Jean Broche's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Transform　sql server mobile edition database to sqlce2.0 format.

  how do I transform　sql server mobile edition database to sqlce2.0 format I have a database with sql server mobile edtion , and I want to depoly application to ppc with .net cf1.0, so , I must change format from sqlce3.0 to sqlce2.0. Please. There is no automated tool that will convert a SQL Mobile database to the earlier SQL CE 2.0 format. How did you create your SQL Mobile Database If you did anything other than creating it by hand ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions C#: Something like JAVADOC?

  Hi. I'm a Java developer and I'm in the process of learning .net. There is some kind of documentation generator like JavaDoc Regards That URL wasn't working for me. In any case Microsoft is planning to release a version of our in-house doc-generating tool (that supports 2.0) sometime in the next few months. Updates and announcements will be posted on the Developer Documentation and Help System Forum at http: ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to automate the process of creating MSI

  Hi all, I am trying to automate the process of creating an MSI file for an vb.net web application. Can any one suggest me the way of doing the same Thanks, Sridhar Greetings, What do you mean by 'automation' Best regards, Mike. ...Show All

• Visual C# textbox test always highlighted on window open

  I have a help non-modal dialog that just displays a text message in a textbox. The textbox is the only component in the form. The problem is that when the dialog is displayed, all the text in the textbox is selected / highlighted. I have tried calling deselectAll on the textbox in the constructor and in the load and visible changed methods with no change. How do I get rid of the selection I am not doing ...Show All

• .NET Development about the IPGlobalProperties class

  I've written a class that is supposed to retreive TCP statistics. I'm pretty new to VB.NET and programming in general, so dont laugh at me if ive done something outrageously stupid. Anyway this is what the class looks like: '------------------HERE IT BEGINS------------------------------------ Imports System.net Imports System.net.NetworkInformation Public Class TcpStats Public stats As Long() Public Sub ShowTcpStats(ByVal version As NetworkInter ...Show All

• Visual C++ Override printf()

  Hi, I have a C++ .NET assembly that uses some old-style un-managed C++ libs and dlls. Inside the old C++ code, printf() is used for user/developer feedback. Is there some way I can override printf() and do "my own actions" with the strings that are being printed Or somehow "catch" the printed messages that is supposed to be printed to the Console -I want to get rid of the Console window, and let the printf()-infor ...Show All

• Visual C++ how to stop an application like a messagebox does

  hi there! i hope this is the right place for this post. i have the following problem: i am writing an adobe acrobat plugin in c++ with the visual studio.net 2003. i have another application with which i send data per mailslot to my plugin. the plugin displays a messagebox which is to be clicked when data is sent from the other application. if i try to implement the plugin without the messagebox the acrobat hangs because the plugin looks perm ...Show All

• Visual C# ~ operator

  hi, i don't understand the bitwise operator at all particulary this ~ i know if i used it as a prefex for a method carry the same name as the class it will be the destractor but what does those operator mean in this code if (oldFont.Bold) { newFont = new Font (oldFont, oldFont.Style & ~ FontStyle .Bold); } else { newFont = new Font (oldFont, oldFont.Style | FontStyle .Bold); } this code simply format ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to use Application Verifier?

  The Application Verifier did work fine with Beta1, but I can't get it to work with Beta2. When I try Debug -> Start with Application Verifier I get the message "Application Verifier could not be enabled. Please refer to the release notes and supporting documentation". I tried installing the Application Compaitibility Kit (tried both 3.0 and 4.0), but that didn't help. I did remove some features from the default installation. Mainly VB, J ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Culture aware dates

  Hi, Being from one of the original US colonies (the UK), we get our dates the wrong way around, i.e. dd/mm/yyyy. When I use the the 'date:' column in the API it's always en-US culture. Is that right, as the locale-dates then need converting for comparisons/math I was happily assuming that the new 2.6+ API would make this better, in that the API would be 'culturally aware', but you know what they say about people who assume, so thought I ...Show All

• SQL Server Help! hresult DTS_E_VARIABLEALREADYONREADLIST

  We have a SSIS package that intermittently fails on the deployed server (works fine on our dev server) with the following error: "The variable "%1!s!" is already on the read list. A variable may only be added once to either the read lock list or the write lock list." This seems to happen right at the start when the variables are processed before any tasks happen. It also only fails half the time. I just don't even know where to beg ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Creating a unified installer for both SmartPhone and PocketPC

  Hi, Is it possible to create a unified installer that automatically installs the correct version of software depending on whether a SmartPhone versus PocketPC is connected Basically, one installer self extracting Windows .exe file that installs the correct .cab file of two .cab files (SmartPhone versus PocketPC). Can it be done with the .inf/.ini files Thanks for letting me know. We will change this approach af ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to develop a VC++ 2005 solution over some existing packages

  I want to build a client-sever application over some existing software packages. All existing solutions are built by VC++2005 and quite big, but I have the source code. One of existing packages already has a client-sever applicaiton(winsock) over http or tcp-ip. I just need to extend it with other packages. I need some projects from the existing packages for my application. I am a newbie to build an applicaiton this way. So any advices and tips ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Trouble with InvokeWorkflowActivity

  I'm having some trouble using the InvokeWorkflowActivity in a project of mine. I got the workflow created, and the workflow that I am intending to call. If I don't have the InvokeWorkflowActivity at all, everything compiles just fine. I add the InvokeWorkflowActivity, I set the TargetWorkflow, and bind the one parameter. Then, when I got to compile, I get this error message: Activity 'invokeWorkflowActivity1' validation failed: Workflow definiti ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Developing PocketPC applications

  Hello. I have two problems related to the usability of Visual Studio 2005 in its express edition. I am developing an application for a Pocket PC. It should read data from a GPS and use them for a multimedial application in Adobe Flash. To perform its task, it needs an API that reads data from GPS and makes them available for an Actionscript routine in the Flash files. I have read that the SDK available for Windows Mobile 5.0 contains a GPS AP ...Show All