Alan Stevens's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions using vc - how to synchronize the frame capture from the two webcams

  I need some idea how to synchronize the frame capture from the two webcams. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Why does Emulator seem to drop the network connection after 1-2 minutes

  I had spoken too soon to regards to the ability to ping my emulator instance. It works great in the first 1-2 minutes and then seems to drop out. I did install the virtual network driver as suggested yesterday and that gave me the initial capability. Is there a known issue with the CTP arm emulator that I don't know about Thanks in advance for any help :) Bob Hanson Sorry I can explain in more detail: First to preface, I had trouble trying to ping even my host computer from the emulator and vice versa. I had given information in the following: are you running the virtual machine network driver http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=DC8332D6-565F-4A57-BE8C-1D4718D3AF65&displaylang=en so I loa ...Show All

• SQL Server Understanding cube

  Hi, I am new to OLAP and was reading on this area on the web. I come across this statement like: "while the relational database (OLTP) updates...the OLAP database will not be updated. " I am not sure of the above statment. In that case the data in OLAP is not the latest and how is it going to be updated Thanks. Regards Alu Is there a way to update/process automatically or must it be manual How is it possible/feasibility to update the cube very close to immediate time :) Regards Alu ...Show All

• Visual C++ Can't get cout << "Hello World"; to work

  I just installed VC++ 2005 and when I "Build Solution" for the test program below I get the error messages listed below. What's wrong Thanks. #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout<< "Hello World" ; return 0; } I get a host of errors: 1>------ Build started: Project: HelloWorld, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1>Compiling... 1>hello.cpp 1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\iostream(16) : error C2653: '_Ptr_std' : is not a class or namespace name 1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\iostream(17) : error C2653: '_Ptr_std' : is not a class or namespace name 1>c:\program files\micr ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS 3.0 beta 2 experiences

  Windows Desktop Search is one of my favorite and frequently used tools. For its search capabilities obviously, but also because of its launch features. You can define your own shortcuts and launch everything you want (including Win-R shortcuts) with or w/o parameters, which makes it IMO more versatile than Win-R. You probably won't even need specialized tools like SlickRun. So I was pleased to read there was an update (now with a UI!). Excited as I was, I installed it (of course after uninstalling the previous version as instructed). Here are my experiences so far: 1. installation - The installation didn't go smoothly. In fact at first it didn't install at all. Luckily I recalled similar problems I had with a previous version and als ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Visual Studio 2005 with Team System?

  I would like to try some of the features of the Team System so I am thinking of installing the trial edition. Given the fact that this is a 180 - day trial I will eventually remove this trial. What will happen to the existing Visual Studio installation Can I still use VS 2005 projects when I have the Team Suite installed Will they continue to work after the trial is over Thank you. Kevin Kevin, After the 180 day trial, you can simply uninstall Visual Studio Team System and your Visual Studio installation will behave again as the lower edition. Regards David ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Identity check failure when using kerberos message security

  Hello. I’m getting an identity check failure exception when using kerberos message security to communicate with a self-hosted service. I’m using the WSHttpBinding binding with the following parameters: client credentials set to Windows negotiate service credential set to false establish security context set to false The client credentials have the "AllowNtlm" property set to false. The channel to the service is created with a EndpointAddress containing a UpnEndpointIdentity constructed with “<user>@<domain>” Apparently the security token (a kerberos service ticket in this case) is created, however its claims are not compatible with the identity of the service EndpointAddres and I cannot figure ...Show All

• Smart Device Development [Help] Can i use Communication.dll in VFP9?

  Dear All, I have downloaded the OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.dll and it works very well in VB.net. it is really wonderful DLL. I have another project abt file exchange between Desktop & PPC which is using VFP9. i have try to use this DLL in this project again. i have declare the CopyFileFromDevice and CopyFileToDevice as follow quote: DECLARE INTEGER CopyFileFromDevice ; IN E:\Work\dot_net\activesync\OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.dll ; STRING DesktopFileName ,; STRING DeviceFileName,; Logical lOverwrite DECLARE INTEGER CopyFileToDevice ; IN E:\Work\dot_net\activesync\OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.dll ; STRING DesktopFileName ,; STRING DeviceFileName ,; Logical lOverwrite DECLARE INTEGER DeleteDeviceFile ; IN E:\Work ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista UnloadOnIdle Memory Leak???

  In the ASP.NET WF application we've written, we're utilizing the SqlWorfklowPersistenceService, SharedConnectionWorkflowCommitBatchService and a custom ExternalDataExchangeService. Our persistence service is configured as follows: < add type="System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.SqlWorkflowPersistenceService, System.Workflow.Runtime, Version=3.0.00000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" EnableRetries="true" UnloadOnIdle="true" LoadIntervalSeconds="10" /> Our problem is that over the span of a day or so, the application consumes more and more memory until eventually (once it's reached several hundred MB) it causes performance issues on our servers (excessive paging, etc.). As I began to investigate the issue ...Show All

• Visual Studio New PLKs for 2003 not working

  I requested a new PLK from the website and have just received it but it doesn't work. I have a managed package. I've modified the resource file to contain the load key, the new version, the company name and the product name. I've modified the RegisterLoadKey with the same information. What have I forgotten This is usually a single character typo from what you entered on the web site to what is in your package. If you kept the mail from the web site, you can compare. If not, you can create a new product entry and get another brand new PLK. Do keep track of every single character as they are important. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Passing Managed Array to VC++ and Back

  I am having a bit of a frustrating problem. I am trying to pass an array of unsigned short to a c++ .dll which the dll will populate and return. I have tried to convert it to a managed dll, but I am still having issues. The debugger in the vb.net side( 2k5) is returning 'getMeasurement' has a return type that is not supported or parameter types that are no supported for the below highlighted statement Any help/advice is greatly appreciated! Here is the code I am using: vb 2005 code Public Shared usSampleBuffer() as UInt16 Public Shared iResult as Integer Public Property bReadingStatus() as Integer Get Return iResult End Get Set (ByVal iHold as Integer) ReDim usSampleBuffer(256000) Dim lRoutine as New RoutineDLL.cl ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Can I develope an MFC application for windows mobile 2005 based smartphone ?

  Hi all, Can I write an MFC application for windows mobile smartphone 2005 (i have done for windows mobile 2005 pocketpc before, that works fine). But for smartphone I am facing some problem to get the controls for softkeys in an MFC application. So I am trying with 'Win32 smart device project'. Is this a right approach for developing applications for windows mobile based smartphones. All the sample codes for smartphones I have checked are also written in 'Win32 projects'. Does MFC support smartphones properly Plz suggest. U can send me any relevants links also. regards, Debdeep. Hi, When I will click a softkey a new dialog should come up in the emulator screen (the soft key will not have a popu ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 3D Model Not Displayed Correctly

  I have a 3D model of a go kart and its textures are not being displayed. The textures have been imprinted into the the .FBX file(merged). all i get is a the model in black. The default lighting is enabled but i think its much more than that. could it have something to do with the file itself or should i add something into my coding Xna is reading the texture files imbedded since i corrected a problem where a textures didnt have the right size 24 * 131(my computer doesnt like this) or something like that so... im stumped as to where the problem is. just for some more info i use Maxon 4D Cinema and then exported it where it automatically imbeds the texture files. Thanx in advance Peter. This is the Code to do w ...Show All

• Visual Basic Remotely Connect to a Network Printer using vb.net

  Hi All, I am experiencing some difficulties trying to code a program. Basically what I need is for my console line program, written in VB.NET 2005, to automatically connect to a list of printers that I have already specified. Is there a class or method that can do this Currently, I have a script written in Kixtart which adds the printer connections, but i want to elminate this hassle and have it all in one program. Is this possible Thanks, Lenord... You can use Windows API(Blah): Declare Function AddPrinterConnection Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "AddPrinterConnectionA" (ByVal pName As String) As Integer http://www.webtropy.com/articles/art9-2.asp lib=winspool.drv You you can use the Shell ...Show All

• Windows Forms Crystal Reports in my package dont work when installed on fresh machine. Why?

  Hi, I have made the package of my project that include several Crystal Reprots. But when this package is installed on a new machine, the reports dont work. I have also included Crystal Reports Viewer in the pre-requisites but not Crystal Reports for .Net Framework 2.0. Is this the reason of not running Crystal Reports. Please help. Regards, Wasif Ehsan. ...Show All