elainetan's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Drawing over fullscreen video from AudioVideoPlayback

  I've spent some time trying to render text or even a control on top of video being played at fullscreen using the AudioVideoPlayback namespace without any luck.  Originally I was aiming to have a transparent control on top of the video, but if I can get text on top, or any control (transparent or not) I'd be happy... Can someone point me in the right direction   Perhaps provide an example of something similar I am also trying this without luck. I am thinking of buying a video control with this feature in it now. I've seen a couple around. ...Show All

• .NET Development Assembly strong binding

  Hi, I have strange problem: I try to build .NET application which use Microsoft.DirectX assembly, but i have installed more than 1 version DirectX SDK on my PC and now i have such problem: //=========================================================== Error 1 The type 'Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device' exists in both 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\DirectX for Managed Code\2.0.0.0_x86\Microsoft.DirectX.dll' and 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\DirectX for Managed Code\1.0.2902.0\Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.dll' C:\Documents and Settings\LLIAMAH\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\DirectX 1\DirectX 1\FMain.cs 16 38 DirectX 1 //========= ...Show All

• Visual Studio How can I manipulate configuration/platform information in Solution file?

  Hello, Is there a way to programmatically modifiy/populate the configuration/platform information in the solution file Specifically, the following sections: GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution Default|.NET = Default|.NET Default|None = Default|None None|.NET = None|.NET None|None = None|None EndGlobalSection GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution {00643628-BB5E-4048-B264-233391C4A4A9}.Default|.NET.ActiveCfg = Default|None {00643628-BB5E-4048-B264-233391C4A4A9}.Default|.NET.Build.0 = Default|None {00643628-BB5E-4048-B264-233391C4A4A9}.Default|None.ActiveCfg = Default|None {00643628-B ...Show All

• Windows Forms The type or namespace name 'DSN' could not be found

  Source Error: Line 33:             return; Line 34:  Line 35:         using(SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(DSN.SpeciesDSN)) { Line 36:             myConnection.Open(); Line 37:  What's wrong   It means that the compiler doesn't know what DSN is.  To debug, figure out what DSN&n ...Show All

• .NET Development DAAB for Microsoft Access?

  Is there any usable DAAB data provider for microsoft Access available Thanks! Hi Deepak, The links seems not working here at the moment. I'll try it again later. Thanks anyway! ...Show All

• Visual Basic Include a variable in MsgBox text?

  Hello all, I am attempting to include the value of a variable in the text displayed by the MsgBox. Let's assume the variable "CostMinimum" is set to a value of "100." I would like the text displayed by the MsgBox to read "The cost must be 100 or higher." I've tried various permutations of the following: MsgBox( "The cost must be #CostMinimum or higher" , MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Input Error" ) Any ideas Thanks in advance! WinXP Pro | VB 2005 Express Edition Whatever you put in quotes will be what you print. Try: MsgBox( "The co ...Show All

• Windows Forms Signing the Assembly Manifests

  I am getting this error at Install time: PLATFORM VERSION INFO  Windows    : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)  Common Language Runtime  : 2.0.50215.44  System.Deployment.dll   : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)  mscorwks.dll    : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)  dfdll.dll    : 8.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)  dfshim.dll    : 2.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400) SOURCES  Deployment url   : http://install.inventorymanager2005.com/InventoryManager2005.application ERROR SUMMARY  Below is a summary of the errors, details of t ...Show All

• .NET Development web services intermediaries

  For the applications i worked on, it's only client / server - request / response, one - one communication. But when i read SOAP specification, it may have many intermediaries between the web service client and server Here is my question - 1 -- what is intermediaries used for 2 -- Does use of intermediaries happen often in the real world industry 3 -- What are example of intermediaries and use of it 4 -- Are those intermediaries just another SOAP engine sit on aother Computer / Host 5 -- i also heard intermediaries modify the SOAP request / response too why they need to do so 6 -- ...Show All

• Visual C# Newbie question...odd or even?

  Hi ! I have just started studying C# and I need some help... I'd like to know how to tell if an integer is odd or even I want to use it with an if / else function. Ex. int c ; if ( c is odd) { // do this } else { // do that } Hope you can help me Try this: if (c % 2 == 0) { Console.WriteLine("Even"); } else { Console.WriteLine("Odd"); } Basically what this is saying is, divide c by 2 and give me the remainder. If the remainder is 0, then 2 can be divided into c and it is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problems with "duplicate" user

  I have a weird setup where which is causing me issues and I wondered of you guys had seen this and whether the problem has been fixed. I'm running Beta3-Refresh. I have a domain with an account called student, this account has a password (also student, but that is irrelevant I believe). I have a PC in a workgroup. That PC has two local accounts, one of which is also called student, this time with no password. I'm not sure that having no password is an issue, but certainly having a local account with the same name as a domain account but a different password is causing a problem. Here's what happens. Start Visual Studio. Connec ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGrid - select entire row

  Hi I am trying to enable multiple selection of rows with the RowHeadersVisible property set to false. When a user clicks a cell in my datagrid I want the whole row to be selected.  I have achieved this by extending the DataGrid and overriding the OnMouseDown event: Protected Overloads Overrides Sub OnMouseDown(ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Dim hti As DataGrid.HitTestInfo hti  ...Show All

• SQL Server Executing .sql file using in .NET

  Hello, I want to execute .sql files against my database in c#. please Help me. Or you can split the file .sql file into multiple files at the lines where the "GO" commands were originally. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista (State Machine || Sequential Workflow) || (State Machine + Sequential WorkFlow) ??

  There has been a lot of talk about State Machines are good for human workflow and the sequential workflows are good for system workflow.  I would like to present some issues about the state machine for human workflow and get opinions. First, I agree that human workflows are good for the state machine.  First they are easy to understand because there are single state.  So “Awaiting Approval”, and ”Completed PO” are easy to understand.  However using this approach the workflow can only be in one state at anytime. In human workflow a big advantage is to allow a task of items to be handled by more than one resource.&n ...Show All

• Visual C# Advantages of Operator Overloading

  Dear All, I am just learning about operator Overloading. I want to find out the advantages of operator overloading. What is the ideal situation when operator overloading should be used. Any help would be greatly appreciated. cheers, Sam Hey, This is useful especially when dealing with objects, for example, if have a Length object that represents the number 5, I could override operator overloading so that if you add/subtract the object itself, it will understand how to do the addition/subtraction (get at the root value and add/subtract that). Brian ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Deployment folder won't get copied.

  In my test project I have a folder with a few xml files which I set the properties to be content/copy always. I added this folder to the additional files and directories to deploy window in my .testrunconfig file. When I run my test, all xml files are copied to the out directory but not the folder. So it basically flattens the directory structure on deployment. How do I tell it to preserve the directory structure Thanks. The directory structure is maintained beneath the directory that was selected for deployment. However, the selected directory itself is not created in the deployment directory. Thanks ...Show All