BJ Custard's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Vista's new data re-direction/virtualization breaks my app. Help

  Now that Vista no longer lets you write files to the "Program Files" directory (after the initial install) my app doesnt work correctly. The Vista security design feature (aka the newly introduced MS redirecting driver) now takes the files that were going to the the "Program Files\ myApp\" directory and redirects them the users local profile into a "Virtual Store" directory. I completely understand the MS necessity to do this to help maintain security\integrity. Per the link below, it discusses how applications run as a standard user, even if your logged on as the administrator running the app. The articles states you can "mark" certain applications as needing the full administrator token when ...Show All

• Windows Forms Uninstalling previous Version.

  When I rebuild my package it will not uninstall the previous version or update it How do I get it to do one of these things Alan Ayers I think my problem is I cannot access my package properties. I posted a new post on how to get access to those (I use VS 2005 version 8.xxx) so I could set DetectNewerInstalledVersion to false. ...Show All

• Windows Networking Development Weird one - Router Death by Vista

  Here's a weird one. It seems that Vista RC2 is routinely killing my ADSL router I have a dual boot system (patched up XP Pro vs Vista RC2). Vista seems to be killing my D-Link DSL-500 like...., several times a day while Vista is running. Has anyone else noticed this I'm thinking.... some sort of weird network plug and play thing (which is disabled - by the way) RickW I may have found a solution :) Turned off UPnP in my router, now my router doesn't d/c when i start/shut down vista or the nic. :) ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Using MXDW

  I would like to use MXDW to create XPS documents from any application. But I would like to automate the creation by automating the printing process. But when I try to do this it always comes up with the "save as" dialog box. I had the same problem using the MODI driver as well. Does anyone know how to get rid of that Any samples will be helpful. Finally !! Can you give us some details about this I have been at this for a long time ! When you say a "Plain XPS Printer" what do you mean Where did you get this printer or i assume you are talking about printer driver Also can i install this driver on Windows XP, Win2k and on a x64 box For the Print port monitor i already ...Show All

• SQL Server Please Help with Datediff Function

  I am trying to break up the age into column from a dob field for a cross tab report. I can query the datediff with an alias but can not individually change the columns I need like a virtual or temp column, but can't figure out how to accomplish it. use 'Database' Select datediff ( Year , dob , getdate ()) As "Under 22" , datediff ( Year , dob , getdate ()) As "22-45" , datediff ( Year , dob , getdate ()) As "46-65" , datediff ( Year , dob , getdate ()) As "Over 65" from 'Table' WHERE ( DATEDIFF ( yy , dob , GETDATE ()) < 22 OR DATEDIFF ( yy , dob , GETDATE ()) BETWEEN 22 AND 45 OR DATEDIFF ( yy , dob , GETDATE ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Compatibility

  I am a student taking a Visual Basic.Net class at my school. So in order to be able to work on it at home, I downloaded and installed the Visual Basic Express Edition 2005. However, my school has the standard version of Visual Basic 2003 installed on all the computers. Whenever, I save a program in the 2005 edition, and then try to switch back to the older version, the code has not many, but a few small errors that prevent the application from debugging correctly. Is there any way where I can freely switch back and forth between the two versions Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 2003 / 2005 had language changes and project file format changes. 2005 uses partial classes to split the UI Gene ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions highlight text in text box

  I'm writing a search and replace method for a text box. I can set the SelectionStart, SelectionLength properties, but I can't see how to highlight the selected text, as normally occurs when selecting by dragging the mouse over some text in the text box. Any ideas on how to achieve this Thanks. Best wishes, Ray Thanks, I thought it ought to be easy, but not that easy!. Been poking about for quite a few hours, without finding an answer. Thanks, really appreciated ;-) ;-) ;-) Best wishes, Ray ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding an Array of objects to a DataGridView

  Now I think the DataGridView is the best control to use for this, if I'm wrong let me know :D I have an object that has a property that returns an array of "PackageDetails" (custom object). This object has 10 public properties that I would like to bind to the DataGridView. I am very used to the DataGrid/Repeater/DataList etc. in ASP.NET and I'm having some trouble with WinForms. Any help on this would be great. Hello; I use Visual Web Developer. I couldn't see Binding Source. The thing i want to do; get folders name ona treeview and when i click treeview, selectednode returns me files of the current directory. i want to fill to a string array the files name. it goes image url. i have a datalist on the ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums hide virtual earth logo and

  does anyone know how to remove the virtual earth logo on the bottom left corner of the map and also the map ruler on the bottom right corner, thank you! yuki From an API perspective, it would be nice if there were properties on the map control that allowed basic 4-corner positioning of the ruler and logo. It would also be nice if the click-through to local.live.com were optional. I have no problems with the Terms of Use and "not being able" ;) to obscure the logo -- but the click through behavior as unexpected is something I'd like to be able to control. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Animated GIF in DataGridViewImageCell

  Hi Is it possible to display animated GIF in DataGridViewCell It has to be repaint in order to update frame however I do not know how to force Paint method. Can anybody help me how to do it There is no Invalidate method for the cell.' Thanks Ela Hi I did it - almost - a few minutes ago. I created my own column and cell class and I use ImageAnimator in order to animate image. The image blinks however instead of gif I see x as it was no defined gif. When I display this gif in Internet Explorer it blinking OK. My image is shown. Is there any trick in the grid For sure everything is OK with animated gif. ...Show All

• Visual Basic how to make a control same property in whole application?

  I use DateTimePicker in every form of my application. How can I set the format to the same custom format within the scope of appliction, so i do not need to set it every form. Thanks! Create a sub class of DateTimePicker (called MyDateTimePicker) and set the Format as you like in the Constructor. After rebuilding you will be able to drop MyDateTimePicker onto any form just like you would with DateTimePicker. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Delete command bar

  Hi, I am writing an Addin that adds a command bar (sub menu) to the "Project" context menu. The addin is loaded upon user's request (from add-in manager). The problem is that if I activate the addin more then once (i.e. disable it, press OK, OnDisconnection is called, and then enable it again) it creates another instance of my sub menu. This is my code: Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars. CommandBar m_mySubMenu; public void OnConnection( object application, ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom) { Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars. CommandBar projectCmdBar; _applicationObject = ( DTE2 )application; _addInInstance = ( AddIn )addInInst; m_addinM ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. RTS Camera

  Hi, I've went through any XNA game component, tutorial or forum thread out there and still can't find an example for what I need. Maybe someone could enlighten me or point me in the right direction! Trying to create a basic RTS style camera. The thing is when doing composite rotations no matter which axis I feed to the Rotate() method, eventually "yaw" and "pitch" rotations composite into a "roll". I want to keep my camera's roll level with the XZ plane. I tried using both "world" and "camera" up and left vectors for this. Didn't work. What do I need to do Thanks for the answers, all helpful! And I will be checking that book out regardless :) I ended up solving this by not doing acc ...Show All

• Smart Device Development where do I begin?

  I am new to .net environment for mobile device, where can I get a good example and get started on this Is there any good book for programing WMD 5 Thanx The Windows Mobile Developer Center ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/ ) is a good place to start. Especially, check the 'getting started' resources. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Simply Question

  hello. A question please. how can I know if the current row (first item) on a datagridview is not filled NetPochi, Use the DataGridView.CurrentRow property, then return the value. If it is not filled, the value would be nothing. Dim instance As DataGridView Dim value As DataGridViewRow value = instance.CurrentRow ...Show All