Ricardo Pinto's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ LNK problems continued

  Hard life in C++ lane, I'll tell you. Trying to compile code with unmanaged CAsyncSocket class I got LNK errors: Build Log     Build started: Project: SocketCplus4, Configuration: Release|Win32 Command Lines      Creating temporary file "c:\Documents and Settings\....\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\SocketCplus4\SocketCplus4\Release\RSP00000E1064772.rsp" with contents [/OUT:"Release\SocketC ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) OrderBy error

  I have the following code using DLinq that is causing a compile error. var posts = from post in db.Posts orderby post.PostedOn descending select post.Title; The error is the following: The type arguments for method 'System.Data.TypedTableBaseExtensions.OrderByDescending<T,K>(System.Data.TypedTableBase<T>, System.Query.Func<T,K>)' cannot be inferred from the usage. Try specifying the type arguments explicitly. I'm new to DLin ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Direct3D View Matrix: porting problem from OpenGL

  Hi, I am porting an application from OpenGL to Direct3D. OpenGL does not have a View Matrix and a World Matrix as Direct3D, but just what is called the ModelView matrix. I have the following lines of code in OpenGL: Code: glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); //Work on the ModelView matrix glLoadIdentity(); //Clear everything glLoadMatrixd(myModelViewMatrix); //Load my ModelView matrix Now I would like to port this to Direct3 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Data Synchronization

  Dear all, After I updated the same task in the pocketpc and the desktop, the data synchronization process will hang-up. Anyone encounter same problem with me I am using VS .Net 2003 and PPC 2003. Thanks, Billy Hi to all! It just happens that&nbs ...Show All

• Windows Forms Replacing numeric enter with tab

  Hi people! I want to replace default behavior of Windows form controls on keyboard events. I would like them to recognize enter key of numeric keypad as tab key. In mass keyboard data input, especially for numeric data, users prefer numeric keypad. It would bee very convenient to hit enter key to set next control in focus. I need this only for standard input controls: datagridview, text box, combo box, check box and buttons. I manage ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Lab 03 - Exercice 3

  Hello, I am trying out the hands-on labs from PDC and I have a problem in Lab03-Exercice 3. In this exercice, we use a .config file to specify the services that are available in the workflow runtime. The System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.SqlTrackingService generates several exceptions, all of the same type (extract from the log file created in debug mode): Tracking Information: 0 : TrackingListener::ActivityStatusChange - Received Activity Status ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectX 10 issues

  Hi, Im having some problems running DirectX 10 samples. I just installed vista 5270, Visual Studio Pro and DirectX SDK feb 2006. Now i want to take a look at the DirectX 10 samples but they aint working :( First time i started a sample i got a popup saying it would run in references mode ... so i clicked no. now when i want to start a sample from directx 10, it shows the executable in the processes but nothing happens. Alt ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Conditional Flow?

  Hi, In the new SSIS how can i implement a conditional workflow without having a base task Imagine i have a FOREACH Loop based on a resultset and if a certain column have True i want to execute a certain task inside the loop and if is false i want to execute another one... How can i achieve this Best Regards, Luis Simoes Hi Guys, I too have struck this issue and have used the dummy sequence to facilitate conditional workflow. However ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem accessing my local A:\ verses the SQL servers A:\ drive

  I am having a problem accessing my local A:\ drive, using the bulk insert command. The actual sql server pc thinks I am accessing its sql server's A:\ and not my local a:\ drive. I am trying to read in a simple CSV delimited ascii file into a sql table. Wow what a nightmare just to read a simple ascii file into a table. Unfortunatley I am writing a program in VB.net for an operator to import ascii data from floppy diskettes. I am using this c ...Show All

• Windows Forms Override forecolor in textbox.enabled = false on windows form

  Is it possible to override the change in forecolor when setting a textbox to enabled = false   I would like the control to be disabled but display normally.  I have been able to set the backcolor to white, but it seems to ignore the forecolor setting and leave it as pale grey. Alternatively, is there another way to disable the textbox without using the enabled property Screaming won't solve ...Show All

• Visual Studio problem deploying a new project type

  I've created a new project type for the Pascal language. I have deployed and registered the VSPackage in the target computer, along with the project files, but, when trying to create a new Pascal project, I get the following error in a popup dialog: value cannot be null parameter name: type In my development machine, which contains VS SDK, the error doesn't occur... Can anyone help me please Thanks, -- AFurtado Actually adding the ...Show All

• SQL Server How can i generate a cube of XML Data

  I have a table with two columns - int(primary ky) and XML. I want to use Analysis Services to build a cube of the data stored in the xml column of the table in SQL Server. How can i do that There are many interface options for XML data in SQL Server 2005, including Integration Services and Reporting Services; but the first question is: how does the XML data relate to the conceptual model of the cube Do ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team Build and NDoc?

  I have plugged in Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.dll to my TeamBuildType to try and make use of the NDoc task. I am also refererring to the sdc tutorial documentation which shows you how to do it, however I am having trouble defining in my tssbuild.proj a folder where I can copy all my freshly built assemblies to (NDoc can only target a single folder). I'm not exactly sure how I can define my own <ItemGroup> sections in tfsbuild.proj s ...Show All

• Windows Forms testing a where clause

  I can fill a single record into a datagrid from a database by pulling the textbox value into the where clause. The problem I am having is if I input a value that doesn't exist in the database. It loads a blank datagrid. How do yo ...Show All

• Visual C++ lag?

  hello, ive been having wierd problems with my express version of VC++. i experience lag when i type. such as when im just working on apps, and ill compile, to see if there are any errors so i can move on. but after a few of these compiles the software becomes laggy. ill type but it wont show up. the program acts as if the text is there, but it doesnt show on the screen. any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated, because this ...Show All