Kumar PDV's Q&A profile

• Visual C# Debug Output

  What the meaning of this on my debug output : 'test.exe': Loaded 'c:\windows\assembly\gac\system.windows.forms\1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089\system.windows.forms.dll', No symbols loaded. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Model Help

  Hi. I've created a model, and an Animated model (same object) and I have successfully improted it to my cpp file. It's now rendered in a 3d-space and looks like an astroid. But I want to be able to change the size of it (using directX) how is this done Also: how do I use my animated model when I control the object (etc: walking animation while moving forward) thx in advance   CruS wrote: But I want to be able to change the size ...Show All

• Visual C# replacing windows form

  Hi, I have created a windows Form application fo MS Word (add-in application). It must be located exact where the task pane of MS Word located. My problem is when you use a big monitor (bigger than 17") the form is located where it must be. but if you use a monitor less than 17" for example a little labtop you can see almoste half of the form. Is it possible to replace and change size for a windows form in view of the monitor o ...Show All

• .NET Development Exception Text

  I recently downloaded a program that was created with .Net & Visual Basic, I think. Anyway, everything was working fine until I tried to upgrade to the new version. I was told to uninstall the old version, then install the new version. Well I did and it has not worked since. I even tried going back to the old version. The message I keep getting is: System.InvalidCastException: Cast from string "12/13/2005" to type 'Date' is not ...Show All

• SQL Server Show Parameter Selection on Page Header

  My first day using Reporting Services. I have a report parameter that has the following properties: Name: Region Multi-value Available Values = From query Label/Value examples: East/4160 North/869 South/6185 West/5315 The report Page Header needs to show the region(s) selected in a textbox named "SelectedRegion" and the body has a table that shows the filtered data from a stored procedure. What is the best way to populate the SelectedRe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Suggestions for managing SQL Server 2000 and Oracle scripts in VSTS

  VSTS supports very good integration with SQL Server 2005 using the managed objects, however, I also have to support SQL Server 2000 and Oracle 10g scripts for other databases... My thoughts are that I would have a solution file with multiple projects...one of the projects would be a "database" project that would store all of my database code tied to that solution and enable me to easily check it in/out of VSTS...it would also allow me to do buil ...Show All

• SQL Server CLR Option :: DBA Standpoint

  What can be the implications of enabling CLR option; especially in a shared hosting environment What are security considerations And what should a database administrator be aware of Pointers to relevant information will be highly appreciated. Check out the following webcast, it has great pointers, FYI, and additional articles: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx EventID=1032271687&a ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Developing against WebService with LoopBack Adapter

  My development network does not use DHCP and so because it is using static IP addresses, I have installed the Microsoft Loopback Adapter in order to develop Smartphone Applications and get deployment working. How does one go about deploying, testing, and debugging against a web service located on the same development machine with the emulator.. It doesn't seem possible This is painful and any help would be appreciated. ...Show All

• Windows Forms hotspot type links on picture box controls

  Hi, I'm a web developer new to windows forms. I have a windows form that is one picturebox of an image I made in Photoshop. Can I create hotspots or imagemaps over the portions of the image that I want to be clickable Thanks, Jon Byrd ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Explorer does not auto-create a link from a parent work item to related work items.

  When creating a related work item in Team Explorer a link is not created on the parent work item to the child work item.  Consider the following example: Create a scenario called 'Test Scenario' - e.g. ID=1. Create a related work item (task) for this new scenario by right mouse-clicking on this scenario from one of the query windows. A new task is created named 'Related to work item 1 - Test Scenario'. - e.g. ID=2 ...Show All

• Visual C# Problem with winspool OpenPrinter DllImport in 2005

  Hi, i have a component which scans the spooler of a printer. in Framework 1.1 it works fine but in 2.0 i got the following exception when i open the printer: PInvokeStackImbalance was detected Message: A call to PInvoke function 'Dornbracht.Odis.Server.PdfPrinter!Dornbracht.Odis.Server.PdfPrinter.Spooler.PrinterSpooler::OpenPrinter' has unbalanced the stack. This is likely because the managed PInvoke signature does not match the unmanag ...Show All

• .NET Development how to get list of servers

  hi everyone, i have a server using windows sockets and runs on multiple computers on lan, and i need to display a list of the servers from a client machine, what is the easy way ,how can i implement it , does using broadcasting a good idea if it doesn't convenient give me an advice, or better show me an example code about how to broadcast because i can't find a sample shows the usage of "sendTo" or "receiveFrom" func ...Show All

• Visual C# implicit conversion operator question

  I don't understand why I would get CS0553 on this code.    The docs imply that the error should exist when you are trying to convert from Foo to object, not the other way around as this code is doing.  Can anyone enlighten me Thanks, Brian public class Foo {     public Foo( object x )    {        this .x = x;    }     sta ...Show All

• Visual C# How do I change the default language in Visual Studio 2005?

  How do I change default language in Visual Studio 2005     When Visual Studio starts it display information about C++, but I would like to change this to C# I did it and it worked good...but when i'm selecting the settings, there's some with a Warning icon with the message "Some categories may contain settings that could compromise the environment or your computer and data" when i ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcr80.dll not found

  I've created a simple Win32 console application. When I try to debug it, I get the message:  "This application has failed to start because MSVCR80D.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem." The Release version runs fine. Any idea as to what the problem could be Thanks, Jonny This means several things. a) your console application does not have manifest. Either embedded inside or ...Show All