KevinBooth's Q&A profile

• Visual C# Async Call Backs

  I've been working a lot around VB.NET/C# and the .NET Framework lately.  I've lately come accross actions that require a noticable amount of time to execute thus locking up the main UI Thread.  So I looked into threading... threading was just messy and too much for what I needed to do so I looked into BackgroundWorkers... just not enough there. So finally someone suggested AsyncCallBacks.  So I thought I'd do a little research ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista ATI fails to load driver on 5231 build

  ATI Catalyst Driver failed to load on 5231 build; which actually works great in Beta 1 release. Any clue how to tweak this to work For more info, check: http://www.msvistablog.net/comment.php comment.news.96 Thanks Yes, install the windows XP driver and edit the registry to turn on the Aero glass interface. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista lab01 task02 unable to locate ExpenseLocalServices.dll

  so I guess it must be me, but I can't see any dlls in the Resource directories. I do see four .config files but not much else. The install procedure went without a hitch, I did install on D: instead of C:. Kinda depressing since its come up on the first lab and I'm sure other labs will have dlls also. anything would help. If someone could email me a directory tree that would be great. thanks dandoyon, find the ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow Runtime and Pooling

  I'm building an application that will be used by an ASP.NET application running on a different server. I'd like to expose the workflow using remoting hosted in IIS on a seperate machine. I'm concerned about the ASP.Net application creating a new instance of the engine everytime a postback occurs. I figure I can store the proxy to the workflow instance in session, but when this application scales larger, I'd much rather expose a pool of workflow ...Show All

• Windows Forms Please, Help!

  Hi, Coders Please, help me with my system shutdown program! I think I am doing everything just fine, but... Here is my code: public event SessionEndingEventHandler ShutDown; ................................... public Form1() { this.ShutDown += new SessionEndingEventHandler(ShuttingDown); } void ShuttingDown(object&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Variable data in header not printing

  Wanted to start a new thread on this in case it was getting missed. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252093(VS.80).aspx I am trying to print a document number in the header of a report. I am using the technique of referencing a hidden text box in the body that contains the data I want to show. In the header I have this: =ReportItems!txtShippingOrderNo.Value And in the body I have a "txtShippingOrderNo" textbox: ...Show All

• Windows Forms Generating thumbnails from video file

  After looking around, and not finding any fairly easy solution, we resorted to using the program 'SnatchIt!' - by using its command line functionality The software is unpredictable. Anyone have any ideas, we looked into directx sdk, windows media sdk, no easy ...Show All

• .NET Development SQL Server test code returning an error.

  Hi, I am trying some example code in Visual Studio 2005 (C#) to create a SQL Server 2005 Express Edition database, but the code is falling over in the try/catch statements of the following code: private voidMySqlTest() { String str; SqlConnection myConn = new SqlConnection("Server=localhost;Integrated security=SSPI;database=master"); str = "CREATE DATABASE MyDatabase ON PRIMARY " + "(NAME = MyDatabase_Data, &qu ...Show All

• .NET Development Porting ActiveX control to x64

  hi, i'm ever. i'm porting my ATL ActiveX control to 64-bit Windows XP. i'm using VS2005 beta2 + 64-bit Windows XP + Dell workstation precision 670. i can build my control successfully at VS2005 beta2 for x64 platform and it can be registered by REGSVR32.EXE. BUT when i open the ActiveX Control Test Container and insert it, i can't find it in the Control List Box. moreover, if i copy my control to Windows\System32 directory and register it in ts ...Show All

• Windows Forms Form at back

  Hi a form that is loaded goes to back behind my main form. My main form loads and does frmUpdateNews.Show() frmUpdateNews.BringToFront() but that dosn't work. I even tried putting it on the main forms click event and still no luck 2 solutions exist try, frmUpdateNews.Parent = this;//This makes frmUpdateNews and owned form of the current form and is guarenteed to work and stay on top secondly try fromUpdateNews. ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro How to Group data by month?

  Hi, I have a table with 2 fields, order number and order_date. I want to show the following: Year        Month      Order Count 2005        7              10 2005        8              12 ... ... The following SQL statement works in MS-SQL, but n ...Show All

• Visual C++ cl.exe - what is error 128

  I am having a problem where cl.exe intermittently exits with a return code of 128. Does anyone know what this error is or what I can do about it I am invoking cl.exe via a call to execvp from an Interix application running under SFU 3.5 on Windows 2000 Pro SP4. I have Visual Studio 2005 installed, and have never installed any other Microsoft developer tools on this installation. There are no more detai ...Show All

• Visual C# Free PDF componet

  Does any one knows a good free component to based on html page generate a pdf   PS: My problem is that, sometimes my Crystal reports exceeds the 60% of memory, so I think that I need to change the way that I generate the report Thanks >>PS: My problem is that, sometimes my Crystal reports exceeds the 60% of memory, >>so I think that I need to change the way that I generate the report Word, Excel ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Affects installing VS2005 Express Edition..

  Hi everybody, I like to hear expert opinion on affects of installing any or all VS 2005 express edition on pc with VS 2002 already installed. I like to know if I can still use VS 2002 to create, modify and execute applications. I don't intend to open old projects in VS 2005, still want to use VS 2002. Thanks. den2005 The one difference would be that the express edition you install would become assoc ...Show All

• SQL Server Visual Studio Command Prompt

  Hi, I searched the forum and found nothing useful for my case. I also posted a reply to a partly (for me) answered question about the subject and got no reply. So I post my question again hoping for the best. I use the 2005 Express versions of Visual Basic, Visual Web Developer and SQL Server. As far as I know, those products are part of Visual Studio 2005 Express. But they are downloaded separately and therefore, there is no Visual Studio ...Show All