Jordi's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio contributing to the automation model

  Are there any managed examples of extending the automation model with our new Package.  The documentation on this is a little sparse and the few examples are all unmanaged. Thanks, Mike First you need to define an interface in .NET code with the methods and properties that you wish to expose from your package. You will also need to set two attributes on this interface, ComVisible(true) and InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsDual). This interface is the interface that people will access from their calling code. Next, you implement the interface on a class, and add the attribute ClassInte ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System FxCop within the Software Dev. Team Edition

  I have the integrated version in Team Edition, however I can't see where the classic configurations can be done (e.g. all I can see is <RunCodeAnalysis> and <CodeAnalysisRules>, with the latter being simply a subtraction list from the rule list). In particular where can I configure settings that will be passed to each rule handler, e.g. /FxCopProject/Rules/Settings/Rule TypeName="MyType" {my settings} Is this not an option using Visual Studio As an aside -- is that settings infrastructure documented at all I wanted to make a configurable custom company, but the total lack of information on that functionality ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How we make ViewState Dynamic

  System is giving me ViewState Error when I run the Script recorded in Machine A and run it on Machine B. When I see the view state of the page (where it is failing) it has hard coded value while recording. How do we make it dynamic I tried to extract hidden value from previous page and try to paramatize this hidden value on the hard coded value, it is not working. It still says invalid view state. Please help me, how can we make scripts transportable from one machine to other machine Thanks Tampali Furthermore, My first page has ViewState value as hardcoded value. How do we h ...Show All

• Visual Studio PLK

  I requested a PLK and got one using an old package guid. I really need to have the PLK regenerated for my new package, but I cannot do that on the VSIP site. I tried copying the original guid over into the new package, but the Load key fails with "invalid key authentication" . What do I need to do to get this working i did and got a new key. i still get the failure in the key. i am using a managed package where the key is stored in the resx file. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" connecting to Team Foundation Server

  When connecting to team Foundation Server, when clicking on Ok in the connect to TFS dialog, I have an error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". Everything worked fine after installation. I put some sample project under source control, made team projects, builds ok. I don't know what did things went wrong but after an attempt of loading a solution, I keep having this error when connecting to  TFS. Maybe one thing: I installed SourceGear Vault client to get one of our projects sources. After loading the solution, I had to switch the default Source Control to TFS. Then I uninstalled the Vault Client. Whe ...Show All

• Windows Forms Textbox bound to a decimal type will hang the form if non-numeric data is entered

  Here is a simple problem: Drag a decimal or numeric field from your data source onto your form (creating a bound textbox). Enter any non-numeric or invalid data into the textbox and the form will seem to "hang". That is, no other controls (even the form close) will operate. You can't navigate out of the textbox until you enter valid numeric data. Has anyone found an solution to this problem Thanks Tony, and thank you vkh75 for the in-depth reply. I've simplified the code in the form constructor to: MyTextBox.DataBindings[0].Parse += new ConvertEventHandler (MyTextBoxOnParse); This ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Windows Mobile 5.0 Support for Previous versions

  Hi, I have already developed application for PPC 2002. I am using Compact Framework 1.0, SQLCe2.0 and VS.NET 2003 for development.  My application supports on PPC2000,PPC2002 and PPC2003.  I am looking for information whether my application support for Windows Mobile 5.0. I have downloaded Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for PPC but it is not getting installed on my machine.  I know Compact Framework 1.0 is installed in ROM on windows mobile devices.  But I do no know whether cabs build on VS.NET 2003 environment will run on Windows Mobile 5.0 devices..   anybody providing information on this will be of great help to me. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Help! My app still wont start!!!

  I've created the app Game of the Generals and up until now, I'm still not able to launch it. I've tried different machines in different locations but still no success . I keep on getting the message: MSN Messenger cannot start this program. Please try again later. Can someone please help me!!! Well I can start it, so there is nothing wrong with the game... I don't know why you can't start it... ...Show All

• SQL Server Copy database Wizard error: "Class not registered"

  Hello, I use Management Studio (SQL 2005) on my desktop wich contain also Enterprise Manager (SQL 2000). The SQL Server 2005 is on a server in our network. When I try to use the function "copy database wizard" to transfer a database SQL 2000 to SQL 2005, the wizard stop with this error: "Class not registered Program Location:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application.SaveToSqlServerAs(Package package, IDTSEvents events, String packagePath, String serverName, String serverUserName, String serverPassword)    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.CopyDatabaseWizard.PackageCreator.SavePackage()" Someone can he ...Show All

• .NET Development Error retrieving correct number of Copies in Devmode Structure (Windows 32 API - WinSpooler.drv)

  Hi, I am using winspool.drv to spool print job using a notify call back mechanism. To obtain the print job information, I am currently filling up the JOB_INFO_2 structure which is giving me access to DEVMODE structure. My devmode structure is returning me valueable information about print job except the flag dmCopies which is specified as  short dmCopies ; "Selects the number of copies printed if the device supports multiple-page copies." in MSDN. Please check following link. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/gdi/prntspol_8nle.asp Now what if I do not have a printer that support multiple-page co ...Show All

• SQL Server Beginner to SQL server 2005 Express Edition

  Hi, I am fairly new to Visual Studio 2005 (using C#) and am writing an application for the company I work in. I have got a really nice functioning form working and am now planning what to do about the massive database I need to create (I don't think it will ever get to the 4GB limitation of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition). Can someone please help with some simple questions please 1: I am decoding a specific file format and extracting the information for the main database. Fortunately, each record in the data file I am decoding has unique identity codes (so this will be great for the ID of each entry). Because the software has to do ...Show All

• .NET Development Runs Framework 1.1 application with 2.0

  On a fresh installation of windows xp, if I install ony framework 2.0, can I run 1.1 application or I need to install framework 1,1 Hi, Check the following video for an in-depth info: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx postid=73151 Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView Columns Changes Lost

  I am having a problem with changes that I make to the DataGridView columns using the Designer being lost. The DataGridView is bound to a binding source object and is not changed and no other changes are made to the data grid. The designer automatically regenerates the code sometime during a recompile and does not keep the changes that were previously made. I have not been able to pinpoint the exact sequence of events to consistently reproduce the problem. This problem is preventing me from relying on the Designer to setup my columns. Has anyone experienced this behavior Thanks in advance Jorge ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Express license hosting for business purpose?

  Hi every one, SQL Server 2005 Express License allow hosting for business purpose, as DB size is limited to 4 GB Any restriction or limitation regards SQL Server Express can be used for hosting. There are no limitations or restrictions on using it for business purposes. Tim Tow SQL Server Product Manager ...Show All

• Visual C++ Compiling x86 / x86-64 asm in VC++ projects

  I have VS 2005, running on Windows XP x64 on an AMD64 3400+. I recently learned some assembly, and I'm wanting to use it in some of my programming projects. Obviously, i want to compile for the x64 if possible. I'm disappointed to find that Microsoft, for some reason, does not support the __asm keyword for x86-64. I found some tutorials on compiling and linking asm files for VS 2003, and I tried them out, but they don't work for me in VS2005. Using CMD in windows, I can successfully assemble obj files using both ml.exe AND ml64.exe. However, when I put an asm file in a VC++ project, and set up the command line to "C:\Program Fi ...Show All