DesertWells's Q&A profile

• SQL Server How do I create a new db in sql 2005 express

  How do I create a new db in sql 2005 express useing manager express I'm used to mySql front and this is my first try at sql. Also, does anyone know of a link(s) on the vast msdn website that explains how to use this software All I've found so far, are a lot of pages telling what it can do not how to do it. I'd appreceate any help, I want to get started on this . Never mind I did it I see you have to do a lot of right clicking. I could still use some help links though. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Question about button to website

  Hey guys, I have a noob question. I forgot...this. I have a button. I want it to go to my website from the button. The button says go to website...when it's clicked....it goes to the website....how Paul P.S. I really forgot this. it is just one line: Process .Start( "http://www.microsoft.com" ); ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Texture and light problem

  Hello, I have a problem with a texture and light. I want to build a terrain based on two bitmaps: 1. Ground.bmp for the texture 2. Alt.bmp for the height (black = low alt, white = high alt). If I turn off lightning, the terrain renders well : _device.RenderState.Lighting = false ;   If I turn on lightning with white as ambiant color, it works well : _device.RenderState.Lighting = true ; _device.RenderState.Ambient = Color.White;   Now I want to add a light that behaves like the "sun" (from top) I used this code but the terrains renders completely dark :   _device.RenderState.Lighting = true ; _devic ...Show All

• Visual C# Obfuscator - Crytografy code

  I work with c#.net and i need a obfuscator to Cryptography the code of the projects, for nobody can read the code using a reverse engineering. i would like to know which is the best obfuscator Thanks Junior Lopes One good tool is Dotfuscator.   http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dotfuscator/ The Dotfuscator Community Editon ships with Visual Studio.  Just to go to Tools | Dotfuscator Community Editon. HTH, Karen ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro How to tell if cancel was clicked in the print dialog.

  Can you capture the cancel in print dialog in vfp Ok I see how both work but am confussed in how to combine and make it work. :) Please give me a little more guidence.  Doug ...Show All

• Visual C# How to get the Last Month from System.Date ??

  Hello Everyone, I'm using the System.DateTime curr = DateTime.Now; this gives me todays date...As today is 22nd Feb, 2006.....From this date if we want to get last month how we get it.... I want something that can give me 1/1/2006 -- 1/31/2006 (mm/dd/yyyy) Secondly, how can I say get this month or this quarter.. Say this month -- 2/1/2006 -- 2/28/2006 (mm/dd/yyyy) This Quarter -- 1/1/2006 -- 3/31/2006 (mm/dd/yyyy) If you can give me some code snippet how to do it.... Thanks, Harsimrat You can create a new date using the current month - 1. The month property is a number, so you can ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I evaluate textbox input?

  How can I evaluate what has just been pasted into a textbox, so that it may only contain numbers or a decimal point, and if contains other characters or letters, the pasting is undone. I would like to know how this can be done without listing every character and letter. Sorry I forgot to add that the event is: Private Sub txt_box_TextChanged( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles txt_box.TextChanged So I can't use e.handled. When I try use undo and then clear undo, I get an overflowstack error. To use IsNumeric function : Private Sub TextBox1_KeyPres ...Show All

• Visual C# Lock Folder

  Hi All I want a code that can lock this folder from being opened. e.g string path = @"C:\Lock";   You what Not on my system. SONY has a method, you can read about it on http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html . The closest to a documented way to do this is to set attributes on the folder to both system and hidden. I think this is pretty bad, too. I am not telling the whole truth, here. You could play with NTFS rights. I don't like it. Leave my file system alone, please ...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   Updated on May 2, 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&displaylang=en   ...Show All

• SQL Server importing access data to sql express

  can't seem to find the import wizard - does it paly in the express edition. thanks Bill,   sorry, Microsoft says that it's not included in Express edition... http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/features/compare-features.mspx I guess you have to do that through Access... ...Show All

• SQL Server CSV Exports are not as expected, columns are missing

  I use SQL2005. I have a hard time understanding the reason why the CSV exports are not exporting the report with all the columns. Only the first column of data is exported. example, I have report like this Product Customer Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun p1 C1 12 3 13 7 20 After csv export, I get a bunch of label down the rows, then I see my Product and Customer columns but I can only see Jan. Feb Mar Apr and Jun are NOT exported. All these columns have exactly the same settings and the report is not a matrix report. When I export to Excel or HTML, the result is perfect. Any idea Thanks Philippe ...Show All

• SQL Server Time Dimension - Attribute Hierarchy

  I have a Time dimension built from Dim_Time Table.Dim_Time table structure as follows : TimeId int]  IDENTITY ( 1 , 1 ) Hour          tinyint Minute       tinyint Second      tinyint TimeId      Hour            Minute           Seconds n              0..23           1..59 & ...Show All

• Visual Basic Slow Build times

  I am using VS 2005 Release Candidate, SQL Server 2005 and working with Winforms in VB.net A similar question to the one I have was posted at the following address: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=75278 However, it was never answered satisfactorily.  The problem has to do with how to set things up so that when you make a minor change in an application, you do not have to wait an extraordinarly long period of time building and running the applicaiton.  In our application we can simply add a space to a line of code and it may take 50 seconds or more before we can see the results of our actions. We have two pro ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Problems with Persistance and ASP.NET

  I'm working with the example that Tom Lake posted. I can get his example to work great, but if I change anything I get multiple errors. This is one of the errors: [0] = {error 347: Could not deserialize object. Serializer for type 'WorkflowLibrary1.BaseOrderWorkflow' threw an exception during deserialization. Exception was thrown with error message 'Can not add activity in a Composite Activity which has built in children.'.} Another error I get is: {error 1551: Activity 'handleExternalEventActivity1' validation failed: Method 'CourseCreated_Invoked' could not be resolved. Either method could not be found or method signature does not ...Show All

• Visual C++ #include vs2005 bug or not ?

  Hi I build one project (named 'dvsreseau'). One file contains #include <fstream> (no other include in this file), and I have a file named "share.h" in an other project (named 'cache') Nothing common between the two projects, except a third project that need the two projects. This is my build output of my first project: (with /showincludes) ------ Build started: Project: DvsReseau, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... SocketAgentDvs.cpp Note: including file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\fstream Note: including file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\istream Not ...Show All