giancarp's Q&A profile

• SQL Server SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP doesnt launch

  after i installed SQLExpress and SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP (ssmsee), ssmsee worked, i registered few SQL servers in ssmsee and it was OK. but after the system reboot, everytime I double-click ssmsee shortcut, nothing shows up. i wonder how can i trace the error or reset the settings. I have tried repair, uninstall+install but doesnt help. Please advise. Thanks. Thank you Steven. I downloaded t ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.NotAvailableException why?

  Hi all, I get a: Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.NotAvailableException from the following line of code: device = new Device (0, DeviceType .Hardware, this , CreateFlags .SoftwareVertexProcessing, presentParams); I guessing that its because the HW video is saying it isn't available or is not compatible with DX9 Am i doing something fundamentally wrong or is this the case Cheers very much for your time Felix You can't ...Show All

• Visual C# What happen... class2 a = new class1 (); ?

  Hi: Id like what happen in PC memory when I do: a) class1 a = new class1 (); b) class2 a = new class1 (); Id like to know the difference and where there is something to read about it. Thanks >Id like what happen in PC memory when I do: Assuming that class1 is a class, a new class1 object is allocated on the GC heap in both cases. A reference to the object is stored in the a varia ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot connect to SQL Server 2005 April CTP from remote computer

  Hi, I am trying to connect to a SQL Server on a Windows2003 w/sp1 Server from a remote computer but always seem to get the infamous "Access is denied or Server Does Not Exist" error.  However, if I try to connect from the machine that is running the server, there is no problem. (Used sql account, server=mixed authentication) The windows 2003 Server is a single server installation with .Net 2005 Beta 2 Team Suite, Team Foundation Server and ...Show All

• Visual C# data reader issues

  im new to c# and trying to make a simple login page. it doesnt seems to extract the pwd fromt he db. it makes hte if(DR.Read()) check alright but the out put i get is invalid password. so it runs the name check but the pass check doesnt go through. void Login_Click(Object Src, EventArgs E) {  string strConn = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; server=localhost; user id=#; password=#; database=LoginTest;";  OleDbConnection Conn = new OleDbConnection(s ...Show All

• Windows Forms Application refused to exit

  I have a simple windows forms app (using C#) that has an ongoing thread.  I clicked the "X" button at the top right hand corner of the form, but the form remains.  I tried explicitly add Application.Exit() in the form's closing e ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Can I run a Flash movie in Visual Studio?

  I would like to display a Flash movie from my project. In Flash 5 I was able to do this from a PictureBox on a windows form and specify the filename in the Propertise window. But I can't seem to get any information on this for Visual Studio 2005. I'm trying to display and introduction/demonstration page as a Flash before the first main menu page of my project. I would greatly appreciate any help thanks... D... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office How to Show Complete Format Cells dialog

  I have a VSTO 2005 solution with some controls on the action pane that I would like to refresh when the user changes the formatting on a range. Is there a way to programatically show the Format Cells dialog using Excels built in dialogs I have tried using some of the built in dialogs that are part of the Format Cells dialog (like xlDialogFormatNumber, xlDialogAlignment etc), but I can not find one that displays the entire dialog as you would se ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to register WTL's paths for Visual C++ Express 8.0?

  How do you register WTL's paths for Visual C++ Express 8.0 The information for WTL explains it for Visual Studio 2005 and I don't know if internally there will be a difference in the process. See http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=161002&SiteID=1  for similar issue. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• .NET Development High performance sockets and SslStream

  Hi guys, I'm involved in a project where we need a high performance comms engine, capable of communicating with several thousands of clients simultaneously. My question is, would using SSLstream for normal channel encryption be fast enough i.e. is it recommended for high performance comms I was thinking of alternatives, one of which being: Use a TCPClient and SSLStream to authenticate the server, perform symmetric key exchange, either with the ...Show All

• Visual Basic Validating within a User Class

  I need to populate a container with an indeterminate number of label/textbox pairs for input. Since it is indeterminate at design time, I thought I'd create a user class with both a label and at text box in a pair so I could create them at run time and populate the labels appropriately from a data file. I need to validate each text box for numeric value. Then, I need to use that value to build up a subtotal on the form...sort of like this: ...Show All

• .NET Development Remoting on a stand-alone pc

  I am testing a client-server app on a stand-alone pc ie. I am running the client and the server on the same machine. My problem is that unless the machine is plugged into the network, I get a socket exception on instantiation of my remotable object... I am reliably informed that this is because I have no loopback address set - but I do not know what this means! Can someone tell me how to set a loopback address Many thanks. Aa ...Show All

• SQL Server Uninstall Microsoft SQL 2005 CTP

  Hi, I am having trouble uninstalling Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP. I have gone through the steps of uninstalling. Microsoft Configuration Tools does not seem to uninstall. HELP! Tried everthing short of formatting thanks in advance Hi.. try run the Build Unistall Wizard Step for this http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384972.aspx Ps: This steps is to remove Feb CTP but I think that have work with ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS2005 Determining if folder exists

  Since everyone else is moving on to VS2005, I guess I'll have to do the same ( ten times the number of thread views when referencing 2005)... If I create a wizard script (Default.js) to add a new item to my existing project, how do I determine if a given subfolder already exists in the project I am trying to provide for multi-language (culture) support in new User Controls.  The convention is to have an "App_LocalResources" subfolder to ...Show All

• Windows Forms tabs in code

  When I paste code on these forums, I lose my tabs and leading spaces.  Is there any way to do code formatting here As for airplane antics, no, that's all on that topic. The next one's about travelling, and obsession with&nbs ...Show All