By host on 5/30/2006 12:00 AM

I just installed MvRTrueVGA on my Dell Axim X51v, and to my surprise, it simply worked! Thus far, I have tried both the keyboard and the password entry page, both work, and I have yet to find any major problems running Pocket Word, MicroOLAP's CHM Ebook Reader, Adobe Acrobat 2.0 for Pocket PC, and Microsoft Reader, and Mobipocket Reader, and Pocket Opera 8.5 offline. It is very nice to finally be able to take full advantage of the VGA screen on my Pocket PC!

You can get MvRTrueVGA here: http://www.jaml.com/MvRTrueVGA/ 

“This is a utility that allows PPC users with VGA screens to run Windows Mobile 5 in true VGA mode.(ie 640x480 resolution)

Below is an example of a QVGA screen and a VGA screen. As you can see the VGA screen has 4 times the area available. This lets you view more on the screen at one time, but also makes everything 4 times smaller. So depending ... Read More »

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By host on 5/25/2006 12:00 AM

Windows Vista ESS Alegro / ATI Mobility M6 / Omnibook 6100 were the keywords I searched high & low for but couldn't find anything. Specifically, when I upgraded my HP Omnibook 6100 to Windows Vista, it didn't first recognize it's ESS Alegro PCI sound or the ATI Mobility M6 video. Once I downloaded the most recent driver pack from the HP Support site for my omnibook, I was able to install the ESS Alegro PCI driver for Windows XP onto the machine, and later installed the ATI Mobility M6 driver included in the package.

The good news: I was able to get sound out of my speakers.

The Bad news? No video acceleration, all the cool 3d stuff is apparently disabled.

By host on 5/16/2006 12:00 AM

Following is a handy little script I use to back up all of the databases on my web server. In a nutshell, it creates a cursor containing all of the database names, then proceeds to backup each database, followed by the ever-important truncation of logs. I usually run this once a week:

use master

DECLARE Read More »

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By host on 5/11/2006 12:00 AM

I had the awesome opportunity to develop a report against an Oracle database using SQL Reporting Services this week, and had the need to allow the users to specify parameters. At first, I tried to add parameters to my query using the @ symbol, which my WROX Press Book on SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services described as being the correct way to add a parameter to a parameterized query. No luck.

I kept on getting a conversion error, because as it turns out, my named parameters were not being recognized as such. Next, I found an article describing how the Microsoft OLE DB Text driver did not support named parameters, and I would have to add ? question marks where I wanted my parameters and supply them in the correct order, impossible with SQL reporting services, and as it turned out, a dead-end track as SQL Reporting Services (2005 at least) and Oracle do support named parameters.

The solution? Simple, use a colon : to denote parameters. That easy! Once I used colons, the Oracle provider was a ... Read More »

By host on 5/3/2006 12:00 AM

Hello:

I have used Omar Al Zabir's article Implement a Microsoft Word-like Object Model for Your .NET Framework Application[^] as the basis for several applications I have written now, partially because it made for a solid basis for developing Smart Client applications, but also as a means to learn some of the more advanced capabilities contained in the article Developing next generation Smart Clients using .NET 2.0 working with existing .NET 1.1 SOA based XML Web Services[^].

Where does one start when ... Read More »

By host on 5/3/2006 12:00 AM

Key Words & Tricky Phrases of Software Architects

It never ceases to amaze how many new uses for old words Software Architects dream up. I do my best to follow the buzz (some have called this cargo cultism) and learn these new words in the context they are used.

What spawned this comment is my new thrust into developing Smart Client solutions using CompositeUI Application Block and the Guidance Automation Tools (sounds cool huh?): while reading through the documentation I hit upon the following:

The Smart Client Development Package includes the Visual Studio template named Light Weight Smart Client. This template unfolds a solution that you can use as the starting point for your smart client application.

This struck a chord because while troubleshooting one of the myriad of problems I have had with BF2 and it's many patches, I happened across one ... Read More »