John Lewicki's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio VSTS - Web Test - FIND TEXT command

  I have run a web test using the FIND TEXT command and unexpectedly it returned a TRUE value on meta data (data not actually displayed on the screen). Is this : a) a defect - or - b) a system feature and working as designed. If it's working as designed is there a way to use the FIND TEXT command with only the data that is DISPLAYED on the wen page ...Show All

• Visual Basic BeginOutputReadLine not resuming reading lines after process restart

  I have an application where I'd like to have the user start over and over a console application ans watch its output redirected in the GUI. I have noticed that BeginOutputReadLine will correctly get the stdout redirected on the process 1st execution, but will resume reading lines after the process is restarted. I have managed to reproduce on a small example which as a console application starts a built-in operating system app, which is: ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions any way to use vb code to change the currency and date display at new computer?

  HI~   i want to make my program more flexi which it can automatic to change the default currency and date display in new computer.. any coding thanks~   about the date i use   DateTimePicker1.date.toString("dd/MM/yyyy")   and You change it the way you like   ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Textbox Bug

  I don't know if the textbox was changed to work like this now, or if it is a bug. Up until the Feb CTP the .Drop / .PreviewDrop events of the textbox always fired, no matter what you dropped inside of it. (The data didn't show, but the event fired) Now, when dragging data, I have to use the .DragEnter event and set e.Data.SetData("") to something before the .Drop method will work. Is it suppose to work this way now Thank you ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS2005 resets the size of my WinCE GUI project window

  I want my Windows CE GUI project window to be a certain size. The same size as it is on my WinCE device. Every now and then when 1. I double-click on the file in solution explorer to show the GUI designer view, or 2. click on the tab for the file, or 3. right-click in the solution explorer and choose view designer, VS2005 resizes my GUI. Is there any way of avoiding this You can add a custom form factor ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Merging and Branching at MSFT

  Hi, I've read a few blogs on Merging and Branching so I know enough to be dangerous! Whilst reading these blogs I thought; how do MSFT do their branching Let me explain a little and I'll simplify things here. Say VS 2k5 used TF. When MS started they created the project in TF. Files were added to a main branch. Then it came round to Beta 1 time. There must have been some cut off point where they said; right, lets create a branch and call it Beta ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Execute the program by ShellExecuteEx throw the TypeLadException

  I write a program of self-update.After have download the lastest program,I execute the program by ShellExecuteEx,and the program throw the TypeLadException.But when I execute it alone,it run well. why Hi! Can you post some code you use to start your app What is the InnerException in TypeLoadException It typically have something inside to help identify where is the problem. ...Show All

• SQL Server System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException

  I am running VS Team Suite, and did a fresh installation of SQL Server 2005. When I try to deploy the sample reports, build was successful. However, when I try to deploy it, I got the following error: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request, ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.WebConfigUtil.GetWebCon ...Show All

• Visual C++ Using classes from dynamically linked DLL

  I am attempting to use classes that are defined in my custom written DLLs. I am dynamically loading the DLLs using LoadLibrary. I already know how to access functions using GetProcAddress. Is it possible to do something similar for classes No! You can not use class exports via this way with LoadLibrary. A simple approach is to create interfaces like COM interfaces and return only pointers to those interface ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows forms walkthrough

  Is there any walkthrough available for creating a Windows app like TalkVision  I am looking for something pretty thorough that explains the steps behind creating a professional Windows app. So far, I've been dissapointed on the amount of .NET tutorials online ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboBox not displaying last item in bound table

  I have a ComboBox that is bound to a DataTable, and I am running into a problem when I add a new row to the bound DataTable.  The problem is that the last item added to the DataTable is displaying as a blank entry in the&nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development Data changes not being saved to the .mdf file

  I am working in Visual C# Express Edition, and I am using the Update() method of a TableAdapter. I am using the following C# code to update the database: try { this .Validate(); this.statsDataSetBindingSource.EndEdit(); this .runsTableAdapter.Update( this .statsDataSet.Runs); MessageBox .Show( "Update successful" ); ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VBProj conversion

  I attempted to load the sample files included with 2 MSDN articles. The conversion process was not successful with the following messages: The project file C:\Documents\Roger\Projects\Lottery\ExcelObj\ExcelObjectModelVB.vbproj cannot be opened The project type is not supported by this installation. I had actually clicked on the Project: C:\Documents\Roger\Projects\Lottery\ExcelObj\ExcelObjectModelVB.sln The same occur ...Show All

• Visual J# Wndproc in j# and mouse scroll event

  He, i was working with j#. I could not override WndProc. How in that case to realize processing event mouse scroll in J# Hi, Please refer your other post  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=124588&SiteID=1  on the same topic. Thanks. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Multiply alpha from texture and vertexcolor

  I can't find a way to use both my texture's alpha information, and also apply a alpha blend "on top" of that. Texture alpha is no problem, I just use SourceBlend = Blend.SourceAlpha; DestinationBlend = Blend.InvSourceAlpha; but I also want to "dim" the output arbitrarily. First I was hoping that I could set the alpha value of the material's diffuse or ambient properties, or maybe use RenderState.BlendFactor, but that doesn't seem ...Show All