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• Visual Studio VS.2005 native C++ app : jit debugger takes hand, start loading, then app exits - no break on the exception

  I have a weird issue with VS.2005 Pro. JIT debugging seems broken. An executable crashes, I get the OK/CANCEL and click CANCEL. I then get the choice of a debugger and select a new instance of VS. The new instance starts, I see it loading and preparing like it did with VS.2003. And then instead of displaying the dialog box about the exception that occured and offering me to "break", the output window simply shows the application exited. I get no ...Show All

• .NET Development how to convert from a Byte array to a Int32?

  Hello! Is there an easy way to convert a 4 byte array into a Int32 type I've tried the methods from the Convert class but they just don't seem t offer such a functionality Tanks in advance Karol Duzinkiewicz ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. C# - DirectX 9.0c - Creating a Basic Hexagon

  I was wondering if someone could walk me through drawing a basic hexagon using DirectX 9.0c in C#. I've been using the Vector3 structure, and I am having problems understanding how to initialize the view transformation matrix for a hexagon, as well as what input vectors will represent the hexagon (understandably 6). Thank you in advance, Owen The view matrix (nor the world or projection) isn't ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Server Error in '/' Application Failed to map the path

  Need some help on this error. Everything was working fine for me. I had one site up and running with the Visual Web Developer 2005 Beta 2 and Microsoft Framework 2.0. I created a second website and put it in its own directory, configured IIS to use Ms Framework 2.0. Everything should work being the same just different directories. Unfortunately, now both websites are down. I have posted the error below. I have attempted creating the folder that ...Show All

• Windows Forms What is a ComboBox Items Data Type?

  Hi all, I need to set a property on Form to return a SelectedItem of a ComboBox on that Form but don't know exactly what Data Type it is. I currently have the following property... public object m_StatusFilter { get { return cmbSnagFiltersStatus.SelectedItem; } } But on the Form that calls this, I don't know what DataType to cast this returned property to so that I can get additional values on the ComboBox's selected item Hope ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Query on SQL Tracking service for WWF

  Hi,    Windows Workflow Foundation provides a mechanism for tracking the activities and events that occured with the help of some tracking services available for e.g. Sql tracking service. Is it some way possible for an application to add some data to the Tracking database before the Workflow runtime actually enters data and at the same time maintain consistency of the Data within the database Regards, Sudheesh Sur ...Show All

• Visual C# How I can send SMS(Short Message Service)?

  Hi, I want to send a SMS on any network in the world from my C# code. I don't know how to send it Wether I should use some web service to send it n if so then who will be hosting this web service. I just want to make it for testing purpose. Also give me solution if I want it for some product. Thanks You have to use some of the third-party SMS providers, like http://www.clickatell.com/brochure/products/api_comobject.php ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions why are textbox1.text == null and textbox1.text == "" different?

  just found out that textbox1.text == null and textbox1.text == "" are different. I am checking if textbox1.text has value or not, if not, show message. Firstly I tried textbox1.text == null , it didnt work, then changed it to textbox1.text == "" , it worked. why plz help The string type is a reference type for performance reasons, so that long strings don't have to be allocated on the stack every time they are pas ...Show All

• Windows Forms Format a DataGrid row based on value of column

  Hi all,  I have a datagrid displaying trivial information, however, I need to color the row of the DataGrid dependant on the value of one column. I've figured out how to change the color of the column, but not the whole row. Any help appreicate ...Show All

• SQL Server article for subscription that does not exist ?!?

  Hi There I hope someone can help me asap. I need to alter a column on a replicated table. So i execute sp_dropsubscription and sp_droparticle for the table for all publication to that article in the database. Usually i just alter the table and then execute sp_adddarticle and sp_addsubscription afterwards and everything is cool. However in this case after i drop the subscriptions for the article, when i try alter the table it says ...Show All

• .NET Development Convert from byte array to float...

  I have a 32 bit float represented by four bytes and I need to convert it to a float type, how   Thanks,   Devin Probably the quickest way is to use a MemoryStream and a BinaryReader/Writer combo, e.g:         Dim ms As New MemoryStream         Dim bw As New BinaryWriter(ms)         Dim br ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro directory list

  i would like to show in a listbox the files of a directory(not all files for example reports only *.frx)and to be able to refresh that.in other programms there are file list boxes components that do this,but i dont seem to find any in vfp.what can i do >> is there a way to erase that so the user only sees and navigates in a specific folder Not that I know of. To do this you would have to use ADIR() to get ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Network Applications with VB2005 Express a few simple questions????

  Hi There, I know that this might sound like a foolish question but... I'm new to this programming so please bear with me  Here Goes... If I want to develop a client/Server application, like say a front end to look at a large database and deploy it out to many clients across a LAN (not an Internet solution) then can I do this with VB 2005 Express edition I know that the SQL Express edition cannot be deployed on the network serve ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Soliciting community feedback: ClickOnce and permission elevation prompts in the internet zone

  In the CTP and Betas of .NET 2.0, any ClickOnce-deployed application that desired elevated permissions was only allowed to prompt if the application were Authenticode-signed. Were such an application not signed, the deployment would simply fail. Subsequently, with the RTM release of .NET 2.0, this decision was reversed. Now, any ClickOnce application deployed from the Internet zone can prompt for permission elevation. Ostensibly, t ...Show All

• Smart Device Development PPC device problem w/ VS2005 application

  hello all, i have a program that i upgraded from eVC to VS2005 using the eVC++ upgrade wizard add on. i was able to successfully upgrade the application (or at least i think i did), and it compiled correctly in VS2005. when i transferred the app over to the PPC device (running PPC magneto) and tried to run it, i get the following error message: "The file 'app name' cannot be opened.  either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, ...Show All