cmenge's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to find namespaces/Objects that are "out of date" ?

  Hi! When frameworks are updated some namespaces change there content, are removed etc.. is there a good site where you can find in which namespace your object are in the actual framework, but the definition you have is in an old version.. that maybe sounded strange but here’s an example.. I’m reading an article from Jan 2005 about the object UITimer in the System.Threading At that time .NET v1.2 something was the deal, but now with .NET 2.0 there is not such an object with that specific name.. has the object been removed,replaced, renamed When i google on this specific object I only find out of date data from the .NET 1.2 era, nothing like ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Check-in policy results in high use of shelving

  Check-in policies are a great idea. The result is that we need to find an alternative method for backup up developer's work, since they will no longer be able to check-in periodically throughout a day. Shelving appears to be the best option. However, shelving requires creating a shelveset name, and results in multiple versions of files if done daily or even more frequently. Shelved projects can be deleted and a naming convention developed, but the entire process seems potentially unruly. Any recommendations, work around, or thoughts on how to best manage this process with a team Thanks in advance. Mark ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS 2005 WebService problem

  Hi hi. I'm trying to use the new WebServices in VSS2005. After fiddling around, reading through the forums and doing some more fiddling I've just given up. The problem is authentication. I can open the share from my computer, open the project from the share (with the non-internet version of the VSS plugin) and open the webservice url from my computer. I've tried doing SSL, but the result is the same. If I directly open a project under source control I get "VSS Web Service could not open the database". *but* if I use Open project.. and then use the "SourceSafe (Internet)" option to navigate to the .sln file in the VSS database and open it - t ...Show All

• SQL Server SAN Replication

  I'm wondering if the technology exists to use SAN replication for sql server 2005 disaster recovery. I have a bunch of prod servers I want to add to a san, I then want to have another bunch of servers at a dr site connected to another san. Is there a technolgy ( non sql ) to enable full ( real time ) san replication of the data ( for SQL Server databases ). I don't need alternate suggestions, this solution has been proposed to my clients, I don't think it's available, any confirmation one way or another would be very helpful, thanks. Yes, I am working with the HP tecnology Continuos Acces ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Live Meeting with the MSN Messenger Team - Oct 20 @ 10:00am PST

  On Thursday, Oct 20 at 10:00am PST - Members of the MSN Messenger Team will hold a Live Meeting to talk about the Activity API and the Worlds Best App contest. The LiveMeeting link will be posted later this evening at http://www.worldsbestapp.com/bonus.aspx the Activity API contest site. This is your chance to ask the MSN Messenger Team quesitons about the Activity API. If you don't already have the Live Meeting client installed, you can install it from here: http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidLiveMeeting p1=7&p2=en_US&p3=LMInfo&p4=DownloadWindowsConsole See you on Thursday morning.  -Scott  A log of the questio ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions vcsetup does not install.

  It gives me the error message, "..../vcsetup.exe is not a valid Win32 application." And I am using Windows XP. Hi, I am having the same problem. I just posted a message before finding your message. Did you ever get this resolved Thanks! ...Show All

• SQL Server tricky UPDATE statement

  I need to update each record in a table based on selected values from that same table. The table contains 3 money fields (ActualRev,ScheduledRev and TransRev ) There is also a stageNumber value in the same table. What I need to do is update the TransRev field in each record based on the stageNumber. If (stageNumber = 1) I need to set TransRev to (ScheduledRev where the stageNumber = 0 and then subtract (ScheduledRev where the stageNumber = 1) If (stageNumber = 3) need to set TransRev to (ScheduledRev where the stageNumber = 2 If (stageNumber = 4) need to set TransRev to (ScheduledRev where the stageNumber = 2 )+ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions win32 application

  i have read abt this frm the forum and followed steps given in the following link : http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx but still i am getting the following error: 1>c:\documents and settings\administrator\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\test\test\stdafx.h(28) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory i am missing something . plz help Looking at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx, step 3 is the problem. You should add C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include to include directori ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Python Interfacing with API

  I wrote up a python script using SOAPpy to interface with the Search API, and keep getting a Invalid Request Error.  Has anyone had any luck doing this thus far   My XML is formulated correctly, to my knowledge, and yet I get no data back.  Code and XML that is generated from it can be located at: http://ihatellamas.com/python-msn.phps I figured this out.  What needed to be done was in the Search method, had to do this: server.Search(Request=params) where params is all the search request parameters defined. C ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Finding the cubic root

  I couldn't find any function for the cubic root in the System.Math class, only the Math.Sqrt() function, I decided to write my own function. After some searching I found out about the formula for Newton approximation method and implemented it in my own function. As you might understand, you can only approximate it. If you are in need of computing the cubic root, please feel free to copy and paste the code, or change it if you want. I see no reason to protect this code that isn't even optimized yet. If you anyone has any suggestions how to improve it, please post it here. /// <summary> /// Computes an approximate cube root of a ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error when applying filter to datagrid with DataView as datasource

  I have a datagrid with 4 columns, 3 of which are hidden.  The one that is not hidden is also the sort field and is called "cnt_ProdCatDesc".  The datasource of the datagrid is a dataview which filters the underlying dataset by a value (Business Unit) in a dropdown on the same form.   The datagrid loads fine and shows the single  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Access - Autoincrement problem

  I have some code to add a new record that I adapted from the Developer Tutorials as follows: If _ARecID = 0 Then Dim MyRecords As AUTORECSDataSet.AUTORECSRow MyRecords = AUTORECSDataSet.AUTORECS.NewAUTORECSRow() MyRecords.MFG = MfgComboBox.SelectedValue MyRecords.Model = ModelTextBox.Text MyRecords.Year = YearTextBox.Text MyRecords.DateDone = DateTime.Parse(DatePicker.Text) MyRecords.Mileage = Integer .Parse(MileageTextBox.Text) MyRecords.Action = ActionTextBox.Text MyRecords.Cost = Integer .Parse(CostTextBox.Text) MyRecords.Done_By = DonebyTextBox.Text AUTORECSDataSet.AUTORECS.AddAUTORECSRow(MyRe ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How do you handle Persistence with WWF Beta 2.2?

  Tom, I am unable to raise events in WWF Beta 2.2 (unlike WWF Beta 2.0). When I set UnloadOnIdle = " false " (from "true"), I am able to raise the first event without an error, but am unable to get the XOML only State workflow assembly reference via persistence. The problem is that I am unable to persist a State XOML workflow when using WWF Beta 2.2. Everything worked fine with WWF Beta 2.0 State workflows (non XOML only State Workflow). What should my web.config look like (as opposed to what you see below) What code changes would I need to make using WWF Beta 2.2 What is SharedConnectionWorkflowTransacti ...Show All

• Windows Forms Help w/Decision - embedded controls vs inherited forms

  I have a VB6 app which contains an architecture that I am very proud of and has proven to be very extensible. I now need to take that piece of the app over to winforms and am trying to decide whether to continue using this architecture or use some new tools that the framework has given me. Here's the deal. The app is for a lab. They ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions mediaSoundPlayer.Play() does not always play right!

  This is supposed to play a click sound. It usually does, but it frequently plays a PFFFFFFT instead!mediaSoundPlayer.Stream = My .Resources.PodVwBy mediaSoundPlayer.Load() mediaSoundPlayer.Play() I have other sounds in the program, and, they misfire occasionally, too! The built in help suggests something similar to this: Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click MediaSoundPlayer.Stream = My .Resources.dizzymis MediaSoundPlayer.Load() End Sub Sub Player_LoadCompleted( _ ...Show All