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• kookoo_dan [DataMember] changes in September 2005 CTP

  From looking at the September 2005 CTP docs, it would seem that DataMemberAttribute.IsOptional has been renamed to IsRequired and that the DataMemberAttribute.VersionAdded has been renamed to Order.  Is the latter correct -- Galen ________________________ Galen Earl Murdock Veracity Solutions, Inc. Principal Software Developer Just to be clear. If you don't specify an order, we infer one from the type me ...Show All

• epgirang VS.NET 2005 (June) fails to install SQL 2005 Express?

  Hello, Thanks for reviewing my question.  I had VS.NET 2005 Beta 2 installed on my PC and decided to uninstall it (hopefully in order) in order to install the VS.NET 2005 (June CTP). Everything seems to install expect for the SQL Express.  I uninstalled everything and installed the SQL 2005 (June CTP) thinking I would use this instead of express but VS.NET 2005 didn't install.  And, of course, I have read their not compatible. So, ...Show All

• Harry Cu Object reference not set to an instance of an object

  I installed vs2005 team system suite beta 2 over a previous ctp (I follow all the uninstall guidelines) on a w2k3 SP1 server. When I try to create a new item in a web project (either Dataset, xsd, web form, master page...) I get the error on the subject. I tried to reinstall vs2005 but I always get the same problem. I also tried vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe with same behavior. Hi, Although not a solution to yo ...Show All

• Phil Seastrand Target reuse

  I'm trying to learn msbuild and it looks like it will be a good replacement for the system we currently use, but I can't figure out how to do the following: < Project xmlns = " http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003 " > < Target Name = " steps " > < Exec Command = " nmake.exe /NOLOGO $(Target.Parent.Name) " WorkingDirectory = " .\src\dir1 " /> < Exec Command = " nmake.exe /NOLOGO $(Target.Parent.Nam ...Show All

• Nikhil Agarwal VSTO as a web-based report generator - is it possible?

  Given that the proposed system is a web-based application - is it possible to use VSTO2 to: 1) Populate a server-side word doc with data using CSLA-based custom business objects (I know about the ServerDocument class - but bear with me..) then  2) Send the document out  to the end user over the web 3) More importantly - without the need to deploy the VSTO custom-code assemblies to the end user in advance In other word ...Show All

• ChronoReverse Installation hangs vsscenario.dll error

  I have tried installing VC express on my machine and the installation hangs during startup(loading installation components),  with the suite integration toolkit. the report gives the module name as vsscenario.dll. It is a system thing as it has installed Ok on another machine. I have uninstalled all instances of .net and dont have any versions of Visual studio installed. The machine is a 650Mhz pentium 3 with 384 Meg Ram, running XP with se ...Show All

• SammyF Outlook Task classes & writing from access

  Hi there - i have written a piece of code on a command button in access that writes values in a tasks form directly into tasks in outlook. this works great except for one thing - i can set the reminder tick box and the reminder time - these fields are under the 'taskitem' class. however there is no reminderdate field under taskitem (although the startdate and enddate objects are there) and as a consequence the date is entered as 30/12/1899 - can ...Show All

• LordWolf CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument

  Hi friends, i have deploy a VB.net application which have crystal report in it. the application is running well but when i open the form with Crystal report its giving me error. Please help See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.InvalidOperationException: An error occurred creating the form. See Exceptio ...Show All

• Matt j Cimino Crawford Internet Connection in VS 2005

  Hi,       I just installed VS 2005 on my machine, but my online help cannot be accessed. I keep getting the message: "The request failed with Http Status 407. Proxy authentication required". IE on my machine does have proxy authentication. Is there a fix for this   Thanks, Arshad Arshad, Where does this message appear   Is it in a WebBrowser upon trying to view a help page, or is it in the Se ...Show All

• Jimmer_BoatMan how to add shapes to canvas

  Hi can anybody know how to add any shape like rectangle , circle or line to canvas through programmatically at mouse cursor possition. thanx - Nagu In my previous post, I used that to fill the Rectangle: r.Fill = Brushes.Black; So it could be easy to modify a little the code to use a different color or to change some values (width, height, etc...) Bye Nagu wrote: could you give me a simple ...Show All

• StevenR2 The Ultimate VSTO Outlook deployment package

  I'm working on a solution with a custom installer class and custom prerequisites in VS2005 to make the VSTO Outlook deployment as painless as possible. I'd really like input and feedback on the work: http://weblogs.asp.net/mnissen/archive/2005/10/14/427508.aspx Thanks for any insight! Mads, Can you post a project with all the components and settings.  I've reviewed your document and am having problems particularly with RC1 deployme ...Show All

• codeburner Schema Validation

  Based on the DataMember properties like IsRequired, MustUnderstand, etc we are able to change the min occurs and max occurs values, etc of the schema. But i noticed that the requests are not validated against this schema. Is the schema made available so that the client can validate it or am i missing something here :P Regards, Suraj I must clarify. IsRequired is enforced only on reading. On writing DataContractSerializer serializes ...Show All

• cues7a How to force visuals to get rendered?

  Hi, I’m programmatically creating shapes, like rectangles, and putting them in a canvas. I now want to be able to call functions like VisualTreeHelper.GetDrawing and VisualTreeHelper.GetContentBounds. The problem is that GetDrawing for my rectangle returns null, since it has not been rendered yet. I’m using VisualTreeHelper when I’m writing unit tests, so I somehow need to force WPF to render the visuals, without actually having the canvas rende ...Show All

• Jean-Marc Flamand dit le_beluet how to create .xps files

  can anybody know how to create .xps files programatically Search, on your PC, a folder named DocServices. Once you get it, you will find the examples ;) HTH. Bye could u give me a simple example code thanx Check this (long) file: // XpsCreate SDK Sample - XpsCreate.cs // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. using System; using System.IO; using System.Collections.Generic; u ...Show All

• DC Martin Please insert the Visual Studio .Net Prerequisites disk for visual studio.net

  Following a system failure I have been trying to re-install VS2003, it fails to find the Prerequisites CD the "CD's"  are all iso's I have installs VS2002 from physical CDs but 2003 still fails, help!!!! Message "You have inserted the incorrect disk. Please insert the Visual Studio .Net Prerequisites disk for visual studio.net" Many thanks for getting back I think so, to make sure I only set up one Virtual drive ejected Disk 1 the ...Show All