Jim Shipley's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Need help to uninstall .NET Framework v1.1 from win 2003 sp1

  Would any one please help me on how to remove .NET framework v1.1 not only from IIS but from windows sp1 (Complete removal from the OS). the only thing I can suggest is to remove the other piece of software and re-install it. .NET 1.1 has been built into WS2003 AFAIK (originally named Windows Server.NET). Windows XP SP2 comes with .NET 1.1 as so does MCE2005. It's integrated into the OS so I don't think you can really remove it. ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development uncompressed YUV to EVR

  Hi, I am writing a simple YUV media source to take in .yuv bytestreams and send it to the EVR. I have modified the MFT_Grayscale to act as a dummy transform to copy the yuv samples to the EVR. I am also using the playbackFX sample for the player. I'm having a problem with the player just showing a black screen, as if no samples are being sent to the EVR. I have verified that the samples are being processed in the dummy transform with the correct image size and attributes for my given yuv sample. I have tried other yuv samples and all just display a black screen, but the samples are being processed for sure. Is there any way to debug this to see if the samples are being sent to the EVR Or does anyone have any clues why this is happeni ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Any chance of a Shared Source?

  For such a fundamentally awesome framework, I think a lot of people could benefit from seeing a sample implementation of it. Is there any chance of XNA (only the Windows version, of course) being made Shared Source Maybe, but I'm doubtful.. I think your best chance at getting a look at the source is running Dis# or any other MSIL disasambler over the framework.. I've never tried it myself, and I'm sure Microsoft wouldn't be too hapy if you did.. ...Show All

• SQL Server Could not create Maintenance Plan

  Hello, if I try to create a Maintenance Plan from my local workstation I get the following Error Message: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio ------------------------------ The action you attempted to perform on a remote instance of SQL Server has failed because the action requires a SQL Server component that is not installed on the remote computer. To proceed, install SQL Server 2005 Management Tools on the remote computer, and then try again. For more information, see "How to: Install SQL Server 2005 (Setup)" in SQL Server 2005 Books Online, or find the article on MSDN at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ LinkID=57083 . (ObjectExplorer) For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ LinkID=57083 On my loca ...Show All

• SQL Server Data Conversion Error on Excel Destination

  I am inserting rows using OLEDBDestination and want to redirect all error rows to EXCEL Destination. I have used Data Conversion Transformation to Convert all strings to Unicode string fields before sending it to Excel Destination. But its gives the following error. [Data Conversion [16]] Error: Data conversion failed while converting column 'A' (53) to column "Copy of A" (95). The conversion returned status value 8 and status text "DBSTATUS_UNAVAILABLE". [Data Conversion [16]] Error: The "output column "Copy of A" (95)" failed because error code 0xC020908E occurred, and the error row disposition on "output column "Copy of A" (95)" specifies failure on error. An error ...Show All

• Windows Forms Simple binding of control property to class property question...

  I've got an issue that seems simple enough. I'd like to bind the "Visible" property of a label with the "IsSorted" property of a BindingSource object to give the user a visual indication of when a list is sorted. lbl.Visible.DataBindings.Add("Visible", mSource, "IsSorted") That should do the trick as far as I can tell (assuming mSource is a populated obj and it is), but I get the Argument exception and it says "Cannot bind to the property or column IsSorted on the DataSource. Parameter name: dataMember" What gives Any ideas Thanks in advance. I've come to understand that the problem is that I'm trying to bind to a property of a collection, and that call is being pas ...Show All

• SQL Server Dynamic create table

  Hi, I need to create a table....whose column names should be dynamic...I wouldnt know in advance what the column names would be...These coulmn names are availabe in another table as rows... Ex: TABLE_A Data Column Names Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4... Some column Names are known already...I need help in writinf the Create table statement.. I need to write something like Create table Table1 (SerialNo int,Name nvarchar(50)+ AS select * from TABLE_A + Address nvarchar(500)).... Now the Table1 should look like Serial No Name Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Address Can some one please let me know how can i accomplish this...I know i need to write a Dynamic Query but dont exac ...Show All

• .NET Development Why is Console in the backgroud?

  When I create an empty project with Express Visual C++ and make a windows form on the fly, I get the console in the background with the title C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe. Why is that This feature did not exist in 2003 VC++.Net. Is it a part of Express Edition of VC++.Net What can I do not to display the console in the background Regards Modeller. With all respect this is what my question is :o) Can the application's entry point be the reason In the application, main entry point the main is [STAThreadAttribute] int main(array<System::String ^> ^args) { // Enabling Windows XP visual effects before any controls are created Application::EnableVisualStyles(); Application::SetCompatibleT ...Show All

• Visual Studio Property scope and evaluation order

  Hello. In order to tune the 'OutputPath' of a .csproj, I have defined the 'BeforeBuild' target, in which I define the 'OutputPath' via custom task of my own, which outputs the 'ActualOutputPath' property (in order to tweak a path). Besides, I ouptut the value of the task by using the 'Message' task, and I can see in the log that it is properly set. This property is used back in the 'PropertyGroup' when defining the 'OutputPath' property and setting the value with '$(ActualOutputPath)\bin\$(ConfigurationName)'. Unfortunately, when running the .csproj via MSBuild, it seems that the '$(ActualOutputPath)' is expanded as empty (''), instead of my value. My question is: how should I do in order for this 'ActualOutputPath' property to be properly ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Design questions for payment system (timer)

  Hi, I'm new to workflow and currently is trying to evaluate our payment system by utilizing this new technology. I have the following question and would appreciate any links, comments, or hints. Our application is a asp.net web application, where user can submite their donations. There are many possible scenarios. One of them is: user do their first payment right away and then schedule future payments, for example, charge their credit card every first day of the month. The steps are as follows: There is a asp.net website where donations are made. After the donation is submitted, the workflow starts. Inside the workflow, we create invoice, charge credit card/check/direct deposit, send thank you email, and etc. On the ...Show All

• SQL Server What is the account that the SQL Server is running under?

  Hello, I need to allow SQL server 2005 to open a file in a shared directory. Any assistance or help will be greatly appreciated! Good point :) For accessing shared data, the recommended route then is to use domain accounts so you will need to either designate an existing domain user or create a domain user. After that, if you use SCM to change the service account for the server, SCM should automatically setup the user with the neccessary permissions so you don't have to worry about manually modifying that user's permissions. Lastly, modify the folder with the data to grant access to the domain user and you should be good to go! Please let me know if you need any further info, Sung ...Show All

• SQL Server Stored Procedure with CURSOR OUTPUT parameter, using JDBC and a callable statement

  My server is MS Sql Server 2005. I'm using com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver as the driver class. I've established a connection to the database. I'm trying to invoke a stored procedure using JDBC and a callable statement. The stored procedure has a parameter @CurOut CURSOR VARYING OUTPUT. How do I setup the callable statement so the output parameter is accepted by the driver I'm not really trying to pass a cursor up to the database Server but I'm wanting a cursor back from the stored procedure that is other than the result set or other value the stored procedure returns. First problem: What java.sql.Types (or SQL Server specific) value do I specify for the out parameter I'm registering on the CallableStatement Second ...Show All

• Visual Studio Deploying LanguageService ColorableItems on customers machine

  Hello, We have created our own entries for text colorizers for our language service. All of this works fine and shows up in the "fonts and colors" area of Tools->Options from development machines. This is because we have the ability to reset our experimental hive, so it will see our changes. From our experimenting, we have found that doing a "devenv.com /setup" will register our items on the target machine after doing the install. However, this command has been known in the past to "turf" a users settings for the entire environment. Is there a better possible less destructive way to make sure our colorizers show up in tools/options kind of along the same line as "devenv.com /installvstemplate ...Show All

• Visual Studio can't hit breakpoints in unmanaged functions

  I have a C++ assembly that contains managed and unmanaged code. I can set breakpoints within the unamanaged functions, but they will not be hit. When I run debugging, full red circle in unmanaged part becomes an empty one and it says "The Breakpoint will currently not be hit. No executable code is associated with this line". Interesting thing is, this code does get executed, because i can see the results. I can debug managed code without any problems. Help Hi, Thanks for reporting the problem. From the Breakpoint error message, it looks like the code does not match the pdb file. Can you verify if the dll version matches the pdb version. Also, make sure the code gets built whenever you build t ...Show All

• Windows Forms Tab order helper opacity

  When you click View -> Tab Order in the designer for a win form with a lot of control, it's VERY difficult to see the controls under the "helper" labels that appear. By "helper" I mean those little blue boxes with numbers that let you know the z order and tab order of all the controls on the form.. Can you see the checkbox in the image below (ummm if you don't see the image, it's because the forums don't allow it) So is there a way to set the opacity of those helpers I usually end up having to memorize where I'm going to click before I select View -> Tab Order, and even still it may take 2-3 tries before I get it right. ...Show All