ProfRoger's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ VCMAME: compiles with VC2003, fails with VC2005

  I'm trying to build the MAME source using Visual C++ 2005. I'm using the VCMAME project files from http://www.vcmame.net/ . I first built the project in Visual Studio 2003, then opened the project in VC++ 2005 and rebuilt. I only had to make a few modifications to the project, like adding _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE to silence a bunch of warnings. However, one of the source files (winalloc.c) implements their own memory handling functions so that memory leaks and other bugs can be tracked and diagnosed.  This used to build properly with Visual Studio 2003, however in 2005, the compile fails at the linker stage with this... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Getting an Evaluation copy of Team Explorer for non Visual Studio Users.

  Hi, I have installed Team Foundation Server Beta 3 for evaluation. I have a number of Users who will need access to Work Items as well as the Source Code Management System on TFS but I do not want to pay $5,000/User. I beleive that there is a Team Explorer Client that goes for about $500/User and does not require Visual Studio to be installed. Does anybody know how I can get an evaluation copy Thanks in advance, Dave If you are evaluating this right now, I'd urge you to do it on the V1.0 version of Team Foundation Server rather than the Beta 3 version you have right now. There have been man ...Show All

• Windows Forms Disabling all the Panel elements...

  Hello, I want to do someting which disables all the controls in the panel control.I mean something like: if (m_RadioButton.Checked) { foreach ( Control c in m_Panel) c.Enabled = false ; } But I get the following error: "foreach statement cannot operate on variables of type 'System.Windows.Forms.Panel' because 'System.Windows.Forms.Panel' does not contain a public definition for 'GetEnumerator'." How can I do this Hi, FYI: If you think your post is answered, could you please mark your reply as Answered by clickin on button "Mark as Answer". So that members of ...Show All

• Visual Studio Alternating row colors

  This may seem like a stupid question to some but how do I implement alternating row colors in my local rdlc files. Thanks, Darren Set the BackgroundColor of the table to this expression: =iif(RowNumber(Nothing) Mod 2, "Green", "White") ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 3 errors

  i've read an article about setting up a basic application template using the sample framework as a base from http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/weekend/apptemplate/default.aspx by Glen Willson. i've done all the things he wrote there but i still can't make that template he speak about, what so ever. i am dealing with 3 errors (see the picture i've posted here http://80.97.50.242/ ). i am using visual studio 2005 and directX Sdk oct 2005. thanks a lot I have tried to view the errors but the image dosn't show... You can forward the image to my email (In Profile), or just type the errors here. ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS 2005 Issue

  At two of my XP machines I successfully setup VSS 2005. Issue is at the server which is an Windows 2003 Standard. It seems that when I check Server -> Configure then Enable SourceSafe Internet for this computer and corresponding option bellow Enable SourceSafe Internet for this database VSS Administrator does not properly create virtual dir, to be more precise, it does note create VssUpload_db1 and VssDownload_db1 sub-virtual dirs. Moreover, when I uncheck Enable Internet access it does not delete virtual dir, as it is case at my workstations. It’s the same build, and same steps, so problem should lay somewhere in server configuration. S ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WCF Team question

  Hi Team, The current 'WCF documents' isn't good to create real application, so I don't know if it is possible, but .... I think that WCF Team create 'unit test' for code validation. Does WCF Team can 'share' your unit test Isn't necessary a 'compiled' version. With 'unit test' we don't need many documents to understand how to use WCF. It's better than 'examples'. Without it, we have two options : 1) Wait the final release of documents; 2) Write many questions in this great forum. Thanks, Alexnaldo Santos Yes, we do have unit tests. Quite a lot of them. The problem is that ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Is there no support for native C++ in Team System?

  The subject says it all.  What test tools in VSTS actually do work for native C++   So far, I've found prefast.  I get the impression from the help that none of the unit test tools, or code coverage tools are usable for native C++.  Am I missing something, or is VSTS not very helpful for native development Another non-unit-test possibility is to set up a generic test (that just opens your native c++ app), configure code coverage the normal way to instrument the app, and then launch the test that way.   This is still linked in as a "test" but it might get you far enough away from the unit testing ...Show All

• Visual Basic "First run" routine with null variable: Where to put it?

  I'm almost finished with a Windows Application (written in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition) that is dependent on user settings.  I want a "first run" routine that will execute a block of code if some user setting is null (i.e. empty, or has no value associated with it).  On the other hand, I want it to do nothing if the very same user setting is NOT null (i.e. has a value associated with it).  I think I know the code for this routine, but I don't know where to put it.  My code sample appears at the end of this post.  I have some questions about this code sample: Is the below code sample correct I ...Show All

• .NET Development TimeSpan or Stopwatch not as accurate as Environment.TickCount

  Can someone, maybe preferably from Microsoft, confirm a behavior that I'm noticing concerning the lesser accuracy of using TimeSpan and the Stopwatch object to time something in milliseconds versus using Environment.TickCount. Specifically, I'm noticing that in my Ping class that when I use Environment.TickCount to measure how long a host responds to my message, the result in milliseconds is accurate compared to the results when I use Ping.exe from the command prompt.  However, when I measure it using either TimeSpan or the Stopwatch class, the results are off about 100 to 200 milliseconds (more). Here's pseudo code of how I'm ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adding beyond "Standard Items"

  When I create a toolstrip and then "add standard items", I get a small set of the standard stuff.  I want to add more 'Standard' items, but I'm stuck.  For example: When I create a menustrip and add standard items, I get Print Preview as one of the standard items.  But the toolstrip does not include Print Preview.  Fair enough,  ...Show All

• Visual C++ how do I install missing file msvcr80.dll

      Please, if someone knows how to install file msvcr80.dll, if you   don't mind let me know. Check this: http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml msvcr80 ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS2005, adding an InputPanel to CF custom control.

  I have derived from DataGrid to make an editible datagrid.  All is well and it appears in designer and I can add it.  I decided that I want popup input panels so I add Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms to the reference list and add the 'using' tag.  As soon as I decare InputPanel ip; in the class, when I try to go back to main project and view it in designer ( the custom controls are already in place), it claims that my class no longer has the property 'TableStyles'.  In fact it still does, nothing has changed to affect that as far as I see.  It is still derived from datagrid.  I dont see how the input panel object shou ...Show All

• SQL Server Decimal vs currency....

  It seems that the "decimal" type allows more flexibility but also uses more storage than "money". On the other hand, does "money" have any special t-sql functions that understand its unquie nature (e.g. adding two money values together with no cents round-off error). For example, would the number 12345.12 be declared as a decimal(7,2) or currency Barkingdog There aren't any special functions that explicitly recognize a monetary data type. How you declare it really depends upon what you are storing in there. If I'm storing pricing or something else that is in monet ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Installation error - Error 28927. TFServerStatusValidator: Invalid Arguements (sic)

  Trying to install the services tier of Team Foundation Beta 3 Refresh in a dual server environment but keep getting the above error which results in a failed installation and the message:- Error occured during setup The following failed to install: Microsft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (services) - ENU Any help/suggestions appreciated.   Was this a clean install Did you have previous version installed on the servers before Scott ...Show All