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• Community Chat JimmyWidgets

  --- Original Post --- Hi everyone! My current project is JimmyWidgets, a widget program like Apple Dashboard, but for PC! You can even make new widgets in DLL format and post em on the online database! When I've made more widgets (I've only got 2 at the moment), I'll post it at www.jimmyware.co.uk  . It's going to be open-source, so you can download the source from there too. Here's a screenshot: http://www.freewebs.com/robinjam/JimmyWidgets%5FScreenshot.jpg I await any comments/suggestions! (But please don't be too harsh about my efforts, it took me HOURS)   P.S. A list of problems I need to fix: The online database currently lets you download the same widget twice, making startup time longer (because ...Show All

• SQL Server Trouble installing sql express

  Hi, I was trying to install visual studio 2005 and as part of it I wanted to install sql express as well. It installed the rest okay but not the sql express. Going through the log file I figured out that there was some incompatible beta version installed and hence had to be removed. In the log file I got the following error messages. Going through the forum suggestion I was trying to use msiexec /x to deinstall each of them but got the error message that "The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore. The action is Write_CommitFlag. The error is unable to write property into cache: flagCommit. Unable to write property into cache: "flagCommit" XmiRW Error: Failure loading xmlrw.dll CheckAllProcedures. returne ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums error 1601

  every time i try to install the new msn,they tell me that i should download the newer version of widows live messenger.Then, i found the windows utility cleaning thing but still the installation didnt work in it.I cant sign in until u answer so plz answer as fast as u can. I am sorry but this forum is for software development related discussion only. For general help read these threads http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=368260&SiteID=1 http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=335030&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Linq implementation sample

  Is there available sample of implementation of Linq interfaces for own data storage http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336746.aspx it's better ... ...Show All

• SQL Server slowly changing dimension aggregation?

  How do I get all sales by employee in AdventureWorksDW cube considering that dimEmployee is a slow changing dimension When I browse the cube through MS Excel Pivot table I can see multiple records in dimEmployee - that's OK since Pivot doesn't seem to support SCDs in any way. But when I filter the records to show only the current one & join it to sales measure I get only sales for the current record - not for all of them. I was expecting that the alternate key would be used & all facts would get aggregated. How can I solve this Thanks! If you look at the Employee attribute, you will see that although it displays the full name it's key is the EmployeeKey field, so what you are se ...Show All

• Smart Device Development application handle and menu problem

  Hello, i m newbie i have develop an application. problem is that when my application is running and some phone call occur than after completion of phone call it return to my application but all the screen is white how i know that handle is given to me and i will redraw the application content actually i want focus on my application after phone call. similarily one more thing i have made menus when i click on menus and not select any menu item then it will draw white background on menu portion how i recover it or redraw my loss screen how i know that user didnt select any thing help me ASAP if u have any resourse send me i will be thankful to u Thanks in advance Regards Salman hel ...Show All

• Visual Studio Text Template questions

  Hello, I have two questions about the text templates: 1. I've just scratched the surface of the DSL tools and architecture, but find them very interesting and am anxious to start using them. I am curious however, can i use them to implement a diagram designer that matches the usability of a Form designer. What i try to say is that i would really like to keep the model and sourcecode in sync. It is not a problem that it is one, way, but i really don't want the end-developers to continually have to re-generate the code whenever a model has changed. If possible, i wouldn't even want them to see the text templates, but just the model they design and the resulting sourcecode (Like the Form designer). Is this possible 2. How can i use text tem ...Show All

• SQL Server Parameter default not updating on deploy

  I've got an issue with a report of mine where the default parameter isn't being cleared. Let me explain... I created a report with a parameter on it. While I'm working on the cosmetics of the report, I didn't want to have to keep typing in a value just to see it run, so I set the default value on the parameter. I finish the report and deploy it and everything is ok. Then when I go to the page to view it, I notice that the default is still there, so I go back and edit my report to take out the default and just use NULL. In the preview tab, it looks ok, so I deploy the report again. Now when I go to the report, it still has the default value in the parameter box. Does anyone have any idea as to why this is happening The only way I cou ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Space Dust And Particles

  So one thing I wanted in my game was a way to fill the space up with dust and particles. Just little things here and there to give a sense of motion when there aren't any larger objects around. Any ideas how to go about this My one idea was simply to use billboarded textures for various sized particles but I'm not sure I could create the number I wanted. So before I went ahead with this slightly more tedious approach (which also requires I create all the objects), I figured I'd see if anyone had any ideas. I tried implementing a small system, but it's not very scalable. For instance, I start seeing performance drop around 1000-1500 point sprites. I'm using additive blending and not depth sorting, but I'm w ...Show All

• Visual Studio Sandcastle August CTP and Inherited Interface Implementations

  Hi, I'm using the August 2006 CTP of Sandcastle and while classes derived from generic classes work better now, I'm still havings problems with inherited interface implementations. I have a class derived from System.Collections.Generic.Queue<T> and used the "msdn" link option: While the inherited methods do have MSDN web links, the inherited interface implementations don't. They should have a link similar to the ones shown at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kf7596ed.aspx under "Explicit Interface Implementations". One of the inherited interface implementation is documented as " IEnumerable{`0}.GetEnumerator()" instead of " IEnumerable<T>.GetEnumerator()", so it seems there are p ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Container control?

  Hi. I'm trying to make a control that can contain other controls. I make a UserControl, but I can't get it to work. I can't drop another control on it. Sorry for the newbie question, but in VB6 I only had to set a property to make it a container control. I'm really a bit confused. Any help Thanks. Ok, doesn't work.... Code..... <System.ComponentModel.Designer( "System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlDesigner,System.Design" , GetType (System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesigner))> _ Public Class ExpandContainerNet Inherits System.Windows.Forms.UserControl When I drop a control over it at design time it just gets behind it! Thanks for help. ...Show All

• SQL Server Benefits of using SQL over XML

  Hi, I have a question relating to XML and SQL. My company currently runs a website which allows its clients to log in, view their accounts and transaction history online. The website is totally read only with the exception of changing passwords. The data is taken from our back office system overnight which runs an oracle 8i database (we cannot like our website to the database due to the agreement we have in place with our software supplier). The data is written to a CSV file which is then converted into XML. The XML file is saved to the webserver and is referenced by the website. The structure of the website has a relationship where the Client has a Manager who can see their clients accounts, a Branch level that can see all of th ...Show All

• .NET Development database connections string and getting data

  Hi, Folks, Can we have a table listing the BEST solution of DB Connection string and getting data for each version of framework and databses use Oledb SQlConnection ODBC what's the BEST solution Oracle | MS SQL ============================================== Framework 1.0 | Framework 1.1 | Framework 2.0 | thanks alot Please have some code for the Hi, I do not want to confuse the issue further but, in the case of using ORACLE there is alot to consider when building the connection string. For example -- distrubuted transactions and connection pooling, ...Show All

• Visual C# RegAsm cannot find dependent library when registering a DLL

  First, I must admit I have little knowledge about to assemble and install a DLL, but thanks to Visual C# Express, I was able to do some damage. The class library works just fine in the IDE, integrated into a chat program as a plug in, but when I tried to create an installer for it, it croaks on a call to regasm. regasm myplugin.dll error: RegAsm : error RA0000 : Could not load file or assembly 'Interop.OtherLib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified This 'Other.dll' is used by my dll to hook into the chat program and it resides in a folder under the chat program that's not on the system path. So, I've tried to put the Other.dll into a folder tha ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Image File Extension .dds

  My problem surface, when I need to add image file, say texture1.dds to my game project. WindowsGame1 Add Existing Item... then from the dialog I select Files of type Image Files (*.gif,*.jpg,*.jpe,*.png,*.bmp,*.dib,*.tif,*.wmf,*.raw) So my problem is missing image file type *.dds . DX Tool creates it and is supported by XNA Texture2D.FromFile(). Is there published solution avaible or should I change with hexeditor for example *.jpe (never seen jpeg files with this extension) to *.dds If I hard code extension, then where lives dialog recource Any comments will do Peca I just say "Add Existing Item" Then in the File name field type "*.*" and click Open. Now you'll see e ...Show All