SergeiU's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ WH_CALLWNDPROCRET hook into Gina

  Hi, I am currently working on hooking into GINA functions. I know i can use WH_CALLWNDPROCRET hook to hook into windows procedure to display my own dialog for retrieving user credentials. And then I need to monitor for WM_INITDIALOG, WM_SETTEXT, and WM_COMMAND.But I got lost when i implement them, coz i can't single step debug them when I test them on windows logon. Can anybody tell me the basic idea of where and what my code need to do in WM_INITDIALOG, WM_SETTEXT and WM_COMMAND Many thanks, Andy What about reading the manual and the MSDN This are standard messages that can be tested within every normal ...Show All

• Visual Studio Consecutive builds of projects always rebuild

  I just migrated the development env from v. 6.0 to .net 2003 and when building a project it rebuilds every time even though nothing has changed. I am using C++ and this has always worked fine in 6.0. Has anyone seen these problems Any insight I found the problem... I was #including "olectl.h" in an idl file that was being imported. The #include caused .NET 2003 to rerun the midl compiler. That in turn caused a recompile. This did not function this way in vc6.0. Olectl.h is in the platform SDK so I am venturing to guess that a #include in a idl file is bad! ...Show All

• Visual Basic Reading Registry Key

  I am working on a VB.NET application that can take a computer name and connect to that computer over the server and check several of the local security policies and create a log of what policies are incorrectly set.  In a nutshell, it is an automated way of going through a security checklist rather than manually looking at each policy at each computer.  I am currently trying to read the "Audit Policies" such as "Audit Policy Change" etc.  I found a registry key located in  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policy\PolAdtEv named "(Default)" that is a hexadecimal value that represents the setting of each of the 9 audit polic ...Show All

• SQL Server Default conflict resolver in Sql 2000

  Hi, I'm replicating a database between two instances of Sql 2000 using Merge Replication. I have no custom resolvers at present but I'm seeing something unexpected. If I change the same record in both databases at the same time, but the changes affect different columns then I thought the changes would be merged and there would be no conflict because the changes were in different columns. What I actually see is a conflict and hence the publisher is winning and pushing it's changed row to the subscriber. Have I got this wrong, will a conflict occur if the same row changes regardless of the columns updated Regards Graham ...Show All

• Windows Forms topmost

  Does anyone have any experience using the Form1.TopMost property I am setting form1.topmost = true on the Form_Load event and it works, for the most part.  However, I have fould that when I resize Form1, it will no longer stay on top of other applications.   This can be easily fixed by adding form1.topmost = true on the Form_Resize event.  But,&n ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Error when trying to open the worflow designer --- Beta 2

  Hi when I create a workflow, when trying to open it in design mode i get this error Method not found: 'Boolean System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler.IWorkflowCompilerOptionsService.get_CheckTypes()'. Hide at Microsoft.Workflow.VSDesigner.VSWorkflowDesignerLoader.Initialize() at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.BasicDesignerLoader.BeginLoad(IDesignerLoaderHost host) at System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerHost.BeginLoad(DesignerLoader loader) Looks like you have mismatched file versions, probably because you have some remaining bits from the uninstall. Please refer to this link http ...Show All

• Visual Basic self contained application

  is it possible to make a self contained application that will hold in a sngle file all its components and will run directly without the need of installation and how Hi, you can do this. Just store the images etc. as resources in your .exe file. Here an article abut that: http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx tutorial_id=75 ...Show All

• .NET Development Dataset Question

  I have created a datacentric application that will be distributed to about 100 users who all live in different locations around the state. To make the data valid to all users, I need to create a central location for all 100 applications to access over the internet. I have researched this topic for about 2 months with no success. I failed to find code that solves the problem using VWD using ASP.net Web Services, SQL Server, and XML. If anyone has the best solution toward solving this problem, please respond. I am a beginner, so if someone could please respond to this issue with great explanation, I would greatly appre ...Show All

• Visual C++ VC++ const char * and MISRA

  We write a lot of code using VC++ that is first created & debugged on a Windows platform before being implemented in various embedded platforms. The company has recently changed from it's optional guidelines to enforced use of it's guidelines + MISRA guidelines (http://www.misra.org.uk/), and this seems to conflict with the way VC++ works. For example, one of the enforced guidelines is that all variables must state at definition whether they are signed or unsigned, preferably via type created with typedef. So a definition such as "char *pStr" is no longer allowed. Instead, you need to define a new type such as "typedef u ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions deployment error

  I have created a wonderful windows application with visual C# express, this is quite a feat since I new nothing of programming before I started. Thanks to lots of help from articles and forum entries. Thank you. My issue is I can "click once publish" and install on my production machince xppro and when I try to install on another machine xphome, I simply get the application has encountered a problem and wants to send an error report to microsoft. Any thoughts on how to get more information I am using MSAccess database, directx and interlop to word all installed on the other machine also. hmmmm. help ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista VS2005 and directshow

  Hi all Got some problem with the new visual studio 2005 and directshow baseclass project and warning coming from the compiler. I read in several ng on google that maybe the actual psdk (april 2005) could not be full compatible with vs 2005. Is there any date for an update version of the psdk   Please reply as soon as possible... please   Lorenzo Malaguti   I tried to compile the baseclasses with VS2005, and I also resolved all compiling errors, such as the well known problem about "class COARefTime". But, I still got some worrisome compiler warnings, mainly about the 64 bits compatibility p ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Filter in Word 2003

  Hi, I want to know if Word2003 could apply or execute a filter (maybe an application) to a document before Word tries to open it. Being more specific I have an encrypted document and I want to open it with Word, but before it is opened Word have to execute a filter or an application for obtaining the non-encrypted document. Best Regards, Jesus Suarez Although not part of VSTO 2005, you could create a standard Word COM Add-in that handles the Application.DocumentOpen event, which fires when a document is opened. In this event handler you could take the appropriate action to obtain the non-encrypted document. Thanks Paul Stub ...Show All

• SQL Server Seperate SQL 2K Publisher, SQL2K Distributor, SQL2K Subscriber

  Hi, We are about to alter our replication architecture from  SQL 2K publisher/SQL 2K5 distributor/subscriber  to  SQL 2K publisher, seperate SQL 2K distributor and SQL 2K5 subscriber.  The subscriptions will be pulled from the distributor and pushed to the subscriber. Basically, all the work will be done by the distributor (in the hope of improving performance). Has anyone had any experience of a similar architecture All SQL servers are running with the latest service packs. Regarding setting up/tearing down replication, what you should do is script it out, this way whe ...Show All

• Windows Forms toolStripStatusLabel.Text doesn't update?

  I am able to set the toolStripStatusLabel.Text before showing the Form, but after the Form is shown then changing the status is not possible. I do have tried Application.DoEvents() but didn't help. Am using .Net/VS2005/C#. This works: Application .EnableVisualStyles(); Application .SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault( false ); gui = new GUIForm (); gui.StatusLabel = "Ready" ; Application .Run(gui); This doesn't works: Application .EnableVisualStyles(); Application .SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault( false ); gui = new GUIForm (); Application .Run(gui); gui.StatusLabel = "Ready" ; Application .DoEven ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista vista on inspiron 5150

  I have a beta version of windows vista and when i try to install it it will start to install the first part and then say that the system needs to restart to continue. so it restarts and instead of continuing the installation it boots to a black screen that says page fault and has a bunch of other numbers and leters. Does anyone have any idea how to make it install I have had Vista running on an Inspirion XPS for months without any problems...I have read in other posting that you should check your installation media and maybe try to DL and burn it again... You might also try another forum since this is a ...Show All