talin's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development Trap All Key Presses Independent of Focus

  Using Visual C# .NET Compact Framework 1.0, I'm trying to trap all keypresses in a top level System.Windows.Forms.Form whether or not the form has Focus. Basically I want to delegate key events on my own.   The problem is that only the currently Focused Control receives events (KeyPress, KeyDown, etc.). I would like a high level key event manager that peeks (does not consume) all key related events for a Form. Can anyone help me here I looked at the RegisterHotKey API but that is only for C++ and, as the method name implies, that is only for registered keys -- not the entire set of keys. If this is the only way or best w ...Show All

• SQL Server How to Execute a DiffGram

  This article on MSDN: "Microsoft SQL Server 9.0 Technical Articles, XML Options in Microsoft SQL Server 2005" states that it is possible to execute a DiffGram using SqlXmlCommand. However, when I execute this code: static string NorthwindConnString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Server=NJSQL06;database=Interlink_GISLink90;Integrated Security=SSPI"; SqlXmlCommand cmd = new SqlXmlCommand(NorthwindConnString); cmd.CommandStream = new FileStream(@"C:\Development\SQLXML\ApplyDiffGram\ApplyDiffGram\bin\Debug\DiffGramFile.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); cmd.CommandType = SqlXmlCom ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Importing\Exporting Team Projects

  Is there a way to export a Team Project to a new server What about backup options Thanks, Eran Kampf http://www.ekampf.com/blog/ Dear Cthistle: There are ways to back data and restore them to another TFS. You can move the whole TFS data including all projects to a new machine. But there is no method to import/export one arbitrary project. Here is a useful link about how to move a TFS. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404869(VS.80).aspx Good luck. ...Show All

• Visual C# function ptr

  Hi, i want a function pointer in project i think delegate/events can be used in place can any one help with some e.g This is a Sample according to publisher-subscriber scenario in Observer design pattern which will give you the idea of creating and using the custom delegate - which is the same concept .Net for Function pointer On publisher side: Delegate: public void delegate MyDelegate(MyType sender, MyParamCollection params );   Event in MyType: public event MyDelegate MyEvent;   define some method for raising event like, private void OnMyEvent() {   &n ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2005) Release

  The August SDK Has been released. IRComm Post At the moment there is no referance on the developer Center, but I have transfered some information from the readme to the above post. DirectX Developer Center Direct Links DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (August 2005) DirectX 9.0c Redistributable (August 2005) for Software Developers - Multilingual Mykre www.ircomm.net Managed DirectX and Game Programming Resources Here are the proper URLs DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (August 2005) DirectX 9.0c Redistributable (August 2005) for Software Developers - Multilingual ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual Studio 2005 No Web Templates and cannot uninstall

  I installed VS 2005 and everything was good until I updated my OS (windows xp pro sp2). When I go to create a new website I have no web templates. I googled the problem and tried reinstalling VS.net - no good. ran devenv /InstallVSTemplates - no good ran devenv /Setup - no good So I bit the bullet and tried to uninstall vs.net. NO GOOD!!! I get the error: Setup Is Unable to Determine a Valid Ordering for the Installation I tried to uninstall via the CD... no good! same error: Setup Is Unable to Determine a Valid Ordering for the Installation. I'm totally frustrated with this app. Someone please help me out h ...Show All

• .NET Development Adding Columns to a Table

  I have the need to add columns during execution. creating and filling works fine, the data is in the table before updating updating works as well, no errors when reloading the data from disk with fill(...), the new columns return a DBNull value. Where do I need to inform the dataset that the strucure has changed Thanks for the support Generally, the columns for which data is retrieved in the Fill command are specified as Sql. You'll need to modify the SQL in the CommandText property of the adapter's SelectCommand to return the new columns as well as the original ones. If you know in advan ...Show All

• .NET Development WebServices Loading after refershing!!

  Aftre craeting the webservice using the codedom and crrating the virtual directory thru directory services,whe is browsed for the first time ,it shows the page with some error information "starts with extensions type" after its refreshed it shows th pag correctly. How to make it load during the first time! Thanks in advance, ...Show All

• SQL Server Report Services Question

  Hi all, I wanted to be able to log on to Report Services from another computer (remotely), how can I go about doing that setup from either fresh installation or after installation Or can anyone guide me to on where am I suppose to post this question in Any help from anyone is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Daren Daren, I'm going to move your thread to the Reporting Services forum. They should be able to help you there. -Jeffrey ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Help with a form

  I have a form that has 9 text and combo boxes on it. I want to send the info from all 9 boxes into a tabel called call_log.  Pretty easy.  I will list my boxes in order they are filled out in red. Date (textbox) User ID (combobox) Windpark (combobox) tower (combobox) code (combobox) desc (textbox) tech called (option group (yes and No)) tech ID (combobox) comment (memo) here is my database and tables Database= windvane Table= call_log fields:date, user, windpark, tower, code, desc, techcalled, techid, and comment Table= codegroup1 fields:code, desc Table= codegroup2 fields:code, desc Table= tech fields:first, last, techid Table= ...Show All

• .NET Development SCOPE_IDENTITY doesn't seem to work

  For several days, trying everything I can think of and having researched the net until I'm blue in the face, my ExecuteScalar command returns null when I execute: Dim IDCmd As SqlClient.SqlCommand = New SqlClient.SqlCommand( "SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()" , MyConnectionString) Dim NewID As Object = Nothing NewID = IDCmd.ExecuteScalar If IsDBNull(NewID) Then Label1.Text = "<NULL>" Else Label1.Text = NewID.ToString End If I'm using VB2005, with SQLExpress. Also, our model is to use datatables (DT), where an insert is accomplished as follows: Dim DR as DataRow = DT.NewRow ... populate ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Roles and WWF

  I've read the articles that Microsoft have published about the new WWF. I saw only in the article by David Chappel a few words about this issue. In People 2 People Workflows one of the major concernes is how flexible is Role resolution and Role assignment works. Where can i get more info about how WWF is going to address this issue Hello Krishna, I'm deriving the class WorkflowRole, and then using it in an EventSink. When the call to the method I ncludesIdentity happens, the identity comes "" (empty). So my question is the next one: How can I set up the identity of the user who makes the call Regards, M ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting

  Hi, My application is running on 65 PC. After a few hours, this applications crash on 2-3 PC. I get no exception in my log files. I set the Application.ThreadException and AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException exception event handlers. The last one is triggered with 'System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' but there is no stack trace available. I got no dump file, no popup window. I only get the following entry in the event log : Event Type: Error Event Source: .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting Event Category: None Event ID: 1000 Date: 13/05/2006 Time: 21:53:39 User: N/A Computer ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista does any of the labs work without a problem in the beta 1.2 version?

  hello guys. i'm a little disapointed with the hand on labs...well, those of you that have seen my previous posts know that i've been having a lot of problems while trying to run the labs. now, i'm facing several errors with exercise 4 of lab01:  error 288: Activity 'getManager1' validation failed: Property 'ReportEmployeeId' has invalid value. Field 'ReportEmployeeId' does not exist. C:\wf lABS\ExpenseWorkflows\ExpenseWorkflows\Workflow1.xoml : error 288: Activity 'getManager1' validation failed: Property 'ManagerEmployeeId' has invalid value. Field 'ManagerEmployeed' does not exist. the xoml.cs file has 2 fields with those names:   ...Show All

• .NET Development Key should not be empty Parameter Name: key

  Key should not be empty Parameter Name: key I receive this error when I try to configure a ODBC data source in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, no matter what table I choose. This same database works fine under Visual Studio 2003. What does it mean and how can I fix this BacchusMann I've got the same problem when accessing tables using the iSeries 5v2 odbc drivers. I can get access to some views though. Regards Peter ...Show All