Jim Parish's Q&A profile

• .NET Development How to get "Everyone" account name string culture indenpendantly

  Hello, I'm trying to give permissions to a message queue with this code line: logQueue.SetPermissions( "Everyone" , MessageQueueAccessRights .FullControl); This works fine on a english Windows XP, but the problem is that when I try to run this code on a portuguese Windows XP it fails because the "Everyone" account does not exist, it is called "Todos". How do I get the "Everyone" account name stri ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Robust X-File Mesh Loading

  A friend of mine has made several models using Maya and has exported the models to .x files.  The DXViewer utility that is shipped with the DXSDK (as well as the older MeshViewer) has no problem loading the models and computing edges, normals, adjacencies, etc.  However, the code in the managed DX samples (EnhancedMesh and ProgressiveMesh) cannot load the models.  An exception is thrown when ComputeNormals() is called in the loadi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding of dynamically created controls

  hi,    i have a form which creates in the loop i am creating them nicely here is my code for that Sub createcontrols()         Dim i As Integer = 1         Dim j As Integer = 1     &nb ...Show All

• Visual C# TreeNodes

  I have a recursive call to a treeview as such: foreach (TreeNode n in nodes) { do something } How can I get this to work fall all nodes except the TopNode   Thanks in Advance.  You would have to write a recursive method to do that, say, something along these lines: void DoSomething(TreeNode node) {     // Do something with the node and...     // ...recurse     foreach (Tre ...Show All

• .NET Development Network-problem

  How can I solve this problem Request for the permission of type 'System.Net.SocketPermission, System, Version =2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed. It comes when I try to connect my client with my server! Are you running the client from your local machine or elsewhere (via a control in IE or from a network share).  It sounds like the client is running in partial trust and does ...Show All

• SQL Server How do I use SQL Server 2005 Express for a backend to a web site forums

  I have installed SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced Edition. I wan to use it as a database backend for a Web Site I am building which will use the Snitz Forums ASP web. How do I se this up to work with the Snitz product Yes I am new to databases and have never set up one for use in a web application or site before. I am grateful for any assistance or tutorials which can be given to help me accomplish this task. It will all depend on how ...Show All

• .NET Development Error when using Process.Start() under SYSTEM account

  I have an ASP.Net page using the System.Diagnostics.Process class to execute an Excel file with no arguments, I/O redirection, or direct impersonation. I have setup the web app to run under the SYSTEM (Local System) account via an Application Pool in IIS 6.0. The Excel file has a macro that will run automatically when opened. The web page is actually going to start a ProComm ...Show All

• Windows Forms Hidden parent, visible child, VisibleChanged

  I have a container that is to be displayed only when child controls are visible. I hook the VisibleChanged event to detect the child controls transition from visible to not visible to hide the container but if the container is invisible, I cannot detect that the child has become visible. Is there a way to detect a child has become visible from the parent when the parent is not visible The VisibleChanged event does not provide an argument (I was ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to add a new row as header?

  Hello, I would like to know if is possible to add another row as Header (or as a Footer). for example: Considering Sales of the year as main header and Mounts as sub-headers. Sales 2004       Sales 2005                      <-Main header Jan Feb Mar...   Jan Feb Mar ...      ...Show All

• Windows Forms How To Bind Data To : DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn

  Hi All, This is the code sample , but it's doesn't work ! I have 3 smallint columns in the database that include values of ( 0 OR 1). 1. populate data to the dataset  ! string strQuery = "SELECT col1,col2,col3 FROM tbl1; orclDa = new OracleDataAdapter (strQuery, strOrclConn); OracleCommandBuilder orclCmdB = new OracleCommandBuilder (orclDa); orclDa.Fill(orclDs, "tbl1"); dgv.DataSource = orclDs.Tables["tbl1"]; 2 ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataAdapter Update

  I have the following declaration  Private sqlGrd As String = "SELECT * from ao_assets WHERE plant_cd = @PlantCd"     Private cmdGrd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(sqlGrd, conOutage)     Private daGrd As New SqlDataAdapter(cmdGrd)     Private&n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions no visual studio template found

  I just installed the recently released Visual C# 2005 Express. When i tried to create a new project. I got this error message "no visual studio template found". I went to the "event viewer" in "Administrative Tools" to see the log. I found the message : "The Visual Studio template information is out of date. Regenerate the templates by running 'VWDExpress /installvstemplates' or reinstalling Visual Studio.  Note: corrective action requ ...Show All

• Windows Forms Deploying an optional desktop shortcut

  How do I provide the option to add a desktop shortcut in a deployment project I added a Checkboxes UI in the Start group before Installation Folder. I created a shortcut and moved it to the User's Desktop folder. I set the Condition property of User's Desktop to CHECKBOXA1, CHECKBOXA1=1, CHECKBOXA1=Checked but none of these work.   There is no Condition property on the shortcut itself, or am I missing something. ...Show All

• SQL Server Documented object name

  I have been trying to gather information on the task log and have noted an inconsistency with the naming of an object within BOL 2005. Please have a look at the original post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=277667&SiteID=1 Forgot to mention, but I did have a look at the handels to find out which file was being access so that I could provide the filename and version but I couldn't find ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Unit Test Wizard in Visual Studio Team Suite doesn't generate tests for C++/CLI classes.

  Hi all, Is there a way to generate unit tests for projects written in C++/CLI I added a Unit Test project to a solution containing C++/CLI and C# projects.  All C++/CLI projects are compiled using clr/safe.  When I right click on the Unit Test project and select Add->Unit Test, a Generate Unit Tests dialog comes up displaying the projects in the solution. If I select a C# project, unit tests are generated and added to the Unit Test ...Show All