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Here's a bit of info I wanted to pass on to the world in the form of a question I'll ask, then answer myself. I hope it will be helpful to someone someday:
I was trying to learn C# from a video learning CD-ROM from Keystone Systems. All of a sudden, I saw a message on a blank screen saying something to the effect of...
vids:tscc video decompressor not found
I checked google and found references to the problem suggesting I download a file from one of the following two places, but the web sites are no longer operational:
http://www.getafile.com/cgi-bin/mer..hsmith/TSCC.exe
http://supadetail.gmaxsupport.com/vids/TSCC.exe
Please, oh please, help me! What am I to do? Boo, hoo...
I'm the guy they used for the logo/mascot for this site. (See my pic)
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Fear not, for I have come to save the day and remove this impediment to your learning experience!
TSCC stands for TechSmith Screen Capture Codec. It is used in one of TechSmith's products, Camtasia Studio, which may have been used to create the video learning CD-ROM you're trying to view. TSCC is also known as the Camtasia codec. Learn all about it here:
http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/codec.asp
Cast aside all of those useless old URLs you found earlier, and pay ye no attention to them, for behold, here is the one you really need:
http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/codecdownload.asp
At this time, the current version is 2.0.6, released 27 June 2005. File size is 170K Bytes. It is compatible with Windows.
Download the TSCC.exe file, run it, hope to God it contains no viruses or worms, and you will be good to go. Bless you, and continue on, intrepid consumer of knowledge that originates from video learning series CD-ROMs...
I'm the guy they used for the logo/mascot for this site. (See my pic)
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I am trying to determine if a user is part of an admin domain group by using active directory.
I only have the username: (domain\username) and the group name that i am searching for (domain\group). Can anyone suggest a solution to determine if this user is part of that group?
Thanks!
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Ok heres my code:
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Object_Basic tempUnit = UnitTypes[newUnit];<br />
this.Objects[openSlot] = tempUnit;<br />
Now what its doing is when i move tempUnit to Objects[openSlot] its moving there but its also not a seperate identity... so if i were to change UnitTypes[newUnit].name = "something else" then all the slots in Objects[] would also change thier .name to "something else".
Its kinda hard to explain and i got no idea why it does this... i've had this happen to me twice in my code, and the previous time i was forced to create a seperate variable to keep the changes i made saved but even that does not seem to be working here... plz help 
thanks! 
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That's not a bug - that's the way it's supposed to work. Reference types are not copied to different locations, they're referenced. So you're not assigning a copy of tempUnit, but your adding a new reference to it in this.Objects[openSlot]. Value types are copied (numeric primitives, enums, and structs are value types) but then UnitTypes[newUnit].name = "something else" wouldn't work as you'd expect it because the value type is copied before the name field or property is assigned. You would instead have to copy the struct back out, change it, then re-assign it.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/1200/dotnet/default.aspx[^] for a discussion of reference types vs. value types.
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I don't know if this is the correct place to post this but I didn't see any Message Board for Crystal Reports.
I am using the Crystal reports version that comes with Visual Studio 2002. I have my reports opening in a separate form. The reports work fine but when I close the form it seems like the connection used by crystal reports is still open because I cannot do anything to my database. Sometimes it times out and sometimes I need to restart my program to release the connection. How do I close the connection between crystal reports and the database?
I've been searching online and haven't found very much on this. Thanks.
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How are you filling your ReportDocument? If you're using a DataSet then you're responsible for closing your connections. The DataAdater derivatives like OleDbDataAdapter and SqlDataAdapter do this manually but with connections you have to close them (or dispose them using the using block statement in C#).
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I'm not using a dataset I made the connection using the Report Expert using the OleDb Connection. I am connecting to an access database.
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So then the other thing I mentioned is still valid: dispose your connection. The C# using block statement is handy for that:
using (OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection("..."))
{
OleDbCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand("...");
}This will make sure the connection is closed. If you don't want to close and re-open the connection all the time, defined your OleDbConnection as a field and in your Form's Dispose override call Dispose on your connection field inside the if block (that's where you free mananaged objects; outside the condition - so that it always runs - you free native resources like window and file handles).
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I'm still learning the ropes in ASP.NET with C#. What is the C# code used to allow a user to log in at a website? This is done so often on ASP.Net pages, and yet I have not yet found a good reference source from which to learn how to do this.
Jeff19
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Pickup any book on ASP.NET and you'll find what you're looking for. They all have a section on Security. There are many ways to do this, each with their own requirements, pro's and con's that it's just too much to go into in a Forum environment.
RageInTheMachine9532
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This[^] will give you a good overview.
Jon Sagara
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I have page 1 and page 2, page 1 has a task to do which takes about 30 seconds. And after the task is done, I need to pass the result value into page2. So when the task is processing, I would like to show a message saying "Please wait..." or a 'wait page'.
Is there any easy way to do that?
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Yes. You said it yourself. A 3rd page needs to be used to show the "Please Wait...".
Pass the values from your data collection page to the Wait page, then have the Wait page redirect to the processing page, again, passing the same values to it.
Don't ask me for an example. I don't have one.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Hi, i just had the same "problem" (it isn't a prob at all).
I'm a bit confuse you just said "page" and that makes me think it could be a web page, i use this way for winforms apps but it should work anyway. You need to handle the task in a different Thread so you can do what ever you want while your system is doing the task.
To do this just add a reference to "using System.Threading" and add the following function:
public void StartMyTask()
{
Thread MyThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(taskmethod));
MyThread.IsBackground = true;
MyThread.ApartmentState = ApartmentState.STA;
ssThread.Start();
}
Note that taskmethod must not include (). When you call StartMyTask() it will start taskmethod() in a new thread so your system do not wait until the task is performed to show the message or whatever. I assume in this example that the task is all in one method.
Hope it work.
Heinz
-- modified at 17:59 Monday 26th September, 2005
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Sorry, there's a type error.
ssThread.Start() should be myThread.Start();
The forum does not allow me to modify the message so i posted a new reply.
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You might want to go back and look at what the OP was asking. Your method doesn't address the problem at all and won't work in a Web Forms environment anyway.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Oh, sorry, i guess i didn't understood the problem, i thought it was a win form app and wanted to keep a window or message open while the task was being executed.
Nevermind, please don't try my code.;P
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Hi,
I am new C#. I want to develop a C# windows app. But instead of using forms I want the output to be rendered in IE. ie when the user clicks the .exe file to execute the app, it should open in IE. The reason I want to do this is, I want to create the UI similar to a webpage(but not) to give the user a feel of ease to work with.
Thanks.
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why not create asp.net application instead of windows forms app
MCAD
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It is not an webapp. It is normal windows application.
The project should be executable ie .exe
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So do you want IE to host your application or you want yor application to run IE?
I think you mean the first so suggest to use web app
can you give more details?
MCAD
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My Project is absolutely a windows app. But instead of using dialogs or windows for UI , I want to run the app with IE and give the user a webapp feel.
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