andy-2007's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions .net 2.0 beta uninstall

  Downloaded windows installer 3.0 and installed. Tried to uninstall .net 2.0 beta 2.2 as per instructions for installing Sqlserver 2005 from express download page. Get uninstall errors.  Any help would be appreciated.  thanx Hi, Please run the uninstall tool: http://msdn.microsoft.com/fwli nk/ LinkID=47598. You can then download and install the release version from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql . ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Contest winners ever receive their prizes?

  Have any of the MSN Activity contest winners received their prizes or told how or when they will receive them I'm still waiting too. I didn't have an answer about my paperwork, I hope it was ok even if it was for US people and I'm not. Will we receive an Alienware or a Dell pc ...Show All

• Visual C++ DialogResult compile error

  Hi, I am using VC++ 2005 beta 2 and I am creating a windows forms application. I am trying to use an OpenFileDialog, but on the following line of code: ofd->ShowDialog( this ) == DialogResult::OK I get the following compile error: error C2039: 'OK' : is not a member of 'System::Windows::Forms::Form::DialogResult' But OK is a member of DialogResult... [Weird: I didn't see Ronald's post initially...] > But OK is a member of DialogResult... Well it depends how you look at it. The DialogResult in question is the DialogResult property inherited from Windows::Forms::Form. The Form class (which your class inherits from) has a Dia ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Shadow maps

  Hi I'm looking for some information about texture shadow maps. I've looked in goole for a sample, but i can't find one. The ones I found, or are incomplete or too complex (because they involved other more complex concepts, like soft shadows). The sample about Shadow Maps in the DX SDK run soooooooo slowly that it is very hard to properly study it (I think that's because it is meant for DX 10). What I'm realy looking, is a sample code as simple as it can get. I'm not too bothered about perfection or antialising. I just want to cast a shadow of an object in the ground. Thats all. I hope I don't need to learn about directx efect files for this. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System customize tfsbuild.proj to copy files

  Hello, I am having trouble with something that should be really simple. I want my nightly build to copy my website files and the supporting .dlls to my webserver after doing the original "drop". I've tried to do this by using the "AfterDropBuild" target (below)- and the "copy" target that microsoft includes. I DO have the import project statement for the build targets in my tfsbuil.proj- located prior to the target below. When I run the build it seems to completely disregard this target- It doesn't raise any errors- just completes successfully- so I am wondering if this piece is not being picked up at all ...Show All

• SQL Server Script Transformation

  A new question ! When you use a script transformation you have input rows and output rows. Is it possible to have a different number of rows at input and output Thanks   Coroebus wrote: I get an error with my script : PipelineBuffer has encountered an invalid row index value. Dim NbCode As Integer = 20 ' set the nb of code per row Dim liste As String = Nothing ' the string containing the output row ' We loop for NbCode times While Not Row.EndOfRowset       For j As Integer = 0 To NbCode            &n ...Show All

• Visual Basic Random number generating same number every time?

  I heard that you have to add some code to a random number generator results(1) = Int((5 - 1 + 1) * Rnd() + 1) so that if it is used again and again it keeps generating new numbers as apposed to what this piece of code does by itself which is creates the same number every time. what is the code My apolgies, I didnt have option explicit on so i didnt notice it. I should have had it on ...Show All

• SQL Server IIF driving crazy

  This is driving me crazy… =IIF(Fields!COUNTRY.Value = "United States","US", IIF(Fields!COUNTRY.Value = "UNITED STATES", "US", Fields!COUNTRY.Value)) Is that not correct =Iif(Fields!Country.Value = "United States", "US", Nothing) =Iif(Fields!COUNTRY.Value = "United States", "US") =Iif(Fields!COUNTRY.Value, "misb_db_prp1" = "United States", "US", Fields!COUNTRY.Value, "misb_db_prp1") =Iif(Fields!COUNTRY.Value = "United States","US", Fields!Country) Can you please correct w ...Show All

• Windows Forms Datagridview Combobox AutoSizeMode

  Hello, I want to display the content in combobox this I can get by setting AutoSizeMode = DisplayedCell. But I don't want to resize the columns in Grid; if user selects any long text, then column shouldn't not be resized. How can I achieve this Thanks in advance Sudipta set the Propertiy DropDownWidth Problem Solved Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO Advice: Need your design advice for outlook addin

  I'd be grateful for any design advice regarding an VSTO Outlook add-in I am trying to build. When the user starts Outlook, I want to have a default form (perhaps replacing the default "blank" email space) where the sender enters some information and the email is then generated for them - where the sender can continue to edit the mail from that point. I know how to create a dialog upon loading a "new" email and then generate the final email - but I was hoping it could become part of the default email form they could use. Can you please share a few design steps ideas that would do accomplish this Maybe there is ...Show All

• Windows Forms WinXP Fax Console replacement

  I am looking into writing a replacement for the Windows XP Fax Console. I would like to add some features (e.g. auto-preview, 1-step printing). My problem is that I can't find where the Windows NT Fax Server stores the properties that show up in the Fax Console (e.g. Start Time, TSID, Status, etc.) I have checked all the TIFF metadata and this&nbs ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista TabletPC add-ons and additional features

  Hi all, Does anyone know of any add-ons that will assist in enabling the additional features of the tabletPC. I am running Vista build 5231 and I cannot utilize my additional monitor because the system does not allow me to do so. I am not able to activate my wireless card because there is no option to turn it on. I am using a HP Compaq TC1100 tabletPC which is very different from the flip screen laptop tablets. All the features and functions are built into HP's applications that manage the use of the tablet. Will there be similar tools available from Microsoft for these tablets Please advise.   I too am running Vista on my TC ...Show All

• SQL Server I get "Line 1: Incorrect syntax near ')'." when using SqlClient ExecuteScalar

  Whenever I run my code, I get the following error: " Line 1: Incorrect syntax near ')' " I can't fgure out what I am doing wrong. I have modified my code following examples I found in books or web sites and each time, ths is the error I get. Here's the code: Private Sub GetTotoExt(ByVal PrmValue As Object) Dim StrConn As String = My.Settings.SignsConnectString Dim CmdSql As SqlClient.SqlCommand Dim StrSql As String Dim NbRows As Integer CmdSql = New SqlClient.SqlCommand CmdSql.Connection = New SqlClient.SqlConnection(StrConn) StrSql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS count_toto_ext FROM(toto_ext) WHERE (No = @ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problems with .net 2.0 beta 2

  I tried installing visual basic 2005, the installer download all the files and ran through the install then after that had all red crosses next to everything and said that .net framework 2.0 beta 2 had failed resulting in everything else failing, I have read other posts on this and tried installing after downloading from microsoft manually and recieved this error: Error 1719 Windows Installer Service cannot be accessed, this can occur in safe mode and if the installer isnt installed correctly, I followed this up and read about it on microsofts site and neither reinstalling or re-registereing works, and I can install any other program fine, i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions TextBox/Label indexing

  Hello Is there a way to display a string value in a textbox or label and then be able to overwrite that value for the next instace of the string. For example I am reading a battery voltage off of a probe and I want to display that value and then when a new value is available I want it to be overwritten where the old value was without using the TextBox.Clear(). I was thinking if there was a way to reset the testbox index back to 0 so that it thinks it is displaying the value for the first time. The only way I have got it to work is by using the clear command which makes the value flash on my application. Without using the clear comman ...Show All