wistful_donkey's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic new, need small help

  what is the diference when I declare; dim temp as String or dim temp as String() what does the () do to the class to the instance maybe a stupid question but I can't find any answers thank you in advance Maybe something like this: ' Declare and initialize string array Dim x() As String = { "Foo" , "Bar" , "Zoo" } ' Assign a new string array to an existing string array variable x = New Stri ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Security Exception

  Hi, I'm trying to use WorkFlows from a WinFX web based apps and I'm getting a Security Exception every time that I try to access something is the WorkFlws related assemblies. Can someone please give me some tips on how to address this issue. the exception is Security Exception That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers. I'm using C# thanks a lot. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Flickering Problem with Windows Form containing DataGridView

  I'm writing a User control where i'm displaying a windows form on click of a button and the Form contains a DataGridView. This dataGridview would typically contain 4000-5000 no of records. Now when i'm resizing the Form i can see the VERY NOTICIBLE flickering effect. How can i reduce it Any suggestions...... [NOTE] I have set the DOCK property of the DataGridView to FILL so that on resize of the FORM the dataGrid should be resized to cover the ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Dialog Box Shadow

  Is there any way to get a shadow drawn under a dialog box with no frame. Prior to Vista I used a thin frame, which gives a shadow, but under Vista the thin frame is thick and allows selection and dialog box movement, thus I now have to use no border to get a non-moveable dialog box. As far as I'm aware, dialog boxes never had a shadow, regardless of frame thickness, so I don't see how you were getting this on Windows XP either. (And frame t ...Show All

• SQL Server Configure RS in sql express

  Reporting Services Log The Reporting Services installation options you specified in Setup determine whether further configuration is required before you can access the report server. If you installed the default configuration, the report server can be used immediately. If you installed just the program files, you must run the Reporting Services Configuration tool to deploy the report server. I just installed sql express without sql developer ...Show All

• Visual Basic Authenication and member of group

  Ok, I've seen alot of authenication with asp.net. I have a couple of things I want to try that will not, or may not have access to a web.net. 1). I want to authenicate with a windows desktop app a user with the AD in a domain enviorment. Then, once I've authenicated this user, check to see if they are a member of an OU. How do I do this Reason, I only want users that are part of a group to be able to modify data. 2). I want to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Hide the team project name screen during a new team project setup

  Hi there! I'm working on a PCW plug-in to integrate TFS with proprietary tools. One of the requirements is that the name of the new team project should come from one of those tools. I added a new screen right after the name selection and I'm changing the context.PublicData[ PublicDataKeys .ProjectName] attribute to match the desired name. That worked fine, but I would like to ask: is this ok, or I may get into some problem doing tha ...Show All

• Windows Forms Viewing a word doc within a Windows Forms Application

  I would like to display a word document within my windows form application. Currently I am using the IE activeX control and passing it the word doc location. There must be a more elegant solution. Yes there is a lot of code I left out of the post...  I only posted the code relevent to obtaing the underlyi ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 public (NON-CTP) is available

  SQL Server Service 2005 Pack 1 is available here . The list of new features and fixed was published here on KB Article 916940 . Keep in mind to read the readme file first in order to avoid problems during the update or unexpected bahaviour. Have Fun ! -Jens Suessmeyer. Thanks for posting the link. The upgrade link on MS Sql Server 2005 Downloads ( http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2005/d ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Disabling enter and mouse click PPT navigation

  If you've created a command button on a PPT slide that takes care of navigating to another slide, is there a way on this particular slide to disable the mouse click, Enter, etc. methods of moving to the next slide so that the only way to move off the slide is by clicking the command button Thanks! http://www.ioe.ac.uk/ISWebsiteDocs/Guides/Computer/XP2003/AdvPpt2003No3.pdf ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Field.IsLiteral and .IsSpecialName

  hi, what is the meaning of these methods I see them used around in example rule codes, but comments dont reveal meaning to me. Where can I see the descriptions of other methods public override ProblemCollection Check( Member m) { Field f = m as Field ; if (f == null ) return null ; if (!f.IsPrivate) return null ; // what is this if (f.IsLiteral || f.IsSpecialName) return ...Show All

• Visual Studio uninstalling vs 2005 beta 2 fails

  Hi! I'm trying to uninstall vs 2005 beta 2 in order to install the team suite and to clean up other things since I get some unexpected behaviour when working with it. However, uninstall precedure stops responding. In the dialog with the options add/remove, repaire, uninstall I select uninstall. The next wizard page displays the message 'Uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 beta 2...' and it stops responding, while the progress bar rema ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office web references with VSTO

  Hello, I am developing a set of Excel worksheets which access both a SQL Server 2005 instance and a Web Service. I can connect to the DB fine but when I try to add the web service reference I am told that some classes are missing and the reference addition fails. I am working in C# with VSTO 2005, VS 2005 Pro. Does any one have any ideas why this is happening. Thanks, blair I fixed the problem it t ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Rotate Window

  Hello Is it possible to rotate a window with WPF. When i have this on my main window <Window.RenderTransform> <RotateTransform CenterX="0" CenterY="0" Angle="45"/> </Window.RenderTransform> i get Error at element 'BamlAttributeInfoRecord' in markup file 'Window1.xaml' : Transform is not supported on Window.. kind regards Dieter You cannot apply any transforms ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Texture and light problem

  Hello, I have a problem with a texture and light. I want to build a terrain based on two bitmaps: 1. Ground.bmp for the texture 2. Alt.bmp for the height (black = low alt, white = high alt). If I turn off lightning, the terrain renders well : _device.RenderState.Lighting = false ;   If I turn on lightning with white as ambiant color, it works well : _device.RenderState.Lighting = true ; _device.RenderState.Ambient = Color ...Show All