WineNCheese's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Any opinions on the untyped-ness of xaml?

  I love xaml and I think it's super powerful. However, the whole system gets much of it's productivity by being untyped. Meaning, if I can bind to a 'path' that is found in a datacontext that I can set/change in the code-behind, no compiler will ever be able to help me figure out that I made a typo in the path. Actually, when I change a property name on the dataobject I'm binding to, goodluck finding all the references in xaml files. This seem ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 Enterprise June CTP Installation Error

  Tried to install several times (on Win2003 Ent. SP1) but I always get the following error: Failure adding user NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE to local group SQLServer2005MSSQLServerADHelperUser (1388) The user varies (sometimes NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) and so does the local group (sometimes SQLServer2005SQLBrowserUser). Any tips Regards Roger I have tried to install SQLDEV ,But got the same error mesage. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding Controls to Windows Forms using DTE

  Hi All, I managed to create new Windows Appliation Projects in the runtime using the Application Object Model and to add forms to it. But I couldn't figure out how add controls (textboxes, labels,...) to it in the runtime. Can anybody give me a clue Regards, Imesh Hi Imesh, I would suggest you check out the "Windows Forms Automation" sample from the VS2005 Automation Samples . In short, you ne ...Show All

• Windows Forms application.run

  I can't understand what does Application.Run method  really do. It load a form, but how can I reference to  this form after that  If I create a new instance of the  form in main sub and then I pass it to Application.Run, I  have the&n ...Show All

• Visual Basic "Could not find a part of the path" error message when you access a mapped drive

  Hi I'm getting error when I try to access to a mapped drive. I'm using vb.net 2003 and developing a windows service. The service needs to read a file on a mapped drive using the streamreader class. When I run the service on windows XP pro all works perfect, but now when I run the same service on the Windows 2003 server it doesn’t work. The mapped drive exists and I grant access to everyone. I’ve found an article that says the pro ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Installation ERROR D:

  Thats the question, i have problems installing Visual Studio Express Edition Beta 2. I saw somewhere that MS VS 2005 have an issue with 64bits computers well... From logs i get this Log >>>> VSSWMSIFailInfo.txt ====================== MSI CA LOG ENTRY INFO: ====================== 08/21/05 23:17:57 DDSet_Entry: RunProcess started 08/21/05 23:17:57 DDSet_Status: CustomActionData: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\regt ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) No WinFX template in VS2005!?

  I have installed the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, but there's no WinFX project template in Visual Studio. I'm using Vindows Vista Beta 2 Build 5384.4. There must be a problem with your installation. I'm also running Vista Beta 2 Build 5384.4 with the Visual Studio 2005 extensions, and I see WinFX project templates under both Visual Basic and Visual C#. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Security problems on VWD beta 2

  hi, i'll keep it short; i can't seem to add 'users' on the security tab on asp.net configuration. When I fill out the form, it retuns "use another password". I tried several times to use another, but it keeps returning. What am i doing wrong I use Visual Web Developer Express Beta 2. Thanks in advance. Riggs. p.s. Excuse my English pls Beta 2 has a strong password requirement.  I believe you need to use a 7 character long password wit ...Show All

• Windows Forms Use DataGrid to display simple Excel Table?

  Hi everyone, I'm starting to use VB.NET i figured it wouldn't be such a bad transition after all the VBA in Excel and a some in Access i've been doing.  But i'm getting stuck with all these components available. Two questions: 1)  To display&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Unable to debug: The binding handle is invalid

  When i try to debug a C# application I get this error: Error while trying to run project: unable to start debugging the binding handle is invalid What can i do Thanks for your answers ZAiNT, Thank you so much for your help. To test native debugging: 1) File->New->Project... 2) Visual C++->Win32 Console Application 3) F10 Thanks, Gregg ...Show All

• Smart Device Development ListView problem

  Hi, i have tabcontrol containing two tabPages. One of the tabPage contains a ListView with dock property set to FILL.  if i leave the default view for the ListView.view property alone, i see the items i added (though not the way i want them to appear), but if i change the view to DETAIL, i see nothing.  Anyone have any idea why this is happening so if i have:   this .ctlLv.View = View.Details;  ListViewItem lvi = new L ...Show All

• .NET Development Set cookie from IE hosted windows user control

  Hi everybody. What do I have: I have a (c# VS 7) Web app that uses an Internet Explorer hosted Windows User Control. Problem: I need to set a cookie on clients' machine from the IE hosted control. Does somebody know how to do that I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks in advance! Bozesan Mihai As of now, from System.Net api's you can't set a cookie into ...Show All

• Smart Device Development threading concepts in c++

  hi, i wanted to know abt the threading concepts in vc++ and a few links which explain the sample programs associated with these concepts thanx in advance.... Would you please elaborate a little what you want to know about threads in VC++ For reference, here are some links: http://www.codersource.net/published/view/310/threading_in_vc.aspx http://www.advancescripts.com/detailed/726.html http:/ ...Show All

• Visual C++ .NET, VC++ and COM

  I have an API written in C++ that exposes all the interfaces as COM objects. This API is current ly used in a few VB6 Projects. I am migrating some of these VB6 Projects to VB.NET and although I can use the current API with COMInterop, it would be better if I could actually use a NET API. I am also not going to be able to port all my VB6 applications so my questions are: a) Is there any way to expose my API as a NET API instead of a traditional ...Show All

• Visual Basic Refactor from DevExpress

  I searched, and went through the threads, but my situation seems a little different.  I installed refactor and the bonus.  I clicked on refactor in the add-in manager, but where is refactor.  It's not available as a toolbar or as a menu item or as a control. Just how do I access Refactor   And where is help for it Refactor is in my start menu.  But it seems like a ghost in my IDE, which is vs2005beta2. dennist ...Show All