cmb082000's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Task List presentation of "my assigned activities"

  We are currently developing a custom inventory, sales, and contact management system. The system (ASP.NET 2.0) maintains customers, inventory, and orders, and our next phase must provide workflow to integrate the users with each other in a task-driven workflow. We would like to use Windows Workflow Foundation as our workflow technology platform. My question is around the presentation of a "task list" for each user. In our pro ...Show All

• SQL Server exit job within a step

  Hi, I have a job with 6 steps. before I run steps 2 to 6 I check to see if there is data to process. I want to exit the job reporting success without running the other steps. How do I do this Thanks Hi I would add 2 additional steps to your job Step1: Test if there is any data to load. If no - raise an error. On Success - carry on On Failure - go to step 8 Step 2- 7 your original st ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Books on XBox 360 and XBox Live Development for eLearning?

  Hello, I'm sorry to be such a noob, but if you have children, please consider offering me some assistance. I'm studying what it would take to put a SCORM compliant Learning Management System like Moodle ( http://moodle.org ) on XBox Live with the goal of offering downloadable eLearning that would lead to "Achievements" in things like basic math, geography, and other academic topics, in an entertaining manner. Before I get sta ...Show All

• Visual C# how do i prevent "show desktop" or "windows key+m" from minimizing my program?

  hi, i don't want my program to be on "TopMost" but i also don't want it to minimize. Never. even if i disable the minimize feature, the program can still be minimized by clicking on the "show desktop" icon or pressing Windows Key+M. I'd like to prevent that. Can someone tell me a possible way to do it btw, the "show desktop" button doesn't trigger the 'resize' or 'changesize' event in the form. Thanks, For the ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Can i use the Windows Media Player Control in my application ?

  Hi, I want to play .mpeg/.avi files in Pocket PC using C#.NET and Pocket PC SDK. In .NET I'm able to get the instance of Windows Media Player, but in CE.NET i'm not getting that. How to use that control in my application to play media files Plz give me ideas if any...!!! Thanks, ramakrishna. take a look at a presentation by Alex on http://blog.opennetcf.org/afeinman/CommentView, ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Beginner going Mad!!

  Hi all, I’m just starting to learn DirectX, I have to say its proving very frustrating, I had trouble getting the most basic of examples to run. I finally tracked most of my problems down to the fact that I referenced version 2.0 of Microsoft.DirectX in my apps. Using version 1.0.2902.0 seems to do the trick. Is version 2 for .Net 2.0 only It seems quite a bit different, no examples I found on the net seem to work with it! I also ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2005) Release

  The August SDK Has been released. IRComm Post At the moment there is no referance on the developer Center, but I have transfered some information from the readme to the above post. DirectX Developer Center Direct Links DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (August 2005) DirectX 9.0c Redistributable (August 2005) for Software Developers - Multilingual Mykre www.ircomm.net Managed DirectX and Game Programming Resources Here are the proper URLs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Free ebooks

  Where can I download the free Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now! ebook Thanks, Antonio Hi MS Press Free book http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresources/introto2005/ Build a program now https://connect.microsoft.com/downloads/downloads.aspx SiteID=40   Ron ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ... like in Ruby

  Is it possible to extend int (simple types) to be able do something like in this code, written in Ruby 3.times { print "X " } For the moment, you have to write it like that: delegate void Procedure(); static class TestExtensions {   static public void Times(this Int32 subject, Procedure procedure)   {     for (int i = 1; i <= subject; i++)     ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I know the scroll bar reached bottom or top by scroll event control?

  When I drag a scroll bar, it reaches bottom or top. How can I programatically know it reached this top or bottom point Any scroll bar events for this I find the scroll bar itself dynamically coming when I set the grid dataset. How can I handle this event, if there is one, when I do not know the scroll bar during design time Thanks, TaylorMichaelL, Really Great! Crisp and Clear details. It works exactly as you explained to me. I am handl ...Show All

• Visual Basic VS 2005 IDE hard crash

  I've just started using VS 2005 and I've migrated a fairly sizeable 5-project (all VB) solution over from 2003.  The solution built and ran perfectly in 2003, but in 2005 I cannot even get it to start the build.  As soon as I resolve all errors, it IMMEDIATELY crashes and doesn't even offer a chance to send the error report.  I do have error reporting enabled in WinXP. The dialog box I get says " Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 has ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error in Bootstrapper of MSDE

  Hi, When I start Bootstrapper of MSDE it tells me that I have to Setup projects and doesn't continue. I need more than one Setup project becouse All Setup project have another configuration of the same code. So how can I solve it --------- Before when I used only on Setup project I started MSDE bootstrapper and get that I don't have SQL Server. But I have SQL Server on my PC and I don't want to install MSDE. How can I solve it --------- May be ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I hide a TabPage?

  Hello, I want to hide a TabPage (not delete it), how can I do that Please help. tabPage.Hide(); ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Pass on variables?

  In windows form application I made two forms... One is the dialog thing and one is the main form... I made it so that the variable "selectedPath" equals a certain thing... Then I need to confirm the path... and label3 is placed in the dialog... so when I type in: label3.Text = selectedPath   it says that the variable "selectedPath" is not defined... How can I make it so that the main form passes on the variable "selectedPath" to the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I set and read a break condition on a serial port with FIFO?

  I am going to use a serial card - VSCom PCI200HV2 with its own driver and a 16C950 UART, which contains a 128 byte transmitter FIFO and a 128 x 11 bit receiver FIFO (data plus break and error conditions). Each telegram shall be terminated with a break condition, that is, an active low line for at least 10 bits. Unfortunately, System.IO.Ports and My namespace do not seem to have any possibility for controlling the FIFO, and it seems that Syste ...Show All