's some of my source code... The problem occurs when I call SetBinding on the property Test. After I call SetBinding, my PropertyBindDialog is no longer used when I want to edit the Test property - the Microsoft BindDialog is used and my custom PropertyBindDialog is ignored. Anyone out there have any ideas namespace MyActivityLibrary { public partial class MySpe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Disable parameter prompt for Crystal Report in C#

  Dear all, I use C# 2005. I pass a parameter to Crystal report. But when I click the "Refresh Button". The parameter prompt window are always display. I want to disable it. I have set "HasCurrentValue = true". Thanks you ...Show All

• Smart Device Development SystemProperty.Date/Time data type

  Hi All, I am trying to use the managed state and notification broker API (Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.SystemState) and am struggling with date / time values. For example: SystemState.GetValue(SystemProperty.Time) returns a byte array of length 8. Does anyone know what this represents and how to convert it to a usable time value Ultimately, I want to launch an application when the time equals a specific value but I need to understand what to use for SystemState.ComparisonValue before I can do this. Thanks, Joe I'm not absolutely sure, but it's probably this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/filetime_str.asp DateTime.FromFileTime() can be used to co ...Show All

• SQL Server The Ultimate Microsoft DBA Report Challenge - Custom Date Ranges

  We need to roll out dozens of reports that use date ranges. 95% of those date ranges are pre-defined, such as previous fiscal month. The other 5% stem from a customer requirement to be able to use custom date ranges. We could not find a way to have a drop-down list that includes a list of pre-defined date ranges and a custom date range option, and two calendars (datetime paraemters) which are used to set the custom date range and also are automatically updated when a pre-defined date range is selected . The best that we can do is provide the list, allow customers to select either a fixed date range or select a "Custom Date Range", update the calendar controls to reflect the desired start and end date, and then run the report. ...Show All

• SQL Server Invert rows and columns (PIVOT)

  Hi everybody. I have this table that contains how many items were sold (and their value) into two departments: SellerID(PK) Year(PK) ItemsSoldDPT1 ItemsSoldDPT2 ValueSoldDPT1 ValueSoldDPT2 1 2002 10 20 300.00 400.00 1 2003 13 71 450.00 320.00 1 2004 8 4 350.00 640.00 1 2005 2 15 110.00 680.00 2 2001 3 1 130.00 100.00 2 2005 1 7 190.00 200.00 2 2006 6 9 170.00 500.00 ... ... ... ... ... ... I'm trying to write a query that puts the data present in the "Year" column as if they were in a row (column definitions)..making sums of pieces and val ...Show All

• .NET Development Access violation exception when using memory allocated through unmanaged code.

  My application is written in C# and it uses VC++ dll for conversion of some tiff images into bitmaps. The VC++ Dll uses Libtiff libraries to read tags of tiff file, and creates a bitmap using CreateDIBSection API. It then returns a handle to created bitmap to the C# application. In my C# application i am trying to use this bitmap returned by VC++ dll to create and update the image. Whenever i am trying to read/write this image in C# application, it returns me following exception: "Access violation exception:: attempt to read/write protected memory." note: i tried using Marshal.copy to copy the bits of bitmap returned by VC++ application to the managed memory in C#, but it doesnt work (gives the same exception). any ...Show All

• .NET Development send raw data to parallel port

  I want to send raw data to the parallel port, similar to the old style dos command: copy file lpt1: or copy file prn The purpose is to send ascii in the printer language directly to the printer which would be directly connected to one of the parallel ports of the computer. Anybody got an idea how to apprach this The data is available as a C# string and if not absolutly necessary I do not want to generate temporary files for printing. The official way to do this is to install the "Generic / Text only" printer driver. Click Start + Settings + Printers and Faxes, File + Add printer, Next, Next, Next, Next (I lost track), Manufacturer = Generic. You should be able to send the printer's esc ...Show All