MikeMinsk's Q&A profile

• .NET Development .net 2.0 WinForms Application suspends for 6 min at startup

  Hi fellows, currently I do have a very strange problem with getting a .net 2.0 application to run smoothly. Used OS: Windows 2003 (1.0/1.1/2.0/3.0), Windows 2000 (1.0/1.1/2.0) The Project has been converted from a 1.1 WinForms project to 2.0 by Visual Studio. After compiling the project and all dependencies I start the executable. There is some activity on CPU and memory for about 30 seconds (loading static data). After that the whole application becomes totally unresponsive; the application main window (which already raised the "Load" event) is only an empty rectangle on the screen. The application stays in that state for about 5 to 7 minutes and then recovers and shows the mainform. Code-wise there's nothing left to co ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to print a webpage in Windows Forms .Net

  Given a URL say http://www.xyz/report.pdf as an arguement how do i print this document in Windows Forms .Net. Currently im trying PrintDocument Class of System.Drawing.Printing. I see a blank output. Provide me if any code samples. Thanx in Advance. Madhusudhan http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.print.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.printpage.aspx The references above give you examples and explanations about how to print however since it maybe a URL to a pdf file, your best bet would be to perhaps use the SDK of acrobat reader and t ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Why 3D animate in Fullscreen window slowly?

  Hi, all,   I am a new comer of WPF. I built a simple 3D animate in a fullscreen window, which was implemented through setting WindowStyle, it looks like this:   <Window x:Class="WindowsApp.Window1"     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"     WindowState="Maximized"     Topmost="True"          WindowStyle="None"     >     <Grid>       <!--The following codes are set up 3D animate -->        & ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server replication to SQL 2005 Express

  Hello, I am facing problems trying to replicate SQL Server 2000 table to SQL 2005 Express. The error says: "login failed for user 'username'. The user is not associated with a trusted SQL server connection" PS: The same happens when I try to register the SQL 2005 server in SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager. Any help Thanks Walid Hi again, I figured out half of the problem. I did not enable Mixed mode for authentication. Now I can connect however I get the following error: "<SQL 2005 SERVER NAME> - To connect to the server you must use SQL server management studio or sql server management objects SMO" How can I do that Thanks Walid ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Workaround to make XNA GSE work on Vista RTM?

  It is not supported of course, but since Vista is locked down and shipping, is there a workaround to install Beta 2 of XNA GSE on Vista Repro steps: On Vista RTM Install C# Express Launch XNA GSE Beta 2 When it is "registering templates", an error message about C# Express closing down appears XNA GSE Installation app errors as well, saying that something went wrong Installer reverses all the installation... I know that some people have gotten the GSE and XNA Framework to work under Vista... Remember that the GSE and XNA System is unsupported under the Vista system, in future releases this should be fixed when the updates to the Express Products are released. ...Show All

• .NET Development This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'SEMICOLON' while Loading xml file which is read from share point

  Hi Everybody, I am reading xml file from share point which is uploaded already. For reading I used SPFile.Openbinary()..... the problem is after reading the xml file from share point, i tried to load the xml file in to XMLDocument object xmlDoc.LoadXml(gxmlContent); But ist is throwing an exception "This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'SEMICOLON'". exception thrown because that xml file contains Special character &.... I uploaded the following part of xml to share point... <PartDescription title="SKIL: And Then There Was One…A Great Consolidation Play in a Growing Market at 12x Pro-Forma EPS. Initiating Coverage With a Buy Rating and $10 Price Target." ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro TYPE

  I like to know what character will return function TYPE() from x, where x is: x=STR ( YEAR ( DATE ())) I think I have somthing wrong with my vfp 9 installation. Don's right: TYPE ("STR(YEAR(DATE()))") && = "C" x = TYPE ("STR(YEAR(DATE()))") TYPE ("x") && = "C" ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. A Managed DirectX9 UserControl on a web application

  Hello, i've been searching the internet for a while, but cannot find proof that it is possible to user Managed DirectX functionality (embedded in a UserControl) in a C# Web applet. Has anyone come across some code or references that proof that it either can or cannot be done I guess that given the proper permissions it should even from whitin an embedded UserControl be possible to render 3D images, but before i spend hours and hours trying the impossible, i was wondering if someone else has already tried this... Please give a yell and thanks in advance, Peter Vrenken Yup, it's really too bad. I was hoping to try my hand at creating a single C# game, then just create a different build for the "demo" version that could be ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Windows xp To windows 98

  Hi, I am curently using Visual Basic 2005 to develop an application on my windows xp laptop. But my company pc only runing using the windows 98. The Question is that can the application create by visual Basic 2005 in xp compatible in the windows 98 platform Thanks Hope to get the reply as soon as posisble ... well as long as you have the .NET Framework installed (2.0 in this case) then yes however some features may not be available in earlier OS's here is this system requirements for .NET 2.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/sysreqs/ however looking at the system requirements for running VBExpress, it appears it is not mentioned for Windows 98 here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ ...Show All

• SQL Server Connecting to postgresql / informix / mysql databases existing in linux environment

  I am trying to connect with postgresql / informix / mysql database which are existing in a linux environment. I downloaded the corresponding ADO.NET providers and installed in the MS-SQL Server Reporting services 2005 machine. The issue is I am not able to see the data sources / data set in the report designer when I establish the connection. Please suggest what changes do i need to perform in the reportdesigner / reportserver to make the data sources and data sets available in reporting services machine. Expecting an earliest reply. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Incorrect URLs returning with ?disco

  I need some help with this one. I have created a wcf service that works great locally. Because this service will be used by 3rd parties as well, I'm just doing basic http binding. I moved the service out to one of our servers that can be seen externally and tried creating a normal web service reference in a vb.net console app to test it (same app I used to test locally which worked). Anyway, when adding the reference I can navigate to my svc fine but I get invalid document type errors. I know what is causing the error but I don't know how to fix it. The server has several web sites defined, each of which has multiple applications/virtual folders. We had to create another website to host .net 2.0 applications (I'll call it Dev2...dev2.myser ...Show All

• .NET Development read from xml

  hi i use ada dataset to read from an xml file and the sml files coniatisn some nodes(property and value) i want to assighn the value to control lets say enabled=value but iam getting an error is that i cant chnage from string to boolean there are a lot of properties i want to chnage (backcolor,enabled,righttoleft) can u tell me how can i read abd convert the string to the value needed I realize English is not your first language but, please, make a small effort to at least fix your typing mistakes. Your post is just barely readable. In return, we'll match that effort with ours to help you with an answer. Using my decoder-ring, it appears you need to convert strings to other types. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Rounding Help

  Hello, I'm new to the forums, so if I have placed this message in the wrong subject, I apologize. But, I'm hoping someone might be able to help me. I am trying to compare two numbers in VB.net. I want to compare all the digits to the left of the decimal point and only the first digit to the right to see if they match. For example: 8.6 4 and and 8.6 9 would be a match because all that I'm concerned with is the first digit to the right of the decimal point. But, if I use the Math.Round , it would round 8.6 4 to 8.6 and 8.6 9 to 8.7 - and then they wouldn't match. I thought I could determine the length of the number and then trim the digits, but there could any number of digits to the left and/or right of the decimal poin ...Show All

• Visual C++ Getting the address of a reference.

  Since a reference is a special kind of objects which holds the address of another object and often is not ever allocated, we cannot get the address of a reference using "&" operator. I think there is a situation when we really need the address of the location which is used as a reference. For example, let us try to implement an old-fashioned function having a variable number of arguments, like this: void MyPrintf(const std::string & format, ...) The implementation of such function will use the well-known va_start macro: void MyPrintf(const std::string & format, ...) { va_list argptr; va_start(argptr, format); // incorrect initialization of argptr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions virtual memory

  how can i increace virtual memory on a laptop. Control panel + System, Advanced tab, Performance settings, Advanced tab, Virtual memory change. ...Show All