Alex Gongora's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms do simple animation with BitBlt but all I get is a black bitmap

  I have tried for hours to move a simple bitmap across a panel with BitBlt but the bitmap is copied as a black box. Here is the function that does the bitmap copy: Private Const SRCCOPY As Integer = &HCC0020 Private Sub CopyBmpToGr( ByVal Dest As Graphics, ByVal Bm As Bitmap, ByVal X As Integer , ByVal Y As Integer , ByVal Breite As Integer , ByVal Hoehe As Integer ) Dim SrcGr As Graphics = ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can access mysql database from local drive, but can't on a web-deployed app...please help!

  Hello All I've created an application that connects to a mysql database using the bytefx driver. When I open the app from my hard drive, it connects to the database fine and works perfect. However, when i launch the application from "localhost" ...Show All

• Windows Forms TreeView icon Image Quality

  I'm using the treeview control to display some heirarchical data and it seems to working fine, but the icon image quality is horrible. I'm using icons that come with VS2005 (Image Library) and they look great when browsing the icons in Windows Explorer, but look terrible when bound to a treeview node. Anyone seen this behavior before Weird...I went into the designer generated code for the ImageList that was cre ...Show All

• .NET Development Access and SQL Server

  I need to convert a database application I have developed which is based on SQL server to Access.  One question I have concerns storing data to 'Text' & 'Memo' fields in an access database.  SQL Server does not require text data in the db to have brackets but I see some Access examples which incase data in {} curly brackets.  I guess this is only done when text data has embedded blanks such as {Mary had a little lamb"}  M ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Dec Vista Blue Screens on all 5 NVidia Fx5200 Drivers

  http://samgentile.com/blog/archive/2005/12/21/32179.aspx I've gotten it installed on my Toshiba after a long night and morning. It installed but none of the 5 NVidia Fx5200 drivers work, both LDDM and regular as they did before. posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:48 AM Thats right, all 5 drivers for the NVidia Fx5200, both non-LDDM and LDDM blue screen with this build. They ALL worked in the last few builds. What gives -- ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS Get Command

  Is there any way I can perform a VSS command line get to obtain files checked in during a specified period (e.g. from May 23 to May 24) You can do that by using the -V option. Example: ss Get $/test -Vd5/24/05~5/23/05 or ss Get $/test -Vd5-24-05~5-23-05 Note: You could also do it by date and time. Example: ss Get $/test -Vd3/03/95;3:00p~3/03/95;9:00a Visit  http://msdn.microsoft.com/ ...Show All

• Smart Device Development DirectPush error: 0x8502013 through Standalone Mobile5 Emulator...

  Hello! I have ActiveSync working through the Mobile5 standalone emulator via the DMA connection/Virtual connection. Everything is syncing correctly (i.e. Tasks, GAL lookup, etc.) with Exchange 2003 sp2. However, I'm having problems with the DirectPush configuration. Here's the error. Support code: 0x85020013 Your current sync schedule requires a cellular data connection. Please set up a cellular data connection..... I guess it makes ...Show All

• .NET Development Xml.XmlDocument.Load problem and don't know why???

  ok i've done this before and i know how to use it, but i'm a little confused now because of the following error i'm getting. and maybe whats really confusing me is that the file is local and that i have the same code in an app that's using the 1.1 framework but for some reason the 2.0 doesn't work. path: "c:\documents and settings\derekklingman\desktop\20050901\reviewpwk010906.xml" System.Net.WebException: The remote server retur ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Strange memory leak

  Hello there, this is my third time recoding a simple 2D engine, but I keep getting the same memory leak. This is by far the smallest memory leak(8k a second), but I am still concerned with the problem. This is the code I have to rendering, and I am sure it's something with the way I display my tiles. Any help would be appreciated :) device.Clear(ClearFlags.Target, Color.Black, 1.0f, 0); device.BeginScene(); newFont.DrawText( null ,"Fon ...Show All

• Visual Studio sorting

  Hi, I'm have a report which i want to group by a field but sorting by another field Accending. For eg: my report will be group by 'id' but i want the data sort by field 'name'. I cannot group my data with 'name' because of 'name' is not an unique data. Is it possible to sort my report by 'name' but not 'id' Hi Keith, Thank you for your reply. But i still cannot sort the result by name although i ...Show All

• Visual Basic Check if type is numeric or not?

  I have a question. In trying to do an if statement on a value thats suppose to be numeric, how do I test for that condition Like in  a string test: If mystring <> "" then I want to accomplsih the same with an integer or double to see if it has a number assigned to it or not. Thanks, Tom Hi, You seem to have mixed up C# and VB in the code snippet! It should be as follows in VB: Dim number As Integer If (nu ...Show All

• Visual Studio Internet Connection in VS 2005

  Hi,       I just installed VS 2005 on my machine, but my online help cannot be accessed. I keep getting the message: "The request failed with Http Status 407. Proxy authentication required". IE on my machine does have proxy authentication. Is there a fix for this   Thanks, Arshad Arshad, Where does this message appear   Is it in a WebBrowser upon trying to view a help page, or is it in the Sea ...Show All

• Windows Forms .net Remoting events.

  Hi all, When using .net remoting, is it possible for .net remoting clients to listen for events that occur on the .net remoting server side, for example a DataTable defined at the server side, is it possible for the clients connected to the ser ...Show All

• .NET Development Is there a way to add a blank Item on data binded Combox?

  Hi all, Is there a way to add a blank Item on data binded Combox without adding new balnk row on the Table or new blank item on Arraylist Thanks. You can put this in the Page_Load: yourComboBox.Items.Insert(0, New ListItem( " ")) This will create a blank space in your Combobox. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development PPC device problem w/ VS2005 application

  hello all, i have a program that i upgraded from eVC to VS2005 using the eVC++ upgrade wizard add on. i was able to successfully upgrade the application (or at least i think i did), and it compiled correctly in VS2005. when i transferred the app over to the PPC device (running PPC magneto) and tried to run it, i get the following error message: "The file 'app name' cannot be opened.  either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, ...Show All