ErikInTexas's Q&A profile

• Windows Live Developer Forums Adding my own custom 3D content

  I wonder how i can add my own custom 3d stuff into the 3d-View of the map. I have 3D architecture for my location that I would like to share. Is there a contribution program I have the entire downtown area of Cleveland, OH in 3d format as well the main campus of Case Western Reserve University. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Dynamic Configurable Items

  I'm having problems adding this item to a shopping cart. Its has custom dynamic configurations so that the user can select custom sizes or colors for a shoe for example. Here's a link to an example: http://qwww01.extra.americanexpress.com/Product.aspx uscshortcode=12204304&usclongcode=32870730&merchantid=0 As you will see for this particular item, you first have to select a width in the first drop down. When that is selected, the items for the second drop down ("Then Select ShoeSize") populates. When that is selected, the items for the third drop down ("Then Choose Color") populates. The VSTS 2005's recorder gets confused and tries to do a form post for all three. However that fails. Does anyone know how I can g ...Show All

• Visual C# Make an login windows in app.

  Hello. I am making an application that has restricted access. It is just simple. I have an main form that where everything happens. So i just need user to type in the password to get in. I thought just to make an window with masked textbox and button. And behind button this code: if (maskedbutton.text == "password") { mainform.show(); } else system.close(); It does not need to be any more difficult then that. But this does not work so i need help. I cant get to my mainform from my login window and I need help with my code to close my form if password is wrong. I have done this before and this code worked....but now now. Do you have any suggestions hi., ...Show All

• SQL Server Getting a reference to a Script task in VB.net

  I am trying to get a reference to a script task so I can manipulate it's properties. However I can't seem to figure it out I have a reference to Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS and Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Design and based on BOL they show Imports System Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Text Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.BulkInsertTask Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.FileSystemTask Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime But I get errors saying Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.BulkInsertTask Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.FileSystemTask can't be found What do I need to reference or Import to be able to see the ...Show All

• SQL Server sp_executesql Msg 102, Level 15, State 1 error

  I have codes looks like below. I have got these errors saying Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near ','. Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 3 Must declare the scalar variable "@xFunctionID1". But If I run the sql generated manually in the managment studio, it's fine. Could someone please help to have a look ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo] . [GetContactReport2] @FunctionID1 int = Null, @FunctionID2 int = Null AS DECLARE @sql nvarchar ( 4000 ), @paramlist nvarchar ( 4000 ) SELECT @sql = 'SELECT * FROM Contact Left Join dbo.FunctionContact on dbo.FunctionContact.ContactID = dbo.Contact.Contact_ID ' SELECT @sql = @sql + ' WHERE 1 = 1 ' /*---------- ...Show All

• Visual Basic DllRegisterServer entry point was not found

  I'm trying to use a .DLL file in a program I'm writing, and it comes up with the following error: Hey Tamilvanan , I am facing the same problem. If u will get ne solution then please let me know too.... Thanks in Advance... ...Show All

• Visual Basic Entry Level Programmer - Interview Questions

  Guys, what kind of questions do organizations ask when someone is applying for an entry-level position as a programmer As a VB Programmer. How much experiance ie years, Projects - projects include schooling and such. That other types of programming experiance do you have. JAVA, PHP, ASP, CGI, .......A good programmer or someone that has experiance with multiple languages. For me I was hired as VB programmer and did not have much VB experiance on 2005. But have lots of programming experiance in other languages. You have to think that if a person knows alot of other languages they might be able to pickup a language pretty quick. So multiple languages is a must - or a good indication that this person likes programming. Hope that h ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Blurry trail on sprite movement

  Hi all, I read some posts about problems with AMD processors. I am not sure my issue is caused by that because I have a different processor from the ones I read the posts about. The issue: I have a simple ball sprite. I create a pong-like game. When the ball moves it produces a blurry trail behind it. Like you have with comets in space. The faster the sprite moves, the longer and more noticable the trail. In response to this I have updated the drivers for my processor and grapics card. The result is the same. Beside the blurry trail I notice the movement is always a littlebit choppy. Not extreme, but I think it ought to be somewhat smoother than this. So no I am wondering what might be causing it. Can it be the process ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA and Vista -> Project Templates

  Hi! I have a question regarding the XNA Framework and Windows Vista... I managed to install XNA on Vista, but he didn't copy any Project Templates to VC#, so i have no starting point for making games.. My question is, is there a place where i can download the templates or could someone send me the standard windows template, or could someone make a short tutorial on what i should add to an empty project, and what files I need Thanks, First off, for the install to work properly on Vista you need the Visual C# Express 2005 SP1 Beta (available on MSDN as an update to C# Express 2005). Install that, then the XNA package. Also, make sure you run Visual C# Express by itself at least once before installing th ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to handle US and international phone numbers?

  Hi all, I have a Visual Basic Windows application done in Visual Studio 2005. My users need to be able to enter phone numbers, US and international. If it was US phone numbers only it would be easy, I can just use MaskedTextBox. But handling international phone numbers is a different story for the following reasons: -country codes can be anywhere from 1 to 7 characters long -some countries have area codes and some do not. And for the ones that do, an area code can be anywhere from 1 to 7 digits long. -phone numbers vary. For example some countries have 3 digit phone numbers, some have anywhere from 5 to 12 digits long phones. So what I need is a way to handle all possible phone number formats in one. What would be the best w ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office RemoveCustomization

  Hi Marteen, How are you I have gotten closer to my final solution but no cigar yet. My problem is the following: Using a console or WinForms application I make a copy of the "master" Word document file which is customized and contains code in the StartUp to populate Bookmarks etc.... The problem is that when I copy the "master" file to another directory, it cannot seem to find the customization .DLL and therefore does not populate my bookmarks or run any startup code. I checked in the document properties, and the _AssemblyName and _AssemblyLocation custom properties are still there, but they cannot seem to find the .DLL itself. Is there any way around this What I basically want to do is make a copy of a ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS - Wizzard Works - Manual execution causes error?

  Hello   I have an odd problem that is driving me nutz. I have a very simple SSIS package that imports a 5 colum flatfile into a sql Server 2005 Table. When I created this package with the wizzard, it will execute perfectly fine and processes all rows into the destination table. But when I hit F5 to execute it manually it will fail before inserting a single row.   The error it generates is (Spalte 5 is a Datetime in the format DD.MM.YYYY) : Error: 0xC02020A1 at Datenflusstask, Source - Daten_NC_1_txt [1]: Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "Spalte 5" returned status value 2 and status text "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.". Error: 0xC020902 ...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 I am having the same problem... I even uninstalled it.. and it didnt show a problem then I reinstalled the update and it showed up as a problem in the Windoctor again... any ideas as to what is wrong with this update Im sure its a simple fix but I cant seem to get it.. ...Show All

• SQL Server Global Groups, Schema and MS Acess

  Hi, We have a MS Access .adp app which is having some security problems. We have a windows global group which is a user - which is added to a role. The developers are having problems with unqualified sql statements trying to find user.table instead of dbo.table. It seems we are not able to specify a default schema for the global 'user' - the option is greyed out and a sql statement fails. MS says: Default Schemas A default schema is used to resolve the names of securables that are referred to without their fully qualified names. In SQL Server 2000, name resolution first checks the schema owned by the calling database user, followed by the schema owned by dbo. In SQL Server 2005, each user has a default schema. The defaul ...Show All

• Visual Basic Tips on Window Attributes (size, location, etc.)

  So I have a program for my job that allows the user to open any number of individual windows that each display a customizable amount of data, type of data, etc. But that part's unimportant, the important thing is, unlimited windows are openable. The window attributes themselves are stored in a list of open windows. What I'd like to implement is the ability to choose some preset layouts. I know how I can programmatically create new windows, but my issue is arranging them. What do y'all suggest as the best way to do this, handling different screen resolutions and stuff like that A percentage of the user's screen width perhaps And do y'all have any methods to suggest using besides the normal setCoord, setWidth and setHeight ...Show All