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• Visual C++ Buliding BaseClasses in .net2003

  How can I build the base Class Library. I’m a C++ newbie, and I don’t know how to build it in Visual C++ of the .NET 2003. Thanks a lot!  For using makefiles, please take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/vcug98/html/_asug_opening_an_existing_makefile.asp Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcprtd.lib(MSVCP80D.dll) : error LNK2005

  I am having problems to port our product from vc7.0 to vc2005: Linking... LINK : warning LNK4076: invalid incremental status file '..\..\..\bigworld\tools\worldeditor\BigBang-debug.ilk'; linking nonincrementally msvcprtd.lib(MSVCP80D.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall std::allocator<unsigned short>::allocator<unsigned short>(void)" ( 0 $allocator@G@std@@QAE@XZ) already defined in edgizmo.lib(soli ...Show All

• Windows Forms Wait until form is displayed

  Hi out there, i want to display a dialog at startup of the application. It should behave as the dialog in powerpoint where you can choose between different types of opening  or creating a presentation. I placed the ShowDialog-Call in the Load-Event  ...Show All

• SQL Server Microsoft best practices for implementing windows authentication for sql server 2005

  Microsoft recommends using Windows authentication instead of SQL Server authentication in SQL Server 2005 for improved security. What are the Microsoft best practices for implementing this Will be helpful if someone also provides some links that talks about this....              Once you've established a connection, the authentication method that yo ...Show All

• .NET Development String.Format 10.0000 to 10.00 but keep 10.0001

  Hi, I'm getting doubles with 4 decimal places, however when the last two digits are 00, I want to format to .00 but if the 3rd or 4th decimal place contains a value different to 0 I want to leave the 4 decimal places. Is there an easy way to do this with String.Format or would I have to evaluate the values and use the appropriate string formatter Thanks, Tom The default number of decimal places for InvariantInf ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error Deploying With ClickOnce 2

  Hi, I have the same problem with clickonce deployment in Visual Studio 2005 beta 2. I get exactly the same messages and i too tried every post i could find.  tallation of my winform application. Everything looked ok until my collegea tried to install the application on his PC. He got the 'application improperly formatted' error. On other PC's it did not work either. We tried deploying the application on the PC of my collegea, but ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) DLinq support for columns defined in abstract base types

  If my domain model has a layer supertype implemented as an abstract type and through a common set of columns in corresponding database tables, will DLinq support ColumnAttribute inheritance - for example: public abstract class DomainObject { string lastModifiedBy; protected DomainObject() { } [Column(Storage = "lastModifiedBy", AutoGen = true)] // DB provides authoratitive auditing. public string LastModifiedBy { ...Show All

• Windows Forms Smart Client or AJAX?

  According to my understanding, smart client is a name of a software development paradigm.  Isn't it correct   AJAX, too.  Isn't it correct While AJAX is given a concrete method called "Atlas", where is the one for smart client My question is: Which paradigm should I use when I start a brand new project   thanks for your explanation. it's quite easy to understand. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Code Coverage

  Does anyone know how to enable Code Coverage There used to be an options button on Test Manager to do it, but this button is no longer there. Please help if you can. :-) My understanding is that blue means that line was partially covered (So, possibly in an assert, only the condition was executed and not the assert itself. I may, of course, be wrong. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Several puzzles when using WPF

  1) I want to add background music to my application which should start as page loaded. In SDK, only a few very simple samples about MediaElement, so I can not find the right solution. 2) Why can't I use relative path to load image as imageSource in .xaml file Thanks The ImageSource is basically a UriSource which can be relative. new Uri(string, UriKind.Relative) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problems/bug? Navigating Webbrowser control from a remote form

  I have two forms: form1 is the starting form; form2 is a form with a webBrowser control.  If I navigate the browser control from form2 where the webbrowser resides it works fine.  If I navigate form2’s browser control from form1 my firewall and ...Show All

• SQL Server Gantt chart in SQL reporting service

  Hi all, I need creat a gannt chart for project server report in SQL reporting service. Is somebody know some good third party tool can help to implement or how to creat by hand Thanks in advance! I use Dundas Chart for Reporting Services and can thoroughly recommend it and it supports Gannt Charts ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Direct3D Screenshot?

  Does anyone know what Direct3D functions I should look at if I wish to be able to take a screenshot of the desktop. I don't really care to get the contents of my application but rather the entire desktop as it is presented to the user. Direct3D doesn't have any functions to capture the desktop - it only knows about the surfaces under its control. Not sure of the native calls but in .Net its a few lines of co ...Show All

• Visual C++ Cannot able to launch exe using CreateProcess( )

  Hi I am the only user of the System with full Administrator rights. And i m trying to launch the Exe from a Simple Windows Application. I put a Menu Option  under the Help Menu .On whose click I tried to launch the Exe. Following is extract from my WndProc( )  Fuction STARTUPINFO                si; PROCESS_INFORMATION        pi;  ZeroMem ...Show All

• Smart Device Development socket programming

  hi there, i was doing socket programming between desktop PC and mobile device, however i always get an error msg on device application as below "Control.Invoke must be used to interact with controls created on a separate thread" what does that mean i only know it was something to do with the thread and control can somebody explain why it happen thx Please see this: http://msd ...Show All