A Chapman's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Tracking Reference (%), value, ref??

  For a while now I have been reading the documentation, for Visual C++ 2005, in an attempt to migrate from native code to managed. I find it hard to understand how to use the different types, and what the equvivalent in native code is. Look at this code: ref class rc{}; value class vc{}; f1(rc^ c1){} f2(rc^% c1){} is rc^ myrc = gcnew rc; equvivalent to rc * myrcN = new rc; in native code And is " Handle to Object on Managed Heap " the same as " Pointer to Object " What is the difference of ref and value If i want a object on managed heap do I use the "ref" keyword, and value keyword if I want it on ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Trouble with C++ Express Install

  I have tried multiple times to instll the MSVE C++ package with no success.Everytime I try I get a MS .Net Framework 2.o installation errror, which in turn prevents the rest of the package from installing. I have/had none of the components that were not allowed to be on before I started. I even ran the vs_uninst_betas.exe to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I just do not know what to try next to get around this issue. I am running a Athlon Processor, >1GB RAM, Win 2000 SP4. Is it possible the because I have .Net Framework 1.1 installed, that it is causing a problem I look forward to getting some help. Thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server where do i find the examples that come with sql server

  books online mentions examples stored on the pc when sql is installed, but the examples are not on my machine. i know they are on the disk somewhere, but i dont have the disk. i have tried going to add remove programs and adding extra sql components but i cant find the examples there either. can anyone tell me where to find them Hi, what examples do you mean, sql examples in sp / functions There is a sample DB that comes with SQL Server the successor of the famous Northwind its called Adevntureworks. HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Adding new Test Types

  Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can get information on how to add my own test types to Team Test.   An example would be really helpful. TIA Let me try to help. For that I need more information. Could you answer a few questions for me 1. Do you see your files unzipped under VSINSTALLDIR\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates Cache \CSharp\1033 2. Does your .vstemplate file contain the following xml tag   <TemplateGroupID>TestProject-V1</TemplateGroupID> Leo Huang Dev, VSTS ...Show All

• SQL Server No report in RS Home folder

  We have Reporting services 2000 standaard. I have uploaded a report for a group of users in a domain. I have set up the report security and gave the users browser access. As a administrator i can open en view the reports. But the domain users cannot see anything except a empty home folder. So i think reporting services is working fine... All users can open the reportmanager trough their browser but they can;t see the report. Only a empty home folder! ! ! i also use integrated windows security and gave the users acccess on virtual folder level with windows security. I'm sure i have got the right role based security set up but still no ...Show All

• Visual C++ simple WinApi programm

  Hi, Well, MY PROGRAMM: Winnie.cpp //------------------------------------ // winnie.cpp // (c) Bartosz Milewski, 1995 //------------------------------------ #include "winnie.h" // This is the entry point of every Windows program int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, char * cmdParam, int cmdShow) { char className [] = "Winnie" ; // Define a Window Class and register it under the name "Winnie" WinClass winClass (WindowProcedure, className, hInst); winClass.Register (); // Create and show a window WinMaker win ( "Hello Windows!" , className, hInst); win.Show (cmdShow); MSG msg; int ...Show All

• .NET Development Microphone Communication

  Does anyone have any idea how to communicate with a microphone in VisualBasic.Net Thanks alot! -Teenprogrammer check out some of the examples found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/dx9_directsound_samples.asp ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Where can I get guides about Workflow Foundation development?

  Hello everybody, I've downloaded and installed Orcas beta, and now I'd like to play with Workflow Foundation development. Is there any guide to start, especially step-by-step lab tests Hope to hear from you soon, Paolo De Nictolis, Eng. - MS beta tester ID# 441410 Hi Paolo, The Beta 2 Hands on Labs are also now available from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=5DF74E3B-FB51-4A94-A11D-DFF70288A8BB&displaylang=en Thanks, Steve ...Show All

• SQL Server Moving a SQL2K publisher to a SQL 2005 instance.

  Hi, I have to move a SQL2K instance (publisher) to a SQL 2005 instance and i prefer not to re-snapshot all the databases being replicated due to the large size of the databases. As i understand all i need to do is    1. Ensure all published databases are in readonly mode. 2. Stop the replication (by either dropping subscriptions, publication or stopping replication agents). 3. Move the databases to the SQL 2005 instance. 4. Configure a SQL 2005 instance for the distributor (for a SQL 2005 publisher, the distribution database must be a SQL 2005 instance). 5. Setup replication to the SQL2K  ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP - not working

  The SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP application is not working anymore after having done so for a day. No messages, nothing when I double click the icon. Everything else seems to be working OK. I have tried a de-install and reinstall with no success. Some of you who know where to start looking Regards TorB. Thanks Steven ! Hve downloaded and installed the new Nov. 11 build, and once again installed the SQL Server BOL. But this time it works fine ! ...Show All

• Smart Device Development replace wince popup keyboard

  how would i go about replacing the popup keyboard in WinCE with one that i have made I can't believe how quickly it takes to answer questions around here.  I have figured out my answer.  For those of you with similar questions i am including a link to useful code. http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/im.html ...Show All

• Visual C++ Norton Windoctor found the following 2 errors and is unable to fix them

  "C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB898458$\ORUN32.EXE" cannot access a necessary file, "learn32.dll." "C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB898458$\ORUN32.EXE" cannot access a necessary file, "pctree32.dll."   The program ORUN32.EXE may be part of Microsoft Interactive Training for Windows XP. Or it may be part of another program that is causing the error message.   What 2 do To solve this problem, delete the folder: "C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB898458$\ or disable WinDoctor.    Next time you may want to find a better forum for such questions as it's not related to Visual C++.  ...Show All

• .NET Development external / internal access to a web service

  I have a simple web service / windows-forms web client / SSL scenario. Every web site allows only one SSL certificate. The certificate is stamped with the URL. Users outside the LAN, accessing the web service, will use SSL. Users inside the LAN will not use SSL. I want to ensure that users outside the LAN are in fact using SSL, and do not come in using HTTP. This is a shared web site. Other apps are on it. I cannot simply block port 80 at the firewall. Here is my idea. In app.config, I put the two valid URLs. One is the HTTPS URL, for external users, one is the HTTP URL, for internal users. The client application must use one ...Show All

• Visual Basic PictureBox + Color

  OK, here's where I'm at - I've created a panel (400x400) with 324 PictureBoxes (yes, unfortunately I felt the need to use a 18x18 grid of PictureBoxes). Each PictureBox has some code which changes the colour when pressed. Below is an example for PictureBox2: Private Sub PictureBox2_Click( ByVal sender As System. Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles PictureBox2.Click paintme(PictureBox2) End Sub   And the code for painting: Public Function paintme( ByVal square) square.BackColor = ColorDialog1.Color End Function   I need some script which changes the color of multiple Pi ...Show All

• Visual C# Unable to update the dependencies of the project

  I have had this error every time I try to check my program into source control after making changes. The project builds and works fine until I check it in and check it back out then it won’t build. I have deleted the setup project and built a new one only to have the same problem after checking it into source control. It also givs me a warning that " Assembly ' FolderName\FileName.exe ' is incorrectly specified as a file. Any suggestions would be helpful. 1. Yes, there is a database project in the solution. 2. If I delete the hierarchy section in the project file I just get the same series of " ERROR ...Show All