Utkarsh's Q&A profile

• Audio and Video Development How do I open an .aca file?

  Can I open my .aca files You refer to the content of aca files using specially crafted URIs in markup/script e.g. file:///hddvddisc/ADV_OBJ/myfile.aca/foo.jpg i.e. treat the aca file as if it were a directory. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista ClipboardCopy broken in CLR 2.0 referencing 1.7 SDK?

  The most generic clipboard code I can think of: io.Ink.ClipboardCopy(io.Selection, InkClipboardFormats .Default, InkClipboardModes .Copy); throws " An unhandled exception of type 'System.TypeLoadException' occurred in Test.EXE Additional information: Could not load type 'IOleDataObject' from assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'." Any thoughts ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Timer not working in dll called from Web Service

  Hi, I m calling a dll containing a single class from my Web Service. The methods in the class add the current set of data to a local data stack and returns, in order that the call may return quickly. The class constructor in the dll sets up a timer which processes the data at a fixed hardware-dependent rate (1 item per 40 ms or so). This works well when the object in the dll is created from a Windows program using Visual C# Express beta ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to work offline in VSTS source control?

    For example, I have to disconnect from TFS when I work in home. When I save a edited file, IDE prompted that the file is read-only, after I overwrite it, the file is now writable. When I reconnect to TFS, I notice that the file is not checked out, when I check in the pending changes, this file is ignored. It seems there are something wrong in my process. How can I work seamlessly in the offline situation Thanks!   Ther ...Show All

• Visual C++ VS2005 Beta2 fatal error C1902

  VS2005 Beta2 fatal error C1902    I have machines with VC6 and VS2005 Beta2, and it works fine. After I uninstall  VC6,I work with only VS2005 Beta2. Then I write any MFC programs with APPWizard using VS2005 Beta2,it always reports error when I build the project. the error message is : fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation ..file stdafx.cpp Can anyone help me to solve the problem ...Show All

• Visual Studio c# Project template with linked file

  I exported a Project template from a working class library project, which has the following linked file element:     <Compile Include="..\DalBase.cs">       <Link>DalBase.cs</Link>     </Compile> This works fine in the original project, but when I create a project from my template the include path ends up pointing to some temp folder, such as: C:\Documen ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Updating textures with SetRenderTarget

  I'm working on the terrain rendering technique which involves displacement mapping. I have a couple of textures that are, logically, the mip-map of the terrain. Now, I have to update them all, from the biggest to the smallest, and to do so I do the following: device->GetRenderTarget(0, &oldRT); device->GetDepthStencilSurface(&oldDSS); device->BeginScene(); for (i = 0; i < levels - 1; i++) { // // Set the current texture as d ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) EventTrigger has invalid child element BeginStoryboard

  hi, as always many thanks for WinFx! I'm just wondering what the official solution is for the error\warning in May 06 CTP e.g. :\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v1.0\samples\WPFSamples\GraphicsMM_3D\3DPaper\CSharp\Paper3D.xaml shows me the error EventTrigger has invalid child element BeginStoryboard <EventTrigger <BeginStoryboard The main reason for me is that the XAML designer in Visual Studio moans and won ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System ADFS a solution for Internet /non trusted domain users?

  I was discussing with someone in our organization about the TFS inability to support stand alone users located either on the Internet or in domains not trusted by the TFS domain. I was told that Active Directory Federation Services (available in Windows Server 2003 R2) might be a viable solution. A paper about ADFS can be found here http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/a/f/3af89d13-4ef4-42bb-aaa3-95e06721b062/ADFS.doc Do the current TF ...Show All

• SQL Server modify procedure sys.sp_datatype_info

  Can we modify the sp_datatype_info stored procedure to return datatypes >=3 only in sql server 2005 Is it possible with SQL Server 2000. If it is not possible to modify/drop the procedure, is it possible to change the name resolution logic to be able to call the procedure in another (for example dbo) schema Any other possible way to achieve this Hi Umachandar, My objective is to modify sp_datatype_info to r ...Show All

• Visual C# Serial Port Readline() method

  Hi all, Im currently developing an SMS interface. I have managed to successfully read the incomming messages using hte DataReceived event and the looping through the lines. However, the loop does not seem to exit properly, but its not looping either. Here is my code private void OnCom4Receive( object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e) { string x; SerialPort pt = ( SerialPort )sender; //Trap the received mes ...Show All

• SQL Server XML data sources in SSRS 2005

  I have a reports that are trying to read data from a public web service. 1) I couldn't get the report datasource to read the web service (it returns an XML document). I had the asmx URL in the data source and used the <Query><SoapAcition> in the dataset. 2) So I wrote an aspx page that writes the XML. So that it will write a secured, dynamic, page with text XML data. I got it to work once, but is not consistant. Now it give ...Show All

• SQL Server Reporting Services Parameters

  I have a report set up in SQL reporting services which I need to pass two values: fundingRef and mRef from another aspx page which I have managed to get working using the following code: string param = "&fundingRef=2" + "&mRef=25"; ReportViewer1.ReportPath = Global.ReportPath + reportPath + param;   Both the parameters have been set up in the SQL report designer in VS2003.NET and will contain several valu ...Show All

• .NET Development WSE 3 install error

  While trying to install WSE 3.0, I get the following error message: "Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." Any reply welcome! Might be so. I have only build 50215.44 of both them. I can't test that at the moment, because I don't have a newer version. Thanks a lot, an ...Show All

• Smart Device Development application does not appear in 'Remove Programs'

  with VS 2003 I used to build the CAB files manually. Now I'm using VS 2005 and I'm trying to build a CAB file with it's built in process. I've managed to build one and installed my application. But I'm not entirely sure what i need to do in order to create a shortcut to it in under 'Programs' and dont know how to make it appear in 'Remove Programs'. Thanks. It will appear in "Remove programs" o ...Show All