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• cb3431 Bindings & Duplex Contract

  What out of the box bindings can be used with a duplex contract Thanks BenECM Hi Ben, glad you found it. For other folks out there, a description of the features supported by our different bindings can be found in the online SDK docs [1]. [1] http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/wcf_con/html/2c243746-45ce-4588-995e-c17126a579a6.asp Cheers, JJustice [MS ...Show All

• BZM Setup freezes when it "installs components".

  Trying tor install vs05b2 , the "setup is loading installation components" bar freezes at 100%. CPU usage is 0%. I must reboot machine to stop setup. I had instated the Feb CTP but I think I uninstalled it. I hoped installing the b2 framework would solve the problem. It did not. I had a successful install on another machine with the same media.    I get the same problem when I try to install Web Express 05b2 . The log file ends with ...Show All

• Gary B. ReportViewer in Firefox version 1.5.0.1

  I have problem rendering the ReportViewer in Firefox version 1.5.0.1. The width of the ReportViewer is much smaller than expected and the data is just messed up. But the ReportViewer works fine in the early version such as 1.0.7. Any clue on that Thanks. Hi Brain, Below is the simplied RDL. Thanks for your help. < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <Report xmlns=&qu ...Show All

• MDW SvcUtil error in trace files

  This is the message I an getting. Probably something silly relating to attributes. "The service encountered an error while generating metadata. See the trace files for more details." Where is this being generated and how do get to the details. This is being hosted in a console app. Thanks. Madhu  is this what you mean.  If so unfortumately I don't see anything pointing t ...Show All

• doug5516 TextBox input validation

  How can I validate input for my textboxes For example I have an application where I want to input several numbers in the textboxes. The primary validation constraint is that I want the user to be able to input only valid real numbers. Some of the textboxes should contain only positive real numbers. Also I want to be able to do comparisons between the different values (for example I have a minimum speed textbox, and maximum speed textbox, so ther ...Show All

• Jagannath How to display webpage on WinFX windows application?

  Hi, in Windows form there is a webbrowser control we can use to display the webpage, but in XAML(WPF), I can't see such a control, so how do we display the webpage content on WinFX windows application You could use navigation window Hi William, try this: < Frame Source = " http://www.msn.com " /> It's not as comfortable as the webbrowser control, but for ...Show All

• Tony P Modal "something" in browser app

  (I know this is a bit off topic…) I want to make my own modal dialog using a CustomControl or Popup with buttons. But how can I stop program execution and wait for a button to be pressed I mean something like this: public class MyOwnDialog: CustomControl { public static DialogResult OpenDialog(string question) { //Add control to window, and hook op buttons. //But how do I wait for button clicks } } Usage: private void OnDeleteCu ...Show All

• EvilPenguin new vspackage wizard

  I created a new package using the Visual Studio Integration Package template and selected that I wanted a menu command.  Below is the generated .ctc file that was produced.  I get the following error when trying to build this project: XgenPackage(1): error CTC3028: Unknown section header   // // This is the file that defines the actual layout and type of the commands. // It is divided in different sections (e.g. command defi ...Show All

• DRK12345 Dec CTP - The project type is not supported by this installation.

    The following is from the developer.winfx.avalon news group I've hit the same issue, cleanup utility did not help after installing and reinstalling WinFX, SDK and Cider Ron @ Mobiform Well, I've installed the December CTP, with no apparent problems during the installation, only to end up with this message upon trying to open any projects (new or existing): --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio ---------------- ...Show All

• arfa DataSet Visualizer

  Two Quick Questions. 1. Does the new DataSet Visualizer work for ASP.NET 2.0 "projects" 2. Will the new DataSet Visualizer work for custom DataSets where the class inherits from DataSet Jeff, you're absolutely right. Visualizers *do* work for derived classes, but they don't work for interfaces. So, if you have a class that implements an interface, you can't write a visualizer for the interface and use the visualizer to vi ...Show All

• abhinavvaid SQL Server Reporting Services versus Crytal Reports

  For a certain solution which is entirly report based, I would like to know which is the better tool for reporting- SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 or Crystal Reports 10. The solution would be devloped in VS 2005.-.NET framework 2.0 . I would like to know which is the more 'preferred' tool for reporting in terms of ease of use, fast development and fast modifications. I asked a similar question. Still waiting ...Show All

• Marvin Hassan 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 Do you mean implicit conversion operators on Expression<T> that convert to Func<T> I should hopefully have it posted this month if I have time to finish up some of the smal ...Show All

• Bob Rivers Add-In won't run with .net 2.0

  Hi; I have an Add-In that runs fine under .net 1.1 w/ Word 2000/2002/2003. I just tried running it since installing VS 2005 & .net 2.0. It now tells me "AutoTag2003.dll is not a valid Office Add-in." I have tried this with both the version built under VS 2003/.net 1.1 and the version built under VS 2005/.net 2.0 - same problem with both. Any suggestions thanks - dave ps - I have the release version of VS 2005 installed. David, it woul ...Show All

• SirKnight Hosed Refactoring Smart Tags after LINQ May CTP Install

  I installed the May CTP. The refactoring Smart Tags no longer work. For example, when a variable name is changed, the underscore glyph appears indicating that a refactoring is available. Usually, by hovering over the glyph or by pressing a shutcut key, a Smart Tag will appear. This Smart Tag no longer appears. Further, the Refactor shortcut menu is no longer available in the body of the editor. I uninstalled the C# 3 language service using "Unin ...Show All

• clrudolphi "late binding" communication and more questions

  I have several more basic questions concerning indigo: 1. Does the WCF provide a way to communicate to a slick way to communicate to a web service which is discovered during runtime. As an example: somebody provides a WSDL and an operation he wants to call from this service as well as a XML message he sends to the service and a XSL that he wants to apply to the response message. Currently I do something like that with a manual HttpWebRequest. ...Show All