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• Ameya Limaye Extending dispatcher to prevent message replay

  I am working on a project where I need to prevent message replay. All my mesages have a RequestId. Basically what I want is: all messages that arrive to my system, I want to inspect the request message id, and verify if the message is already processed. If so, I want go give the same response that i gave originally, or a fault if the message is in processing. I know that I can extend the service model with behaviors, but i am litle ...Show All

• Mark Dormer Zip task not given required parameter

  Hi, I'm trying to use the zip functionallity of Microsoft.VsSDK to zip my project files directly under VS. Similar to the IronPython project sample. But I'm getting the following error: Error 67 The "Zip" task was not given a value for the required parameter "ZipName". ProjectTest I've added the following to my csproj file: <Import Project="Tools\Build\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" /> ANd < ...Show All

• tuba ranger Can't add MSDN library to x64 install

  Hi All, I have an install of VS 2005 CTP July 2005 on my DELL PowerEdge box (dual 64-bit processors).  The install went fine, but I can't install the MSDN library that was on the DVD.  The install says an unhandled excption in msiexec.exe. Can the MSDN library be installed on 64-bit hardware   Or am I missing something else Thanks in Advance! Corey. Yes, I'm running Windows 2003 Std. Server x64 ...Show All

• vmelton binding to a function call instead of property?

  Hi, If I have following function class LanguageHandler { public static string GetString(string key) { } } Is anyway I can binding a textblock - text to the GetString function thanks/chong But how do you specify parameter for the function in the binding thanks/chong I thought you could specify a MethodName in ObjectDataProvider, no < O ...Show All

• Kirk Rader Can Outlook folders simulate Listview presentation of ADO records

  Hi, I’m in the middle of planning a new project where VSTO and Outlook will be the keystone in the architecture. Outlook will be used as the main client performing search and presenting (read-only) data from our main application which is based on web services. I’m thinking of using an Outlook folder that simulates grid/ list view functionality. Post ADO records in to the folder after running some predefined search in a combobox. I ...Show All

• ramuty To rename the local copy of the files retrieved from vss using get method. - URGENT

  HI There is a need in our project to migrate from VSS to our web based tool. So we need to dump all the files with all the versions to a local directory, so that we can move our project to the web tool. I have a problem in retrieving all the versions of the file. Our requirement is to retrieve each version and append the version number to the filename. Can you plz. suggest some idea as soon as possible. Thanks. ...Show All

• James White Licensing & pricing

  I thought I should start a thread on licensing and pricing where we can give some feedback to MS on the type of scenarios we intend to implement and how various licensing & pricing schemes would interact with that. As I see it there are two separate questions here: 1) What license is required to author a DSL 2) What license is required to use a DSL For 1) I guess the main question is which edition of Visual Studio will be required, and ...Show All

• Ted Nugent Cider Designer Problem/Bug

  Hello When i create a new WinFX Windows application i can't switch to the designer. I get following error: "Could create a instance of type window". This is new windows application without any other controls on it. Can someone help me out Kind regards Dieter Hi Dieter, Without more information (such as a call stack you get by attaching another instance of VS and catching exceptions), every indication is t ...Show All

• mattis DevExpress CodeRush v2 on Vista beta2 / VS2005 RTM

  Anybody tried to install latest (v2) CodeRush on Visual Studio 2005 RTM running on Windows Vista beta2 All installs nicely but nothing shows up.. Could you contact DevExpress to solve this problem They have forums and nice tech support people by e-mail too... There is actually a more generic issue with developing packages on Vista. Allen has posted an extensive blog entry about it that you shoul ...Show All

• J Cervero Where is my cursor?

  I have developed and outlook add-in that contains a custom task pane hosting a windows form user control inside it. The user control had a textbox and a button. The button has an event handler attached to it. When the end user enter some text in the textbox while compposing a new email and click the button, I want to insert the text from textbox into the body section of the email. The problem is that how can I identify where my cursor is current ...Show All

• sfleck Controls Toolbox not showing in Visual Studio 2005

  Hi, Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727 Installed Edition: Professional Microsoft Visual C# 2005 77626-009-0000007-41642 Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications 77626-009-0000007-41642 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 77626-009-0000007-41642 ...Show All

• cyb3rb0y_gr CreateToolWindow2

  Does anyone have any code examples (C#) on how to use CreateToolWindow2 method Here is a C# sample of CreateToolWindow2.   I created my toolwindow in a C# add-in.  You could paste the code in the OnConnection method for a C# add-in for VS.  Hope you find it helpful.   EnvDTE80. DTE2 dte2obj; EnvDTE80. Windows2 wins2obj; AddIn addinobj; object ctlobj= null ; Windo ...Show All

• bananas MSBuild task does not work

  Can you provide the full log from the Team Build One possibility is that the project file you are attempting to call doesn't exist on the Team Build machine, or it might be in a different relative location to the calling project file.  Is this other project file checked into source code control   What was the specific error you received --Rajeev As I said - there is no error log. the build just stop ...Show All

• Jurgen Willis RenderingHint? and 3D

  I remember (I think...) that with this/next CTP release that we would get actual real anti-aliasing for 3D objects, but I can't remember any of the details, so if any have a link or a good handle on it, it would be appreciated. It's not turned on by default because a substantial number of mainstream video cards will render improperly or just simply crash when multisampling is enabled.  This problem is comp ...Show All

• HenLen77 Can't uninstall MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta

  A while back I installed Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Beta 2 Version on my laptop and used it. I now have the latest Visual Studio 2005 Professional and I want to install it but I can't. MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta will not uninstall. I've tried just about everything but everytime it goes through the uninstall process at the last possible moment it "rolls-back" and dosn't perform the uninstall. I'm stuck. I read through m ...Show All