jrmusumeci's Q&A profile

• 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. It is hard to reproduce what you are reporting. It could ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Missing SQL Server Mobile installation

  I have installed the VS2005 Team Suite trial, and I'm trying to configure my Smart Device to use RDA. In following the msdn books online instructions, I am told to set up my server by invoking the "Configure Web Synchronizations" wizard.  Problem is, I can't find this anyware.  The docs say that I can get to it through Start->Programs->MS SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (this entry doesn't exist) or through the SQL Server Management studio (which only shows my SQL server--there is no SQL Server Mobile object tree). In my "Add or Remove Programs" window, I see "SQL Server Mobile Development Tools", "SQL Server", etc, but ...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 I just dumped the tex coords before rendering the mesh with the undistorted texture and than before rendering the distorted version. They are identical. But interesting is the result of your second suggestion: to use the tex coords as color values in the pixel shader reveals that the tex coords in the undistorted render cal ...Show All

• Visual C++ User Interface options

  Good Afternoon- I've been developing a code in VC++ as part of my thesis work. So far it has been a console application, I've dumped all the data to a text file and then done analysis work in a spreadsheet. I'd like to tackle adding a user interface to control inputs, display data, etc. I'd appreciate some input on which way to go. As I understand it right now I have three options: 1. MFC 2. Windows Forms 3. an open source / freely available interface library (Qt, etc.) Qt is ruled out from the get-go. I can't open-source my code. The "free" version of Qt is open source and hence my code must be GPL'ed. I could use another freely availab ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team project creation failed

  After some day's of hard work I succeeded in installing Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation. But when I want to create a new Team Project I an error message: Initialisation for plugins "Microsoft.Pcw.wss", "Microsoft.Pcw.currituck" failed. I have Team Foundation Servr and Client installed on the same machine, and I am always logged in as machine administrator. The site http://test-jb2dms7g05:8080/bisserver/EleadWebService.asmx is available, also the sites: http://localhost http://reports http://reportserver/reportservice.asmx Does anyone know what to do This is the project creation log file: 10.25.2005 09:10:19.671 | Module: ELeadServiceMe ...Show All

• Windows Forms Textbox as "a required entry" using triangle mark in its right bottom corner

  Hi, anybody help me, please I want create a Textbox which inherits System.Windows.Forms.Textbox but have the ability to indicate that the Textbox is a "required field entry" by giving triangle mark at its right bottom corner. A boolean Required property can be added, allright, but my problem is how to draw the triangle mark when user set the Required property to true Inheriting from System.Windows.Forms.Textbox is another one I needed, because I don't want to lose the default implementation of original Textbox. Thanks. Try this: public class MyTextBox : TextBox {   private bool _required = false ;   public MyTextBox( ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to close Explorer.EXE and restart at END

  Hello All... As many of you who have helped me before know, I am working on an app for a KIOSK. The desktop appears during form to form switches, and I tried closing the desktop(Explorer) and what a difference! Is there a way I can shut it dow when the app comes up, and restart it when and if the app is closed (for maintenance etc) Hi Renee, and Spotty...If there were a way to prevent the desktop and taskbar from making sudden and unexpected appearances during form to form transistions, that would be better. Always On Top doesn't have the desired effect sadly. Minimizing the taskbar either. Thanks all. Elgee ...Show All

• Visual Basic display variables in debug mode

  Hi Everyone, Can someone tell me if it is possible (& if yes, how ) to display variables while in debug mode (F8) Thanks in advance Christ On the main menu at the top, go to Debug -> Windows -> Locals. That should show you the values of all your variables. Hope that helps, Yun ...Show All

• .NET Development TableAdapter DataTable schema refresh - how?

  Hi I am using the VS.NET wizard to generate TableAdapters with DataTables that I am using as a data access layer. I am getting into it and it is starting to work for me. However, I am scoping into the future and I realise that I will sit with a huge problem if I am not able to refresh the schema of these DataTables in the event that the column definitions change. In my current example, I have changed the length of the Password column of my user table from 20 to 50. My application kept bombing out because the value it was retrieving into the DataTable is now too large. In this case, I would want to instruct VS.NET to "refresh the s ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Initiating a Dial-Up Networking Connection and VPN

  I may have missed it when going through the MSDN documentation, but I can't seem to find much information on how to make a Pocket PC 2003 Phone (VX6600 and Samsung i700) establish the default dial-up connection and then connect to the default (and only) VPN. Would anyone be kind enough to refer me to documentation or 3rd party write-ups that addresses such isues Thank you much! so you can, glad about that! I'm looking into this Connection Manager, will post here if I find anything useful ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Must Close Form Before Going Back to parent Form

  In my application, I have created two forms. The first form opens the second form. When that happens, the second form pops up in front of the first form. This is sort of what I want. The thing that I don't know how to do is to make it so that while the second form is open, you can't click on or change the first form. I know this is a common windows-ish sort of thing, but I don't know the correct terminology (modal ). Is it possible to make this happen Thank you for all the help I get here. Hi! This is modal dialog you talking of. You must open your modal form by calling ShowDialog() method. Inside ...Show All

• SQL Server Meta Data Management / Dependancy Analysis

  BI perspective, meta data management is quite crucial. In SQL 2000, as far as I know we didn't have a great support for meta data. Has that changed in SQL2005 What about dependancy analysis For example if I drop a column from a SSIS data flow what would be affected Is it possible Thanks Jamie As you say someone will come up with something soon. It is going to be a valuable tool. Clients enquire this type feature when we try to sell MS DW solution to them. Maybe Darren and Allan can come up with something hint hint :-) Thanks Sutha PS - Jamie, I haven't done that mail yet ...Show All

• Visual C# DB access "best-method" question

  When developing and application that requires much access to a DB, what would be the best idea for the following I want to be able to access the DB throughout the application. It seems that one should create a connection pool to the DB so that the expense of constantly creating connections can be avoided. However, how does one make this connection available throughout the application Do I create a public static variable for the connection or is there a better way Thanks, Lannce Best practice would be for all your database access to occur via a single interface, if that's a class or group of cla ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Why this SQL select command is not optimized?

  Hello. I have turned on rushmore level messages using sus(3054,1). I run the following from the command window: select * from ruginv where status = "ST000" ruginv does have an index tag on status. The response I am getting is that rushmore optimization level is NONE. I have set optimize on. Why is this query not optimized Thanks, Aleniko "Spurious" means "false." I look forward to seeing a repro. Tamar ...Show All

• Visual Studio Own shape decorators

  Hi All! I want to create own shape decorator like ExpandCollapseDecorator. I defaine next classes: [ Serializable ] [ CLSCompliant ( true )] [ MetaClass ( "4DDC24C0-F44F-4faa-8D15-A4F10E70C039" )] [ MetaObject ( "3C5EAEFC-A71A-4eb7-B732-059EDDFE1EA9" , "MyDecorator" )] public class MyDecorator : ShapeDecorator { public static MyDecorator CreateDecorator( Store store, ShapeDecoratorPosition pos ){ MyDecorator res = ( MyDecorator ) store.DefaultPartition.ElementFactory.CreateElement( typeof ( MyDecorator )); res.Position = pos; return res; } public MyDe ...Show All