bcw's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. directx mesh drawsubset

  hey, im coding a simple 3d scene and encounterde the following problem: whats in the scene: loading a mesh : D3DXLoadMeshFromX( "tile.x", D3DXMESH_SYSTEMMEM,                                    c.d3dd, NULL,                                    &pD3DXMtrlBuffer, NULL, &c.g_dwNumMaterials,  &n ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 Client Tools

  I have to deploy the Client Tools to a dozen or so computers on our network. We currently use SMS to deploy our software and the intention is to use this to deploy the client tools. Can anyone advise on the best way to do this Thanks There are multiple MSI files within the setup folder, any idea which one I should be using ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Can I run Embedded VC++4 applications on windows CE 5.0??

  Hi, I'm a user of embedded VC++4 and I use it with the POCKET PC 2003 SDK. My boss is planing to buy some new PDA's that come with Windows Mobile 5.0, my question is: Can my applications run on Windows Mobile 5.0   PS: I got the Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 4 for embedded VC++4 installed. Yes the binary built by VC++ 4 for PPC2003 can be ran in WM5.0. Microsoft did a great job in keeping binary-level backward compatibility. You need to debug and test. Do not assume everything just runs as fine, if your program is not a simple one. --- Lao K Visit my Blog for ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to install SQL Server 2005 Standard

  I am trying to install SQL Server 2005 Standard Version on my IBM Thinkpad running Windows XP (SP2). I am installing from the CD that was given out to attendees at the Visual Studio 2005 Launch Event. The install is failing on the SQL Database Services with the following error: SQL Server Setup failed to execute a command for server configuration. The error was [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]. The default full-text language is not supported by the full-text search component. All the other options installed OK. I have also successfully installed Visual Studio 2005 on this same PC and I can access SQL databases on other machine ...Show All

• Windows Forms Urgent Help request

  Resently I work on a windows application In One Of Main form when I try to save data I get This error (vb.net(Vs2003)  and sql server2000) --- System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. --- this error generally comes when the object is not instantiated and you try to access its methods or properties. see if ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Find & Replace Macro - Reading from an external database..

  I have some code that will do a find and replace looking for a keycode in a database and replacing it with a corresponding value. Let's say I write a lesson plan (I'm a teacher) - and I want to write something in from the Natiomal Curriculum (a weighty tome) - it's too much to write in the full statement each time. I write ks21c the macro opens the db, looks for ks21c and replaces with Key Stage 2 1c) To be able to use a testtube etc..... Only problem is - the code is in Star Basic from the OpenOffice 2.0 suite - can anyone convert it for Word The code follows........ Sub ReplaceABC dim aFind as variant dim aR ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions A lot of code on one form when using tab folders. Any solutions?

  Hi, I am using VB.NET 2005. I have a fairly large program and have broken it up into tab folders. I would like each tab to have a seprate form in order to isolate the code associated with each tab. I notice that the way VB.NET uses tabs, all of the code is on one form which makes finding code segments messy. Is there a way to fix this, or do I have to live with it. I am using modules extensively to reduce the amount of code on the form. Any suggestions would be helpful,. Thanks, quicksun I think a common solution is to make user controls in this situation. You can make user controls for each tabpage, a ...Show All

• Windows Forms attachment problems on pop3 server

  Hello, I've got a couple problems with my pop3 server, both having to do with attachments. We have a couple domain names and mailbox on our server (in the office network behind a router) which are fmsdesign.com and lexingtonmarketing.ca. Our OS is Windows Server 2003 Web Edition. We've been experiencing difficulty with receiving attachments on a few accounts. These difficulties can be broken down into 2 problems: 1) [user1]@fmsdesign.com cannot send attachments to [user2]@fmsdesign.com, [user3]@fmsdesign.com, nor [user4]@lexingtonmarketing.ca. [user1]@fmsdesign.com CAN send attachments to her home email account and to my telus account. If ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro editbox programmatic change

  I am looking for an easy way to determine if I've made interactive change in an editor box. The issue is that there are about 16 controls on a container, they are initialized from a table record thus their values at activate time generally are not trivial default. I have to save the changes with a SAVE button if I made any but I want this button's click method to quickly determine which control values have been changed. I do not want to do REPLACE for the fields with values that haven't been changed. In case of simple controls like a combobox I can store the initial value in Tag property and do the comparison programmatically. Sometimes t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Backup you data with Team Foundation Server Beta 3

  Since the documentation looks to be outdated: What are the steps to take to backup all the data within TFS3. It should be a backup of all tables (including SharePoint Services and Reporting Serves data) from SQL Server and a backup of Windows SharePoint Services. Is that it Are the attachements now stored within the database Thanks, Neno That's the version control file cache, as Bill mentioned.  The version control caching proxy is both part of the server (TFS) and a standalone app that can be installed on a server at a remote location.  Since it is inherently part of every TFS app tier, all installations end up with this dir ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Implementing MS Team System in place of Rational Tools

  Hi, I know that some of the questions that exist below have been posed and answered before. However, every time I go through these answers and through the MS web site I get more confused!  We are a development company that develops software based on Microsoft development tools particularly VB.Net (VST.Net 2003). We are a Microsoft Certified Partner . We have been using Rational Tools for the last 5 years for our development cycle/ process including: Source control, requirements and features handling, design, architecture and QA. Currently, we are in the process of adopting VST2005 and MS Team System. I highly ap ...Show All

• Windows Forms Debugger doesn´t stop on breakpoint

  HI! I´m developing a C# application using windows forms. I made a copy of my solution and saved it on another computer. Now when I try to debug my project on this computer I can set a breakpoint and the debugger stops at this certain point. If I set a breakpoint on a later part of the code the debugger won´t stop.  If I try&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Using .cpp (/CLR) file tests

  Hi Having added a .cpp file to the test project (the one created by the "create tests" option) i can't get the Test Manager to scan the file and see the tests in it NB: When you go to 'add item' in the Test project, it does not give you the option of a .cpp file you need to create one outside the IDE then add an existing item to the testing source list. Is there any special naming convention needed Consistently the posts have said having a .cpp (/CLR) file was possible for unit tests. The file is being compiled. Because if make an error deliberately it gets picted up. Whether it is actually linked i can't say. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Register now goes to blank page

  Hey, when I try to register this software, it goes to the login, and after logging in it just goes to a blank page. I tried changing my default browser to Internet Explorer, but the result was the same there... Is there a problem with the server now or what ...Show All

• Windows Forms Datagrid Relations Dont Update Datasource

  I am having a bit of a problem that is difficult to explain.  I have a 2 datagrids set up like so: 'Parent Datagrid settings FormDataGrid1DataSource = DS FormDataGrid1.DataMember = "products" FormDataGrid1.AllowNavigation = False 'Child datagrid settings DS.Relations.Add("ProductStyle", DS.Tables!products.Columns!prodid, DS.Tables!prodstyle.Columns!prodid) DS.Relations.Item("ProductStyle").ChildKeyConstraint.DeleteRule = Rule.Cascade DS.Relations.Add("LinkStyle", DS.Tables!prodstyle.Columns!styleid, DS.Tables!styles.Columns!styleid, False) FormDataGrid2.AllowNavigation = False FormDataGrid2.DataSource = DS FormDataGrid2.SetDataBinding(D ...Show All