Morwyn's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Drawing over fullscreen video from AudioVideoPlayback

  I've spent some time trying to render text or even a control on top of video being played at fullscreen using the AudioVideoPlayback namespace without any luck.  Originally I was aiming to have a transparent control on top of the video, but if I can get text on top, or any control (transparent or not) I'd be happy... Can someone point me in the right direction   Perhaps provide an example of something similar ...Show All

• SQL Server Can I write SQL 2000 databases with SQL Server 2005?

  My shared hosting service only supports SQL 2000. Thank you. http://www.google.co.uk/search hl=en&q=sql+server+2000+developer+edition&meta = This may be what you're looking for. SQL Server developer edition sounds as though it will cater for your needs (at home, when developing, this is a non-production environment) So, you could use all the features of SQL, then transfer it up to your hosted server for the production environment. F ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Wrapping Label?

  Anyone know how to make a Label that wraps across multiple lines in WPF I can't seem to find a property that makes this work. Label doesn't support text wrapping, but TextFlow does: <TextFlow><Paragraph>Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah </Paragraph></TextFlow> Sheva ...Show All

• Visual Basic setup project can not build

  Hi, I am using vs 2003 to build a setup project but got this error message "Could not find file ..., Not enough storage is available to complete this operation." I checked the path of the file, it is correct. After I remove this file from the setup project, I can build it successfully and the result msi file is about 250MB, the file I removed is about 260MB, is there any limitation about the size of the file in setup project or the tot ...Show All

• Visual Studio Confirmed "BUG" in VS2005 - Microsoft Access, SourceSafe (Operation must use an updateable query.)

  Hi ! To recreate the problem do this: 1) Create a windows form project that uses a access database as its data storage. 2) Add the project to the sourcesafe (note that the database will be added aswell) 3) Now try run the project in debug mode and you will receive the error when you try to update/add any data to the database "Operation must use an updateable query". The problem here is that since the database (.mdb) is added to sourcesafe, ...Show All

• Visual C++ a multithread bug

  I have a MS C/C++ compiler version 12 for 80X86 on a PC running Windows 2000. If I include a standard output statement which contains different data type values in the ThreadProc function, the threads created by the main program sometimes do not terminate gracefully. e.g. #define MAX_THREADS 4 LPCRITICAL_SECTION cOBJ; typedef struct _MyData { int val1; int val2; } MYDATA, *PMYDA ...Show All

• .NET Development VERY slow binary serialization of strings coming from SQL

  Please help! This is probably the weirdest issue I've ever encountered. I'm trying, in C#, to binary serialize an array of strings that come from a SQL Server 2000 database.  Problem is, this takes orders of magnitude longer than if the strings don't come from the database. The EXACT same 35000-length array of strings takes 0.1 seconds to serialize if the strings don't come from the database, and 40(!) seconds to serialize if they do. So ...Show All

• SQL Server Backup CERTIFICATE Fails

  I've problems with backing up the certificate (on the Witness Server). On principal and mirror, it works fine (Win 2003 Server, US English), but on my local PC (XP Prof, German) what i use as witness Server following backup command raises an error: USE master ; CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'something$Strong123' ; CREATE CERTIFICATE HOST_W_cert WITH SUBJECT = 'HOST_W certificate for database mirroring' ...Show All

• Visual Basic getting files from FTP

  Hey, I got a Windows application that processes Excel files and transfers all data to a DB. These Excel files at the moment are being sent to Malta from Germany via FTP........ the user copies the files to another location (as the FTP directory is not accessible) and then browses for them using an Open File Dialog.... the application then does the processing needed! I would like to automate this a bit more. 1. How can I access the FTP server (NO ...Show All

• Visual C++ Has anyone at Microsoft actually used VC++ Express B2?

  I haven't used Microsoft's Visual C++ since version 6. I've always thought Microsoft makes the best software development IDEs by far, but the compiler was extremely lacking. I figured I'd try Win32 GUI development again (I do mostly Unix or cross-platform non-GUI), so, 1) I downloaded Visual C++ Express Beta 2 and installed it. 2) It didn't compile anything successfully, including  "Hello, World" (See this thread for those looking for a ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Designer and the Toolbox

  We are working on integrating the workflow desinger into our suite of tools. Our shell currently has a toolbox that implements the IToolboxService interface. When we create the DesignSurface for the Workflow designer, we pass in our root service provider (which contains our toolbox service). However, the Workflow designer never asks our service provider for the IToolboxService (though it does ask for many other services). How does the list of av ...Show All

• .NET Development Help on Deploying application ???

  Dear all, I have build a windows application with VS 2003 and VB.NET Actually I need now to deploy it and for that I am using the integrated setup project template. Works great for simple things For further extension, I need to know at which place the initial installation has been installed. For exemple installtion path could be stored under a registry key. How can I read from the setup project the installation path of a product Thnaks for your ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums print out to .pdf or calling a macro with parameter

  Hi, I created an .hta application that generates XML from Excel Sheets and the reverse, the thing is that when I do the reverse, generate Excel Sheets from XML files, i need to print that sheet to pdf. I try creating a macro that receives as a parameter the name of the final pdf file like this: Sub print2pdf(filename) ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1, Collate:=True, PrToFileName:=filename End Sub and then i call the macro in ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Problem with MS Updates on New Dell

  I have a brand new Dell XPS Fully Loaded and Upgraded, but there is one MS security update that will never load. I have Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I also have PC-Cillan Micro Trends Antivirus/Firewall Internet Security Protection. Below is the update that I am not able to get as it fails every time. Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB886903) Failed to install The other issue I have: ...Show All

• Visual C++ Debugging a section of my code (code included)

  Hi I am trying to debug this section of my code but I have encountered the following error messages: error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type' (line264) error C2065: 'n' : undeclared identifier (line 268) Any chance of a little help Thanks! Alan Homer The code is: /* * GENESIS Copyright (c) 1986, 1990 by John J. Grefenstette * This program may be freely copied for educational * and research purposes. All other right ...Show All