Ricardo Francisco's Q&A profile

• Internet Explorer Development Window opacity toolbar

  I want to make a toolbar that allows the user to adjust the opacity of the currently open window. Is this possible What would I need to do Jeremy is correct that directly manipulating IE's HWNDs is NOT officially supported and you risk compatibility issues with future versions. That disclaimer aside, even though it's a hack what you're asking for is fairly straightforward. Basically you just need to use IWebBrowser2::get_HWND() to get the top-level window and then add the WS_EX_LAYERED style and use SetLayeredWindowAttributes(). There are several public domain tools that can do this to any window. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. myFirstGame sprite flicker - anyone else?

  i completed the first tutorial to make a sprite bounce around the screen. My sprite is 2kb at 87x61 pixels. Tutorial said to use a small sprite ... maybe that's a relative term, but i'd call that small. When my sprite moves around the screen, it looks like my computer is thinking really hard about redrawing it. i get a very noticeable flicker as it cruises around. Does anyone else have this problem i don't know what specs to feed you ... i'm running a dual-core system w/ 2GB RAM and a ATI X1300 vid card that has 256MB memory. i didn't think pushing a 2k image would bring it to its knees ( ) - MrSock Aha, found it, I think. The following line of code in my GraphicsDevice_DeviceReset call fixed the ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Creating a Derived Type in the Designer

  I am attempting to re-create my previous VideoGames database using the designer. I want to see if I can do everything I need without tweaking the underlying XML once. So far its working with NavigationProperties. However, either its been too long since I've used this stuff, or the designer is limited. I am trying to create a derived type called WiiGames that derives from VideoGames, that uses a condition where the VideoGame.Type.ID is 1 (Wii). Anyone have a walkthrough on how to do this in the designer and/or how to start using the designer and finish using XML Hi Kevin, Can you attach your CSDL, MSL and SSDL files I can then look at the example more carefully. Thanks. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Creating report without using crystal

  Hi all, I want to create report by using C#,net.I know the concept of creating crystal report,I want to create other than crystal report,can i create report.If it possible then tell the way to creating report.Plz help me...... Thanks, justin(Navyajeevan) I have noticed that crystal reports are heavy on performance so we (as in our company) have been looking at alternative solution providers as its not worth our time writing our own. You can have a choice of report formats but the most common people want is PDF format. We are currently looking at Xceed grid which has a reporting facility built in for producing pdf format documents. You asked what html and txt format is html is web page or .htm extension. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Crystal Reports Not in VS 2005 VB.NET Standard

  It's clear that VS 2005 VB.NET Standard does not include Crystal Reports.  - http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b4z62wxz(en-US,VS.80).aspx - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zcbsd3cz What is the MS the strategy for the standard user to get reports out    Buy Crystal Reports on the side for $200   Use Access It is possible to use the Crystal Reports application that was bundled with VS.NET 2003 in 2005 projects    Is there some data binding between Crystal Reports and SQL 2005 Express that would make it much easier to use as part of the bundled VS 2005 Professional package   Thanks! As to h ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Problem with using infocard

  Hi I am trying to build a service that uses infocard mode of authentication. The service uses a WsFederation binding. The problem is that when the client selects a card and sends it across the system throws an error as follows "An unsecured or incorrectly secured fault was received from the other party. See the inner FaultException for the fault code and detail." Inner Exception "An error occurred when processing the security tokens in the message." Could some one tell me what the problem is.. Regards Ragu Hello,I'm having the same problem. Can anyone help please... Here is config files: Code Snippet Code Snippet Code Snippet ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Finding out the version of TFS that is installed

  All I am trying to find out the version of TFS that we have installed in our environment. This installation took place before TFS was released and we have since puchased the software and now I need to get it upgraded. How do I tell the version of TFS I know one way is suppose to be able to tell by the version of the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.dll which in our case is 8.0.50727.147 wich from the documentation does not match the RC1 or the Beta3 numbers. Any help would be greatly apriceated! Thanks! http://blogs.msdn.com/richardb/archive/2007/02/22/install-sequence-vsts-sp1-tfs-sp1-vista-quiescing-oh-my.aspx There's a chart with version #s. ...Show All

• .NET Development System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException

  Gentlemen, I just do not understand why setting the Icon property of a form results in MissingManifestResourceException. Just do not understand. At design-time the icon even displays alright, but as soon as the program starts the exception raises. I do not mention adding resource items to a project and then using it, suffice it to say this will also not work. Here is what I get each time a TEST WinForm program starts: "An unhandled exception of type 'System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Additional information: Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "WindowsApplication1.Form1.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into as ...Show All

• Windows Forms Validate Cell Value in Datagridview

  Hi I have a datagridview where i manualy add rows and columns. But when the user tabs out of a specific cell i need to get the value and do a check. But i get blank. I'm using the following dgrdvGLTransLines.CellValidating += new DataGridViewCellValidatingEventHandler (dgrdvGLTransLines_CellValidating); private void dgrdvGLTransLines_CellValidating( object sender, DataGridViewCellValidatingEventArgs e) { if (e.ColumnIndex == 0) { string s= Convert .ToString(dgrdvGLTransLines.Rows[e.RowIndex ].Cells[e.ColumnIndex ].Value); } } It returns a blank value if i exit out of a cell i just typed in. If i click on that cell again, retype something else then tab out the cell i then get the first ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development MFT_MESSAGE_SET_D3D_MANAGER

  Hi, all: How can I get MFT_MESSAGE_SET_D3D_MANAGER from ProcessMessage in a MFT And where to assign MF_TOPONODE_D3DAWARE and MF_SA_D3D_AWARE attributes BTW, is it possible a MediaSource to get the D3DManager interface Thanks Fei-tian I have same issue here... IMFTransform::GetAttributes is NEVER called on my transform. I don't know what's wrong. I tried to set MF_SA_XXX on all IMFAttributes interfaces I can touch in IMFTransform but still this message is never passed. ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development Calling ActiveX function from Javascript

  Hi, From what I've heard, you're supposed to be able to call an embedded activex function or set one of its properties from the javascript in an html/asp page as long as the function or property is declared as public in the code. I have an activex control embedded in an html page with the object tag: <object ID="gis" classid="clsid:C9905EA4-468A-46c0-BCF4-49A547B3A2E6"> Then I try to call a public function of the control like this: <script> function showbox() { gis.ShowMBox(); } <script> All the function does is show a messagebox. I have an html button that calls the javascript function like this: <input type=button value="SetDoc" onclick="showbox()" ...Show All

• .NET Development Edit DatA table

  Is there a way to edit a row in a dataTable. I do not want to add a row but rather make changes to a existing row Cisco Hi see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.datarow(VS.80).aspx the datarow object allows you to manipulate a single row DataRow row = dataTable.Rows[0]; row["columname"] = "newvalue"; Hope this helps you out.. ...Show All

• SQL Server Opening a PDF report without the OPEN/Save Dialog

  Is there a way to render the PDF report in the same broswer window you just called it from without the Open/Save dialog box coming up. The report is being call directly by URL parameters for PDF format I also would like to open my report in PDF format without opening the Open/Save Dialog box. I read that the ExportContentDisposition is indeed the property to use. Is there a way to put this property in the URL when calling the report Or do I have to use the ReportViewer Control I am using SQL Server Reporting with ASP, not ASP.net Thx ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Specifying config file to use at runtime in WCF client

  Hi, Is there any way of specifying at run time, the path/filename of client config file to use in WCF client proxy Here is my use case: I have a client that uses the generated client side proxy (proxy.dll). The generated proxy/config file are in a different location than the client process. We need to load the generated proxy using reflection (using LoadFrom) and invoke the service. When I try loading the client proxy and create an instance using reflection, I get an exception “ Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'Foobar' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matc ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Type.GetConstructors() - InvalidProgramException on CF, works fine on the standard framework

  I have a piece of generated code that the CF (2.0SP1, August patch) just won't accept. The code is working just fine on the big framework, but mscorlib in CF gives me an InvalidProgramException. The context of the call to Type.GetConstructors(): protected virtual object CreateInstanceWrapper(Type type, params object[] args) { object instance; #if !CF instance = Activator.CreateInstance( type, args ); #else ConstructorInfo constructor; Type[] argTypes; argTypes = GetTypeArray(args); constructor = type.GetConstructor(argTypes); if (constructor == null) throw new ArgumentException("There is no matching constructor"); instance = Activator.CreateInstance(type); constructor. ...Show All