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• Visual Studio Express Editions DirectX in Visual Basic

  I have been developing 3d games using vb6 for a while, though i have not even managed to create a DirectX7 object in VB.Net 2005 Express edition. Can anyone give me some detailed guidance of how to create a DirectX7 object, including how to add references Woah, DX7 in Visual Basic 2005   I used to code in DX7 with VB6, but good luck doing that in 2005.  You are probably better off downloading the DirectX 9.0c SDK and using DirectX Managed.  Its actually much easier to use then the COM classes, and has lots of samples.  I'm not a professional game programmer, though, so don't despair yet. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Record Selector... :( Please Help!

  I have spent way to much time looking for this variable. Where in the gridview can I turn off that horriable record selector - the first column that shows you the arrow. I look and can't find it. If someone can help I would appreciate it... I'm working in vb .net (window forms - not asp .net) 2.0 Visual Studio 2005 Pro... thanks -rjp I must have read that 5000 times and you know the word header made me think it was show the header. Thanks for shed'n some light on the matter. I think I'm spending to much time in front of the computer. -rjp ...Show All

• SQL Server Snapshot Meta Data Problems

  Hi There I realize these question are not specifically for replication by anyway .... I am using snapshot replication from Server 1 to Server 2. I cannot use the drop table option for replication publication. The distribution agent keeps on failing if a colmn order is different or an index defined differently. Is there any script or sp i can run to check that table defintion, column order, idexes etc are identical between servers Also when the distribution agent fails, is there anyway to start from where it left off applying the snapshot instead of starting right from the beginning My main concern for not dropping the tables is loosing al ...Show All

• Visual Studio problem about context menu in VS2005 RC1

  Experts,     I had integrated my project in VS2003.NET and it worked well. I integrated the same project in VS2005 BETA2 and it also worked. However, when I start to integrate to VS2005 RC1, I encounter a problem, the context menu items (Go To Declaration, Go To Definition, Go To Reference) disappear.  I don't change source code between VS2005 BETA2 and VS2005 RC1 and I don't find some differences in the two version in code window's context menu, but why these menu item can't be display Thanks, Hercules A request for more information has not been provided, so we will mark it answered for now. If you wish this ...Show All

• Windows Forms msvcp77.dll

  hello people,does anybody out there know how to fix this. cause i surely dont and its playing havoc with the computer ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB vs C#. How capable is VB compared to C#?

  I need some clarification please. I am learning VB.NET right now and have a co-worker who has a very strong technical background and feels very strongly that learning VB is a "waste of time in all respects" compared to C#. I don't understand this point of view. Since VB is a .NET language does it not posses the same capabilities as C# Am I on the wrong track I really enjoy the VB.NET syntax and am picking it up quickly. Here's my background ( being totally honest ). I am self taught, I learned C++ back in the late 90's. From there, I moved to C# because ASP.NET is the best platform availabl ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL CLR memory management

  Hello, I have a few questions about the behavior of the CLR host within SQL Server 2005. We are using a UDT (call it MyDateTime) created in C# that represents the COM FILETIME type, in order to have single millisecond resolution. MyDateTime values are stored in the database as binary(8), with the UDT itself being used primarily for display and reporting purposes. I am running performance tests using a prototype (written in C# as well) that runs 20 threads which repeatedly call a stored procedure, which accepts two MyDateTime's, and queries a table based on those MyDateTime's binary string representation. After a certain amoun ...Show All

• Visual C++ arrow, delete and number keys don't respond.....

  Using VS2005 C++ beta 2 every now and then I can't use my delete, backspace, arrow keys or my side number pad while working in the VS enviornment.  I thought that I might have lost focus but the carret is still blinking where I was last at, and if I type the numbers or letters on my main keyboard then I can do things...  The worse is I can't delete.  At first I thought this was just in debug mode but it now started happening while just coding.  I can't tell you what I do to make it stop... usually I do build or do a rebuild or even shut down VS and reopen it. I had the same problem in 2003 but none of the above sug ...Show All

• Visual Studio Macro, DTE Events for file moved

  In Macros, is it possible to get an event when a file is moved from one project folder to another For example, I have the class1.cs file in my project main folder, I create a new folder in my project and move the class1.cs file thru the IDE in that new folder. I tried the ProjectItems (added/renamed/removed) events and about any other events in the EnvDTE namespace, but haven't found any that detects this. Using VS2005 of course. Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Crystal Reports in distributed environment

  I'm writing a windows form application, and using remoting for communication between server and clients. But report document cannot be serialized and send to clients over the network. Could anyone suggest some ideas how you handle crystal reports in distrbuted environment Thank you very much!!! Hello, Here is a link to a walkthrough for exposing reports as a web service.  This is how our developers envisioned using reports in a distributed environment with the Windows Form Viewer. http://www.businessobjects.com/products/dev_zone/net_walkthroughs.asp Keith - Business Objects ...Show All

• .NET Development Impersonate to different windows accounts based on credentials

  Hi, I know that if one needs to be able to authorize access to resources based on the caller's identity, one should set up the server to perform Windows authentication with impersonation. But how can I do this when I grant access to my webserver to, let's say 2 different organizations over the internet that authenticate themselves using certificates. They are not using the windows platform, so I can't do anything with trusted domains. Is it possible to based on there certificate or URL impersonate them to 2 different windows account You're imput is highly appreciated, Regards, Henk Glad to be of help ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual Source Safe 2005 and Visual Studio 2005

  How to configure VS2005 integrated with VSS2005 I have setup the Visual Studio 2005 Team edition for architects and then the Visual Source Safe 2005 . I can't enable the source control toolbar buttons and the files of my project are not recognized as files protected by a VSS2005 project.   Any help Hi Dean, I don't know how to get environment variables in VB. Perhaps someone in VB forums to know better http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx ForumGroupID=10&SiteID=1 Since it comes as "nothing" I wonder if that environment variable is inherited by your application or by VisualStudio. You can ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Question on SDK/Vista Developer content?

  Hi all, We'd like to get your opinion on how we should spend some of our resources on developing content that is targeted at you, the developer. We are feaverishly working away at producing API documentation an other things, but what areas do you feel need more work We have some resource allocations to make and you input would be very valuable here. I am talking about additional conceptual things like application compatibility, migration, how to conditionally "light-up" your application on Vista while still working well on XP. Or is there a new part of Vista that is just poorly understood and needs our attention. These are just ...Show All

• SQL Server 2005 encryption - symmetric keys

  Hi There We have been playing around with encryption in 2005. I cannot find a BOL topic that discusses dropping encryption objects such as keys. We do the followign steps: Create master key with password, then we create a certificate using the master key, we then create a symmetric key using this certificate and encrypt data columns. But what i find worrying is that you can then drop the symmetric key , there are no warnings that you have objects dependant on this key for decryption. Once you have dropped the key you cannot decrypt the data anymore Also the key defults the expiration date to 1 year. WHat happens afte ...Show All

• Visual Studio Upgraded fro Beta 1 to Beta 2 of Visual Basic Express .NET Multiple errors!

  I am getting multiple errors on code that used to work fine with Beta 1 version... For example, I had a Project Settings file where I would save application user settings, now somehow if I select Project Settings, it says file does not exist and crashes at run time... Settings Crashes:  Code sample: My .Settings.ftpintervalsec = pftpintervalsec My .Settings.Save() This used to work, now crashes 2' Accessing a sequential text file, actually displaying a logfile was working great, now since upgrade not working, crashing saying instance not declared... Looks like the transition from Beta 1 to Beta 2 is not veru user friendly did ...Show All