Freddy Vanbaelen's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Update KB908002 not installing during word-addin setup

  Hello devs, Im working on a setup project to install an office addin. Im using VS2005 and .NET 2.0. Im trying to get the Shared Add-in Support Update for the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002) components ( lockbackRegKey.msi, office2003-kb907417sfxcab-ENU.exe, extensibilityMSM.msi) to install along with my setup project. I have installed the KB908002 update on my development machine and included it as a prerequisite in my setup pro ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Sample Timeouts

  The sample is timing out for me when I run a simple search.  Any ideas   I've tried passing proxy server info and adding a custom GetWebRequest with no keepalives. System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed-out at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol.GetWebResponse(WebRequest request) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpWebClientProtocol.GetWebResponse(WebRequest request)at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClie ...Show All

• Visual Basic CANT DEPLOT APPLICATION

  Ok this is my first time doing this click once deployment thingy But im trying to basiclly deploy my application so that others can download and use it the problem is i dont know where to deploy it to I need help i tried microsofts website but it wont let me get acess to it. I would have thought it was obvious that Microsoft is not providing web space for every person who downloads an Express version. You can de ...Show All

• Visual C# dynamic testing, casting and instantiating generic types

  I'm trying to understand how to manipulate generic types at runtime but can't seem to get at what I'm looking for. For example: object obj = new Dictionary<string, object>(); So I now have generic dictionary object. How do I test obj to determine it is indeed a generic dictionary Is there something similar to: if (obj is Dictionary < what goes here > )    Then once I know this object is a generic dictionary, how do I cr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Workspace remain in the windows 2000 user profile

  How can i clean properly the workspaces references in the local machine. The workspaces is removed properly from the server but it is the user profile. When a new user (USERB) uses VSTS and try to create the workspace he has an error 'the workspaces is allready mapped to DOMAIN/USERA'. The previous USERA had removed the workspace from the 'Manage Workspaces' window in his own windows session. Please Help Thanks Laurent ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions vc++ Express side by side install with vs2005?

  I'm considering upgrading to vs2005 and have a couple of questions. I'm asking here because, after reading the various pages on msdn on the subject and searching these boards and the web, I have not found a satisfactory answer to my questions. Firstly, I would like to know if there is a vs2005 pro academic version or if the standard version of vs2005 is the only academic version that will be made available. Secondly and perhaps more importantly, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Recommendations for organization of code within classes

  The Design Guidelines have been a great help and I am glad to see that FxCop helps enforce them. Do you, or does Microsoft have, any guidelines or recommendations on the formatting or organization of code within classes   For example, I prefer to order my code in my classes surrounded by regions as such: Constructors Constants Private Member Variables Public Propeties Private Methods Etc. Any guidance or help is grea ...Show All

• Windows Forms RowLeave event raised to early in DataGridView?

  Can anyone tell me why the RowLeave-event is raised before e.g. the CellLeave or CellEndEdit It seems to me more easy to handle events when this ordering will be changed. It is a true sin. In an object oriented environment, it would have been comfortable that it was the single object (in this case the maskedtextbox ) to be able to get back if the contained value was correct or no. I think that is st ...Show All

• Visual Basic CheckedListBox

  Can someone help me on how to use the CheckedListBox and ComboBox in VB2005 Pls post some sample codes... Thanks!! Hi, Have you tried searching on http://msdn2.microsoft.com How to: Add and Remove Items from a Windows Forms ComboBox, ListBox, or CheckedListBox Control How to: Sort the Contents of a Windows Forms ComboBox, ListBox, or CheckedListBox Control How to: Access Specific Items in a Windows Forms ComboBox, ListBox, or Chec ...Show All

• Windows Forms PropertyGrid

  I'm using a property grid to show runtime properties of an object in my program. I'm looking for a programatic method like a collection of tabs and collection of each property under tabs for iteration. For example i want For each prpItem in prpGrid.PropertyItems select case prpItem case "Path" 'Show ellipse in that property so use can click to see filedialog and change path. case "Font" c ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Editing XOML in VS2005 and other designer problems

  First problem is: I experience extreme lags (like 5 seconds delays) while editing (typing a character) XOML file as a source code in VS2005. The problem is reproducable on my office VS installation as well as on my home one. The XOML file contains state machine workflow. I'm using WF-extensions for VS2005 beta 2.2. Is this known issue Second problem - designer is not really ready for use: The WF-designer code is very slow. I exper ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to write a sub for several checkboxes at once

  Hello, I am brand new to visual basic, so please excuse me if this is an easy question. I have a form with several checkboxes. I want to make it so that if any checkbox is checked, its label goes from gray to black. I have figured out how to do it for one checkbox, but I can't figure out how to handle many at the same time. Here is what I have so far: Private Sub sidingStyle1Include_cb_CheckedChanged( ByVal sender As System.Object ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Getting Computer Login Name.

  Hi all I'm using VWD Im trying to get the computer Login Name(Username) in my web application. I tried using HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name and alot of other way like the old method servervariables and many other. But cannot rem them no. All of it works IF im working local Host. But it Just Became Empty or Wrong Value if its working on a server/client basis. And ideas how to get it using web Application Thx in adva ...Show All

• Visual C++ MS C++ 2005 express database mismatch error when compiling

  Every time that I attempt to compile a c++ program I get a database mismatch error. When I looked this error up in the included documents, it said that I needed a newer version of dbi.dll. Where can I find this file I know that my programs work because they compile with ms vc++ 6.0 and the gcc complier. Here is the artilce where it told me "how to fix it," but I still cannot find the file that I need. Visual C++ Conc ...Show All

• Windows Forms TableAdapters Need A Common Interface and Public Adapters and Commands

  Why don't table adapters inherit/implement a common interface Why don't they expose commands and adapters I would at least have liked the basic Update and Fill methods to be abstractly callable. As it stands now, you cannot pass a tableadapter to a generic process. Here is the Suggestion Bug link: FDBK44804 ...Show All