PrashantAtlanta's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Add-In registration in VS 2005 Beta 2

  We developed Add-In for VS 2005 using Dec CTP and we are registering it according to the new VS 2005 Add-In reg rules: http://whidbey.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dv_extcore/html/d5c018ff-4dcb-4ff3-9dd4-0a66fa17d593.asp   This worked perfectly fine with the Dec 2004 CTP. But Feb 2005 CTP Add-In Manager doesn't see the Add-In nor the Beta 2 Standard Edition I just downloaded from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Has a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB Newbie - Database Application

  I'm a beginner with VB alltogether, and I'm in need of some direction please.  I've worked the VB Data Access samples, but they don't provide me with the information I'm needing. I have a MDB with two tables.  The City Table contains the following columns: ZipCode, CityName, State, Latitude, Longitude The FCC table contains a list of FM Antennas across the United States along with the Latitude and Longitude of each. I want ...Show All

• Windows Forms Cannot call Close() while doing CreateHandle()

  If I load the form below as an mdichild and try to close it again, say after a condition failed I get the error Cannot call Close() while doing CreateHandle(). I tried to pu then check condition that close the form in MyBase .Activated event by its still comes back with the error Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Load Try Dim f As New frmTranSetup If f.ShowD ...Show All

• .NET Development Implementing Identity Columns

  Hi All, Have Anybody ever tried to implement Identity Columns without using stored procedures select number from numbertable where key = key; update numbertable set number = number + 1 return number; How do we implement such a logic using ADO.NET disconnected datasets I can see the validity of SLMOFLZ's question. Actually, even if you set the identity property for a field of a table, after fi ...Show All

• Visual C# Casting an enumeration that has a defined type..

  public enum foo : ushort { foo, bar } ushort test = foo.bar; Cannot convert from 'Test.foo' to 'ushort' Sure, I can make variable of type foo, but I'm encoding the value to a network stream, so I want it as a ushort. The thing is, I specifically told the compiler the enum is of type ushort, so why do I have to typecast it You need to cast it :-) ushort test = (ushort)foo.bar;  Oh - you sai ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Distorted texture after lost/reset device

  Hi, I'm drawing a textured mesh using DrawIndexedPrimitive, using an effect interface. After a windowed/full screen toggle the texture appears distorted. Interestingly when I draw another mesh in wireframe mode in the same render call the problem doesn't occur. Can somebody help Nico Depending on where you load the textures to, you need to release them and recreate them. Make sure that you are properly handlin ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Several questions

  Hi, I'm new to VB, but have played with some programming just a little. I'm working on a Windows application that retrieves XML weather for any location you specify. I'd like to know how to deal with XML to use the data I want. If either is possible, I have no preference whether I analyze each line as it's downloaded or I dump it all to a file and deal with it there. I'm totally new to this, so I don't know how it works to specify what X ...Show All

• SQL Server IDoc with SSIS?

  There is an adapter for BizTalk 2004 (Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for mySAP Business Suite) which support IDoc (intermediate format file for SAP) but is there any adapter available to handle IDoc within SSIS If not, what would be the best recommendation Cheers, - Greg- On this location http://www.theobald-software.com/EC_EN/index.php you can find a collection of .net classes. They include a possibility to create IDocs. You can download ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Making renderer filter accept multiple frames

  I'm trying to write a video viewer. I have a DS Transform filter that accepts an encoded packet containing multiple frames. After the decode, I have multiple sample frames that I need to pass to a renderer filter for display. Is there a way of notifying the video renderer that multiple frames are available on its input at once How else can I accomplish the rendering Thanks for any help. Anjan The video renderer expects one decod ...Show All

• .NET Development inserting into access database

  Hello, I am trying to create a form to insert a new person into by access database. I have italisized the part where i am having the error. "Caracter not valid" is the error which i am getting for using " " and its the same when i use "@". I need to insert lastname , firstname and teamid into the access databse through form and i am using oledb connection can anyone please help me sort this issue ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions .dll and some help

  I am creating a .dll for a program I use luckly the software comes with a example source code. But I am having problems getting the correct response when I call the dll. this is what the code looks like #define WHUSER_EXPORTS #include "whuser.h" #include <windows.h> ///////////////////////////////////// //card macros #define RANK(c) ((c>>4)&0x0f) #define SUIT(c) ((c>>0)&0x0f) #define ISCARDBACK(c) (c==0x ...Show All

• Smart Device Development CF 2.0 - Rotate an image ??

  Hi, I saw somewhere that on CF 2.0, an image rotating will be feasible. I installed the vs 2005 with the new framework and new cf but couldnt find any rotating ability. Does anyone can give me a hint thanks, Do you want to be able to rotate the image on any angle or some predefined values like 90, 180, 270 degrees ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions CDate function returns 'IndexOutOfRange' error - also in VB.Net 2005 Beta2

  Hi folks, I have already reported this error in the VS 2005 Beta2 forum, but was told that it was not reproducible (VbCity and VBug, and your UK Launch team were also unable to reproduce the problem). I think I now have a lead on the issue! It also looks similar to a problem reported yesterday on the VB Express forum - 'I keep getting the out of range exception'. I have condensed the problem to two lines of code:    &nb ...Show All

• Visual Basic Random number generating same number every time?

  I heard that you have to add some code to a random number generator results(1) = Int((5 - 1 + 1) * Rnd() + 1) so that if it is used again and again it keeps generating new numbers as apposed to what this piece of code does by itself which is creates the same number every time. what is the code Call Randomize first to initialize the timer. Randomize results(1) = Int((5 - 1 + 1) * Rnd() + 1)   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Trouble building solution...

  Hi Nikander and Margriet, I think the errors you are seeing are from having the Test02.dsldm file open in the xml editor. They are not actual project building process. Can you close all open xml documents within the project and check if the errors go away Thanks, George Mathew DSL Tools Team Hi Nikander and Margriet, How did you get on once the XML editor was closed - did you still have errors are or you success ...Show All