nkabirwa's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Compiling FilmBox SDK Under VC6

  Hi, I am trying to compile Filmbox's SDK using VC6.  I can compile under VC7, but I only have a temp version, and do not want to port over to VC7.  The problem I am getting is on the following section of code: /***********************************************************************  CLASS KStaticArray ************************************************************************/ template< class Type > class KBaseStaticArray { & ...Show All

• Visual Basic playing mp3 file..

  hi ppl. it's rather a easy question for all u geeks..but i want to know how to play or embed a .mp3 file in a form.. i know how to play midi files or .wav files using windows api function plz help me.. ashish Correct, the best way to add Resources is using the Resources tab in Project Properties. This is good feedback for us - VS might need to be smarter in future versions when you add the file directly to the solution. Best, P ...Show All

• Visual Basic Playing a sound file

  This may have been answered before i am not sure, i am running Visual Studio 2005 beta, i would like to know how i can play a sound file in the background when someone opens a form. Any ideas I am using the my.computer.audio.play function to play an alert. The alert is the result of checking a database for new entries every 10 seconds. If there is a new entry that the software has not seen yet, it uses the VBPower Tools Notificati ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Creating workitem with blank <REASON> in <TRANSITION> component

  Is it possible to create a workitem (in this case a bug) that has a blank field for the Reason I'm creating a few intermediary steps in the lifecycle of a bug that don't really have a reason e.g. a developer changes the status from Work in Progress to a status of Work Complete. This transition clearly doesn't need a reason but if I try and import the workitem with just: <REASONS> </REASONS> the import will fail. Nor can I set a &l ...Show All

• Windows Forms Set collection item value through PropertyDescriptor?

  If I have a PropertyDescriptor with SerializationVisibility == Content, what is the appropriate way to populate the collection with items If SerializationVisibility == Visible, I'd use propertyDescriptor.SetValue() but I don't see how I can add items to a collection. Related to this question is: What requirements must a property meet in order to mark it with SerializationVisiblity == Content I suspect it must at least be IEnumerable for the re ...Show All

• Windows Forms Concurrency violation error

  Hi all, I have an access database with a table TEMP. In my project I have a DataSet, which is connected to access database, a TEMPBindingSource, which datasource property is set to DataSet and datamember property to TEMP and finally a TEMPTableAdapter. On a form I have a DataGridView which is bound to TEMPBindingSource. So, as I want to save the changes made to DataGridView to the database, I use the DataGridView_Leave event to fi ...Show All

• .NET Development Inteface with Smart Card reader

  Hi i m working on small project . In my project i have to interface with smart card .I m doing my project in C# 2005 . But i dont know how to program with Smart Card reader.how to read and write to Smart Card. Help me Try these parameters in scardconnect: dwShareMode = SCARD_SHARE_SHARED dwPreferredProtocols = SCARD_PROTOCOL_T0 | SCARD_PROTOCOL_T1 ...Show All

• Visual Studio File difference from command line

  Hi, I am writing a script and I want to do the following: Whenever I run the script, I give the VSS project and the filename as an input. I want to diff the most recent version of the file against the previous version of the file. (The version numbers keep changing. So I do not want to hardcode the version numbers inside the script). Any pointers Thanks, Karthik You may want to consider writing a simple progra ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Connectivity for Peoplesoft

  Is it possible to connect using SSIS Connection Manager to Peoplesoft. I am planning to extract to Peoplesoft application data into the Sql-server 2005. Please advice.. ...Show All

• SQL Server From MySQL to MSSQL 2005

  Hello! I'm installing the MSSQL 2005. And i want to transfrom the DB from my old MySQL DataBase to new MSSQL Database. How can I do this With Import|Export Utils I can't do this task =( Pleasure Help me. Thanks First of all do you have MySQL ODBC driver installed on the same box you have SSIS If you do - did you create ODBC data source ...Show All

• .NET Development keepalive socket option

  i need to know if a client connected to me, goes down. i have a server socket (s1) and a client socket (s2). i make the keepalive option in this way: on the client: s1.SetSocketOption (SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.KeepAlive, 5000); s1.Connect( ... ); on the server: m_Sck = s2.Accept(); // i'm here just i receive the request from s1 m_Sck.SetSocketOption (SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.KeepAlive, 5000); when i stop m_Sck, s1 k ...Show All

• Visual Studio switching reports problem in local mode, windows form environment

  Hi, I'm using a radio button for user to pick one out of two reports to run. Both Report1 and Report2 use the same data source just present them in different ways. However, only the first one picked shown in the report viewer (no matter which one first). i.e. Pick another report to run and the report viewer always shows the first one. Any step that I missed Thanks. Private Sub btnGetReport_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, By ...Show All

• Windows Forms 2 DataGridView Questions

  I just recieved my academic copy of Visual Studio .NET 2005 and am working on a simple to do list application. I am using a DataGridView control to display the tasks. The dataset is getting data from an XML file... 1) How do I get rid of the first column it creates Image: http://img423.imageshack.us/my.php image=todolistcolumn5wp.gif 2) In my XML file I have this...     <Completed>false</Completed>     H ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Why ImplementedInterfaceMethods is null

  Hi, I can't get information about implemented interface method from Method. I've try to get this information from Method.ImplementedInterfaceMethods, but it always is null. For example I have: public interface ITest {     void Test(); } public class Test : ITest {     public void Test()    {    } }   How can I know that Test.Test() is an implementation of ...Show All

• .NET Development Parameterized Query

  Hey Folks, Can Someone tell me why I am getting this message. Not Sure what this means. Many Thanks!!! Parameterized Query '(@WorkSheetID nvarchar(14),@Origin nvarchar(5),@DealerName nvarc' expects parameter @Address, which was not supplied. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the c ...Show All