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• James L. Buchan debugger - error: cannot obtain value / NullReferenceException

  Hello, I have a problem with a portion of code in an OnClickButton event : In the code of this event I make a call to a function wich takes 9 parameters of different types. When this call is commented, there s no problem my application's behaviour is OK. When I call my function in the OnClick Event, there are several problem starting in the beginning of the code : I cannot access to the properties of the form's controls (error: cannot o ...Show All

• Ravi Shanmugam VSS 2005 Internet on port 81

  After reading Alin Constantin's excellent article on installing and configuring VSS 2005 Internet, I now need to configure it to run on a non-default port such as 81 so as not to interfere with my other computers on the network. Using port 80 (default), and port forwarding on my router, i was able to get VSS 2005 to work, but browsing on other machines doesn't. Unfortunately, the last paragraph in Alin's article doesn't work :( I guess the real ...Show All

• jftl6y_007 DirectShow and video capture in Avalon?

  Should I still use directshow to create a video capture application in Avalon If yes, where can I find the reference. If no, what should be the new alternative Thank you. I am also interested in this. I am trying to implement a webcam preview class that is similar in functionality with the MediaElement. I have asked this many places, and didn't get much feedback. MS employees are too quiet about his, and I wonder why Anyway, I am stil ...Show All

• alex121 How should I define filters that work for dynamic help in VS2003/5?

  I am trying to find out how to define filters for Dynamic Help that respond to user-defined attributes within the HTML source files (as opposed to the context-sensitive messages emitted by the current object in focus inside Visual Studio).  For full details, see below; any advice at all (including "this cannot be done", should this be the case) would be greatly appreciated.  Feel free to write to me at edwarddotgrahamatugsdotcom. Tha ...Show All

• jaw56 VS 2005 Plug-In can not be removed

  I built a quick and dirty VS2005 plug-in. Everything was working fine through several builds and runs (with debug), and then suddenly, it couldn't be built anymore because the DLL was already in use. What I discovered was that the plug-in was now permanently embedded in VS2005. When I go into the add-in manager, I uncheck all of the boxes associated with the plug-in, but it remains, even on restart. There is no Uninstall (there used to be, right ...Show All

• GimGif Problem installing .NET Framework 2.0

  When installing the .NET 2.0 framework in the VS 2005 installation, th einstallation would just take forever not getting anywhere. I would leave it for 4 hours hoping that it would install but nothing happpened. This was using an ISO downloaded from the MSDN Academic Alliance (my University is subscribed to it for all members of my course - therefore I was using a DVD burnt by one of my mates, that had worked on his computer). Having given up wi ...Show All

• Cutter1703 Aurora XAML Designer Beta 9.0 for WinFX Beta 2

  Aurora XAML Designer Beta 9.0 is now available for WinFX Beta 2. Aurora now has limited 3D authoring and animation Download now at http://www.mobiform.com/Eng/aurora.html Visit us at TechEd 2006 in Boston. Booth #335 Regards, Mobiform Software Just checked its all good..... Ron Lol, I was on the site less than five minutes a ...Show All

• Juan C. Mendez Outlook plugin problem.

  Hello , I have developed a plugin for outlook 2003 but it does not get loaded in outlook2002. Have no idea about the problem. Can anybody help me out with this issue. Regards, Chintan  What language did you write it in you should be able to adjust the type library vesion. For Outlook 2003 (Outlook 11) the Tylib GUID is {00062FFF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} and the version is 9.2 Outlook 2000 (Outloo ...Show All

• alevy Problems with VSHOST.EXE

  Hi all, I've started getting errors when building an application. It stop building with an "This operation could not be completed" error. If I try again, it then says "Visual Studio could not copy a support file to this location <path to VSHOST.EXE>". I can fix the error by renaming VSHOST.EXE to VSHOST.EXE.OLD and rebuilding. The project is on a network share so perhaps this could be the problem ...Show All

• wilsone8 What happened to ServiceHost.Throttle

  The title says it all really.  The ServiceHost generic used to have a property named Throttle which allowed setting of no. of concurrent threads and so on, but this has now disappeared/moved. Anyone know where it went David OK, try this at home. See what it does for you. :-) using System; using System.Configuration; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ServiceModel; using System.ServiceModel.Design; namespace Microsof ...Show All

• Moritz Pfennig snippets not recognizing XML attributes

  I am creating several C# code snippets, and I have been trying to take advantage of the ability to set a 'Kind' property on the code within the snippet XML, which, based on my understanding, should constrain the use of the snippet to particular contexts (such as whether or not it can be inserted inside a method body, whether it is a standalone method itself, etc.). For example, < Code Language = " CSharp " Kind = " metho ...Show All

• NateInIndy WPF App design: How to handle selection events without coupling

  Here's the problem: The main window of the application contains several panels that may contain selectable controls such as listboxes or listviews. When the user presses a key combination (ex: CTRL+A) or presses a specific button, I'd like to identify all the selected items from the last selected container and execute a specific operation on them. An example: Imagine the application is a store front that displays items of diferent t ...Show All

• Krams vstemplates and create directory for solution option

  Is it possible to disable/clear this option via a .vstemplate property You can control items such as the Browse button via <EnableLocationBrowseButton> but I haven't found anything to control the solution directory check box. Failing that, is it possible to determine the setting of this in a wizard extension Hi Rusty, Can you elaborate on how I could ignore/override in a custom wizard Do you mean c ...Show All

• Mohit6032 LogonInfo, linked parameters, different databases, subreports, Oh My

  I'm having a bear of a time getting reports with subreports to function correctly. I have followed all of the directions for logonInfo updates. The original report running under v9 only has to have the first four parameters filled, from there 9 other linked parameters are supposed to be filled. I started with code that we have in production (v9). This code ran fine when running against the server that the report was designed against. But when co ...Show All

• mafred52 Query on VS2005

    Thanks its all done. Mahesh Hi, 1. caspol.exe is part of the .NetFX. You will not need to install the SDK. 2 First article is an in depth overview of VSTO deployment models and proposed solutions. The second one is a complete walkthrough for setup project creation with code samples. Hi , Thanks for the reply.After including the setup proj ...Show All