Craigomatic's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development How to install CF 2.0 on iPAQ

  I have an iPAQ hx4700 which has .NET CF 1.0 installed. Where can I find .NET 2.0 CF, and how do I install it There is a file (NETCFv2.wce5.x86.cab) in my VS 2005 installation under: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SmartDevices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\WindowsCE\wce500\x86. Is this the file I should install The OS version on my iPAQ is Windows CE 4.21 and from the location of the .NET CF 2.0 file it appears to be for Windows CE 5. The ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies IFilter Preview

  What interface and registry settings do I use to supply the picture for the Preview box in the Windows Desktop Search window   I tried adding an IViewObject2 to my IFilter DLL but it never gets called. Joe, Thanks for answering, however a statement in a 3rd party blog hardly constitutes an answer. I have no way of knowing from whence Tom comes. I have have opened an MSDN support incident through my Certified Partner ac ...Show All

• .NET Development XmlException From Web Service

  Hi, I only get this error through one client so far, and they have a specific proxy setup using GlobalProxySelection.Select [see post 166056 for why] .   It's going through our ISA server, so that may be breaking it. I don't know.  The first few calls to the Web Service are fine from this client, this one isn't. As well, if it makes a difference -- it's .NET 1.1 a ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Using VB Linq in web applications

  How can I use VB linq in a web application I saw a thread with a hack telling to change a csproj file (in c#), but I created a new website and there is no vbproj file for the application. Is there some way to make visual studio use the prototype compiler for VB 9.0 in web applications Are you using the default web site project (app_code, etc), or are you using the 1.x-style Web Application project templa ...Show All

• Visual Studio Where'd DDEX go?

  I downloaded the VSIP September CTP verison, and all the DDEX samples and code seem to be missing.  Whar's the beef! Robert Hi Robert, The various (separate) SDKs are actually in the process of getting rolled into one big SDK. I don't have the Sept CTP VSIP SDK installation handy (and to make room for VS 2005 RTM), but the RTM version of the Visual Studio SDK does have this rolled into it. You'll find the s ...Show All

• .NET Development Making dataset instances invisible to COM

  Hi There, I've got a C# assembly that's marked for COM Interop Registration. It contans a dataset definition. When I look at the TLB file generated for the assembly, the object is included. (for example, if the dataset is called AlphaDS, there's a default interface generated for the dataset called _AlphaDS, and a coclass entry for AlphaDS) I'd like to mark the Dataset as COMVisible(false) so it doesn't show up in the TLB. I could mark the ...Show All

• Visual C# VB.net verses C#. Which is used more. Which more popular

  Does someone have any data on which language is used more and what the percentages might be of developers developing in Visual Studio    Is C# used more or VB.net   Is there a future trend   Is one gaining in popularity over the other Any information on this would be appreciated.  Does MS prefer one over the other I am a VB.net developer, contemplating a move to C#. I've moved this thr ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 100% pure software 3D rendering with c#

  I finally got something truly interestnig running in realtime. It's a 100% pure c# 3D rendering which offers some pretty advanced features such as reflectivity, transparency, environemtn maps etc. http://alansimes.blogdns.net/forums/12/ShowPost.aspx Feedback greatly appreciated. Alan Alan, Something that works real time with C#, and VB.NET and supports all this: reflectivity, transparency, environment map + more: textures, interactive m ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Connecting to an Access 2003 Database from VB 2005 Express

  Hi ! I have a form with some textboxes and a button. I have an Access Database on my desktop. I want to write the values from my textboxes to a table in the database. I havesome code to do this, and it should work, but It throws an exception that is far too complicated for a Newbie like me to decifer. Here is the Excption (on top) with the code I'm using below that. Heeeeelllllp! P.S . The values in the "TextBoxes&qu ...Show All

• .NET Development Online/offline database sharing concepts

  I'd appreciate some info on how to make an app with a database backend, that can (a) work as a web-based app, and alternatively (b) work as a standalone app with easily shared data files. Let's ignore development details for the app and focus on the data itself: I have an app with its own large proprietary data file format. Users of the app can currently share data files via e-mail and run the program anywhere, independent of an internet ...Show All

• Visual Studio Binary files randomly corrupted after check-in in VSS RTM (8.0.50727.42)

  With VSS RTM (8.0.50727.42), when we check-in binary files (.lib, .dll, .pdb) the file is randomly stored corrupted. Our investigation discovered that it seems that the final part of the file is missing. 1) Checkout the binary file 2) Modify it 3) Check it in 4) Get the file The file is corrupted. We were not able to deterministically reproduce the problem; we are absolutely sure that no error is reported during checkin, nor within Source Safe e ...Show All

• SQL Server Update/Insert Issue with OpenRowset/BulkInsert

  Hello, We have a Windows 2003 Server with SqlServer 2000 Standart with sp4, We have the latest versions of MDAC 2.8 sp1 and JET 4.0 sp8. Client service is working on the server (VB.NET with 1.1.4322. framework). The service runs on the server and reads from files (tab delimited) and updates values to tables. The problem is, the service doesn't properly update "some" of the big files. It only updates 1-2 rows. The table that we updat ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB 2005 Express Benefit Portal - Cannot Log in

  Any ideas Aparrently I cannot access the page. I registered, activated the software, then logged in. At this point, I got the error: Error: The page you have requested is unavailable or you do not have access. Interesting. I registered Visual Basic Express 2005 today and got the email from "Confirm<@>profile.microsoft.com" and followed the link labelled "Registration Benefit Portal" to http://go.microsof ...Show All

• SQL Server How can I tell which CTP I have?

  I received SQL Server 2005 CTP in my June MSDN shipment. But it seems to be missing specific functionality that I would expect in the latest June CTP. Specifically, I don't see the 'Transfer Database' task in the Integration Service project template. A fellow on the NG told me that he has this task in his environment. He reported his SQL version as being 9.00.1187.07, while my version is 9.00.1116.00. So which CTP do I have Am I using April or J ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dragging a form around the screen

  Can anyone suggest or let me know how I can drag (move) a form around the desktop by just clicking on the center of the form (with the left mouse button) itself and not on the title bar Thanks! There are a couple of  ...Show All