Mike Gamache MSFT's Q&A profile

• .NET Development System.IO.Compression not as good as compressed folder

  I'm getting much better compression when I make a compressed folder (Windows XP) than I am using DeflateStream or GZipStream.  I thought these were the same algorithms used in PKZIP and for compressing folders.  Why such bad compression DeflateStream: 3544Kb -> 1261Kb GZipStream: 3544Kb -> 1261Kb Windows XP: 3544Kb -> 804Kb So how can I get the same compression ratio as Windows XP Thanks, Jeremy ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to access a database

  Dear All, I am new to Visual C++ 2005 and I would like to write a network application that uses native win32 C++ and that stores and restores data to and from a different databases (depending on the setup). I am planing to make this application portable to be launched and executed on both platforms Windows and Linux. My question is that is there a generic iterface that enables me to connect the C++ application to an ORACLE or MySQL databa ...Show All

• Visual C++ ALT tutorial Problem

  Alright this is my first question I've asked and I hope this hasn't been answered and that I'm in the right place to begin with. My problem is in ALT tutorial (ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_vclib/html/f921a121-09c8-4812-9317-e15b2f1471fa.htm)I've been trying to follow for my version of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. Everything is going well untill "Step 3: Adding a Property to the Control"(ms-help://MS ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Is the Conservation Of a Computer System’s Resources a Virtue or An Evil?

  Hi There..... Is Minimal use of a Computer System’s Main and Auxiliary Memory a Virtue or an Evil Thanks You should tax the system's resources as little as you reasonably can. There's no need to write ridiculously complex code in order to minimise your app's footprint, but the fewer resources your app uses the more responsive a system will generally be overall, which makes for a better user experience. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Saving and Reading Filter Graphs

  Is it possible to save a filter graph and later recreate it by loading it in from file. I have two applications. One that configures a device and its relevant cross bars (TV Capture Solution) and a second application should utilise those settings. Just wondered if this was possible. Many thanks in advance. You mean something like this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/directs ...Show All

• Windows Forms Passing data between forms

  How would I send information from DataGrid on the main form of the application to a modal popup form and then pass any changes to the data back to the main form and database when the popup form was closed Thanks Hi rkimble We ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Binding Command to InputBindings

  I'm having trouble creating a MouseBinding for my ListView. Here's the line: <MouseBinding Command="{Binding Path=DataContext.ViewTransactions, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Grid}}}" Gesture="LeftDoubleClick" /> I've used that same binding elsewhere on my page and it works fine. However, when I use it on the MouseBinding, I get this error: Error at element 'RuntimeProper ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Search for replied/forwarded email

  Hello, I would like to search for email (Outlook 2003) that I have or haven't replied to or have forwarded. I cannot find the proper property that contains this info but I know that Outlook keeps this for all messages. Thanks. Hello cyr2224, Unfortunately, we don't support this capability in WDS at the moment. The reason is that we don't index whether or not someone has forwarded or replied to an e ...Show All

• Architecture A good second book about architecture

  Hello I have finished "pro scalable application in .net 2.0" which was nice. Now I want to read another book about architecture. What do you recomend I think Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software is a good option, do you know another Thanks. DDD is a good book - however it deals with a certain narrow aspect of architecture. I would recommend reading "Software Architecture in Practice&qu ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET UI Application Crash

  Hi, We have a vb.NET client UI application which calls a number of web services. The application is intermittantly crashing completely without any evidence of an exception etc. The application is single threaded for the most part, the only area that deviates is a class managing serial port comms via win32 calls. (we do not use p invoke..) I understand the most likely cause for an unexpected termination of this nature is threading - more specific ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VSTS Dev & Test Tools Public MSDN Chat - Wed 10/19 @ 10am PST

  Team System MSDN Public Chat Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developer & Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers When: Wednesday, 10/19/05 @ 10am PST What: Join us to discuss the Profiler, Test Tools (Unit, Generic, Manual), Web & Load Testing, and Code Analysis (FxCop & PREFast). We have questions for you, will answer questions from you, and will chat about the exciting new technology. Where: http:// ...Show All

• Visual Studio Registering Visual Studio.net 2003

  I just installed VS2003 Academic Version and when I clicked on the link to register my software I got the following message on the MS web site: We're Sorry...The page you are looking for no longer exists or may have been moved. I can't seem to find a registration page on the web site. Anyone know where it is Surely one must still be able to register this version since it's still being sold! Sacblonde I am ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Regarding the progressbar

  Hi There Im damn new to this, but managed to put together an browser with buttons for printing , navigation and so on, but now after reading some sites at MSDN im really confused. My target is to show the progess for downloading a webpage. Here is my code so far: Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click WebBrowser1.Navigate(TextBox1.Text ...Show All

• Visual C++ batch build over telnet and error PRJ0003 : Error spawning

  Hello, I try to build my application with a batch build via telnet on another computer in our company network. But I get the following error messages when cl.exe tries to start: Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 8.0.50727.42. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved. ------ Build started: Project: SOFILIB, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'E:\Programme\Microsoft Visual S ...Show All

• Visual Studio New project type (like an HTML editor)?

  Hello! I read a lot about extensibility both from this forum and VS SDK but I still can't figure this out: how can I create a whole new project type what I need it's something similar with an HTML editor where I can use the Solution Explorer (to show the folders and files in a site), the Properties tab (for reading and setting various properties of the input controls), some commands in menus (let's say Copy site via FTP), perhaps some items i ...Show All