GaryP's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Problem with /MTd compile option

  Thanks in advance for any help. I encounter a problem with VS2005 where the EXE would crash with heap error. I create a simple EXE, DLL to illustrate the problem. Crash - if I use /MTd in the compile option for the EXE No Crash - if I use /MDd in the comppile option for the EXE I mark the place where the crash occurs. Error Message ------------- HEAP[EXE.exe]: Invalid Address specified to RtlValidateHeap( 003E0000, 00395BC8 ) Window ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Linking Outlook to Excel

  I would like to have a button in Excel than when clicked sends an email through Outlook that uses the data in the Excel spreadsheet. I have read the Installing and Using the Office 2003 Primary Interop Assemblies. I have now my Office 2003 updated as needed but still I am far from being able to use it. Can someone please point me to a solution or to some examples Thanks, Antonio Anto ...Show All

• .NET Development Limitations in ADO.NET

  Hi Don't you agree that ADO.NET has MANY limitations regairding ADO, or is it me In ADO i can open a database in exclusive mode - In ADO.NET i can't! In ADO I can use the same connection to open several recordsets - In ADO.NET I'm limited to one DataReader per connection. In ADO I can send Stored procedures like this: MyStoredProc 'Data1', 'Data2', 45, 3.25 - In ADO.NET i've to declare every parameter (This is a Update or Insert Stored Proc ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Performance problem with Texture.FromBitmap

  I reduced program boot time (when running from within the IDE) from 12 seconds to less than 1 second by re-writing Texture.FromBitmap using unsafe code.  For me it was easy because I'm only using 32 bit textures and 32 bit bitmaps.  It would be nice to see this function optimized in future releases of the SDK.  BTW, Texture.FromStream has the same problem. -Jeremy FYI: I use the above code for Te ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Uninstall error.

  I am receiving the following message when I try to uninstall VS 2005 Beta 2 Setup is unable to determine a valid ordering for the installation.  See the error log for further details. Has anyone else received this message   And where is the error log located that is supposed to contain "further details". Thanks. Can you try uninstalling using the updated uninstall tool http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Major compiler Error

  Hi, I am getting the following compiler error, Error 2 The "CompileWorkflowTask" task failed unexpectedly. System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\jacog\Local Settings\Temp\rsnifrbx.tmp'. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, File ...Show All

• .NET Development Problems with a Conversion from VS2003 to VS2005

  I'm trying to convert the following line of code. System.Net.ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new AcceptAllCertificatePolicy Does anyone know what that should be in VS2005  Thanks,   Got it to work. ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = New Net.Security.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback( AddressOf myCertificateValidation) Public Function myCertifi ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS 2005 history problem

  I've recently installed VSS 2005 and added new projects. Everything is ok, but it does not display history. When I press Ok in history options dialog, it just shows the hourglass cursor for some moment, and then nothing. I think it should be a problem with my VSS Explorer 2005, because there is no such problem when I use the old VSS Explorer V6. Any idea Hi, You can probably workaround the problem by disab ...Show All

• Visual C++ read struct from file

  this is a beginner programmer questions, at least i think so. CFile::Read( void* lpBuf ,UINT nCount) i can pass a struct (first param) and the length of that struct (second param) and then i will have a populated struct. How can i do the same thing with a managed c++ function The size of an int is 2, size of a double is 8, and a long is 4, how can i adjust my struct that i am reading in to account for this offset ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums What consitutes a query?

  I know that the max queries in a day is 10,000, and the maximum results per page is 50. If I have a query that has 1000 results, so that it returns 20 pages at 50 results a page, does this still count as just 1 query towards my 10,000 limit OR does it count as 20 queries since 20 pages were returned Thanks. That would only count as 1 query, your results are part of a query and have no affect on your query ...Show All

• Windows Forms VB App cannot connect to internet via Proxy server?

  Hi, we have developed a VB.NET Application that uses an internet connection to : 1) Check for updates 2) Connect to a SQL Database with ADO.Net and a connection string This works well from home and the office, however we have encountered a customer who has ISA Proxy Server installed to connect to the internet. Our application refuses to connect to the SQL Database or downloading updates via HTTP. Do we have to put something extra in our connecti ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How does one design a loop back to an upstream activity?

  I tried to design a simple workflow but I got stuck. Assume the following sequential workflow of 4 activities: A01->A02->A03->A04 Now assume that there is a conditional evaluation after A03, if it is false, a loop back should occur to A01, if it is true, the workflow proceeds to A04. How does one design this in the WF designer I can't find anyway to connect back to an upstream activity. Roel Paul, ...Show All

• Visual C# Output String From ArrayList

  I'm attempting to take an array list of integers and convert it to an array of strings. I run this code string [] myarr = ( string []) ArrayList.ToArray( typeof ( string ) ); and I get this error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Additional information: At least one element in the source array could not be cast down to the destination array type. I have verified that the cou ...Show All

• Visual J# Generating XML documentation for J#

  I'm trying to port a core library written in Java to J#.  It has worked well so far.  But now I need to create .NET compatible documentation for this library, and I'm having problems. I know I can make Visual Studio 2005 generate an XML documentation file for my vjsproj, but I need to do this from a command-line build environment.  I've been playing with MSBUILD, but I just can't seem to find the proper incantation to make it cre ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Setting the Version Information in the exe file

  I am currently using the express edition of Visual C++ 2005. Is there any way of setting the version number, description, company, etc. that appear in the Version tab of the properties dialog of the exe There doesn't appear to be a resource editor in the express edition. Is there an alternative or would I need to upgrade to the full Visual Studio to do this Mog0 Yes,That is the correct way. I did it but ...Show All