theFaze's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System VsipHelper.GetTfsServer()

  The VsipHelper class was public in Beta 3, now it is internal. Code I wrote depended upon this type to get the currently-active server in the IDE via the GetTfsServer method. What is the best way to handle this in the RC You will need to get a TeamFoundationServerExt object. You do this by asking the DTE for it. So with a DTE object you would do something like this: ... using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client; ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums is there anyone who can open applications ?

  Hello Since yesterday I cant open any applications on www.worldsbestapp.com   is there a problem on the web site or ony I am living this problem best regards   thanks for your answer I asked some of my friends and they cant open any app like me :( Dou you have any guess about my problem ...Show All

• SQL Server ReportViewer CopyLocalProperty

  What are the benefits/advantages/disadvantages of setting the CopyLocal property to either True or False for the ReportViewer control reference I would like to know this before I roll the application out to a secure internet site to be used by our Clients. Thanks I'm not sure what property you are referring to. Neither the winforms nor webforms reportviewer have a CopyLocal property. ...Show All

• SQL Server report Manager problem: The user or group name 'BUILTIN\Administrators' is not recognized. (rsUnknownUserName)

  Hello, I have a big problem with Reporting Services 2005 working on Windows 2003 Server. RS work as Network service, on subdomain reporting.mydomain with SSL wildcard certificate *.mydomain, Anonymous access: disabled and basic authentication: enabled ReportManager and reportServer has defualt virtual folders (/reporting, /reportserver) My problem is: 1) I can't manage security roles and site settings with report maanger. when I try assign role ...Show All

• SQL Server Report Model Descriptions

  Does anyone know if there is a way to display the "description" field of an attribute in Report Builder ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. HLSL: receiving a handle to a struct

  Hi! I'm having trouble receiving a handle to a structure in a hlsl file. This is the structure: struct VS_SIMPLE_INPUT { float4 pos : POSITION; float3 normal : NORMAL; }; And I try to receive the handle like this: pEffect->GetParameterByName( NULL, "VS_SIMPLE_INPUT" ); It doesn't work, I get a NULL ptr. Can anybody help me Well, I just noted it seems ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Sifting through array for matches

  Hello all, Sorry for such a beginner question, but I can't seem to work through this. I've thought about it for a while, and I just can't seem to figure out a solution. Sorry in advance: I've got an array with a bunch of names in it, and I want to sift through it to make sure that none of the names are the same, and if they are, then I want to take out one of the matches from that pair. So for instance, if i've got an array tha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Cast error when pass a parameter in localreport and reportviewer

  hello friends, i have a problem with my report when pass a pamameter in vb.net and VS 2005 The code is: Dim objParameter As ReportParameter objParameter = New ReportParameter( "Name" , "test" ) Me .ReportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(objParameter) the error is: System.InvalidCastException was unhandled   Message="Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ReportParameter' to type 'System.Collections.Generic. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Will DLinq fully support objects-first development?

  Microsoft: 1. Will DLINQ be able to a parent-child relationship without having to write a ParentId property in the child class 2. Will DLINQ be able to map dictionaries (not just sets) 3. Will DLINQ be able to map nested classes properties in the same table as the class 4. Will DLINQ support all inheritance mapping strategies (class table, single table, concrete table) and be able to mix strategies at different levels 5. Will DLIN ...Show All

• .NET Development Windows Form performance

  Hi. I realise that this post may be a bit general, but Im really after some hints/tips as to where to start. We recently took ownership of a .net 1.1 windows forms application. I have about a years experience with .net and about 6/7 with java awt/swing. This front end application was developed by another team and in my opinion, is very poorly coded. It is a direct replacement to a java awt gui and it makes exactly the same backend calls (through ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) HeaderedContentControl template

  Hi! I am trying to create a control template for a TabControl and its TabItems <Style TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}"> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate> <Grid> <Rectangle Fill="{StaticResource BackgroundGradientBrush}"/> <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Property=ContentControl.Content}"/> < ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions need urgent help about access database and application!!!!!!!!!!

  hey guys i have a question: i am creating an application in which i am using an access database. I used the wizard to create the connections, data binding, etc. and the drag-and-drop-table method to display it in the form. the problem is that i am not able to (or i have not find a way to update the field of QuantityInStock) update the database. Note that i am only trying to find the code. here is my code: Public Class Form2 Dim ...Show All

• Smart Device Development resource or assembly not found when catching exceptions

  Hi. I swear I've been able to do this before. Using .NET CF 2.0, WM5 smartphone. Anytime there is an exception being caught, I want to see the inner exception message or just the general exception message but everytime I look at it, no matter what type of exception, i always get the message that a resource or assembly could not be found. The proper namespaces have been declared, what am I doing wrong Please see this: http:/ ...Show All

• Windows Forms Need practical examples of row validation and error handling on DataGridView

  I need a practical example of row validating and error handling for the DataGridView.  My DataGridView is bound and some cells are required.  None of the examples I've seen on MSDN show 1) how to determine which required fields were not supplied and 2) how to give the user an intelligent message informing them of all the rows they need to enter and 3) keep the user on the row so they don't loose their edits. It seems&nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development Still unable to compile vb asp.net code behind using command line

  Hi, I am still unable to compile my code behind using the command line: vbc /t:library /r:system.dll,system.web.dll,Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll,system.data.dll, system.drawing.dll  filename.aspx.vb I was able to resolve most of the compiler errors I got earlier except for this one: error BC30451: Name 'Color' is not declared.  PremiumTable.BorderColor = Color.Navy I declared in the beginning of my class the following: Imports System I ...Show All