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• Perry_SSIS Installed OutLook 2003 Add-in not available to "All Users"

  I need the Add-In to be available to all users on a machine. I'm working from MSDN documents "Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solution Using Windows Installer (Part 1 of 2) & (Part 2 of 2). I'm using the example in (Part 2 of 2), page 11 verbatim. /assemblyName="OutlookAddin.dll" /targetDir="[TARGETDIR]\" /solutionCodeGroupName=" MyCompanyName .OutlookAddin" /solutionCodeGroupDesc ...Show All

• gabix reference to a object-class with datacontract??? .urgent.

  Hi, in my service I referenced to an object class "Tag". Now I'm using a client with channelfactory and want to use objects from the "Tag" class. How can I do this without letting the client referencing to the original "Tag"-class at the service-side The solution you're sugesting involves generating a proxy for a client to use. Can this be done in some kind of other way. I already ...Show All

• Steve Landis Convert between Func<T> and Expression<T>

  Are there facilities to convert a Func<T> and an Expression<T> in order to use something that was intended to be used as a predicate and use it instead as an expression tree -Scott Ron's working on that, IIRC.  Translating IL blocks to trees. What I don't know is whether the conversion that happens in the preview compiler is purely compiler-magic or whether it would be feasible to add i ...Show All

• cablehead Problems with VSHOST.EXE

  Hi all, I've started getting errors when building an application. It stop building with an "This operation could not be completed" error. If I try again, it then says "Visual Studio could not copy a support file to this location <path to VSHOST.EXE>". I can fix the error by renaming VSHOST.EXE to VSHOST.EXE.OLD and rebuilding. The project is on a network share so perhaps this could be the problem ...Show All

• tomax7 How to create an extended worksheet from an external application (non-VSTO excel project)?

  Hi, Here's the setup: I have an excel add-in application and I want to leverage the new binding capabilities of the extended Worksheet hostItem. I cannot create an extended worksheet using CreateViewForWorksheet() described in http://blogs.officezealot.com/maarten/archive/2005/09/12/7979.aspx   and in Eric Lippert's new book, since I don't have the 'ThisWorkbook' to start with (and get the RunTimeCallback reference). Anyone hit the same is ...Show All

• alsc Report Designer Data Source from referenced project

  In report designers DataSources toolbar I can only see DataSets in the same project as the report resides in. Is it possible to se DataSets that reside in a different project (which is referenced by the project the report resides in) /Jonas No, you have to add the .xsd file corresponding to the datasource to the current project. ...Show All

• Bosphorus IScanner, scanning order, using Managed Package Framework.

  I've noticed that IScanner can jump around a file seemingly at random when SetSource() is called. This is OK for some circumstances, but a language I am implementing (using the Managed Package Framework) supports nested comment blocks, basically: /* blah /* nested */ blah! */ When my IScanner is updated sometimes the colorization goes to hell. Is there any way to force anything calling IScanner to only call it "top to bottom" (AKA, if you're g ...Show All

• Don Shaw XI and VS 2005

  I recently purchased XI developer. What version of the merge modules should I be using to get things working with VS 2005 - the ones that shipped with XI, Visual Studio 2005 or others I didn't install the VS CR version - just kept my XI developer version. I am having problems exporting files from the webviewer. Method 'ISCREditableRTFExportFormatOptions_reserved5' on type 'CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.EditableRTFExportFormat ...Show All

• mj888 Crystal Report Printing Problem

  I'm using vs2005 beta version and i using the crystal report component to create my report and preview the report using crystal report viewer. When i run the application, i can preview the report well in the form, all the data can be preview in the from. But when i want print out the report, all the data was gone included the label in the report, means i only can print out a blank report which did not have any data and also label,it only sh ...Show All

• Albert_Bouwman How to build custom debug engines for VS2005?

  We built a custom debug engine, using the TextInterpreter sample as a guide, five years ago, and have managed to build high-value debuggers since then. I have everything working porting our plug-ins from VS200[23] to '05, except the debuggers don't work.  And now I see in the Beta 2 Readme item 15: "The TextInterpreter sample is not working." I feel we're being left high and dry here.  What kind of resolution can we expect for those ...Show All

• thisisme Training/consulting on VS Extensibility?

  We are a small ISV that sells a highly customizable base product, and also provide customization services to roughly half our customers. In the absence of something like VSTA in .NET for the last 4+ years, we have built our own proprietary, peculiar IDE and framework in its place. Now that VSTA is coming out, some of us at my company would like to move to it. We need training and consulting to get manager buy-in and "jump start" us ...Show All

• Indian Scorpion Making help files

  Hi all, I'm looking for good way of arranging information at work. I think to do that like all the help of any application. Is there any components that use the office softwares for arranging files like the help system of any software. I want to make like a library. Regards... Where I can get the Hhw.exe file to try this tool Thanks... I think the exe file name changed to Htmlh ...Show All

• talin Button is not getting removed after uninstalling the Word add-in

  Hi All, I'm creating and installing a Word Add-in. The add-in creates a button on standard toolbar. When I uninstall the add-in the button is not getting removed. The add-in is the basic add-in from the link http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;Q302901 as it is. The code in OnBeginShutdown is as follows: public void OnBeginShutdown(ref System.Array custom) { object omissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value ; System.Wi ...Show All

• Maharjan Get Latest from IDE doesn't always Get Latest

  Here is our setup: Development machine: WindowsXP, VS2005, VSS2005 SourceSafe Server: Windows2003, VSS2005 Peridically when developers get latest version of a project or even the whole solution from the VS2005 IDE, it will not get the latest version of all files. There have been instances where one developer will check in a change and the other developer tries to get the latest version and the IDE does not get it. No error..it just didnt get ...Show All

• dermothogan LINQ refresh for Whidbey RTM available

  The download at the MSDN site has the updated bits.  The compiler and libraries in this MSI will only work against Whidbey (VS2005) RTM. The Link   http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/future/linq/ Enjoy. You mentioned in an email the possibility of running Linq in 32-bit mode on a 64-bit install of .NET 2.0.  Did I understand correctly If so, how should the install go   (I've just cleaned my system, and am startin ...Show All