wjousts's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Installing .. advpack.dll

  Not sure if this is where to put this question but I can't find anything else on these forums (shrug ). I'm trying to install the 2.0 redistribution package and get an error with c:\windows\system32\advpack.dll when trying to install. Any suggestions The reason I'm looking to install it is because I have an application that requires it. Maybe I actually need something different Ugh. lol 1. Remove advpack.dll (use Unlocker if it says the file is in use) 2. Place the advpack.dll from here in the spot of the old advpack.dll which you ...Show All

• .NET Development How to send a string from one program to another?

  Is there a way to send a (small) string from one program to another assuming that both programs are on the same PC    I have tried using a tcp client and server connection between the two programs.  This works, but I was wondering if there was a more efficient way to do this. Thanks for any ideas, MisterT   Use System.Messaging namespace. One app creates a queue or both and use can send object to each queue. Just think in real world terms. The Message object under System.Messaging is a letter and the queue is the letter box. The Windows OS comes with Message Queuing which will deliver ...Show All

• Visual C++ VS .Net 2005, how to disable intellisense...

  Hi I am really frustrated with the performance of VS .Net 2005. This is because I always see at the bottom "updating intellisense..." and it uses 60% to 70% of CPU. How to disable this updating of intellisense... Please this is making Visual studio unusable. Thanks Chandra Traian, We did a lot of work to increase Intellisense precision in VC8 so what you mention seems a little suprising. Could you post a sample of a change that VC8 does *not* pick up, which VC7.1 did ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to make a cursor

  hi, i desperately need to make a custom cursor. Would someone help me yeah i dont really get why no ones responding to my post. I know there's a way; I have visual basic express. people said that you need to make a cursor file. I don't understand how to do this. I changed a bitmap to be .cur, but there was an error. I looked for the template 'cursor file' but found nothing. can someone familiar with visual basic express tell me how to make a custom cursor ...Show All

• SQL Server Runnaway UPDATE statement in SQL2005 - how to resolve?

  I am in the process of moving a SQL2000 database to a SQL2005 database. Porting from: SQL200, Windows Server 2000(SP4) (32 bit dual processor 4GB RAM) to:SQL2005, Windows Server 2003(SP1) (x64 bit dual processor 4GB RAM) After porting the database from SQL2000 to SQL2005 (no changes) I then compare an update statement running from Management Studio on the 2003 Server and and Query analiser on the 2000 Server. SQL2000 completes the command in 2 minutes SQL2005 is still running after 60 minutes. SQL2000 is the live/production system with users connected, the SQL2005 is in a test environment with no other processors runnin ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB6 Database connections

  hi all am kinda new to visual basic but am currently working on a project which needs a connection to a database, am using the code below but having touble with it, it keeps coming up with "error 91: object variable or with block variable not set" and highlights the line ive highlighted, can anyone helm me get round this and/or explain why it's happening, thanks everyone :)    Martyn Compton sQL = "SELECT titleofevent,patron,time,extended,fee,paid,datebooked FROM data WHERE date=#" + Str(day) + "-" + monthNames(dateMonth - 1) + "-" + Str(dateYear) + "#;"     databaseAccess.Connect = "datasabe.mdb" &nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development AspNet_wp.exe role in ServicedComponent Exceution

  I am calling a .NET Serviced Component in my Standalone classic ASP page to get some Xml data as string. Does AspNET_wp.exe process play any role in this ASP page execution Hello, The best place to ask a question about ASP or ASP.NET development is the ASP.NET Developer Forums [ http://forums.asp.net/ ] - which is maintained by the ASP.NET community and the product group. Hope that helps, Stephen [Microsoft Common Language Runtime: Security - Developer] http://blogs.msdn.com/stfisher   ...Show All

• Visual Basic Share Folders

  I am interested in how to create a share folder structure  ie. multiple folder level, in vb code that does not involve windows authorizaton and security for access.  Here is my problem.  In a company network environment I wish to run client vb software that accesses a puclic share folder on a server for data.  I wish the client software to handle all sucurity with regard to folder access and totally disingage Windows Authorization of the individual user on whose computer the application is running.  In short, I don't want a share folder to care what computer is trying to access it.  How would I go about creati ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Warning CA1802 Could Encourage Brittle Code

  Warning CA1802 asks you to change this: static public readonly string MySharedValue = "Some String"; To this: static public const string MySharedValue = "Some String"; The problem with this is, if the shared value is exported from a class library (which it presumably would be), then if you change the value in the class library you will have to recompile all the applications that use the value from the class library. If the value is left as readonly, then you would NOT have to recompile the users of the class library to access the new value. In fact, making it const will violate the second item in the fairly well known book, "Effective ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Remote Connection Problem... Big Time.

  Hi, I installed SQL server 2005 express edition on my windows server and I had no problem with connecting it remotely through Management Studio, then I removed it and installed a full edition SQL server 2005. That's when it's gone all wrong. Now I can't remotely connect the server through Management Studio. The error I get is the same as some of the people in this forum has which is: "An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network In ...Show All

• Visual Basic Mixing VB.NET and C++

  I created a C++ DLL (supporting CLR) for some code I want to access via VB.NET. Works great in the IDE, but using ClickOnce deployment, I get a FileIO error when instantiating the class. I also get a compiler warning: "Warning 1 Referenced assembly 'clGamePlanC.dll' targets a different processor than the application. C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Microsoft.Common.targets 0 0" In the Configuration Manager, I can't even make the C++ target the same as the VB; the C++ one is Win32, the VB is "any". I'm using VS2005 Beta 2. Any help appreciated. ---MikeB That fixes the wa ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Cylinder from point A to B

  Hi, I can't seem to get the transformations right to draw a cylinder that connects two points. The examples i find don't seem to work. Can anyone help me out here Thanks Dim vz, vy, vdif, cross As Vector3 Dim dot, ang As Double vz = New Vector3(0, 0, 1) vdif = New Vector3(Thing.xto - Thing.x, Thing.yto - Thing.y, Thing.zto - Thing.z) vdif.Normalize() cross = Vector3.Cross(vz, vdif) dot = Vector3.Dot(vz, vdif) ang = Math.Acos(dot) dx = (Thing.xto - Thing.x) dy = (Thing.yto - Thing.y) dz = (Thing.zto - Thing.z) cyllength = Math.Sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy + dz * dz) dxcyl = Direct3D. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System pass test with 401.1 error

  I want to write a web test for a user that is not authorized to access a page...the test should pass if the user is denied access with "HTTP Error 404.1 - Unauthorized". This was easy enough to do with NUnitASP (just set an expected exception), but I can't figure out how to do it in VS 2005. Any suggestions Thanks, Chuck   Chuck, Unfortunately failure testing is not possible with the current release.  It is at or at least very near the top of our priority list for the future, though.   Josh ...Show All

• .NET Development Can u use a SQL Server 2003 db within a vb web dev 2005 express application?

  Hello, I have a SQL Server 2003 database that I would like to use within a web dev 2005 express application I created. Is this possible I keep getting this error: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) And I think it's because I don't have a SQL Server 2005 DB, but a 2003 instead.....or am I just clueless (because I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Programmatically Creating a Web Reference

  Is there a way to programmatically create a web reference in my windows form application   Based on a client's login information, I'd like to have them consume a different web service than another. For instance, Client #1 logs in, the the web reference is: https://www.client-one.com/webservice.asmx When Client #2 logs in, the web reference would be: https://www.client-two.com/webservice.asmx ...Show All