Anujpathania's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio VSS Lan Service working randomly

  Hi, The Lan Booster service works randomly here. Sometimes everything is ok, and sometimes, for the very same operations, for the same database/project and on the same system, I get the following message: Unable to use SourceSafe LAN service, performance of SourceSafe operations will not be optimal. The service is running on the system hosting the database. Known problem I'm not very familiar with DFS, but I think that you're access ...Show All

• Visual Basic shutdown

  how do i shut down the system when the time is entered to shut down using vb codes This is my code. Only pass the command as argument for the local system or pass systemname or ip and domain credentials for a network system. Public Enum WindowsShutdownCommand    Logoff = 0    Logoff_Forced = 4    Shutdown = 1    Shutdown_Forced = 5    Reboot = 2   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Struggling with basic questions

  Hi, We have just installed the trial version of VS2005 for testers, in order to understand whether it can be used by our testing team. Unfortunately, even supported by one developer, we are still struggling to understand how many things we will ba able to do without passing to put the hands in the code. I don't feel very comfortable with the Load test editor, because I don't manage to solve basic problems such as: 1) Remove the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to refresh datasource to see new column.

  Hi, I add a new column to a table, a datasource already connected to this table. How can i refresh the datasource to see new column. My method is Closing VS and reopen VS, i think it's not the right way. Any one has good idea Thank you very much. Best Regards, Richard Yang Currently that is the only method for refreshing the table columns.  The available columns are only read the first time they are acc ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Lock Binary Files on Checkout

  Is there a way to force a check-out lock on binary files when they are checked out Since you cannot merge these files, wouldn't it make sense to automatically lock them on checkout Seems like disastrous consequences are looming without this capability since someone will check their changes in over a previous checkin changes. Thanks. Lots of common binary files are set to non-mergeable (exclusive lock) by de ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS 2005 install - SmartPhone Device Forms not working in designer

  I just installed VS.NET 2005 release and tried to take my existing projects and open them. They were previously run in the RC and worked fine there. Now in the new fresh and clean install (no errors) none of the Smartphone forms want to open any longer. I also created a new project and added a form there which also fails. What's happening is that there are no errors, but the form esigner doesn't show. All I see is the Component tray contain ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Suite 2005 + SQL SERVER 2005 + TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER on one machine?

  I have one spare computer with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise installed.  I would like to have both the Application Tier and Database Tier on this machine.  Is this possible   Can VS.NET Team Suite 2005 Beta 2 exist on the same machine as SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Team Foundation Beta 2 I have not been able to successfully install all of these products on one machine.  I read somewhere that with Beta 1 the application tier and ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I get special system directory?

  How can I get special system directory I want to know special system directory such as c:\Windows c:\windows\system32 ... what do I do   I see the following code from a sample openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory="%SystemRoot%"; // it work well openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); I think the code should be the below: openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory=Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%SystemRoot%"); openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); Why does ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Avalon Beta with Current Visual Studio Relase

  Hello,           Can I use Avalon with current Visual Studio Release (Express or Professional). Thanks, Mustafa ELBanna Hi Arik, On a related note... I'm having a problem with the Nov CTP on VS2005 whereby when I run a very basic application all I get is a black screen in a browser window.  It seems to work on a fresh reboot (sometimes) and will not work again.&n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Auto Save (Vb.NET Express Beta 2)

  The change in code was automatically saved each time I made a debug run. Is there an option to disable the auto save function like in VB.NET 2003 Thanks. In tools->options, make sure that the "Show all settings" check box is checked. Then, under Projects and solutions/Build and Run you can specify what you want VBExpress to do when running your application. Best regards, Johan Stenberg ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to dynamically toggle search terms highlighting?

  Do I really have to change the setting in Tools->Options->Highlight Search Terms and re-issue my search each time I want to toggle the highlight of the search terms or is there another way to do that Regards, Gaetan. No answer ... ok looks like it may not be possible. I remember a past release of the MSDN documentation tool allowed a on-the-fly toggle of the highlight of the serach terms. What is ...Show All

• Windows Forms can't add item to listbox

  hi everyone, can anyone please tell me why i can't add a string in a listbox here's the code Form1.cs private void InitializeComponent() { printMsg += new myEventHandler(AddItem); //some code here } public delegate void myEventHandler(string msg); public event myEventHandler printMsg; [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new Form1()); } public void AddItem (string msg) { listBox1.Items.Add(msg); } ----------------------------- ...Show All

• .NET Development Gathering text via Serial Port

  I'm attemting to gather text via the serial port.  Using the snippet included with VB 2005, I'm not certain how to extract the info gathered and stored in the StringBuilder. What I'm doing is simply sending text from one machine to another <--- running my application, and displaying it in a text box.  When I attempt to do this in the DataReceived method, I get thread exception errors.  Seems I can't access textbox controls whil ...Show All

• Visual Basic Help Trying to Create Project Get Errror 0x8007007B

  Hi, I just installed Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition.  When I try to create a new Project (File --- New Project --- Windows Application)  I get the following error: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntx is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007B) I tried changing the default directories for projects, that didn't work.  I rebooted.  I tried starting a different type of project, all with the s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions New to MsC#2005 and Ms Server 2005, need help!!

  Hi all, I moved from .php, mysql, and Apache to Ms C# 2005 and Ms Server 2005. I want to connect my program C# to a Ms database, just like .php connect to mysql. How do I go about that, what do I need. I had installed "Ms visual C# 2005 express edition" and also "Microsoft SQL Server 2005" on my computer. What else do I need thanks Jason http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/sql_in_csharp.asp ...Show All