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• Visual Studio Team System Can I undo / discard a checkout from source control explorer?

  Hello, This issue may have already been visited, but I haven't had any luck searching for a solution. Here's my problem: I had a contractor working on my project for quite some time in the early phases. When he left he left files checked out in his Workspace on his desktop. The effect of this is that Source Control Explorer listed a pending change for him dispite the fact that he has been gone for months. How can I discard his pending chan ...Show All

• Visual Basic DllNotFoundException in New DataSet Features in VS2005

  I was going through the New DataSet Features found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/NewDtaStVS05.asp  except connecting to the Northwind Sample Database found in the SQL Server Mobile Edition that comes bundled with VS2005 Professional (rather than SQLServer 2000 or MSDE as recommended in the article).  I am able to connect to the database, generate the dataset, and drag the details of the ...Show All

• SQL Server Nested Loops in the Control Flow

  I have a problem when using nested loops in my Control Flow. The package contains an outer Foreach Loop using the Foreach File Enumerator which in my test case will loop over two files found in a directory. Inside this loop is another Foreach Loop using the Foreach Nodelist Enumerator. Before entering the inner loop a variable, xpath, is set to a value that depends on the current file, i e /file[name = '@CurrentFileName']/content . The Nodelist ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can i get the serial number of Hard disk or mainboard

  hi i want to program a software lock for my application and i want to know How can i get the serial number of Hard disk or mainboard or any suggestion for software lock in vb.net thank you so much thank you goncalo.borrega for ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to make a column invisible in data grid

  Hi All,  I wanted to make the first column in my data grid as invisible column because it holds the key for the row.  I am trying to use the follwing code . This code poulates my datagrid dgResultType with 3 columns instead of just&nb ...Show All

• Windows Forms DatagridView column instance name changed in Release version

  Hi Initially I had been working on Beta version of VS2005. I was having 3 datagridViews in my form. Now I have moved to Release version of VS.NET. In Release version the instance name of datagridView columns have changed automatically.Since I have given same "Name" (Name property of datgridView column) for different columns it is throwing error when i tried to open the form in designer view. I know that,  this is because in ...Show All

• Visual C# System.Diagnostics.Process() help

  Hi everyone, small problem with the use of System.Diagnostics.Process() method. I am using the software OmniPeek and well it can be run via the command prompt to start up and autorun and do what I need it to do; I also have a few other pieces of software I want to run along with it. Long story short, I don't want have to constantly go into the cmd promt to do this, so I tried writing a lil widget. The code I wrote however, does not work, it jus ...Show All

• Windows Forms Where to put user-level settings in a ClickOnce app?

  I'm trying to figure out where to put user-level settings for a ClickOnce-deployed app, such that they survive versioning. Normally I could use the Settings features of VS2005, but these are stored in the config file, and when the ClickOnce app is updated, it'll be downloaded to a new location, with the default config file. So the question arises - where is the recommended place to store user-level settings in a ClickOnce app   I know ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Who has a PPC-6700 Sprint AudioVox Mobile 5 (Can I use GPS?)

  I have the Sprint AudioVox PPC-6700 and I know that it has the built in GPS chipset but everywhere that I search I can not find out how to actually access the API. There are a few of the GPS API references throughout msdn & msdn2 but none have an actual walk through. It is very easy to access the phone API's and contact lists/appointments and whatnot but the GPS is not to be found. As far as the GPS is conserned one could argue that it ...Show All

• Visual C# HELP! change the registry key on remote computer

  Hi, I try to write a tool that can change a value for registry key on remote computer in LAN. I have admin rights already. what is the best way to do it thanks ...Show All

• .NET Development Access exchange server

  hi, i want to create an application that access users calendar from exchange sever. The application list the user name and provision to select a time slot. if the user has no appointment in current time slot, an appointmant is set in his calendar. i want to know how to access exchange servers from c#, how get a list of users, access the calendar.. Any leads ...i'm using c# thanks in advance I did this at my previous wor ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions one form triggering a event in another form

  How do I get one form event to trigger a event in a differant form I want get the check_changed event to do a event in differant form , from the form which the checkbox is placed any ideas !!!! Create a delegate in the form that has the checkbox. Then attach it to an instance in the other form. When the check box is checked, fire the event, it will call the function in the other form. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Class designer causes keyboard input to be ignored

  In Beta 2 if the class designer is open and I try to edit the code file, all keyboard control keys input is ignored in the editor.  For example the Tab, Delete, Space keys. Is this by design Brad Raulston It is very disconcerting to hear that keyboard input is ignored after using Class Diagram.  Unfortunately we have not encountered this issue.  Any information you may have with regard to what yo ...Show All

• SQL Server saving DTS package to sql server

  hi, I have a "Transfer sql server object task" in SSIS that transfers few tables from one database to another. The task works fine and the project is saved on my c: drive. I was trying to save the project on the SQL server and don't know if i am doing somehting wrong I have the following selections made: Package Location: SQL server Server: ServerName Authentication Type: Windows Package path: /TransferTables ...Show All

• SQL Server Can not create unsafe assembly

  I try to create assembly with UNSAFE permissions. I granted "unsafe assembly" to my login, set TRUSTWORTHY property ON. Now I have this error: Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user <MyDomain>/<MyName>, error code 0x5. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15404). How to resolve this Looks like your server isn't able to reach the D.C. to get information on your particular ...Show All