spakh's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Could just be a bug! - loading webtest to loadtest

  Hi guys, I'm using a trial version of Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Edition. I was trying to create a new load test using the wizard. Then, I want to add a recently created Webtest (in vb code - which has been successfully compiled). I realise that I couldnt find the webtest from the list (Test Mix - Add - /All Loaded Tests - Available tests) I then restarted Visual Studio 2005 Open up the load test and edit the test mix - now I can see all the Webtests, including the recently added one. Does anyone have the same problem Um ,this is very weird. I cant seem to reproduce this anymore. When I had the problem ...Show All

• .NET Development Help with detecting a barcode scanner event

  Hi, I am a .NET programming newbie. It is my first time posting here so i apologize in advance if i got the wrong forum. If it is the wrong forum, maybe you could point me in the right direction :) I am developing a desktop Windows inventory application using the .NET framework. The user will be scanning barcodes into a TextBox on a Windows form. The barcode scanners that are used in the company are not programmed to automatically send a carriage return at the end of the scan. (I checked this in Word/Notepad and there does not seem to be an end of line character in there). Is there any way to detect when the user has finishe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup.

  Running WinXP Pro SP2. Downloaded the offline/network installer for Visual C++ 2005 Express and extracted the image's files like the Manual Install instructions tell me to with ISOBuster. I get the following error when I try to run setup.exe and autorun.exe: A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Using IsoBuster: Pick one of the image icons (open tree) other than ISO from the left pane. The right pane will show the long file names. Ctrl-A, right click, Extract to a folder. Then use whatever to get the files on CD if de ...Show All

• Visual Studio Can we extend HTML editor

  We'd liket to add certain functions to VS HTML editor. Is a way to extend it Thanks, jillaint Jillaint, Can you describe what you'd like to extend in the editor   We'll be able to give you a better idea if something is possible or not when we know what you are trying to do. Thanks, Dylan ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Will VSTS Foundation Server ship when VS2005 does?

  I have been told that the Visual Studio Team System Foundation Server will not ship until next year.  Can this be confirmed Not with beta 2. It requires the RC or, in November, the final release. ...Show All

• Windows Forms treeview "AfterSelect" runs when the form is loaded

  hiya :-) I have a treeview that handles the "AfterSelect" event. In the "AfterSelect"  event, I want to obtain the value of e.Node.Tag. The problem is that this event seems to run when the winform is initially loaded... When this happens, it appears that the e.Node is actually the "parent node"... yet, if I CLICK on the treeView, the event ru ...Show All

• Visual Studio Using SQL with VS .net 2003 Pro

  I am trying to link to the SQL pubs database that is specified in the VS walk through "Creating a Web Application Using VB".  When I come to the step "add and configure a data source" the Data Link Properties Window opens to the connection tab; step 1 "Select or enter a server name". I do not find any reference to my local computer in the drop down list. I did install the SQL component that comes with VS .net 2003 Pro. Have I over looked something   What is next Do you have a SQL Server instance installed on your PC If so, try using a period (.) to indicate your local co ...Show All

• Visual Basic Project upgrade error on Form - VS 2005 beta2

  I am upgrading a VB.NET project in VS 2005 beta2.  When I try and display the designer for a Form I get the message: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Windows.Forms.Form' to type 'VbPowerPack.TaskFrame' Where do I start looking for this error   Thank you very much. I was getting the same error with VS2003 with the blend panel.  I just upgraded to VS2005 and the VBpowerpack tools seem to be working OK.  I have noticed one thing with VS2005 many of the new features don't appear to work when you do an upgrade.  I was having a problem with sharing controls on other forms in my upgra ...Show All

• Visual Studio 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. Hello, I am getting the same kind of error  when installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta2. The comments before the "return value 3" are: MSI (s) (20:D8) [11:12:03:571]: Assembly Error:Function not defined in specified DLL. MSI (s) (20:D8) [11:12:03:571]: Note: 1: ...Show All

• SQL Server Sproc execution varies in profiler

  I had a sproc which was running slowly. did the obvious and saw an additional index would help things out no end, however, when called from QA, the sproc is now lightning fast, when called from the app (VB6) it still runs like a dog. When looking at it in Profiler, the line  exec spPDR1 param1,param2 i.e. the please execute my stored procedure line) has a duration of 0 when called from QA, but 12076 from the application. Th obvious question is why. Clearly the execution plan QA is using knows about the new index so why is that plan not used always, no matter where this spoc is called from There is a chunk of difference between a 0 seco ...Show All

• Visual Basic Can I run functions in the background?

  Ok let me explain the situation here. I am working on a program that monitors a full screen program. The full screen program updates a file every so often so I have a fileWatcher that raises an event when the file is updated. Whenever the event is raised, the program edits the files and saves it. However the full screen program always loses focus to the other program. Is there any way to make the program edit and save the file "quietly " Thanks for any help :) Edit: I am using VB.Net 2005 Express Beta 2 I found the problem. Im starting a command line program to decode the file and then viewing the file. I ...Show All

• Visual C++ Conditional breakpoint based on callstack

  I'd like to make a breakpoint conditional on whether the callstack comes through a particular function (or not).  That is, I have a function that might be called 17 different ways, but I'm only interested in breaking on one of those paths. I see that I can call a macro from the When Hit dialog, but I don't see how to (a) pass the $CALLSTACK variable to the macro, or (b) control whether execution continues from there.  Maybe the Condition dialog is a better place to try this, but I'm not sure how to determine the callstack from there. I searched for a previous solution but couldn't find anything.  Does anyone have any suggestio ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie General Questions & Error on Non-Dev Machines

  Hello, I've just started programming C++ as of today, so yes I am a newbie, but I do have some experience in Java and GML so hopefully it will come in handy. First off I'd like to know if there is some kind of function list for standard C++ Libraries.. For Java and GML their is an obvious list of all the functions and parameters easily available to all programmers. From what I can see, even MSDN doesn't offer something like this. Secondly whenever I use, lets say, #include <windows.h> I get an error similar to: Error 1 fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory c:\documents and settings\ ...Show All

• SQL Server Datasource Reader - Name for output column is blank.

  Hi, I have a problem using the odbc datasource reader to execute a sql command on a progress database. My query is something like:- select max(id), sum(amount) from my_table OR select a, b, c, recid(my_table) from my_table which produces external columns and output columns with no name. The progress sql doesn't support using aliases on column names and setting validateexternalmetadata to false and manually naming the input and output parameters in the 'Advanced Editor' doesn't seem to work either. I either get the error 'The name for output column "" is blank and columns can not be blank' or if I add my own column na ...Show All

• Visual C# dynamic testing, casting and instantiating generic types

  I'm trying to understand how to manipulate generic types at runtime but can't seem to get at what I'm looking for. For example: object obj = new Dictionary<string, object>(); So I now have generic dictionary object. How do I test obj to determine it is indeed a generic dictionary Is there something similar to: if (obj is Dictionary < what goes here > )    Then once I know this object is a generic dictionary, how do I create a typed reference to it Dictionary< what goes here > typedReference = ( Dictionary <What goes here >) obj; I want to be then be able to add items to the dictionary typedReference.A ...Show All