r3ds0x's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) winfx web form?

  I have installed winfx sdk for wista and visual studio extension for winfx support. I am able to create a new WinFx Windows Project using New|Project, but I when I try to make a new win fx form(using New|Web Site or New|File), I could not find something like WinFx Windows Form. And so I am unable to make a new Winfx form. Am I doing something wrong Mehmet in Visual Studio, choose Project->Add New Item... you shoul ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista InkCanvas (WPF) and StylusPlugIns

  I have created my own StylusPlugIn that I am using in conjunction with the System.Input.Controls.InkCanvas. I have placed my plug in before the DynamicRenderer in the PlugIns collection. When I create strokes with my pen (Tera M4) I get the expected behavior where my plugin is applied to both dynamically rendered Ink and created strokes. When I create a stroke using the mouse my plugin is applied to the dynamic rendering but not to the create ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectX 9 Palettes

  Does anyone know how to use Palettes in DirectX 9 I can't find any information for it anywhere. If you want to post examples, I'm using VB, but I can convert C++ too. I really wouldn't bother with palette support. There are non-obvious speed hits if you use them wrong (and "wrong" varies from hardware to hardware!). And the most obvious problem is that a lot of hardware simply doesn't support paletted textures, s ...Show All

• SQL Server CTE in a DSV named query

  Hello, I have a CTE that I want to put into a DSV named query. here is the CTE (which anyone can run): WITH mycte AS (SELECT TOP (200) object_id, name, column_id, system_type_id FROM sys.columns) SELECT object_id, name, column_id, system_type_id FROM mycte AS mycte_1 I can put that into the named query editor and run it, no problems. Upon clicking "OK" I get: Incorrect syntax near ')' In ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office multiple windows

  I created a new Word document project. I have added action pane with a simple MonthCalender in it and it is working perfectly. Then I have added a datasource from AdventureWorks database. Still everything worked just fine. But when I dragged field from the datasource into the document it fails to load with the following error: "You are currently viewing this document in multiple windows. To attach an XML expansion pack, you must first close ...Show All

• Visual C# how can i get a substring in a string and then change its color?

  for example if I type /* in the textfield all preceding characters should change to color green and when I type */ the change should stop. You have two options. 1 - use a rich text box, and parse the text so that you change the color 2- write your own control derived from the textbox to do this. ...Show All

• Windows Forms How Can I change the application directory of clickonce!?

  Hello, When I 'm using clickonce tech. my application files will saved in the following path: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Apps ...... etc because I already have my old application (.Net 2003) saved in the following path: C:\Program Files\MyProjectName How can I change my clickonce path to point to same database file (Access db) Please don't tell me to change the connection string because some of my customers have old applic ...Show All

• SQL Server URGENT: Specific Models in Report Builder

  Is there any way to display specific models in Report Builder, depending on the permissions granted to users on different folders. For e.g. If the user has been granted permission on folder A, not B, then he/she should not see the models from B, when launching Report Builder from web application. Any help or suggestions or pointers is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Model visibility is controlled just ...Show All

• .NET Development Pulling an XML encoded JPG from an XML SOAP stream and formatting it correctly to place in an sql image field

  Has anyone taken an xml encoded jpg from a web service and formatted it; to place it in an sql image type / field example (not meant to be an actual encoded jpg or code; just an example) <PHOTO>9YHGDTEGHKLO2389YUD09CHCVSH 8HDHOSDH8WE8H8</PHOTO> node = selectsinglenode("/PHOTO") photoString AS String photoString = node.InnerText FormattedCorectlyPhoto = <somecode that processes photoString> DECLARE @ ...Show All

• Visual C# Howto create a thumbnail from a wmv file ?

  I would like to create a thumbnail (any image format) from a Window Media Video file (wmv). Explorer does it when miniatures view is used so maybe there's a API that does this Thanks. Use the AxMediaPlayer to open the wmv file and navigate to position 0, here is a little example. You can find a releted newsgroup post here . ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) CRUD like operations in LINQ

  Linq is wonderful for my integer programming application. It has eliminated the need for a backend DB, reduced tremendously the amount of code, and the execution time has been cut in half.   I am wondering if there is a simpler way of doing CRUD like operations in Linq, especially Updates and Deletes on a list (Shifts in this case) like we do in SQL   Delete From Shifts Where ShiftID IN 1,2,3 Update Shifts Set NumPeople=1 ...Show All

• Visual C++ getting text from TextBox Managed C++ (oldSyntax)

  Hi, I'm sort of new to Managed C++, and I'm picking up a new piece of software from my predecessor at my company.  I'm having *a lot* of problems trying to do something fairly simple: getting the user-entered text from a TextBox inside of a dialog box.  I am using VS.NET 2005 Beta 2, and my project is being compiled with the old managed c++ syntax flag enabled. No matter what I try, I get a null string whenever I try to get the text ...Show All

• .NET Development TableAdapter - Query Builder - SQL Problem VS2005

  Hi, I have the following problem. Development environment: VS 2005 C# Database: MS Access 2003 Querry: SELECT Count(*) AS Expr1 FROM Bookings WHERE (((Date()) Between [Arrival] And [Depart]) And (([Bookings ].[Depart])<>Date()) And (([Bookings ].[Active])=True)) This Querry is working perfect in MS Access 2003. The expected result is 3. When I try to use this query in VS 2005 C# (tableAdapter) I get the following error (Y ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB Tutorial - Hang Man!

  VB Walkthrough: Hang Man! VB Walkthrough: Hang Man! 1 Introduction .. 1 Starting the Project .. 1 Coding the Game Engine . 3 Coding the Main Form ... 7 Coding the New Game Dialog .. 9 Conclusion .. 11 Introduction In this tutorial we will create the game Hang Man. The project will be composed of two forms, the main application window and a “new game” dialog, and ...Show All

• SQL Server can I get the Parent task in a custom data flow task?

  I'm building a custom data flow task to handle errors in a generic way in C#. I want to output the Task name (the name of the Data flow) as well as the Task name that is inputting data into my custom task.         Is there a way to get both the task name and the previous data flow task name that's inputting the data THanks in advance, -Chris PS, the VariableContainer didn't seem to contain ...Show All