Paully13x's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Tools for Office programmatically open Properties window?

  Random question. Is there a way to programmatically open the Properties window of the Document Once a user double-clicks on the listbox I want the properties window to open. Thanks! I don't know of a way to programmatically display the Properties window of a Word document. However, depending on your reasons for wanting to display this, you might want to take a look at displaying the Summary Info dialog box ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development How do I open an .aca file?

  Can I open my .aca files You refer to the content of aca files using specially crafted URIs in markup/script e.g. file:///hddvddisc/ADV_OBJ/myfile.aca/foo.jpg i.e. treat the aca file as if it were a directory. ...Show All

• .NET Development Getting ID, calling url, search for value, return value

  Hello, I am new in developing web services and hope you can help me. I would like to run a web service. A client will send an id. This id should be taken by the web service. After that the webservice should call a url with that id, e.g. www.testit.com/moreinfo.aspx id=[ID ] This website will contain valid xml information. The xml has got a element called <info>. That info should be return first to the web service and then to the clie ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System SQL Error on Get Latest

  I am encountering the following message when I perform a Get Latest Version. A database error occurred (SQL error 102) ---> Incorrect syntax near 's'. The label 'D' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure. The label 'D' has already been declared. Label names must be unique within a query batch or stored procedure. Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'. If this statement is a common ...Show All

• Visual Basic Need help on Finalize and Dispose methods

  I need help re: Finalize method and Dispose method, how can i use destructors in VB.NET. Some useful links on Finalize / Dispose. This should probably answer some of your questions. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconFinalizeDestructors.asp http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp p=25742&seqNum=8&rl=1 http://www.thescripts.com/forum/ ...Show All

• SQL Server Pre-Execute AcquireConnection method call fails inside Sequence Container (transaction required)

  I've created an SSIS package that contains a Sequence Container with TransactionOption = Required. Within the container, there are a number of Execute Package Task components running in a serial fashion which are responsible for performing "Upserts" to dimension and fact tables on our production server. The destination db configuration is loaded into each of these packages using an XML configuration file. The structure of these "U ...Show All

• .NET Development Unhandled exception in secondary app domain

     I am using app domains to host add-ins (.NET 2.0). If add-in does something bad, or if there is an unhandled exception in the add-in etc., I want to gracefully unload app domain without application going down. I tried AppDomain.UnhandledException, but at the time it is called application is already terminating. So how can it be done Alex Hi Alex, The UnhandledException event doesn't allow yo ...Show All

• SQL Server Convert BOL Url to MSN Url

  Is the a way to convert a BOL Url to a MSN Url I've had a search, and looked at the properties of both local and online pages, but cannot see a way to do this. When posting replies to these forums I would rather post a MSDN/Online Url to a BOL topic, but I normally search or navigate locally as it is much faster (MSDN TOC is slooow), hence I'd like to then convert that Url. Hi Darren, The answer is a definitive "sort of and only ...Show All

• Visual C# DOS window doesn't close after process started?

  Hi, I'm trying to run a process from a Windows application. Example: if (Regex.IsMatch(textDomain.Text, "( =^.{1,254}$)(^( :( !d+.)[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,63}. )+( :[a-zA-Z]{2,})$)") && Regex.IsMatch(textRecord.Text, "^( :( :25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[01]\\d\\d|\\d \\d)( ( =\\. \\d)\\.)){4}$")) { Process testProcess = new Process(); testProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c ipconfi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. using pixel shaders with C#

  i have a bunch of "old-fashioned" ps files that i don't have the time to convert to HLSL. i have the managed directx book and searched the forums but i cannot find the answer to this simple question: how can i use those old ps files with C# and managed directx i have the latest february sdk and vs 2005 installed but there's nothing in the documentation that is helpful. in fact, the documentation for managed directx is sketchy AT BEST. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Power user installs automatically in Just Me mode

  This is a weird behaviour that I am observing with my simple Windows Installer project. The installation of my utility when carried out under Administrator and "Everyone" selection goes fine and installs for everyone. The installation of the same utility, same version, same .msi when carried out under a Power User with "Everyone" selection goes fine and installs in "Just Me" mode....result two icons on the desktop, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Web ReportViewer and interactive sorting

  It seems if I set a report to cache its results on the server, the interactive sorting ability of the web ReportViewer control ceases to function.  If I wait long enough to let the cache flush, the sorting works on the first load, but then subsequent runs of the report will not sort. Is anyone able to reproduce this behavior Edit:  In addition to this, if I disable caching the report on the server, any time the report sorts, th ...Show All

• Smart Device Development building a mobile application on a PDA

  hi all, im building my 1st mobile application and i was wondering if any 1 knew any decent websites that i can use to help me design my interface. i want to build a personal timetable application. thanks bhavesh Smart Client Developer FAQ http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/understanding/netcf/FAQ/default.aspx Technical Article http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/understanding/arti ...Show All

• SQL Server Error Connecting to Database Engine

  I have been successfully using SQL Server 2005 developer edition for a couple of months now. However, when I started Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio this morning I could not connect to the “Database Engine” (I’m using Windows Authentication). I can still connect with the “Integration Services” and “Analysis Services” on the same server. The server running on my local machine, so there shouldn’t be any problems with the network. I ...Show All

• Windows Forms LockScreen, get and change Keys.

  I have a Windows Form that I have set to go into Full Screen by setting the border to "none" and the WindowState to "maximized". On the forms "OnKeyPressed" Event Handler I have a switch that is supposed to check if the keys: Control, Alt, Delete, and Tab were pressed. If the user presses the key, it changes its value to the 'A' Key. (Meaning if they press Ctrl, Alt, or Del, or Tab it is like they press A instead. ...Show All