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• Visual Studio Latest MSDN library compatible with Visual Studio 2003?

  Hi: Can the May 2006 MSDN library be integrated with Visual Studio 2003 If not, what is the latest that can be Best Nag If you have installed the May 2006 MSDN Library, you can add it to the VS 2003 collection. Go to this URL: ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/VSCCCommon/cm/CollectionManager.htm and you will be able to turn on MSDN 2006 for Visual Studio 2005. Then restart Visual Studio. -ayman. ...Show All

• Visual C# Entering data in calculator-style R->L

  Hi! I'm using a masked text box for numeric entry with the mask "009.9". I'd like to enter numerals from right to left (is in a calculator), so that if there are only two numurals to enter, the result doesn't look like "890.0" when what I intend is "8.9". Does anyone have a short bit of code that'll do this Thank you! John F. Not the most elegant or the fastest - but will do the job:     &n ...Show All

• Visual Basic Blair Allen Stark

  Here is the problem I am working on. It asks me to use the method CalculateCharges, but I don't fully understand how to do this or how it works. I would be grateful for any input. Lab Problem III A parking garage charges a $2.00 minimum fee to park for up to three hours. The garage charges an additional $0.50 per hour for each hour or part thereof in excess of three hours. The maximum charge for any given 24-hour period ...Show All

• .NET Development Differences in VB and C# syntax Guide

  I'm a VB developer for many years and my knowledge on C# syntax is poor. For several reasons, I would to start working on some projects on C#. Does anybody know a document describing the differences between the C# and VB syntax For instance: VB C# select-case statement switch-case statement addressof <methodname> <methodname> byref keyword = operator == operator Dim myVar as myType myType myVar; The best ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Questions about vista

  I dont have vista beta or anything, but I would just want to know a few things(for those with beta or anyone that can answer), and some comments to make. Comments: 1. I am hoping that windows vista will make it so Sticky keys is off automatically, as I find it annoying(along with everyone else I know) and its a pain to turn off, because when I say turn off following the instructions, its still on until about the 3rd time I turn it off. 2. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error with reports in TFS Beta 3 Refresh

  Hello, I have installed TFS Beta 3 Refresh on a clean Virtual PC Windows 2003, joined to domain, everything works ok, no installation errors also, but when I'm trying to access any Bug rates report I get this error: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)        Query execution failed for data set 'dsPriorityParam'. (rsErrorExecutingCommand)       &nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Moving Team Foundation Server

  Our organization is in the process of redesigning the server/network architecture, but since it is a very large organization the process moves extremely slow.  My development team would like to go ahead and deploy Team Foundation Server within the current server architecture, but my question is how easy would it be to move to completely new servers when the time comes   We would like to begin using the source control and process guidan ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Worlds Best App Contest Winners

  It’s time to announce the winning applications for MSNR Messenger’s Worlds Best App Contest , which MSN ran from September through December 31 st , 2005. There were a lot of great entries, hard work and interesting new ideas for building new applications and games within Messenger. Submitted applications were judged based on the official rules and judging criteria which included creativity, launches during the contest, suit ...Show All

• Visual C# How To Serialize an Object using application settings

  In my application, I need the ability to store user defined data. My desire is to use the new application Settings mechanism (.NET 2.0) I have been experimenting with the various methods of doing this... Initially I used the IDE's application\properties\settings method where you specificy the settings in the gridview and VisualStudio creates the wrapper class for you. I had success doing this but when I tried to serialize the data inside o ...Show All

• Smart Device Development MDE: Can't run Device Emulator Manager

  I'm trying to run the Device Emulator Manager on my Win2K desktop. It terminates immediately without a message, whether I start it from the Start Menu, from Windows Explorer or from the cmd line. The emulator itself starts up and runs fine. I'd like to set up an ActiveSync connection to this. As I understand it, I need to get the Device Emulator Manager running to do this. Hi George, That means that the breakpoi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problem with List type value property

  I'm having a problem getting a value property with a non-standard type to work as expected. I want to add a value property with a list type to one of the classes, so what I have done is created a trivial subclass of System.Collections.Generic.List whose type parameter is a trivial class with a few properties: public class ViewCollection : System.Collections.Generic. List < ViewItem > { } public class ViewItem { p ...Show All

• Visual Studio Whidbey icon set

  Hi guys! I'm putting the finishing touches on an add-in for VS 2005 and I would like to use the same kind of icons used in Whidbey; I don't want to confuse the user with different icons for common tasks (as in buttons for displaying open file dialogs etc). Can I use, say the #59 smiley face on a TreeNode in a TreeView If so, do I load the resources from some dll manually or is there an api to do it Are there any licensing problems I have s ...Show All

• Visual C++ Works in 2003 but not in 2005

  I am trying to get some code to work in 2005 that is working in 2003 and VC6 and I am getting the following errors when I use templates. 1st error: error C2664: 'std::_Vector_iterator<_Ty,_Alloc> std::vector<_Ty>::erase(std::_Vector_iterator<_Ty,_Alloc>)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax> *' to 'std::_Vector_iterator<_Ty,_Alloc>' with [ _Ty=std::wstring, _Alloc=std:: ...Show All

• Visual C# DataGridView, simple question.

  Hello, I have a DataGridView, and one of the columns is ComboBox. I have a collection of items that is a datasource for the ComboBox column. The question is: If a user selects one of the dropdown items from a ComboBox in one record, then that item from a drop down list in ComboBox will be no longer available in the other records. Do I have to create a custom event to do that Thank you. ...Show All

• .NET Development MultiThreading Question

  To the multithreading gurus: Given the following code, is it necessary/good practice to use a lock somewhere Thanks in advance, zulu using System; using System.IO; using System.Threading; namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { FileCounter cnt = new FileCounter(); cnt.StartAsync(@"C:\"); while (true) { bool exit = !cnt.IsRunning; Console. ...Show All