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• Swamy Subramanian [MSFT] VS 2003 projects to store custom file attributes.

  I'd like to add extra file attributes to those already stored in project files ("Custom Tool", "Build Action"). I'd like to add something very much like Build Action, where the user can select among various options. How can I do this I'm also interested in doing this for folders, if possible. Thanks, Jason Jason, Can you elaborate on your scenarion a bit more   I don't think it is possible to accomplish ...Show All

• Christopher Fleming uninstall of HoLPackageSetup.msi failed with "manifest file does not contain an entry for the guidance package Data Solution..."

  msi log file show: AssemblyUnpublish(,,AssemblyType=3,AppCtx=C:\msvsnet\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies\HoLPackageInstaller.dll,AssemblyName=HoLPackageInstaller,Version="0.0.0.0",Culture="neutral",ProcessorArchitecture="MSIL",Descriptor=57@}@FEk1AIDxOGJegXI>meVNPFV%i2barfAtH@`h) MSI (s) (C8:AC) [15:56:10:186]: Note: 1: 1402 2: UNKNOWN\Installer\Assemblies\D:|vsnet8|Common7|IDE|PublicAssemblies|HoLPackageInstaller ...Show All

• MarcBeuret Synching Palm with MS Outlook

  Hi, I own a Visual Studio 2005 Professioanl Version. I want to do the following: I want to use outlook express to sync my palm, however not through outlook express rather through a program. Outlook does allow me the synch my palm, however I want to do this through a program. Hi, You might want to post this question to a newsgroup on Outlook Express. Try http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=micro ...Show All

• barontufsap Sample "BlackJack" cannot run

  I installed the WinFX February CTP in VS 2005 on a clean machine yesterday. Then I tried to build the Blackjack C# project. But in VS 2005, the Design view of Home.xaml has error so I cannot see it in design mode: Background = " VerticalGradient #5a5 #000 ": Error 56 (Description)Token not valid. C:\Development\BlackjackExpress\CSharp\Home.xaml (line)7 (column)3 Blackjack When I built the project, I saw 55 warnings about diff ...Show All

• Taylorrod How to add custom control to Visual Studio 2005 Toolbox?

  Hi all, I am working on a Windows Forms custom control now and I would like to place my control right on the Toolbox window after installation, however, this seems to be a problem now. I notice that EnvDTE and EnvDTE80 namespace and the DTE2 interface seem to provide customization of VS IDE environment, and I tried as follows: 1> Get a DTE2 instance by Activator; 2> Use DTE2.ToolWindows.ToolBox.ToolBoxTabs.Add to add a new tab; 3> ...Show All

• Senkwe Chanda Two Page Report

  Hi, I currently have a report that has 2-pages. The report is fixed-size, that its always a 2-page report. So my question here is, how to create another page in Crystal Reports Is it even possible BTW, each page displays different sets of data...       cheers, Paul June A. Domag Hi, What I meant by fixed size is that, I didn't use the details. All of my calculations are not row based. Hence I cannot use the det ...Show All

• jadelise Resizable Geometries

  Hi there, how do I implement resizable geometries Let's say I have CombinedGeometry, which consists of a rectangle and a circle. I use XOR type of join. Please not that I do everything by the code force. Lets say the region for the that CombinedGeometry got resized. How do I resize my geometry appropriately Should kind of 'cache' every element into variables and change the size of those elements or there's a different way for doing that ...Show All

• pellis next linq release

  Any comment on roughly when the next Linq release is scheduled, and what kinds of changes we can expect The next release is projected for this Spring. The DLINQ features we are targeting for the next preview are focused on support for inheritance, enhanced stored procedure support, and .Net function translation in queries. In addition we are targeting a database provider model that would provide an example of how to create a DLINQ provi ...Show All

• Randy_TS Where are merge modules for VS2005 beta 2?

  Anyone can help me to find a link to merge modules for VS2005 beta 2 downloading   Thanks! If you are trying to deploy a web app you can use the server intall package found at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages\CrystalReports\CRRedist.msi Otherwise, this link is the closest I've come http://www.businessobjects.com/products/dev_ ...Show All

• Kynaeus More than 3 Crystal Reports

  I am using Visual Basic .net 2003. My application displays a number of Crystal Reports as the output. My problem is I only can display 3 reports at a time. If I have 4 or 5 then the first 3 disappear after being displayed and only the last ones will be remain. I use this definition line for each of the reports: Dim CR1 as Crystal.CrystaReport = New Crystal.Report CR1 .Destination = DestinationConstants.crptToWindo ...Show All

• Ryan Kaelin IVsHierarchy, item deleting

  Hi, I'm working with IVsHierarchyEvents interface. It allows me to catch cases when hierarchy item is being renamed or moved; but I can't find the way how to catch delete-case, since VS calls OnItemDelete method on renames and moves. I'm using CS projects and VS2005 RTM. So, the question is how to know that the item with particular itemId is going be tottally deleted by VS Thanks, Peter I would suggest you to ...Show All

• Ben Rinaca How to display "ADD Webreference Dialog Box" programmitically

  Hi, Can anybody please tell me how to display "ADD Webreference Dialog Box". We are trying to dislay it using "AddWebReferenceDlg" of Interface "IVSAddWebReferenceDlg" but Dialog box is not coming up. Can anybody please let me know if their is another method to display the dialog box. Thanx in advance. Regards Kiran Hi Kiran, I'm afraid this foru ...Show All

• cguanchez Querying protection capabilities on the server?

  In my service host I have two endpoints for the same contract: a secured one and an unsecured one. Clients may connect to either. However there will be server side configuration for the clients that specifies whether a client should use a secured or unsecured connection. Hence I need some simple negotiation to check which endpoint the client came in on and tell it to reconnect to an alternate endpoint if necessary if it used the wrong one. To do ...Show All

• Laputa0122 Microsoft Word 2003 and WordML (How to Show/Hide Content in a Document)?

  All, How to show/hide specific sections(assume a paragraph) of a document by checking/unchecking a checkbox (I'm using Word 2003) How to lock/unlock a specific section(assume a paragraph) of a document based on (Checking / Unchecking)check boxes Can we achieve this without using VBA in Microsfot Word 2003 If at all i need to use VBA, as i'm not familiar with VBA, can anybody provide the sample code to show/hide parts(assume if i ...Show All

• PDav What's New in Automation for Visual Studio 2005

  There is so much goodness happening in Visual Studio 2005 that I had to blog about it here . Also feel free to visit the Visual Studio Extensibility Center and let us know what you think. ...Show All