David_Wilson's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Work Item Type (WIT definition) Definition problem?

  Hi there! Can someone help me I've searched in TFS posts and couldn't find anything about this. I've created a new Work Item Type based on Risk. I've called it Risco (portuguese word for risk): < WITD application = " Work item type editor " version = " 1.0 " > < WORKITEMTYPE name = " Risco " > < DESCRIPTION > Inclui informa Ao para controlar a evolu Ao de qualquer evento que po ...Show All

• .NET Development Newbie question regarding WebServices

  I'm building an application where I need periodic, automated, transfers from one server to another. All is .NET 2.0, C# I have a service running on one server which periodically extracts info from my various sources, constructs an XmlDocument, then tries invoke a web service on the target server. My windows service seem to be ok, my web services seem to work, but I don't know how to call the web service from an application, or more specif ...Show All

• .NET Development IIS Web Service (ASP.NET) Console Output

  I realise this is a rather unusual request, but I would like to somehow print output to a console screen whilst an IIS web service performs various tasks as a result of web service calls. I have created a web service project and am required to demonstrate it to a tutor. With other server projects (e.g. a java solution running on apache tomcat) I could use a console and then System.out.println to the apache console as server requests arri ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Pass on variables?

  In windows form application I made two forms... One is the dialog thing and one is the main form... I made it so that the variable "selectedPath" equals a certain thing... Then I need to confirm the path... and label3 is placed in the dialog... so when I type in: label3.Text = selectedPath   it says that the variable "selectedPath" is not defined... How can I make it so that the main form passes on the variable "selectedPath" to the ...Show All

• .NET Development error: 25 - Connection string is not valid (SQL Server 2005)

  Hi, I'm trying to connect to a SQLServer Express instance on a remote server, from my C# app, but I'm getting error 25, some additional information: - The connection settings on SQLServer Express are set to accept remote connections, using TCP and Named Pipes - I've tried a lot of connection strings, and the SqlConnectionStringBuilder class with the same result - The VS2005 can show the SQLServer instance from server explorer, the datab ...Show All

• SQL Server Set Rectangle Size dynamically

  Hello there. The oringin problem is, there is no Gantt chart in ReportingServices. Now I try to solve that with a subreport. I want to send 2 coordinates (Location.Left and Size.Width), but it doesn't work. Is it possible to solve that problem using this or another alternative If yes, how Thanks in advance, Tobias Boehler The following approach using rectangles (instead of subreports) as ...Show All

• Visual C# Having troubles with Randomness

  I am new to these boards so not sure if I should post code snippets or how you guys handle things. Basically the issue can easily be seen here: http://www.thecodeproject.com/csharp/CsharpMersenneTwister.asp If you don't have an account there you can just download the binary called the demo. When you run this simple dice program you can see that it always has the same results. Do so by running it, memorizing the number of rolls for each ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Using VTable interface of Excel Component from FoxPro 8.0

  I am writing a FoxPro program that uses the Microsoft Excel component in order to generate a XLS file. However, FoxPro is evidently using the IDispatch form of the Excel interfaces instead of the VTable interface. How do I write the program so that FoxPro will use the VTable interface instead Sorry it took so long to acknowledge your reply.  The component is working fine using CREATEOBJECTEX().  We were importing and programatica ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Using Windows Server 2003 Product key for Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition??

  Heya. We just bought five licenses of VS2005 Team Edition via Volume Licensing. I can see product keys for Office, Windows Server, etc etc but no Visual Studio. I called the help desk and they said I should use the Windows Server 2003 product key for my VS2005 Team Edition! Is this true I'd like to know before I uninstall/reinstall VS2005. /Chris If that works, it's news to me. Please see this post: h ...Show All

• Visual C++ OpenFileDialog

  I have this code that I want to put in my project but I do not know exactly where to put it or how to complete it, if someone could please help me with this CommonDialog.Flags = OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST + OFN_HIDEREADONLY + OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT CommonDialog.DialogTitle = "Select Map" CommonDialog.Filter = "Map Files (*.map)|*.map|All Files(*.*)|*.*" CommonDialog.FilterIndex = 2 CommonDialog.CancelError = True CommonDialog.Action = ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Saving image after modification on a pocket pc 2003

  Greeings, I want to write a code by which I can modify a picture included in the picturebox by clicking on it and click event puts a red dot on the postion of click. I want to save the image along with the dot I have put on the image. But saving it just saves the real image and no dots get included. Following is the code. I am using CF 2.0. On event of click of picture box { Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(pictureBox1.Image); Graphics g = Gr ...Show All

• Visual Basic Visual Basic 2005 PopUpMenu

  Hi All, I am migrating to VB2005 Express from VB6. My learning curve has, at best, become a circle at points. Luckily I have managed to figure out 95% of my issues & this is just my 2nd question I need to ask. In VB6, we had a command called "PopUpMenu (Object)" In trying to upgrade my VB6 projects, VB2005 has a fit over that command. What is the VB2005 Express equivilant to the "PopUpMenu" Many of my VB6 project ...Show All

• .NET Development How can I query the node in XML using XQuery?

    1. I store the xml info below in the XML field Demographics in SQL 2005, I hope to query all the node info with XQuery. The result just like <Folder Name="Root" Id="a6dce8fe-749c-4e38-ab2f-3d03d9711b3d">   <Folder Name="Card" Id="b8dcf8fe-749c-4e38-ab2f-6d03d9711b8j">   </Folder> </Folder> but I can't get the correct result using select Demographics.query('/Folder') from store   2. Furthermore, H ...Show All

• Visual C# C# and VS.net components - very basic question...

  This is a no-brainer, but...OK...I've developed components in COM/COM+ for a long while...I am new to developing components in C# and VS.NET...the question is this: in COM/COM+, I'm used to having to go through and INTERFACE(such as IUnKnown, etc...)...IN C# you just ADD A COMPONENT within the IDE...the question is simple: do these C# components NEED to implement any type of interface, or do they communicate without a defined interface...and 2) ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Microsoft.DirectX.DirectPlay.Server tutorials

  Does anyone know where to get tutorials on the Server class in Microsoft.DirectX.DirectPlay Preferrably in C#. I have been playing around a lot with the network classes in C# and have collected a small collection of resources that may help. http://www.ircomm.net/forums/558/ShowPost.aspx ...Show All