Brian Corcoran's Q&A profile
Visual C++ C++ & SDK
I'm completely new at C++, though have reasonable experience with .NET. I'm trying to switch from VB.net to C++ because I want to write native code... but i'm having problems. I have 'Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2' and 'Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Beta 2' installed. I have also created a dir in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC" called 'PlatformSDK' which has the Bin, Include and Lib folders in it. Now how do i make a native program, not complied in .NET If i go to File|New|Project| Win32.... I can only select console application, windows application is greyed out. If i select "Windows form application" it ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System Path, Files and Namespace length limitation in TeamBuild?
I'm getting several errors related to the number of characters in our folders, file names and namespaces during the get operation that occurs at the beginning of the teambuild process. Is there a way to workaround this Is it a limitation of the build server Here's an example taken from the build log during a get operation: C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v8.0\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets(296,5): error : TF10128: The path C:\VSTS\TeamBuilds\XYZ_FY06_Q4_xyz_\test_Build_xx_Library_script\Sources\shared components\EnterpriseLibrary\Security\Database\Authentication\Configuration\Design\Tests\Microsoft.Practic ...Show All
SQL Server ? about fixed layout and images
I have image hyperlinks to display images in a form view with just the reference to the name and location of the image in the database. I know that there is a way to limited the display size of images without having to size them all down. I've managed to limit the horizontal dimension but for the life of me I can not limit the verticle dimension. I've looked all over and can not find a reference guide for this . The photo is also cropped not zoomed down to size. So for example the actual image size is 350pixels by 400 pixels and I would like it to display at 150 pixels widths... Can anyone help Thank you &nbs ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista visual studio2005 designer for windows workflows
hello, my problem: i don't know how to get the "visual studio2005 designer for windows workflows" started. i tried to install some different combinations of the ms workflowstuff, offered on the microsoft download sites, but it doesn't work. can you help me, perhaps with a list of modules to be installed in the right order for info: my system is win xp sp2 and vs.net2005 latest version. thank you very much, regards You can follow the steps mentioned at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=93562&SiteID=1 Please make sure you install the Feb CTP instead of the o ...Show All
Windows Forms DataGridViewComboBoxColumn value is not valid
howde... I decided to move towards VS-2005 after seeing that the Datagrid has be revamped to included comboboxs, buttons, images etcs.. I noticed that the Dreaded Tablestlyes has been dropped (YAAAARR!!!!) any way after useing for about a day scratching my head.. I keep getting DataGridViewComboBoxColumn "value is not valid" dont make sense to me.. btw I am not useing the wizard as I need to dynamically create Colums.. ok here is some code., shorthand code ----------------------------------------- (assume all sql statments are correct and datagridview is setup) datagridview1.datasource = dtCompany datagridview1.Autogenerate = fa ...Show All
Windows Forms Standard to Professional upgrade
I have VB.Net standard I have recently discovered that in order to do what I need to I need Professional. Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade just to VB.NET Pro or if I must get Visual Studio If so how and can any of these upgrades take VB.NET 2002 standard and upgrade it to Pro 2003 Well thanks for yo ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista Custom activities to simulate user action and populate web page input fields and submit the page.
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/WWF.asp ...Show All
Windows Search Technologies Forum for Vista Windows Search APIs?
Hi Which forum or newsgroup is best for asking development questions about the 'Windows Search' APIs in Windows Vista So far looking at the posts in this forum they seem to be specifically about WDS on XP/2k3. One possible forum I came across was the "Search, Organize and Visualize in Windows Vista", but I don't see much activity in the forum and not really many developer related queries and hardly any responses from MS developers. Thanks Hi Sean, You've come to the right place. Please feel free to ask your Windows Vista Search questions here. I'll do the best I can to help find the ...Show All
Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) NumericUpDown equivalent in WPF
Is there any WPF equivalent of Winforms NumericUpDown control Maybe anybody has already developed it Yes, but there are issues. Buttons for Up-Down controls are very small and RepeatButtons have an inherent margin and padding (even with Margin and Padding set to 0) that restricts the content area for arrows etc. This is probably due to its internal control elements. Further, if one bypasses these issues with a ControlTemplate, then the built-in event-driven hover and click visual effects are lost. Solution: Use a ControlTemplate (e.g. with ellipse/rectangle) but implement the visual effects yourself ...Show All
Visual Studio Change ASP.NET Worker Processes
Does anyone know if there is a way to select which version of the aspnet_wp.exe runs on my machine I have version 2 of the .NET framework installed on my machine alongside version 1.1 of the framework . When I build a web application using VS 2003 I get the error "Unable to Start Debugging on the Web Server". I checked all my settings (using this list: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/vsdebug/html/vxtbserrordebuggingfailedbecauseintegratedwindowsauthenticationisnotenabled.asp ) and I believe that the reason debugging is failing is because the aspnet_wp is the version 2.0 worker process. Any help would b ...Show All
Windows Forms Controlling the listView's scrollbar with another control
Hi, I'm working on a control contains two listviews which are arranged vertically. I would like to synchronise them to make them appear like just one listview. (they "view" properties are set to detail and columnStyle is set to "none" for one and to "Clickable" for the other.) I had allready synchronized the width changing of columns but I can't find a way of managing the scrollbar. I would like scrollbar doesn't appear in one listview and would be manage with the other one. Is there anyone who can help me please I think you should be able to find the answer in this post . Let ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions DirectX in Visual Basic
I have been developing 3d games using vb6 for a while, though i have not even managed to create a DirectX7 object in VB.Net 2005 Express edition. Can anyone give me some detailed guidance of how to create a DirectX7 object, including how to add references Woah, DX7 in Visual Basic 2005 I used to code in DX7 with VB6, but good luck doing that in 2005. You are probably better off downloading the DirectX 9.0c SDK and using DirectX Managed. Its actually much easier to use then the COM classes, and has lots of samples. I'm not a professional game programmer, though, so don't despair yet. ...Show All
SQL Server I can't deploy a Cube
I have installed the client version of Sql Server 2005 on my machine and the server version is Installed on a server of my company (VALLEY). I have created a Cube with the wizard to test Analysis Services 2005 and see the result after the deployment. The cube works with a database called ROI on the server VALLEY, But, when I try to deploy the cube, I have this error message: " the user XXXX don't have permission to modify the object or the object does not exist" I don't know if I must configure some specific access. Could you help me please, I search a solution since 2 days with any results. Be ...Show All
Visual Basic maskededit issue
I am using VB 2003. I have a maskededit control, but its behaviour is funny. It is bound to a field in the a MSDE table. On the form, the maskededit displays nothing and yet when I check for its Text property, it has the correct database value. Is this a known issue, and any workarounds Please, can you mention this is web form or win form If that is customised control create by other people. Of course it is won't fits your need. ...Show All
Smart Device Development MissingMethodException while trying to direct access SQL Server throught Pocket Project on .NET CF 2.0
Hi, URGENT! I'm receiving a missing method exception while trying to instantiate a object that contains simple SQL Client code on Pocket PC 2003 Projects. I'm using .Net Compact Framework 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005. The piece of code i post bellow is able to simulate the problem i'm talking about. I just can't see any problems. I've even declarated on the Pocket Project a reference to "System.Data.SqlClient" as a try to solve the problem, without success. I'm working on it for three days and I just can't see any other solutions then the ones i've tried. Please Help! ...Show All