_jesse's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Method not allowed

  Hi there! I have posted a question regarding Windows SDK before but it seems that the error was ocurring only when I try to install the documentation and the samples. So I excluded that and the installation complleted. Anyhow, I am facing strange problem now. I am using HelloWorld example (for Indigo) explained in msdn library and every thing worked fine until the exceution of the client. It halts once it tries to call the method in the server returning the following error: The remote server returned an unexpected response: (405) Method not allowed. Anyone faced a similar problem I appereciate any help Regards Salman ...Show All

• Visual C++ Convert double to char

  Hi, Can someone please explain to me how I convert a double variable to char, and then even how I convert it back to double from char Thanks! Can't be done. You can't possibly represent a double in just one char . Or did you mean how to convert double to a character string ( char *), which can be done Are you allowed to use the .NET Framework for this ...Show All

• Visual C# (S|AS)yncronous process & Exited event

  Im trying to start a process asyncronously and then run other code, but use the System.Diagnostics.Process.Exited (or other method) to go back and restart it if it closes. this is waht i came up with, but exited doesnt get called even if i close the program (notepad) that is started public class pcntrl { private System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(); private System.Diagnostics.Process cmd = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); public pcntrl( string filename, string args) { this .psi.FileName = filename.ToString(); this .psi.Arguments = args.ToString(); } public void start() { this .cmd.Enab ...Show All

• Visual Basic Saving and opening files

  I have looked and looked for weeks now. I have made a simple form that has textboxes and yes no listboxes. All I wanna do is be able to save the user inputs. Or open a saved file of an existing form that has been completed. YES I dont get it!!!! I know that you probably can code 10 ways to accomplish 1 task but on every application they all have standard menu's. How can this be so hard Ive gone through and found streamwriter and stream reader, but they dont save correctly nor open (obviously) the text content that I saved( but I cant do that either yet) I keep finding this c:\test.txt thing great but what If i wish to allow ...Show All

• SQL Server Foreign Keys - Truncate Table

  Hi, if you use foreign keys with tables you can't use truncate table anymore... Is this right in all cases I need foreign keys only for "illustration", so that database diagrams can be build and other tools find out about links between tables. I need no contstraints at all. On the other hand I'm dealing with quite a bunch of data and I have to clear up big tables, so using truncate table would speed up my work significantly... Is there any way to benefit from foreing keys but not to suffer from limitations like using delete instead of truncate Thanks, If you truncate the tables in a batch you can drop the constraint ...Show All

• .NET Development WebClient help

  Hi, I'm writing a download utility for our company that allows users to download 1 to X files. In order to display a list of available downloads I use FTPWebRequest., and what a hassle that was! Anyway when it comes to downloading selected files I want to use the WebClient protocol so I can use the async method with its associated events, for progressbar etc. The problem lies here in that with the FTPWebRequest you have to set UsePassive to false otherwise an error occurs. My question is how can I set up the WebClients webrequest to be an FTPRequest with access to its associated properties. Cheers ...Show All

• .NET Development How to serialize an array of objects using XMLSerializer

  Hi there, I am serializing an array of objects using XML Serialization. If you serialize an array, the root name is prefixed with "ArrayOf". I could able to change this name using XMLRootAttribute object. Since am just serializing an array of object and NOT a particular class, am not able to change the name of child nodes. This my sample code, GeoEntity[] arrGeoObj; XmlTextWriter objTextWriter = null; XmlSerializer objSerializer = null; XmlRootAttribute root = new XmlRootAttribute ( "Results" ); objSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(GeoEntity[]), root); objTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Recording sound with a given volume threshold.

  Hi everyone, I am writing an app in c# that requires to record an incoming sound with a given volume threshold, say, when my voice is higher than a value, it will be recorded by PDA and when my voice is lower than the minimum value, PDA stops recording and a wav file is save in PDA. anyone has some ideas about doing that which lib, dll shall i use thanks a lot yes i tried that, i can record and play wav files but still have no idea about the volume threshold.... thanks ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista AV's cause access failures.

  Programs like Avast Av won't allow IE to access web pages. If you turn off the On Access control then you are fine. Don't know about other AV programs yet. TTFN. In this case the statement does not require either questions or answers as it is designed to assist those with similiar issues to overcome their problem. However, the question "why are the Avast Anti Virus, On Access scanners interferring with the normal operation of IE " could be asked. Would this not give you a direction, to explore, in which to focus your attention to improve the product TTFN. ...Show All

• Visual Studio CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument

  Hi friends, i have deploy a VB.net application which have crystal report in it. the application is running well but when i open the form with Crystal report its giving me error. Please help See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.InvalidOperationException: An error occurred creating the form. See Exception.InnerException for details. The error is: The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView : Bug at the last row and last Column ?

  Hi ! I think I found a bug again. try to press ENTER at the last row and last visible column of a DataGridView and try to move to another cell using the arrows. What happens ANSWER: "The cursor stay locked there !!!" MANUALLY SOLUTION: You have to press the mouse again into the grid PROGRAMATICALLY SOLUTION: It's amazing ! Best regards, Joao Araujo There must be a bug in your code. I've tried all I could to duplicate this but couldn't do so.   -mark DataGridView Program Manager Microsoft This post is provided "as-is"     ...Show All

• Windows Forms Application Icons

  Hello, Can someone tell me where I can get standard icons (i.e. save, print, open) for my application.  I want to make sure that the icons (i.e. Microsoft's standard icons) I use are royalty free, or I'll pay for the rights to use them.  I don't feel like being sued by anyone. Thanks, Andrew Thanks, I'm new to GUI development :-  ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DX9c and VStudio 6

  I just downloaded the DX9c SDK and it did not add an application template to the IDE.  Can I do this manually Do I need to reinstall Thanks. -Lee Mykre is correct, no DirectX app template any more. I think the only IDE integration that the SDK adds is 'Run with Debug runtime' and Shader Debugging. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error in designer when adding label to FlowLayout Panel

  I tried to insert a label control in front of a combo (not sure it matters) and I got Visual Studio popping up repeatedly a message box: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index and can't get out of it, only solution is to kill visual studio. Hi Bernie, Can you please let me know the Version/SKU of Visual Studio you are using Thanks ...Show All

• Windows Forms get value of checked item in checkedlistbox

  Hi, I have a checkedlistbox. I am trying to get the value of all checked items, but cant really find any function that gets the value of checked item. how can I get it    CLBDiscount is the checkedlistbox for(int i=0;i<CLBDiscount.CheckedItems.Count;i++) { _AListDelete.Add(CLBDiscount.CheckedItems[i].ToString()); } and this is how I am doing the databind CLBDiscount.DataSource = ArrayListDiscount CLBDiscou ...Show All