Jack gillespie's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Apply different themes to the form....

  Hi, I want to appply different themes to my form designer application.Is there any methods are available for this. Thanks in advance, Arun ...Show All

• Visual Basic do while loop for removing and adding to a combodropdown list that is being written to a file

  I a learning do whiles and do untils.  I'm writing a program that is writing items to a file and then saving them to open up the next time the user opens the file.  I know this is stupid but I am having trouble doing a formclosing routine that also lists a path to find the file when it opens and a peek routine in the formload routine.  I know there is a simple answer but I think I'm over thinking things.  Thanks for any help. ...Show All

• SQL Server create view

  CREATE VIEW getUsedColumns AS SELECT * FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT attr FROM iba UNION SELECT DISTINCT attr FROM new_iba ) WHERE attr != 0 ; its working with oracle how to chenge in t-sql thanx Hi, you have to ALIAS Your SubQuery. CREATE VIEW getUsedColumns AS SELECT * FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT attr FROM iba UNION SELECT DISTINCT attr FROM new ...Show All

• Smart Device Development a strange ' ArgumentException'

  I got this error when I was testing a edge detection algorithm using vs.2003, cf1.1 (i got cf 2.0 installed on my ppc, dun know if that cause any problems): An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in System.Drawing.dll Additional information: ArgumentException Source Code: (there is a green arrow point to line 't1=pixel.R;' when this exception occured, and that 't1' has been assigned a value already when this e ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Step by Step Visual guide to install Team System

  http://www.oazabir.com/vsts.html This is a step by step visual guide to a successful installation of Team System Beta 2. Many people are having trouble installing team system. Hope this helps everyone. So far this website has walked me right through each step just as I needed.  However, I do have 1 questions.  I am on step 19 and it says to use the TFSService account to install the TFS, but there was no step that said to create ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) A more complexed usage

  Hi, At work, we use mapping engine that uses GDI+ as renderer. Map is combined of several small bitmaps. At the background we build a "BIG" bitmap from 9x9 tiles of bitmaps. The viewed area is clipped from the "BIG" bitmap. We used to refresh the map every 300mSec in order to see location changes of icons/shapes which we managed as layers. I'm evaluating how to do it/ is it the purpose of WPF There is no OnPaint event (which ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) inheriting from itemscontrol - not able to bind to itemssource

  I have a situation where I want to wrap a (custom)panel with some stuff (scrollviewer, track and some buttons). Therefore I created a new class that inherits from ItemsControl. In it, I use a style to set my panel as the itemshost. However, when I use this usercontrol, the itemssource is always null! < cft:TijdslijnVisualisatie Grid.Column = " 0 " Grid.Row = " 1 " DataContext = " {Binding ElementName=Comp ...Show All

• .NET Development Can a dll built in vs2005 .NET 2.0 be used within vs2003 .NET 1.1

  will vs2003 .NET 1.1 be able to use a dll built in vs2005 .NET 2.0 Cheers, Craig I've tried once to create a 2.0 assembly which I tried to use from a 1.1 project. I tried to use the configuration settings described in the document you mention James. Finally, there was no way I could add a reference of the 2.0 assembly to the 1.1 project. VS2003 kept throwing an exception. ...Show All

• SQL Server issues writing a deployment script

  In  this post , i asked if there were any tutorials available on using the RS command-line utility. I have since found some that steered me in the right direction. This guy demonstrates how to render a report by passing a scripty-VB file with extension .rss into the utility : http://www.sqljunkies.com/Article/B197B9E7-EF3D-4D70-9B5E-47B74E57EF38.scuk And this guy explains some of the underlying principles behind this marvel of modern ...Show All

• Visual C# Batch build

  Hi I am using VS2005 and I am trying to setup the automatic daily build of my solution. Can somebody give me any directions Running devenv.exe /Rebiuld ….. is not giving error report, but when I am using csc.exe then I can’t use my *.sln file. Does anybody has user friendly solution Piotr Hi Piotr, I think you may want to use MSBuild which is available after VS.NET 2005. Here are started ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Getting users to MS Project "Resource Name" combo

  Hi, We made sure that , the "Resource Name" column is mapped to "System.AssignedTo" field. Please help us in what way we can get all the valid users to "Resource Name" combo box in MS Project. Thanks in advance One workaround is to manually populate the resourcename column in resource sheet of MS Project with the list of valid users in the system. ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to read local eventlog (the parameter is incorrect)

  In trying to setup alerts and activating them, an error occurs in the sql agent log of Unable to read local eventlog (the parameter is incorrect) The full messages from the Windows NT Logs shows: Event Type: Error Event Source: SQLSERVERAGENT Event Category: Alert Engine Event ID: 318 Date:  03.11.2005 Time:  17:14:47 User:  N/A Computer: RESYSHADOW Description: Unable to read local even ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Distorted texture after lost/reset device

  Hi, I'm drawing a textured mesh using DrawIndexedPrimitive, using an effect interface. After a windowed/full screen toggle the texture appears distorted. Interestingly when I draw another mesh in wireframe mode in the same render call the problem doesn't occur. Can somebody help Nico Depending on where you load the textures to, you need to release them and recreate them. Make sure that you are properly handlin ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Unable to connect Web Services with Pocket PC 2003 Emulator in vs2005RC

  The output window: A first chance exception of type ' System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in Mscorlib.dll A first chance exception of type ' System.Net.WebException' occurred in System.dll A first chance exception of type ' System.Net.WebException' occurred in System.Web.Services.dll Test of the Web Services in IE is good How to resolve this problem I've the sa ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team foundation notifications

  Hi, I'm trying to get notification in my team project (about checked in item etc.). I have made the settings in the team->project alerts and checked in my server that the follwing keys are ok: <add key="emailNotificationFromAddress" value="" /> <add key="smtpServer" value="" /> I have switched the eSwitch (and general) to 3 but I did'nt find the bislog.txt. What else can I do Pls help 10x Ofir, The ...Show All