Bob Wesolowski's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Animating expander collapse/expand in xaml ?

  Hi, I'm trying to make a custom template for Expander to animate the collapse and expand (as in windows xp). When i add the following trigger : < Trigger Property = " IsExpanded " Value = " True " > < Trigger.EnterActions > < BeginStoryboard > < Storyboard > < DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName = " Content " Storyboard.TargetProperty = " Height " To = & ...Show All

• Visual C# Unable to update Windows Defender in Windows XP Media Center 2005

  I have 2 computers, one running XP Pro, and the other Media Center 2005. On the first, Windows Defender runs wonderfully. On the Media Edition, it says that the update was completed successfully, but the signature version remains Version 1.0.0.0 built on 1-25-2006. The tray icon remains with the asterik on it. Also, Windows Update reports the same update over and over again, finishes, and reports successful update, but no change to the origina ...Show All

• Windows Forms Deployment and Updates

  I am new to deploying and updating an application.  Anyone seen a good article explaining the process and possibly an example Thanks That was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. ...Show All

• Visual Basic WriteAllText Method

  Hi guys, I'm a new VB6 user. I'm trying to write text to a file using the reference provided on MSDN ( http://winfx.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vbalr/html/f507460c-87d9-4504-b74f-3ff825c7d5c4.asp frame=true ) I'm using this code: Private Sub Command1_Click() ' Declaration Public Sub WriteAllText(ByVal file As String, ByVal text As String, ByVal append As Boolean) End Sub My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("C:\TestFolder1\test.txt", "Thi ...Show All

• Visual C++ ultra fast binary writes

  Hello, can anyone please help... This is a bit of a general question. My C knowledge is limited to the K&R book. I have used the fsutil tool on windows xp and noticed that the command: fsutil file createnew c:\$delthis.bin  1234567890  which creates a file over a gigabyte in size is extremely fast - it takes about a second on a PIII 800MHz with 256MB memory. This seems to be amazing given that it zeros the whole file, rat ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System ASP.NET unit tests and the Page Lifecycle

  I am writing unit tests for some ASP.NET webcontrols and have hit a brickwall. Some of these controls depend on the page lifecycle.  For instance, one of the methods on a control works only on Prerender or after Page load. I tried the private object's invoke method like below, after adding my control to the page, and before calling the specific method of the control:            &nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Helptext purpose?

  Hi there! I'm creating my process and this question came to me... What's the purpose of the helptext tag in the bug.xml file Is it only for development/customization purpose Look at this example: < FIELD name = " Title " refname = " System.Title " type = " String " > < HELPTEXT > Short description of the bug used to differentiate it in a list or report. </ HELPTEXT > < ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Persistent menu in Word (through VSTO 2005)

  Is it possible to create a persistent menu in MS Word 2003 via any other means than implementing IDTExtensibility2 interface All other parts of our project are implemented using VSTO 2005, but we also need a 'starting point' of sorts - i.e. a menu or a smart panel that is always present (no matter what type of document or even if no document is open). Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you, -Nick Hi Nick, ...Show All

• Visual J# Running a Simple Program in J#

  I created my first application in J#. In the Form1_load procedure I put System.out.println("Hello World"); I build the application. It compiles clean. How do I run it   It's not too obvious.  I did install the J# Redistribution Package.  HELP!  This is so simple.. but I'm stumped!!! I figured out a way to get the "form as text" info. Before print Expand the section that says "Windows Form Designer generated code".  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office 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

• Windows Forms Cannot set GenerateDBDirectMethods to true in type datasets

  Hi guys I have used strongly typed datasets in vs2005 to create my dal. I am having an issue that some of my TableAdapters dont have Insert/Delete methods generated. I have tracked this down to the GenerateDBDirectMethods being set to false on those table adpters. However, If I try and set this to true, I get an error saying “property value is not valid, The type of database object does not allow to set GenerateDBDirect to true” Now ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Supposed Virus on VB Express Download

  When I try to download the install file, my virus scanner jumps in saying that it is a virus... Is this actually correct Many virus scanners respond to cab and msi files. Mine does all the time. This is a sign of a good scanner. That's about all. ...Show All

• Visual C# Importing a COM type library and adding a few enums

  Hello, I'm about to create an assembly which contains a converted COM type library, but I'd like to add a few enums on the way. Can I do that This is the way I've tried so far: Object typeLib; LoadTypeLibEx(dllPath, RegKind .RegKind_None, out typeLib); FileStream fs = new FileStream ( @"key.snk" , FileMode .Open, FileAccess .Read); StrongNameKeyPair keyPair = new StrongNameKeyPair (fs); TypeLibConv ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie Question about Textboxes

  Hi, I'm new to visual basic, and I am trying to use a combobox with 2 items, and when I select one of them I want to be able to have it read a registry key and then output the result to a textbox.    This is the code I have so far. Currently, when I select an option in combobox1, it reads a registry key and then displays a msgbox with the result. I would like it to be displayed in textbox1 instead.  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding files generated with text template to project and dynamically create a web application

  Hi, I am generating several files from one TextTemplate just the way is posted in this forum, I  would like to know if there is a way to include the generated files automatically inside the project, how Can I create a Web Application dynamically inside the text template ans add it to my solution file      Guys, Can I put my custom Item Template in my own window So its like the built-in Item Ad ...Show All