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• targ VS2005 errors when adding parameters to a report

  As far as I can tell to add a parameter to a report in a VS project you should go to report menu / Report parameters. Here you can add the parameters. I am using the june ctp. When I go to the menu and select Report parameters i get an error 'Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation'. Similarly if I try to open the parameters property of a subreport i get an error 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object', which admi ...Show All

• Dan Fernandez - MSFT How can I run a SVC based service with a trusted account

  How can I configure (convince) a SVC based service (i.e. hosted in IIS) to run with a trusted service account In ASMX I would use the <! --identity impersonate="true" userName="neptune" password="password"-- > configuration, however, it has no effect with SVC hosted services and I have not yet found a way of simulating the impersonate option in WCF. That makes sense, and earlier when I mentioned &q ...Show All

• c0dem0nkey1519 Hyperlink that combines 2 SQL fields

  I am trying to create a hyperlink that combines 2 fields from a SQL table. For example, field one contains www.test.com\documents\ field 2 contaons the documents test.pdf. when the 2 fields are are combned I would get the full URL  www.test.com\documents\test.pdf . I created a SQL table with a SQLDatasource, and a Grid View and I added a hyperlink column with the 2 field in the DataNavigateUrlFields = URL,Form. The source display ...Show All

• Mark Shehan Recursive version builds

  Since VSS uses labels rather then version/revision, shouldn't it also support a recursive get by label.  The documentation indicates it is better to only use labels.  And I prefer to minimize sharing and branching.  But it doesn't look like labeling is an option.  We typically only move around a compressed VSS for code updates--we're geographically dispersed.  Without a recursive get labeled, there isn't any reasonble wa ...Show All

• sgaeng Problem deleting excel sheets

  I have noticed a behavior that I hope is not intentional.   If a user of my Excel VSTO project deletes one of the sheets that is referred to by one of the managed sheet classes (ie Class Sheet1), the next time the application is started this class picks a new sheet to bind itself to.   I hope I am explaining this clearly.     Here are the steps to reproduce.   Create a new Excel VSTO project. Run the ...Show All

• John Rapp summarizing unbound subreport fields

  Hello, I have a subreport that displays 0-to-many rows. I have an unbound field (UnBound1) with a formula that calculates for each row. Then I have a field in the subreport footer (UnBound2) that sums this UnBound1 field. My question is - how can I refer to this UnBound2 field from my main report I need to summarize all my subreport data on my main report. Thanks in advance! Amber Hello Amber, You could use ...Show All

• sgujjar How to get/calculate the character width in MS Word?

  BEFORE a lot of text strings are written to a Word file using Office Automation, I need to know the width of each string. Is there any way to do it Please note that office automation cannot be used, because the Word file is NOT available yet. Thanks. I've asked around and I'm sorry to inform you that I have found no answer to your issue. VSTO doesn't have built in functionality to determine width of ...Show All

• kart how to debug dll written in C# in ASP.NET project

  hi, actually this dll is a windows form control hosted in Internet Explorer written in C#.In my asp.net project i called this dll in an aspx page. I already defined the "start page" for the dll project to be that aspx page,but i can still not debug the dll. Could someone give me some hint thanks a lot First, perhaps I am betraying my ignorance here, but .ascx files are a server-side file. Th ...Show All

• Duggie MSDN Help for Visual Basic 6.0

  where can I donload MSDN library to get a help within the code of the visual basic 6.0 thank you The starting point for the online MSDN library for Visual Basic 6.0 is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/vb6anchor.asp I would suggest that when you want specific help for something related to Visual Basic 6.0, search for the term in google, with the parameter ...Show All

• bcristian How do I add an entry to the Menu in the Solution Explorer??

  How do I add an entry to the "Integration Srevices Project" Menu in the Solution Explorer   When working with Sql Server 2005, I opened a new "Integration Services" project of type "Business Intelligence" project. When I right click on the project name in the Solution Explorer, I get a menu with (Build, ReBuild, Clean... ).   How can I add a new entry to this menu I created a wizard as described in http://msdn2.microso ...Show All

• bbeasley EnvironmentEvents Event thrown after a tool has finished executing

  Does anyone know if there is an event to handle in the EnvironmentEvents class after an external tool has finished executing I would like to search the output window after it has finished being updated by an external tool. Do you mean the Output Window of Visual Studio If so, take a look at the EnvDTE.OutputWindowEvents.PaneUpdated event. If not, it is going to be a difficult. If it is your own external tool ma ...Show All

• bandoola Realease 2 VS2005 Export Error

  I have a crystal report that I migrated from VS2003 into VS2005. The issue is that when I click on the crystal report tool bar to export the data, I get a blank screen. This used to work in VS2003. I can export to all of the other formats but not PDF. I have installed crystal report release 2. I push the data to the report. 'CR Variable Public customerreport As ReportDocument ''Fill the dataset with the data retrieved. The n ...Show All

• Dd365 Error in installing msdn and VSS in Visual studio team system

  I have installed visual studio team suite successfully.I also have sql server express on my system. When I am installing VSS then I am getting this error In VSS 2005. The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2337. This is only the case with my systems in our software house. When I try to install DVD on other system perfectly (e ...Show All

• cuski Controlling nillable

  Hi. I'm writing a webservice with WCF. The webserce will be used from a Powerbuilder (Powerbuilder Script) client. Here some limitations apply. With a class like this [ DataContract ()] public class Entity { [ DataMember ()] public int AnInt { get { ... } set { ... } } [ DataMember ()] public int ANullableInt { ... I get a schema like thi ...Show All

• kstephan How email a report as an attached .pdf

  Just wondering if there is a white paper or article to tell me how to do the following: I have a report that I access in VS in local mode.  This has nothing to do with the web or HTML.  I simply have a report and I would like to make it easy for the user to email this report (as a .pdf) to someone else. How do I do this I have added a sample to http://www.gotreportviewer.com/ ...Show All