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• Software Development for Windows Vista Dependency Property Problem?

  While I see the benifit of using dependency properties to hold onto state during the execution of activities within a workflow, I also see a potential problem. For many workflows, the state that is represented by these properties is actually stored and managed in a SQL Db (legacy app). As a result, if you have a workflow instance with dependency properties that represent a snapshot of the data in the database at a particular point in time, this will result in data being consumed by the workflow that is potentially stale. So consider the following example. Lets say I have a review process of an object that has its persistent store in a S ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to support template export in VS 2005?

  Hi,    There is not the topic of the template export implementation In VSIP document .     Could anyone do me a favor   Thanks! You cannot disable the command. One note: we have tried export template with other languages, and it will work, but there are very stringent requirements. For example, you must implement VSLangProj on your project, including all the properties that VB, C#, and J# do. But this is unsupported, so there may be some bugs when working with other language types. Craig ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Community Device Preview RAM sizing

  Hello, I've read through some other threads recommending setting the RAM via the file-configure menu and through the dos prompt, but neither of those seem to work on the Beta version. Are they turned off Thanks, Allen The file/configure dialog won't let you change the memory size while the emulator is running (you can't add RAM to a running PocketPC device, either). From the command prompt, you can definitely specify "/memsize NNN" to grow the memory size from its default (64mb) to any any number of mb upto 128. There are no features turned off in the Community Tech Preview. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development CF 2.0 - Rotate an image ??

  Hi, I saw somewhere that on CF 2.0, an image rotating will be feasible. I installed the vs 2005 with the new framework and new cf but couldnt find any rotating ability. Does anyone can give me a hint thanks, Do you want to be able to rotate the image on any angle or some predefined values like 90, 180, 270 degrees ...Show All

• Visual Studio MSDN (or MS Document Explorer) crashing like crazy

  does anybody know how to fix the following issue: Installed retail 2005 standard studio version on a machine which did have the beta version, yet it was removed with the tool provided my MS. The installed finished without issues, however as soon as I try to use the dynamic help's search button, the MS Document Explorer crashes. Hence MSDN library is halfway useless, because I can't search. If anybody has any ideas.... other than wiping my HD, please let me know thanx I had done that as well to no avail. However in the meantime I had to rebuild my laptop anyway, so I am back up and running. Thanx for all ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista DVD Subtitles

  Hi, Does anyone know how to configure the MPEG-2 demux to enable subtitles to be displayed from a ripped VOB file (we have a legitimate reason for this). I have spent a long time on this and it's driving me nuts! The graph is pushed from a network receiver filter which configures the Demux in CompleteConnect(). I am using pMPEG2StreamIdMap->MapStreamId(0xBD,MPEG2_PROGRAM_ELEMENTARY_STREAM , 0x20, 0x04); And tried various combinations of media types e.g mt.majortype = MEDIATYPE_Video mt.subtype = MEDIASUBTYPE_DVD_SUBPICTURE; mt.formattype = FORMAT_MPEG2Video; ... For some media types the MPEG-2 Video d ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Why buttons are disabled in Web Test

  I'm doing a load test for my website. When I was recording the web test via Internet Explorer, the data entry screen looked fine(submit button was enabled), but after the test was recorded, if I run the web test, the submit button is disabled. Any idea why that's the case Any suggestion on what to do Jason, That bug could occur if a web page had multiple forms containing hidden fields with the same name.  It was fixed literally about a week after beta2 shipped, so the upcoming July CTP should work much better for you. Josh ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Iterate through Activities

  How can iterate through all the activies for a workflow for list them Thanks YOu can do the following inside the workflow foreach ( Activity act in this .ExecutableActivities)  {     } Thanks, Vihang ...Show All

• Visual Studio Custom task and TLDA

  I have a target involving a custom task that looks as follows: < Target Name = " MakeWrappers " Inputs = " @(WrapperProjects) " Outputs = " @(WrapperProjects->'%(rootdir)%(directory)dotNET\%(filename)\%(filename).cpp' " DependsOnTargets = " ConvertElso;ConvertProjectModules;ConvertWrappers " > <!-- Generate .sln:s for the devices --> < XmlParsePy InputFiles = " @(WrapperProjects) " DotNet = " true " > < Output TaskParameter = " CreatedSolutions " ItemName = " WrapperSolutions " /> </ XmlParsePy > ...Show All

• SQL Server Report performance

  Real quick I have multiple reports that use the same headers say Topic 1 and Topic 2 The body of the reports will have 0-50 records and 2-15 columns. These reports will be run many times concurrently. My question is which is more efficent 1. Open connection Call sp to returns Topic 1 and Topic 2 for report header Close connection Open Connection Call sp to return the report body data 2. Open connection Call sp to return the report body data as well as 2 addition text fields of char(50) and use FIRST to extract headers Close connection For 2, you'd have the 2 add ...Show All

• Visual Studio Macro shortcut key assignment not working

  Running Final Release. I have created a macro and now I want to assign a keyboard shortcut for it.  Near as I can tell I am following the directions correctly, but as soon as I assign the shortcut to the macro and run it, instead of the macro running, I see a repeat of the actions I just took to create the shortcut.  That is, to say it another way, instead of my original macro running, the keystrokes I just took to assign the shortcut run instead.  What's going on It sounds like you are recording the steps to set a key to a macro.  Did you specifically stop recording the macro before s ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Deployment issue

  Hi, i created a new C# Smart Device Pocket PC Windows Application Project.  At that point, all i try to do is build and deploy.  The build is successful.  When i then try Build->Deploy, i select the "Pocket PC 2003 Emulator", and the the deployment begins (i assume).  The emulator is launced with the Programs screen showing, and after a LONG while, it appears as though the deployment fails.  this is what i see in the output window ========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== ========== Deploy: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========   how do i actually test that ...Show All

• .NET Development Can't download application blocks enterprise lib

  On this page : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=A7D2A109-660E-444E-945A-6B32AF1581B3&displaylang=en I got an error when i press continue to register (why register anyway) Looks like a dead link. Is it me(or my pc), or is this page broke Remco I still can not download the enterpriseLib, is there any other way to get it Regards Remco ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions how connect a Visual Basic express edition application to an Oracle database

  Hi, the title of this message, says quite everything I want to know. I'm developping a human ressource tool and the database I have to use has been developped with Oracle 9i. And I don't know how to connect my application made with visual studio 2005 express edition to Oracle Tkanks everybody -) You can use the System.Data.OracleClient namespace. ...Show All

• Visual Basic [OTP] VBA Spreadsheet 'call' from VBA function macro

  I'm familiar with the usual application of VBA function macros - pass arguments from the spreadsheet to a function, the function then returning a value to the spreadsheet. Is it possible to do this in reverse Can a function macro pass arguments to a spreadsheet, with the results of the spreadsheet calculation passed back to the function The job I'm trying to avoid is reprogramming an existing spreadsheet as a VBA function, enabling it to be called by another function. Instead I'd like to 'call' the spreadsheet directly from a function. Thanks These forums are for VB.NET questions. The VB wi ...Show All