Zoop1984's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) What does Avalon mean?

  Hi, Just wondering......the dictionary does say that it is "an island paradise" but couldn't understand its relevance here to Win Forms. Can anyone help me grasp this. -Satya If memory serves me right, Avalon and Whidbey are islands near Seatle... Erno ...Show All

• Visual Studio Typo in the Rich Edit control documentation

  There is a typo in the Rich Edit control documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/richedit/richeditcontrols/richeditcontrolreference/richeditnotificationmessages/en_oleopfailed.asp It says " WM_SETEVENTMASK " instead of " EM_SETEVENTMASK ". > BTW did anything interesting happen when you used WM_ WM_SETEVENTMASK isn't defined so it would jus ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problems with MSTest.exe

  I’m having problems using MSTest from the command line to execute tests on my build server. I have a VS2005 (Beta 2) solution set up as follows (actual names changed for clarity):   C:\MyProject                              [ solution root ] C:\MyProject\MyProject      ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope and MessageId

  Hi. I am trying to use in source suppression of CA2000:DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope with a messageId and I don't seem to be able to get it to work. For example, [SuppressMessage "Microsoft.Reliability", "CA2000:DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope")] public static void fn() { StringReader sr = new StringReader("sometext"); } works fine, while [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Reliability", " ...Show All

• Visual Basic Picture Box

  I got an MDI application and am trying to place a picture on the MDI parent. If I place the picture as a Background Image of the MDI parent, the picture is tiled across the whole form..... and doesn't look nice! If I place a picture box and dock it to fill, and select the image I want, the image is shown well. But whenever I call another form, nothing appears on the screen...... the form is loading behind the picture box. I already tried calling ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions install errors

  Where does the download put the installation file when downloading vb Express beta 2   Have tried twice to install and keep getting install errors.  Tried downloading the vbsetup.exe file again, but figured out it's still looking at the same install file that's already been downloaded previously when I execute it.  It all installs OK on the laptop. Also, on the desktop install, I don't get the .NET beta 2 selection to install.&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Basic Need Some help. New to VB

  I am new to VB and i learn best be diving right and start working with it. Though this is not the best way to things cause it grenerates a lot of question. So i also look for toturials and sample code, but I am now stumped. I can not find the information I need for somthing I am trying to do. I am trying to create a multi form vb program that will log into a mysql server and and retrive information and display it. I know how to do that part, but ...Show All

• Visual C++ Why does my EXE file fails to run on certain Ms XP and Ms 2000 platforms?

  I am using Visual Studio 6 to create my simple dialog-based program. In the setting, I have selected to "use MFC as a static library". After building, I get my Released version of my EXE program. This executiable file does run well on the PC on which I developed the program. However, for the PC without Visual Studio, I found the following problems : 1. The EXE does not run at all on many Win XP or Win 2000 platforms where  Visual Studio ha ...Show All

• .NET Development WILL VISUAL STUDIO 2005 work with an amd athlon 64 3700+ with windows xp 64 bit edition

  WILL VISUAL STUDIO 2005 work with an amd athlon 64 3700+ with windows xp 64 bit edition i need to know if it works thanx yes. my current setup is an AMD 64x2 4200+ I have found that when db programming against the jet provider I have to set my assembly target to x86, but other than that I havent found any issues. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How can I import work items from one project to another?

  I have a number of issues in a project we just completed. We're starting a new project and there are specific work items I would like to import to the new project. Is there a specific way to do this Any help would be appreciated. aaron As far as I know, there is no "automatic" way of doing this, all you can do, is make your own program, using WI object model, to do the import. You can find more info about the work it ...Show All

• SQL Server Breakpoint doesn't work

  I've got a breakpoint in a script task. The script task executes successfully but doesn't break. Short and sweet this one. Anyone any idea why it might not -Jamie   JAson_scoobyjw wrote: Hey Jamie, I believe I read somewhere in the pipe that breakpoints weren't going to work until the prod release... Nah, I know this has worked in the past and I've read posts today from people that have had it working. -Jamie ...Show All

• Visual C# Help : Share file

  Hi I design in C# 2003. My project have method access file (ex. data.txt). When run, have error ("file access by another process"). How can i do when i do not want stop another process . Can i share this file It depends on how you are opening the file in both processes. If opening it with the FileStream class, be that the FileShare flag is set in the constructor to allow other reading. You must also specify this for any ot ...Show All

• Windows Forms TaskVision: Danger of BadPractices

  Hi! Since TaskVision doesn't follow any of the Microsoft Patterns (as a matter of fact it doesn't follow any pattern at all, it doesn't even follow the  ADO.NET  API or WindowsForms.NET API) and so many people is downloading it, using it, and&n ...Show All

• Windows Forms opening a program with a button click

  Hey, I'm writing a program for my wife. I'm trying to open a PowerPoint Slideshow and an MP3 file in WMP with a button click.. Not sure what the namespace to start with. Any help is welcome. Thanks I was wondering if there was a way to use this to open a zip file programaticaly. I have been trying in vein to open a zip file using GzipStream and DeflateStream. I also tried SharpZip I think it is called with no luck. I was hoping that I cou ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums What are "Windows Live Messenger Blog Alerts"?

  I have an MSN Space. I found a page where I can sign up for "Windows Live Messenger Blog Alerts". Is this a part of Live Messenger Can you give me a link to the most current info about it In my searches I am only finding Beta information about Live Messenger. Thank you, X You can subscribe to an alert and you will receive a notification whenever there is a new post. Take a look at this page, alerts.msn.com . ...Show All