SimonDM's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development PDB files

  Hi all, Recently we have been releasing some third party libs. I found that while using Visual Studio 2005 instead of EVC that I have to include not only the lib but the pdb file as well or I get warnings building any code that uses them. I can rename the file automatically and that is nice but I stll have some questions about these pdb files. 1.) I noticed that if the source is removed that I can no longer step into into, which is good, b ...Show All

• SQL Server Query the Full-Text Words List?

  Hi Guys. I’m doing searches in a DB and am using the Full-Text Indexing. CONTAINS() will only process strings (words!) three letters or more in length. Even though it can do substring searching, it will only do this if it recognises the parameter as a word . So take this code for example:           Dim mySQLStatement As String = "SELECT TOP 100 Description, Price, Stock FROM Products W ...Show All

• SQL Server trigger issues

  I am running a trigger on a table (cusomfields) that is to fire when the table is updated or inserted. The trigger takes the new data and moves it to another table called search_products. Search products is made up of 5 columns (product_id, search_terms, name, vendor and keywords). The search_terms column is a combo of the name, vendor and keywords columns. When the trigger fires, the column in the customfields table that updates the keywords ...Show All

• Visual C++ Redrawing View

  Hi all, sorry for this question however i have a basic MFC app, i have a dialog box which i enter data in, the box saves the info and when i go back its all there and i can serialize it fine however when i close the dialog box i want the view to redraw, i've tried using Invalidate(TRUE); UpdateWindow(); however the information i have just added into the dialog is not displayed on screen. can anyone help me, i've added the above call ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. in managed directx, Materials are black if I create more than one mesh

  I'm using the cool example from the managed directx wiki. http://pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Craig.DirectX/MeshBasicsTutorial.html I created an object that took the mesh name and the device as arguments and have their own render methods. It works perfectly if I only make and render one Mesh but if I render two the materials seem to disapear, every surface of the mesh is totally black except for where there are textures, those parts render ...Show All

• Windows Forms Why SHIFT in Shortcuts in TextBox?

  Use the ShortcutsEnabled property to enable or disable the following shortcut key combinations: CTRL+Z CTRL+C CTRL+Y CTRL+X etc... The shortcuts above won't work in my application.   In stead I must use the SHIFT key: CTRL+SHIFT+Z CTRL+SHIFT+C CTRL+SHIFT+Y CTRL+SHIFT+X etc...   Why ...   I want the first one. How I'm using VB 2005. hi, Did you find solution for the problem If ...Show All

• Smart Device Development LNK2019 error about CeMountDBVolEx and CeOpenDatabaseInSession!!Anyone can help me?

  hi everyone!     i wrote a simple program use studio2005 with WM5.0PPC platform. i want to read some contact information from the SimEntries database use some APIs as CeMountDBVolEx and CeOpenDatabaseInSession. i find the API descriptions in msdn. it must include Windbase.h and link the Coredll.lib to use it. i include Windbase.h,then build ,it said CeMountDBVolEx and CeOpenDatabaseInSession not defined. i look the Windbase.h,&nbs ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro empty field

  is there a better way of checking for empty fields than select *; from myTable; where field1 = " "; into cursor data1 i need to run a complete check on the database for empty records in every field. How would i check for a 'date' data field Mike Where EMPTY(field1) This will work for all data Types. If you want to check every filled you will need: Where EMPTY(field1) or EMPTY(field2) or EMPTY(field3)... if you want some ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Controlling a Word Mail Merge with Excel

  I'm having trouble running a mail merge in Word using Excel.  I've followed the example in the help file, and have the Workbook opening the appropriate Word Document.  My problem, is I can't control the mail merge from code embedded in the Workbook or in the Document.  The reason I'm using Excel to run the code to open Word, is because I have three different mail merges with three different "Forms" and depending on the ...Show All

• Visual C# C# InputBox to use with a Console Application

  Hi everyone, Anyone know of an InputBox that can be used with a Console application to practice coding C# I am looking for an InputBox, similar to the one in VB.Net, (or the Java showInputDialog) which would be analogous to an output MsgBox, where one could practice writing code using the console, compile, input variables with the InputBox, and get the output results using the C# Msgbox( ). Or could an InputBox, from one of the other .N ...Show All

• Visual C# C# Process Events

  Hi all I am workign on a program that acts as an installer for multiple programs. My program simple runs other install programs as processes from C#. I was trying to use the process.Exited event in order to trigger the next step of the installation, but this event never seems to get triggered even when the processes is finished and terminates itself Does anyone know why this is and a solution to it. I need a way to control the different steps i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Cannot add DSL diagram into a Web Project

  Hi, Is there a reason why I cannot add a DSL diagram to a web project I am developing a diagram that generates my WebPage and i would like to add it to a webproject . Thanks. I suspect it's because we only create VB and C# project item templates, so VS won't allow you to add an item to a different project type with these templates. The worksround is to add the item to a C# project, say, then copy the file into the ...Show All

• .NET Development TypeLibConverter Help Needed

  I'm trying to build an object that will dynamically call methods from a signed OCX through COM Interop in C#. If I add a project reference to my OCX, I can acces the object just fine from C#. However, if I try to call GetPrimaryInteropAssembly(), I'm getting nothing back. I was under the impression that adding the reference to the OCX object created the Primary Interop Assembly, and I would be able to see it through that method. Unfortuna ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Daily Builds?

  This may be obvious to you but it has baffled us for some time: Team Foundation users often talk about daily builds. When I presented this idea to our software team they asked "Why" Our code doesn't change enough to warrant a daily build, they said. Maybe a weekly or monthly build they said.  What  don't we undertsand here   Bill If you do daily builds you know every day that your curre ...Show All

• Windows Forms FormView (Edit and Insert data)

  Hi, I wolud like to manage my data using a formview... Is there a method to use the same control (formview + sqldatasource) to editing and inserting my data in the same page I must duplicate my objects only 'couse DafaultMode can be set only to "edit" or "insert" Is there a method to switch (using code) from a mode to another   This is the incorrect place. You need to post to the http:// ...Show All