V-P's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic $1 Million dollars to whoever can figure this one out....

  This problem's stumped me completely...take a look: I defined the following function to create a ComboBox and add it to an arraylist: Public Function addComboBox( ByVal Text As String , ByVal Ops As ArrayList, ByVal parent As Object , ByVal enabled As Boolean , ByVal x As Integer , ByVal y As Integer ) As ComboBox    Dim newCbo As New ComboBox    newCbo.Text = Text    newCbo.AutoSize = True ...Show All

• Visual C# FxCop problem at compile time

  Hi My compilations crash with the following message. Does anybody have an idea Thanks (probably simple, but I did not find where I have checked "run fxcop after compile") ------ Build started: Project: IO, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ IO -> C:\NosDocuments\Autres\Programmation\CSharp\Vinny\Libraries\IO\bin\Debug\Vinny.Libraries.IO.dll C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50110\Microsoft.Common.targets(1771,7): error MSB4018: Th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Query result does not show all the work items for some users

  Hi there,      We are seeing very wierd problem. One of my teammate ( who is not administrator) for VSTS , ran Active Bug query, even though the total count for query result shows right, let say 17 bugs  and she sees only the bugs opened for default area path( \TeamProjectName\Project Structure) and for all the bugs which are opened for some other area path ( i.e \MSP Original\Project Structure\Blah\Blah\Blah\ ) she ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to find the C++ source lines given a crash address?

  In VS2003 you used to be able to find source code lines from a crash address using the MAP file generated with /MAPINFO:LINES. In VS2005 this doesn't seem to be possible. I have found a handfull of references on the web that say that the source line can be found from the crash address using the exe and the pdb file, but I can't figure out how to do this in VS 2005. The code I'm wanting to debug is a wrapped unmanaged assembl ...Show All

• .NET Development Deleting lines from Text File. - after a specific charater has been met.

  Hi, I'm using VB.NET 2003, and I would like to know if it's posible to read a file, line-by-line, and then after a 5, or more consecutive (-----) character has been met, it must delete all the line till the end of the file. Thank you... I would probably do something like this. I assume the "-----" can not be spread out over multiple lines. Open source textfile Create new temporary outputfile ...Show All

• Visual C++ New to VC++. How to link object files from one project to another

  Background: * using Visual C++ express * with Platform SDK Have compiled a solution with two projects. 1. The DLL library project 2. The test suite for said library The DLL builds fine. The test suite needs the object files that were used in the build of the DLL. I can't use just the DLL, because some of the test files test non-exported functions. I do not want to specify them manually because the name and number of thes ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro like command

  hi again,i have the below simple line of sql code local temp temp=thisform.TextBox1.Value SELECT costomer from customertable; WHERE costomer_description LIKE temp the command works perfectly and i get the results in a new vfp window. is there a way to change the command in such a way so that i get the recno of the result.the reason is because there is already a grid on the form and i guess that if i had the recno from the select command i could ...Show All

• Windows Forms Search for a value in a DataGrid Column.

  How do you search for a value in the first column of a DataGrid For example, the first Column of my DataGrid is Called InspectionID. It's a hidden Column. Lets say the InspectionID is 50, I wish to search or scan or interogate the first Column called InspectionID to find which ROW has the value of InspectionID = 50. Then I need to make the DataGrid select that row. Keep in mind that the DataGrid may have 1, 5 or 50 rows of data. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Folder level Security

  Can we provide a folder level security on a PDA having Windows Mobile 5.0 version installed on it. Please reply asap. No, no such thing on CE/WM. May be some 3rd party products are available, but I'm not aware of any. Consider using encryption in your application instead. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bitmap format

  Can I specify the format of a bitmap such as: 8Bit (gray), 1Bit (bilevel)  Also, Why can't we inherit from a Bitmap Yes you can with PixelFormat. However you should stick to 32bppPARGB for speed. ...Show All

• Windows Forms SQL requirements to Set up Terrarium server

  i had difficulties setting up terrarium server. i got the message "Login Failed for user '<user1>' " during server setting up. user1 's login type is  under SQL server authentication.         . sql server group = (LOCAL) (W ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. HOW TO: Dividing World into how many Objects?

  Let's say you're building an FPS and a series of obstacles on a terrain. Objects: a. Building A b. Building B c. Building C etc... z. Terrain (Landscape) You're building those 3D objects in Max or other tool. There needs to be collision detection between the SHOOTER and those objects. Will you load: a. ONE .X file with ALL objects b. ALL buildings as an object, Terrain as another c. EVERY object alone What's the best practice, perf wise, etc.. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista New forum comming shortly specifically for QoS/qWAVE

  In the next few weeks, look for a top level forum called Windows Network Development. Under this umbrella will be, among other topics, QoS, WSK, HTTP, etc. I'll be happy to answer any questions you have about qWAVE or network QoS in general. - Gabe (MSFT) The Windows Network Developer forum has been launched, and QoS/qWAVE is the first open forum under this umbrella. Please move all discussion about QoS and ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team build and project references!

  Right now I have all of my projects locally in the path D:\Projects. I have a solution with the following structure: Main project project reference 1 project reference 2 project reference 3 When i tried to build with team build it freaked out because it could not find d:\projects\projectreference1\projectreference1.csproj so i went into the solution file and removed the absolute pathes  and replaced them with "..\"  to simply go up a l ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Error uninstalling Visual Studio "Orcas" December CTP

  Hi! I'm having some problems uninstalling my Visual Studio "Orcas" December CTP to make way for the January CTP and I hope to get some help. When I remove it from Add/Remove Programs, I get the following error in a dialog box after the installer runs for a while: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2753. I have also tried ...Show All