Channel 9 - Discussions by darklotus

Tech Off - VS2008 Install under bootcamp

darklotus — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:26:28 GMT

Not that this will fix your issues under mac but...

I am willing to bet, if you run vista on a machine that vista was intended to run on, you wouldnt get these issues.

Coffeehouse - Is Apple coding Leopard to run Windows natively?

darklotus — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:17:04 GMT

I just dont understand how Apple can make their OS only work for their machines (without intervantion) but they feel free to write things so they can use windows apps. It seems sorta one sided to me.

"No you cant use our OS but we can boot yours and use your apps as we wish."

Coffeehouse - Vista and VS 2008

darklotus — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:10:21 GMT

I was wondering if VS 2008 will have the same issue VS 2005 has on Vista. I am looking at upgrading my laptop this weekend and i was going to install Vista on it. I then thought about all the VS 2005 issues (even after the SP's) and am sorta hesitant to install Vista. Will i have the same security issues and things not working correctly under Vista w/out having to turn off those annoying "are you sure" and "are you an admin" messages? I just want to be able to write code and envoke my IDE the same on Vista as XP and not have to hear all about "run as an administrator".

Thanks...

Coffeehouse - Anything like Terrarium out there?

darklotus — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:20:13 GMT

On the server page, they mentioned the source code would be released a few weeks after the exe was released, but they never released the source code. At least if they did as they said, someone else could take the code and continue on with it and maybe make it handle 2.0 and 3.0. but its lost forever i am afraid. It was a good thing...

Coffeehouse - Anything like Terrarium out there?

darklotus — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:58:53 GMT

I know its been a while since Terrarium was released and the latest server is only available for the 1.1 framework. Is there anything else like terrarium that happens to work with 2.0 or 3.0? I decided to install the old server and client and they work as long as things are the 1.1 framework. So i was hoping there was something else out there to help with learnign how to program and be fun like terrarium once was.
Thanks for reading...
-dL

Coffeehouse - WPF Windows Apps - Bad Graphics Quality

darklotus — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:34:40 GMT

I am venturing into the world of WPF and have followed a few tutorials before making myself a template for the basics. I created a basic windows application and added a menu with a few menuitems and also a statusbar with a statusbaritem. All worked out very well and it all functioned correctly. However, it looks really bad. The text doesnt look right, almost like the font is pixelated or bleeding into its background. I have not created any styles so its basic text and so on. Is there something i am missing in the markup that makes things look better? I have tried this on a few machines and they all look the same. I am not using an IDE at this time since everything is still in beta and my work machine cant afford to have beta stuff on it. Is there something i need in the csproj file to make it look better or is this just how it is?
Thanks,
-DL

Coffeehouse - Channel9 Joost invite thread

darklotus — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:40:45 GMT

if anyone has any invites left, i could use one. Thanks...

nrhird {@} gmail {.} com

Coffeehouse - Expression Blend (Now In MSDN) and Vista

darklotus — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:15:29 GMT

Does Expression Blend and Expression Web cause any issues with Vista like VS 2005 does? I instaled VS.NET SP1 and the Vista SP and my VS 2005 doesnt seem to want to work correctly and it keeps asking me to be an Admin. I cant work like that nor do i want to disable all the security stuff. Since MSDN just published Blend, i was going to redo my system. If these have the same issues, i wont install them or go away from Vista. Just Curious. Thanks!

Tech Off - Reporting Services and Set Shared Data Source

darklotus — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:10:35 GMT

I am building an application to take a folder full of report files and adding them to sql reporting services 2005 via the web service. I can upload the reports correctly but i run into a problem because the datasource is invalid. I can go into the report manager and change them, but i would rather programatically set the data source to a shared datasurce that already exists on the server. How can i set the data source to a shared datasource when i upload the report through the web service?

Thanks!

Tech Off - Beginner WPF Tutorial?

darklotus — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:00:34 GMT

I downloaded the RC of Blend recently just to see what it was and i figured out what it was. I am wondering if there is a simple tutorial somewhere to help understand WPF and how it works. I am also looking for something to explain all the features of the xaml language and how i can compile these apps since there isnt really a way through VS 2005. This is all possible with just the 3.0 framework right or is there some beta component that isnt released yet?
Thanks!

Tech Off - Calling an assembly when needed and not part of the application?

darklotus — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:56:38 GMT

Thanks for all the helpful posts. I have solved my problem with help from this. Thanks Again.

Tech Off - Calling an assembly when needed and not part of the application?

darklotus — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:59:21 GMT

I have an exe that is my "shell" i then have a windows control that holds a small gui. When i run a certain form in my application i want to call the dll control and display the contents of the control. Right now it works fine. But right now i am adding the dll reference to my application. Is there a way for me to call a dll thats not a reference in my app and use it in the same way? I want to run a few controls like this but i only want them loaded when they are needed and not from the start. Is this possible and if so, how can i do it or where should i look?
Thanks!
DL:s

Tech Off - SQL Express and SQL Express SP1

darklotus — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:17:15 GMT

I have tried this many times and cant figure out if i am doing something wrong or if its just the way things are.

I installed Web Developer Express with the SQL Express option. All worked fine. I downloaded SQL Express SP1 (with the advanced tools) and things failed on the install and it was a complete nightmare. So i tried to install Web Developer Express, this time without SQL Express, on a new machine. I then installed a completly clean install of SQL Express SP1 and the install went great! Going back into Web Developer Express, i cant add a database to my project. I get an error saying not all the components are installer or something similar. Does SQL Express SP1 play nice with express editions or am i stuck with the non-SP1 version if i want to be able to create databases for my apps.

Any help would be much appreciated. I would figure that Microsoft would release an update to Express that was capable of working the same way the not upgraded version would act. I must be doing something wrong.

Thanks!
-dL

Tech Off - Web Dev Express and SQL Express SP1 w/Adv Svc

darklotus — Tue, 16 May 2006 14:16:00 GMT

No one has any issues with the new version of SQL Express w/SP1?

Tech Off - Web Dev Express and SQL Express SP1 w/Adv Svc

darklotus — Sat, 13 May 2006 12:59:54 GMT

I recently created myself a little development environment consisting of the express editions. (c#, web dev, vb.net, sql) I was working on a site in web dev and decided to add a sql express database to it and all of a sudden it tells me i must have sql express installed. Now when i installed the express editions i didnt install that version of sql express since the sp1 with andvanced services was already out. After i installed the express versions i installed sql express with sp1 and advanced services. Does this versio of sql express not mesh correctly with the vs express versions?

Tech Off - Visual Web Developer 2005

darklotus — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:58:50 GMT

I recently installed Visual Web Developer 2005 and created my site and it works great in that little, free, ide. However i want to add it to my site now and i cant find a place to compile the code behind pages. So i fire up the help and it says to click on build and then publish web site. However that option is not there. Is there somethign else i need to do or enable so this button is there?

Coffeehouse - Legal Action agains Sony BMG?

darklotus — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:13:36 GMT

Can and Should legal action be taken against Sony BMG for their release to a hacking tool disguised as an anti-hacking tool? I feel sorry for each and every person who bought CD's from Sony BMG, look what happened, now their systems are unsecure, and for what? For actually buying a cd...

Tech Off - Personal Source Code Management Tool?

darklotus — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:29:31 GMT

Is there a source code management tool that is designed for personal use? I guess like Visual Source Safe or Sourcegear Vault but not as expensive. I just need a way to keep my code safe. Any Ideas?
Thanks!

Coffeehouse - Google Talk UI

darklotus — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:13:50 GMT

Does anyone know a way to interact with the Google Talk interface? I noticed there is a combo box just under the name and you can type in there what you want, and your friends see the message. I want to write something in .Net that can put a given string in there. I just dont know if you can interact with it. Any ideas?

Tech Off - SQL 2000, DTS, and Permissions

darklotus — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:11:12 GMT

I created a domain user that i want to run all of our dts jobs we have scheduled. When i try and start the job, it fails and returns this error: Non-SysAdmins have been denied permission to run CmdExec job steps. The step failed. The user i have setup as Local Admin to the server and System Administrator in SQL. I still get this error. What else do i need to do to run this job? The job is composed of a DTS package that is scheduled. Thanks for the help.

Coffeehouse - Is MSDN Home Page Confused?

darklotus — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:03:13 GMT

Anyone notice that if you go to the MSDN Home Page and click on the Recently Posed link that you get the newest articles from May? I may be wrong, but arent we a few days from September? I also noticed that the RSS feed is also way behind. Its no secret that the articles on the site arent new when they say they are, but May 13 2005 was the most recent article? I doubt it.

Coffeehouse - Favorite IM Client

darklotus — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:44:26 GMT

Cairo wrote:

AdamKinney wrote:
MSN Messenger all the way, for me, by the way.

No surprise there, really.

Nope, none at all...

Coffeehouse - Google... Whats Next?

darklotus — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:18:02 GMT

Google has an impressive list of software they have on the desktop. IM client, search engine, desktop search, maps, and a list of various other things including a rumor of a browser... What could they possible do next?

Coffeehouse - Favorite IM Client

darklotus — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:07:30 GMT

I know its new, and tons of people wont embrace the client, but the new Google IM client is the nicest i have used.

Coffeehouse - Google IM released-MSN needs to be like Office Communicator!

darklotus — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:01:29 GMT

A simple, ad free, non complex im client is what most people i talk to want, Google has accomplished this with their client on top of the jabber server. Open source at its finest, with no fancy stuff to get in the way.