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• Golden Strands Adding items to a ComboBox programatically

  Adding items to a ComboBox in the constructor after the call to InitializeComponents throws an exception. Placing the Items.Add(...) statements in another event handler (e.g. for a button blick) it works perfectly. Why is that, but even more important: which would be the appropriate event to fill controls Thanks, Neno You shouldn't interact with any controls that are loaded via InitializeComponent until the Window::OnLoaded ev ...Show All

• Sudipta Banerjee ItemSend Event - Post Send?

  I know that the ItemSend event in the ApplicationEvents collection comes prior to the item actually being sent. I also did some research looking into the MAPI library and came across - ISpoolerHook which will give you post-processing on an Item Send. Is there any way (w/o getting too creative) to get this in VSTO that I am missing Nick, I like your reference to things "getting too creative". Well, ...Show All

• LaserCorey Report Builder page footer

  Anyone know of a way to add page number or a datetime stamp to reports built in Report Builder I do not see a way to do this without manually editing the rdl file. Well, The date/time stamp turned out to be relatively easy. Just create a text box and plop the formula in it. I tried the Globals!PageNumber and that didn't work. I received an error message stating that particular variable must occur in the he ...Show All

• Ayman Badawi Textbox input validation

  Hi here i'm trying to enter some text into textbox but my problem is it accepts any data what i want is the input text should starts with alphabetics (a to z or A to Z) only. How can i do this Can anybody give me a simple code to do this Thanx - Nagu Hi all of you thank you very much now i got it Nagu Yeah, you're right: what I said was just a possible idea where to start ...Show All

• invalid Range.InsertFile and XPath

  If I use the InsertFile method to insert a new Word XML document, is it posible to just insert the WordML that matches a XPath query Johan, can you clarify the scenario I actually don't remember the scenario right now... :) I think I was looking for an easier way to insert a document fragment or just the WordML for a specific custom XML-node and its childnodes than to open the WordML-file, use SelectSingleNode and then user Range. ...Show All

• mms18 When and where to set custom IIdentity when implementing custom authentication

  Hi - If custom user name/password authentication is being implemented, where is it possible/recommended to set the "PrincipalIdentity" to a custom IIdentity object So far I have custom implementations of ServiceCredentials, UserNameSecurityTokenAuthenticator, UserNameSecurityToken and IAuthorizationPolicy all hooked in and working nicely to verify user credentials against a custom store. I am looking to attach a custom principal object followin ...Show All

• nikkah Adding code in VSTA IDE for some event in my application

  Hi, I have incorporated VSTA within my application. I have created and registered the proxy object model for my application. But I am wondering now how to add code in VSTA IDE for some event in my main application. Say I wana show some menu showing Add VSTA code on roght click of a button on my application (this is easy) but how do on clicking this button do I generate some method as Button_Click in VSTA Ide and get it connected to ...Show All

• CC.NET VSS is not asking me for leaving check out file (Remain check out) while getting letest version

  Hi, I'm continously facing an issue, when ever i open a website from source control it always prompt me with the followoing msg: --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- The folder 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\TradeShores' is not empty. Local files in this folder may be overwritten by the copies from source control. Do you wish to continue --------------------------- Yes No --------------------------- ...Show All

• Steven I. Reportviewer print dialog problem

  My .NET version 2 application creates reports by calling a method from a dll (which I also wrote) which displays a form containing a user control which in turn contains a ReportViewer. I set the viewer's .ReportPath, .BindingSource, and .DataSource properties and call the .RefreshReport method. The viewer displays the report correctly. When I click the viewer's Print button, the Print dialog correctly appears, but I have to click the dialog's ...Show All

• hirahih Just-In-Time Debugger

  Hi there! I've just un-installed Visual Studio 2005 because I didn't get along with it. However, a link or shortcut to the Just-In-Time debugger remains in Windows. For example, sometimes when I run a program, it crashes with a hidden error message. I just want to know if there is any way to remove the shortcut. -UberMensch PS, when I mean "Shortcut", I'm not referring to the ever-useful .lnk files Umm... All I can say is: THA ...Show All

• Jesudhas ANN: A simple Portal User Interface

  Inspired by live.com I have thought about creating a similar UI: http://www.valil.com/portaluitest/portaluitest.xbap Try to move the panels or expand/collapse them. It seems that the animations are using software rendering so if the animations are running too slow, try to collapse/close some of the panels. Right know the content is static and there is no posibility to add other panels. There seems to be a problem with the horoscopes layout, ...Show All

• DLeighty report hang local mode report stored in UNC

  ReportViewer is in local mode, and using LocalReport.ReportPath to specify the report location. Reports are stored on a network share inside LAN. Problem: Some computers always hang when they run report and other computers work fine. What could cause this problem Thanks   I have experienced this kind of problem in the intranet environment, maybe you can try to use IP instead of machine name. Good Luck ...Show All

• NorCis How to hide a SubReport programmatically?

  Hello, We have 4 subreports on one rdlc file. The user can select any number of reports to display. How can we hide or display the selected subreports Since we have all 4 subreports in one rdlc file, the un-selected subreports display "Error: Subreport could not be shown" Please help. Thanks. You may want to read the documentation about using expressions: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms ...Show All

• RayV I don't know what you're telling me.

  Well, hello there. Hello . I'd like to talk to you today about something rather close to my own heart, the kind of thing that doesn't pop-up real often-like when you're gathered 'round the water cooler in your office. The kind of thing that might be shyly batted around behind closed doors, if you pick up what I'm puttin' down. The kind of thing that you wouldn't find yourself laughing about at a cocktail party over a few dry martinis. Now, mayb ...Show All

• CiaranODonnell activeCell.Value2 problem

  hi, i use following to get the text in a active cell. string temp = this.ActiveCell.Value2 my problem is when the active cell is empty i get error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." i want to do something when the active cell is empty it generate a empty string not an exception. I have the same problem for MS PowerPoint. thanks. Hi Probably, what you want to do is: ...Show All