aliahmad's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ClipProperty Animation

  There is a textblock named "t1" control on window, i clip it to hide some text. When the mouse enter the textblock,i wan to show all the text, so i write some code behind: public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); t1.Clip = new RectangleGeometry(new Rect(0, 0, 50, 13.6)); RectAnimation ra = new RectAnimation(); ra.From = ((RectangleGeometry)t1.Clip).Rect; ra.To = new Rect(0, 0, t1.Text.Length * 12, 13.7); ra.Duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)); Storyboard sb = new Storyboard(); sb.Children.Add(ra); Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(ra, new PropertyPath(RectangleGeometry.RectProperty)); t1.MouseEnter+=delegate(object sender, Mou ...Show All

• SQL Server Linked Server B/w two SQL SERVER 05 instances (on differnt pc;s) VERY URGENT

  I created a linked server named CONFUSION (as the machine name with perticular IP say a.b.c.d) TESTED the connection by USE master GO EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1 GO RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE GO EXEC sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 1 GO RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE GO EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 0 GO CREATE TABLE #foo ( pingResult SYSNAME NULL ); INSERT #foo EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'ping CONFUSION'; IF EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM #foo WHERE pingResult LIKE '%TTL%' ) BEGIN PRINT 'Feel free to use linked server.'; END ELSE BEGIN PRINT 'Linked server not available.'; END DROP TABLE #foo; I executed the above code and the result was ::: (13 row(s) affected) Feel ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Advice on WDS implementation

  Hello there! I need some advice on starting a project. Basicaly this project needs to use a search/indexing service to keep track of file/folders in one "root" folder, located on a server. The service only keeps track of what is going on in that "root" folder, nothing else on the server. I am not sure how I should implement this. So far I am thinking I can be able to use WDS. The other question is, can I use WDS in a C# GUI program and where can I find information on how to integrate WDS into the C# program So, suppose if I have this program that I am trying to describe, I should be able to fire up a GUI and type in a file name, and when I hit "Search" button, I will get search results. So actually it ...Show All

• Visual Basic How can I create and use a .dll file to be associated with a form?

  Hi, I wanted to create a dll file (project) that will be used in the same solution of a windows form. I'm going to use one dll file to scan for any missing file and (or) directories inside the applications path, I was trying to use application.startuppath, but it is not accessible inside a dll file. How can I pass the value from the form to the dll Unless there is some other way, that is the first thing I thought of. I don't even know how to call the dll, I tried adding it as a reference to the form project, but it doesn't work, please explain in depth of what to do, I have never created or worked with any .dll files previously. Thanks. Thanks so much, I also found out to access things inside the .d ...Show All

• Smart Device Development mtom

  Is MTOM a viable option for client server communciations between Server and a Win Mobile 5.0 device. I was unsure whether WM50 had WSE 3.0 support. Apologies if my question is imprecise. Thank you. You essentially answered my question. Ic ould not be certain if WSE was available on WM50. However, in the event I was unclear, causing the post to be unhelpful, see below: MTOM is a successor to DIME. My question, or the reason for it, was based on a question of whether this method is available to be used on Smartphone devices. The interest to the forum would be applicable in the development of client-server applications using web-services that send sizable data files. In addition to providing easier security, WSE 3.0 provides the ab ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Office 2000 addins in vs 2005 vb.net

  Hi there Is it possible to create a plugin for office and outlook which will run in versions office and outlook 2000 office and outlook 2003 office and outlook 2007 I have read in places that it is difficult to create addd ons that are compatible with 2000, is this true. Does anyone have any articles on this many thanks Jamie Good question. You cannot do so with Visual Studio Tools For Office. There may be some third-party or other mechanism for doing so, but this would be beyond the scope of our product and this forum in any case. You can create an add-in for Office 2000, but it is indeed rather difficult. It has become easier with each release and especially with our tools in VSTO. Best, John. ...Show All

• Visual Basic p2p video streaming - best practices??

  Hello, relative newbie with questions about video streaming. I am in need of sending and recieving video point to point with high frame rate and good quality. I am trying to get some best practices for limiting the load caused on the end users machine, while providing good quality, high frame rate video. Hmm, odd, nobody ever asks for a low frame rate/sucky quality solution. You need a good codec, a nasty chunk of software that can compress the frame data. If you want to brew your own, it is advisable to start with something that has at least a bit of a track record rather than trying to invent the wheel. Check Open Source projects... ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How will it be the content creation for XNA??

  Hi people, I want to know if XNA will provide it's own tools for content creation, or what formats will it support (COLLADA, .X). And what about a GUI System, will it have one Didn't find about the formats in the FAQ. So are .X and .FBX the only formats that can be loaded by XNA if the first time i've heard about the .FBX format and .X good for simple things, i think it should support COLLADA since it's being use by most 3D suites. As you can see i'm more a content creator that a programmer, so i want to know more about the GUI system. Can be skinned or can i load a layout from a file (maybe a link would help) Thanks for your attention. ...Show All

• .NET Development Convert Stream Reader into XML Format

  Hi I am receiving an xml file via http post..from a third party vendor. StreamReader streamReader; streamReader = new StreamReader(Page.Request.InputStream); line = streamReader.ReadLine(); do { //Writing XML String Content in a Log File. Logging.Logger.log("\n" + line + "\n"); line = streamReader.ReadLine(); } while (line != null); This is the code which i am using to recieve an xml file... I just want to see the content of the xml file... so that i am writing the output xml stream in a log file, but i am unable to see the <XML> tags... nor in an xml format the out put of the xml string is like this "%3C%3Fxml+version%3D%221.0%22%3F%3E%0A%3CBooks%3E%0A++%3CASP.net ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Debug spew from WPF

  Having just installed the June CTP, I noticed that some of my code is generating a TON of debug "spew" regarding Freezable objects ("Warning: 4 : CanFreeze is returning false because ..."). I know others have seen this as well, because there are several other postings to this effect. I also still get a fair amount of spew regarding my Bindings ... typically having to do with the Binding Source being null at the point the Binding is applied. This problem is usually short-lived in nature, as the Binding Source is usually resolved to some non-null value not too long thereafter. I actually have TWO comments which are strongly related: (1) This sort of debug spew is incredibly annoying as it can obscure my OWN ...Show All

• .NET Development How to handle data in different tables?

  I was wondering if someone could point me to a tutorial that might help me I have an application that I'm developing that will display a tabbed form which needs to contain data from different tables. For example, my database has a contact table with typicall information and then it also has a lead table which contains information if the contact is a sales lead. They are linked together by a common contactID column. There are a few other normalized tables also like an AlternateAddress table. My first problem was that I could only get the binding source to connect to a particular table. This was a problem cause the data that I need to modify is normalized across a few different tables. My solution to that problem was to create a view ...Show All

• Visual Studio exposing the VSS 2005 project over web

  Is it possible to expose the Visual SourceSafe 2005 project over web and using a different web server that can be accessed from within visual studio. Here VSS 2005 project has to be exposed to the webservice and webservice should be capable of accessing the source control system. What are the configuration settings that we needs to set in VSS 2005 to expose a VSS project over the web.. Can anybody tell us the procedure or the steps we need to follow for this. Any documents and information will be really helpful for us. Hope I’m understandable. Thanks in advance. Vaishu Follow the links from this page: http://diaryproducts.net/about/operating_systems/windows/sourcesafe_2005 _internet_iis Let me know if you ha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to test given objects?

  I'd like to generate my tests using reflection, but I can't think of any way to test given objects. Generator generator = new Generator(typeof(TestedClass)); // apply additional information // ... object o = generator.generate(); Assuming that 'o' consists of several test methods ([TestMethod]), is there any way to test these methods I don't actually need to generate the tests at runtime but rather engage in test creation. This "generator" was intended for creating/preparing the test cases by using configuration files specifying mock implementations to be injected.  Although it could be done using appropriate TestInitializeAttributes, it would result in boilerplate code .. Let me rephrase t ...Show All

• SQL Server Initializing Transactional Replication without a Snapshot in SQL 2000

  SQL Server 2005 Books Online provides an article entitled, "Initializing a Transactional Subscription without a Snapshot". Is it possible in SQL Server 2000 to initialize transactional replication without a snapshot So far, I have been unable to find a similar procedure mentioned in the SQL 2000 Books Online . I was able to follow the 2005 procedure using SQL 2000 until I got to the step that says to enable the "Allow initialization from backup files" option on the "Subscription Options" tab of the "Publication Properties" dialog. But that option does not appear in the SQL 2000 version of the specified dialog box. Any ideas "Allow initialization from backup files" is a SQ ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Are WDP files openable in XML Paper Specification viewer?

  Hi , Can anyone please let me know whether XML Paper specification Viewer Beta version can open the xps document embedded with Windows Media Photo Image (WDP) files. Thanks in advance, Santhosh. Hi Santhosh, I have read from the Window's media photo blog that Viewer has some bugs and will not support WDP files.please follow the link below for more details: http://blogs.msdn.com/billcrow/archive/2006/07/06/657457.aspx.The below line clearly says this: (There are a few bugs in the Beta 2 release which have since been fixed and will be available with the upcoming RC1 release.) Regards, sivakami ...Show All