Microsoft Empower for ISVs Team's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Why isn't this call working properly?

  I'm building a project for myself really; however, this problem is sticking me in the side. Can anyone tell me why this particular problem isn't working #include "pl_en_stats.h" // in *.cpp file for icPlayerInformation_Data struct usage. // in *.h file for Class definition. class LoadGameData { private: char PlayerInformation; icPlayerInformation_Data* pl_statistics; public: LoadGameData(); bool load_SaveData_Open(); ...Show All

• Visual Studio concatenate datestamp to logfile name

  I am using FileLogger to log event from msbuild to a file. How can i concatenate datestamp to the logfile name msbuild.exe MSBuildCommunity.proj /l:FileLogger,Microsoft.Build.Engine;logfile=MSBuild.log i want logfile name to be MSBuild_yyyymmdd.log thanks There's no way to do this with our built-in file logger. You'd need to either write a custom logger that knows how to do this (the "correct" way) or wrap the call to M ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Security Exception from the WEB Browser Example in VC# Express

  I have the following error generated from the tutorial for C#.  This problem did not occur the first time that I compiled and ran the program.  I am new to C# have no idea what to do.  The following is the detail of the output. Update:  I have solved this problem for now.  The project file was originally located in My Documents which is mapped and synchronized to a network drive.  Once I moved the project to my hard ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++/CLI header files and code layout?

  I was under (the possibly false) impression that the new c++/cli compiler would allow me to write code (at least the managed part) in .cpp or .h files as I please.  I thought it would be a multi pass compiler where symbols were gathered first with namespaces used to differentiate what would otherwise be symbol clashes.  The code could then be laid out more like C# or Java. What I have found is that I still have to #include co ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dialogs inheriting from dialogs inheriting from dialogs get multiple OK events!!!

  I have a stack of inherited classes from which my dialogs inherit various functionality. BaseClass (some function key and other stuff)  is parent of DialogNoDataBase (ok and cancel buttons) is parent of DialogBase (slick mechanism for passing in and out the data) is parent of vaious Working dialogs DialogNoDatabase has protected overridable bOk_click ... to respond to the OK button click event. It sets the dialog result ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Program won't run under vs2005 beta 2

  I have a program originaly written on vs2005 beta 1 (an opengl es game).  When I compile in using beta 2, it refuses to run on the pocketpc.  I just get the error "A critical component is either missing or cannot start becuase program memory is unavailable". The same program compiled using beta 2 works fine.  It also works if compiled in software mode. Other opengl apps however work fine using b2. Any ideas or tips Sean ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Trouble with C++ Express Install

  I have tried multiple times to instll the MSVE C++ package with no success.Everytime I try I get a MS .Net Framework 2.o installation errror, which in turn prevents the rest of the package from installing. I have/had none of the components that were not allowed to be on before I started. I even ran the vs_uninst_betas.exe to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I just do not know what to try next to get around this issue. I am running a Athlo ...Show All

• Visual J# JMenuBar performance broken if using heavyweight popups?

  Big problem. I have a simple JApplet which contains a JMenuBar, some JMenu s, JMenuItem s, etc. It works great if the applet is tall enough to fully enclose the menus when dropped down. (That is, it draws them using a lightweight JPopupMenu .) But if the applet is not that tall, then the menu bar responds very, very sluggishly when I try to navigate among the menus with the mouse. If I click on (say) a File menu, it drops down instantly, but ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Use of OperationContext.Current for duplex

  Hello In all the samples of duplex the callback is set using OperationContext.Current inside a method called by the remote application. However, this approach requires the client to initiate a call a method on the service before the service can use the callback to send messages to the client. How can I enabled the service to send messages to the client using the callback after the client connects, but BEFORE the client sends anything ...Show All

• Windows Forms Minimizing process window in windows forms

  Hi, I have an MDI application that launches a internet explorer web page by calling iexplore.exe in a seperate process. I want to minimize the iexplore window on load. Is there a way to do this My code is as follows: Process p = new Proce ...Show All

• Visual C++ Err: Attempted to read or write protected memory - only in VS2005, works fine in VS2003

  Hi all I am wrapping an unmanaged c++ win32 dll functions (  export naming decration is c++ ) into a managed c++ dll using IJW. While calling the managed wrapper from C#,  it crashes at line where I call the unmanaged function and saying the error "Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt." If i compile the same managed c++ wrapper code in VS2003 (framework 1.1) and exe ...Show All

• Visual C# Get File summary info

  Hello, can any one know how to get file summary info in c#. you can see this info if you right click on a file and click on summary tab. ah, sorry. I don't think you can access the file metadata from .net. It's possible via the win32 api. You can also use interop along with a microsoft activeX to gain access to the structured storage information. You can read more about structured storage @ http://msdn.microsoft. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bitmap.GetHBitmap() returns invalid handle

  I need to access a managed bitmap (header,info,pixels) from unmanaged code but the HBITMAP I get back from Bitmap.GetHbitmap appears to be invalid.  At least that is the error I get when I call GlobalLock() on the HBITMAP.  Any ideas as to how you are supposed to use the HBITMAP that is returned Also the docs don't say if the GDI bitmap that is created by GetHbitmap is a DIB or a DDB.  Anyon ...Show All

• Windows Forms Waiting for third party-application to close

  I'm trying to solve a problem, but can't find the right functions to use. (C++ or VB) Form my application I wanna start a thirdparty-program, and "set some kind of flag" that triggers my application after the thirdparty-program has closed/stopped. Any&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Sending keys to a game

  I tried to send keys using the "SendKeys" function to a game, and its didn't worked. How can I do it I used simple SendKeys. System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send( "{UP}" ) And the game act like I pressed ESC and then up arrow.   EDIT: I tried it on Counter-Strike. ...Show All