DrP's Q&A profile

• Visual C# Run an .exe from the build events

  I want to run an executable from the "build events" (in the properties) of a c# project. I tried to write the command as if I would write it in DOS - I tried with or without quotes like the following: "C:\path\exename.exe -U param1" or C:\path\exename.exe -U param1 When I compile my project I get the following error: Error 80 The command "C:\path\exename.exe -U param1" exited with code 9009. TryOnH ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Does the TeamBuildTypes folder have to be off the project route.

  Hi I need to be able to move the Team Build Types folder to a sub folder due to the way i am configuring Srouce Control. e.g. $ProjectRoot     Current       *.sln file here       TeamBuildTypes     Releases       Release1          *.sln file here      &nbs ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Installing VISTA on a USB Hard Drive

  No matter what I try I cannot get VISTA to reconize a partition on an external USB drive.  The partition is always displayed as UNAVAILABLE.  Even, though I can hit F10 and use DISKPART to create and format it still will not reconize the partition.  Do I need a special driver   Scott Pfaf Trying installating a previous OS, such as XP, and then using the Windows Interface to initiate the install. I've found that so ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions SQL Database Connection not open?

  Well here's a summary... I've been trying now forever trying to get my VB to connect and insert a new record into an SQL database.  I created a fresh VB form and added a SQL database named customers.  Created a table named address which contained firstname,lastname,address,city,state,zip.  I then created a data source using the wizard.  All this i guess is irrelevant as i can't get even a basic SQL string to insert a ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Contest Rules Clarification

  In the official rules, it reads "The Contest is open only to information technology professionals who are at least 18 years of age and who are individual developer practitioners or authorized representatives of ISVs (inclusive of meeting all Contest-related eligibility and participation criteria) with knowledge and existing technology sufficient to create applications for use within MSN Messenger as of the commencement of the Contest Term. The ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Sharing FxCop project

  Hi, I'd like to know if there is a practical way to share an FxCop project between different developers and code reviewers. If you share the project through source safe I guess you would have to chek it out everytime you exclude a message or select/deselect an assembly for analysis and then check it in again for someone else. The goal would be to give all developers the same settings for a particular project, same excluded messages, etc. Any i ...Show All

• Windows Forms usercontrol

  I'm using a userControl to fill the table with data from dataset. When I click a button in that userControl I want to see results in another userControl where I have a grid. How to see if a user clicked that button You should add an event to your usercontrol and raise the event when the button is clicked. Add the following to you UserControl: public event EventHandler ButtonClicked; And in th ...Show All

• Visual Studio No items in the toolbox

  I have created a brand new Domain Specific Language Designer project based on the class diagram template but when I debug the solution and open the sample file there are no items in the toolbox.  Can anyone help   This even happens if I try to run one of the samples from the Microsoft DSL Tools Samples - November 2005 At the Microsoft DSL Competency Workshop I went to in December, the same thing ...Show All

• Visual C# Create thumbnail

  hi there im new in this forum.... sup... well i have a problem creating a thumbnail to my C# windows application.... heres the problem: i got this code from msdn: Image image = new Bitmap("C:\\Dibujo3.bmp"); Image pThumbnail = image.GetThumbnailImage(50, 50, null, new IntPtr()); e.Graphics.DrawImage(pThumbnail,50,50,pThumbnail.Width,pThumbnail.Height); i think i alllready have the thumbnail there but how can i show it on a picture ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System which database and tables store the test results

  Hi all, From VSTS Aministrator's Guide, I know that a SQL server database TfsBuild that " The build database contains build data (Team Foundation Build) and published test results .". But when I login, I only see views under the database, and no tables available. Could anyone tell me how&where does VSTS store those test result data I want to manipulate those test result data directly with SQL or ODBC, because I find that curren ...Show All

• SQL Server MDX Parameter

  Hi, I want to create an arbitrary datetime picker parameters (StartDate and EndDate) to use it as a parameter in MDX. But, I couldn't do this, because in the filter pane it always expect me to select from the dimension(always associate with the dimension values). But what I want to do is pass a value from the datetime picker (which is not associated with the dimension) and filter the data where the parameters value is satisfied with the Date ...Show All

• Visual C++ Using mfc40.dll instead of mfc80.dll with Visual Studio 2005

  Hello there, good people. I need help and I'm hoping a good and knowledgeable soul out there might take the time to assist me. I have an old Visual Studio v6 project written in C++ that I'm contemplating making Visual Studio 2005-compliant. I'm beginning to wonder if this is worthwhile, however. Here's the deal: - It's a very simple command-line utility. - It has a very small size (40kB) and it's confined to being just one ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Control of graphs and organization charts

  Greetings to all! How can one control properties and methods of graphs and organizations charts For example, I am trying to change the background colour of  a graph in a Powerpoint slide through a Macro command, or modify any kind of object in an organization chart. I am guessing I need to create a reference to the graph object and then access its properties through it, but have been unable to do so. Thanks in advance for any help or s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions System Volume Control

  Please can someone help me with Windows system volume! I have built an app that contains a slider control for which i would like to able to control Windows system volume from.  I have found some stuff on the net but it all seems to deal with the wave output instead of the volume control. I am coding in CSharp.  I thought these types of things were suppose to be easy in .net Thanks for any help in advance   Mark ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Cleaning Persisted Workflows

  What's the correct way to clean workflows that have been persisted in a SQL database I have a ton of workflows that are no longer necessary that were created during development of my web page. Rather than running all of them through to completion, is there a quick and easy way to clean them up Thank you, -- Sean are you really sure that the runtime is stopped If you're running the runtime in a webservice, be s ...Show All