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• Software Development for Windows Vista where to get directshow SDK??

  Ok. .. i don't get this. At first, the new directx SDK release didn't have directshow. After about an hour's worth of searching, I find out that it was removed in the April release. So then  i  downloading the Feb.2005 release and it's still missing what's goin on I'm downloading the original sdk to see if it will have it ... also, anyone know where to find directx 8 SDK Can't find it ANYWHERE. I need to develop on hardware which is directx 8 compliant. How to go about this Thanks!   YOU CAN GET HERE ...Show All

• Visual Studio Release date for Management (WMI) Extensions for Visual Studio .NET 2005 ?

  Hi,   When will a 2005 version of Management (WMI) Extensions for Visual Studio .NET be available   I’ve found the 2003 version, which looks great, but alas no 2005 version.   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=62d91a63-1253-4ea6-8599-68fb3ef77de1&DisplayLang=en   I'm currently writing some WMI code for BizTalk 2006 Beta 2 using Visual Studio 2005 RC, unsurprisingly, the 2003 version will not install on 2005 (I tried!). I can always fall back to VS 2003, but I miss out on all those cool new features...   This forum is for Add ...Show All

• .NET Development PrincipalPermission bug?

  Hello, I reported the following scenario as a bug on Microsoft Product Feedback, but thought maybe someone here has also noticed this and has an explanation for it. I don't believe the PrincipalPermission attribute is working correctly when it is applied to a class and one of its methods. Here is the scenario: 1) Create a class library project (I used VB) 2) Add the following class to the project Imports System.Security.Permissions <PrincipalPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Authenticated:=True)> _ Public Class Class1     <PrincipalPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, role:="myDomain\myRole")> _    ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Beta 1.2 install on VS RTM causes error in VS Code Designer

  I'm having problems loading WWF b1.2 onto VS2005 RTM on WinXP. Getting error: CodeDomDesignerLoaderNoRootSerializer. The version for VS RTM is 8.0.50727.42 I've tried install/deinstall/reinstall several times on 2 separate machines. Any suggestions TIA Hi Paul and DrQwest, You pointed me the right direction. I had the same "package load failure", but did not want to go reinstalling right away. I searched the registry and found this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutoLoadPackages\{adfc4e64-0397-11d1-9f4e-00a0c911004f} On my system it contained a DWord with name {FD526733-BD7 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Unable to locate the localhost database

  Trying to install TaskVisionSource 1.1.0.0. (local) database exists.  Bug could be that I'm only running .NET Fx. 1.1 om this WXP box But what is a localhost database. Creating a database named "localhost" on my local SQL Server didnt make any difference. Sort of got it working - I was logged in with my work domain account on the laptop& ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Copying email contents into Excel Spreadsheet via an Excel Macro

  Hi, I'm trying to automate a contest that I'm in charge of. I get contest submission emails from our website and I've set up outlook to put them into a folder. I tried to write a macro to open the emails (that have a 2 column, 7 row chart with the fields names in the first column and the entrants data in the second column), copy the content and paste it horizontally in an excel file, but can only get the macro to do exactly what i've done. it won't do new entries that i add to the file. any suggestions m Per our support engineer: I write code for this problem. I have some suggestion for our I ...Show All

• Visual C# Having fun with float (System.Single)

  Can somebody please convert this to string: float a = 18234822.0f; I have used Console .WriteLine(a.ToString( "#,##0.00" )); And I am getting : 18,234,820.00 (note it is rounded) And also for the following: float b = 0.04f; double c = Convert .ToDouble(b); Console .WriteLine(c.ToString()); I am getting 0.0399999991059303 Can someone tell me what's going on Or should I take "Introduction to Computer" course again Regarding the first issue, the output is exactly how you specified that it should be in the format string. You specified a 0 prior ...Show All

• SQL Server refresh data best way?

  Hi There I have a production server and a training server.On a monthly basis the training server needs to have data refreshed from the production server.This consists of approximately 1000 tables, with a few hundered thousand rows from many of the tables. I was wondering what would be the best way to accomplish this in integration services.Obviously i do not want to create a task for each of the 1000 tables, and the data needs to be copied as fast as possible (it is a substatial amount of data). I was thinking of loading a table with all the table names and using a loop to dynamically go throught the tables, but then i dont want to use ...Show All

• Visual Basic Dump locals?

  Is it possible somehow to dump/access all locals when hitting a exception in VB.NET 2005 Today I use reflection to dump all public variables into a mail, but what I really want is to dump the "locals". Is it possible to access them somehow ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to move/snap mouse pointer to an object

  I have an application where I want to move or snap the mouse pointer to a point on a graphic when it gets in the vicinity. I have the code figured to detect when the mouse is in the vicinity, but can figure how to move the mouse pointer. Or must I realy go to the extent of hiding the cursor and drawing my own pointer You can try using a native method to do this.  Declare the following: Public Enum MouseAction         Click         ClickDrag         DoubleClick         Move     ...Show All

• Visual Basic MDI Forms Query

  Hi, I am in the process of creating a user interface for an IT Asset Tracking system. I have seen other software such as Numara's Trackit which appears to use an MDI Form for the menus and buttons and then a number of child forms for each tab so that those forms become embedded within the parent form. Is it a good idea to use MDI Forms Within the Inventory section of my application, I want to display a dbgrid on a child form so that it it lists specific inventory such as PC's Servers, Software etc and if a user wishes to add a new item then I want another child form to appear within the parent form to allow user entry. Is this a ...Show All

• SQL Server BOL Package example Errors

  Hi There Ok i realize this may not be exactly the correct place to post this, but i seem to get good advice here. I am trying to follow the SMO Tables DBCC Package Sample in BOL. I have copied the Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll and Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum.dll to my latest .NET Framework folder as specified in BOL example. Problem is when i try to run the package i get the following error: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An error occured while compiling the script for the Script Task Error 30466: Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common' cannot b ...Show All

• Visual Studio Bug with datetime picker?

  I create report that uses stored procedure with 2 parameters. 1st parameter is datetime, 2nd is string. In preview mode I see datetime picker for 1st parameter. I pick September 1, 2005. I use Russian regional settings and date is displayed as dd.mm.yyyy (01.09.2005). It is OK. But after I click "View Report" date is changed to 09.01.2005 (January 9, 2005) and I get empty report because I have not data on this date. I click again and date is changed to 01.09.2005 (September 1, 2005) and I get report with data. I click again and date is changed to 09.01.2005 etc. If I change Standards and Formats in Regional Options to English (mm.d ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can't bind to a combobox

  Hi, I'm a VisualC# beginner First I tried to bind phone numbers from a sql (msde) table to a combox with this code: this .listBox1.DataBindings.Add( "Items" ,dset.Tables[0], "" ); // First try The exception says: Cannot bind to property "items" because it's read-only Then I tried to change the text property of the comboxbox with code below. Using this I receive no exception and this item (or text ) appears in the combox: System.Data.DataRowView this .NummerBox.DataBindings.Add( "Text" ,dset.Tables[0], "" ); // Second try Binding to a gridwiev with code below works great: t ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Removing junk characters

  Hi, I am reading from a text file into a textbox and then separating items which are separated by a vbCrLf, and adding them to a list box. When I do this, at the end of each item, a box character appears, which then affects my database search as the string has a box in it. Can anyone suggest a way to overcome this Thanks, James Like this: { 'Create an OpenFile dialog if neccessary If fdlgOpen Is Nothing Then _ fdlgOpen = New OpenFileDialog 'Save the file name strCurrentFile = "F:\Documents and Settings\James Tucker\My Documents\BSc Computer Studies\Year 3\Fi ...Show All