EmadH's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Question about ThreadState bitmask and MSDN docs

  Hi all freinds It say in MSDN Doc "The Thread.ThreadState property of a thread provides the current state of a thread. Applications must use a bitmask to determine whether a thread is running . Since the value for Running is zero (0), test whether a thread is running by using C# code such as (myThread.ThreadState & (ThreadState.Stopped | ThreadState.Unstarted)) == 0 or Visual Basic code such as (myThread.ThreadState And (ThreadState.Stopped Or ThreadState.Unstarted)) = 0 ." My question is, can not I use: if (myThread.ThreadState == System.Threading.ThreadState.Running) instead since I have seen it in some books and internet forume ...Show All

• Windows Forms Notification when component deleted?

  I have a designer for my custom control. How do I get notified when the control instance is deleted from the designer Is there a designer event or method I should be looking at Phil Wright http://www.componentfactory.com Free user interface controls for VS2005 ComponentRemoved event of the IComponentChangeService will help you achieve what you want. HTH. Alan ...Show All

• SQL Server Term Extraction

  I've just started using the SSIS and i would like to know if it's possible to change or update the dictionary of the term extraction tool. That's important to me because i may have to look for words that don't exist in the defaut english dictionary of the tool. Thanks. Doesn’t anybody know the answer to this question. It’s problably no but anyone know for sure Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS2005 July CTP under Virtual PC - shortcutCLTDbg32.txt can't be read

  I've been trying to install the July CTP of VS2005 Professional under Virtual PC SP1  which is running Windows Server 2003 SP1 and it invariably fails towards the end of the main install trying to read D:\VS\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\GuiDebug\shortcutCLRDbg32.txt telling me the file was not found and offering me the choice of Retry (which loops failing with the same message) or Cancel (which does a rollback). That file is on the disk and appears to be a multi-stream file. It can be opened in Notepad in the host operating system (Windows XP SP2) ie outside the VPC with no problems. Notepad displays its content ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Windows Media High Definition Video

  Where does Windows Media High Definition Video DVD fall in the iHD space I see from the examples online that it uses javascript and xml as well. Although the two technologies are similar, there is no direct mapping from one to the other. WMV-HD was a format for playback on PCs (and I believe some devices in Europe) whereas HD DVD is a new standard for devices and PCs. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Alternating cursor

  Arrgghh, this is very frustrating.  Visual Studio 2005 Windows Form designer seems to go bonkers after entering more than about 10 - 15 controls on a form.  The cursor sits there and alternates between the arrow and the reposition control cursor.  Not sure what it is doing, but the only way it seems I can get it back is to select a different running program then switch back to visual studio.  Any suggestions on this would be appreciated.  Thanx, I got a reply from the Forms Designer team: We did have a similar bug which I fixed a long time ago. It would be nice to know if you are running RTM or not. I ...Show All

• Visual Basic Need Timer help on VB6!

  Hi I need help programming a timer that ive created on VB6. What ive done is put the hours infront so that i can get a time in a different country. I done this by doing this: eg... Label1.Caption = Hour(Time) + 1 & ":" & Minute(Time) & ":" & Second(Time) (for places an hour ahead). But when it displays numbers like "09" or "04" or whatever for the hours, minutes, or seconds, it only displays the "9" or "4" without the "0". How do i get that zero back so it looks like a proper clock MyStr = Format( MyTime , ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dynamic grid of buttons on form?

  Hello,     I'm developing simple "board" game using Windows Forms, C# and .NET 2.0 . Player will have to set certain patterns on the board faster than AI(or live opponent). First I wanted to work with sth really simple so I made 3x3 board made of buttons(9 buttons total). It woks OK but I want more! My question is how to make 10x10 grid of buttons without coding each of them manuly Maybe other control is better for that I would prefer sth that can also work in .NET 1.1(after some downgrade). Second question is how can I code a click-event common for all these 100 buttons I have the same function from "game mechics" class that ...Show All

• Visual C++ Using windows.h in C++/CLI project

  Hi jedediah! What do I have to do to include windows.h in a CLI project and be able to make Win32 API calls If I simply include windows.h, I get a lot of errors like these: 1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2\Include\WinNT.h(636) : error C3641: 'Int64ShllMod32' : invalid calling convention '__stdcall ' for function compiled with /clr:pure or /clr:safe 1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2\Include\WinNT.h(637) : warning C4793: '__asm' : causes native code generation for function 'ULONGLONG Int64ShllMod32(ULONGLONG,DWORD)' This only happens if you swi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions afxwin1.inl(1034): error C4430

  Well i decide to learn some C/C++ since i heard about the Express Edition. Im running into some strange error(im not a programmer, im a 3DCG artist). heres my code: #include <afxwin.h> struct CFrameTest : public CFrameWnd {     CFrameTest()     {         Create(NULL, "Windows Application Tester",                WS_POPUPWINDOW | WS_CAPTION,                CRect(400, 280, 580, 520), NULL, NULL,                WS_EX_T ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista SimpleExpenseReport

  Dear all, I tried to follow the instructions from the Windows SDK's Windows Workflow Foundation Tutorial section in order to create a sequential workflow sample. However, I got some trouble: For VB version: I got an error when try to compile code included in Exercise 3, task 1: Error 1 :Handles clause requires a WithEvents variable defined in the containing type or one of its base types. The line cause error is: Private Sub DetermineApprovalContact(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As ConditionalEventArgs) Handles ifElseLogicStatement.Condition I downloaded the TASK1.ZIP from the link supplied in task 2, als ...Show All

• .NET Development 2.0 Assembly Permissions and Shell Extensions peculiarity

  I've been writing some shell extensions in c#, I'm aware this has process/threading implications but I started before i knew that and I'd like to finish. I have a Base assembly which contains a lot of base classes and interop definitions, the base stuff most shell extensions will need. I have an assembly Stream which uses the Base assembly classes to provide a simple ContextMenuHandler for filesystem items which contain ntfs named streams. All assemblies have an assembly level RequestRefuse on Reflection.Emit a result of which is that no assembly ever runs under more than the optional permission set, never Unrestricted. When a filesystem i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Use Visual Studio 2005 or use VBA in Access or Excel?

  I am looking for some direction as to how to begin a new project. I am wondering if it would be better to try and use Access or Excel along with VBA to do this project of if I should use VS.NET 2005. What I would like to do is make a proggy similar to QuickBooks. When I downloaded QuickBooks and ran it on trial, I noticed it looked like someone took Access and created a custom form for it. I want the program to be able to keep track of an inventory that will be able to handle being updated. I would also like it to create reports and send them out to either be printed or maybe into another app like Excel. The program will need to ...Show All

• Windows Forms Sharepoint Services problems

  Hi, I'd recommend you post your question in the following newsgroup: http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices&lang=en&cr=US Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Setup cannot access Reporting Server

  Hi there, i'm trying to install the Team Foundation Server. When setup asked me to enter a user for the Report Server. I created a user TFSReport and added him to Administrator-group and all the sql-groups. I opened the Report-Server Configuration and configured it so that the TFSReport-User controls the service (works without any errors). Near to the end of the setup, i get the following error, that setup cannot access the SQL Report server. I should ensure that it is installed, that it runs and that i can access it. Any idea Thanks in advance, David The report service account only needs to be a domain a ...Show All