J.W.'s Q&A profile

• Visual Studio How can I change the background color of the code window using an add-in?

  Hello, I need to write add-in thats changes code background in code window. Is there any samples how to do this I will very glad if somebody help me to do this. Thank you. Hi, Aaron. Yes. I mean highlighting. User selects text and this text changes background. This background saves after selecting another fragment. Can VSIP help with this problem. Thank you. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows Forms Designer Bug?

  I created a custom combo box which extends the standard Windows Forms combo box.  In the constructer (Sub New), I set certain properties such as the Items collection.  For example: Option Strict On Public Class ClientCategoryComboBox     Inherits ComboBo ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Transformation of a single object

  Hi! I just started learning directx and here is the first of probably many newbie questions. Please, be patient :) How can i transform a single object I used Sample Framwork to load a "tiny.x" mesh and created simple triangle. I can rotate them together (by rotating the whole world) but how can i transform only one object I've got also small problem with my "tiny.x" mesh. It's not so tiny after all :) If i move my camera, so i can see ...Show All

• Windows Forms Multiple download of the same assembly

   Hello ! I'm trying to deploy a windows form application over the internet (or first on my LAN) through a IIS server using the no-touch deployment model. When I browse to the URL "http://myserver/myappdir/myapp.exe", the execution is perfect but it& ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Parameters for this alpha blend

  I was asking about this at the end of another thread and I think it is not read any more, so I will try in a thread which is about this subject and not something else. I want to get a blended alpha value which works like this if two surfaces are drawn on the same pixel and one has alpha=0.75 and the other has alpha=0.5 then i need the result to be 0.875. If the two alphas were 1 and 0.5, i would need it to be 1. I can see how this is ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDI Maximized children forms without controlbox?

  MDI Maximized children forms without controlbox I have been searching the web and everywhere I asked the question, the answer is that it is a Microsoft Bug. Well instead of telling me that it is a bug, how do I fix this My situation: I have a parent form (frmMain), a welcome/startup (or background) form (frmWelcome) and other child forms for data capturing. The idea is that when the program runs, the welcome form is displayed and stays displ ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboBox no longer has scroll events?

  VB 6 had scroll events for the ComboBox, but I don't see them, either in the documentation or the IDE intellisense.  Is this not available in .NET I want to load up only the first so-many into the ComboBox, since there can be more than 100,000 values, then load up the next group when they scroll to the bottom of the current bunch.  Is there some other way of doing this (I tried search, but get an error.) Peter. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WWF Vs Biztalk

  I am doing research on workflow engines and framework available for .net applications. I came across a website ( http://blogs.ineta.org/bloesgen/archive/2005/10/09/56481.aspx ) which says that Biztalk handles transactional integrity and scalibility automatically while in windows workflow foundation(WWF) , developer has to implement it. I could not understand how scalibility and transaction has to handled manually from developer. It als ...Show All

• .NET Development setup

  Hi, I have written a windows application in .net 2.0 Do you know how I can have an install setup so that I can email the required files to another person to instal Thanks Take a look at building a Setup Project ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;307353&Product=vsnet ) in Visual Studio or publishing your application through ClickOnce( http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/Click ...Show All

• Windows Forms Deriving from abstract UserControls

  Can you use abstract UserControls I created a UserControl called Dad. Marked it as abstract. I created a class Son and changed it to: public class Son : Dad { public Son() : base() } If I 'View Designer' on Son it fails with a message saying ... The Designer must create an instance of type 'Windows.Application1.Dad' but it cannot as the type is declared as abstract. Is this just a weakness in the IDE ...Show All

• Windows Forms 2 Forms - One updates the info on the 2nd

  This is my first post here so please bear with me.   I am designing an application that will consist of 2 window forms that will be open at the same time.   The first form (we will call form1) will have a button and at least ...Show All

• SQL Server Generarting XML based on Schema in SQLSERVER 2005

  Hi, i have the following requirement Can a stored procedure in SQL Server 2005 generate XML data based on the schema, We don't prefer to manually build an xml string inside the stored proc Is there any SQL Server 2005 feature to do it if possible i appreciate your help. Thanks, Vaishu Todd Pfleiger wrote: Yes this is possible. Michael Rys' article about FOR XML support and the Xml datatype shows ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding an ErrorProvider to an object with child objects

  I have a type called Shipment that has an instance of type Station. Both types implement INotifyPropertyChanged and IDataErrorInfo On a Windows Form I have an error provider's DataSource set to a BindingSource of the Shipment type. I have a property of type string on the shipment type bound to a textbox. when an invalid value is entered errorprovider detects this and displays the error message. However, a property on the the Station instance ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO and Word menus doesn't merge

  when in design view, the VSTO and Word menus doesn't merge as expected. ie. I could see the Insert menu but clicking it doesnt do anything. I can also see the Microsoft Word Help subMenu under the Help menu but clicking on it doesn't display the menu that should have been under it. It sounds like a corrupted profile or something like that but i dont know where to look for that file. any ideas You might try re-installing the Word P ...Show All

• .NET Development Creating a remoting poxy for interface with generic types

  I've created a class that inherits from MarshalByRefObject. This class has methods that have generic types as arguments and return types. The remoting object is hosted by a windows service. I'm aware that I can't use SOAP with generics, but the TCP channel appears to work. What I want to accomplish is to create a proxy class like the ones soapsuds.exe create. That way I will not have to put the entire server application on the client, only the p ...Show All