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• Software Development for Windows Vista Manage Card Creator error

  Try to create a .crd file using the Manage card creator but encountered error. Error: << Could not create card System.TypeLoadExecption: Could not load type 'System.ServiceModel.X509CertificateIdentity'from assembly 'System.ServiceModel, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. at ManagedCardCreator.ManageInfoCard.SerializeAndSign(String filename, x509Certificate2 cert) at ManagedCardCreator.ManageCardCreatorWindow.CreateButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) >> Anyone knows what is the problem   What .NET build are you trying to run it on Which version of the Card Creator Have you tried the July CTP creating managed cards sample: http:// ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Game Component properties

  So I've created a game component. I've setup the properties like MitchW did in his nice little video tutorial, and finally I've successfully been able to drag the component from my toolbox to the Visual Designer. The next logical step would be to link the graphics object into the component so that my component has access to the GraphicsDevice which I'll get from the GraphicsComponent that XNA gives you to start out with. The problem I'm running into is that the property that I'd like to edit isn't showing up in my list of editable properties for the compnent I've written. I've saved, compiled, nothing will work at this point. Please help me! I had the same problem and it seems like built in components won' ...Show All

• .NET Development Create Virtual Disk and Drive to Manage it

  I'm looking to create a virtual drive in windows and have every I/O operation performed on it: list, create, open, etc.....done through custom code. Basically I'm storing a whole bunch of files in a single file and I have a library of code that accesses each file within this large file but I would like to map the big file's contents to a drive letter. Basically just like what Daemon tools does. Could somebody point me in the right direction Well that's not exactly what I was looking for. I figured out I'll need to write a device driver to accomplish what I want. I have a flat file with files stored inside and I want to mount that file as a file system. So the dos command "subst" won't work. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Interoperability

  I am evaluating the viability of WCF for my company's next software package. One of my requirements is to provide interop with Java. From everything I have been reading, WCF can interop with Java. What I would like to know is... Where can I find tutorials and examples on how to interop with Java Things of interest would be on using some of the various features of WCF such as as wsHttpBinding. Thanks, Dave Project Tango: https://wsit.dev.java.net/ Good luck! Guy http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg/ ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums File Protection from Users

  Hello All, (I posted this in the Excel Forum yesterday and did not get any answers, hopefully someone here can help me) I would like to develop a VBA whereby users are only able to access the Excel file if they run the VBA code. Is there any way of doing this. I can stop users (via code): Closing Userforms etc. Deleting/Adding rows and columns Disable the menu Another thing I thought was to protect the Workbook and only unprotect it via VBA code. If the user choses "Disable Macros" at the security prompt, then they will have full access to the data. Is there a way to stop this. Another thought was to process the file without id being open ie set a reference to it from another another Excel VBA module (This will proba ...Show All

• .NET Development Cannot load type ...

  Hi, i have a problem. I have a class to do remoting, but i can't do it. The class is: namespace PoolHCService { public class RemoteHCPoolRef : MarshalByRefObject { } } In the server app.config i have: <configuration> <system.runtime.remoting> <application name="RemotePoolServer"> <service> <wellknown mode="Singleton" type="PoolHCService.RemoteHCPoolRef, PoolHCService" objectUri="RemotePool" /> </service> <channels> <channel ref ="http" port="7782"> <serverProviders> <formatter ref ="soap" typeFilterLevel="Fu ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions syntax code

  to those of you who are familiar with the coding, could you write a simple code example so we can understand,give us simple syntax examples please of; deleete command accept changes command that way those  of us who are beginners can read the syntax and get a better view of how it works. dear ahmed no i still do not u ndertsand sufficiently, for example, newsong = TextBox1.Text MusicDataSet21.records(newsong).Delete() this code although has no errors until runtime, come back with a strin to integer error, you can see as you are experienced in this area what it is doing although you dont know the exact aplication, and this is just one which i keep changing tio gather a further und ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Issue with spaces in ressources filename

  Hi, I tried the example of the rehosting of the designer ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFDsgnRehst.asp ) and found that there was an issue when you save the project in a folder with spaces (typically "Documents and settings").. The compilation fails , "Error CS2001: Unable to find the source file 'and' Error CS2001: Unable to find the source file 'settings/User/foo.rules'" the issue comes from theses lines: thx that solves the problem! I've tried it but i didn't remove the "@" at the begining of the string, so my slash didn't have the expected behavior ...Show All

• Visual Basic Adding list items from delimited text file

  Back again with another Noob question.  My form will ammend user's input via text box to a delimited text file, but i want to get the info from the text file to show up in a listbox.  How do I accomplish this I already have the listbox on my form and have tried ... My .Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText( "C:\Entries.txt" ) and Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged Dim filename As String = "C:\Entries.txt" Dim fields As String () Dim delimiter As String = "," Using parser As New TextFieldParser(filename) parser.SetDelimiters(delimiter) While Not parser.EndOfData ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is adding every asset used to the project a necessity.

  As I ask this, I suspect that the answer may be that I just don't know enough about the content pipeline. In previous hobbyist games I've worked on, it's been common to have a file that specifies a level or UI setup including which textures to load. The game parsed this file and loaded the textures appropriately. This separated the art from the code and allowed artists to modify or create new levels without any work in Visual Studio. My understanding is that any asset that is used must now be added to VisualStudio if it is to be loaded through the ContentManager. Does this mean that when I create such a file which defines a level (including all assets) I must also add all of these assets to VisualStudio This seems.... to put it directl ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Programatically change tabs in tabcontrol

  I have a tabcontrol in my application that has 3 tabs in it. For the life of me I can not figure out how to programatically change which tab is visible. Darren I tried the following code in c# which I have tried before I assume it is equivalent, but it does not change the tab. I have also made sure that the code does indeed execute it just has no effect on the displayed tab. tabControl.TabPages[0].Show(); ...Show All

• Visual C# How do you se the default size of a custom control?

  How do you se the default size of a custom control For some reason my buttons always get the default size 200 x 200 pixels. Is that size inherited /Lars No that isn't the default for a button but it is probably the default for your user control. You can set the Height and Width properties in your constructor (or more like InitializeComponent method) to change the default values. Note however that ultimately your clients will set the size of the control. Michael Taylor - 9/28/06 ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) 3d shape inside 3d shape

  hi, it's amazing... can i (with the WPF) create a outer shape and inside it an inner shape that "move" inside the 3D space in the outer shap thanks, omri Can you describe in more detail what you're trying to accomplish Perhaps a picture or a .XAML sample of what you've been able to produce so far Thanks, -Adam Smith [MS] ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce through Proxy with Authentication

  Hello, I have a problem with ClickOnce Deployment: My app runs on Windows Server 2003, IIS 6. In my university we have a proxy which needs authentication, and if I click the .application file, first there is a login window for the proxy, then the window ("verifying application...") comes up, but then there is an error message, saying that the file *.application can not be downloaded. In the log file is an entry: the server is unreachable, so I think the process which downloads the .exe and the other .dlls don't know the proxy authentication information. what can I do, to run the application behind such a proxy thanks, marco I am trying to understand if this is the same problem I am going to face. I am in a Corporate setting where IE ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XZN for 360

  Unless microsoft hasn't updated their site recently, they say you cannot yet release your game for the 360. Does anyone know if you will have to buy the new version (suppose to be released soon) to release games, or if you will be able to download a patch allowing previous titles to be released on the 360 P.S. I can't seem to find any recommended system requirements for your PC for either programs. Could anyone help me out in this department Thanks to all You'll be able to download the RTM version of Game Studio Express for free on or around the 11th of December (that's the date that's being thrown around right now) which will have the functionality to upload to the 360. You'll also need a membership in the Creator's Club ($10 ...Show All