Gil Danziger's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Global Variables Best Practice

  I've created a single class that holds all my global variables. It also retrieves and stores them to an XML file. I start my VB.NET Desktop Application with a Sub Main in a Module and instantiate the global variables class as a public object&nb ...Show All

• Visual C++ ODBC Connection error

  It is VS2005 C++ WinForms Project. I dropped a MS DataGridView Control on one of the pages of a TabControl and connected to a ODBC database which I know is valid. As a matter of fact I use it every day. It's been created as a part of a MS Visual FoxPro 9 project, I have a grid control on a form there and I perform various operations on the tables too. At design time I had no problems but while compiling I got the following errors: c:\vcplu ...Show All

• .NET Development FtpWebrequest

  Hi! I'm using VisualBasic.net . I have a problem with my FTP-connection. I want to update my old VS2003-Project with including the .net-Framework 2.0 . Now I want to connect to an FTP-Server an downloading Files, retrieving File-Lists etc. <-- All by using FtpWebRequest. U can help me I'm searching for a good tutorial. Greetz reg3x ;) I believe he was asking about VB - not C. I came across those help articles too but didn't help me at ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Trouble signing up for the Microsoft Empower for ISVs

  Knowledge Mgmt. Solutions, Inc. wants to be a Small Business Specialist Partner, so we went to our Microsoft partner page and enrolled and paid the $398.64 on September 6, 2005. We then started looking for a place where our techs could go and take the courses which we were told was either Dallas or Redmond but they were not sure of the courses or course numbers being available. On October 14, 2005, they sent our money back to our bank - no expl ...Show All

• Visual C# C# & Lotus Notes

  Hello Everyone, I'm writing a web project in PL/SQL, from there I like to send meeting requests to people. The Users are on Lotus Notes.... I will like to write a C# Service, which collects the data from Oracle Database and send the meeting request to Lotus Notes..... The C# Service should be something, when there is a change in the table it just sends the requests out and listen if the User accepted the meeting or declined and send the ...Show All

• .NET Development trying to learn code access security principles

  I've been wrestling with Code Access Security issues on a first-come, first-serve basis, and using step-by-step tutorials (each tutorial like one of a thousand pieces in a puzzle) that I've found online. What I'm looking for is a high-level explanation of Code Access Security principles so I can put the puzzle together.  Does such a thing exist Can anyone explain the multiple layers of Code Access Security to me, from the top down ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to check if app is alreeady running?

  Anyone know how to do this Thanks Deasun Check out this article on creating Single Instance applications in Windows Forms http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/reaworapps1.asp ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. MSDN Webcast - Video game development

  Hello everyone, Can anybody tell my why I just had to hand over Name, address, position in company, colour of eyes, inside leg mesurement, etc. Just to download a webcast Microsoft don't do this with MSNTV, so why with this (Introduction to 3D games part 1) web cast Now I have a 7 Meg WMV file that consists of a dodgy looking Powerpoint presentation along with a voiceover that sounds like it was made underwarter. I dont mind too much if there ...Show All

• SQL Server RS in SQL Server 2005 Express?

  Hi I read on an MSDN blog that SQL Server 2005 Express has "Basic reporting services". Where can I find out exactly what this means As usual, the MS site is unhelpful. Thanks, MH&S Ooh. Found it now. <Eats words> It's right there on the MS site. Great stuffings. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Another conversion problem for me. Can someone tell me how to convert from char* to LPCTSTR?

  I want to see what's in variable "path" after several conversion the messagebox still not working right. I'm in vs2005, using only C++/COM window library (no mfc, clr). Thanks in advance for your help. _variant_t varDomain; hResult = padsRootDSE->Get( L "defaultNamingContext" , &varDomain); bstrDomainPath = _bstr_t( "LDAP://" ) + _bstr_t( varDomain ); bstrDomainOnly = bstrDomainPath; ...Show All

• SQL Server Secondary/multiple data sources in data source view

  I am new to reporting services and am trying to use model designer to build a data source view (and then a model) based off of multiple data sources. I am sorry if this question has been asked before but I could find the question by searching for it) Using a model project I have create 2 data sources from 2 different databases on two different servers. Then using the data source view wizzard I created a data source view (DSV) for my primary d ...Show All

• SQL Server Question about Redistributing SSIS

  From what I understand we won't be able to redistribute SSIS to a client machine.  If I want to add file importing cababilities to my application (ussing a SSIS package) , the client machine will have to install the SSIS dll's on their machine. I am just checking to see if my assumption is right. Any inormation is much appreciated. Shawn Absolutely. SSIS is a not a application programming technology. Best us ...Show All

• Visual Basic Find Image in Image

  how to search a small size image in a large size image, any function or procedure, or algo. like findsearch(image S, Image L) returen the cordinates left, top, height, width, that where that Small (S) image exist in Large(L) image anyone tell me how can i do this Zeeshan Ali zeeshanalialiali@hotmail.com from: Pakistan cell: 92-333-3059154 Are you asking how to find an actual image imbedded in an image, like an i ...Show All

• .NET Development TimeSpan or Stopwatch not as accurate as Environment.TickCount

  Can someone, maybe preferably from Microsoft, confirm a behavior that I'm noticing concerning the lesser accuracy of using TimeSpan and the Stopwatch object to time something in milliseconds versus using Environment.TickCount. Specifically, I'm noticing that in my Ping class that when I use Environment.TickCount to measure how long a host responds to my message, the result in milliseconds is accurate compared to the results when I use  ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Syntax

  Sirs/ Ma'ams I have an issue with an accounting database where hours (Units) are charged toward a project. If hours are charged incorrectly, they are backed out by accounting & the correct hours (Units) are charged. This will result in records residing for an entry, reversal & entry again. If there are 3 records; Units Project_Desc 10 Desc_a -10 Desc_a 12 Desc_a I'm trying to grab only records which don't have reversals or &q ...Show All