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• MatthieuMEZIL ContinueOnError, yet still failing the build?

  I'm using MSBuild to run all the unit tests for our projects. The target looks like this: <Target Name="Test" DependsOnTargets="Build">    <CreateItem Include="FakeTestTarget\bin\$(Configuration)\*Test.dll;">       <Output ItemName="TestAssemblies" TaskParameter="Include"/>    </CreateItem>    <Exec ContinueOnError=" true " Command="mstest ...Show All

• erdal akbulut Many Package Load Failures with Beta2

  Hi, I just tried to install Beta2 on a machine that previously had Beta1. I followed the pre-install steps to remove every bit of Beta1 that was listed, then proceeded with the install process. It went smoothly, but every time I start up Whidbey, I get a Package Load Failure related to 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.TestCaseManagement.QualityToolsPackage, Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.TestCaseManagement, ...' This package load failur ...Show All

• Big TC Crystal reports designer and VS 2005 how to bind?

  Hi, I have a SQL server database called DelveDatabase, it has a table called ORDERS, this orders table currently contains a one record. I add a CrystalReport item to my project, double click it and it enters design mode. I right click -> menu -> Database Expert Select Project Data -> ADO.NET DataSets -> DelveDatabase -> ORDERS then OK. Add a field from ORDERS using the Field Explorer into the detail band. Click Main Report Preview ...Show All

• Edward_EG When to Use Transforms vs Just Item Metadata

  I'm having a bit of a problem when building my targets understanding when to use a transform vs just using item meta data.  For example, given this target:  <Target Name="Backup" Inputs="@(OutputFiles)"                         Outputs="@(OutputFiles->'%(filename).bak')">   <Exec Command="cop ...Show All

• Karamasov Can I use VB.NET 2003 Standard and VSS 2005 Internet access?

  I have VB.Net 2003 Standard, not the full VS version. Can I use it with the VSS 2005 Internet access If not what are my options I do have the VSS 2005 client installed. Is it possible to use it to check files in/out manually over the internet without the usual VB / Visual Studio Integration Thanks in advance. No, VS2003 Standard editions do not support source control integration. No, VSS2005 client c ...Show All

• Synced Does FontStretch work

  I don't see any difference after FontStretch is applied Any clue <Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" > <StackPanel> <TextBlock>Hello</TextBlock> <TextBlock FontStretch='Condensed'>Hello</TextBlock> </StackPanel> </Page> Try this: <Page xmlns=&quo ...Show All

• MojoRobbins R

  I have a weird file that I need to include in an ItemList.  It is C%V%DF%M%%L%.LIB.  If I do   <ItemGroup>     <StrangeFile Include="C%V%DF%M%%L%.LIB" />  </ItemGroup> The task that processes this list sees C%Vs%M%%L%.LIB Note that %DF has been replaced by s.  What do I need to put in the Include to stop MSBuild converting %DF Scott The percent-sign is a special character to ...Show All

• Eren Managing deletion of bookmark controls

  Hello, I am implementing a Word customization that ue bookmark controls to identify pieces of text in a document. I would like to perform some cleanup procedures when the user deletes one of the bookmark when editing the contents of the document. It appears that the VSTO runtime has a way to keep track of this because he properly updates the Control collection in this case. For example, if I create a bookmark control using Visual Studio ...Show All

• Squire James MessageContract Deserialization error with IIS hosting

  Hi, I'm having a strange problem. A simple operation with a simple MessageContract works just fine when the service is self-hosted. But when the service is hosted in IIS, I get the strange exception below.     public class FooParamsIn     {         public long ID;     }     public class FooParamsOut     {   & ...Show All

• Leo Xue DataSet Schema and crystal report with VS 2005

  I really appreciate all the help you give. I use the DataSet Schema to create crystal report with VS 2005. I almost follow the tutorial sample code to do it. 1.create a dataset schema 2.write a helper class to populate the dataset     Public Shared ReadOnly Property QuoteDataSet() As DataSet Get Dim myDataSet As DataSet = New DataSet() myDataSet.ReadXmlSchema(DirectoryFilePath & "XMLSchema.xsd" ) Dim ...Show All

• ArekP Well-known Item Metadata Usage scenarios

  Hi, I have been struggling with the possible usages of ModifiedTime well-known item metadata. It is often necessary to rebuild a target based on the fact that a file has been modified after some other file was. When I was using nant, I was able to say that if file::get-last-access-time('source.ext') >= file::get-last-access-time('source2.ext') then I can rebuild the target. Note that this is not the case where I want to rebuild targ ...Show All

• tstubb vs appears to be hung when doing a 'get latest version'

  each time i do a 'get latest version', the ide appears to be hung for several minutes. there is absolutely _no_ feedback about ss doing anything. the only indication of anything happening is my machines fan getting louder. when i click anywhere inside the ide, all open windows of the ide turn white. is there anything one can do to improve the performance in this area, or at least to get some kind of feedback about what is going on WM_THX thomas ...Show All

• SRobb Error "CallbackOnCollectedDelegate was detected" found in VS2005(final)

  could any one help me with following error: when i run an vb.net 2005 application with embeded crystal report and get following error message: "CallbackOnCollectedDelegate was detected Message: A callback was made on a garbage collected delegate of type 'CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataSetConversion!CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataSetConversion.DataSetConverter+CrdbAdoPlusDelegate::Invoke'. This may cause application crashes, corrup ...Show All

• cool_shezz Outlook + .NET

  Hi all, I'm using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. At the calender, I would be able to create new appointment by selecting the time schedule. Once I finished entering the appointment detail, how can I detect the event of "Save and Close" button What I am looking for is that, when I press on "save and close" button after filling up appointment detail, I want to launch another software to look at the data or something else. Do you think is possible ...Show All

• avarkey Passing a token between services and InfoCard

  I would like to use InfoCard to authenticate and acquire a token on one channel and then I would like to create a second channel and pass the token I acquired in the first channel to it so that I am not prompted by InfoCard again. Something like this (pseudocode). Is this possible or would it by nature invalidate the token All of my services require the same claims, and my application calls into multiple services, so I want to get the token onc ...Show All