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• alex77 Serious Error while debugging

  Hi, While debugging the VSTO application, I am getting following error: "ContextSwitchDeadLoack" The CLR has been unable to transition from COM context 0x159ba8 to COM context 0x1598c8 for 60 seconds. The thread that owns the destination context/apartment is most likely either doing a non pumping wait or processing a very long running operation without pumping Windows messages. This situation generally has a negative performan ...Show All

• Stefan Barthel MediaElement and width/height question

  By setting the Width and Height on a MediaElement, I can get a video to fit within those dimensions. But if I omit them, the video plays at its original size. Is there anyway to get the MediaElement to have a Width/Height that's same as it's containing Canvas's I tried using : VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" But that didn't help. Any ideas are appreciated. Andrew A wrote: Have ...Show All

• SaurabhMehta Newbie understanding of Excel and VSTO

  I'm a newbie to VSTO and could do with some input. I originally bought VSTO so that I could write .net applications that utilised excel workbooks. What I was originally after was a solution that: Collected data from a user using a windows form. Identified from the user input a workbook required to perform some calculations. Opened that workbook. Added the necessary data to the workbook and collected data from specifed ...Show All

• Tobbeb could not find svcutil.exe in September CTP

  I installed September CTP but could not find svcutil.exe or svcconfig.exe. Have their names changed What are the utils using to generate client proxy Plus, which directory is WCF installed under in September CTP Thanks. hyan I have installed the Windows SDK (may 29, 2006) but could not find this utility. I could not find WinFX SDK could you help me to provide me the correct link. Regards Andy Tan ...Show All

• NonGT Why new items don't appear once the listview is sorted?

  I defined a class that inherits from ListCollectionView and calls OnCollectionChanged whenever the underlying list changed. Then I created a listview and set its ItemsSource to be bound to an instance of my custom ListCollectionView. When a new item is added to the underlying list, ListCollectionView.OnCollectionChanged is called and the new item is displayed in the listview. Then I implemented sort, using the usual mechanism - not th ...Show All

• fs - new to C# msbuild migration problem from .net beta 2 to RTM

  hi, I am working on a project which was build on .net framework 2.0 beta and used msbuild sdc tasks which suits 2.0 beta framework. Now, we are going to migrate our framework to RTM and msbuild to new version VGDN2.0.060227.001 which supports RTM. Plz tell whether i can face any problems while migrating in the future... Thanking u in advance. Regards, Mahesh. Provided you go to the new version of ...Show All

• RFU Deploying a shimmed Excel add-in

  Hi! I seem to have the same problem as many others here; deploying an Office add-in. I have read probably everything available in these frums and others several times over. My issue is the following; I have built a shared add-in in managed C# and shimmed it so it works perfectly in my dev environment. My target is Excel 2003, and I am extending IDTExtensibility2 using VS2003 / .NET 1.1, on an XP SP2 box. Signed, sealed and rea ...Show All

• Nick Davidson Unknown Error in DOM when setting node.prefix or node.namespaceURI

  For an InfoPath form, I am trying to add non-blank values from a list in the default view to a repeating field for a bulleted list on another view. I am getting stuck trying to add the new nodes but I keep getting an error message that simply says "Unkown Exception". Here is my code: function XDocument::OnSwitchView(eventObj) { var symptomNode; var symptomsNode = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode ( " //my:Symptoms" ); var symptomTextNo ...Show All

• Macca Crystal Reports XI vs Crystal Reports for VS.NET 2003

  I am facing the problem of creating "customized" charts using VS.NET (VB) to be more specific: 1. I want to create a  chart with x-axis labels shown vertically 2. I want to create a chart with x-axis being "strings" (i.e. names) and the y-axis being to max(date field) Do I have to upgrade to the Full Version of CR ( XI) to do the things described above What would be the implications of bying CR XI if I migrate to VS.2005 later this year t ...Show All

• i_van Moving a label

  Hello, Is there a way to move a label from one version to another What we are trying to achieve is that if we label the VSS database with a build label at the beginning of the build process and subsequently include updates to the build, I would like to move the labels up to the latest versions to mark the final set of versions going into the build. Also, how can I prevent developers from checking in new versions of files while the build is ...Show All

• phileb How to get remote access web service installed and working?

  I am using the GA version and I am unable to get the VSS web service to work properly. When I go into server admin and try to enable Internet for VSS it tells me that IIS isn't installed, etc. I have run aspnet_regiis -i (didn't need to as it was already installed properly) and have even created a virtual directory pointing to the web service folder in the VSS directory. At this point I am able to access the web service remotely however I d ...Show All

• Anders Pettersson SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services controls in Visual Studio 2005

  Hi I am trying to work with visual studio 2005, but with SQL Server 2000 and Reporting Services on SQL Server 2000. However, I can't seem to find out how to install the reporting wizards into VS2005. I don't want to have to use VS2003 because I like using the .NET 2.0 stuff, which is great. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Darrell VS2005 does not come with the Reporting Services ...Show All

• Hima S WPF & VS2005 LIVE

  Hi there, is there any version of WinFX compatible with Visual Studio 2005 Live Thanks, Dmitry You mean with VS2005 final No, at the moment you have to use Beta2 of VS if you want to develop for September CTP of WinFX. In a couple of weeks there will be a WinFX version for .NET2.0 also. We have to wait... ...Show All

• Jimski Can't find Class Designer on IDE

  Can't find Class Designer on IDE I have the most basic question of all.  I've installed the Feb CTP.  Nowhere in any of the menus can I find the class designer.  If I add a new class the designer doesn't show.  I just get the basic classX Where do I find the class designer dennist SKU is packaging form - e.g. C# Express, Visual Studio Standard, Visual Studio Team Suite etc. You can find ...Show All

• TommyH Problem creating a DSL project

  I have had VS 2005 & VS SDK February 2006 working together, and decided that I wanted to see if the never VS SDK March 2006 had fixed anything in DSL Tools (before reading that there were no updates for DSL Tools). I installed the never version and ...Show All