BZRK's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System how can I schedule a Unit test to run multiple time?

  Hi, I would like to know how can I schedule a Unit test to run multiple time w/o using a loop or timer. I am using Team System for Software Developer edition. Please advice! Thanks, Hello, You can use an ordered Test. An ordered test will let you add the same unit test multiple times; then you can schedule to run the ordered test, and you will get the behavior you're looking for. More info on ordered tests: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182631.aspx Thanks, David Gorena Elizondo [MSFT] VSTS ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Mixing DirectX and windows forms

  I am working on an application that requires directx for drawing but also has quite a bit of GUI (it's similar to a game). Due to the amount of GUI involved I want to use windows forms and controls with a panel that a directx device renders to. I also need the app to be fullscreen. I have managed to make a fullscreen form that contains windows controls (doing little more than creating a fullscreen device). I have also managed to make a windowed form (the same form as above but windowed) with a second device that renders to a panel inside the form. What I need is this second device rendering to the panel when the form is in fullscreen m ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Bug Report(blue screen/can't install netfx 2.0)

  1. I'd installed a Virtual CD tool named daemon-tools(version 3.47), it'll cause blue screen in either vista beta1 or beta2 5270, either in safe mode or vga mode. I had to re-install vista again and again... 2.I can't install vs2005 in vista beta1(shipped in 2005.7.31), so I want to install the " problem-reporting tool ", but it prompt me to download and install .net framework 2.0. I download the nf 2.0, unfortunately, error occured:Error 25007. Setup can't load fusion with LoadLibraryShim().Error: handle is invalid. 3.Memory usage between beta1 and beta2 5270, is about 340M - 560M(after starting up) ...Show All

• Visual C++ error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'IPromInfo **' to 'ATL::CComPtr<T> *'

   Hi, I'm compiling one vc6 project into vc8. It is using vector class of STL. it is giving error: Error 8 error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'IPromInfo **' to 'ATL::CComPtr<T> *' d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8 \vc\include\vector 302 The calling point is: for (i=0; i< m_vecOptionalRiderBoards.size(); i++)  {   CComQIPtr<IBoardInfoFileIO> pFileIO(m_vecOptionalRiderBoards );   pFileIO.p->WriteToFile(pFile,VARIANT_TRUE, OutputMode); //error generation  } //vector class error point: pointer operator->() const { // return pointer to class object return (&**this); } I have fo ...Show All

• .NET Development Framework 2.0

  How can I obtain a copy of the SDK on disc At 56kb, 14 hours is just too long. Thanks Roger J Dyckman (nospam ) adept@accutek.net(nospam ) Hello Roger, I believe you can order it on cd from http://microsoft.order-2.com/developertools/ Hope that helps, Stephen [Microsoft CLR - Security: Developer] http://blogs.msdn.com/stfisher   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error: Failed to load the work item history

  I'm getting an error message when i attempt to do a check in that says: Checkin: Failed to load the work item history Reason: Root element is missing. This just started happening yesterday and I am not sure why. The check in process seems to work but it produces this dialoge box several times. I can't seem to find any info about this. Has anyone else seens this So far i have tried rebooting my machine, deleting my solution and pulling it back down from source control, and disconnecting from TFS and re-creating my connection. Sorry for replying to your post so late... The error i ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Inserting a record with a TimeStamp field

  Did anybody make it to insert an object with a TimeStamp field. When I try db.SubmitChanges() throws me: Argument types do not match. If I omit the timestamp field it works (however it won't protect me agains concurrency violations upon update or delete). Here is my timestamp property definition: protected System.Byte[] lastChange; [Column(Storage="lastChange", Name="LastChange", AutoGen=true, IsVersion=true)] public System.Byte[] LastChange {    get { return lastChange; } } Interesting is that it works when reading from database (the timestamp is correctly read). Miha, We are looking into this. It should work like ser ...Show All

• SQL Server return value of EXECUTE sp_executesql(SQLString)

  Hi, How can I check return value from EXECUTE sp_executesql(SQLString) Thanks, I'm not sure what "return value" means -- if you mean that your SQL generates a value that you need to assign to a variable, you can use an OUTPUT param:     DECLARE @x int   EXEC sp_executesql     N'SELECT @x = 1',     '@x int OUTPUT',     @x OUTPUT   PRINT @x     -- Adam Machanic Pro SQL Server 2005, available now http://www..apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html bID=457 --     < ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to handle DateTime Variable and NULL Value

  I have the following code. The MemberJoinDate Column on the SQL Server Database allows NULL. How do I set the MemberJoinDate DateTime Variable in my Form to NULL if the user does not enter a value in the txtBoxAMMemberJoinDate At the moment I get an error of "Cannot Convert dbnull to datetime" string strMemberJoinDate = this .txtBoxAMMemberJoinDate.Text; DateTime MemberJoinDate = System.DBNull.Value; if (strMemberJoinDate != "") { MemberJoinDate = Convert.ToDateTime(strMemberJoinDate); } Joe, It was the second option that I was looking for. Writing it back to a SQL Database. It works very well. T ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Internet Access

  Hello, Please could someone explain why the Visual SourceSafe internet access dialog within Visual Studio requires a UNC path as well as an HTTP one Is this implying that for initial setup, there must be a lan/vpn type connection or can a remote developer with only HTTP access (but with an NT account) connect and use the system somehow Thanks Simon Alfredo You mention that there is an assumption about lock down. Developer teams, in my experience, are often the biggest culprits in finding ways around security or just lax about implementing it. How about a wizard that would check the installation and provide o ...Show All

• Visual Basic Auxiliary file locations in VB 2005

  Compared with pre- .NET versions of Visual Basic, VB 2005 generates a number of additional files, mostly in project subfolders like Bin, My Project, and obj: .pdb, .resources, .cache, .vshost.exe files, and the like. So far as I can tell, they're auto-generated perhaps at build time, but because they reside in the folder tree with the source files the whole collection gets backed up, ballooning the backup unnecessarily. Is there a way to break out those files into another location separate from the source and form-design files you can set the build output path to a location outside of your project location. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Deploy crystal report VS2005 on windows 2003 server

  Can you plz tell me how to deploy crystal report of VS2005 on windows 2003 server Would you be more specific about your problem deploying Crystal Reports And also, what do you mean by "deploying Crystal Reports " Are you trying to install a winforms application or ASP.net site that utilizes Crystal Reports If you are using Winforms application, then create a SetUp project to create installation files which will install your application(including copying over your CR reports). I haven't dealt with ASP.net so i have no advice on that. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Get code from SourceSafe for build...

  How do I perform a Get latest source code for daily build Is there an MSBuild task available for doing this And is there any sample available Thanks. There are tasks available in the Microsoft.SDC.Tasks collection. You can get the tasks along with walkthroughs and documentation at http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx SampleGuid=2cb20e79-d706-4706-9ea0-26188257ee7d . Neil ...Show All

• Architecture Database Design based on Service Oriented Architecture.

  iam working on a project in which i have a Requirement that , we have some basic attributes of every service such as. Service No , Description , Name , Service Type , in a service Table but we have some service that has more attributes + the simple attributes such as take a example of a service of it department we are creating on a system , such as New User id service , now in this case we have some advance attributes othen then simple , and it can vary to service that every service can have any number of advance services attributes , for this i have currently desing tha Database such that Service Table Advance Attribu ...Show All

• .NET Development TableAdapter Update problem

  Hello, i have problem in my application. I create dataset with single table. In MainForm i have 2 texboxes and update button. This is code for update button: [CODE] Klient klient = new Klient(); klient.ShowDialog(); KlientDataSet dataSet = new KlientDataSet(); Serwis.KlientDataSet.KlienciRow klientRow = dataSet.Klienci.NewKlienciRow(); klientRow[0] = Guid.NewGuid(); klientRow[1] = klient.Imie; klientRow[2] = klient.Nazwisko; dataSet.Klienci.AddKlienciRow( klientRow ); int result = this.klienciTableAdapter1.Update( dataSet.Klienci ); [/CODE] I got 1 in result variable so i think that database was updated. No my dat ...Show All