Siang's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Cannot inherit form from inherited form

  I am using VB dot net and have a base form which is then inheriten by other forms. I also have another base form that extends on the orignal base form. When i attempt to create a form base on the extended base form i get a messag ...Show All

• SQL Server TRACE FREEZES CURRENT CONTEXT

  Hello, I have troubles when using SMO trace event. I can start trace in windows application (not console application) but window is frozen it does not allow you to play with controls in the window. I use Thread.Slep event but still doesn't work window cursor is cursor.wait. Does anybody know how can I unfreeze window while trace event occur.(like SQL profiler window) Hi -- I have checked this with a co ...Show All

• Visual C++ Use Native COM Servers with CRCWs ??

  Hello Everyone, I'm trying to get this thing working for long time now.... I have read this article many hundred times now......without any use..... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f31k2c87(VS.80).aspx ...... First Question : How to create a tlb file.......I add the COM component it adds as a Interop.something....Now when I try to say #import "something.tlb" no_namespace doesnt work.... Even I tried adding th ...Show All

• .NET Development Bluetooth support

  hi, i'm searching for information on bluetooth support on the pocket pc for the .NET CF 2.0 , searching the MSDN library i haven't found almost anything, is the only way to handle a bluetooth communication with a PPC using P-Invoke , or are there classes in the CF for handling this communication could anyone point me to the right information Simon Garcia http://32feet.net/ This suite of library provides a .NET ...Show All

• Windows Forms Registry Keys are removed during uninstall

  During an uninstall, the registry-keys created by the installation are removed even when the property "DeleteAtUninstall" are set to false on all Keys. I found out (it is written in MSDN, but i didn't read properly ), that if there are values defined in the key, the key is always deleted at uninstall, even if the property "deleteAtUninstall" is set to false for the key. I'll use the instal ...Show All

• Windows Forms Move a picturebox around with the mouse

  I want to move my picturebox around with the mouse. A bit like on Google Maps etc. I think I need to handle the mousedown event of my picturebox. (not sure though) Been trying to figure it out for ages. Can anyone help with the syntax. Thanks very much in advance ICW I got it working thanks I declared the two ints and ignore the boolean coz I didn't know what is was for. thanks ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista [Newbie] How to terminate a workflow from within an activity?

  I have a composite activity (custom class derived off of Sequence) that has a listen + couple of event sinks along with few other things. This acitivity is included in a workflow. What I would like to do is terminate the workflow say upon receipt of some event - say for eg. manager denies request so there is no point in continuing the workflow. 1. How do I do that 2. Are there any un-desirable effects of terminating the workflow in this manne ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. C# - Sharing a Managed Direct3D Device across Application Domains

  Does anyone know of any problems with using a Managed Direct3D Device Object across multiple Application Domains I've been trying to create a VertexBuffer inside the constructor of an object that is in a different Application Domain than the main program but if fails. The main program (i.e. main App Domain) passes a reference to its Direct3D Device to the Object that is in the different Applicaton Domain. I'd just like to know if there are ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista LoadDesignerLayout problem

  trying to use LoadDesignerLayout  to better present the layout of a statemashine workflow in the Workflow monitor sample. using ( StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter ()) { using ( XmlWriter layoutwriter = XmlWriter .Create(stringWriter)) { IList errors = null ; this .SaveDesignerLayout(layoutwriter, rootdesigner, out errors); string s = stringWriter.ToString(); XmlTextReader layoutReader = ...Show All

• SQL Server URGENT: Insert and Update in a transaction is getting blocked

  Hello, I have the following situation: -Package A begins a transaction (TransactionOption="Required") with IsolationLevel=Serializable -PackageA calls PackageB -PackageB has 2 data-flows. The first one inserts into TableA. The second one updates TableA. They run serially. They both have TransactionOption="Supported". The update is blocked in SQL Server by SPID=-2   (which I know is MSDTC). I tried setting RetainSameConne ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Beta 1 Hands-On Lab

  I'm trying to work my way through the Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 1 Hands-on Labs.  Seems that there is a problem with Lab 1 - Task 4. The code supplied wit host the workflow, ExpenseHost, doesn't do anything to other than except a remoting call.  It doesn't interact with the workflow. namespace ExpenseHost { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { RemotingConfiguration.Configure("ExpenseHost.exe.config"); //Tcp ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS Help intergration- KIndex problem

  Hi, This is for the help index for our VSIP package. I am using VSHIK 2003. The Kindex.HxK file contains the following entries- <Keyword Term="Keyword1"> <Jump rl="Html/Htmpage1.htm"/> <Keyword Term="Subkeyword1"><Jump Url="Html/Htmpage1.htm#BABEIHDF"/> </Keyword> <Keyword Term="Subkeyword2"><Jump Url="Html/Htmpage1.htm"/>< ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcr80.dll Problem

  Hi there, can someone possibly tell me why Noton WinDoctor is telling me that 10 executables in the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot access the necessary dll file msvcr80.dll I see that the dll exists in the WinSxS directory and I'm running XP pro. I didn't have this problem until I downloaded the 2.0 framework at windows update. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. Naolin I am having the same problem... I even uninstalled i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Outlook addin not installing the addin through set up

  hi, I have used VSTO2005/Visual Studio 2005 for creating an Outllok add-in. I am trying to install my addin through setup and it is working on my system, though it working perfectly all right we i run it from the environment. The error it is showing in Outlook is : " Not loaded. A runtime error occured during the loading of the COM Add-in."  Also, I have checked that all the prerequisites are installed(VSTOR, PIAs) and CAS policy s ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Using the Plaform SDK with Visual Studio.Net 2003

  I wish to use the "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK" with Visual Studio.Net 2003 This is because the DirectShow software has been moved from the DirectX SDK to the Platform SDK (and I wish to use the latest 'august 2005' version of the DirectX SDK and also DirectShow, so I need both SDKs installed) My problem is that having registered the Platform SDK's directories with Visual Studio, a re-compile of my previously working c++ code now g ...Show All