NJCoughlan's Q&A profile

• Connected Services Framework How to call HelloWorld service with parameters ?

  Hi, we are trying to extend the HelloWorld sample. The webservice currently has one function HelloWorld, which returns back a string value. But, what if we modify this HelloWorld service, to accept some parameters also, as below: [WebMethod] public string HelloWorld ( string parameter ) { return parameter; } while making a call, we would write < Route > < Criteria > (ACTION EQ 'http://tempuri.org/HelloWorld') </ Criteria > < Destination > HelloWorldParticipant[http://tempuri.org/HelloWorld parameter="Hello World"] </ Destination > </ Route > But this does not work. Any idea on how to call webservice from ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't set the owner to the current login

  I'm using express edition, compatibility set to 2005. I'm logged in as DOMAIN\user , using windows authentication. When I try to set the owner to this login, I get a "login does not exist on the server" error. Setting the owner to sa works fine. Any fix to this problem Also - can I just work with the owner set to sa or can this cause problems in the future Thanks. Buck, Thank you for trying to help. The diagrams work fine - but the thing is that I have to set the owner to sa in order to work with them. The problem is that although I am logged in as DOMAIN\user , the server claims there is no such login when I try to set the database owner to that login. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Text Document at start up

  In this up i made i need to have a text document start when the app is fired for the first time then not again after that. The setting is saved per user and per version of your application. If you have run the app in the debugger, you can use the "Synchronize" button in the settings designer in order to "reset" the setting to its default value. You don't need to do this in order to publish your application, however - as soon as another user runs the app, it will be the first time for them (on that machine) Best regards, Johan Stenberg ...Show All

• Visual Basic Can I create wizards for my program?

  i was just wondering if I create wizards for my program like to accept input from user then process them and stuff. Yes, you can create a wizard for your program. A wizard is nothing more than a procedure (or series of procedures) that walks the user through accomplishing a task....think of a wizard as a mini application ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Loading PNG from disk using DirectDraw

  Is it possible to load a PNG from disk into DirectDraw surface Does anyone have an example of how to accomplish this I understand I may have to involve GDI for this particular operation which is ok i suppose. Any clues Thanks! Refer this thread http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=970533&SiteID=1&mode=1 ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Mobile 5 emulator

  I'm new to VS2005 and have just installed it. I have installed the Mobile 5 sdk and Mobile phone sdk. Using an article for help I have created an empty form and tried to run it. When I press F5 I only get devices for 2003. I have successfully loaded the app into one of these devices. How do I get the Mobile 5 devices in the list They show up in the Device Emulator Manager and. I can connect to a Mobile 5 device from the Manager using ActiveSync but don't know how to load the test program once I start the device. I saw the other articles and turned off the virus software before installing the sdks. Can anyone recommend a book or articles to get started with mobile app development thanks In addition, check ...Show All

• SQL Server Problems during the installation of Integration Services

  Trying to install SQL Server 2005 on my machine,I installed each part (engine, reporting services, integration services etc) seperately. During the installation of Integration Services I got the following message failed to install and configure assemblies D:\Microsoft SQL Server 90\90\DTS\Tasks\Microsoft.Sqlserver.MSMQTasks.dll in the COM+ catalog. Error: -2146233087 ErrorMessage: Unknown Error 0x80131501 ErrorDescription: You must have administrative credentials to perform this task. Contact your system administrator for assistance I am administrator of my machine an i tried to install SQL usign this account. I selected IGNORE and the installation continued. Will I have any problem with Integration Services in the fu ...Show All

• Visual Studio Copy Empty Folder to Output

  As part of my programs functionality it prompts the user for a path to use, then copies over a whole bunch of files and directories to that location (these files and directory structure are included as part of the project). The way I wanted to tackle this was just add in a folder to my project, and have all the files and sub-directories under there. Set the Copy To Output to always. Then in the code I could just copy the directory structure and files from the application directory to wherever the user chose. The problem is I need to recreate some directories that have no files in them. If there are no files in a directory MSBuild / VS 2005 does not copy it to the output when it compiles and there doesn't appear to be any options to s ...Show All

• Smart Device Development MessageBox loses focus on Smartphone and reboot is needed

  Hi everybody, I use ATL and Visual Studio 2005. I create an EDIT BOX like this: I answered this here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=734430&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• SQL Server AS2000 problem!

  We are developing a As 2000 solution and when processing the cube we get an Eventlog message 'The memory conversation threshold was exceeded by more then 12,5% for an extended period'! Does anyone have any idea about this problem/issue Larra Try upgrading to Service Pack 4. There was a similar issue reported against AS2000 SP3 that was fixed in SP4. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx na=22&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=&u=%2fdownloads%2fdetails.aspx%3fFamilyID%3d8e2dfc8d-c20e-4446-99a9-b7f0213f8bc5%26DisplayLang%3den Hope that helps. ...Show All

• Windows Forms IsDBNull

  Hi, i get problem with dbnull. i need to check where multiplicityid is null. this is throwing error. '0 | 0 Discard Enter new single invoice - Optional Public Sub DiscardBill( ByVal abill As CostingDataSet.BillRow) If IsDBNull(abill.multiplicityID) AndAlso (abill.GetCostingRowsByFK_Costing_Bill.Length = 0) Then MsgBox( "0 | 0" ) End If Hi, The problem is that if you query a column in a typed dataset & that column is null, it will throw an error. The rows contain methods to check if the column is null (the column must be nullable in the dataset definition for these methods to appear) with the format datarow.is<columnname>null which returns a boolean. ...Show All

• Architecture use of snk file

  Hello everybody, This is somewhat layman's query. i have read about snk files to be included in the assembly to sign it and protect it from unknown people for which it is not meant for. I don't understand that how can we protect an assembly from an snk when we pack that in the assembly itself. Can somebody please t ake out some time and explain what exactly is the purpose of snk file and how exactly it serves that purpose. Also why do we need a Assemblydelaysign property in assemblyinfo.cs file. Thanks for your help rajiv Hi Diego, You have given the best possible elaboration on why to use snk files. Thanks a lot regards rajiv ...Show All

• Visual C++ WC_TREEVIEW and TVN_SELCHANGED (Selecting Item in Treeview)

  i have a treeview where i want to check which item is selected. the docs say that the treeview will send the message 'TVN_SELCHANGED' to its parent but it can't find it. it seems as if this message is not sent. I checked every message that was sent to all parents and "grand"-parents of the treeview up to the main-window but neither a TVN_SELCHANGED was recevied nor any other message that i could use to identify the selected item. thanks for the quick reply! i checked the WM_NOTIFY messages, the only codes that arrive in the parent message-proc are NM_CLICK, NM_SETCURSOR and NM_CUSTOMDRAW but no TVN_SELCHANGED! Does the TVN_SELCHANGED shared its id with another notification, or is it unique are the ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WinFX Runtime Components 3.0 Beta 2 installation problems

  Hello, I was using the February CTP until Beta 2. I’ve downloaded the new WinFX Runtime Components 3.0 Beta 2 and I can’t install them. I’ve uninstalled older version using the tool Microsoft has provided ( the MSI file ) and I’ve also removed several other components that I thought could cause the problem. I’m still receiving the following error: [05/24/06,00:29:52] VS Scenario: [2] CPrevProductInstalledCheck failed : <font face=Verdana size=8pt> Thank you for participating in the Beta program. You must uninstall all pre-release products in a specific order before you can continue with setup. For detailed information, see the <a color=#3F4F7F HOVER-COLOR=#C3120C href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ LinkId=54981">u ...Show All

• .NET Development Web Service has no dll generated

  I've create a web service in VS 2005 and I already installed the service pack 1.0. When I build my application it does not generate any dll or the assembly. I presume that it should generate the dll unlike in VS 2003 which is the 1.1 version it generate an assembly. I need your help... Thanks in advance. thanks a lot...hopes that it will work!!! ...Show All