mliesmons's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Lost Source Control Output Window in RTM

  I've seemed to have lost the source control output window using the RTM version of TFS. It was there at one time but no longer present. After opening my VSTF bound solution, nothing is in the "Show output from:" combo box in the Visual Studio 2005 output window. Can someone help me get back the "Source Control - Team Foundation" item Thanks. Next time something writes to that window, it'll ...Show All

• Windows Forms DesignSurface Control Selection problems

  We've implemented a custom designer, using DesignSurface etc. and it's all working OK except for a minor niggle: I drag a control from the toolbox onto the design surface, and the SelectionChanged event is fired, and our handler sets the selection on a PropertyGrid. This all works as expected. The problem is that when I click on my control for the first time, the selection changes to the DesignSurface control. Why If I click on the cont ...Show All

• Visual C# System.IO.FileNotFoundException

  Hi, I have a web application in ASp.NET( just the start) , C# , and I am getting this error. What am I doing wrong. I am really new to this word app / asp.net thing. Any input is appreciated. Can someone pls help. Thank you   The system cannot find the file specified. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error an ...Show All

• Visual Studio vc++2005 debug system dll's

  hello everybody, I downloaded the symbols for the system dlls such as advapi32.dll from the microsoft server. when i try to debug my application i get the information: that there are no symbols loaded for msvcrt80d.lib also all my other system dll's symbol information is "stripped" i want to step into microsoft sourcecode, because i get an "debug assertion failure" when  trying to run "access(const char*, int)" I am sorry if i u ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't connect to Report Server via Management Studio

  Hi, I have a local installation of SQL Server 2005 (Developer Edition) on XP Professional SP2, with Reporting Services, Integration Services, and Analysis Server installed. I can connect to Integration Services and Analysis Server via the SQL Server Management Studio, but not to the Report Server. I can access and use the Report Server installation via http://localhost/Reports and http://localhost/ReportServer , and everything checks out on ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcr80.dll Problem

  Hi there, can someone possibly tell me why Noton WinDoctor is telling me that 10 executables in the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot access the necessary dll file msvcr80.dll I see that the dll exists in the WinSxS directory and I'm running XP pro. I didn't have this problem until I downloaded the 2.0 framework at windows update. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. Naolin Thank you for sharing the solution to this msvcr80. ...Show All

• SQL Server Inconsistent package failures

  I'm debugging my first SSIS package and is getting inconsistent results. The package does not always complete successfully. When the package does fail, it fails at different tasks that accquire database connections. Any of the following error message would show up: [Execute SQL Task] Error: Failed to acquire connection "FORGE.FMC". Connection may not be configured correctly or you may not have the right permissions on this connectio ...Show All

• SQL Server Multiple details sections, possible?

  In a table the details section is called "table1_Details_Group". Is it possible to add a second details group so that I can have the two groups have different group properties I'm trying to avoid creating a second table and using an expression to only show one at a time. Again Thanks. possible poss bile poss-bile possibler possibly Edit... Revert to "possbile" See this tutorial on a ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. getting the position of vertices in a mesh

  Hello everybody. I am trying to get the position of vertices in a mesh. That seems to work fine except that the data I get doesn't make sense. To me. I use a lock on the mesh.VertexBuffer (both versions... an array and a graphics stream with same results) and use the returned array or graphics stream to look for vertices that have a Position "of interest". The only issue is that some "Positions" have ...Show All

• SQL Server Installing SQL Server Express 2005 via Remote Desktop

  Hi, Does anyone know if it's at all possible to install SQL Server Express 2005 over a Remote Desktop on a Windows XP machine. I know there are problems running SQL over Remote Desktop, in that it won't start up a User Instance, but I wasn't sure if we can install over Remote Desktop. If it's not possible, can anyone point me to an official document stating this fact Thanks Sam Yes, this i ...Show All

• Visual C# Threading newbie: Can I have two threading both runing its own GUI?

  Say, I have one main thread showing GUIs, and another created thread, which also want to show forms. These forms are only created and accessed in the second thread. Can it be possible If so, How it can be done Sample code snippet: (the effect is Form2 just falsh and be off, the question is how can I keep the Form2 be on the window in the second thread) Main() {}  Button_Click() { Thread ChildThread=new Thread(new ThreadStart(ShowAForm ...Show All

• Visual Basic Com Object Failing on server.createobject

  I am having problems calling a Com object that I created under Visual Studio 2005 with Standard ASP. I registered it using regasm.exe. Below is my code (VB) . I have tried creating the object two ways. What am I doing wrong Server.CreateObject("TestCom2.TestFunction") and Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3' Server.CreateObject Failed /mears/ReadUserCert.asp , line 56 800401f3 Calling this way gives ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB.net 2003 application not install under .net framework 2.0

  Hi everyone, I developed an application using vb.net 2003(.net framework 1.1) and build the setup package as well. It installs and runs no problem on the machines have .net framework 1.1. When I tried to install on a machine only has .net framework 2.0, it says .net framework 1.1 is needed to carry on the installation. If I install .net framework 1.1 to that machine, everything is ok. But MSDN said "the .NET Framework provides a high de ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Iterations and versions

  Hi, i am confused about how to plan the iterations and the version. My first question is: Each iteration ends on a new version or i can have more than one iteration for each version . Second question: I can't find a document when i define functionality that i will do in the iteration. A document where i define the use case i will consider in this iteration In the plan iteration excel i have the start date, the end date, etc but i don't see ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Code Analysis C/C++ Issues with ASSERT macro

  We have a ton of code that relies on the ASSERT style macro of the form: #define ASSERT (f)\ if ( ! (f)) \ DoAssert( __THIS_FILE_NAME__,__LINE__); \ else \ NULL_FUNC_CALL The DoAssert method terminates the application. Unfortunatetly the static code analysis tool with 2005 Team Developer assumes the code continues from then on generates a lot of extra noise results. Functions like: void MyFunc(void *pData) { ASSERT(pData); ...Show All