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• senwang.microsoft Changing crystal reports connection string dynamically

  I need to switch between the databases at runtime for my crystal reports in .NET 2.0. Is it possible to change the crystal reports connection string at run time in .NET 2.0 Please provide me any sample code which illustrates dynamically changing the connection string of crystal reports at rune time. Thanks in advance, Vaishu Hi, If I understand well uor cristal report is linked with Datatbase 1 and in run time u want t ...Show All

• ZJames Ma Deleting Excel Sheet, and setting the caution button to accept the delete

  I am trying to delete the extra sheets from the excel work book. I have got that part working: I have it in a loop, so to makes sure I get all “sheets” except sheet1 … CType(Me.Application.ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(sheetName), Excel.Worksheet).Delete() The problem is when it runs this line of code, it pop up a caution box... “Data may exist in the sheets selected for deletion. To permanently delete the data, p ...Show All

• MrMunkey MSBuild task use VSIP or VS automation?

  Hi, Is it possible for a task I write (that's called from MSBuild) to use VSIP interfaces or VS automation I've created my own output window pane and I'd like my MSBuild task to write to that custom output window pane. Thanks! It should be possible for your task to use VSIP interfaces or VS automation to communicate with your custom output pane. I have to admit, though, that its not something that we've tr ...Show All

• Evan Mulawski No System.ServiceModel after Feb CTP install

  Hi, If anybody experienced the problem: after installation of February WinFX CTP library System.ServiceModel disappeared from VS project reference list. November CTP worked Ok. Any help would be very appreciated. Dmitry Okonov I have this same problem. If I look in my machine.config file I see that System.ServiceModel 2.0 is what is registered there, but it probably should be 3.0. How can I resolve th ...Show All

• Big Bill Access Runtime

  I need to deploy an Access database using a runtime. I have been told that I have to use VS 2005 Team Edition Software. I have done the deployment using an Access mde file, but I don't know how to create and add the runtime, and cannot find any information on the subject. Thanks for your help Anne Hi Anne: You can still obtain the Access Developer Extensions (ADE) - they are included with the Micro ...Show All

• Vijayendra Lakkundi Fully uninstall current beta from system?

  How can I fully uninstall the current Visual Studio (Not the beta 1.) I just don't have the space just now to keep it on my system. I tried uninstalling, but fear I got the order wrong & am now left with the MSDN library, Visual Studio Team Suite and (I think) the Direct X transform compnents. These three will not uninstall, and I don't know if I should clean my registry Any hints would be greatly appreciated. thanks Max ...Show All

• M. Shariq Muzaffar Peer to Peer questions

  Could someone please answer the following questions: 1) Is there any way of retrieving a list of all the PeerNodes on a mesh without a central server 2) Is there a simple way of finding active meshes 3) Is there any programatic way of setting a wifi card to ad-hoc mode I know this one isn't WCF specific, but it may be useful for other Peer to Peer developers. Thanks, Joe Where can I downloa ...Show All

• mrwebster Bug: Rendertransform doesn't always work with Frame

  While the Frame Source property is a xaml page it is all fine. But when it changes to an external URI then the transformation isn't applied anymore. This bug occurs on Windows XP SP2. WinFX February CTP. Example of working: <Frame Source="Page1.xaml" NavigationUIVisibility="Visible"> <Frame.LayoutTransform> <RotateTransform Angle="10" /> </Frame.LayoutTransform> </Frame> Examp ...Show All

• Whizzo Clearing Report Parameters

  Using VS 2005 B2 and C#. I'm attempting to display two reports, allowing the user to switch between them.  One report has a parameter, the other doesn't.  When I attempt to display the "no parameter" report after I display the "parameter" report, I get an error that I'm trying to set a parameter that doesn't exist in my report.  (Makes sense.) I've tried clearing the parameters with: myReportViewer .LocalReport.SetParameters(nul ...Show All

• Cindy Winegarden Matching Crystal Reports with Windows Form

  I am writing an application that outputs some text to a crystal report. In simplified terms, this is what happens... The crystal report contains a textbox which is fixed in size (both width AND height - this is the way it needs to be). On the windows form I utilise a RichText Box to take the user input. I need to match up the RTB and Crystal Reports box. I know its not going to be perfect but I need it to be as accurate as possible ...Show All

• Jeffrey Palermo Debugging Web Services in VS.NET 2005

  I am trying to work w/ Web Services in a similar way to VS.NET 2003. I have a solution with several projects, including a Website and a Website containing Web Services. The Web sites use the new ASP.NET development Web servers. This raises the following questions: * I cannot seem to debug from my Web site thru to my Web Service. I can only start one or the other project in the debugger. In 2003, I could do this easily and elegantly. The on ...Show All

• ajteeder VSTO install balks because of "beta"

  A few months ago, like everyone else, I installed the release version of VS 2005 Professional after having gone through the painful uninstall of the beta version. I recently downloaded the VSTO install, but it seems to think I still have betas for VS 2005 and VSS 2005 installed. I get the following message when I run setup.exe: Thanks you for particiapting in the beta program. You must uninstall pre-release products in a specific order before ...Show All

• JoDask Prob:Set Toolbar button visible using VSTO is not working when run from IE

  i am building a VSTO application for excel. i am trying to set the some of toolbar button as visible to false. it working when i run that excel file from the excel application. But when i am trying to run the excel file from IE the toolbar button i set to false still display. for more information the the toolbar button i set to visible as false working only at the sub ThisWorkbook_startup() can someone help me to resolve this problem please ...Show All

• funghy Distinguishing debugger-called ToString()

  I am using lazy evaluation to determine a "real" value of an object inside the ToString() override, based on its "unevaluated" value.  The problem is that I don't want the debugger watch to cause lazy evaluation to occur.  Is there a way to know if the callstack contains a debugger call This is my code.  public override string ToString() {      LazyEvaluate(); // note: don't want debugger to updat ...Show All

• Corey B NetTcpBinding and netNamedPipeBinding hosted in IIS?

  Is it possible to have neTcpBinding, netNamedPipeBinding, and other endpoint bindings ( other than basicHttpBinding, and ws* bindings) in wcf service that is hosted in IIS Is there any sample application I tried, but I am geting exception Thanks, Indigo Cowboy Hey Indigo Cowboy, this is not possible with IIs 5.x and IIS 6.0 - thos 'web containers' are just what they are: web (i.e. HTTP-enabled) container ...Show All