Tim.S's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Concurrent installation of Visual C++ 6

  I have some projects that were done in Visual C++ 6 Standard Edition, and use MFC. I can't import those projects into Visual C++ 2005 Express since it does not include MFC. I tried having both installed on my system, but 6 stopped working after I installed 2005 Express. Is there a way to get both versions working on the same system Alternately, is there a way to get the MFC libraries from version 6 to work with 2005 Express ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bottommost window

  I know there is an option to make the window the toppmost but not bottommost. Is there a way to keep the window at the bottom throught the API or something I am not sure what more details to give. All I have right now is a plain form designer project, I haven't added anything to it yet and my first step is getting it to stay behind all other windows. Please tell me if there is something else you need to know. ...Show All

• .NET Development N-Tier Dilemma and Transaction

  Hi all, here is my situation. When I developed my .NET 1.x application (required to be database indipendent and n-tier) I created a structure like this: - Presentation - BusinessLayer - DataModel (referenced in BusinessLayer and DataLayer to communicate entities) - DataLayer DataLayer: n assemblies specialized for the database. MyDal.SQL.dll, MyDal.Oracle.dll etc... DataModel: 1 assemblies with entities and collection M ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro editbox programmatic change

  I am looking for an easy way to determine if I've made interactive change in an editor box. The issue is that there are about 16 controls on a container, they are initialized from a table record thus their values at activate time generally are not trivial default. I have to save the changes with a SAVE button if I made any but I want this button's click method to quickly determine which control values have been changed. I do not want to do REPLA ...Show All

• Smart Device Development WebBrowser back key (Escape key)

  Hello! I've got a form where I've added a WebBrowser control. The WebBrowser has focus. I now want to capture the back key event while the WebBrowser has focus. I hav already tried to use "KeyPreview = true" in the form of the WebBrowser with no luck. I dont want to disable the key, just let the key display the previous group of controls that been showing before the WebBrowser. How can I do this Thanks, Martin Did ...Show All

• Visual C# How to use Visual Studio 2005 with folder redirection?

  We have a number of developers using Visual Studio 2005 (C#) in a company where active directory/group policies is heavily used. We would like to know if there is any information on developing with VS2k5 where our My Documents folder is redirected to a UNC pathname on a server. Some of the issues we have encountered when trying this are: the default bin directory seems to always be set to be source code relative. This means we are trans ...Show All

• SQL Server Introductory articles on SSIS / DTS

  Hi, I am looking for one or two online articles/documentations that introduces SSIS / DTS to novice, for VS 2005 / SQL 2005.   What can be accomplished with SSIS, and how to get started... David Try this: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/jthomson/thenewetlparadigm.asp -Jamie ...Show All

• Windows Forms calling a function every 3 minutes

  Hi there, I would like to call a function every 3 minutes after clicking on a start button. What would be the best way to implement this thanks a lot Cheers Chris Hi, Here is an introductory article about Threading and Timer: <a href="ht ...Show All

• .NET Development Book recommendations?

  I just bought "Network Programming in .NET with C# and Visual Basic .NET" because of a recommendation here, but I got the book and found out that it's apparently in the wrong version for what I'm using. I'm using Visual Studio 2005 Professional, and I got syntax errors when I tried using some of the code in the book. The book looks like it's exactly what I want except for the incompatibility. Does anyone have any recommendations for bo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Setting source control policies on specific branches

  Is it possible to set source control polices on a specific branch However, I want to be able to set stricter policies (i.e. a higher unit test code coverage) on a bug fix for a release then on the development branch. Currently I have only been able to set source control policies at the team project level. Thanks in advance! ___________________________ Sarah Cameron - InCycle Software Policies the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions WEBDEV BETA2 INSTALATION

  I can not even installing it! When I run setup it says: "there is some problems ..." without any description. I have done preprations(SP2 for xp). I have VS 2003 on my machine. Can someone help Sorry to hear you are running into issues. Before re-try installing. Could you ensure all pre-release components are removed by comparing with the list of components listed in uninstall instructions You can also contact me to get a Beta version of u ...Show All

• Visual C++ How can I get more context tip?

  How can I get more context tip You know:when you define a instance of a class,and write the object.  ,and then automatically the screen give you the tip about the public member functions of this class.But Now it only give me the tip of member functions of that class in my project.Please tell me how to configure the my Visual C++ environment so I can get more context tip Thank you very much for your help! The feature is called Intell ...Show All

• Visual C++ Visual Studio 2005 - MFC compile error

  Hi! I just installed MS Visual Studio 2005 and wanted to build a new MFC application. I used the project wizard to create a new "framework" for my app. But already at this point the compiler gives errors like "c:\programme\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\atlmfc\include\afxv_w32.h(228) : error C2065: 'DWORD_PTR' : undeclared identifier". My question now is how I can fix this problem, so that I can compile the Code which ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Render final scene to Texture in Shader [FX Composer]

  I want to save the final rendering of my shadowed scene to a texture (see below). I would like to know how to render to an 800x600 texture directly in the shader. I am using the FX Composer from NVIDIA. I would've thought I could simply add the following as the final pass of the shader: pass Bg < string Script = "RenderColorTarget0=TexFinal;" "RenderDepthStencilTarget=TexFinalDepthMap;" "RenderPort=;&quo ...Show All

• .NET Development Binding controls to ADO

  VB 6 provided a very simple control for ADO data sources and simple means of binding controls to the data source. Now in VB.Net we are forced to define data sets, data adapters, data tables, ad nauseam. What was wrong with simple It is best programming practice to abstart data acess from the UI layer with the use of business objects. .Net is more conscious of this fact and you will like it too when you get over ...Show All