Rene Garcia - [MSFT]'s Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Can't go directly to XAML edit

  I'm accustomed to right clicking on a file in Solution Explorer an selecting View Code to edit code behind. 1) I can no longer do this, has just not been implemented 2) I'd really like to be able to do it for XAML (espcially because the designer perf. is Beta level and I know its going to crash anyway because of the load limitations. NIK You can set Visual Studio to use the XML editor for XAML as the defualt editor. Th ...Show All

• .NET Development How do you add nodes to a tree view?

  how to add nodes in a tree view Assuming you have a TreeView called 'myTreeView': myTreeView.Nodes.Add( new TreeNode("My TreeNode"));   Or you add them in the designer by using the Nodes property. ...Show All

• Visual C++ /docDebug\' and '/clr:oldsyntax' not incompatible???

  I tried to activate  to "Generate XML documentation Files" option on a C++/Clr project and I reveived the following error: Command line error D8016 : '/docDebug\' and '/clr:oldsyntax' command-line options are incompatible I'm not sure I like this one.  I can activate this option on a native C++ code but not on all the code I did with VS2003 in managed code Stephane Guerin According to http://msdn ...Show All

• Visual Studio Class Designer Item Missing from the Toolbox Menu

  Hi I am currently using VS2005 Beta 2. All my Class Designer items are missing from the Toolbox menu. I have tried reset the Toolbox, executed "devenv /setup" and even repair the entire Visual Studio, but still did not work. I think other items are still in Toolbox except only Class Deisgner May I know is there a way to restore the Class Designer in Toolbox Thanks you very much Did it ever show up and dis ...Show All

• Windows Forms get info from a switch statement

  Hi As a newbie I'm trying to learn to use methods... and I'm a bit stuck . This is what I'm trying to achieve [I'm expanding an exercise from the internet]: 1. select one of 3 countries from a comboBox [cboCountry] - show selected country in cboCountry 2. enter amount of cash to do calculation on [txtAmount] 3. depending on which country is selected will depend on the FxRate - which will show in the textBox txtFxRate 4. txtSubTota ...Show All

• Visual C++ Thread Termination

  Is there any way to easily instruct windows to wait for a given thread to complete upon exit of the process in which it was created, other than explicitly calling a function such as WaitForSingleObject at the end of execution As an example, if I create a thread in order to run an asynchronous function, such as one which performs a large calculation and stores the result to a file, logically it should continue to execute until it is finished even ...Show All

• .NET Development Assign strong name to third part DLL

  Hi, I am using third party dll like companentart.web.ui.dll which is not assigned as strong name. I can't have any code for modification so how can assign strong name to third party dll. So please help me by providing solution for third paty strong name. See the documentation on the Strong Name Tool (Sn.exe): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cptools/html/cpgrfstrongnameutilitysnexe.asp ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Installing over VS 2005 Beta 2

  Question 1: What is the correct way to install VS 2005 Standard over VS 2005 Beta 2. Should Beta 2 first be removed and then install the Standard VS or is it ok to install over the Beta 2 version. Question 2: I have been trying to use the different starter kits and the .vsi files are not recognized by VS 2005 Beta2. I am hoping that by installing VS 2005 Standard this will take care of this issue or is there something else I ne ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista K2.NET vs WWF

  Hi.. I have been evaluating K2.net and other workflow tools.. and addition of WWF adds to the confusion. now k2 solves most of the workflow scenarios though the licensing may be a issue with some clients.  Now WWF g8 to use and with not many licencing issues but the problem its still beta.. So what should you suggest to a customer who is planning for a workflows at a large scale in the next 6 months .. any pointers Regards Parito ...Show All

• Visual Basic Need Publish My Application with dotnetfx.exe within setup package

  In 'Publish' of VB2005 Express , Item of 'Prerequisited' choose to install '.Net Framework 2.0' . I choose option ' Download prerequisites from the same location as my application' . Because I need to package within Publish package. (no need to use option 'Download prerequisites from the component vendor's web site' ) It shows error message 'The install location for prerequisites has not been set to 'component vendor's web site' and the file 'D ...Show All

• Visual Studio Help reinstalling VS .NET 2003

  I had Visual Studio .NET 2003 installed on my PC.  I then wanted to install 2005 beta but it would not install until I uninstalled 2003. Now I need 2003 .NET installed again but now I can't.  The "Windows Component Update for Visual Studio "NET" went ok. But when running setup I get this screen with nothing to select. http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9174/vs1ow.jpg I tried running "Repair" but it said that it&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Windows 2003 x64

  I have a test wesite that I am working on and have been able to run it successfully on a Windows 2003 X86 server with SQL 2005. All the normal asp.net stuff works including database access but I'm having trouble getting Crystal Reports to run properly. I do have the Crystal runtime installed...and maybe that's part of my problem, do I need a 64bit version of that to be able to use it Anyway, the error I'm getting is a ...InteropServices.COM ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Access to serial port in a WinCE device

  Hi, I am developing a WinCE application for a PDA and i need to access its USB port. I am trying to access a serial port, using the function CreateFile, and when I execute the .exe in the PDA (it compiles and links well on PC), it returns me a '120' Error (This function is not valid on this platform.). In the web requirements fot this function it says "OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later", and the PDA has 'Microsoft Pocke ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Get specific row value from DataTable

  Hey there, I have a problem trying to get an specific row from a table. I'm using a DataSet that has several nums of tables created in runtime, but I need to get an specific row from each table, I'm using this code: Dim TablesResult As New DataSet 'then I call the function to store the tables into the dataset For Each Table As DataTable In TablesResult.Tables Dim  Generic As Integer = CInt (Int((Table.Row ...Show All

• SQL Server When Starting SQL Server 2005 Database Engine Tuning Advisor tool, I get a C++ runtime error

  When starting "Database Engine Tuning Advisor " I get a dialog box stating the following Dialog Box Caption: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Dialog Box Message: Runtime Error! Program: C:\Progr... R6031 -Attemp to initialize the CRT more than once. This indicates a bug in your application Remarks: I rebooted multiple time and made sure the tool is the first thing I start. Error does not go a way. I ...Show All