Darkdog's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Where is 64-bit test container?

  hi, i'm ever. i'm porting my ATL ActiveX control to 64-bit Windows XP. i'm using VS2005 beta2 + 64-bit Windows XP + Dell workstation precision 670. i can build my control successfully at VS2005 beta2 for x64 platform and it can be registered by REGSVR32.EXE. BUT when i open the ActiveX Control Test Container and insert it, i can't find it in the Control List Box. moreover, if i copy my control to Windows\System32 directory and register it in t ...Show All

• SQL Server xp_cmdshell: a call to 'CreateProcess' failed with error code: '5' (under SQL2005 RTM)

  I get this error when trying to run xp_cmdshell. I have turned on xp_cmdshell via sp_configure and verified it is on (set to 1) by running sp_configure again. The login trying to run xp_cmdshell has sysadmin privileges. If anyone has a solution please let me know. 5 means access denied. Do you get this failure no matter what command you attempt to execute, or do you get it only for specific commands What is the ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do you write a 'login' winform?

  I have a quick question: I have a winform that needs to have a 'login' window.  I would like to show the login window before the main form opens.  If the login fails, the whole thing should close; otherwise, the login window should hi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Debugging program that won't start

  Whenever I try to start my program, I get a dialog box saying "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022). Click on OK to terminate the application". With the debugger, it does the exact same thing, giving me no opportunity to find out what is going on; if I try to break it once the dialog box is up, I get another dialog "Unable to break execution. Please wait until the debuggee has finished loading, and t ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. where is system.dll??

  when i run dxdiag, everything shows its fine except that system.dll is missing for directx. is this a problem i have looked for directx uninstallers but have found none of them to be working. and how can I reinstall directx so that system.dll is there somebody help!! Have you tried to reinstall your current version of DirectX Or upgrade it to the latest (current version is 9). Because this is the only on ...Show All

• Windows Forms Creating Custom Explorer Bars, Tool Bands, and Desk Bands (The .NET Way)

  i've seen the samples at microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_adv/bands.asp frame=true" target="_blank">Click here</a> but, this seems to be a very old and outdated way to do it, which i am not& ...Show All

• Windows Forms Multiple selection checkbox

  Is there a control that list checkbox and support multiple selection I checked CheckedListBox and it doesn't support the multiple selection. How can i do to support it Is there any article out there for it I'd prolly need to check for Ctrl+shift everytime the user check an item. Thanks, That's not what i want ... I want the user to be able to do a multiple selection by using crtl+shift .... ...Show All

• SQL Server Lookup Transformation with parameter

    Has anyone else noticed this I want to be able to use a paremter in my reference table of my Lookup Transformation. I couldn't find any way for the dialog to accept SQL with a parameter so I checked on MSDN How to: Implement a Lookup Using the Lookup Transformation  and sure enough in the article is says to click on the Parameter button. I don't have a Parameters button on this dialog. Error Is this possible   6. In the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Getting Image Size of In-Memory Image

  I have a Bitmap stored in memory, and I want to be able to approximate its file size. How may I do so  Is there a way to check the size of the image in-memory I discovered the ticket is to get the Bitmap into&n ...Show All

• SQL Server Could not find stored procedure "addUser" - Please help

  Hi , Can someone tell me why I am getting the following error while I am trying to add users in a database.: : System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException Could not find stored procedure "addUser" where should we normally keep our stored procedures ( i am new to sql server) thank you in advance I presume that addUser is an sp that you have written If so which database was it create in and whic ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Source control only migration

  I would like to migrate only the source control portion of team systems to RC. We are running beta 3 -- is there a way to migrate just that one database and attach it appropriately to a new project that will connect the two As a follow up to this question, I am moving the bits to a separate server, so I am running Beta 3 and RC1 right now at the same time. I just want to migrate the source control onto the RC1 s ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGrid Big Red X error

  hi , I have three different usercontols in a form , When i change a list box selection in one usercontrol , it runs a cdhart and displays it in another usercontrol , then it changes the datasource of the datagird and refreshes the datagrid ...Show All

• SQL Server can't get multiple values using reportItems

  On a report I have I have a hidden table which I am trying to get values from for a total. On a seperate table, I have an if statement that checks if a product # matches one on this table. This works fine if there is only one record in the hidden table. If there are more than one records, the ReportItems call only see's the last textbox (the last record) of the hidden table. Here's the total expression I use =IIf( sum(Fields!PickupDeliveryDet ...Show All

• .NET Development Error : execute reader requires an available open connection

  Hi all, I have an error that occurs randomnly in my web application (it does not occur all the time) - execute reader requires an available open connection , the connections current state is closed. I have the connection string defined in web.config as <add key="ConnectionString" value="Server=Server1;database=db1;uid=sa;pwd=;pooling=false;"/> For Any help ,thanks in advance Why do you have pooling set to ...Show All

• Smart Device Development New DVD for installation?

  I've recently received a Visual Studio Team Edition CD/DVD that contains corrupt files on it.  Hopefully someone can direct me to a link or email address of the person that can help me "re-obtain" a no corrupt CD/DVD.  Thanks. Venn Have you tried this forum http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=26 ...Show All