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• TechieVaibhav November release Designers compile errors

  When compiling designers, directly created from the templates the error "Can't start preprocessor" occurs. The beta2 releases (on a different machine) worked fine. Any sugestions Alan, It runs ok now, the thing was that I needed to the install Visual C++ package on Visual Studio. As far as I know this is not on the requirements list. Thanks, Jacques. For the November release a ...Show All

• bconnors Windows media player

  I hope my question is not stupi. I need to transfer some bits of pieces from wmw format as movie to jpg or whatever in PPT. How I transfer movie to picture Thanks Kiro I'm affraid your question is not at all related to the subject of this forum. I would suggest posting your question in one of the media forums. -= Maarten =- ...Show All

• PK_SSIS Report times out on production web server

  On my development machine this particular report runs fine and quickly, but when I run it on the production machine it just freezes until I get a "Request timed out" error (which doesn't tell me a thing). The report accepts 10 parameters which are then passed into a stored procedure. I set the values of the parameters and ConnectionInfo from my asp.net code and then export the report to a PDF file. Works p ...Show All

• SystemCodeDigger VS 2005 and SourceSafe 6.0c

  I've been using VS 6.0 for years and this all worked so seamlessly, so I'm really disappointed that I'm having such a hard time with this. In VS 2005 (from my workstation), I create a new website on my development IIS server.  I want to add the entire site into SourceSafe, but when I do, it says:   Microsoft Visual Studio cannot add FrontPage Web Sites to source control. Use Visual Studio to save all Web Site files. Then from th ...Show All

• Brian Crawford Incorrect Exception

  I have a class that I'm using as a DataContract. This class has a property that returns a string. It just so happens that this string includes XML (or, more correctly XHTML). Whenever I try to return an instance of this class, I get a ChannelIOException: ChannelIOException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive. Inner Exception: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection ...Show All

• gmm567 Build an Action Pane Across All Document Types?

  In VSTO 2005, is it possible to build an action pane which is accessible across all documents   Rather than associating an action pane to a single document or single template, I'd like to have something (exposed in an action pane) which is available to -all- documents opened in Word.  I understand that Word add-ins have the global availability that I want but I don't believe add-in functionality can be exposed via a pane, can they ...Show All

• Elizabeth_Maher_MS Installing VS 2005 with SQL Server 2005 RC1

  Hi all, I have installed Sql Server 2005 RC1 on a Win 2003 machine. It also installed BIDS alongwith it. Now i need to install VS 2005. I have got VS 2005 Beta 2 DVD. But while installing it, it also tries to install .NET Framework 2.0 Beta, which fails because SQL Server 2005 RC1 has already installed .NET Framework 2.0 Is there any solution for this Thanks in advance. Sumit Pilankar Hi. 1) Stop SQL serv ...Show All

• Timothy Cox Adding new property page Visual studio 2005 - strange behavior

  Hey, I've added a new property page using a class that derived from UserControl and IproperyPage. This page supports some configurations (Deubg,Relese,etc) and contain a textbox. When user press 'c' on the text box's edit area the focus is transferred into Configuration combo box and when the user press 'm' the on the text box's edit area the focus is transferred into Platfrom combo box. How can I disable this behavior Thanks, ...Show All

• Steve Culver - MSFT VSIP Package Wizard

  I am working with creating VSPackages and trying to use the wizards that seem to have been removed form the VS Beta 2 and VSIP-B2.  Has the wizard location changed The VSIP documentation says 1) File New Project 2) Extensibility Projects   (was there under Beta 1) Trying to create a VSPackage for our own language that will support a Forms designer.   I went under the VISP 8.0\envsdk\cs_samples and c ...Show All

• maaVB2005 Internet Connection in VS 2005

  Hi,       I just installed VS 2005 on my machine, but my online help cannot be accessed. I keep getting the message: "The request failed with Http Status 407. Proxy authentication required". IE on my machine does have proxy authentication. Is there a fix for this   Thanks, Arshad Same problem here. Sorry for taking so long to get back to everyone on this.  ...Show All

• ssmile73 ContentControls & VSTO(v.3 aka 2007)

  I have yet to throw on the newest CTP of VSTO, i have the second newest version. I would like to use Content Controls in my document solution as a way to show visual cues to the users. From the content controls i have seen, they only appear different when the user hovers over the next, i am looking for a way to have these ContentControls always on with the blue outline around the content control. It would also be very useful that i can hide my c ...Show All

• CSWong Adding toolbar button like Excel's Undo/Redo

  Hi All, We are building a VSTO application for Excel. I am trying to add a button that will act like the excel undo/redo button in its look and feel. We want to add a button with an Icon that when clicked on will show a dropdown list similiar to how the Undo/Redo buttons do. I'm not sure what kind of button to use. Is this even possible Can someone please help or guide me to a resource or forum that might be a more appropriate audience fo ...Show All

• nongnu_best Xml Literals in C#

  Hi, I dont know if someone already answered this question but, how come c#'s version of xlinq (, or c#3.0, or c# orcas, or whatever it's called now) does not include xml literals! I cant imagine a reason not to include thins functionality beyond being too hard to do in c# or something like than. The C# design team has prioritized language changes like XML literals down quite a bit, believing that the XLinq ...Show All

• bighead Getting ListView to do things other than text

  I'm having trouble customizing the ListView for my application's needs. What it needs to do is: a) Allow multiple rows for each item bound, not just one. b) Support things other than just text for binding (DisplayMemberPath). As an example, I want a listview with four columns. Each ListViewItem is bound to a strongly-typed class and will require two rows: For example, take a look at  this mockup , which represents a ListViewIt ...Show All

• gd2q acrobat 5.0 pdf writer

  Has anyone had a problem printing a crystal report to acrobat pdf writer (version 5)   The pdf file contains giberish, like printer escape sequences.  I know you can export to pdf and that works fine. Thanks Hello, I found this kbase article that seems to answer your question: http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2014012.asp Keith - Business Objects ...Show All