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• Visual Studio Team System TFS Project Portal - problem with configuring zones in WSS site

  I have a WSS project portal site associated with a MVS 2005 Project. The right-hand zone has been removed from the site. When I try to add a new web part and select the right hand zone there is only "left" in the zone combo box. Can this be resolved If it can't be resolved, I fortunately have no content added to this site yet. Can I comfortably delete the site, create a new one with the same name to ensure it remains associated with the MVS 2005 project ( I.e. I want to be able to link to this portal by right-clicking on the project icon in MVS 2005). Regards, Ali It sounds like you're having a problem with Sharepoint and not with Team Foundation Server. This forum is dedicated to general questions about the Te ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Installation Directory Write Access Issue

  Hi, I am a developer for a commercial program and we are working on a Vista-aware release of our product. It is a large install (6 CDs) abd is currently all put in Program Files under XP. The Microsoft suggestion of putting program executables and static data in Program Files and all other stuff in the appropriate users/... directory is not practical for our application. I have never liked that model. It makes things complex both for users and programmers. It is a road that we simply will not follow. The problem, of course, is that users don't have write access to the Program Files folder unless they explicitly and manually set it. We could require the users to do that but this is not a happy solution and we probably will not do that. W ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Where are loaded the material names?

  I load .x files with this code Extendedmaterial[] materialarray; Mesh.FromFile(path, MeshFlags.Managed, device, out materialarray); Thats ok, I don't have any problem loading the mesh. But where are the names of the materials I have only the material properties like ambient color, diffuse color, ... but not the name of the material. The .x file save the material name, but it seems that name is not storage in any way when I loaded the mesh from the file. I'm sorry that I still have a limited knowledge working with DirectX, but anybody knows some magic code to retrieve the material names that are loaded with the mesh. Thanks for your answer. That is what I was ...Show All

• Smart Device Development windows mobile 2005 contact location

  I am wanting to create an application that backups up my contacts to the storage card. the problem I am having is finding where the contact are saved. I am not talking about the sims contact, but the outlook contact. Any suggestions I am using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook in my application to take the contactsCollection. Now i want to register my application for any Contacts Changes .So that whenever a contact is added/deleted/edited, my application shud get a notification and i can update my app view accordingly .. How can i do that Thanks Amit ...Show All

• Windows Forms Many to Many Relationship Viewers?

  I'm looking for a control (or a way to link multiple controls) to graphically and logically display table data with a many-to-many relationship with another table. Here's what I am thinking: Have a datagridview (listview, etc) on the left side of the form. Have a second datagridview (listview, etc) on the right side of the form. Display the entire table contents of each of your two tables in their respective grid controls. Now draw lines from rows in the control on the left to rows in the control on the right. Remember those test questions in school where you had to draw lines from terms on the left to definitions on the right That's what I want to see (except now have multiple lines eminating from the rows). I can't find any third party ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to make Invoice Form

  By using VB.net How I can design Invoice form Belongs Customers Thanks and waiting your replay I am unsure what exactly you are asking, but from what I understand you wish to update the product qty The SQL command you have is incorrect in some areas. If the Quantity.Text is an actual textbox then the "SET @ValueToUpdate = Quantity.Text" command should be: "SET @ValueToUpdate = " & Quantity.Text. The same applies for the line "SET UnitsInStock = UnitsInStock-@ValueToUpdate". it should be "SET UnitsInStock = UnitsInStock-@ValueToUpdate WHERE ProductID = " & txtProductID.Text Apart from this I am not sure, the only way to find out is to give us any error me ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Mesh, and mesh optimization.

  Hello, ID3DXMesh object contains an attribute buffer. It is possible to optimize the mesh with D3DXMESHOPT_ATTRSORT. This would make an attribute related indices and vertices streamed. So it is possible to draw a subset seperatly, However, how does an unoptimized mesh's subset can be drawen seperatly You can set the entire vertex buffer, but how do you pick the correct indices from the index buffer(How does ID3DXMesh picks those indices) Thanks. If you don’t use D3DXMESHOPT_ATTRSORT then you basically get a linear search of the entire attribute buffer. If you do use D3DXMESHOPT_ATTRSORT then things are arranged in a way so a simple lookup table can be used, which is created when s ...Show All

• SQL Server Encryption with Analysis Services 2005

  As I understand it SSAS encrypts its data by default; however, I'm looking for strategies on encrypting data in the underlying datawarehouse. If you have a column encrypted in the datawarehouse, what are the options to expose that data, selectively of course, through Analysis Services The only solution I've found is to bind a dimension to a view in the datasource and have that view decrypt the column. The dimension attribute could then be selectively exposed based on the role(s) the user has access to. Is this the BEST way to do it Are there other options and considerations Are there any great whitepapers on this subject I haven't found any myself. Thanks in advance, Terry I am working with SQL server 2005 analysis and r ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Beginner question - Using the book presenting windows workflow foundation beta!

  I can't find the parameters property on the code activity properties anymore. Searching for posts here I found that we now need to write this code on the code-behind, right Is this definitive Does anybody knows where I can find this corrections to the book I just bought the book few days ago and the code suggested by the book does not match the beta 2! Thanks! Chila! HI. Presenting Windows Workflow Foundation (Paperback) by Paul Andrew , James Conard , Scott Woodgate is the only book for WWF up to the present as i know. but the book's content has many difference from WWF beta2.2 Maybe ,the WWF SDK and the samples which shiped with can give you some more detail. and http://www.netfx3.com has many resources ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. New 2D Xmas Themed Game

  I have written my first ever XNA game, it is a Christmas themed 2D game. It is called Elves Revenge, and screenshots and gameplay demo are available at http://www.errolian.com Full details of the game and the downloads (game, plus source code) are at http://www.errolian.com/2006/11/22/3d-buzz-xmas-game-coding-contest-elves-revenge/ Thanks for the clarification Glenn, I appreciate it. I am new to the forums and just want to make sure I understand the protocols and expectations. Thanks again for the reply. Don ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WorkflowRoleCollection and DependencyProperty

  Dear all, I want to create an activity with a DependencyProperty with type of WorkflowRoleCollection. So, I have written the following code: public static DependencyProperty RolesProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Roles", typeof(WorkflowRoleCollection), typeof(Workflow2)); [Browsable(true)] [RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All)] [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)] public WorkflowRoleCollection Roles { get { return ((WorkflowRoleCollection)(base.GetValue(Workflow2.RolesProperty))); } set { base.SetValue(Workflow2.RolesProperty, value); } } But, when I use it in the designer and click on the "Add" button in the editor, I have an exception: "Cannot create an instanc ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office I have a windows application in which i am using words,excels,outlook ,the problem is... pl look inside its very large ,i think

  Hi , Short and sweet ill say what are the problems. I have 3 problems Problem 1: In my application the user should not disturb my word ,excel and outlook that is used by it, sometimes he goes to the task manager he gives it end process (situation : he may have some outside office applications opened when they dont respond ,he suggests to kill then,mistakenly he kills ours too ,Bcoz he is just a user) Problem 2: After opening our application the users open some office applications (for ex: we have an excel being used by our application and the user open a outside excel how could we be sure that the outside excel doesnt interfear with ours,same for word as well as outlook).I am not satisfied technically,i want to get cleare ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating Parent Child Hierarchies

  Hi I have the following in my cube Location Dimension containing LocationID and LocationName attributes. Customer Dimension containing CustomerID,CustomerName....,LocationID The LocationID in the Location Dimension and Customer Dimension are related to each other. I want to create a hierarchy with the LocationName in the First Level and the CustomerName in the second level. How to I accomplish this As i said I already have a relationship defined between the two tables. Thanks and Regards Guruprasad Karnik This is not a recursive hierarchy from what you are describing. You can find a recursive hierarchy in the employee table in the Adventure works sample data base that is a part of the SQL server 2005 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Filter out null column values

  I have a dataset that returns the all the days of a month and some other data. Ex. Day Item SellingPrice 1 a 1.00 2 c 1.50 3 a 1.00 3 c 1.50 4 NULL NULL 5 c 1.50 5 c 2.00 Some days are returned more than once, but all days are returned (1-31). I have a Matrix where the columns are the items and the rows are the days. The matrix sums total sales for a day based on the item. The reason I return all days is so an empty day is easy to spot. My problem is that when I run the report I get a blank column that comes from the null items in the dataset. How can I filter this 'null' column out I have tried various filters and everyone that I think should work doesn't do anything or ...Show All

• Visual C++ How do I create a save function?

  Hi. How do I get my program to save what is in the form. I would like it to save everything there is in the form in a file when I click on File->Save in the menu. How do I do it ...Show All