j104's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System TFS on WS2003 complete configuration tutorial

  Hi I am a VS programmer that was interested in testing TFS. My problem is that I don't know how to configure windows server 2003 (i don't know how to CORRECTLY configure things like AD, DNS etc). I have virtual pc 2004 in my computer, so I created the WS2003 installation in a virtual pc but I really don't know how to proceed from then. Is there a tutorial or a guide to do all these things (configure AD, install SQL Server 2005, TFS, etc) Thanks a lot Thanks for all your help guys that really helped me to get TFS working. And also thanks for the great news that TFS will support workgroups (someone heard my prayer ) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Package load failure AND can't import settings (on another machine)

  Visual Studio 2005 RC1 installed on a machine where August CTP was previously installed. --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- Package Load Failure Package 'Visual Studio Explorers and Designers Package' has failed to load properly ( GUID = {8D8529D3-625D-4496-8354-3DAD630ECC1B} ). Please contact package vendor for assistance. Application restart is recommended, due to possible environment corruption. Would you like to disable loading this package in the future You may use 'devenv /resetskippkgs' to re-enable package loading. --------------------------- Yes   No   --------------- ...Show All

• .NET Development Is Typed DataSet is better option than DataSet in a large Enterprise application

  hi there, Me and My team is currently in a process of desigining an enterprise application. Basically it is a web based nTier application. At this time I have to take decision which option is better "DataSet or Typed Dataset". I know both have there own pros and cons. I also already studied many articles like http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/BOAGag.asp . So from you i just wants to know which option is better for Enterprise level application and why Regards, Farukh.  once again thanks to all well i think that it gives all benifits as you people said like type checking on comp ...Show All

• Visual C# Bitmap(string) constructor throws ArgumentException

  Hi I'm trying to create a bitmap on the fly from an on disk image resource (PNGs in this case). I can create one fine, but when i try to create the next one the Bitmap constructor throws an ArgumentException with the message "Parameter is not valid". The weird thing is that the second image (Pan2.png) is an exact duplicate of the first image (ZoomExtent.png) which creates successfully so there is no difference between the dimensions, color depth, format, etc of the two images. Here's the suspect code below: this .tsbFullExtent.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms. ToolStripItemDisplayStyle .Image; this .tsbFullExtent.Imag ...Show All

• Visual Basic In need of help

  ok, ive made my XML plugin, and the app reads it like this: Try   Dim sr As New System.IO.StreamReader( "settings.xml" ) Dim xr As New System.Xml.XmlTextReader(sr) Dim settingsxml As New System.Xml.XmlDocument settingsxml.Load(xr) Dim NumberofcatagorysXmlNode As System.Xml.XmlNodeList = settingsxml.SelectNodes( "settings/numberofcatagorys" ) Dim number As System.Xml.XmlNode = NumberofcatagorysXmlNode.Item(0).SelectSingleNode( "number" ) Dim numberofBBB As Integer   numberofBBB = number.InnerText Dim numbloop As Integer   For numbloop = 0 To numberofBBB - 1 ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to create a workflow programmatically?

  Are there any samples that would show how to create and/or modify a workflow programmatically, i.e. from a program, not from VS.NET IDE or a hosted designer  For example, the program would create a new workflow, add a couple of activities to it, and save the serialized workflow definition (in a file or database). I can find examples explaining how to modify a workflow instance at run time, but I need to create a workflow definition, not the instance. Any hints Thanks. Alek Hi Alek, I think I can clarify several things for you.  So anytime you create an activity or a wor ...Show All

• Windows Forms Ease DataGrid Design Utility

  I wish the new generation VS.Net could offer a Visual DataGrid Design. Which could design the column layout by developer. just like to write a Word document. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Dynamic update to ASP.NET hosted workflow

  Hi guys, I have an asp.net application that host the runtime + sql persistence. I also want to change the workflow definition of running instances through dynamic update. I want to use the workflow designer (windows app) to do the modifications.  And here is the problem my workflow runtime is in the asp.net app and I must use it. But how can I access it For some situations the sql persistence can be solution so I can rehydrate the workflow from there and apply modifications. But what if my workflow is still in the memory of the asp.net app. I saw Dharma's demo on PDC but he use the control as ActiveX object. Any suggestions Hi to ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to use ValidationOption

  I want to validate activity properties by using the attribute [ValidationOptionAttribute(...)] . Here is a simple activity containing the property Text . public   class Activity1 : System.Workflow.ComponentModel. Activity {   public static DependencyProperty TextProperty = System.Workflow.ComponentModel. DependencyProperty .Register( "Text" , typeof ( string ), typeof ( Activity1 ));   [ ValidationOptionAttribute ( ValidationOption .Required)]   [ Description ( "Text" )]   [ Browsable ( true )]   [ DesignerSerializationVisibility ( DesignerSerializationVisibility .Visible)]   public string ...Show All

• SQL Server How to add columns dynamically based on number of groups used.

  Hi,    I am pretty new to the Microsoft Reporting services. I wanted to know if this is possible to design in the reporting server. I have a requirement to take the number of groups in my report as input. So if there are two groups I will have two columns and if I have three groups I will have three colums. Is there any way I can dynamically set the number of columns based on the input. Currently I am having to design different report for different number of groups. This causes more maintenance in case of frequent report design changes. Thanks in advance, Ragz. Yes, you can do this.  The ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Inheriting Form Issue in VB2005

  Hello All, As usual, I think I'm doing something that's not "Kosher" in trying to inherit a form to a new Item. I get a ton of errors including data connection, etc. The solution works and builds, publishes and all that, but there seems to be settins somewhere that are pointing the inherit function somewhere else. Please Help...I don't want to redo all of those controls and buttons again on the new pages. Thanks, Elgee... PS...Any ideas on how to map the numeric keypad to a masked textbox I can't figure out how to advance the digit after a mouse click...I can only get one digit to enter ...Show All

• .NET Development Unhandled exception in secondary app domain

     I am using app domains to host add-ins (.NET 2.0). If add-in does something bad, or if there is an unhandled exception in the add-in etc., I want to gracefully unload app domain without application going down. I tried AppDomain.UnhandledException, but at the time it is called application is already terminating. So how can it be done Alex Unfortunately you can't .  What you'll want to do is prevent code from creating a new thread.  Doing that involves using the unmanaged hosting APIs, which may or may not be an option in your case. -Shawn ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) LINQ VB Preview

  After i read about LINQ project overview document, i downloaded the LINQ Preview VB.msi to explore new enhancements about that implementation. But after installation,  my VS2005 Beta2 ran onexpectedly and tried to send error report when i tried to open a project in Visual Basic 2005 Beta2. And then i removed LINQ VB Preview pack from my comp and then downloaded LINQ preview.msi for C# and after installation i tried to run some sample code on C# Linq projects, it ran normally. Did i doing something wrong or are there something wrong with LINQ VB msi package System Properties. OS : XP Professional SP2 (Turkish) 32-bit Visual Studio 2005 ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Is there a direct link to the SDK image?

  There is no direct link to WinFX Nov CTP SDK and the download speed is very low(10k/s). Is there a direct link to it so I could use FlashGet Thanks! Runtime Components http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=E5376297-DA10-4FC3-967D-38C96F767FC4&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f1%2f2%2f3%2f12325142-1ade-4476-9d4f-af34c7f21302%2fwinfxsetup.exe Windows SDK http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx na=46&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=0A118D5F-21E7-4A3E-82D9-F30C6CE3F63D&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.mi ...Show All

• Visual Studio What happened SourceSafe web service access in Beta 2?

  A collegue of mine has just setup a SourceSafe 2005 database and configured it for internet web service access. I have Team Suite installed including SourceSafe 2005, but I am unable to find an option anywhere which would allow me to connect to it. I can connect over a local LAN or over the net via file sharing, but I can't find the web service protocol. I was informed this feature was in Beta 1. Anyone know what happened to it I thought Beta 2 was feature complete since the Go Live license is available.... Hi Gary, You also opened a product feedback issue, right I replied there, but will als ...Show All