Ian Shimmings's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Keyword is "mari"

  Congrats David !! I can do nothing !!! Well, it looks like my original plan has worked after all. The aggressive behavior of asgard32 towards mari was able to drive them out gradually. Now I can see more varieties of other herbivores back into play. Now let the game begin! Due to some unknown reason, asgard32 seems to also periodially clean&nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development Unable to restart remote server

  I have a remote server and client, using IPCServerChannel and IPCClientChannel. If my remote server  (ipcservchannel) application is shutdown for some reasons I can't restart it without shuting down the client. How can I get around this   I suppose that the client is somehow blocking the port or name.  Is there away around this    I want to be able to restart the server app without the clients knowing this. Regards Stein Been a while since I been here. :) Problems fixed when MS release Visual Studio ...Show All

• Visual C++ Directx missing file problem

  Hi folks, Sorry if this has already been put up. I'm getting far too annoyed by this. I'm trying to get started with 2D graphics programming in Directx, and I'm trying to work with the samples in the June SDK. Absolutely nothing will compile. These tutorial projects all come up with the following error: ------ Build started: Project: CreateDevice, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... CreateDevice.cpp c:\program files\microsoft directx 9.0 sdk (june 2005)\include\d3d9.h(40) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'objbase.h': No such file or directory Build log was saved at "file://c:\Temp\Real Blank proj\CreateDevice\D ...Show All

• Visual Studio Need help building web projects with MSBuild?

  If you're interested in building your web project using MSBuild, we can save you the trouble of posting the question and waiting for an answer :) To build web projects with MSBuild you need the Web Deployment Project add-in. You can get it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/infrastructure/wdp/ . Another option is to use Web Application Projects , which give you the VS2003 model of working with ASP.NET projects, but the benefits of ASP.NET 2.0 and VS2005. Happy building! Neil I tried using MSBuild to compile a web application project in a machine that has the .NET 2.0 Framework but doesn't have Visual St ...Show All

• SQL Server Build Query dialog for OLEDB Source Editor

  Can i extend the "Query Builder" dialog of OLEDB Source Editor for developing custom source component ...Show All

• .NET Development Validate SOAP message against a wsdl document

  HI, I'm currently using .net framework 1.1. The web service that I'm dealing with is written in Java. I'm wondering if it's possible to validate SOAP messages against a wsdl document before I send them to the web service. Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual C# How to disable context menu in the dataGridView?

  I have a datagridview which contains columns and rows.A contextmenustrip is associated with the datagridview.But i dont want that contextmenustrip to be visible when i right click on the column headers.Is it possible to that If yes can anybody let help me how to do that thanks, ~nhd By default datagridview don't have any contextmenustrip (run mode), you are sure that ContextMenuStrip property of DataGridView are none ...Show All

• Smart Device Development this.hide or this.visible=true not working...

  Hi, i have a form consisting of only a text box. in the form_load, i have code that reads "this.hide()". However then the form loads, it is still visible. I have also tried "this.visible = true" and have tried them in the forms constructor as well, but nothing i try seems to work. Is anyone else having this issue with WM 2005 and CF 2.0 OK, I started with a brand new project and the only code in that project is below.  The form refuses to be hidden...is this a bug using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; us ...Show All

• Visual Basic rethrowing an error

  Am I misunderstanding how to do this I want to catch and then rethrow the error. sub foo()          try              bar         Catch err As Exception             Throw err         Finally             oServerReader.Close()         End Try end sub I get a 'cast is invalid' on the Throw err line Correct - you ...Show All

• SQL Server Failure to run when using DTC

  Does anyone hany any experience of using SSIS with MS DTC I have a package that runs successfully. When I switch it to using transactions (i.e. TransactionOption= Required ) it fails. I get the following messages in the log: -Starting distributed transaction for this container.  -Failed to acquire connection " <connection-manager-name> ". Connection may not be configured correctly or you may not have the right permissions on this connection.  -Aborting the current distributed transaction.  So - it seems it is having trouble enlisting that connection manager in a distributed transaction. My connection manager p ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow - If else Conditional Activity

  I am trying to create an If Else branching in my State based workflow. In the properties it says enter the method with signature bool MethodName(object,EventArgs) but if I have bool as the return type it is not able to recognize the method. If I have it as void it recognizes it. How do I solve this problem Please help. Regards If you are using Beta 2.2 - the signature should be: void CondtionMethod(object o, ConditionalEventArgs e) { e.Result = true; } ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System using TFS remotly

  Dear all, We want to use TFS or VSS over VPN connection to support geographically dispersed teams. I'v tested VSS 2005 with following configuration: Site A: 512Kpbs DSL Site B: 256Kpbs DSL Project Size: Around 10-15 files (total size just 500kb) but it disappointed me as its taking too much time to do checkin and checkout and even navigating the solution explorer is very slow. here r the stats Opening Project = 15 minutes File checkout of around(65kb) = 10 minutes Solution tree navigation = 1-2 minutes to navigate form 1 node to other No i wana try TFS, so plz tell me wat minimum bandwidth is required to run TFS remotly. The above pr ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to create a own template with DTE(IWizard)??

  Hello all, I want to create the template with wizard page. UserInput is the right one. The form has one button named "Finish", When we click Finish the new project will be added. How to deal with the "Create project and solution" method and now  I want to know how to do "Create the project" in RunFinished() method(Maybe the right method is not it) using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using EnvDTE; using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TemplateWizard; namespace TestWizard { public class WizardeImpl : IWizard { # region IWizard Members public void BeforeOpeningFile( ProjectItem projectI ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboBox

  Hi, I have stored in my comboBox some several values.I want with some way to select each time more than one cause I want from the user to delete them ,and keep only the wanted values, from the combobox.The one way i have thought for that is with the checklistbox but i want to do that with combo...Do you know how can I do that Thanks a lot!!! maybe an idea: when click the "delete" button, a CheckedListBox contains items in that Combox shows somewhere, and user can check the items that you want to delete, and you can delete the items(has the same value(or key or sth.) as in the CheckedListBox) in the ComboBox when user click ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Inserting and Updating images file from VFP9 to SQL Server 2005

  i am developing a form where i am collecting personal information such as name, address and signature of the person as a bmp file........ i am saving the data in the SQL Server 2005 . My front end is VFP 9 forms. i am building a SQL query to insert the record....... the prob that i m facing is that  i cannot concatenate the image type with the SQL string that i m building the insert works fine if i dont try to insert the image the image is saved in a column of datatype "IMAGE" in SQL Server 2005 plz help thanks, Manu I am also attaching the sample code of the project but it is not working...please help lcCurrDir = SYS(5) + ...Show All