den2005's Q&A profile

• Visual C# the installer

  So I've completed an application, it debugs fine, publishes fine, etc. But I want to know how to make the setup.exe file include all the files for installation instead of it requiring a folder with all the real files in it. You can check into creating a setup and deployment project. There are plenty of resources on the web on how to create such a project. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions pop up question

  is there a way to make a messagebox or a popup window, that instead of showing strings, can show text, variables, and an a button that merelly closes it. i searched around before and all i found was message box and popwindows that , idealisticly, can only be used for error messages. Install the Platform SDK . ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) What is System.Windows.Documents.Glyphs?

  There is no information about this class in the documentation. Represents the set of glyphs that are used for rendering fixed text <Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" > <StackPanel Background="PowderBlue"> <Glyphs FontUri = "C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\TIMES.TTF" FontRenderingEmSize = "100" StyleSimulations = "BoldSimulation" UnicodeString = "Hello World!" Fill = "Black" OriginX = "100" OriginY = "200" /> </StackPanel> </Page& ...Show All

• SQL Server parameterized update sp_executesql

  I am trying to limit network traffic by only sending fields that have actually changed to an update stored procedure. I am obviously not doing this correctly as I am rather new to this. This is a small version of my sproc that I am using to test the workings. I am getting 'Error converting data type nvarchar to int'. If you can help me get this easy query working, I would very much like your help to use the EXEC (sql) where sql is an sp_executesql statement because some of my update fields are much larger than 4000 nvarchar. The following statement was working when I was using the second version. If I am trying to update an integer foreign key field, shouldn't I try to use the parameters to send an integer value for that field, rather than ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Build metrics

  Hi all, I'm trying to do a simple report but I do not succeed in that :-( I want to get some measure on the builds performed such as code churn, number of lines added or removed, etc. I need to filter on the following: Build status = 'Successfully Completed', On specific file extensions (e.g. SQL, C, CPP, H, HPP) For a specific month Funny enough I did not get that to work :-( Hi Steeve, I hope you had a great holiday! Thanks for detailing the steps. We have seen issues in building reports using report builder in conjunction with the TFS Olap Cube, and recommend using Report Designer to author custom reports against the TFS Olap Warehouse. We will be working to improv ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to get the absolute coordinates of a UserControl (CopyFromScreen) ?

  Hi, I want to translate a part of my UserControl layout using the CopyFromScreen() method. However, this method takes into account absolute coordinates for the source and local coordinates for the destination. For example, if I code : graphics.CopyFromScreen(x-1, 0,x, 0, new Size (1, Height)); I dont get a translation of a vertical line inside my UserControl from x-1 to x as I expected but a translation of a vertical line taken from the origin of the screen into my UserControl. How can I get the absolute coordinates of my UserControl in the screen Within the UserControl class, use: Point screenpos = this.PointToScreen(new Point(0, 0)); ...Show All

• SQL Server SqlBackUp() vs Volume Shadow Copy Service

  Does the SMO SqlBackup() internally use the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service or are the two different If they are not connected, which one is advisable for use in programming a backup application The SQLBackUp method performs a SQL Server backup of an active database to a file. Combined with transaction log backups these files allow you to restore your database to any given point in time, should the need arise. You might be well served at this point to take advantage of the E-Learning classes on SQL Server Administration Microsoft has made available (they should be still available for free - I thought the deadline was in November when they were going to start charging for them). Either that or pick up ...Show All

• Visual Studio how to integrate msdn library August 2006 with vs 2005

  I did install msdn August 2006 library on machine with vs 2005 and did accept integration with the studio. But it still does not show up in any Help toolbar items. Also I did reinstall studio, did run msdn library installation wout result. Could somebody advice how to fix it ps: running msdn lib from Start/Programs/ is fine. Hello gokh, On Tuesday, I also installed the MSDN August 2006 Library. As you did, I selected to integrate with VS 2005 and did a Custom install (I use this method for all MS app installations where possible). Since your MSDN Library - August 2006 opens and renders perfectly from the Start button, there should be no problems to troubleshoot the Library namespace registrati ...Show All

• Visual C# COM+

  Hi you all, Well I was I VB6 developper and I am now trying to build a COM+ component using C#, but till now I had no luck. Can anyone help me in this matter. Any help is welcome, MeTitus I have placed the line below, in my web.config file. <code> <identity impersonate="true" userName="accountname" password="password" /> </code> When in one of my aspx files I run a process that calls a script file, that process appears in the taskbar under the asp.net user credentials. I am sure the web applcation is using the credentials I passed in, because when I print the user credential: <code> System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name </code> it ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. BoundingFrustum-member gjk?

  Hey.... I'm trying to use the BoundingFrustum-structure. When I create my instance of BoundingFrustum, I pass my viewprojection-matrix. But when I try to access the instance afterwards, it fails on a null-reference. I can see that the gjk-member of my frustum is null.... Anyone has any clues what to do thanks in advance...! No, that's not quite the problem :). Let me show you how to reproduce; Matrix mat = Matrix.Identity; BoundingFrustum foo = new BoundingFrustum(mat); if (foo != null) // this line causes an unhandled NullReferenceException { } foo is not null, but the non-public member "gjk" is. I can't see anywhere what it's used for, but I have an idea that's what's causing the trouble. Can ...Show All

• SQL Server Pass parameter to IS Package through SQL Agent Scheduler

  Hi, I have to schedule jobs through SQL Agent, I know how to do it in command line. But I am wondering if there is a way to do it in Scheduler. Also, I need to know the way to do it through SMO. Thanks, Fahad ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office How to determine if my datatable is caching in the document.

  All, I have a word document that I've modified with an xml schema. I have set the document up to allow a datatable to populate the xml nodes. I can run the code to generate the dataset in the ThisDocument_Startup method of the document. So the word code works. But I am wanting to cache the data into the dataset via a certain call from a web page. I have a method on an aspx page that calls a class that uses the ServerDocument object and takes the same code as I mentioned above (in the word document) and creates a datatable from a database. Then I'm caching the datatable by using: hostItem.CachedData[datasetName] Then I'm saving the file back to the stream, and then writing the stream document with sd.Document. So the resulting file s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TestPropertyAttribute - const string arguments?

  I'm wanting to use TestPropertyAttribute in our unit testing to report some standard properties that we commonly use. But instead of declaring the attribute by using string literals as constructor arguments, I'd like to constant string fields from a class defined for this purpose that we could distribute to testers. So, instead of writing [TestProperty("PropName", "PropValue")] I'd like to do something like this: static public class MyTestProperties { public const string MyPropName = "PropName"; } And then: [TestProperty(MyTestProperties.MyPropName, "PropValue")] But when I try this, the property does not show in Test Manager, nor in the .trx file. However, I do see it by reflec ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Using Excel as a front end for data entry

  I am interested in using Excel 2003 as a front end to enter data into an Access database using VSTO 2005. Can anyone be so kind to point me to some sample code or URL where I can get somemore information. I went through quite a number of examples on the web, but they all show data binding to display data. I need some help in writing code to enter data into a relational database. Thanks in advance. Yup, that would make a difference - and more sense :-) It sounds as if this has something to do with how the TableAdapter was created/configured. Generally, when you create one by dragging the table from the "toolbox" on the right onto the document designer, it should construct the necessary Sele ...Show All

• .NET Development sending a custom object to a web service

  hello, i have a web service that containts a method which takes a custom object (say of type food) now i want to to consume this web service from a c# windows app. so when i call this method an error occurs ... knowing that i included a dll class library in both ends(win app and web service) so what can i do Hi, maybe you forgotten to set the [Serializable] - Attribute for the object you transfer. Then you have to [XmlInclude(typeof(your_object))] before the [WebMethod] and also in the proxy. ...Show All