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Software Development for Windows Vista Parameters access
Hi! My workflow creates an object and I'd like to monitor its status during workflow runtime. It will be available as Output parameter, but how can I access it before workflow is completed Thanks Please take a look at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=230145&SiteID=1 ...Show All
Smart Device Development How to disable access to a text box, keeping normal look?
Is there a way in this environment, in a .vb 2005 project, to 'protect' a text box from focus or access in any way, while at the same time keeping it looking like 'normal' I tried setting the 'Enabled' property to 'False', and that does indeed prevent the user from focusing on the field. But the problem is that it no longer shows the BackColor defined for that field; it is defined as 'Orange', and that was what it showed before I changed 'Enabled' to 'False', but now it shows a blah-looking default silver back color. And, the text in the box is 'washed out' and looks like it is in the background, making it hard to read. How can I keep th ...Show All
.NET Development System.Web.Mail Help Please...
Hello, I've tried searching and searching, but I've had no real luck. I'm working on sending an email via an external SMTP server (I'm trying to use Gmail.com, could this be a problem ) and then send to another email, which also happens to be a Gmail.com address. Now, before posting my code, I'd like to say, what I'm developing this for is basically a plugin for a program based on .NET 1.1, so I don't believe that System.Net.SmtpClient is an option, so therefore I'm stuck with System.Web.Mail. Dear Vikram & Dmcneil I am Also encountering the same problem as you both guys were, and you both have helped each other and find th ...Show All
Visual C++ How to insert button into CRichEditCtrl?
plz tell me, if anyone know that how to insert .thx This is not possible. If you can explain what exactly you are trying to achieve, some solution may be proposed. Nikola ...Show All
Visual Basic Add connection wizard fails with Access database
I have the RTM version installed. I am quite puzzled at this wizard. It works fine with SqlClient. But for Access databases, this wizard completely fails. In this wizard, I only have one option to do - setting the ConnectionString. I set it to Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\path\abc.mdb, which works fine in my code. But when I click OK, it complains: --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- And more, the Advanced button is dis ...Show All
SQL Server SQLExpress ASP3.0 Permissions and Connectivity
I'm teaching a class where the curriculum uses ASP 3.0, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce the students to VSNET 2005 web express as an editor and SQL2005 Express for a database. I'm having second thoughts since I can't seem to get ASP to successfully access the database (No problems with ASP.NET) OS: XP pro I've created the following in the Database: A simple database using managment studio ASQL login for the IUSR_ (annonymous) account and the IWAM_ (IIS) account Added (IUSR, and IWAM) as database users granted datareader and datawriter permissions created a simple stored procedure I've created the fol ...Show All
Visual C++ XP password char - Why "MS Sans Serif" does not work on all machines?
The Problem: On some machines, my password field displays the password character as the "dot" - which is XP standard, and on other machines it dispays vertical bars. Details: In our win32 application we have added the manifest and are using the commctl32.dll version 6. As a result the passwords _ARE_ seen as "bullets", but as mentioned above, on some machines - with identical setup - the editbox prints vertical bars instead of the dots. I have found that this is a font (MS Sans Serif) problem. Using a font like Tahoma, or "Microsoft Sans Serif" works on _ALL_ machines. NOTE: The problem occurs when using "MS Sans Serif" ( th ...Show All
Smart Device Development StackWalk / stack trace for CE...
Hi, I've created a malloc/free wrapper for CE, and I'd like to be able to print SOME information about the caller from within this routine. My problem is that new & delete calls can't be wrapped, but simply call malloc/free implicitly thanks to dummy new/delete skeleton functions that I provide. Thus, I can't pass __FILE__ and __LINENUM__ through new & delete calls. I would like to use StackWalk64(), but I understand it doesn't exist for CE. Is there another way to find any type of stack information for the frame or two above me Someone suggested ReadProcessMemory(), bu ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is this a job for Direct X or GDI?
Hello. Maybe someone can answer this for me. I have to develop a piece of software that does some very simple animations upon request. (Make a circle go from one color to another, and have a gauge like control). All 2d animations nothing 3d at all. The program has to be able to go full screen. Should this be done in direct x or is gdi a better option Thanks ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. maya 6 .x exporter - Where do i get it?
Where can i find a plugin for maya 6 so that i can export .x files I have the summer 2004 Directx SDK which doesn't have it. Is there a way i can get the plugin without downloading the whole sdk again ...Show All
SQL Server 2000/2005 Mixed Replication
Hi There Currently in production we have a publisher, remote distributor, and subscriber all running 2000. We want to upgrade the subscriber and possibly the remote distributor to 2005 while leaving the publisher 200 for now, i need a good link or article about the proper proceudre to accomplish this. Thanx You may want check following SQL 2005 Books Online topic: Upgrading Replicated Databases http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ms143699(en-US,SQL.90).aspx Please note the recommend upgrade sequence is to upgrade Distributor first, then publisher, then subscriber. The backcompatibility requirement for m ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista Custom Workflow Designer wishlist
Previous posts have added wishlist items for the custom workflow designer. It was mentioned that there would be a freeform designer in Beta 2 which may or may not address my items. I really am not looking for a "Workflow" appearance but the workflow provides a powerful interface. Sorry if these are implementation-related questions. 1. I do not want to draw the connectors between the activities. I do not wish the workflow to look like a workflow. There is a LineCap enumeration which may apply but I cannot set this (that I am aware) in a SequentialWorkflow...ContextDesigner. ...Show All
SQL Server Number of concurrent users
Hello, There was a 5 concurrent user limitation in MSDE (the version prior to SQL Express). Does that same limitation exist with SQL Express 2005 Thanks. Hi Val, First off, there was not actually a 5 concurrent user limitation in MSDE, this was a myth. Check out Euan Garden's blog describing the true functionality of the MSDE workload governer if you're interested in the history of all this: http://blogs.msdn.com/euanga/archive/2006/03/09/545576.aspx . As for SQL Express, there is no limit to the number of users; the workload governer has been completely removed. We do limit you to a single CPU, 1 GB of memory and 4 GB of u ...Show All
Visual Basic User settings overwritten on reinstall/new install?
Will the user settings created with my.settings be overwritten when I reinstall or install a newer version Or will they stay the same You can upgrade your user settings by calling My.Settings.Upgrade. This is done automatically if the application is click-once deployed. If the application is not click-once deployed you can use the technique described by Raghavendra in his excellent Client Configuration FAQ to figure out when you need to call Upgrade. There were a couple of minor changes to exactly how the location for the file containing the user settings were computed that happened fairly close to th ...Show All
SQL Server Two Instances (SQLEXPRESS and MSSQLSERVER)
Hi there, I installed SQL Server Express few days ago but today I coudn't start the Management Studio. After reinstall the management studio, the problem stay. Then I uninstall SQL Server, but I still had acess to the configuration manager and I see that the instance SQLEXPRESS still runing, even with all unistalled (SQL Server, Management Studio, Framework 2.0, Visual Studio). Then I install again Sql Server, and it detected that the default Instance are already installaled. I continued the installation without type any name for the "new" instance, but then I finished with to Instances: MSSQLSERVER and SQLEXPRESS. The strange (for me) ...Show All