KDR88's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista GdiPlusEffects.h missing in February 2006 SDK

  I downloaded the new Feb CTP Windows SDK and the compiler complains about missing GdiPlusEffects.h. This file is included conditionaly when GDI+ version at least 1.1 is detected. Where can this file be found The workaround is to edit GdiPlus.h and change the GDIPVER from 0x0110 to 0x0100: // Define the Current GDIPlus Version #ifndef GDIPVER #define GDIPVER 0x0100 #endif Hi Benny. Thanks for the ping. I re-pinged the people I originally pinged to see what the status was. All that ping-pong to say that...I know we have found the location of the header file in question, just a matter now of its dispos ...Show All

• .NET Development Discard changes made to datatable columns of a Dataset?

  Hello, I have a windows form with several text boxes. OnLoad, I use a DataAdapter which calls a SQL sproc to retrieve it's info. The sproc returns has 3 select statements so when all is said and done, the dataset ends up with 3 tables. (table, table1 and table2) Next I use databindings.add for each of the textboxes and bind them to the appropriate column in the appropriate tables. The textboxes are readonly by default and I have an Edit button that allows them to be edited. When the edit button is clicked, a Save and a Cancel button are enabled. I have the Save portion of this working as well. The problem I have is when a User en ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL installation Error...

  i tried installing sql server 2005 express... but when i came to installing last part, the database server, it gave me this error SQL Server Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. The error was: {Microsoft}{SQL Native Client}SSL Provider: The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted. help anyone Did you figure out whats wrong I am having the SAME problem... Environment: Windows 2003. Net framework 2.0 installed I am using windows authenticantion for install and its a case sensitive db. Did you figure out the solution to this error Ple ...Show All

• SQL Server Extended Stored Procedure(write in C++ and C#) called from UDF under transaction not work!

  I use sql2000 on win2003 sp1 I use a dll(write in VC++) to handle ods's parameters input/output, and provide a interface so can use C# to implement Extended Stored Procedure Business Code. All is right, but now have 2 problem: 1. When call Extended Stored Procedure(eg: execute a stored procedure) from UDF in user transaction, i can connect back to sqlserver use ADO.Net (SqlConnection) and can build SqlCommand parameters for the stored procedure from sqlserver, but when i call SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(), the code hang, and then timeout, But when the UDF is not in user transaction, all seems work!( but the sample writen in pure native cod ...Show All

• Visual Basic Load Gif on Key Press up

  How do I load a gif I want to load from specific gif on my computer... I have an empty picture box and I want a transperant Gif to load (and play) when i press key up. I also want to know how to move a picture with key up, my background picture down 1 pixel. when i press and hold key up. Easy stuff but i don't have the knowledge Alright this is the code I wrote...it works fine all alone but when its with my RPG code i get 2 errors TextBox1.KeyDown and Charcter.Image Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyDown Select C ...Show All

• SQL Server setting up sqlexpress

  My OS is WinXP home edition. I just want to run the sql server on my computer. Should I have the sql service accounts run as "local system" or "local service". Also, should I install sql express prior to vb.net express. Thanks for your help Ken Hi Ken, Unless you have a specific scenario for changing the default service account, I would suggest you stick with the default. Also, VB.NET Express will actually install SQL Express for you, if you are planning on installing VB.NET Express, you should probably do that first and just let SQL Express get installed as part of that. Regards, Mike Wachal -- This po ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA & MDX = ?

  Which role will Managed DirectX play in the XNA Nothing specifically. Its like asking what role C# express plays in the Developer Tools Suite. Managed DIrectX is just one of the DirectX APIs available. So MDX is jsut a part of it. I guess you could say that its role is to provide managed programmers access to the platform, but thats kind of obvious. http://www.microsoft.com/xna/ ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to display welcome screen

  Hello everyone, i don't know if anyone has posted this query before, but anyway here it is: H ow do they display the starting screen(or sort of a welcome screen) in Windows forms applications, for eg. in Adobe Acrobat the starting screen shows the 'loading plugins' details and an image appears, or in Visual Studio a starting picture is displayed. It's there in games also. Is that starting screen also a Windows Form Or is it something else Can anyone help Hi These welcome screens are more commonly referred to as Splash screens and they are just a normal windows form that is displayed prior to your main applicatio ...Show All

• Visual Basic how to a write a cell's entire row to a file?

  How do you write a cell's entire row to a file, based on a cell location For example, this macro searches cells in a particular range for the number 5, once found I want it to write the entire row that the cell was in. Here is my feeble attempt... Sub Macro2() Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set a = fs.CreateTextFile("C:\testfile.txt", True) Range("A1:G60").Select For Each cel In Selection mystring = "5" If cel = mystring Then Else: a.WriteLine ( ) End If Next cel a.Close End Sub Are you writing this code in VB.Net ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView - changing headercell backcolor slow...

  Hi, I'm experiencing a very odd problem here. I want to change the headercell back color of a datagridview on mousedown and on mouseup. When the grid is empty, the color swaps instantly, however when I load the grid with data (autosizing columns), it gets significantly slower. The odd thing is that I was measuring the timespan for a color swap and the swapping time is identical. However, visually you can see a significant delay. Anybody has an idea why this might happen Thanks, Tom btw, another question I have, what is the best way to change all cell backgrounds for a specific column, when a columnheader is ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Handling Dynamic Metadata

  1. how can i update the service with new members, new endpoints, or operations... without needing the client to use a svcutil tool 2. Is posible define the datacontract and datamember atributtes in the config file or another place that in the same class, I’d like this to don’t implement my API twice : [DataContract] public class Person { [DataMeber] string name; } Hi, You can send me an email with a code sample and a description of your problem, and I'll try to help with that. guyb@advantech.co.il Guy ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums How to create a geo-fence

  The PolyLine feature is a great feature in V3. I can now create a polygon for my geo-fence. However, I don't know how to figure out whether a new LatLong is within my previously defined polygon. Can somebody help Thanks. I haven't had the need to do it myself yet, but the only ways I could think to do it would be by some sort of mathematical calculation, or make use of some other sort of software which does. MAYBE you can see if VML, which is what VE uses to draw the polylines can be utilized, but I don't know how if that even is possible. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Hidding rows in the DataGridView is too slow

  Hello all, Currently, I have a project that uses a dataGridView that contains some 10,000 rows of data. The user must have the ability to hide/unhide some or all of the rows. To accomplish this, I am setting the datagridView.dataGridViewRow.Visible property to true or false. This is done once for each row in the grid. This happens to work fine accept that it takes about 90 seconds to hide all of the rows. This is big trouble for me because my application may have several dataGridViews (and other views) sharing the same underlying data and the time cost must be paid for each one. My question is this... Is there a fast ...Show All

• SQL Server Using the Local Service Account to run SQL Server 2005

  Are there any issues running the Database Service and the SQL Agent Service with the "Local Service" account These servers are standalone; they don't connect to any other server or use any network resources (other then clients connecting to the SQL instance). The only reason I’m question this is that the install of SQL 2005 doesn’t allow me to set the service to use “Local Service”, but once SQL is installed. The SQL 2005 Configuration Manager allows me to chance the service to “Local Service”. Everything seems to run fine and it’s more secure. I don't see any issue; I'd just like a second opinion. From SQL 200 ...Show All

• .NET Development Whats .net framework?

  My computer downloaded .net framework 2.0, what does it do Just in case you're not a software developer; .NET Framework is basically a set of tools developed by Microsoft that is required by some new applications to run. You won't really need to worry about it. ...Show All