Martin Sawicki's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Activity Properties

  hi all, i know that i can bind activity properties to workflow properties using the designer; but is it also possible to bind activity properties to properties of other activities and: is it possible to bind activity properties not to a certain activity but to the parent activity’s properties if you know something, please tell me. :-) thanks in advance, regards, .k Yes, you can bind an a ...Show All

• Visual Studio NDoc project after a MSBuild

  I want to create a Task that will generate a dynamic NDoc project file from the output of a build from a Team System Build.   I need a list of all documentation (.xml) files along with he assemblies for each project in the build.   I know that @(DocFileItem) will have the xml files.    I need is a list of assemblies.   I don’t know where that is.   I also need to know how to resolve the relative paths to absolute p ...Show All

• SQL Server I need URGENT help about **Lost DTS password**

  I forget my dts password for an dts on Sql 2000 SP3 .How can i reset or find my password for edit my DTS .I have db admin and sys admin user rights on this database. thanks for your help. Ozgur Cetiner ozgurcetiner@hotmail.com This is the wrong forum for your question. Try microsoft.public.sqlserver.dts http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/managednewsgroups/list.aspx ...Show All

• Windows Forms control looks different in different language versions of OS

  I have a form which has some textboxes, a richtext bxox and a few labels.  It looks ok in my system which uses Win2K Eng. Version.  But if I test my form in another system with Win2K Korean Version, the controls are not placed properl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Custom "FxCop" rules in VS 2005 Code Analysis?

  I've written several custom FxCop rules that I want to use with VS2005's Code Analysis engine, but I can't find any way to add-in my custom rules assembly. I know Beta 2 doesn't have all the documentation yet, but can someone tell me how to build a custom rules assembly for VS2005 and get it installed for use in a project Thanks! Hello, Thanks for the reply Michael, that solved my problem. If the xyz.xml file is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problem Solved

  C#, VS Pro 2005..... OK, so I've tried the simple approach of creating a form, adding a CR Viewer and ReportDocument to the form, selected just one field from a table (as a simple test - I've tried more complex ones as well). When I run the app and view the form, the report shows up blank, but with the headers visible. Refresh does nothing but, well, refresh the headers. Yep, the Viewer is set to the report name. The preview function sh ...Show All

• SQL Server Only transform unique rows

  Hi, I have created a SSIS package which includes a Data Flow that will transform my data. The Data Flow Source for this Data Flow is a SQL Server table with approx. 60 mill. rows. Theses rows ought to be unique but isn't quite, so I would like to ensure that only one of each row makes it throug to my Data Flow Destination, another SQL Server table. What is the most efficient way to ensure this - is there some Data Flow Transformation that c ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Creating shortcut icons

  Hi I've created a cab and installed it on target. Everything is just fine but I want to add an icon to my shortcut. I have searched forums and google without luck. How do I add an icon resource to be installed with my cab file I didn't find anything suitable in the CEShortcut chapter. Thanks, Martin Martin, Do you mean there are different sizes of icons in the icon file This is true if you are using a true icon file not just a bitmap i ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to execute a method when mouse is clicked any where in the screen

  Hi, While developing a win-form application in C#, i came across the following requirement. I would like to handle the mouse click event when it is clicked any where in the screen (even out side the form, even on other controls in the form,..etc). I tried using 'wndproc' method but the problem is it is executing the code only when 'form' captured the mouse. But, if I made form to capture the mouse, other controls (which are in the form) click ev ...Show All

• .NET Development Refreshing Rows in DataGrid

  How to Clear or refresh the Rows in the DataGrid I am having the data filled in my Datagrid and whenever I tried to fill some other data into that Datagrid, the older rows are not getting clear. How to Clear them Can anyone help me I have tried the Code below and still unsuccessfull DataGrid1.DataSource = nothing; DataGrid1.DataBind();   Thanks Heemanshu, Ivan & Bineon for the Help. The probl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS - Creating Team Projects / Viewing Documents in Team Explorer Permissions.

  I have been fighting this issue (bug ) for the past couple of days with no luck in properly resolving this issue. Quick run down of the naming. "localhost" refers to the TFS server, single tier install, using domain accounts on a seperate machine. The general problem is that any user besided TFSSetup can not create a team project unless that given user is in the localhost\administrators group. I have tried " localhost\users ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA Release

  So this is the tech preview. If I love it (I'm not even through the presentation yet, but like what I see) then when can expect to be able to use it in a production environment I've taken on responsibilty for setting up the build environment for the studio I work for, and want to be able to tell my boss when this solution will be available for production environments. Or this not released information ...Show All

• Windows Forms Progress bar for unknown file size

  Hi, I'm loading a text file(log) from one folder to another. I want to show the loading status. I don't know the file size.I can find it by reading all the lines. but i hope it's not an efficient way. bcos loading 3 or more files into one. is there any other way can anyone tell me how to do this Thank U! You can do what Windows does, just have a progress bar that moves endlessly. Or, you could ask t ...Show All

• .NET Development Collections and Configuration files

  Is it possible to save/read a strongly-typed collection into/from an app.config file   With the new Configuration Sections and stuff, I see a lot of new things, but I haven't been able to determine if this is possible. This is more of an accedemic question, I guess since I'm pretty much decided on doing my own XML file (writing the collection into a dataset and saving as xml) and writing a separate app for editing the configuration to have ...Show All

• Visual C++ Problem loading dll created by VisC 2005

  Hi, I converted a C++ project from VS .NET 7.1 to VS .NET 8. The project uses old fopen methods and similar. Under 7.1 the project compiles and runs, but under 8, I am unable to run. First, when running the application, it complains about missing msvcr80.dll. Then, when I locate it (somewhere) on the computer, I get the error that the application tried to load the dll in an illegal manner. When searching for info on this, I stumble int ...Show All