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• jianfeng Answer Draw my own squigglies on Word document...

  Is there anyway in VSTO that I can draw my own squigglies (like the red squiggly for spelling mistakes, and the green squiggly for grammar check) on a Word document If I want to underline a sentence with my own colored squiggly, can this be done Can I call directly into COM to do this Or is this impossible Bottom line is I'd like to apply my own custom non-printable formatting to certain parts of a Word doc (like the squigglies or the dots that ...Show All

• Rom90125 How can I use %(RecursiveDir) and task batching together

  I thought this would be simple, but I can't figure out how to recursively copy items to multiple directories. < ItemGroup > < Host Include = " localhost " > < Hostname > localhost </ Hostname > < Domain > $(NamDMZ) </ Domain > </ Host > <!-- Development servers --> < Host Include = " DevServer1 " > < Domain > $(NSRoot) </ Domain > < Hostname & ...Show All

• rexian Local Variables invisible to debugger?

  Recently the VS2005 C# debugger has been exhibiting strange behaviour. Here is an example: private void Test() { double dd = 2.0 * 3.0; return; } Up until recently, I could set a breakpoint on the return statement and place the mouse over the "dd" variable to see its value. Also, I could open the "Locals" window and see "dd". All of a sudden, the local variables are "invisible" to the debugger. Nothing shows up when I hover the mouse over ...Show All

• LoStDaNi Visual Studio 2005 and Visual SourceSafe 2005

  Hi all, Current Situation: - 5 Developers - VS 2005 Pro and VSS client plug-in installed on all 5 developer computers. - VSS installed on a development server. Already created a VSS Database with 2 projects/folders (let's call it A and B) Question: How do I use the shared VSS project from VS 2005 Pro Thanks in advance. Lucas Here is a good place to start: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp ur ...Show All

• stanley.suntao Microsoft OutLook Plugin Problems

  hi, I am developing a plugin with the help of the document on the following link http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/ol03csharp.asp I follow all the steps mentioned in the document and finally build and install . everythings goes smooth till this point . But after this when I launch the outlook my plugin does not appear in the toolbar. Do I require to do some additional steps in order to regis ...Show All

• Fonzy C++ / Add Class / Class Wizard replacement

  Hi,  I want to create a more flexible C++ Class wizard then the existing one.  I want to access my wizard from the "Add/class" contextual menu item, the same way as the current wizard is accessed, or add my own "Jamea Class" under the "Add" contextual menu item.  Three questions: What extensibility machanism I would want to use to create the wizard I know some VB and no C# ( I am a quick learner though ) Wou ...Show All

• John Winstanley programmatically clicking a button?

  is there a blessed way to programmatically simulate a button click so that the button acts as though it's been pressed   perhaps sending a mouse click to the button I think you could try to use UI Automation, check the "Accessibility" section in the WPF documentation. Go to "How-to Topics"  and see "Invoke a Control using UI Automation" sample. Hope this helps, Valentin Invoke a Control Usi ...Show All

• Dmitry Poltaryonok Error creating a DLINQ Web Service

  Hello all, I've tried making a simple web service (asmx) to act as a front end to return DLINQ objects created from SqlMetal. However, when I run a method in the service that returns a DLINQ object, I get the error below. Is it supposed to be possible to do this or is this an unsupported action I have taken the exact same code and put it in a DLINQ console application instead of a DLINQ web application and it has worked fine. Also, I did choo ...Show All

• J. Washburn dragging control will immediately crash visual studio

  Problem repro: create a new windows application fx project, create button on the grid, drag it to another location. After about 0.5 seconds visual studio throws an error and asks me if I want to debug. If i choose yes, I can get to this call stack: > ntdll.dll!7c901230() [Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded for ntdll.dll] milcore.dll!53216a95() milcore.dll!5316ba53() milcore.dll!530d9318() milcore.dl ...Show All

• Joe M.199308 Determining whether WinFX Runtime Components are installed

  I have a program that uses the WinFX runtime components that I would like to deploy using ClickOnce. I am trying to set up the runtime components as a prerequisite to the install of my app. I would like to be able to detect whether the runtime components are already installed on the client, and if they are not (or not the latest version) then require them to install them. How can I determine if they are installed and the version of the runtime i ...Show All

• domukajoor Crystal Report - Can Grow option is disabled

  HI All I Find that the ‘CAN GROW’ option is disabled in row name field (Varchar) of the Cross Tab Report. Is that a Bug or is there a work around to solve this.. Raheel, I am having the exact same issue right now. Please post the resolution and/or explanation if you find one. Thanks, Evelyn ...Show All

• rpolansky how do i debug application using Remote Desktop Connection

  i use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to machine.i want to debug my applaication. so i follow following steps msvcmon  -anyuser -tcpip on command prompt and see  the message *Msvcmon will timeout and exit in 15 minutes* Waiting for Connections - everyone is allowed access i start VS.Net and open the solution  for the module to debug.on Tools menu i click Debug Process  and select TCP/ID (native only) from transport.and ...Show All

• Dina Holan MSFT awkward syntax?

  How awkward is the syntax for directly using a foreach statement directly over linq query results: foreach (var x in from e in db.Employees where e.City == "Melbourne" select new {e.FirstName,e.LastName}) {    Console.WriteLine(x); }   This syntax would be possible using explicit dot notation.  Do you think it is better foreach (var x in db.Employees.Where(e => e.Ci ...Show All

• johnpauth Thank you & Merry Christmas (free game)

  Hi; As a thank you for all the help here - we have a free game up as a Christmas present - http://www.windwardreports.com/enemy_nations.htm thanks - dave You are welcome. We wouldn't exist without Word and the Add-In i/f so I am very appreciative of what you guys have created. Did you download the game thanks - dave David, I know you are a frequent poster here for VSTO questions, and it is great to know that you are hyper-enthused ...Show All

• Chris Eytcheson Interactive Multi Column Sorting question

  I know that you can do interactive multi column sorting, but in what sense   That is, lets say I have a table with a State and a FullName column.  I realize I can set things up so that the user can sort on the state column, or the user can sort on the Fullname column; But is it possible to fix it so the user can sort (interactively) first by State and second by FullName   If so, how does it work   Does the ...Show All