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• Smart Device Development What to use instead of environment variables?

  I'm in a situation where I'm porting some existing software to Windows CE and used environment variables in the original. The idea is to share a common string between dll's in the running process where the "main" dll posted a environment variable FOO=BAR and all other dll's could search and see if FOO was set. The sharing only happend inside the process so two applications wouldn't conflict with each other. Is there a similar way to implement this on CE I could use registry but still it would be an out-proc solution where two running instances could eventually catch things which didn't below to their process. Thanks in ...Show All

• Architecture Windows Installer

  Probabily this is wrong section, but i don't know how post it. I'm making a project installer project with windows installer 3.1. I'd like, at the end of installation, that the installer execute my application. Some one know how How exactly are you creating your installer With WiX Sadly I do not know much about creating installers other than what InstallShield Express provides (WiX is on the list to learn, it just hasn’t been achieved yet. From what I understand though, you’d need to add a custom action to your installer to carry out this task, something like this: <CustomAction Id='LaunchProduct' FileKey='Appl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions cannot register visual web developer 2005 express

  I got my activation key, then copy and past it in the activation field, but I get an errormessage : " Activation key you entered is not a valid ..." How can I solve this problem Every time I start Visual Web Developer 2005 Express I get a windows pop-up which tells me to register the product now. When I click on the message it will route me to thist website: https://profile.microsoft.com/ProductActivation/ProductActivation.aspx lcid=1033&WizId=9a8bdc4e-05ae-45c7-a17e-66b864c33382&pid=76872-000-0000011-00123 Here I sign in with my hotmail account after which I will receive an e-mail ...Show All

• Visual Basic Efficient Threading

  Guys, Creating an app that's essentially a Telnet server. At the moment, I've got two threads: 1) Listens for connections and accepts them 2) Checks to see if any clients have sent data that is waiting to be read. Is that enough for a basic Telnet server, considering that I may have up to 2000 connections online at once Or should I have a thread for each client Cheers, everybody! Will WIll everyone here is not a guy. There is an advanced technique called connection pooling You don't keep 2000 connections you create just enough connections to handle what is actually transpiring at the moment. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Pocket PC SQL CE problems

  Hi All, I am really new to the .NET, C#, CE world and am working on a project with some pressing deadlines. Please bear with me. I've been having a few problems with the namespaces, let alone pulling the data. For some reason the namespaces,    using System.Data.SqlServerCe;    using System.Data.SqlCeEngine;    using System.Data.SqlCeEngine.SqlCeRemoteDataAccess; are not being identified during the build. I looked up the references and SqlServerCe is already present inthe references. Is there anything else I need to do to remove this error I am not using SqlServerCe anywhere in the code but I was wondering about ...Show All

• Visual Basic Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work?

  Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work Michael Seriously I read a few of your post, atfirst I can understand that you are pissed off. But then when I read a couple more, I totally think you should go do something else. I have the same problem with MySQL but I know its a B E T A, and people answering this thread is just like YOU and ME. Its not like every reply is OFFICIAL MICROSOFT SUPPORT. So STFU. Dont act like a kid that doesnt get candy. You made me register to post this................ ...Show All

• SQL Server Regarding SSIS

  Dear all, I am writing a SSIS package which own an ActiveX Script Task (Visual Basic Script code incide) but I haven’t idea or any clue about how do I set up global variables. Something like that: Dim strIdioma strIdioma = DTSGlobalVariables("strIdioma").Value … property “Script” allows me paste any snippet of code but then I don’t know how to link my variables before created. On the other hand "Script task" allows only to introduce Visual Basic .Net and then design by Visual Studio. Any comment would be very appreciated. ActiveX Script is solely there to support migrated DTS packages and even then it probably won' ...Show All

• Windows Forms 121 PictureBoxes slow my app. Help me optimize?

  I'm developing a program that uses 121 pictureboxes on one form and when I run the program, it is rather slow.  I haven't even coded yet!  If I try to move the window, the contents get especially choppy.  It's even worse if I'm moving the app and it hits the edge of the screen.  Plus, my pictureboxes all need to have transparent backgrounds.  That slows my app even more. I know that the alternative is having one big picturebox and using the Paint event.  I've tried that back in Visual Basic 2003 and it was a total nightmare. Can anyone help me optimize my app so that all the pictureboxes don't slow it ...Show All

• SQL Server GetIsClustered() returns FALSE for Veritas Cluster Server

  With both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 when running in a Veritas Cluster, the GetIsClustered() API returns FALSE. Does anyone know if this is working as designed Does GetIsClustered() really only mean MSCS clustered or should Veritas be setting that server property Thanks   Del Hoobler Posting the last email thread that we had on the topic.   From: Michiel Wories Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:34 PM To: 'Del Hoobler' Cc: Mark Wistrom Subject: RE: SQL Server 2005 - "IsClustered" - Is it just for MSCS   Hi Del, as it seems Veritas clusters do not e ...Show All

• Visual C# .

  . Rob, This is from a larger project so I've tried to cut and paste the relevant bits.  This took ages of trial and error to get working. Hope you can make sense of it. Cheers Steve The process is started from a class that also has a Windows form (to show progress).  The sendclip method starts the commandline process which returns as soon as the process is started - as then events take over.  The show dialog displays the form and kind of forces a 'wait'.  I use events to close the form when the process finishes and things carry on this.sendclip(clip, clip.Partialcommandline, Qsyst ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS Issues

  Can some one help me with these issues with VSS 2005 Beta2. 1. While adding file VSS is marking files as binary, I have to mark them text files myself. 2. WHile adding file the add file dialog is showing all the files. VSS 6.0 use to diaply only additional files. 3. I am not able to see the results while 'Get lastest version'. I have tried wth the option on tools / option / view menu. Thanks, raj > Make sure the extension is not included under "Binary Files" in Tools|Options|File Types (in SourceSafe explorer) Actually, I seem to remember a bug that in Beta2 BinaryFiles mask was not respected when adding ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to sort winform's databinding by related table's column?

  I have a windows form bound to a "products" table. I've tried binding to a dataview and a dataviewmanager, but i can't figure out how to achieve a sort by joined table. "products" table has a column "seasonName".  this links to a "seasons" table.  "seasons" table has a column called "sortOrder".  I want to sort b ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Visual Foxpro free tables on remote server. Help.

  Hi, I get this error message; Exception Details: System.Data.OldDb.OleDbException: Invalid path or file name [OleDbException (0x80040e21): Invalid path or file name.] I have xp-pro with VS2003 installed. I save the application to a 2003 Server (that also has Sql Server with databases and IIS), and I have an older server, NT4, with a visual foxpro (free tables .dbf) accouning system on it. I created a form, WebForm_1 and connected to Sql Server on the 2003 server and it worked just fine. I have the application, data store and IIS all on the same machine. Then I created WebForm_2 and conntected to a Visual Foxpro ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005, multiple instances - what about ports?

  When multiple instances of SQL 2005 are installed on a cluster or standalone server, is it best to have each instance configured to listen on a different port or will one port for all do We don't use port 1433 and the port we do use is blocked at the firewall. I'd like to standardize on one port for all instances but I'm not sure of the ramifications. Any thoughts Thanks. You have to use one port per instance. HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• Visual Basic Rebuild Failed - 0 errors many warnings.

  Shouldn't there be someway to determine which error is causing the build to fail. Most of my warnings are Performance, Globilization and interoperability errors. It does give me an option to run the latest build that worked which appears to be the build that the IDE is telling me is failing.   I selected Disable all warning and the build failed. Where is the log for this process ...Show All