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• .NET Development advpack.dll error, different than the other topic.

  When I attempt to install .NET Framework 2.0 x64, it comes up with this error: "Error creating process <C:\DOCUME~1\Steven\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Install.exe>. Reason: C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll" Anyone know what this is and what I can do to remedy it EDIT: Also, I've tried extracting it manually by invoking /C. Then it says the install is invalid. Maybe this suggestion by TheAmiMan in another thread will help. solution: in the environment variables change both the TEMP and the TMP from the x:\documents and Settings\user\... To c:\Temp or any other folder. for me it ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectX- A beginner

  hi all My name is deepak..I am intrested in Game development and developed simple games but never used directx concept...since i am new to this please provide me article or links which help me to reach my goal Waiting for reply Take a look at : Coding4Fun Beginning Game Development (Using the Microsoft .NET Framework and managed DirectX 9.0) : Part I – Introduction. Part II – Introduction to DirectX. Part III –DirectX II. Part IV – DirectInput. Part V – Adding Units. Part VI – Lights, Materials and Terrain. Part VII –Terrain and Collision Detection Introduction. And much more! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Disassemble C/C++ Code

  Hello People, is it possible to Dissasemble C or C++ code with the Express edition What I have to Download Thanks Leo JaLeo wrote: is it possible to Dissasemble C or C++ code with the Express edition The dumpbin utility is included in the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. You can use it to show a disassembly of native Windows code from a .EXE or .DLL. Use Tools | Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt, switch to the directory having the binary file in it, and then do a command like C> dumpbin /DISASM yourfile.exe | more and you can see what it produces. Jumps and calls won't be to labels, but I ass ...Show All

• Visual C# Missing SQL Server Project Template

  I cannot see a SQL Server project type under C# in the new project dialog, but can only see this under Visual Basic. Do I need to add this to the IDE or is there some other problem If I need to add it please list instructions. Thank you. Hi Lettia, I am just checking to see how this is going. I agree with Sergey's suggestion, it seems to be broken installation. Please drop me a quick note at your convenience to let me know the current status of this issue. If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know. Thanks, and have a great day! :) Best regards, Peter Huang ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Descending order ListView

  I have a Listview and I am adding a row every 2seconds but i want to keep the last added row on top instead on showing it at the botom. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Color in DataGridView

  hi all,         I having the DataGridView on the form, My requirement is to display the rows of the grid in some predefined colors, which satisfies the condition. I wrote the following code for it, bit this code does not give the rows in specified colors , can some one tells me where exactky the problem is, or some other way to solve this. foreach ( DataGridViewRow dgvrGroupDetail in this .dataGridViewBudget.Rows ) { DataGridViewCellCollection dgvcc = dgvrGroupDetail.Cells; //check the value if closed then make red if (( bool )dgvcc[ColumnClosed.Index]. ...Show All

• SQL Server BCP Handling

  Hi, I am executing script like this. How to check for the errors if "master..xp_cmdshell @bcpCommand" fails. Is there any way to verify that BCP is completed successfully DECLARE @FileName varchar(50), @bcpCommand varchar(2000) SET @FileName = 'E:\TestBCPOut.txt' SET @bcpCommand = 'bcp "SELECT * FROM pubs1..authors ORDER BY au_lname" queryout "' SET @bcpCommand = @bcpCommand + @FileName + '" -c -U -P' EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @bcpCommand Thanks in Advance, declare @ret int EXEC @ret=master..xp_cmdshell @bcpCommand ...Show All

• Windows Forms Creating a Bindable Control

  I've been searching and can't find anything on the subject.  I'd like to make a control that has a DataSource, ValueMember & DisplayMember just like all the regular WindowsForms Controls.  Is there a standard way of doing this   Any links to anything would really be great.  Seems like everything I find that might be useful is for ASP.NET  ...Show All

• Smart Device Development OneNote Mobile 2007

  I was unable to install this on my PDA. IT said the .cab was not a valid installer. This forum is device development related. Since your question is not related to development, it's off topic here. Please post to relevant forum or news group: http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx Closing as off topic. ...Show All

• SQL Server Retieving ODBC Settings.

       I'm having some issues grabbing ODBC Settings. First off I need to present a user with the options to select thier DSN, Server, UID, PWD, and Database settings. I have come up with a way using the SQLBrowseConnect function to obtain the Server and Database information I need. Therefore, I have a semi working version of the program.      I just need a way to make the program a little more user friendly/fool-proof. I know that there is an option in the ODBC settings to set an default database. I need a way of retrieving this setting and the default server as well. Lastly I would like to turn a text ...Show All

• .NET Development 2005 IDE bug ???

  Here is an odd behavior i'm experiencing with the new 2005 IDE in Visual Basic. I have screenshots to prove this but I just noticed we cannot add images to these posts, so I will try my best to explain the problem: Recently, during debugging, as I step through code, the debugger seems to "catch" exceptions on the weirdest places, but when I look at the exception, nothing is declared. Let me explain with an example... I have a line that goes like this: Try . . .     If dvView.Count = 0 Then         Exit Sub   ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums del.icio.us integration

  have you had any idea how to integrate del.icio.us in msn space, such as daily blog posting function... I'm not sure what you're asking. If you are asking if it is possible to post your del.icio.us links to MSN Spaces, then the answer is Yes although you may have to write your own code to (1) pull down your links from del.icio.us and (2) post them to MSN Spaces via the MetaWeblog API. It is possible that someone has already built a similar application that you could use for your needs. ...Show All

• Visual C# What should be the best practice to check the object ?

  Hi, Normally we check a value by this format if ( obj == null ) { //do some code } I know it is good for readability. But for performance reason I am suggested by one of my coleagues that we shuold check the constant value first i.e. if ( null == obj ) { //do some code } What is the best possible way to check the object Could any body give the proper reason to use the later one. Not sure if ther is any difference ... only 1 way to know ... just run a test :) ...Show All

• SQL Server Failure installing SQL Server Express on a Pentium M device

  I am currently trying to track down why one of our users is getting an error attempting to install SQL Server Express on their machine. The symptoms are that SQL Server Express warns about the minimum hardware requirement not being met, the installation proceeds, but is not able to start the SQL Server service, and fails with the following error in the SQLSetupXXXX_MACHINENAME_Core(local).log file. Error: Action "ReportChainingResults" threw an exception during execution. One or more packages failed to install. Refer to logs for error details. : 1067 Error Code: 0x8007042b (1067) Windows Error Text: The process termin ...Show All

• Visual Studio Prerequisites for VS

  I installed IIS and FPSE after installing VS.NET becasue I wanted to go ahead and get started learning VB.NET. Now that I have IIS and FPSE installed, what parts of VS.NET do I need to re-install You can go to the framework directory under \windows\microsoft.net\framework\vxxxx and run aspnet_regiis.exe -i ...Show All