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• Visual Studio Writing add-in for VisualStudio.Net 2003

  Hi, I'm new to the world of add-ins; I'm willing to write an add-in which would need to modify the appearance of code in the c# (or others) code editors. I'd need to achieve things such as : changing the background color of a portion of code, underline other code etc. Are there ways to achieve this in a vs.net 2003 add-in Are there any samples about how to achieve that Also, I can't get my way to download the VSIP SDK for VS.Net 2003. Where should I download it Is there some specific registration validation I've registered on http://www.vsipdev.com/downloads/  but never got an email back, so I can't even download the SDK! thanks! Thiba ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++ DLLs in VS 2005

  We are having trouble building some existing C++ DLLs into our software with VS 2005.  This works fine with VS 2003, but we have to use VS 2005 because we are linking in to Team Foundation. We copied the runtime-version setting from VS 2005’s copy of devenv.exe.config into VS 2003’s copy of same.  We got about fifty error messages bringing up VS 2003 and then couldn’t open any of the files in our project, so we believe we need to give up on the idea of making the TeamFoundation DLLs work with VS 2003.   If the only solution is to slip VS 2005’s runtime environment into VS 2003 without telling it, then even if we succeed ...Show All

• .NET Development VS2005 Server Explorer Doesn't show stored proc columns

  In the server explorer for VS2003 it was possible toview the columns that a stored procedure returned along with its parameters. VS2005 server explorer only shows parameters, no columns. I've searched high and low fo a place to turn this on, if that can be done. What's up Anybody know how to view the columns. That's a real help when making sure column names in code match their stored proc names. Hi Thomas In Visual Studio 2005 we do not display the output columns in Server Explorer because this list can be non-deterministic for Stored Procedures.  For example, if a user had the following stored procedure code: ALTER PR ...Show All

• Visual Basic Relase the Fix for Visual Basic Compiler Error &H8013141e&

  Hi all i just want to know when is going to be released the fix for visual basic compiler error &H8013141e&   this is already reported in the microsoft productfeedback site. i think this is a very urgent patch that must be released asap and please do not repond that i should go back to vs.2003 because i have lots of code developed in VS 2005 to framework 2.0 ..   JSB PS: this error pisses me of, i need to restart VS.IDE every 5 minutes. i think this is too bad for a recent relesase product ( its full of Bugs ).   I am having the same problem. Happens in both Visua ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) type generation from DataContract schema

  Hi, I have a requirement to have the DataContract definition as schema (xsd). And while usin g this DataContract in side my service, I will be using this as type. I am looking for the best possible ways to generate type from a given schema and vice versa. I tryed to use XSD tool, but this does not generate the type with DataContract attributes, instead it is using the xmlserilization. tryed to use the svcutil tool, this tool is not working if my datacontract contains XmlDocument type. given the above situation which tool is better is there any other tool which I should try Please send me your thoughts: comments / sugg ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How can I create new tests using my own template?

  Hi,     In test case manager when I try to create suite of test cases, it pops up 'Add New Test' window with templates to choose from. Can I add my own test case templates there Can I change the layout of these test case templates Thanks, Anu There are two approaches -- normal, VS user templates. You should be able to use simple mechanisms for this (File/export template). Also, if you wish to go deeper, you can use some of the VSIP Extensibility functions to do this. Take a look at: %VSINSTALLDIR%\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\1033\SimpleUnitTest.zip If you create new templates of this format, you will need to run ...Show All

• Windows Forms What is windows message loop?

  hi what is the windows message loop in easy terms.  Thanks  (somebody correct me if im wrong) windows is an event driven operating system, when ever you do something like moving the mouse, clicking the form/window etc.... triggers an event and sends a message specifiying what event has happened. the message loop works something like so while(infinite) { ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Creating a new Custom Rule

  Hi, I am trying to create a new custom rule in VS 2005. I guess I have pretty followed eveything stated. Some how I am not able to see the rule in VS. The xml file is embedded also. I am attaching the code. Will some body have a look at it and help me fix this. XML File: < xml version = " 1.0 " encoding = " utf-8 " > < Rules FriendlyName = " My Rules " > < Rule TypeName = " CheckforClassName " Category = " MyRulesXYZ " CheckId = " PG6055 " > < Name > Check for Class Name </ Name > < Description > Check for Class Name, no 'c' prefix </ Description > < LongDescript ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB Express 2005

  Hi all, I just downloaded and installed VB Express 2005 Bata 2. When I ran it and select "New Project" and "Window" app, I get 5 dialog boxes that says: Title: Package Load Failure Package 'Visual Studio common IDE package' has failed to load properly (GUDI - {6E87CFAD-6C05-4ADF-9CD7-3B7943875B7C}). Please contact package vendor for assistance. Application restart recommended, due to possible enviroment corruption. Would you like to disable loading this package in the future You may use 'vbexpress /resetskippkgs' to re-enable package loading. 1. How do you notify the vendor I can't find a place to do it. 2. I restarted and get the same thing ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums VBA forms for Excel. Always on top ??

  Hi, it seems that a form is always 'on top', even if  'SHOW MODAL' is set to TRUE. Is there a way to 'send it back' when i click my sheet and then later when i click the form it will be ' on top' again. I tried to work with Z-order but i didn't got that to work. Regards, Michael Thanks.. but not really what i want. When you create the form you can set it to modeless. But ... The form has no minimize button  and is still the foremost window so it's 'blocking' the view of the excel sheet. The user only acesses my form now and then to get some info so it would be nice to be able to minimize it or just ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Saving word doc silently

  From within a word doc project in VSTO, I am trying to create and save a word doc to the server without starting an instance of word. Something like this: Private Sub ThisDocument_Startup( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me .Startup Me .Range.Text = "Hello World" Me .SaveAs( "C:\Temp\WordDocTest.doc" ) End Sub Running this in my local visual studio project opens an instance of word. How can I prevent Word from opening up I could not find any examples in the forum. Thanks for any help, Brian Let me rephrase ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums pl help ,how to give warnings or Error Messages in Access Reports

  dear ISV's i am trying to print label in the report using vba. with some conditions for printing. for example: if one of the input value is above the stored value in the table(database) i want a warning message or Error message or exit: which i want something look like this " Plz enter the correct value" and should exit . But now my current situation is this , when i enter the value above the stored value in table. it allow me in to the report. But the report showing the result like this for the above condition: "#error" Plz give me some sample expressions for error message regards ...Show All

• SQL Server sqlce 3.0 vs sqlce 2.0 memory issue

  I am currently upgrading our ppc app (written in .net 2003) to .net 2005 and from sqlce 2.0 to 3.0. The new application runs out memory(storage) when handling lots of data transactions (both in case of using sqlcedatareader, and dataset ). There is no memory leak issue here, sqlce 3.0 simply uses a lot more (3 times more) memory than sqlce 2.0. Our applicaton runs fine using sqlce 2.0 and .net 2003, but fail due to memory shortage with the upgrades(which has the same code). Anyone can shed some lights on this issue 1) Try to use SqlCeResultSet than DataSet 2) Please dispose the managed objects explicitly instead of waiting ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Updating a form from a serialport component.

  Having been a Borland C++ chappie over the years, I've basically created my own RS232 object and dumped it in a seperate Thread, which then directly calls a static function in the forms thread, which then updates the the main forms bit & bobs. Problems occured when the RS232 object starts pummeling data into the function before it is cleared etc, and then all goes bonkers! I obviously had broken the cardinal rule "Thou shalt not interact with a control's properties from a thread other than the one that created the control." In comes VC++ Express and a serialPort object, written by someone who knows what they are doing. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Controlling Tab appearance

  How can one make a tabs in a Tab/Control disabled or invisible  There are no Enabled or Visible properties like you'd expect from other controls Curious that this isn't possible (as far as I strumbled through the help) It would be the most simple way to implement a wizzard type of control or something simular. Of course this could be ...Show All