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    - Apparent Rogue Process During the course of today I have noticed a considerable degredation in system performance. On checking task manager I have found a process ("agent.exe") that is running and gradually using more and more memory. Having checked MSCONFIG this would not appear to be a start-up process. However, when I terminate the process, it automatically restarts and repeats the memory hugging all over again. How can I :- 1) Establish what is triggering this process and 2) Prevent it from running. Thanks, -- Gary Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229956
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    - WebService and Timeout Hi. I'm dealing with scenario when call to any web method ends up with timeout and I try to add the user a chance to retry (wait a little bit) My service proxy code looks like this: AsyncCallback cb = new AsyncCallback(ServiceCallback); IAsyncResult result1 = BeginInvoke(methodName, parameters, cb, this); if(result1.IsCompleted == false) { while(true) { bTO = result1.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(Timeout, true); if(bTO == false)//time out occured { //display window and ask the user to wait a moment, user press OK when it sure that web method finished } if(result1.IsCompleted) break; } object[] ret = EndInvoke(result1);// error every time when time out occured (bTO = false) } My scenario is following: 1. BeginInvoke initialize asynch web method call 2. WaitOne waits for Timeout miliseconds 3. WaitOne returns false because timeout occured, and wait screen is displayed. When user close it the web methos is finished. 4. result1.IsCompleted is true so I expect that EndInvoke shall return the results but it throws excpetion "timeout" !!!. Why? Everything works fine if timeout doesn't occure. Thanks for any advise Shark Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229954
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    - SQL installation:"Login failed for user 'sa'" I want to install SQL express edition on a laptop with vista home basic, but I faced a lot of problems.I have this error: SQL Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. The error was:[Microsoft][SQL Native client][SQL Server] Login failed for user 'sa'.refer to server error logs ans setup logs for more information. I went to Microsoft 'help and support center'. I found a page that describes my problem. it is available at 'bug#431174'. It said that I must delete some specific temporary files and goto SQL configuration Manager and start the SQL Server services. I delete those files, but I couldn't start the "MSSQLSERVER" in SQL configuration Manager. I tried to do that. It was going to be started, but in the middle of the progress, it stopped. I do it several times, but it did not start. I think the main problem that I can't install SQL Server is: I can't make the MSSQLSERVER start.what can I do?Please help me! Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229952
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    - Anchor listbox problem Hi, I have a Listbox in a Panel of SplitContainer. I want to anchor it so the listbox grows/shrinks vertically with the resizing the splitcontainer. This is my code What happens is it sizes the listbox horizontally about nearly the same size as the split container width. _TableList = new MdsListBox(); _TableList.Name = "TableList"; _TableList.Left = 10; _TableList.Top = 40; _TableList.Width = 150; _TableList.Height = 100; _TableList.Anchor = (AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Top); I want the size of the listbox set here retained. rotsey Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229937
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    - PASSWORD PROBLEM NO SIR ITS THE CURRECT PASSWORD for examble imagine my password is 'XYZ' when i was typing 'XYZ' then the password asking again. but if i was typing 'xyz' or other wrong password then the dialoge box appears your password was wrong.... look at the diffrance please give me a solution sir... Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229936
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    - System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException Dear All, My Scenario is this: I am having a Windows Application called XXX.Win, two DLLs named XXX.Biz and XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive and using VS 2005 with.NET framework 2.0. In all the there projects I am havaing a resouce file named resouce.resx (Defaul file created by VS 2005) and all the three projects are NOT intended to be Multi-Linugal. These 3 resouce files are mainly used to take the messages and display it to the user instead of hard-coding it. I have referred the XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive dll in XXX.Biz dll I have referred the XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive dll and XXX.BIZ dll in XXX.Win application. Few weeks back it was running well without any issues. But now I am getting this error called System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException with the following description while accessing the resouce file.in XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive dll. "Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "XXX.Biz.Resources.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "ActiveComponent" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed." Can anyone help me out on how to resolve this issue? Thanks and Regards, Peri Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229935
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    - Access 2000 Edit Footer I'm new to Access and would like to know how to edit a footer on a form in Access 2000? It is a black line and is too long for my page width so a single page form is printing on two pages, with the second page showing just the end of the line. I can't see the line in form design to enable me to edit or delete it... Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229930
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    - .Net Developers Opportunity Hi .Net Developers, My name is Carl Schumacher & I am working with a major media company on the bleeding edge looking to fill a position. If you are interested in this position please forward me an email & we can chat. Pay is pretty flexible for the right person. Position: Senior Developer Location: Los Angeles, CA Education Requirements: - Business or technology college degree or higher Experience requirements: - Coding and building o Mobile web sites o Software solutions for internal billing and revenue allocation - Solving complex technical issues for management of advertising - .Net expertise - Working and managing external, overseas development teams - Emerging mobile platforms like windows mobile, iPhone and Android - Fast learner who enjoys investigating and developing to new technologies and platforms Role & responsibilities: - Work with mobile teams to implement software solutions for managing businesses - Investigate new emerging technologies and develop applications - Find, assess and work with overseas development teams - Project manage external resources and projects - Interface with Carl Schumacher Executive Recruiter Wireless & Digital Content Electronic Search, Inc. 5105 Tollview Dr. #245 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Fax (847) 506-9999 Cschumacher@electronicsearch.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/wirelessexecrecruiter http://www.electronicsearch.com http://www.wirelesstemps.com Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229929
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    - Converting String Pairs to IDictionary? I have a string like this mystring = "color1:blue;color2:red"; I am tring to convert this into an IDictionary populated like this: color1 blue color2 red My non-working syntax is IDictionary<string,string> tempdict = new Dictionary<string>(mystring.Split(';').ToDictionary() ).Split(':'); Help? Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229925
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    - XP Home Boot Loop Working on a computer with XP Home Edition. Suspected virus activity. Loaded AV & AS programs and ran scans. Deleted a lot of spyware, Trojans and virus'. Rebooted and working fine. Did MS update for IE7 and about 7-8 other items. After update, was asked to reboot. Now, box is locked in a boot loop. I have tried going into Last Known Good, Safe Mode and Safe Mode with Networking. Nothing will let me in, stuck in loop. I have booted from XP disk and ran CHKDSK /r and repaired. STILL loops. I ran it in Safe Mode with Command Prompt and it stops at the Drivers\Mup.sys screen before rebooting. This tells me I have a bad driver load during the MS update. HOW do I get rid of this loop, reset my driver files or reset XP to original without losing the rest of the files, programs and configuration? TAOT. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229920
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    - Considering .NET, a few questions Hi all, My company is looking to convert our current Delphi (Win32) application to a web based app. I'm looking into either ASP .NET via C# or PHP. Our current app would best be described as a membership and pos system. We access printers, scanners, barcode readers, cameras, etc. I've already read the multitude of articles regarding ASP vs PHP, so I'm not questioning that so much. I'm more interested in finding out what I need to know before starting this project. 1. I'm looking for a good class in ASP .NET / C#. I'm located in South Florida and have only been able to find classes by a company name HOTT (Hands On Technology Training). Can't really find much info on them, so I don't think it's a good idea to start there. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I don't have a problem traveling, and wouldn't mind an online course, as long as I have the ability to communicate with an instructor and other participants. I feel I learn more from talking to other developers than just following a course outline. 2. Can anyone recommend any links with articles about moving to a web based app? IE. security considerations, server requirements, etc. 3. Any database recommendations? We're currently using Interbase. I'd really like to make sure that this move is executed with the broadest knowledge possible. I'm very concerned about security issues since we store banking & personal information. I'm looking to launch the app in it's 'own' browser outside of the regular tabbed browsing environment. I'd much rather get it right the first time, as opposed to realizing too late that I'm headed down the wrong path. So, any suggestions on where I should start? Areas I need to put more focus on? I know this is kind of a general question, but this is new territory for me. Seems like there are a lot of things to consider. TIA! Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229918
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    - Help. Getting System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown. Hi, I never get this error on my development pc, but when I migrate my website to the server, i get emails with the following exception. I tried reading it and here is my application: 1. What is causing it? 2. From reading the description, I can't tell where it is coming from. 3. What steps do I need to fix this? Thanks for any help. Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown. Stack trace: at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at ASP.product_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in c:\windows \Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root \0021d506\39a6858c\App_Web_jyr9uahy.12.cs:line 0 at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229914
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    - "Change your language and you change your thoughts." "Change your language and you change your thoughts." Learn English and free download Grammar & dictionary. Just click the website and share ur thoughts=85. "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about." http://Onlinespokenenglish.googlepages.com/home Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229911
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    - Limiting the amount of Text within a Text Box I am building a template which has an area for the user to type in whatever information is needed (a form, narrative, whatever). However, I have a limited amount of space on the 1st page of the form. I have tried using a cell with exact measurements and I have tried using a text box (but you can't set permissions on linked text boxes and this "open space" is the only place a user is allowed to type in information. Does anyone know of a way to prevent the typist from continuing to type once the border of the cell or text box has been reached? Both the cell and text box allow the typist to keep typing although you can no longer see the information being typed in. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229896
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    - ClickOnce exception in IE Our app uses the following chain of urls: 1. yoursite.com/launch.php?room=00000271 - validates the roomid appends an appropriate server variable and encrypts and adds a hash and sends on to #2 2. mysite.com/launch.php decodes the encryption and compares hash for alteration. Re-encodes and redirects to #3 3. clickonceinstaller.application?encoded variables here All redirects are done with: header("Cache-Control: no-cache"); header("Pragma: no-cache"); header('Location: ' . $url); If I open IE and type in the starting link I get the clickonce app with no problems. If I leave the browser open and do it again (type in the url) I get: Cannot continue. The application is improperly formatted. Details reveal: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened. + There are multiple root elements. Line 1, position 122. And I notice that I get a HTTP response of 206 instead of 200. Any ideas? Peter <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <asmv1:assembly xsi:schemaLocation="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1 assembly.adaptive.xsd" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:co.v1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:clickonce.v1" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2" xmlns:asmv1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" xmlns:asmv2="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2" xmlns:xrml="urn:mpeg:mpeg21:2003:01-REL-R-NS" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <assemblyIdentity name="clickonceinstaller.application" version="1.0.1.24" publicKeyToken="e4b2116e6f4725ca" language="neutral" processorArchitecture="msil" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" /> <description asmv2:publisher="Simple Software" asmv2:product="keynote Conference Installer" asmv2:supportUrl="http://www.keynoteconference.com/support.html" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" /> <deployment install="false" mapFileExtensions="true" trustURLParameters="true" /> <dependency> <dependentAssembly dependencyType="install" codebase="Application Files\clickonceinstaller_1_0_1_24\clickonceinstaller.exe.manifest" size="6726"> <assemblyIdentity name="clickonceinstaller.exe" version="1.0.1.24" publicKeyToken="e4b2116e6f4725ca" language="neutral" processorArchitecture="msil" type="win32" /> <hash> <dsig:Transforms> <dsig:Transform Algorithm="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:HashTransforms.Identity" /> </dsig:Transforms> <dsig:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" /> <dsig:DigestValue>mtTK7oG+Y/8Xsln5nbigHLsoR5U=</dsig:DigestValue> </hash> </dependentAssembly> </dependency> <publisherIdentity name="CN=OFFICE\peter" issuerKeyHash="f6075c3cf738f091b41ccd1b000b1f52d4768c79" /><Signature Id="StrongNameSignature" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"><SignedInfo><CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" /><SignatureMethod 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    - Possessed pointer My pointer has suddenly become possessed. When I click in a Word document, instead of placing the cursor there, it highlights the nearest word. When I click again, it won't unhighlight the word. And when I move the pointer, it drags the word around the document. Same thing happens in Outlook with e-mail, i.e., any message I click on it grabs and tries to drag. Also happens on the Web. And things I normally click on once to activate, I must now click on twice. Draglock is turned off. Pointer was working fine a few days ago. I have Windows XP. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229891
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    - Microsoft.Naming: CA1703 While using VS2008, I have a word that is beging flaged by the static code analysis tool as a violation of CA1703, ResourceStringsShouldBeSpelledCorrectly. I have added the word to my CustomDictionary.xml file and set it's build action to "CodeAnalysisDictionary". I still get the error. The word is actually an abbreviation: ECN which means "Engineering Change Notice." In my case, I need to refer to the ECN in the plural, so I have it written as "ECNs" which is correct according to to Microsoft Manual of Style V3 which states "form the plural of an acronum by adding an s with no apostrophe." It further gives the examples of "APIs" and "CPUs" as correct plural abreviations. Following this rule, "ECNs" is correct, but try as I might, I cannot get the Visual Studio Static Code Analysis tool to stop complaining about "ECNs". If I spell it in all uppercase as "ECNS" it's happy, but with the "s" is lowercase, it complains. Is there a solution short of using the SuppressMessage attribute? Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229888
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    - VSPrinter Alternative? We have an old VSPrinter control from Component One in our VB6 programs. The VSPrinter control allowed our VB6 apps to generate nice looking forms and display data to our users in a "print preview" window. We want to do something similar with Visual Studio, but I can't find how to manually write graphical information to a PrintPreview object. Where could I find this information? I do not want to use Crystal Reports or Report Viewer. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229886
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    - Seeking experienced .NET Developer in Chicago or Springfield Please forgive me if this is an inappropriate place to post. Loooking at past entries, it appears that there is some job-related activity here. We are seeking an experienced .NET Developer for a multi-year project to make public health data available through a web-based data query system. The job is posted here (and at Monster and CareerBuilder): http://www.iphionline.org/ This is more information about the Initiative: http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press07/9.7.07_CDCgrant.htm Thank you. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229885
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    - Query Local Event Log (with WMI)? Different parts of a locally-installed application write to the same custom event log. I would like to query the log and write the data to an XML string. Can anyone show how that could be done? Thanks. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229882
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    - Develop GUI for Windows Service Hi, I have developed a Windows Service using .NET. The service connects with a server using TCP/IP. When the Service receives a message it process this message like making some database entries etc. Now I want to develop a GUI. Which will monitor the Service and will display the messages received from server on some RichTextBox type control. What I am thinking to do this is to log the messages received from server into some file and in GUI use FileSystemWatcher control to monitor the file and on file change reload the file into the GUI. But now I am being asked to make the GUI such a way that when the GUI is started it must not load all the messages received before the GUI launch. It must only display the messages received after the GUI Launch. So I am not sure what to do for this new requirement. I think I will have to do some remoting like thing. Kindly help me to resolve this issue. Thanks in anticipation. Regards, Ahmad Jalil Qarshi Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229881
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    - Using ASP.NET AJAX together with YUI? Has anybody used AJAX together with YUI (Yahoo User Interface) Framework? I'm thinking of dumping ASP.NET 2.0 controls because they are so poorly developed and building the next project with YUI which is very impressive. I'm not ready to write off AJAX because I don't know much about its quality yet. Any comments in this context? Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229879
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    - Help With Program Created XML Schema Good Morning. I'm trying to create a xml file and schema file for my boss to upload the information into Sharepoint. Everytime when he uploads the xml file it notices there's no schema and I'm automatically generating the file; so I decided to programmatically create a schema file. It's a simple file and it's works accept for the last elements . Instead of writing </xsd:element> and </xsd:schema> it places the namespace in the schema tag and name attribute in the element closing tag. I've tried xmlTextWriter.WriteRaw and .WriteString but it doesn't indent correctly. How can I get these tags to be generated as I described earlier? Below is the code (xsdWriter is XmlTextWriter object): xsdWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented; xsdWriter.Indentation = 4; xsdWriter.WriteStartDocument(); string xsdNS = "xmlns:xsd=" + @"""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"""; xsdWriter.WriteStartElement("xsd:schema " + xsdNS); xsdWriter.WriteStartElement("xsd:element name=" + @"""main"""); xsdWriter.WriteStartElement("xsd:complexType"); xsdWriter.WriteStartElement("xsd:sequence"); for (int field = 0; field <= tablesnames.Length - 1; field++) { xsdWriter.WriteStartElement("xsd:element name=" + @"""" + tablesnames[field] + @"""" + " type=" + @"""xsd:string"""); xsdWriter.WriteEndElement(); } xsdWriter.WriteEndElement(); //sequence xsdWriter.WriteEndElement(); //complextype xsdWriter.WriteEndElement(); xsdWriter.WriteEndElement(); I'm trying to generate: <schema xsd:....> <element name="main"> <complexType> <sequence> <xsd:sequence.... /> </sequence> </complexType> </xsd:element> -- Problem node </xsd:element name="main"> </xsd:schema> --Problem node </xsd:schema .........> -- TC Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229877
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    - Multi-thread question with Singleton Sorry this is so long winded, but here goes. Following the model of http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.remoting.channels.ipc.ipcchannel.aspx I made a remote object using the IpcChannel Class (vs 2005, vb, fw 2.0). Everyting works fine. The object is registered with WellKnownObjectMode.Singleton The remote object appears at the bottom of this posting. The code is deliberately obtuse to expose an issue about when and how single and multiple threading happen. With a 2 second delay via threading.sleep (blocking) or a coded while loop (non-blocking), and with clients calling OneUp in rapid succession, the behavior I see is as follows: 1. With the 2 second delay via while loop (ie threading.sleep is commented out), multiple client calls to OneUp stack up, and every 2 seconds a call is completed. In other words, it looks like .net/windows single threads the calls to OneUp. There is no reentrancy. 2. With the 2 second delay via threading.sleep (ie while loop is commented out), ONE client application behaves like #1 above. 3. With the 2 second delay via threading.sleep (ie while loop is commented out), MULTIPLE client applications get tangled up. While the sleep of the first call to OneUp is running, the second call is allowed to happen, and thus the functionality of OneUp fails. If the two clients invoke OneUp at least 2 seconds apart, all is well. If they run in rapid succession, they both return the same value, ie they run multi-threaded because OneUp is re-entered. To make things work right, I would have to apply some form of thread coordination, eg Interlocked.Increment would suffice in this case. So, when the singleton remote object does a Sleep, its behavior is different than if it does not do a Sleep. Or am I fooling myself in this observation? The Sleep is one kind of thread blocking - will the behavior change if a different kind of blocking happens? How about a WebRequest? How can I guarantee that a sub in a class does not block? Or maybe throws an exception if it does block? The reason for these questions is as follows. I would like to avoid coding multithread coordination in all the methods that will ultimately be in the singleton remote object. I know how to do it if I have to, but I don't want to. What I want my singleton remote object to do is be single threaded and non-reentrant. If one client is using a remote function, I want others to block. Can it be done? The remote object is as follows: Public Class SingletonRemoteObject Inherits MarshalByRefObject Private iOneUp As Integer Public Function OneUp() As Integer Dim k As Integer = iOneUp + 1 Dim dt As DateTime = Now.AddSeconds(2) 'While Now < dt : End While ' non-blocking 2 second delay System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000) ' blocking 2 second delay iOneUp = k Return k End Function End Class Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229876
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    - Error Message 1305 I'm trying to download Microsoft Office 2000 Professional to my computer and I'm receiving an error 1305 (error reading file) D:\Pfiles\msoffice\office\samples\samples.xls. Verify that the file exist and that you can access it. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229874
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    - LINQ SQLServer2005 SQLCacheDependency This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C8A93A.6925C760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I'm trying to add caching to our asp app, but am having problems = with the SQLCacheDependancy not invalidating the cache when the table = changes. Using vs2008, sqlserver 2005 developer edition. So far I've added the following to the application_start event.. System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDependency.Start("connectionstring as the sa = user") and against the db, I did ALTER DATABASE mydb SET ENABLE_BROKER I have the following routine to return a cache version of a table called = puptext.. Public Shared Function GetPupText() As IQueryable(Of PUPTEXT) If Cache("puptext") Is Nothing Then Dim DB As New DBDataContext Dim pt =3D From i In DB.PUPTEXT Select i Dim SCD As New SqlCacheDependency(DB.GetCommand(pt)) Cache.Insert("puptext", pt, SCD) End If Return Cache("puptext") End Function Firstly, is this how you'd usually cache a linq result? Are there any other commands you have to issue to get the cache = invalidity notification to work? --=20 Adrian ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C8A93A.6925C760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3314" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2>Hi, I'm trying to add caching to our = asp app, but=20 am having problems with the SQLCacheDependancy not invalidating the = cache when=20 the table changes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2>Using vs2008, sqlserver 2005 = developer=20 edition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2>So far I've added the following to = the=20 application_start event..</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri color=3D#000080=20 size=3D2>System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDependency.Start("<FONT=20 color=3D#008000>connectionstring as the sa user</FONT>")</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2>and against the db, I = did</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri color=3D#000080 size=3D2>ALTER DATABASE mydb = SET=20 ENABLE_BROKER</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2>I have the following routine to = return a cache=20 version of a table called puptext..</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri color=3D#000080 size=3D2>    = Public Shared=20 Function GetPupText() As IQueryable(Of=20 PUPTEXT)<BR>        If = Cache("puptext") Is=20 Nothing=20 Then<BR>          &nbsp= ; Dim=20 DB As New=20 DBDataContext<BR>         &n= bsp; =20 Dim pt =3D From i In DB.PUPTEXT Select=20 i<BR>            = Dim SCD=20 As New=20 SqlCacheDependency(DB.GetCommand(pt))<BR>     &n= bsp;     =20 Cache.Insert("puptext", pt, = SCD)<BR>       =20 End If<BR>        Return=20 Cache("puptext")<BR>    End Function</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2>Firstly, is this how you'd usually = cache a linq=20 result?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri size=3D2>Are there any other commands you have = to issue to=20 get the cache invalidity notification to work?<BR></FONT></DIV><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri size=3D2> <DIV><BR>-- <BR>Adrian</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C8A93A.6925C760-- Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229872
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    - Can't Publish-SignToolError I have an app that published fine to our network. We just moved to a new server and I am trying to publish my app to the new server. It fails and I get the following messages: Error 1 Cannot publish because a project failed to build. 1 1 TextFileConverter Error 2 SignTool reported an error 'Failed to sign bin\Release\TextFileConverter.publish\\setup.exe. SignTool Error: ISignedCode::Sign returned error: 0x80880253 The signer's certificate is not valid for signing. SignTool Error: An error occurred while attempting to sign: bin\Release\TextFileConverter.publish\\setup.exe '. TextFileConverter Does anyone have any ideas? I noticed the double hack before setup.exe...but can't figure out if that's a problem and where to change that. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229871
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    - Folder options windows xp sp2. In folder options/hidden files and folders, the toggles are back to front. When i select hide folders i can see them and vice cersa Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229870
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    - Bind to events raised from win service in desktop app Hi, I need to create a win service that lookup a file ina folder, ands when received, read it then fir an event. Then I need a desktop app that, when runs, bind to the event from the win service, and when the event fires, read the eventarg data and do some processing with. Can anyone point me to the right direction to do this? I will use filesystemwatcher to detect when file changes, but don't know from there I know how to do this with COM (the service is a com obj defining an interface and the desktop app implements that interface and bind to the running service), but not sure how to do it in NET Any advice or suggestion is appreciated. Thank you Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229869
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    - How to connect to web service from C++ Hi, I have created a simple Web service with only one function, which takes only one parameter. Below is the function from Web service [WebMethod] public string HelloWorld(string input) { return "Hello World"+input+"Here"; } I am trying to access to this function from C++.Below is the Code ISoapSerializerPtr Serializer; ISoapReaderPtr Reader; ISoapConnectorPtr Connector; // Connect to the service Connector.CreateInstance(__uuidof(HttpConnector)); Connector->Property["EndPointURL"] = "http://localhost/FinalService/ Service1.asmx"; Connector->Connect(); // Begin message Connector->Property["SoapAction"] = "http://tempuri.org/HelloWorld"; Connector->BeginMessage(); // Create the SoapSerializer Serializer.CreateInstance(__uuidof(SoapSerializer)); // Connect the serializer to the input stream of the connector Serializer->Init(_variant_t((IUnknown*)Connector->InputStream)); // Build the SOAP Message Serializer->startEnvelope("","",""); Serializer->startBody(""); Serializer->startElement("HelloWorld","http://tempuri.org/ HelloWorld","","m"); Serializer->startElement("input","","",""); Serializer->writeString( "Test"); Serializer->endElement(); Serializer->endElement(); Serializer->endBody(); Serializer->endEnvelope(); // Send the message to the web service Connector->EndMessage(); ################################################################# But here C++ code is passing the empty value to the Web service because whn I display the o/p is "Hello WorldHere". I am expecting "Hello WorldTestHere". but it is not displaying. Please can any one tell me how to pass the parameter value? Thanks, Manjunath.M Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229866
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    - Restarting a service from within itself using ServiceController I've written a windows service am unsure how we're meant to handle fatal errors once the service is already up and running. It also doesn't seem to be mentioned in any of the books or examples I've seen. Most example services, if they encounter an error, simply stop processing but stay active. The route I've taken to avoid that is, on catching a fatal exception, I create a ServiceController instance and issue a Stop command. This then shuts down the service properly. On the other hand, I'd also like to be able to restart the service. It stands to reason I can't issue a stop followed by testing the status and then starting it again ... because of course my own process can't finish stopping while I'm in it waiting :) So, what are we meant to do? (Unfortunately, in this circumstance, we're interfacing with an unmanaged DLL that, when it has an error, doesn't come back properly until you restart the process that has called it). Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229865
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    - file names are changing case arbitrarily I am using Windows XP SP2. I have noticed that a file saved with lower case letters will be changed to upper case at some point. I first noticed this when using bluebeam PDF software to make PDF's of CAD drawings. They have a batch lits utility that allows you to save a list of the files and reuse this list when you want to print another set of PDF's of the same CAD drawings. The utility, I have found is case sensative and will skip any file that the text case has changed. Does anyone know if this is a windows or software program issue? Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229858
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    - ie vista problem while i'm on different sites (myspace the most) i get this message IE not working: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: iexplore.exe Application Version: 7.0.6000.16643 Application Timestamp: 47bce1b0 Fault Module Name: StackHash_d6aa Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 00303030 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: d6aa Additional Information 2: 550813108d42c370043e28bb37aac5af Additional Information 3: d6aa Additional Information 4: 550813108d42c370043e28bb37aac5af Read our privacy statement: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409 Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229856
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    - SQL Compact Edition is there a way to inspect the version of a SQL Server Compact edition database (*.sdf) before i try to open it. I want to do this so that i can give the user the option to udgrade it or choose another DB to open. Thanks Gary Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229855
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    - Writing Shell Extensions / Extending Explorer Context Menu - XP 64 I am in the process of upgrading to XP 64. VS2008 is running fine but one of my apps, which adds functionality to the Explorer context menu, just won't work under XP 64. Googling resulted in my finding an article saying that MSFT recommends against writing shell extensions in managed code and does not consider them a supported scenario. So, can anybody point me to any articles relating to writing shell extensions in non managed code specifically for XP 64? I am beginning to think that XP 64 is a bit of a Cinderella OS, although the advent of Vista has, at least, been responsible for the appearance of 64 bit drivers that previously didn't exist! -- Jeff Gaines Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229854
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    - zune software help Hello everyone I am having trouble installing the zune software 2.3 from the web site and from the cd... i keep getting an error saying "remove drive" has finished with result code 0x80004005 ... i have tryed everything from downloading the zune package from the download.microsoft site to deleting everything and reinstalling but no luck... i think it has to do with the driver wdf01000 please please help!!!!!!!! Thanks Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229852
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    - XP Antivirus 2008 Removal I tried this free download and found to complete removal of 69 problems i had to purchase a licence first,i decided not to and shut the program down only for it to pop up 2 mins later i then tried to remove the program completley only to find it not listed,to remove it go to www.download.com and look for Spybot Search and Destroy 1.5.2 it is a free licence and it works,i installed it and have had no more XP popups. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229842
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    - Windows Mail Phishing Problem Whenever I receive an email from one of my friends, it always comes in as phishing. I put the address in my safe senders, checked to see if I blocked it in error (and I didn't), checked with Verizon Mail (my DSL provider) and Nortons. No one could help me. How can I get her emails without having them come in as phishing first? -- Nadia Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229840
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    - VS 2008 & Code Analysis Hi, I'm trying to turn on code analysis for a web application in VS 2008 but I can't see the "Enable Code Analysis on Build" checkbox when I look at Project Properties in any of the tabs. I'm running VS 2008 Professional Edition and ReSharper 3.0.2. Any ideas? Cheers Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229839
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    - $$$ on line hero $$$ you see beauty you like it this web clike here www.mobilegalaxy.net.tc Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229838
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    - Odd number showing up while using the internet 010498007741048 This number pops up in search boxes at intermittent times..I have no idea why it does or how to delete it. Could it be some kind of malware or virus/spyware running in the background? I am using Windows XP on an old Dell Dimension, with Opera as my browser. Any ideas on how to find out what is causing this to show up? How to delete it ? and how to prevent it from happening again? Thanks Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229835
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    - Volume Control problem My volume control reverts to low or off after each song when playing music on my computer. I have Windows XP -- Life is Awesome....cherish it. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229834
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    - Net.WebRequest.Create objects GetResponse method returns -1.. why? I have an small app. that uses WebRequest class in a scholar way like: dim imgWeReq=system.net.WebRequest.Create(some_url_string") dim imgWebRes as net.HttpWebResponse imgWebRes= imgWebReq.getResponse but, sometimes without any reason, ContentLength property of imgWebRes equals -1. but it downloads file successfully... why I cannot read that property sometimes? how could i correct this? tnx Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229833
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    - Custom Import Wizzard My project will require the user to import data (registered Voters) from a text file. This text file will be created by thier county's Board of Elections & thus be formatted differently county by county, generally with columns in differing order. Also some counties will provide less/more data than others. So I want to write (or include) an import wizard (kind of like SQL Server has) that will map the source columns to the destination columns, upon the first & subsequent loads. The reason I want to do it this way is primarily becasue I'm using the SQL Compact Edition as the DB & there is no supplied import method for this. So is there any place (I did spend most of the morning searching the web with no luck) where i can get sample code, directions, a book or anything to get me started down the right path? Thanks Gary Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229828
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    - Using a C# Class Library with VB6 I hope I'm posting this in the right place.... I have a new C# class library written in Visual Studio 2008. I also have an existing VB6 application that I have been maintaining for some time. In the configuration of the class library I have enabled "Make assemble COM-Visible" and "Register for COM interop" When I build the class library on my development machine I am able to see and reference it from my VB6 application as I do many other dlls. However, I am having a real headache when it comes to deploying my application. I usualy build my MSI using InstallShield and have added the dll and it's associated tlb to the package. However when I attempt to run the released application on a test machine it fails with an error 429. If I run the application in debug mode, if breaks the first time it attempts to reference anything to do with my new class library. Can anyone give me some pointers as to what I should be doing in order to run my application on anything other than my development machine? Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229826
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    - Need to stretch Windows Form in full screen mode under desktop Hi, How can I fill or strech .NET form under desktop with visible desktop icons and other open windows so it would look like "wallpaper"? Regards, Kirill Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229825
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    - Converting PDF to TIFF I am looking for some good solution to convert PDF files to TIFF (which in turn will be stored in a database). I know there are a bunch of commercial options out there but most are to expensive or has a per client licensing which is not only a cost problem but a nightmare to deal with (our customer adding new user to the application etc). A very good option is to use Ghostscript. It does everything I want (and more), even if I have to run the exe to do the conversion. One problem with GS though is the licensing, it is only free if your own application is licensed to the public with a GNU GPL license. It would also be nice with a pure .NET assembly component. Another option is to use a TIFF printer driver. However it must be possible to completly run it without any user intervention (not having to specify a file name etc). Also my application will run in some environment which is very restrictive when it comes to installing stuff on workstations so installing a printer driver might add some extra installation issues. Also all commercial printer drivers I have seen are either to expensive (like one that was $2000) or per user licensing. Is there any open source/public domain printer drivers? I both need to convert pdf files created by someone else and to create TIFF files out of reports created in Crystal Reports (output report to PDF and then convert to tiff). I guess the best option is to use some kind of PDF to tiff converter because there are a lot of application/components (like Crystal Report) which can output to PDF. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229823
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    - Digital Signage - another huge market Microsoft will piss away to Google Because Microsoft is almost always a foot dragger. It would be so exciting for a change for Microsoft to preempt Google as the digital signage phenomena continues to turn the world's posters and signs into interactive content brought from the web or played back by embedded players. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229820
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    - Hiding images in a web app Hi I have an img control I am trying to hide upon certain types of commands in my code behind. When to hide it is directly tied to a asp:dropdownlist control. So depending on what the user selects in that dropdownlist, this image will be hidden or be displayed. I have tied the onselectedindexchanged value of the dropdownlist to a c-sharp method (not javascript) because other things are being done as well that I want to do server side. However, the img control is not server side, I can't grab it on the c-sharp method. So I tried to right something like this to do that string myScript = "<script type='text/javascript'> if (imgTo != null) { imgTo.width = 0; }</script>"; ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(), "ABC", myScript); However, it keeps saying imgTo is undefined. Even if I modify my script above to read if (imgTo != 'undefined') it still gives me the same error. But it's not undefined, below is my HTML for it. <img alt="To Calendar" id="imgTo" src="../Images/calendar.gif" style="width:0" onclick="CallCalendar('ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder $txtTo')"/> Is there something else I could be missing? I have tried to use a server side image control instead of the client side one, but once I do that, for some reason, it keeps losing the data in my CallCalendar method (see above) that is called in the onclick method for imgTo because it is posting back. That CallCalendar method popups up a calendar and assigns the value selected to a text box on the form. I have tried to put a break point in my page load method to see why I lose the value in the text box, but by the time it gets to page load the value in the text box is already gone (although I can see it show up on the screen). So I'm thinking the client side image is my best way, if I can just figure out how to get it to realize imgTo is really thee. Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229818
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    - Microsoft Backup doesn't see external drive while Explorer does se I am new to discussion groups. If my question is not posted to the correct group please let me know. I would like to use Microsoft Backup but it doesn't see the USB connected external drive (F:). Windows explorer does see it. Also I copied successfully files and folders from C: to the external F: drive. My environment is Windows XP Service Pack 2. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, xan Tag: Crash Course in WiX... Tag: 229816

Hello, folks!

Does anyone know of a site with a quick start guide or crash
course in WiX? I was checking out the WiX tutorial site...
*yawn* ...and it's like reading a text book on statistical analysis.

TIA...

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Re: Crash Course in WiX... by Blue

Blue
Thu May 01 11:19:33 CDT 2008

On Apr 30, 4:06=A0pm, Blue Streak <rdlebre...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, folks!
>
> =A0 =A0 Does anyone know of a site with a quick start guide or crash
> course in WiX? =A0I was checking out the WiX tutorial site...
> *yawn* ...and it's like reading a text book on statistical analysis.
>
> TIA...

If anyone cares, a good 'lite' tutorial with a few examples can be
found at:

http://www.dalun.com/wix/default.htm

=2E..and the Google group that supports WiX can be found at:

http://groups.google.com/group/Wixg

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