Tim Goodwin's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Jscript runns out of order

  Below is code that is executed when a page loads to 'refresh' a tree menu <script type="text/javascript"> function syncNode(id) { //debugger; parent.frames("menu").Location.Reload(true); parent.frames("menu").TreeView1.CollapseAll(); parent.frames("menu").TreeView1.SelectNodeById(id); parent.frames("menu").TreeView1.Render(); return true; } </script> However, it seems the lines the deal with the object "TreeV ...Show All

• Windows Forms Datagrid edit mode event?

  Hi, I need to stablish a listener on datagrid to listen to the edit mode. I mean i want to set a flag as soon as user starting to type in datagrid. Any event available for this or ant way to capture this Thanks   ...Show All

• Visual Basic Image2PDF? How

  Hi all, I want to convert images to PDF (in ordered lists), anyone can help me I looked over the net but can not find the sample code. Pls help. thanks all Well you need some PDF software for a start, something like PDF Maker or Adobe Acrobat... Then you need to reference this in your references section of your project. as this exposes whats under the hood. Try: http://www.colorpilot.com/pdfsample_vbnet.html for starters... Have fun! ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Q: WGF

  I would like to ax you something about future of DX: I finally learnt DX just recently and successfully created few DX games and demos. But since DX9 is the last version and the next "big thing in graphics" will be WGF, is it wise to continue learning DX I mean, is it worth it WGF will definitely have totally different API and I will have to learn it all over again :( Im seriously thinking about OpenGL ... I have some experience in that area ...Show All

• SQL Server How do I drop sql server mobile database when ...?

  How do I drop sql server mobile database at specifical time in my application in PPC And, How do I drop it when user input the worng password third times in my application in PPC Thank you very much. Simply delete (or open and fill with junk) the database file at particular time or after user entered incorrect password too many times. ...Show All

• Visual Basic A Pause with a Loop

  Okay...what I want to do seems simple but I've been at it off 'n on for a few days with this & finally decided to post my question. I have a Label I want to flash on & off a few times much like a warning sign. You would think something as easy as: For i as Integer = 0 to 20 Label1.Visible = True Thread.Sleep(500) Label1.Visible = False Next would do it. But it doesn't. I tried throwing a timer in there s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Data Base Linking

  I have Created a data base will a list of football player names and i have dysplayed it in grid view and it is able to be edited and updated... my question is how can i get it to dysplay the player names information from the database on a different windows form undernieth each player in the team layout section i have created. whenever i try to bind the source to a text box it dysplays the first name in the database always i cannot figure o ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System HOWTO: Customize the Bug that Team Build creates on Failure

  When a Daily Build fails, Team Build creates a "Bug" in the Work Items list. We have customized the "Bug" Work Item Type Definition and added several additional <REQUIRED/> fields.  Is there a way to customize the way Team Build creates the Bug so that it can populate the new <REQUIRED/> fields Joe. Hi Joe - You can do this by setting the required field values in the WorkItemFieldValues tag in the TeamBuild.proj file as ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team system RC vesrion with Studio 2005 release

  Hello all Is there a problem with TFS in RC version to work with visual studio 2005 release version Thanks avi ...Show All

• Windows Forms cannot delete controls ! :-O

  my visual studio 2005 prof. is acting strange. i cannot delete anymore the controls on the main form (the controls are buttons and panels nothing strange) of one of my projects. can someone help me troubleshooting that beahaviour   thanks a lot Its difficult to diagnose a problem without more information. What happens when you try to delete them Is it just on that form Is that form special in ...Show All

• .NET Development Folder permissions

  Hi, I am using .NET 1.1, along with professional 2K operating system. How to set File or folder permissons to all users while I am creating the File in administrator. Once I restatt my machine I login into the normal user. There I dont have the permissions to write a content On that file. Need to set the permissions to all users in C#. Any body help Thanks in advance. regards Login as a administrator. S ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Question on ID3DXEffect::SetArrayRange

  Hi, I'm currently adding shader instancing to our engine. After I changed the single world matrix in the effect file to a matrix array, I noticed a heavy performance drop. The fps went down by almost 30%. After some investigation I found that the fps changes with the size of the matrix array, so the effect framework seems to always copy all elements of the array, not only those that were actually set. I then wanted to optimize this using the ID3 ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Deploy to Pocket PC 2003 - Connect to device failed

  I am having a problem deploying a very simple smart device application (in fact the has only a single control) to my Pocket PC (Toshiba E355 - Windows Mobile 2003). I consistently receive the following message:    Connect To Device Failed I have also tried to connect to my device as follows: From the Toolbar: Tools --> Connect to Device Selected Platform: Pocket PC 2003 Error Message: Connection failed.  No connectio ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Print reports without preview

  Is there is any way we could print reports without preview at clientside. On selection of a report and passing parameters, the report needs to be printed. This question is very Reporting Services focused - please post your question on their forum and they should be able to help out. thanks! http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=82&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to make a file in source control writable when get it's latest version?

    When I get latest version of a file, it's automatically read-only. How can I configure the source control system that make some files writable when get their latest version Thanks!     TFS source control would not let you do that. The source control systems want users to be explicit about their intent to change the files, the checkout command.     ...Show All