Terence Curd's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ AFT_EXT_CLASS Query (Urgent!)

  Hi, I am using a face tracking sdk which provides... libraryx.lib,libraryx.dll and libraryx.h in libraryx.h the contents include a c++ class defn which i need to instantiate to make use of the library. class AFT_EXT_CLASS libraryx{ // -- class defintion } Now how do I use it.... I have my main class (my_proj.cpp) which #includes the libraryx.h, I also have added stdafx.h and stdafx.cpp files in my project. (see end for bot ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Policy violations email

  How do I set up the email address(es) to which I send emails if there has been a source control check-in policy violation Thanks You can also look in the version control database and query it to find the policy violators...it can be quite a hoot what some people write as their excuse... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Metric and Measurement

  What are geraneral metrics and models used in SDLC IS there any chage in Metrics depending on the standards I recommend you get Sam Guckenheimer's recently released book Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. It is chock full of guidance and right on point with your question. Ed. ...Show All

• SQL Server Connection failed!

  Hi guys, I have problem with this code: TCHAR szCurrentDir[250]; TCHAR szDataDir[250]; lstrcpy(szDataDir, TEXT( "DRIVER={SQL Native Client};SERVER=.\\sqlexpress;Trusted_Connection=Yes;DATABASE=MyDic;AttachDBFileName=" )); GetCurrentDirectory( sizeof (szCurrentDir), szCurrentDir); lstrcat(szCurrentDir, TEXT( "\\Database\\Data.mdf;" )); lstrcat(szDataDir, szCurrentDir); SQLDriverConnect(hdbc, hWnd, szDataDir, SQL_NTS, sz ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Evaluation Peroid for Vistual Studio 2005 expiration

  When I loaded the Team System Beta 2 VPC I got the following error after running twice. The evaluation period for this copy has expired.  Windows cannot start.  To continue using Windows please purchase and install a retail copy of the product. Software expires May 1, 2006 How do I get the Beta to run Larry Langer The beta 3 VPC image is currently making its way through the MSDN plumbing should be available shortly (if it's not ...Show All

• Windows Forms .

  What is the proper way (in VB.NET) to exit a For Next loop and continue with the next iteration   I don't want to abort the looping, just skip the current iteration and continue with the next one if a null is encountered in my pr ...Show All

• SQL Server Are there tools available to extract summary text from data in a varbinary(max) field?

  This is related to the previous question.... I can create fulltext indexes off document data and query the data. But when displaying the result set I want to show a standard short document summary, or better yet a summary that shows the keyword in contexts within the document (like google). Are there any tools available that allow me to do this. Can it work right from the varbinary(max) field or does the document first need to be extracted to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding additional RenderingExtensions

  Hello.  Our company is a small ISV that is hoping to use the Windows Forms ReportViewer for a number of things, among them the archiving of billing invoices.  This requires us to be able to export to a "carbon-copy" type of output format, such as PDF.  Our application ships with MSDE, so we're unable to use the full version of Reporting Services. PDF is not a supported export format for ReportViewer, but we were able to get this ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista error indicator for the customized activities in the designer is not visible

  we have created custom activties and when these activities are hosted in the designer the error indicator(ellipse symbol) is not visible.should i add any property so that it is visible please revert me. If you want the error smart tag you need to implement validators on the activity. Lab 2 in the Hands on Labs illustrate this. The hands on labs are avialable from here . Regards, Paul ...Show All

• Visual C++ Problem with decimal representation on German OS !!

  Hi, I am facing a problem which I think is very generic and I can find a prompt answer from my fellow programmers around. I am doing some calculation like: int original_scale_factor = 1; float temp = original_scale_factor / 1000.0; which if I output in a file using: fprintf(out_file, "Matrix Value [%9.7f] ", temp); dumps string like : Matrix Value [0.001] The problem arises in German OS where the same value is dumped like: Matrix ...Show All

• Windows Forms NetworkStream and StreamReader/StreamWriter

  I've got an app that uses the TcpListener and TcpClient classes to accept a connection and assign it to a NetworkStream which is then assigned to a StreamReader and StreamWriter.  The program uses a Do Loop to read data from the stream as& ...Show All

• SQL Server views

  how do i transfer views i created in sql server 2k to sql server 2005 express edition.. trying to use my database in sql server 2000 to sql 2005 express edition but when i imported it i couldnt find the views i created.. thanks you i installed an sql server 2005 express edition in my pc..we are currently using an sql 2000 in our server. am trying to use the feature import/export function of sql 2k to sql 2k5 expr ...Show All

• .NET Development Designing .NET Class Libraries - Downloading Videos

  Brad, These presentations are very useful really. Good idea to give the videos to us. Designing .NET Class Libraries http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/programming/classlibraries/default.aspx Brad Abrams' Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/ Cheers, Javier Luna http://guydotnetxmlwebservices.blogspot.com/ Brad, great job as usual . I love them! ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Reporting Services Subscription Does Not Work

  We have two SQL Reporting Services Servers (Test and Production).  In the Test environment I have set up some subscriptions to email reports to me, it works great. I have tried to set up reports in the Production environment, but the Report Manager never even attempts to email a report to me.  For example, this morning at 8:30 I set up a subscription to email a report to me at 8:45.  It is now 9:15.  I have not received the r ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro select with alltrim bug???

  Please try this... CREATE TABLE C:\FOX\TEST (STRNG C(5)) INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES ('A ') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES ('AAA') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES ('AA ') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES (' AA') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES ('B ') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES ('AB ') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES ('ABB') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES (' AB') INSERT INTO TEST (STRNG) VALUES ('C ') INSERT ...Show All