BrettM's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Error Creating Window Handle

  button1 Clicks 15 times to "Error Creating Window Handle" - Source Code using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace ChildForm {     public partial class Form1 : Form     {         public Form1()       & ...Show All

• Visual Studio Object reference not set to an instance of an object trying to save a change to an xsd

  I started getting this after copying and trying to modify an xsd from one box to another. One simple mod, setting a default value for a column. I'm on production VS2005. Can you try reporting a bug on the Microsoft Product Feedback Center Be sure to include the XSD that is having the problem. Regards David ...Show All

• Visual C++ capture video from a webcam with visual c++ 2005 express edition

  Hi,  That is the first time I use visuall C++...I would like to capture an image from my webcam with visual c++. Has anybody a project or a simple way to do that.. I saw somehing with WIA or directshow but I cant understand how to use them. So I found something doing that with with "video for window" but i have linking problem after compiling: Thanks ------ Build started: Project: TestCpp, Configuration: Debug Win ...Show All

• SQL Server dynamic query

  Hello friends, I want to create a dynamic query based on input of the parameter. If the user passes nothing then all fields should be displayed else use query based on parameter. I had view sample of MSDN ,but I got error [BC30203]. Is there another way to it Please help. u can use the query in this way, SELECT AreaName, AreaCode FROM Area UNION SELECT ' All' AS Areaname, '' AS AreaCod ...Show All

• .NET Development unzipping files in a ZIP file

  I need to read in a ZIP file (WinZIP file) and write out the files contained to a folder, can I use System.IO.Compression I've looked at the deflate stream method, and this looks easy enough to decompress to memory, but how do I write out the files from this point thanks Not sure if the compression namespace supports ZIP Compression or not, but you could try this out: http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/Sh ...Show All

• Visual Basic Create Unique File name in ASP on Windows 2003 server

  Hello,      I am having a problem with an older .ASP application that was using the following code I wrote to create a unique file name : Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") mTime = Mid(Now,Len(Now)-10 + 1,1) mTime = mTime & Mid(Now,Len(Now)-8 + 1,2) mTime = mTime & Mid(Now,Len(Now)-5 + 1,2)   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("d:\inetpub\internal\public\webapplications\jetforms\" & mTi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Mesh modeling tool

  Hi, I'm looking for a mesh modeling tool. I'm beginner in DX programming so I don't need a tool with thousand of functionnalities for the moment. A free or low cost modeling tool would be great ... Thanks, Steve I can vouch for Milkshape 3D, I've been using it for my personal projects for a couple years now.  It also comes with a couple of .x file exporters.  Theres a trial available and a license will ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Timeline, It is driving me crazy.T.T;;;;;

  I made the moving picture to make use of the IAMTimeline Interface and to synthesize moving picture files and bitmap files The moving picture doesn't work when the moving picture which has no sound was synthesized. The first picture which has no sound of moving picture file doesn't work . How to know that which moving picture have audio data or not Please let me know that If I understand what you are asking...how do you to detec ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Task "WSS.WssPortal" failed exception while importing the process Template

  I exported MSF Agile process template successfully at my local drive and then  I tried to import the same . I got a import failure message with the following exception. Can anybody tell me that what may be the reason for that failure. Event Description: Task "WSS.WssPortal" failed Exception Type: System.Net.WebException Exception Message: The request failed with HTTP status 404: Not Found. WebException: Response Status Code: NotFound ...Show All

• Windows Forms Transparent form in .NET

  Hi I am working on creating a windows toolbar and I want to use this really cool transparent effect. The toolbar contains a list of buttons (links) to different web pages. I want all the buttons to be transparent. I know I can set the opacity on the form to do this, but I would like to be able to use this on the individual controls. To create the effect that when you hover one of the buttons it becomes solid and the rest stays semi-transpa ...Show All

• Visual Basic What good is this?

  Dim PrgrssBr as New ProgressBar ... and what can you do with it   Thanks. Yeah, only time consuming tasks... (progress bar) some tasks are so fast you get the results as soon as you release the button. ...Show All

• SQL Server Usage of Raw File in SSIS

  What is raw file in SSIS, could you tell me samples for usage of raw file Have you looked at BOL http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms140169.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141661.aspx Did you google it http://www.google.co.uk/search hl=en&q=ssis+raw+files&meta = More here: http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2005/12/04/2458.aspx http://blogs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Check out policy...

  Hello, My solution is bound to source control in TFS. Is there any way to ensure that each time there is a checkout a) the latest version is fetched from the server or b) the user is prompted whether he/she wants to do a 'Get Latest' thanks in advance, Satya Not really.  The option to force a Get Latest on check-out is something that a lot of users have been asking for and I here it is high o ...Show All

• SQL Server where is sql management studio?

  I just installed VS2005 Pro and I also installed SQL 2005 dev edition from CD 1. I installed everything that I could, but after it finished, SQL Management Studio doesn't show up. Why isn't it in the list of available sql server 2005 programs and how do I get it there Thanks. On my setup with VS2005 and SQL2005, if you try and install direct from the CD2 you are told that there are no updates to apply. You have ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Is there an example of how to test web services using https with X.509 certificate

  Any examples out there to test web services that require a client-side certificate using https I created the tests on my local machine without ssl and now am trying to enhance them for our larger test system. Can't record as we are using Smart Client WinForms.  Actually, the problem migh not be the certificate but how to add a FormPostParameter with Username and password. Is this the same in Smart Client forms as in IE Thanks, Burk ...Show All