Tryin2Bgood's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms ConnectString in Debug and Release.

  In my Application settings I have a connectionstring setup to connect to a test database server. When I deploy a release, I update the connectionstring everytime to point to a production database server. I wonder is there a way you can set up both connectionstrings; when I change from debug to release in the Solution Configuration, it will pick up the correct connectionstring Thanks you so much!   Terrence dbcuser, Thanks for the reply... however, I think you might refering to web form After I "publish" the Windows application, I found the connectionstring in this file [SolutionName].exe.config.deploy, I have tried to edit the connectionstring by notepad, then install and hope it will put up the r ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcr80.dll Problem

  Hi there, can someone possibly tell me why Noton WinDoctor is telling me that 10 executables in the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot access the necessary dll file msvcr80.dll I see that the dll exists in the WinSxS directory and I'm running XP pro. I didn't have this problem until I downloaded the 2.0 framework at windows update. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. Naolin If your application works as expected then the owenrs of WinDoctor might have more details. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• Gadgets Rendering problems of the gadgets (mainly the height)

  About the ccs problems, the problems rendering the height of the gadgets in Live Spaces. Maybe is not just that the problem... I have noticed that if I right click the gadget and I refresh the start.com service which starts the gadget, the gadget is rendered always in the right way. This happens with any gadget... So probably it is a problem of the page loading event or of the start.com service processing all the requests. ciao Some of them are still cut off on my browser. I think it has to do with what's cashed on your PC and if the images load before the resize command is called in the gadgets.. This issue is probably the most frustrating thing with third party gadgets and should be the first thing in MS agenda ...Show All

• Visual C# How to read from a text file?

  I want to read the words from a file and store the words in a 2D array. The first word in store in the first row of the array.the second word in second row..etc.. How can I do that ok...well, this you will have to investigate in also and read the resources you have been provided. It's one of those things where we can't exactly give you an answer but rather point you in the right direction if its related to assignments for school :-) try reading these and following the examples: http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20021125/techspace2.shtml http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/2002/July/WorkingWithArrays.asp http://www.functionx.com/vcsharp/collections/arrays.htm http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPo ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Invisible Skybox

  Hi i have used some of the code from the SkyBoxDemo tutorial to make a skybox in my game. I adapted the code to run with my game but when i debug the game i cannot see the skybox and my model following camera flips round to face the front of the model insted of the back and The Ship model turns weird colors!   Show us the code where you set your effect.View and effect.Projection matricies. The ships model being changed different colors is probably a renderState being set strangely somewhere else in you code and isn't being returned to it's original value ...Show All

• SQL Server Strange deadlock

  We have a client-server architecture in development in which clients synchronize their data tables with the server. If we try to sync two clients at the same time we often get a deadlock - which would make sense except for the resource that gets deadlocked: stored procedure xp_regdeletevalue , which is used by SQL Server to delete keys from the Windows registry. According to the trace (capturing all events listed in Profiler + the 1204 flag) right before the deadlock takes place xp_regdeletevalue gets locked and released about 500(!) times in a row (nothing happens between the Lock:Acquires and Lock:Releases). We're not invoking this procedure directly although one of the frameworks we're using (Spring or Hibernate) might be, but I foun ...Show All

• SQL Server Linked Server Works Local not Remote

  I'm stumped on this so any help is appreciated.... DB1 - Contains views 4 part named to connect through a linked server to DB2 (this is queried by an application via ODBC) DB2 - Contains tables and views that DB1's views pull from and run queries against via ODBC connect with DSN defined. (DB2 is read only no data is written to DB2) In one instance DB1 and DB2 are on the same instance of SQL Server 2000 Sp3. The queries from the application work fine - everything is still 4 part named to use the linked server(OLE DB for ODBC Drivers) and DSN. In another instance DB1 and DB2 are on different servers. Some queries via the application work fine however others that have multiple joins in them fail with the following error: Datab ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I QUICKLY access the pixels in an Image

  I know how to do this in Delphi 3. I could get a pointer to the bytes in the image and manipulate them. However, CSharp is managed code, going through the layers is unacceptably slow. When I first wrote this program in Delphi, I used the SetPixel and found it to be far too slow. I then found I could access the bits/bytes of the image directly and a 1280x1024 image was processed in under 2 seconds. In CSharp (managed code) I found that a 256x128 image was more than 4 seconds. If I can process images with acceptable processing time (1280x1024 minimum), I will rewrite my application in CSharp. Acceptable would be 2 seconds or less. Otherwise, Delphi is going to be the language used. Any help would be appreciated...TIA..tom. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions asp.net app that can work online or offline

  I'm currently building a website that, at some point, needs to identify whether an Internet connection is or not available. If it is, it should work online, if it doesn't it needs to work locally. This app works with a SQL Server DB and if there is no connection it should store data locally. We the connection is regain it should sync with the online DB. Can anyone advice on how would be the best approach for handling this condition Thx in advance ... I think you would be better off with a windows forms application for this. Here is an article that should help. ...Show All

• Architecture Security architecture

  Hi, I am venturing into Security architecture.It will be covering the security features provided by .net as well as general concepts like EKE,Single Sign On, Race condition etc. I wasn't been able to find any good forum where i can discuss these topics. Could somebody please let me know a few forums and blogs in which we can have discussions on this. regards Hi, Security requirements can be broadly grouped into following concepts.. if you can tell us which area you are dealing with.. may be we can discuss here itself. Security Requirements : 1. Client Authentication 2. Server Authentication – Phishing 3. Repudiation – denying the action ...Show All

• Visual Basic Unbound DataGridViewComboboxColumn that loses it's value

  I have an unbound datagridview which is misbehaving. As soon as I move to the next column in the datagridview the comboboxcolumn value is cleared or no longer displayed. Does anyone know what might cause this ...Show All

• SQL Server Conditionally format subtotal for matrix report

  I have a matrix that will pull out the current quarters sales figures. I want to change the color of the subtotal font ONLY when we are in the current period. I have a boolean field in the matrix report that is true when it is the current month. For example, at the end of last month it displays January, February and March figures. I want the sub total to display the totals for January and February in white, whilst the totals for March are Yellow. Any ideas anyone Hi there, This worked for me: =iif(inscope("Rating_Group") and inscope("RowRating_Group"),"white","Gainsboro") Use in any of the attributes (Font, Color, Borderstyl) of the Data cell, ...Show All

• .NET Development The relation between ADO.NET DataSet and an EDM Entity

  Hi all, Can you explain how does an ADO.NET DataSet relate to an EDM Entity Thanks FMT Charles, That was very helpful. However, in the video, they didn't say whether the generated classes for EDM Entities are .NET components or just a plain C# classes. Do you have info on this issue Thanks again FMT ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) RTSP streaming

  I've written a RTSP streaming server that streams live television by saving a .ts buffer file and then stream it using the RTSP protocol. However, when I try to watch the stream with a MediaElement or even WMP 10 or 11 it's just black, or it says that it doesn't support the protocol. So my question is, isn't there any support in the MediaElement for RTSP streams Not sure who the manufacturer is here... they should provide you a DShow filter to enable playback in WMP (and likewise it should work in WPF then). ...Show All

• SQL Server SYSAdmin users do not have permission to see records in a view?

  We have a third party application and wish to create a report based upon a view. The strange thing is logged in to the server as a SQL SYSAdmin account, we cannot view the data via the view. SQL Admin accounts are setup correctly and there is nothing different on this particular server. No errors are returned just a blank view with no records. Could this be a permissions problem or orphaned schemas in that particular database I thought SYSAdmin could view and do just about anything and the people who use this particular database would not have the know how on denying permission to the SYSAdmin role. Thanks N Just to make sure - by SQL administrator, you mean a member of the sysadmin server rol ...Show All