MatthewVincent's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Mech Commander 2 Shared Source Release Intall problem

  Hey there, I'm using XP professional Korean version with sp2...I've installed XNA Builder without any problems, but when I install the Mech Commander 2 Shared Source Release, a error messege popped up like this: Error 1324. The path Microsoft MechCommander 2 Shared Source Release contains an invalid character. Then the installation finished. Could anyone be pleased to tell me what can I do for this I've download it twice, but th ...Show All

• Windows Forms returning string from showDialog to parent window

  Hi, I am opening a form (frmChild) as ShowDialog from parent window (frmParent) frmChild.ShowDialog() How do I return a string from frmChild to frmParent Thanks,     Just add a public property (or string variable) to frmChild and the reference it directly after the showdialog: if (frmChild.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {     string text = frmChild.ReturnTe ...Show All

• Visual C++ Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library error question

  I recieve this error when I launch Internet Explorer - version 6.0 OS Windows XP Home edition 2002 Service Pack 2.  Error is as follows: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program C:\Program Files\Internet explorer\iexplore.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.  Please contact the application's support team for more information. I am not certain where to post this questi ...Show All

• Visual Basic Cannot initialize array

  I'm wondering if somebody could help me resolve the infamous ""Object reference not set to an instance of an object." when I try to execute the following: I have a class like the following: <code> Partial Public Class BinaryTreeSrchCrit Private intFldNum As Integer Private strSrchValue As String Private strOperator As String Private intSrchID As Integer Private intGrpIdx As Integer Private intPropIdx1 As Integer Private intP ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to uninstall SQL Server Express 2005 Tools

  I get an error message when trying to uninstall the SQL Server Express 2005 Tools.  It reports, The setup has encountered an unexpected exception in datastore.  The action is Write_CommitFlag.  The error is: Unable to write property into cache: flagCommit. XmlRW Error: Failure loading XmlRW.dll CheckAllProcedures() It is currently preventing me from installing the full Sept CPT because it needs to have the express compo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Build FAILED: A database error occurred (SQL error 8152) ---> String or binary data would be truncated.

  Hi, I'm running Beta 3 Refresh in a single server environment. I've started moving our source code from StarTeam to TF Version Control, but have run into a problem with the build. I started out with a small sample and a simple build file and everything worked fine. Now I've checked a major part of our source code into TFVS and have set up a team build. The build have multiple solutions with multiple projects and several thousand source files. Th ...Show All

• Windows Forms I need to build a DataGrid which is grouping rows (like Outlook pane)

  I need to build a Windows DataGrid which is grouping rows and keep under a header (like Outlook pane) any help Dear sir i want to make a grouping in datagrid. Pls send source code in asp.net using C# Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Combobox issues?

  Scenario. in a secondary form, i receive a ListViewItem from the calling (main) form. Let's say that: myListViewItem.SubItems[CATAGORY] is what i'm interested in. I need to look at the string at SubItems[CATAGORY] (i.e. SubItems[CATAGORY].Text) and use that to set the combobox item on the secondary form at initialize time. I can set other form properties (text boxes) but not this combobox. This is basically, what i have tried and failed ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS2005 sucks!!

  I have been using vS2003 for a couple years now. I upgraded to 2005 thinking I'd be getting a better environment with more up to date libraries and tools. What I ended up with is an environment that takes 3 or 4 minutes to open for me to start working. Another 4 or 5 minutes to open my tiny PDA application with 4 forms in it. Errors that make no sense about such and such not existing as a function of a class, yet the editor itself finds every ...Show All

• .NET Development VB 6 Interoperability

  Hi, I hope that I can explain this correctly. I have an application written in VB 6. We are developing new functionality whereby a new form can be launched from the VB 6 app. This form will contain a WebBrowser control and the data displayed within it (a user's schedule) is an ASP.NET page. The user is able to click on a link in the page that is essentially a record number. I need to somehow retrieve this record number, and display all det ...Show All

• Visual C# Application needs to run every...

  Hi, I need to develop an application that will start with the system, and every XX hours especified by the user, and at the time especified, this program has a routine that needs to be run. How can I do this, with a "while" and keep checking,  with a timer and every second I verify....Or what is the best way FileSystemWatcher is the exact name.  You can see a nice sample on Microsoft's web site - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library ...Show All

• Windows Forms hotspot type links on picture box controls

  Hi, I'm a web developer new to windows forms. I have a windows form that is one picturebox of an image I made in Photoshop. Can I create hotspots or imagemaps over the portions of the image that I want to be clickable Thanks, Jon Byrd ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions publishing my program and embedding .net framework 2

  Hi all, I'm trying out VS.net C# express beta 2. I had created a simple hello world program. I'm using the "publish" feature that comes with vs.net, however I notice that when it's install on another computer, it takes a long time to install as the setup is downloading the .net framework 2 from the internet. Is there anyway to bypass the internet streaming and instead put in all in a cd-rom for the installation Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual C++ VS .Net 2005, how to disable intellisense...

  Hi I am really frustrated with the performance of VS .Net 2005. This is because I always see at the bottom "updating intellisense..." and it uses 60% to 70% of CPU. How to disable this updating of intellisense... Please this is making Visual studio unusable. Thanks Chandra Traian, We did a lot of work to increase Intellisense precision in VC8 so what you mention seems a little suprising. Could you post a sa ...Show All

• .NET Development SerialPort Class Help DataReceived

  I'm using the DataReceived from the V.2 .NET SerialPort class. I'm communicating with a microprocessor board and i can write to it fine. I'm having trouble reading from it. It sends a single byte at a time without an EndCharacter. I can see the byte being sent on my oscope and with an older Turbo Basic program it does read the byte. My problem is that my DataReceived event isn't being thrown. I have my ReceivedBytesThreshold set to 1 and i still ...Show All