Maksim Simkin's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions csv/text file read into a database?

  im sure this is something that is frequently asked, but as i couldnt find anything VB related on here for what i need i thought i would create a thread. being new to vb.net and sql ill be needing some guidance for all you experts out there! i'ev listed below what i would like to acheive: receive csv files and store in a set folder (maybe at later date change the delimiter) monitor a folder that files are being received in input / amend database when file is read in from folder csv file is deleted/moved after being successfully read into DB any help will be much appreciated! Hi Rob, To a ...Show All

• Smart Device Development WM 5 on emulator

  How do I run WM 5 on the emulator do I need to get the WM 5 image if so then where can I get it and what is the installation process Thanks. Carl, I have the same problem on one of my machines, the other machine(s) work fine. Did you get a resolution ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Confusing statement in MSDN article on WWF

  In this month's MSDN magazine article on WWF by Don Box and Dharma Shukla  there is the following paragraph: " Despite the inherently asynchronous nature of the runtime/activity contract, the runtime will never make concurrent calls to a given activity. Rather, any given activity is guaranteed to have at most one method invocation executing at a given instant. This vastly simplifies the task of writing activities in languages like C# or Visual Basic. " Is this per workflow instance, or per activity period   For example, let's say I have a sequential workflow that has a sequence activity that contains two code activities.  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope and MessageId

  Hi. I am trying to use in source suppression of CA2000:DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope with a messageId and I don't seem to be able to get it to work. For example, [SuppressMessage "Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2000:DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope")] public static void fn() { StringReader sr = new StringReader("sometext"); } works fine, while [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2000:DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope", MessageId = "sr")] public static void fn() { StringReader sr = new StringReader("sometext"); } does not suppress the message. D ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System When will the vb6 & vs2003 Plugins be available?

  will we have to wait till the final release before seeing these its just we have a source safe db that we want to convert onto Team System. but there is some vb6 source code in there. and im unsure what will happen if we convert. will we still be able to access this code and will in be check in/check out enabled any help greatly appreciated! Cheers, Craig If you are speaking of the MSSCCI plug-in that Doug Neumann mentioned in his TechEd 2005 breakout session in Orlando, it'll be sometime close to or after we ship this version. It will not be included "in the box". The current plan is that it'll be availabl ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 2d display in direct3d

  I'm looking for some help in drawing a texture (or anything really) that is fixed to the screen. Like text in the sdk samples, you can move around in 3d but the text is fixed. My goal is to create a heads up display for a 3d fps. I just started learning direcx 9 abt 2.5 weeks ago but have the basics down - except this. If anyone could point me to a sample it would be great. Thanks in advance  oh btw i'm using c++ I've seen people using quads in 3d and setting the projection to orthonormal to create this effect. There is a good reason for this - it allows you to apply a vertex ...Show All

• Visual C# Please help me with strange error while compile code

  My code works good , but when I move a method from one class to another , error occur : An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in Unknown Module. Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. There is no source code available for current location. Please help me , thank you. Hi. Probably you are using a method from a class that still does not get intanciated. Maybe you forgot to make use of "new" keyword. "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" is the kind of message you receive when you do this kind of things. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System error when creating a new project in TFS

  when creating a new project in TFS i get an error saying "error in uploading documents to the windows sharepoint services server" i always get this error. it is really driving me mad. Hi Hussein, Are you still experiencing this problem If so, please let me know and I will have someone assigned to provide help. Thanks, -Matt ...Show All

• Visual Studio after installing WinFx MSDN docs, many problems using MSDN help for Visual Studio 2005

  With the language filter to C# : 1. I click on sub-topics that are clearly under a header topic that says Win Forms and somehow I end up on a WinFx page 2. While trying to navigate somewhere like the summary page that shows the inheritance tree of an object like a TreeView or Class, the links are broken, and I often simply get there. 3. VB .NET topics show up. 4. I would expect WinFx docs to be spotty since it's in such an early form, but are these problems accessing C# winforms topics related to some problem with the integration of WinFx docs into the full MSDN help system thanks, Bill Woodruff Hi Bill, We're not cu ...Show All

• Visual Studio Cannot find server for Visual Studio help

  I am having trouble using help for Visual Studio 2005. I installed Visual Studio and then installed the MSDN Library for Visual Studio that came with it. Visual Studio itself seems to be working just fine. However, any attempt to use help or MSDN generates the following error message: Cannot find server. URL: ms-help/MS.VSCC.v80/...<<lots more>> The page cannot be displayed Cannot find server or DNS error. This happens regardless of whether I try to access help through Visual Studio, or through the MSDN item on the start menu, or through the Visual Studio Documentation item on the start menu. Same result acce ...Show All

• .NET Development Storing Public Key in Machinkey store

  Hi! I use follwoing code to import a xml keyfile into Machine key store. public void ImportKeyContainer( string keyname, string xmlkey) { CspParameters cspParams = new CspParameters (PROV_RSA_FULL, null , keyname); cspParams.KeyNumber = ( int ) KeyNumber .Exchange; cspParams.Flags = CspProviderFlags .UseMachineKeyStore; RSACryptoServiceProvider rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider (cspParams); rsa.FromXmlString(xmlkey); rsa.PersistKeyInCsp = true ; } This works well for full public/private keypairs. But if i only provide the public keypart in the xml file a new key is generated instea ...Show All

• Visual C++ Static const C++/CLI class members

  Static const C++/CLI class members can be changed from C# client: public ref class Server { public: static const int someValue = 25; }; C# client code: Server.someValue = 50; // successfully compiled How can I prevent this Looks like a C# bug to me. It's ignoring the IsConst modopt. One reason they overlooked this may be because C# does not support static const members. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Texture in box

  Hi guys, I would like to make a world. So I made a box and my cam is in it. Now I would like to attach a texture that represent the sky in the box. How can I do that The game development series on Coding4Fun has a skybox example http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/gamedevelopment/beginning5/default.aspx I'm not sure which SDK Michaels tutorials use, but the changes should be minimal to make it compile. ...Show All

• SQL Server How to register local server in sql server 2005?

  How to register local server In management studio thanks very much for any help... Hi, In order to enable remote connections you need to use the "SQL Server Surface Area" configuration tool. This is available under:Configuration Tools submenu within the SQL Server 2005 menu. Start "SQL Server Surface Area" tool, and select the option - "Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections." There select the Remote Connections node within the Database Engine node. Select the radio button which says Local and Remote Connections and Apply the configuration. Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• .NET Development Can't get a new table into my dataset

  Can't get a new table into my dataset I created a new table Person in my Access 2003 database.  However, I can't get it into my dataset. I tried refresh, the designer, and confiqure with the wizard, however the table Person doesn't appear. Is this a bug Or am I just being an idiot, as usual dennist Paul, <g> A copy of the .mdb was in the body of the project.  How I missed it I don't know. I copied the database from /bin/debug to the project folder and all was well. Thank you very much. I also had help from the Office/Access/Queries newsgroup in creating a delete and append query. In the ...Show All