rekan's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Drawing outside of the application window.

  Is it possible to draw patterns outside of application window I'm trying to make a partial screen capture, and befor the capturing I waht to give the user an abbility to select the region he wants to capture. How can I do it To see how it works you need to download source code and read it (it least, screen region selection part). There is another program which uses the same way: http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/magnifyglass.asp It creates invisible topmost window which covers the whole desktop, and handles mouse messages. Instead of drawing magnifying glass you need to draw selection rectangle using DrawFocusRect API. Both links are not helpful without downloading and reading the source code. ...Show All

• Visual Studio reportviewer or crystal reports?

  I can only find documentation on the very basics for report viewer. Every book I have looked at that even includes it only has the simplest samples. So now I can make simple and boxy looking stuff. But I have no idea to make advanced stuff or even do any charts other than the one I drop in. Is there good documentation out there to make advanced professional and stylish reports or is it so weak that MS expects the real developers to buy full blown crystal reports I couldn't agree more. I've got the simple stuff down, but with so many advanced Crystal Reports books and guides out there, why aren't there any similar guides for ReportViewer ...Show All

• SQL Server Refreshing metadata of transformations in the data flow

  Hello, I created a slowly changing dimension object and used an OLE DB Source object with a SQL Command to feed it. After all the SCD objects are created, I get a warning about a truncation which might happen. I adjust the source query with the right converts, so the query uses data types and lengths which match the target table. I update the OLE DB Source with the new query. Column names are unchanged. Now how do I get this data flow to reflect the new column lengths Do I have to throw away all objects and recreate the SCD The refresh button in the SCD object doesn't do it. This is also a problem when adding columns to your dimension table. Because I modify the stuff that the SCD generates, it's VERY teadious to always have to th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions from here

  Hi renee this wmp could be finished now.....but I wonder how far do I take it. it looks like I want it to look....it talks like I want it to talk....(almost) it does things that the standard wmp does not..... now I am thinking....about radio.... I could have a link to a web radio.site....but i wonder is it possible to link to radio without opening a web page.....or is that stupid... any ideas.. well I think the radio was a bad idea I,ve searched hi and lo and cant find anything that might give me a clue as to where to start.... but I shall continue searching....does anyone know anything about streaming radio..... ...Show All

• .NET Development XSLT editor in VS leaks memory when editing stylesheets with script blocks in it

  I filed the issue through http://connect.microsoft.com to acknowledge the problem and let everybody a chance to vote for it: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx FeedbackID=230392 This is not a huge problem and it would take some time before VS leaks enough memory to actually notice the symptoms of the problem. If you fill that fixing this bug is critical for you, please vote now! Otherwise it would be fixed in the next release of VS. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development how can i deny opening start button and close the this minue when opened ?

  Hi .. i want deny a start button openning when my application is running Is there a methode or way to do like this , please cheers >> There's a discussion with code samples at http://www.opennetcf.org/forums/topic.asp TOPIC_ID=283 . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Tackling an issue

  Hi all, I'll try to describe this as best I can. If it gets a little confusing, let me know and I'll try to rephrase everything I've said! For the past few weeks I've been trying to get my head around VB2005EE. After reading a few books and tutorials I feel that I'm almost ready to go ahead and build my first "real" program to distribute. The program I have in mind should be nothing complicated, but I'm a little confused on how to build the key feature. Without giving too much away, my idea is to build a large database on every ride, roller coaster and theme park in the world. Each entry will feature statistical information on the particular attraction, along with media (video/pictures), location etc. - this will mean I'll have ...Show All

• SQL Server Update statement quickie

  i have the follow SQL for an update... UPDATE tblStudyServices SET tblStudyServices.StudyLT = 1 FROM (SELECT S.PatientID FROM tblStudyServices S INNER JOIN tblPatient P ON P.PatientID = S.PatientID INNER JOIN PAS.dbo.[PAS Patient Details] PT ON PT.[CaseNote Number] = P.Casenotenumber INNER JOIN @filteredAdminKeys [PAD] ON [PAD].[PAS key 1] = PT.[PAS key] INNER JOIN @filteredConKeys PCE ON PCE.[PAS key 1] = PAD.[PAS key 1] AND PCE.[PAS key 2] = PAD.[PAS key 2]) AS Results WHERE tblStudyServices.PatientID = Results.PatientID i would like to extend this so that it would update (set StudyLT=0) the other records that dont meet the criteria is there a quick way to do it Cheers, Craig Craig: I really ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Help

  I am working on an Excel worksheet that has the word "TOUR" listed throughout the spreadsheet. How can I find the next "TOUR" and insert rows to make sure it is in the row I want it in Thanks for the information, but I need to know how to look for Tour and verify that it is in a certain cell. If it is not in a certain cell, I need to insert rows until it is in the cell that I want. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Extracting data from excel

  I am having an excel sheet which is made using pivot table .I want to extract values from excel plz help me HI, I guess you can do this by using the old COM API of excel. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dv_wrcore/html/wroriautomatingexcelusingexcelobjectmodel.asp Or you can use the new PIA (Primary Interop Assemblies) to access your excel file. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/whypriinterop.asp Or use OleDb to connect to your excel file as a datasource. See http://www.connectionstrings.com/ to find out what is the correct connectionstring to use when your accessing excel files. cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development aquiring IDirect3DDeviceManager9 interface from within a Media Player Plug-ins

  I would like to develop a media player add-ins for vista to control a custom functionality exposed by a display driver (dxva 2.0 decode extention). To do that, I need access to IDirect3DDeviceManager9 interface from within the plug-in compoent. Is it possiable to aquire this interface from with in the plug-in component How Yes, I thought about DSP Plugin, but any other plugin type which meets my requirement is just fine. However, Let me first explain more in details what I'm up to. I have a display driver which exposes a custom functionalilty to enable/disable media (MPEG2) playback enhancment feature which is located in the DXVA2.0 media pipe right before ProcAmp (this feature is excelerated by GPU). ...Show All

• Windows Forms Trouble having column in datatable recognize the data source

  I recently posted a question, but it has not been answered, possibly because my question was not very clear. I have a datatable in the designer view of my dataset (I'm using VB Express). I added a new column to the datatable to correspond with a new field that I added to the underlying access database. For some reason, under the properties of the new column for Source, the database field does not show up. So I am unable to bind the new column in the datatable to the field in the database. What do I need to do for the field to show up under the Source property so the new column gets bound I hope I did a better job in describing my problem. I'm at a standstill in my development until I get this resolved. Thanks, John ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) atl server web services

  Hi, will atl server web service be supported/extended in orcas ATL Server Shared Source released!   http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2007/03/02/atl-server-shared-source-release-now-available.aspx ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Application RegistryKey Class Question...

  ACDSee has a RegistryKey class that will try to write to LOCAL_MACHINE first and if that fails then it will write to CURRENT_USER. We have used this class for years since even on earlier versions of Windows a user might not be allowed to write to LOCAL_MACHINE. The keys we try to write with this class are all under Software\ACD Systems and the data is information that will be the same for all users on the machine such as the version of decoder/encoder plugins that are installed. This RegistryKey class is causing errors in the Application Verifier every time we try to write to LOCAL_MACHINE and fail even though this is expected. Are errors of this type acceptable Thank you Mark Cosgrove Hello Mark Cosgrove, If I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Publishing A Program? And Adding Settings that can be saved?

  Can i publish the program to my C drive then upload it to my website... but then make it so there is a link on the website to update the program I would also like to know how to make it possable for the user of my program to save there own personal settings like the background color of a form... i mean like putting a check box that when checked changes the background blue... but allowing the user to click a button after checking the box to make it so everytime the app is ran the background is blue... ...Show All