Ivo's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Baseless merge ?

  I've been told a couple of times to workaround problems with branching via a Baseless Merge.  Now I'm pretty sure I can guess what this does based on the name, but I can't find any way to accomplish this through the VS2005 UI. I've read all the docs I can find and I've searched google and all I've come up with is the command line option to do "h.exe merge /baseless" from MSDN and the reference from Buck's blog. The description in the docs being : /baseless - "Performs a merge in the absence of a basis version" Am I missing something in the UI or is it just not in there yet Not all of the command-line ...Show All

• Windows Forms Getting BindingContext to save current edits.

  I have a form that uses BindingContext and CurrencyManager. It works fine, but when I click save, the current TextBox does not save its information (maybe it's not marked as dirty until moving to a different Position ). What's the simple, standard way of coding a statement that basically says "save the current record's updates too" Hi Silona, It&n ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dimming a class based on a choice

  Hello all, Here's my delma, I have an MSSQL database and a Sybase database that can be used with a spacific application, I have the .NET data providers for both and have created 2 classes based on their respective providers, the classes are identical in every respect except the provider from which they are based. What I am looking to do is based on an option on startup instanciate the proper class. The problem I have is, what do I do with my base class Here's an example. Friend BaseVariable as SomeClass If MSSQL = True then BaseVariable = New MsSqlClass Else BaseValiable = New SyBaseClass End If The Friend var ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Getting workflow information before the Workflow has run?? (State based)

  hi guys, (We're about to kick a project using WF) To aid us in the UI space, we would like to obtain the following info for each state in our workflow: (1) What state am I in (2) What are my available operations in this state (i.e. approve, reject, abort...) - these are ROLE dependant. (3) What are my next states (that I may go into) - this will aid UI creation greatly. (This may be tied into #2 somehow) As far as I understand, we can only obtain 'state' information when the workflow is running (or transitioning) We can enumerate the available EventSinks (aka Operations) for each State - we would need to make them 'Role aware' by deriving o ...Show All

• SQL Server Setup of sql server

  I am trying to get an instance of sql server working on my computer. In visual studio under the server explorer there is a server there but it does not accept my logon info.  I read something about a sawpd but don't know much about it. mark ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Please Answer this question

  Hi to all I want to ask is this poosible to initate windows workflow from Pdf , as this is very common requirment , like user is given a pdf form and he/she fills it and worksflows starts (in this case human based ) and after couple of reviews got terminated. Did and on had any idea or workaound for this. Thanks paul Yup , actually I gona be digging more of offcie 12 for workflow , the things i see at this time in office12 beta (i am taking in context of sps v3 and WF) there is definetly ways to do that , but actually the client base here are using pdf forms alot and they want to stay this way (until they hear couple o ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista "Installing Windows Loop"

  During the install of 5308 Via a DVD on my system I get caught up in a continuous loop of installing windows. Below is the scenario that loops and my system specs. "Installing Windows... Windows will finish installing automatically. Your computer will restart during installation." "1 Collecting information | 2 Installing Windows" Computer reboots, but it comes back to this stage, but i don't have to input the CD key or select my Hard Drive again. Also the progress bar starts from the beginning of 2 again. During the Drive selection the install recognizes that i have two hard drives and will notice that i ...Show All

• Visual Basic How can I get a Field From A Dataset

  I set a field on my grid as not visible and when I try to rowbind data I can not get that value using the e.row.cells(6).text - So - my question is how can I get that value without showing it on the grid or how can I get this field from the dataset as each record is binding.. here is the code I have: Private Sub BindGrid() Dim myDataSet As New DataSet myConnection.Open() strSQL = "SELECT * FROM CDO_Quality_Test WHERE CDO_ID = " & Session( "CDOID" ).ToString & " ORDER BY sub_test_pos" myDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(strSQL, myConnection) myDataAdapter.Fill(myDataSet, "cdo_quality_test" ) dgTests.DataSource = ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problems with Branching

  We are running Beta 3 Refresh and are having problems branching (which worked ok in Beta 2). I created a new folder and then clicked on my main folder (with multiple sub-folders underneath) and clicked Branch. I then choose to put the branch in my new directory I created. It then states: "Preparing to Branch..." and sits there for over 1/2 and never does anything. I then clicked "Cancel" and it sits there for another 30-45 minutes saying "Canceling..." and then I receive an error that states: "Visual Studio Team System Command Canceled". You can only click ok, which then brings up: "Error Command Canceled" I was able to successfully branch a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Visualisation tools for merging

  Are there any tools in the pipeline that will make the process of merging a bit more intuitive Over time there may be hundreds of changesets on a branch for example, all of which may be linked to different work items. In terms of 'promoting' code across branches e.g. from a 'dev' branch to an 'int' branch, you would logically want to simply select one or more work items to merge (perhaps based on the 'state' of that work item), currently you can only select known changeset numbers to merge which is a nightmare to keep track of manually. In v1, there will only be what you see now.  For v2, we'll certainl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Work items problem

  I have recently upgraded to TFS RC and everything is cool, until... I ran my TFS RC in a Virtual PC, and connecting using a physical Windows XP with Visual Studio 2005 loaded. I uninstall the old team explorer and install the Team Explorer RC. I can create new project etc. However, one day before a demo, I realized I cannot create a new project from the Windows XP anymore. I can still create a new project from the VS2005 in the virtual PC, but when I view the project using the VS2005 from the Windows XP, it shows a little red cross icon at the "Work Items" and I cannot open the work item. Anybody know how to fix this Th ...Show All

• Windows Forms Fatal Error in Windows Forms

  In my Windows Forms application, a fatal error occurs with an error message "Fail to load resources from resource file. Please check setup." then closes down the my application immediately. All other forms work fine, except one. The error occurs when/after I called SaveData() method in my data access layer. I stepped through each line in the SaveData() method, no line causes any exception. The error happens as soon as the SaveData() method exits. I have no way to find the source of the error. Any idea Help! Regards, William I tried forcing my .NET 1.1 application to run ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to Improve Report Performace

  Hi, My report performance is very low. Eg, To view a single record from a table which has 3000 record, it tooks around 2 min. Is any way to increase theis performance What are you using to pull up the report (VB,C#,etc) What are you using for your data source (SQL Server, Access, etc) Are you filtering in Crystal (This can really slow things down) Do you have sub reports This will all help in helping you with your problem. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Multi Form application... NOT MDI application

  HI... I have so far up to 5 Form in my application... I don't want to use MDI philosophy... Parent and Child Window... So I create all my Form and the code behind... But want to manage every thing in my own Main... and other *.cs file in the solution... We know that a form is an object... so theorytically I can acces every thing that is& ...Show All

• Visual C++ Version in managed C++ 2005 DLL

  Hi all, This might sound like a really dumb question but how can I get a "version" tab when right clicking on a dll I create in Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition In the dll's I have created so far I get just General, Security and Summary tabs. My C# dll's have version tabs but not my C++ ones. I have tried to google this but I'm getting nowhere. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading Take a look at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=160694&SiteID=1 Hope this helps! Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All