Sir Hugo's Q&A profile

• .NET Development How to unload DLL files that are in use.

  Hi, i wonder if its possible to unload a DLL file that i allready added in "References" in C#... and then if its possible to load it again after i unloaded it.. It is possible if you change the way you load the DLL. If you do not link the DLL you want to use statically to the application, but instead load the types e.g. by the fully qualified name, the application is forced to lookup the assembly. You can handle this event to load the DLL. Instead of loading it directly then via Assembly.LoadFrom or so, you load the assembly file into a byte array first and load the assembly from the byte array. Th ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to display welcome screen

  Hello everyone, i don't know if anyone has posted this query before, but anyway here it is: H ow do they display the starting screen(or sort of a welcome screen) in Windows forms applications, for eg. in Adobe Acrobat the starting screen shows the 'loading plugins' details and an image appears, or in Visual Studio a starting picture is displayed. It's there in games also. Is that starting screen also a Windows Form Or is it something else Can anyone help Don't use the Sleep method, David was just using it as an example. In his example, you should replace the Sleep call with the startup work that you need to run ...Show All

• Visual Basic Visual Studio 2005 project in 2003

  In my class we must use Visual Studio 2003, but I am extremely excited that I have recently got a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition (Microsoft presentation in my city).  I have been told that there is a way to save a project from 2005, and then open it in 2003, but I have been unable to find where this feature is hiding.  Any help is much appreciated. Thank you, Chris Dwyer foulplay2@gmail.com Congratulations on the new copy of VS2005!!!!!!! I'm really happy for you. I believe that what everyone else is saying is roughtly true. I also believe you can roughly accomplish this. Write your code in vb2005. Make it really ...Show All

• Windows Forms what cause the blank desktop after logon to windows 2000 pro?

  Hi, very often that user in my school have a problem with a blank screen after they logon to windows 2000 pro. does anyone know what cause this problem and how can we prevent or eliminate this problem in the future Thanks hi, This forum is for posting queries related to programming issues in winforms. If not post it in the Microsoft Newsgroups site. See the below link. Link: http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx Thank you, Bhanu. ...Show All

• SQL Server Ending a conversation in a CLR activated stored procedure

  I've read Remus' article on Fire and Forget tactics when it comes to ending conversations, and I have to admit I am guilty of sending a message to a service and immediately ending the conversation. I've set up a stored procedure to end the conversation on the initiator queue, but I'm guessing it's never being fired because I am not ending the conversation in the target activated stored proc, which is a CLR stored proc. Can you tell me how to end the conversation from a CLR stored proc Now that I think of it none of the code I use in my TSQL activated stored procs to handle different message types and error-checking is done in the CLR s ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Reading a Vertexbuffer from a Mesh

  This has been driving me nuts.  It's so simple... but not working.  I have written to vertex buffers before, no problem.  But, for some reason, I can't read an existing one from a mesh. Keep in mind, I have recently upgraded to the newest version of Managed DirectX. Perhaps something has changed   I would like to dump vertex buffer into an array so I can get the locations of all the vertices.  (Eventually, I plan on making collision detection with these vertices).  I have tried loading a mesh, locking the vertex buffer (using the Mesh.LockVertexBuffer function) and trying to put it into an array.&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System I have this same issue with Office 2003 & RTM of TFS

  I've installed the TF-Client on a computer with Office2003 ... all worked just fine. Then I upgraded to Office12 B1. Now Excel and Project have problems to connect to the server: TF84034: Team Fundation was unable to initialize the workbook. This document will no longer be associated with a Team Foundation server: TF80071: Team Foundation ecountered an error while accessing the work item database. Please contact the Team Foundation Server administrator. IS TFS B3R not supportin Office12 I am having this problem each time I add a custom colum to the right of the table (which places WI-ID, Name and Ass ...Show All

• Visual C++ Visual C++ windows Application Executable file Crash

  I have a problem, i created a windows application in visual C++ with which i made an executable file and when i open the executable it crashes. Does anyone know how to solve this problem Lilly Brian Kramer wrote: As Set Project Properties->C/C++->General->Debug Information Format->Program Database for Edit and Continue (/Zi) Just a small correction: Use /Zi as Brian wrote, but the setting is not "Program Database for Edit and Continue". This would be /ZI. Use /Zi (Program Database). This is sufficient for getting the smallest executable with the program database. ...Show All

• Visual C# Creating a splash screen

  Hello everybody, I need help with creating a splah screen in Visual Studio 2005 in Visual C# Windows Application. Do you know any way, how can I make it It's very important! Thanks for your answers. Hope this might help you getting started http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/casoast.asp ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Custom SDM Application System

  Hi,   I have completed the SDM tutorial and I have the following question. How can I control / enable “Implement Application” behavior of the custom application system Currently when I add it to the ApplicationDiagram I don’t get this option in its context menu.   Thanks, Nel Actually, this behavior is by design. A number of apps can consume from the same provider (i.e. web site, or web service), and that is why it is allowed to have multiple consumers consuming from the same provider endpoint (at least in Web Services). Web Service Consumer endpoint, however (together with the ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista save xoml file without build...

  I have a workflow with two custom activities from an activities library. I run this workflow from another console app. From what i understood, if i change the order of the activities on th xoml file and save it, the change should take place without building. anyhow, it's not working for me. (I have code activity in the custom activities which print me the activity name so i can see if there is a change in the order. Any suggestions Hi Amit, Since you are using activities (Code Activity) that need code beside (compiled code) you need to do the following to get this thing working 1) Create your own type with derives ...Show All

• SQL Server How do i watch variable values during debugging ?

  Is there a way i can see the value of the variables during debugging Yes i have a problem seing breakpoint in for example VB i a script component. I can set the breakpoint, but when i close the script windows in SSIS the coding windows closes as well. And when i run the package or open the script editor again, the breakpoint is gone ...Show All

• Visual C++ Visual C++ 2005 Express - can I build standalone apps (without .NET runtime etc.)

  Hi, I am building a Windows forms application using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition.  My app. manipulates audio files and uses a serial port to download/upload them to a self designed sound effects module for model boats. It is my intention to bundle my app. with the sound effects module and offer it for sale.  I want  to build and distribute a single application that does not require the  .NET   underlying framework runtime. Is there a set of libraries that I can link with in VC++ Express that will divorce my app. from the.NET framework If not, what is involved in deploying my app. to other mach ...Show All

• SQL Server Script generation for Objects - Management Studio

  How do I generate a single script for each object - table, view, index, trigger, sp, function etc.... in SQL Server. The script that is generated from SQL Server wizards is in a single file. I want to have separate file for each of the objects. In EM, you right-click on the object, select 'all tasks', then 'Generate SQL Script'. I do not have access to Management Studio right now, so this may or may not be much help. Do you have access to Enterprise Manager You can run SQL Server 2000 and 2005 side by side, so it may be worthwhile installing if you cannot do this in MS. Clarity Consulting ( http:// ...Show All

• Windows Forms Composite Control and Click Event

  I have a composite control made of 5 image controls. I would like to have an event handler that would be raised if a contained image control is clicked. Can anyone point me in the right direction I would onload of your composte control add handers to point to a centeral sub that then raises the composite controls click event. Just&nb ...Show All