hopefulcoder's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio VSTestHost.exe

  When attempting to run a basic test where I scroll around yahoo, when selecting run I keep getting a VSTestHost.exe error. I ran the debug and it came up with this access violation. EHAccessViolation Has anyone else come across this during a test run If you have please contact me since I am very new to using the MSDN tools. Thanks Robert Seiler MGM-Mirage rseiler@mgmmirage.com Hi Robert, Can y ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Using forms in VB Express

  How do I move from one form to another. Can I use buttons. I would like to click on a button and go to another form. Scott Dim f as New Form2 Private Sub Button1_Click ( ByVal sender As System .Object, ByVal e As System . EventArgs ) Handles Button1 . Click f.showdialog() End Sub ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Making Background for a 3D game

  Hello guys, I'm making a 3D game...well with a static CAMERA view...it would be in SPACE...and there's no movement on Z buffer, though its 3D. But I would like to ask you for some suggestions how I should implement background stuff into this. Well, presently I am doing it like: I create a mesh(QUAD) in 3ds max and implement it into game as a sprite and set its Z position so it is further than other objects. But the problem is that I ...Show All

• Visual Basic in clickonce not updated because not read the last update for manifest

  Hello, while I'm working on clickonce technology, I face this problem and I want a solution. the problem is; the client machine read the last update information from the client machine. let's explanain more, in add/remove in control panel, in "click for support information" link under my application, there is two link, One for support and other for update link. The problem is when I click on the update link I will see the o ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual Studio C++ Express 2005 builds send my monitor nuts

  I'm running XP Home + SP2. Video adapter is NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440. Visual Studio C++ Express 2005. My monitor goes into a blackout/clicking frenzy due to resolution changes it believes exist during any build. This happens every time "Compiling..." appears in the Output window, and when "Linking..." comes up in it. This slows down my builds a lot, plus I can't use the machine for other tasks while all this is going on ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Code analysis during check-in

  Is it possible to manage the rule settings for managed code analysis through the Process Template Manager For example, we'd like to disable a consistent set of code analysis rules across all our projects. How can this be done Thanks in advance. Mark ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow Lifecylcle Events

  I use a Windows Service and have attached EventHandlers to the Workflow Lifecylce Events(Created, Started, Aborted, Persisted, Loaded, ....). My question: By the time such a event (e.g. WorkflowStarted) is fired, my EventHandler executes some code to write into a log. The only information about the WorkflowInstance I could find in the WorkflowEventArgs is the InstanceId. I would like to get more information about the workflow: What type, .... ...Show All

• Windows Forms Quick Survey- Why is there such a small presence in these forums?

  If anybody has any comments on why there are so few questions that are asked here, I would like to start a discussion thread about it. I think it is because, from my experience, it seems to take a while for posts to be approved( which ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How do I manually deploy the CF2 to my PPC?

  I tried running the Microsoft installer and although it starts the installation on my PPC (running Windows Mobile 5.0), it never actually installs the Framework. Is there a way to manually install the CF 2.0 There is a file created in the root partition called MS .NET CF 2.0 LOG.TXT. Here are its contents (sorry this is long): 10/05/2005 00:40:57: PocketPC 5.01 10/05/2005 00:40:57: Processing alternative file: '\Program Files\.NET CF 2.0\cgacut ...Show All

• Windows Forms change backcolor of columnheader of listview control in c#

  how can i change backcolor of columnheader of listview control in c# can you help me thanks, nirav parikh There isn't a property as such to change this, however you can custom draw the header columns yourself: 1. Set ListView.OwnerDraw to true 2. Attach to ListView.DrawColumnHeader and set DrawListViewColumnHeaderEventArgs. DrawDefault to false. 3. Draw the column header ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Can't ActiveSync my Device after Cradling my Emulator

  I'm a SmartPhone owner and developer. As such, I have occasion to cradle my Emulator and my actual Device (Audiovox SmartPhone) with the same ActiveSync (v4.1.0). I'm finding that after cradling the emulator (as a Guest) I can no longer Sync my SmartPhone. I can cradle the SmartPhone and I can Explore it via ActiveSync, but I get this very vague message when it tries to sync: Synchronization error The only way I ca ...Show All

• .NET Development scripting in applications (c# .net2.0 vbs etc)

  I am looking to include scripting support in my program. I have read alot on msdn and outside. There appear to be two (2) opttions: 1. Use the CodeDom namespace to compile a language vb c# etc to an assembly then run it. 2. Use the VSA namespace. This is for either JScript or VB. I'm not too worried about the script language. Would prefer c#, as thats what the prog is in. But VB is fine too. VSA looked like it might be dropped from ...Show All

• Windows Forms Simple Time keeping using My.Computer.Clock.LocalTime. problem

  Hey, I have this problem with my time keeping...It works but it dose not keep counting becuase it is in Form1_Load, Can someone tell me where I can put: TSSL2.Text = My.Computer.Clock.LocalTime.Hour TSSL3.Text = My.Computer.Clock.LocalTime.Minute TSSL4.Text = My.Computer.Clock.LocalTime.Seconds in the code so it will keep checking the time Thanks:) Timer timer; public Form1() { InitializeComp ...Show All

• SQL Server Execute SQL TaSk

  I am trying to run a Direct Input SQL query to SELECT MAX value of ColA. This query when I run on Query Window runs fine - means it is NOT a NULL. I get a max value. When I run this query on a SSIS package outputing to a variable - I get the error. - [Execute SQL Task] Error: An error occurred while assigning a value to variable "MAXROWKEYID": "The type of the value being assigned to variable "User::MAXROWKEYID" di ...Show All

• Visual C# MS Access DB for user logon details

  Hello everyone, I am having a bit of a problem connecting to a MS Database in C#2005. I have written my app befor as a test bed for the whole programme but I used a simple XML file to strore the username and password details. Now that the application is near compleation I would like to use a MS Access DB for the same purpose. The problem I have is I can connect to the DB in solution explorer and I can creat the DataSet but where do I go ...Show All