ecdown's Q&A profile

• SQL Server compatability level

  i restored couple of databases from 2000 onto 2005. Should i change the compatability level of these databases to 90 Would it help/harm If your application has no issues with working against a SQL Server 2005 database I would definitely change the compatibility level to 90. This enables you to fully use the benefits of SQL Server 2005. Make sure you run the databases through the Upgrade Advisor first. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Engine Architecture

  Hello everyone, I am new to these forums here. I am wondering if anyone has any good resources (links, etc..) for designing a 3d engine. I do not need links on how to create one (writing the code), but i am trying to explore some different engine architecture's as i am getting ready to create my own personal engine to be used in a product of mine. To help with answering my question it would help to know my experiance / background. I have been programming in java for about 3 years, and have been programming exclusively in C# for the past year. Used to program in other languages a long time ago, "basic" and such. I can say th ...Show All

• .NET Development ASP search database

  Hi guys, I've got a question about a search engine in my aspx file. I have a database with existing data. I'm using Visual Web Developer 2005 and I made an aspx file with a detailview where i can read data from my database. Now i would like to search my database for a table. I want to do that by using a textbox and a button to submit the search. Can anyone help me with a code so i can search my database. Many thanx in advance. Greetz Gabs First creat a form call detailview.aspx, then create a datasource using select * from database where criteria = (querystring something) Then add another page ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Device Emulator Preview & NAT connectivity question...

  I'm running the Device Emulator Preview with a Windows Mobile 5 image. I enable networking and it binds to my adapter with no issue. I'm able to connect to resources on my home network (DHCP issues the device an IP address).  Example, I can connect to http://server , which is a server on my network.  However, when I attempt to connect to www.cnn.com or anything outside my network, it won't connect and says I need to setup my network connection. I've even tried setting a static IP to make sure the default gateway is getting in there (it's issued via DHCP) but that's not the issue. I'm curious as to why the adapter that the emulator ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error with MSBuild and Hatteras client

  Here's a chunk of my buildlob.log file.  Is anyone having problems like this Using "CreateWorkspaceTask" task from assembly "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Hatteras.MSBuild.dll". Task "CreateWorkspaceTask" C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v8.0\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamBuild.targets(86,5): error MSB4018: The "CreateWorkspaceTask" task failed unexpectedly. Microsoft.VisualStudio.Hatteras.Client.MappingConflictException: The path D:\ColwebAutomatedBuild\COLWEB2\Just Build\sources is already mapped in workspace TFBUILDSVR_COLWEB2_Just Build.    at Micr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Error: "data\rights.dat is already open"

  Hi, I've just installed Visual SourceSafe 2005 on a Windows XP Professional SP2 machine. I'm not sure right off the bat if that's the problem because scouring the web, I've not found any location that lists the system requirements for this software. In fact I can't even find the official Microsoft Page for this program! Is MS downplaying its existence to get people to migrate to TFS Anyway, after creating the SS database, I tried to add a project to the source control on my laptop through the LAN (also running xp pro SP2), but when I try to connect, I get the error "File C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\Vis ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS 6.0d (SP6) names.dat may be corrupt

  Two problems.  I can't add new users to the program, and, I tried archiving a database and received the message "File names.dat may be corrupt."  The Help for this message said to run Analyze.exe alone (without extensions), then run Analyze.exe -F.  I ran Analyze.exe and Analyze.exe -F and the results were no errors.  It doesn't seem to see a problem with names.dat yet I still can't perform either of the above tasks.  I have tried deleting names.dat and running Analyze.exe but this also did nothing to fix the problem. Thanks in advance.   Steve Hi Steve, What v ...Show All

• Visual Basic ExplorerBar Control

  Hi, I am trying use an ExplorerBar control in my IT Asset Tracking project but to no avail. I downloaded the control binary from the following website : www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Controls/Explorer_Bar/article.asp and placed the DLL as a reference but the code in the documentation is C# and not VB.NET. Has anyone used this control or know of a good link where I can easily deploy this control to my project. Regards Dipendra Hi Dipendra, I'm not familiar with this control but if you can post the C# code you're having troubles converting in VB it's easier to help. You can take ...Show All

• Visual C# timer problem

  hi,     i have a windows service which is checking to the desire URL and check back its httpwebresponse data. and, i save the result in a log file insdie local drive. i use a timer to trigger my service's function that check to my desire URL response. the problem is with that timer. since my timer's data type is double, my friend suggest that if it reach to its maximum value my service will get error or it will stop. he had faced with that situation before, but couldn't find out a solution. so, i'ld like to know if it is true, is there any solution to triger my service's function at every 5 minute or at a require interval, li ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro MAPI and Set Default..

  When using mapi I am loosing my “set default” to goes back to the c: I wind up putting code like as follows just to correct it. Mdefa=set(‘default’) Mpath=set(‘path’) <Mapi code here> Set default to &Mdefa Set path to &mpath I’m not sure why I have to reset the path, the set(‘path’) still returns the correct path but foxpro can’t find the files! I have the same problem when users select certain PDF Printers. (not adobe) Why does this happen Thanks Dave You don't have to reset the path but you have to reset the default. It's a known problem of MAPI. Using & with a path is prone ...Show All

• SQL Server Display only the latest two consecutive years?

  Hi all, I have a Matrix with several static rows of financial information with a column group that groups the information by date:                     01.02.04                    12.09.03 Dividend         455,789                     346,098 Profit           &n ...Show All

• SQL Server Disappearing Measures???

  Not sure what I could have done to make this happen ... but one of my simple measures (simply a row count of my fact table) no longer shows a value EXCEPT when I use it with one of my multi-level hierarchies I defined. Has anyone seen this Is there a way to fix it I really have no idea what I coulda done. I've even commented out my calculated members and removed any non-regular dimensions and it still ain't working. Thanks - Wayde Does your calculations script contain a CALCULATE command Without this no aggregation will be done and only the leaf cells will contain data. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Question ?

  I want to ask how to zip a file using vb 2005 for ex. i have a text file MyFile.txt of c:\ and i want to zip it using vb 2005 any one can help thanks which 3rd party software like PKZip , winzip etc. do you plan to use ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System SuppressMessage for .NET 1.1?

  Hi, In this GotDotNet thread (of the FxCop project): http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/MessageBoard/Thread.aspx id=300724&Page=1 ...there is mention that  SuppressMessage was scheduled for removal from version 1.32 of FxCop. I have 1.32 and would very much like to mark-up my (.NET 1.1) code to exclude certain messages. What would you recommend   Thanks! - Oli The core issue here is that .NET 1.1 does not support conditionally-emitted attributes, as v2.0 does. This means that any suppression information you might express via custom attributes would always entail shipping that ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Problem with Mail Merge in VSTO Word Project

  Greetings! I'm developing a word report in VSTO based on a template. I have successfully created an Actions Pane with some customized options and now I'm trying to make a mail merge, when the document is opened. However, it is making the merge to a new file and not to the current one! Can someone help me on this Here is my code: public MailMerge(string rel)         {             Object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;             Object oFalse = false;            &nb ...Show All