I have read that the public beta version of Windows 7 has an expiration on it, but does the MSDN Premium also expire on the same date? And if so, do you think that we might see a newer version before the expiration on MSDN? For the speed improvements alone I am contemplating moving my development PC to Windows 7 over Windows Vista, sta...
During hiring a .NET web developer I give the candidate a coding test. I tend to limit the candidate to MSDN installed on the test server - I think it holds everything the candidate needs to complete the task. I admit, this is not the normal case as I don't expect the candidate to do his work without use of the web. On the other ha...
Hi, was wondering if there are anyone else here that has signed up with the same program and could give me some advise. I've signed on to the Microsoft BizSpark program sometime earlier a month or two ago, and has activated the MSDN subscription that came with the program. The subscriber and keys section of the site was accessible after...
I've found this MSDN article that explains how to monitor processes and services with C#: ProcessController Sample: Demonstrates Processes and Services Monitoring However, I can't download or find this sample anywhere! And it would be really helpful. Can somebody help me? ...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb351562.aspx when you goto that page on the left side it has links to "members" and "methods" of the class but look the same to me. is there a difference? ...
I am looking for "typical" way one navigates MSDN to get a COM class to do what they want. Example problem: I am looking for an API way to unblock a local file (remove internet zone/mark of the web from a file programmatically). I found one post on stackoverflow.com that talked about clsid_persistentzoneidentifier. so i searched in M...
We're content management integrators. We want to set-up a different VM for every .Net project we do. We might need 20 a year, maybe 30. Does the MSDN Professional license allow this? I've seen so much conflicting information by this time that my head is spinning. (I can't believe the amount of contradictory information floating arou...
I can no longer find the CD that had the MSDN help for VB6, but I have a subscription to MSDN. The current MSDN library obviously does not have the VB6 online help. What is the last MSDN library that includes the VB6 help? ...
what is the equivalent of msync [unix sys call] in windows? I am looking for MSDN api in c,C++ space. More info on msync can be found at http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/msync.html ...
This is probably habitual programming redundancy. I have noticed DECLSPEC_NOVTABLE ( __declspec(novtable) ) on a bunch of interfaces defined in headers: struct DECLSPEC_NOVTABLE IStuff : public IObject { virtual method1 () = 0; virtual method2 () = 0; }; The MSDN article on this __declspec extended attribute says that adding ...
In PHP, if I need info on a function I can just type http://php.net/function-name. If the function doesn't exist it performs a search of all functions. The documentation for every function is usually 1 page long and contains all relevant info needed (params, return types, sample code, comments, special cases). When I search for someth...
I am migrating C# code from using a NetworkStream to SSLStream, however where I use stream.DataAvailable I get the error: Error 1 'System.Net.Security.SslStream' does not contain a definition for 'DataAvailable' and no extension method 'DataAvailable' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Net.Security.SslStream' could ...
Hi, I am getting "dll not found:restarting the application may fix the problem" error when i try to execute a simple "HelloWorld" win32 console application. I know the location of the .dll. How to specify its location when executing the .exe from command prompt? PS: copying the .dll to the .exe's current dir seems to solve the problem,...
Pressing F1 in VS launches Microsoft's Document Explorer. How can I open the help results in my web browser instead? ...
I don't know about you, but for me MSDN online walks the narrow line between "unusable" and "painful". Every click leads to a page of 1 line of human content and 500 lines of auto-gen garbage, a reload of the table of contents, code examples in 8 languages, mouse overs begging for attention. It was so bad that I had started writing my ow...
The MSDN documentation indicates that this API is not limited to Windows Mobile, but is available in CE 6.0. The documentation says that I should link against aygshell.lib, but this lib file doesn't contain the correct methods. A search of the WINCE600 tree turns up a reference to k.coredll.dll, but this should be accessible from user ...
Reading the online MSDN docs is a great way to learn more about .NET and other MS technologies. However sometimes I need to read it in an offline mode, like when using an eReader. Is there a tool, software or some code which can be used to download a section of the MSDN library and convert it to a pdf, by starting from a url in the msd...
Is there a way to download ASP.NET MVC reference and make it available through the local MSDN library? I am tired of going to Microsoft's site everytime I need a simple class or method documentation reference. Thanks! ...
This seems like a petty question, but this situation is starting to get annoying: When I'm working in VS 2008 and I want to get context-sensitive help, I highlight the term/keyword/window that I want help on, and I push F1. It brings up the MSDN help window, but it always gives me a "Page not Found"/broken link on the start, and I have...
hi i created a dialogbox using MFC dialog.. using below url i displayed a bitmap picture in a dialog box. http://www.functionx.com/visualc/applications/displaybitmap.htm i have not write any code for that.i just added the bitmap Picture into import picture dialog box and used picture control and followed the tutorial... when i run my ...