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• Mippy2 Use Visual Studio 2005 or use VBA in Access or Excel?

  I am looking for some direction as to how to begin a new project. I am wondering if it would be better to try and use Access or Excel along with VBA to do this project of if I should use VS.NET 2005. What I would like to do is make a proggy similar to QuickBooks. When I downloaded QuickBooks and ran it on trial, I noticed it looked like someone took Access and created a custom form for it. I want the program to be able to keep track of ...Show All

• Craig Guyer - MSFT OrderBy error

  I have the following code using DLinq that is causing a compile error. var posts = from post in db.Posts orderby post.PostedOn descending select post.Title; The error is the following: The type arguments for method 'System.Data.TypedTableBaseExtensions.OrderByDescending<T,K>(System.Data.TypedTableBase<T>, System.Query.Func<T,K>)' cannot be inferred from the usage. Try specifying the type arguments explicitly. I'm new to DLin ...Show All

• KeithGarrett VS report with sql stored proc

  Hello, first time trying to make a report in VS 2005 and it workd great but I am now trying to genertate the report with only the information that is the users own info. I have created a stored proc that when run display the propper data I want to see. In the TableAdapter wiz I chose "Use existing stored procedures" chose the propper procedure. When I preview the data and input the users ID no into the stored proc I see the propper data. When I ...Show All

• Kavitha Bhasker Path Argument To Load Crystal Report Using Visual Basic That Allows Me To Move Folder Without Update Of Load Message Argument

  How do I do a Load with the default CrystalReport1.rpt file location that VB gives me This file is created by Visual Basic, but I have to specify it in the Load message to view the report.  The key to the question is I do not want to use the full path to the file. I want to be able to move the entire folder around and I do not want to have to change the argument to the Load when I move the folder each time.&nbs ...Show All

• CLRHosting VS Common IDE Package failed to load

  I have been using Visual C++.net standard version 2003 on a Windows XP Home. It has worked quite well, so I decided to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005 Standard to get additional features. I uninstalled C++.net and installed VS 2005 upgrade. Now I get the "Visual Studio Common IDE Package failed to load" error (5 times) on startup. I have looked through the posts in this forum, and have tried just about everything I could find to ...Show All

• sswater shi SLN file for web service in VSS does not appear

  I did a web service, then I wanted to put that web service into VSS. Everything is good. BUT, when I open VSS I do not see sln file or any other project file. And, of cause, when someone else tries to get the project from VSS nothing happens because there is no any project file... What to do how to say VisualStudio to put sln file into VSS along with source code Hi Dima, If you really want to add the sln file to the VSS databa ...Show All

• Ross Grayum MSFT Debugger doesn't like the backgroundworker anymore?

  I seems like it's not possible to interrupt a multi-threaded application using Backgroundworkers in another thread than the main one. Everytime I set a break point into another thread than the main one, the application stops at that point, but then, going step by step is not possible anymore and the application runs in an unstable state and I don't have any other issue than re-launch it. This leads to the annoying situation where I cannot debug ...Show All

• S_Gibson Welcome to the Report Controls Forum!

  Welcome to the forum for discussing the new ReportViewer controls and report designer in Visual Studio 2005. These controls make it easy to embed rich data reporting in your rich client and ASP.NET applications. If you are not familiar with the controls, take a look at the latest documentation update at  http://whidbey.msdn.microsoft.com/library/ url=/library/en-us/rs_vsrpts/html/0334cfba-2cb7-4d8b-8927-e08b888450cd.asp frame=true ...Show All

• Argh Parser Error Message: The unknown directive 'Service' is specified

  Hi I am new to WCF and I am trying to get a simple sample working. I compiled the code in the command line as I kept getting all sorts of errors when opening VS2005. Anyway it compiled ok but when I go to run the service in the browser I get this following error Parser Error Message: The unknown directive 'Service' is specified. my service file contains. <%@ Service language=c# Debug="true" class="TemperatureService ...Show All

• IanRob Project server error

  Hi. I use PDS to communicate with Project Server. (send xml requests and receive xml replys) Can anyone explain the following error to me: rsVersionNotFound (status=3000) Things have been working fine but recently this error popped up. Regards, Throstur Thorstur, I am sorry you are having trouble with your project server solution. The alias where you have posed your question is moni ...Show All

• Dheerendra XAMLPad : System.NullReferenceException

  Hello, XAMLPad refuses to start up. It simply returns System.NullReferenceException I am attempting to use the WinFX SDK on XP SP2 (P4 3.4GHz, 1Gb DDRRAM) I have installed everything in the following order : 1. WinFX Runtime Components September CTP 2. WinFX SDK September CTP 3. Visual Studio Beta 2 4. Extensions for Visual Studio (Avalon Templates) Here's the CLR Debugger Output: 'Managed': Loaded 'C:\WINNT\assembly\GAC_32\mscorlib\2.0.0.0_ ...Show All

• peterhal Is it possible to suppress the ContextMenu of a TextBox?

  Hi, I want to supress the ContextMenu of a TextBox without using IsEnable = false. Is this possible When I'm overriding the OnPreviewMouseRightButtonDown-Event and setting e.Handled = true, the ContextMenu will be shown anyhow. Greetings Cheesenhomer Try this: ContextMenu _oCMenu = new ContextMenu(); public bool EditMode{ set{ if(value == true){ this.ContextMenu = _oCMenu; }else{ _oCMenu = thi ...Show All

• TeddyG Callback to windows form

  I have just started acclimatizing to WCF and VS2005 and would appreciate some help with a really basic newbie problem. I am trying to modify the duplex CalculatorService sample to use a windows form client instead of a console. The service calls the client callback methods ok and the parameters get passed to the client, but I can't get the data to display. My first conclusion was that the callback comes in on a different thread so I have ...Show All

• eeerahul What could the ERROR be

  I have created a outlook com addin using VSTO that reside in outlook. The plugin is basically displaying a msg to the user that a new mail has arrive and what is the content. The plugin run fine when using pop account. The problem arise when the user is connected to the Exchange Server. When the event kick in on new mail arrive, the outlook would crash and thus causing the outlook to terminate. What could be done to resolve this issue.. and wha ...Show All

• jgoldb Getting versions of files with a specific label

  I am trying to get an older version of project based on a specific label. The command line I used is vss get -v <LABEL> $/<project> but it does not seem to be getting the correct versions. Have I done something wrong Or can I actually get older versions of files based on a label Thanks in advance! Have you tried running analyze on your database Which version of VSS are you using What ...Show All