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• Jaxom DDEX for Compact Framework

  This is something I can't find any documentation for ... I know this can be done, since SqlServerCe does it... Its designer uses SqlServerCe.Client, but when you do databinding and so forth it actually adds a reference to SqlServerCe to your project instead. Does this happen through the FactoryService for the SqlServerCe designer, or somewhere else deeper into the implementation I basically need to let the user design away with the full f ...Show All

• Bill C Custom task failing as part of build process, but not standalone

  I have a simple custom task that loads an XML file into an XmlDocument, retrieves a node with a given XPath query, sets a given attribute of that node to a given value and writes the XML file back to disk. Simple stuff. This task, which is the only task in a certain target, executes fine if called explicitly from the command line: msbuild <buildfile> /target:UpdateWebConfig But when that target is called (using CallTarget) from another tar ...Show All

• fattycat Access Reports - Crystal

  Hiya guys, This is probably going to sound like a stupid question, but I have got an access database that I created, with lots of reports already created. Im now using Visual Studio 2005 B2 (VB.NET) to re-create a front end to my dataset. ( Im a new user to VB.NET and its my first programming language so im a total noob) Im slowly grasping the ideas, and am making good progress with my front end... The thing I would like to know, is there anyway ...Show All

• Vertigo1 Problem w/ Crystal Reports

  I am trying to create some reports in VB.NET 2005 using the Crystal Reports designer. My problem is whenever I do a report off a particular table it is not grouping correctly. I'm trying to group off a field Called EffectiveDate. What happends in my case is the date 5/7/2006 shows up in bold as the start of a group then all the dates are shown below. The problem is there is no 5/72006 in the database and the report is not grouping by the act ...Show All

• rmicro1 VSLangProj and EnvDTE in VS 2005.

  Hi,              I am updating a existing VS 2003 add-in to VS 2005 addin. I am using the dll "VSLangProj"  assembly. But unfortunately I couldn't debug the appliction in a machine having VS 2005 (Not having VS 2003) only. I am getting a FileNotFound exception (System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Error while loading file 'EnvDTE, Version=7.0.3300.0). One of my project is using VSLangProj and it is depen ...Show All

• Jagannath Can't reference contained class in XAML

  If I have a contained class, e.g.: public class MainClass { ... public class ContainedClass { ... } } I'm unable to refer to this class within XAML. As I understand it, the "name" of this class (ignoring its namespace) is MainClass+ContainedClass, but I can't use that in XAML since the '+' character is an illegal XML identifier character. This limitation prevents me from instantiating a MainClass+ContainedClass in (e. ...Show All

• lmussier MembershipProvider, how are faults created?

  I’m looking at the MembershipProvider sample that is in the SDK. The sample has the following implementation of the membership provider: public class MyMembershipProvider : MembershipProvider { ... public override bool ValidateUser(string name, string password) { if (null == name || null == password) { throw new ArgumentNullException(); } if (name != password) { ...Show All

• Qixxin Install VS 2005 Standard Ed Hangs on Executing Action: RemoveTempHxDs

  I have a 1.2 Ghz Dell laptop with 1 gb of memory.  I started the install almost 16 hours ago.  MSIexec is using 97% of my cpu.  The install failed 2 times before this, but it gave me the option to send a report to MS.  This time I'll just have to kill it.   I have the version that was given to me at the Chicago launch.  I have uninstalled Beta 2 and VS 2003 without any difficulty. ...Show All

• David Armor Crevier's Virtualization Panel and VisualTreeHelper

  Got an interesting one for you guys... I'm using Crevier's Virtualization Panel and filling it with Image objects. When a user selects one of the images I am attempting to use VisualTreeHelper to calculate it's location so I can make a visual brush and do some animation. I have this working in an example not using the Virtualization Panel. One thought I have is that the V-Panel makes use has a dock panel which contains an items control, and the ...Show All

• Thennavan Ramalingam vs 2005 beta 2 setup fails

  When I try to setup vs 2005 beta 2, it says that it failed to setup visual studio itself after it gets to the end screen. The installation seems normal untill then because the vs 2005 even gets a checkmark next to it when on the install screen. The progress bar never moves when it is on vs 2005 though. I will post the error log when I can find it. I am having the same error as you had. How did you fix the probl ...Show All

• george moudry QueryStatus() isn't called until running a command for the first time

  Hi, I am writing an addin to VS 2005. I added 2 commands to the project context menu. I have a code in QueryStatus that controls the status of these commands. the problem is that QueryStatus isn't called until the first time I run one of my commands. after the first time QueryStatus is called whenever the menu opens, which is the correct behavior for me. I put a System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break() in QueryStatus to verify when it is cal ...Show All

• Toengel Updating databound collection not in UI thread

  I have a TreeView that uses ObservableCollection as it ItemsSource. Items in this collection are added and removed in other thread, not UI thread. As collection changes I get NotSupportedException {"This type of CollectionView does not support changes to its SourceCollection from a thread different from the Dispatcher thread."}. How do I add, remove, clear items in ObservableCollection that is Databound to a TreeView without using Dispatcher ...Show All

• willajo PowerToys for the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and Distributed System Designers

  We’ve published a set of set of add-ins which augments existing functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and the Distributed Systems Designers. The Design Tools Enhancements add-in provides a common set of features that can be used by both the Class Designer and the Distributed System Designers , such as pan/zoom window and rich formatting commands. The Class Designer Enhancements add-in provides additional functionality for the ...Show All

• Amazon Mother How to get the latest version using msbuild

  I am trying to develope the application in msbuild which will automatically get the the latest version from vss,compile the code, then use xenocode for obfuscation and finallly to build setups...Can  anyone tell me how to get the latest version from vss using msbuild...... Thanks... You need to put Microsoft.Sdc.Common.tasks and Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.dll somewhere where msbuild can find them, easies ...Show All

• spshah How can I pass parameters to a child Item Template programmatically?

  Hi, I have two item wizards, WizardA and WizardB. I want to be able to call WizardB programatically using project.ProjectItems.AddFromTemplate(WizardB.vstemplate, “ItemName”) from the IWizard. RunStarted method in WizardA and to be able to pass some parameters to wizardB. Do you know how can I do this , replacementsDictionary doesn’t seem to be preserved when invoking a child template from another one. Thanks Gab ...Show All