Tina Tam - MSFT's Q&A profile

• .NET Development smtpclient: cannot reveive the mail sent out

  Hi all, My solution was migrated to vs 2005 from vs 2003, which includes a web project. I changed the smtpmail to smtpclient. the mail can be sent out, but cann't be recieved. I wrote a console application that had the same mail sending related contents as my web project, and it worked well. Here's the simplified code( it does not work still): SmtpClient smtpc = new SmtpClient ( "localhost" ); MailMessage m = new Mail ...Show All

• .NET Development Running Exe from javascript

  Hi, I have a problem, I need to run an exe from javascript. I have successfully done it but had to do some modifications to IIS Services property (check "Allow interaction with desktop" ) and machine.config (change username from default Machine to System in processmodel) file of .net. The problem is this is not acceptable. I need to execute it without the user intervention. Once the web page is downloaded onto the users screen and t ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums And the winner is...

  Within a few weeks, the winner of the Worlds best app contest will be anounced, so I think it's an interesting question to ask: Who (or which app) will win   My guess:   In the Games section I think somebody from the netherlands will win... There are a few good games (actualy a lot of good games, but these are the best in my opinion): - Hangman (very basic and simple, doesn't require a fast pc, everybody knows how to pla ...Show All

• Visual C# Sockets

  Hi there. Sorry for posting this in the wrong forum, I apologise but hope someone can guide me in the right direction. I have googled for this endlessly however the examples are poor or they are ok but cannot seem to understand them or simply there is not enough in depth explaination. I want to be able to create a simple application that sends/recieves data. I will have a Server app which listens to a connection and acts to whatever it needs to ...Show All

• .NET Development Help debugging bad web services call

  I'm fairly new to the web services side of .NET.  I've inherited some code I'm trying to get to work.  It was only partially implemented and the original programmers are gone. Sorry if I don't have all the terminology right.  Basically I'm making a function call from regular code to a web service function (Validate(string s, ...)).  There is a "Web References" folder that's been created, and a References.cs file that has been ...Show All

• Visual Basic Combobox Arrays and listboxes :-(

  Hi all, let me tell you what I'm trying to do and maybe you can help please. I've got a combobox with three items (types of sandwich: Smos, baguette and broodje). When you click on Smos for example you get a list of types of sandwich that are in that group. (I've created an array list for this: aSmos). When you click on "Toevoegen" (add, in dutch) you can add the sandwich type to a second listbox(geselecteerdeBroodjes). So far so good :-) but i ...Show All

• Visual Basic Get Pointed in the right Direction?

  Good Morning, I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'll try it and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I am curently using VS/VB6. (Can't afford to upgrade right now, but would like to.) I have Several Reports in an Application that work fine. However, I have a bunch of users that have asked if I can make the Reports "Zoom" to a smaller screen size (say 75%) when they are disp ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Where's the beef? (actually, the runtime :)

  Hi, Spent the morning doing some exciting webcasts and went to get the bits and although the download is there for VS2005 RTM, the runtime seems to be MIA. Any ideas when we will be able to get it again thanks in advance!! Bill Bill, You should be able to get it from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=E27AA8DC-A029-4836-AC59-6B4805DF42FA&displaylang=en as linked from ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System multi-platform project dependencies

  Hi there, I'm trying to migrate to Team Foundation Build and ran into a problem which is caused by the different order MSBuild builds the projects with different platforms. Let's say there is a solution with 3 projects and following dependencies: project1 platform: x86 project2 platform: Any CPU depends on project1 porject3 platform: x86 depends on project2 My good old batch-script just calls 'devenv example.sln /Build Release', so de ...Show All

• SQL Server Guideline for Connectivity Question Posting

  In order to better assist troubleshooting connectivity related issue, the more specific the problem you describe, the faster we can help you out. Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions and post the answers as much as possible along with your specific repro steps. http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/ may already have your question answered. Check it out. [1] Client side: What is the connection stri ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Selection Buffer in managed directx?

  I know there was a brief thread on this already but I didn't find that the coments answered the question I have. Is there something in managed directx equivalent to the openGL selection buffer If so how do I find out about it If not then is there a standard aproach to selection in directx I can handle the maths, but I just wanted to save some time if possible and try to do it the best way. I'd nev ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Explorer - red cross on "documents"-folder

  Since installation of TFS I am unable to see the content of the documents-folder (teamexplorer) on a client-machine. There is always a red cross on the folder! If I start the team explorer on the server the documents folder is shown correctly. I tried to copy the http-url ( http://[servername]/sites/[Project ]) to an IE on a client and there the sharepoint site is shown without any problems. I did the changes required after installation of ...Show All

• Visual C++ different location for *.ncb file

  Hello, we have our *.vcproj files on the network. But all created files (*.obj, *.lib...) are stored on the local disc for performance reasons. But till now, I didn't found a way, that the *.ncb files (with VC 2005 they are really big) saved on local disc too. Not in the same diectories as the *.vcproj files. Do you any solution Thanks for your efforts Markus   Mike The Bike wrote: ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Load Test with Browser and Network Mix

  Hi, I am trying to use a load test for a webservice including the network and browser mix( 3 or 4) in the scenario. Is there a way to check the results for a particular mix in the test results Thanks, Swapna You can get information on the requests with respect to the network mix, but not the browser mix.  To get the infor for network mix do the following: 1) Open the load test in the load test editor 2) Click on the run setting ...Show All

• Visual Studio ReportViewer Memory Leak

  It would appear that the ReportViewer control has a memory leak. Create a new windows project with two buttons labeled 'Go' and 'Collect' with the following event handlers: private void btnGo_Click(object sender,EventArgs e) { using (LeakyForm form = new LeakyForm()) { form.Show(); } } private void btnCollect_Click(object sender,EventArgs e) { GC.Collect(); MessageBox.Show(GC.GetTotalMemory(true).ToString("#,###,###,###& ...Show All