Tim Haynes's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms ComboBox Font

  Hi, Is it possible to change the FontStyle of the text displayed in the combobox while the font of all the objects in the item collection remains the same. Thanks! I think the example above can used to your comboBox2, and change font italic in drawitem function, and I think you can hide the comboBox2 first and show() it to realize automatically populated function~:) ...Show All

• Visual C++ error C2259: 'MyContent' : cannot instantiate abstract class

  why It's OK in vs2003 and vc6.0, but wrong in vs2005. // test.cpp // // cl test.cpp #include <stdio.h> #import <msxml4.dll> raw_interfaces_only using namespace MSXML2; /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //      SAXContentHandlerImpl class SAXContentHandlerImpl : public ISAXContentHandler  { public:     SAXContentHandlerImpl();     virtual ~SAXContentHandlerImpl();         // This must be correctly implemented, if your handler must be a COM Object (in this example it does not)      &nb ...Show All

• .NET Development SqlConnection State property mistaken behavior

  Hello, I don’t know if this should be like this, but if so it is bringing some problems that I think could be common for everyone which works with remote database servers. I have a regular client – server system which has several windows applications on desktops communicating with a data server which supports my shared storage and database. The situation is that network is very poor and fails constantly. When I start my application I can accomplish connection but sometimes in the middle of the day the network is down. The problem is that after make the first connection this one stays pooled and later when I try to open it, everything appears to be fine, I check connection state and the result is open, ...Show All

• Visual C# How to let intellisense use xml doc of assemblies in GAC?

  I've developed some C# assemblies that are documented using xml doc and for which I'm generating a CHM file using Sandcastle. These assemblies need to be stored in the GAC because they are used by several (possibly dozens) of applications on a single server. I have learned that to get Intellisense display the xml documentation of a class, I need to store the myassembly.xml file next to the referenced assembly. This is of course a problem, since my assembly is stored in the GAC and I (officially) can't store XML files in the GAC (I agree that there's a hack, but I don't want to use that on production servers). I haven't found any documentation whatsoever that explains me how to get intellisense to show xml doc for assemblies in the GA ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot access local MSDN library

  I'm just making the transition from vba and have downloaded the vb express iso, burned a cd and completed a no issue installtion of vb and the msdn library. However, on pressing F1 to invoke the document explorer - selecting to try local then online help - I just receive a blank window. The contents and index sidebar are empty, as is the main window. If I run a search I get result from MSDN online, codezone community and questions, but the local search returns "Exception from HRESULT: 0x8004032E". I have been searching the forums but cannot find a similar issue. Has anyone any suggestions I'm getting exactly the same symptoms with VC++ 2005 express. I've tried setting help to 'internal browser' ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. text mixed with 3d

  thought id ask another question while im at it. i want to display text on the hud of my 3d engine. i did some searching and came across some of the text components out there and chose the nuclex.fonts componenet (very good imo). this works fine on its own or with other 2d objects (eg. sprites) but if i render any 3d objects, all the 3d objects have z buffer issues. i noticed this problem when i first introduced sprites into my engine and it was fixed via the spritebatch.begin methods savestatemode parameter. however, this functionality doesnt exist with the nuclex.fonts package, so my 3d objects are all screwed again. is there another option to prevent this, or can someone tell me how to manually save my renderstate and restore it after re ...Show All

• Windows Forms Automating MSI

  Hi, I have an MSI file created using VS 2003. I need to change the MSI property 'RemovePreviousVersion' to true using an automated script. Is this possible. An MSI package is a database of tables that can be manipulated using the Windows Installer SDK. Download the SDK from the platform SDK web site and look in the samples folder for a sample vbscript that can run your SQL against the MSI package. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Rubber Banding

  Howdy, Ian G did a blog article back in 2004 on rubber band selection in WPF http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/2004/02/06/rubberband that showed how to do this by placing a rectangle in the visual tree at an appropriate level. Is this still the way to go Or is there a different preferred method Thanks Paul The basic technique of using a rectangle to show selection and managing it using mouse down and up is clearly still applicable. If you want to do selection of all shapes in an area you are going to need to overlay the entire area wth a canvas so you can position teh rectangle appropriately. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Rotation problem

  With DirectX to rotate my object I'm using D3DXMatrixRotationYawPitchRoll. So it means , it will rotate around Y , X and after Z axis. But if I change the angle of X or Z, it won't turn around X or Z. How could I turn around the right axis I mean for example with 3DS max when you rotate around X/Y/Z axis , you will really see your object are rotating around the right axis. (changing the other value). How can I do this ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Smooth 8, using beziers

  Hi there, forgive me if I post into the wrong place, but how do I draw a smooth 8-like figure, using a minimum number of beziers Thanks This makes an "Infinity"-sign: <!-- =========================================== Infinity.xaml (c) 2006 by Charles Petzold =========================================== --> <Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"> <Path Canvas.Left="150" Canvas.Top="150" StrokeThickness="25"> <Path.Stroke> <LinearGradientBrush> <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops> ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro sms sample code

  Could someone please give me a sample code on how to send SMS through VFP 6 0r 7. I live in Australia and my mobile phone provider is OPTUS. My internet provider is optusnet.com.au Thank you and happy new year. Thank you for all who have unselfishly helped us VFP users for the past years. Rolly I've never used it myself. But, at worst, you may find this at least a place to start: Smart SMS http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll Wiki~SmartSMS~VFP ...Show All

• Visual Basic dynamic structure?

  I am reworking someone's code similar to the following structure: Private Structure SpeedData Dim JulianDate As Double Dim MinSpeed As Double Dim MaxSpeed As Double Dim AvgSpeed As Double Dim TtlOps As Long End Structure This structure (based on fields in database tables) is used in several functions. The structure worked fine while the client used a rigid datasource. However, they are now reading data from numerous sql server tables many of which have different fields. That is, all have a datetime field (primary key) but the other fields vary from table to table. Is there a way to dynamically create a structure based on the fields contained in the underlying table It would have to be accessible to several different functions ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Questions About VSTO

  I'm already having Visual studio Professional 2005 and also want the facilities which VSTO is providing (without using Visual Studio Team Edition as that is very expensive), do i have any upgrade options which can just give the functionality of VSTO which is missing in professional edition If yes, then what is the cost Can we do VSTO installation on top of Professional Edition without overwriting any of the existing features Has anybody tried it Will features of both editions will come without conflicting anything As far as I know, there is no other option than to obtain the entire VSTO package; no upgrade option. You can install that "over" Visual Studio - it functions li ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Xaml Help with ResourceDictonary (MenuItem) Header

  I thought i figured it out but with this section of Xaml its over riding the Styling i have made when i use this block in the ResourceDictionary:: Trying to Target the Content "Header" for the MenuItem without it over riding the Styling... When i Un Comment this the Entire Styling is Overriden,UnComment the code below and the Header Text Appears But the Styling is gone.. Also i need to set the Text to White with a Alpha 0.500...Thxs in Advance Rattlerr <!--MenuItem x:Name="Header" VerticalContentAlignment="center" HorizontalContentAlignment="center" Header="{TemplateBinding Header}"--> <Style x:Key="MenuItemSettings" ...Show All

• Visual C++ I have a .dll and exe of vc, how can I reverse engineering this .dll and exe and get its source code of vc?

  I have a .dll and exe of vc, how can I reverse engineering this .dll and exe and get its source code of vc Thanks ...Show All