sace22's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Direct3D Screenshot?

  Does anyone know what Direct3D functions I should look at if I wish to be able to take a screenshot of the desktop. I don't really care to get the contents of my application but rather the entire desktop as it is presented to the user. I know how to get the render target surface for my own application, and to get it's data into a bitmap file. However, I want to get the rend ...Show All

• Visual C++ VC++ Editor losing changes

  Has anyone else experienced this issue The VC++ editor loses changes that were just made in the code. Here's the steps that I go through: Note: This only happens about one time a week. 1) Compile and run your program. 2) Open and change one of the source files in the VC++ editor 3) Stop your running program by hitting the "Stop Debugging" button 4) Hit F5, answer yes to recompile. 5) Once the program starts running, look at the c ...Show All

• Visual Basic Grouping / Structures in Classes

  I searched in the documentation but not sure how i can define class in this way where Related properties and methods should Come in a Group Say FirstGroup, secondgroup etc. i/o showing in the Main class Instead of MyClass.FirstProp i want to make groups in this way :- MyClass.FirstGroup.FirstProp MyClass.FirstGroup.FirstMethod MyClass.SecondGroup.SecondProp i sorted out the pro ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectDraw deprecation question

  From what I understand, Microsoft's definition of deprecated APIs like DirectDraw means its not being updated anymore. It doesn't mean it's removed completely from being usable. For me, I'm learning it for 2d education and the book series migrates to D3D9 later. But when I ask questions on MS's forums about DirectDraw and having a problem with an issue, I can guarantee that someone will say it's deprecated and that I shouldn't use it. ...Show All

• Visual C# Increasing an array dynamically

  hey there, I want to declare a single dimentional array somewhere and then increase its size dynamically inside a foreach loop. e.g.: //declare array2 foreach int i in array1 { //increase size of array2 } About your question, here is a little example how to encrease the size of an array: Int32[] source = GetArraySource(); Int32[] dest = new Int32[]; foreach ( Int32 i in source ) { Int32[] temp = new Int32[ dest.Le ...Show All

• Windows Forms Null values in a dataGrid

  Seems like a simple problem, can anyone help out I have a datagrid and it has a lot of null values in it. How do I get rid of '(null)' in all the cells that have null values. I want to keep the null values there, I just&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio DDEX Concepts for DataObjectSupport XML definitions

  Hello: Is there any place where is possible to review the list of concepts that can be mapped on DataObjectSupport xml file definitions ( The Concepts Reference Overview section of the VSIP help is empty right now ... at least in the VSIP Beta 2 ) The VSIP SDK for Visual Studio 2005 Beta contains a list of concepts (with all the mispellings and some missing text).  Even though there is some documentation, it is not straight forwa ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Area and Iteration fields and field constraints

  I am working on a new Work Item type I have added to a TFS test project for tracking change requests. I am using 'Area Path' to represent application type eg. Admin application, Billing application, Banking application. When I try to add a required rule to System.AreaPath 'Area Path' I get the following error. TF26062: Rule '<REQUIRED />' is not supported for the field 'System.AreaPath'. Is there a work around to this as it is qui ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to run "Management Studio(ssmsee.exe)" for Sql Express edition

  Hi, I have downloaded Sql Express edition for Yukon. After that I installed the UI - Management Studio (SQLServer2005_SSMSEE). I checked and I was able to open and work using the Management studio. Afterwards I installed some "SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Documentation and Samples" from the following link ... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=2adbc1a8-ae5c-497d-b584-eab6719300cd&DisplayLang=en#filelist Now after i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error on Add Work Item menu

  I am getting the following error on my project when selecting the Add Work Item menu option. his project is a copy of the CMMI template (TFS RC( "Error loading menu: Index outside the bounds of the array." Any ideas Thanks Scott Same error-message here. The MRU-list contained a workitem-type that was deleted from the WIT-database (normally not possible). Clearing the key + VS-restart fixed ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Compile fails on network drive

  I installed VCX (VC++ Express) on my local drive, but my project files are on a network drive mounted as S:  I created a simple HelloWorld Win32 Console App and the compile fails due to: 1>cl : Command line error D8022 : cannot open 's:\project\TestExpress\TestExpress\Debug\RSP0000024283524.rsp' However, it works fine on a local drive.  I read about this problem with other products but I can no longer find the reference. A ...Show All

• Visual C# Using a variable in place of a hard coced table name

  I would like to have a S elect query that uses a table name selected from a list following the FROM part. Parameters do not seem to work although they compile. Run time gives a join error message. How can I make this work: string Sym; // (Selected from a datagrid) "SELECT * FROM Sym" C# querystrings are strings. So personally I don't see why it wouldn't work. It sounds as if the query itself ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to use RangeValidator for string and date

  Hi, I have two text boxes. one is for string in put(input name) and other one is for date input. but i want to control the name input to maximum length of 16 characters and that date text boxes date should be today or previous date. user cannot enter future date. but i cannot understand how to set the properties of RangeValidator to do this. if any one can send me with code examples or some other help. thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Crystal Report For VS.NET 2005.. Cannot change DBName, ServerName on Runtime if write SQL Statement

  I have the problem about change database name and server name runtime... I use CR for VS.NET 2005 to make a simple report Use OLEDB for SQL Server and write SQL Statement in COMMAND OBJECT.. (Error will not occur, if I choose link table, not manually write SQL Statement) I found that i cannot change DBName and ServerName I receive error when i call function Report.Database.Table(i).ApplyLogOnInfo(NewLogOnInfo) ------------------------------ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Dotnetfirebird

  Hi! Does anyone know if it's possible to get an report printed using the Firebird database It seems to be very good for using with embedded databases, but i can't find any good free report liberys to use with it. Does anyone know one Hi! What i mean is that i would like, from my app written in .net, be able to write an report over all entries that match any given criteria. And to get it printed on paper so it lo ...Show All