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• MeiXi How to get a reference to a model within code?

  Another little brain teaser: As part of this problem of creating multiple linked models I'm looking for a way of getting a reference to a model that is not necessarily open in an editor. The scenario I am considering at the moment is where I am splitting a single model over many files (to support distributed development of the model and to support diagrams of small model sections) and this single model has some elements that must be common acros ...Show All

• ColinZ Any option to find Track Revisions - Reject Insertion

  Hi, We are working on word customisation using VSTO 2005. We have set the track changes on and inserted bulk of xml tags. On the tracked changes window, i have selected "Reject Insertion" option which fires XMLBeforeDelete event where i have done some functional things. Basically if Track Revisions - Reject Insertion option is selected, we need to skip some of the block of code execution in XMLBeforeDelete event. Is there any opt ...Show All

• JTai Is VSIP still alive?

  When I went to download the aug and sept ctp releases of VS SDK (~40MB), I found download links for VSIP SDK too (~47MB). I thought VSIP was what became VS SDK 2005. Could someone explain what is the difference Also, Microsoft has released VSTA beta (Visual Studio Tools for Applications) at the PDC 2005. How is it different from VS SDK. TIA, -Azhagan The VS SDK contains the VSIP SDK content plus more. The ...Show All

• Jeff Barker New file type

  I am new to Visual Studio Extensibility. What I am trying to accomplish is create a new file type, add context menu items when a file of this type is selected in solution explorer and custom tool. What is the easiest way to do this For a custom editor for the item you will want to create an EditorFactory... check out the sample in the BasicEditor example in the "Visual Studio 2005 SDK" \Visual Studio 2005 SD ...Show All

• Raghavendra Naik DLINQ Queries and observations

  I have the following queries/Observations about DLINQ. 1. I could not find any direct way of handling many to many relations. Suppose if User and Role are related by a join table UserRole then I should be able to have a collection of Roles in User and vice versa. Which i think is not possible in DLINQ. (Please correct me if I am wrong) 2. State management is handle outside entities. In scenareos where a client grabs a entity from a WS , ...Show All

• Audrey N. T. Indexing data

  If the data source for the query has 10's of thousands of items, does the new syntax automatically build and index behind the scenes   If not, is there a way to specify one   If not, is this being planned Thanks Ad. It is probably not reasonable to expect the query facility to optimize by sorting and/or creating a dictionary for the collections involved, automatically. However, if the programmer is ...Show All

• Juan Carlos Trimiño How to launch a Windows Form in a new thread from a SmartTag action?

  Hi all, I am using Excel 2003, VSTO 2005 and C#.NET 2005. I am creating an Office Addin and a Smart Tag DLL. Some of the Actions in the SmartTag DLL require me to launch a Windows Form. In the Smart Tag performance guide it is recommended that any such GUI components be launched in a new Thread so as not to load the smart tag recogniser thread. Can someone give me an example of how to do this Also, with my additional Office COMAddin, I also ne ...Show All

• Ike Ellis VS 2003 install fails after prerequisites load

  One of my students is having trouble installing VS 2003 .NET.  After the prerequisite disk does its thing, and he selects the number 2 action of the four listed, he gets a message box that says in essence "Remote access is installed, and must be removed before installing VS 2003".  Problem is, neither of us can find a way to uninstall the remote stuff.  There are only the items installed by the prerequisite disk showing in the "Ad ...Show All

• rlopez_icr Getting the instance of DEVENV without using it!

  How to create a new Solution and a project  without using the  ENVDTE as it gets the instance  of DEVENV from  runtime Marshalling object. I would like  to get the  instance  of the DEVENV without using  the DEVENV  or its IDE. The exe File should dynamically create the Solution and  its project. Thanks in Advance, Jangu A solution is plain text so why don't y ...Show All

• Shortimer Network Not Found and/or Invalid Handle

  Oftentimes when performing a "Get latest version" operation recursively on a project, VSS 2005 Explorer will stop and display a "Network Not Found" op-up window and sometimes when I acknowledge this window, VSS Explorer will resume the get operation and some other times, it will display another pop-up; "Invalid handle" and stop. The VSS DB is configured to support the LAN and internet plug-in and the web.config f ...Show All

• kenmc Correct way to write an inherited Avalon control

  There are two options in the new class wizard that seem close enough. One is for a Custom control, where a class is generated that's derived from Control, but it's just source code, no Xaml. The other option is a User control, where a class is derived from UserControl, and includes Xaml support. Now, say I want to derive my own ComboBox or ListBox - which of the above two do I use as a start I am thinking, I generate a UserControl deri ...Show All

• Kent Ogletree Databinding controls

  How to databind two controls in same form so that when one looses focus the other gets updated, it can always be done via code, but how to acomplish this using databinding Thanks Simon, This works fine. Sorry for the delayed acknowledgement. Regards Shailendra have a look at 'UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus' There is also a fairly recent article on MSDN about ...Show All

• Kevin Bowker How Can We Improve the Help Documentation and Sample Code?

  Hi All, I wanted to start a thread here for anyone who has an idea to make the Crystal Reports for Visual Studio Help and Sample Code better. Is there a sample missing Have you got a sample that you think is really useful Is there something missing from the documentation Is there a better way to organize it for you Make a post in this discussion or check out Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 on the MSDN ...Show All

• JoshHarris Trips to the database

  I have a general performance question that needs clarification. Assuming an object graph of Customer, Orders, OrderDetails and assume I am retrieving one customer with 10 orders and each order has 5 orderdetails, how many trips to the database will be required Is it 3 or 12 Thanks, Dave Foderick Taking a guess I would say 12 as I don't see that complexity implemented. If you use the Including() operator to specify immediate loading ...Show All

• DLiu 2003 & 2005

  Can VS2003 Pro and VS2005 coexist on the same PC Will they interfere with each other Maybe a better question is: Can I continue to maintain and enhance applications written with VS2003 with the VS2005 tools TIA!!   Yes and Yes :) VS 2005 and VS2003 can co-exist and you can use 2005 to maintain your 2003 apps. ...Show All