Loise's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Help in updating to Feb bits with PeerChannel needed

  I am trying to convert an application to work with the Feb bits and encountering a new exception that appears to have to do with a change in the threading model. Is there any information available on this, or on a threading change in the PeerChannel OnLine/OffLine events System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException crossed a native/managed boundary Message="An event was unable to invoke any of the subscribers (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8 ...Show All

• SQL Server front/backend access application-----conversion to MSSQL--advice

  I have an application that uses Acces as a backend and VBA as front end. Application is secured and is supplied on a CD with setup.exe. Can I use VB 2005 and MS SQL to achieve the same Would I be able to package my application with  all the neccessery files (assuming that client does not have any e.g. SQL server) so that multiple front ends can access data from common source Would I be able to secure such an applicat ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System ADAM Error on Installation

  Hi, I could not ever install the ctp version of foundation server. Finally on beta 2, i thought my woes would be over... Far from it Now it stops at the ADAM install itself. I did exactly as the installation guide said.. fresh machine..  it completes the step 1 starts the step 2 and then it says there has been an error.. now no info on what the error is all abt.  I chkd the known issues and it mentioned abt the TMP variable spaces... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Which edition to install

  Dear All Without wanting to start a religious war (but probably managing to anyway) I'd like some pointers on which of the Express editions would be best to code my project in. The project is thus: An application to design the layout of advertisements in magazines by reading the advert booking details from a database and then storing them in the appropriate page of the right magazine. Then printing off A3 layout 'thumbnails' of th ...Show All

• Visual Studio More info on VSS 2005

  I have been searching for a while and can't seem to find any information on microsoft site about visual sources safe 2005 just 6.0 after lots of google and live search still no dice. Can someone give me a link to it and a download for a demo too Thank you Here is the MSDN page for VSS2005 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/th1ac915(VS.80).aspx There is no demo version of VSS2005. Alin ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Unknown Build Error

  I have a sample Avalon application downloaded from the net. When running the application I get the below error message: Unknown build error, 'Value cannot be null. Parameter name: target.' D:\WindowsVista\Samples\Valil.Chess.WinFX\Valil.Chess.WinFX\Chess3DPage.xaml Valil.Chess.WinFX I am getting this error in the XAML files of only one project out of five projects in the solution and I am able to re-build the entire solution successfully. ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS error listing

  Is there a list of all the SSIS Error codes and what they mean Ex. -1071607778 is an error code output when a lookup task fails to find a match. I haven't been able to find any information on the different error codes. Is there a description file or enumeration file that exists somewhere I think it's still hex, the L at the end is usually included in literals to denote the size of the integer - i.e. L = long, w ...Show All

• Visual C++ To the VS IDE group

  In case this didn't come to your attention: When adding an existing file into a project (I use a test.sh file, for example), the dialog which pops to ask me if I want to create a custom build rule for this file, did not show(or show just the top edge) the buttons at the bottom. I have this problem too, and I submitted a bug and get the same "cannot reproduce" reply: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback ...Show All

• Windows Forms Limit number of lines in a TextBox

  Is there a simple way to limit the number of lines in a multi-line textbox that wraps  I want to be able to look for soft returns as well as hard returns. You know what I really miss  I could swear that somewhere alo ...Show All

• .NET Development Playing AVI Files

  How can I play an AVI file on a web form I would like the user to see a video playing on the form. Hey, check out the tutorial located here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmplay10/mmp_sdk/usingtheplayercontrolinawebpage.asp Thanks, David Sandor ...Show All

• Visual C++ __security_cookie and __security_check_cookie errors with ntdll.lib

  Hi, I have a library which links ntdll.lib. If I compile this library using VS2005 (Whidbey) for x64 platform, I get the following linker errors: LIBCMTD.lib(sprintf.obj) : error LNK2005: sprintf already defined in ntdll.lib(ntdll.dll)LIBCMTD.lib(wcstombs.obj) : error LNK2005: wcstombs already defined in ntdll.lib(ntdll.dll) If I ignore library LIBCMTD.lib, I get the following errors: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __security_cook ...Show All

• Visual Studio visual studio 2005 beta 2 could not work with visual source safe 2005

  Hi folks Please help me with the following problem I was using visual source safe 6, and recently I've installed visual studio 2005 beta 2 with visual source safe 2005 but now when i open a project or solution from the repository the following message appears: The source control provider associated with this solution could not be found.  The projects will be treated as not under source control. After this message the code is loaded ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System MSF Agile Poster

  I have heard rumors that an MSF Agile poster will be available next month. Could you please confim or deny these rumors Availability of poster will be around early-mid August. Bindia Hallauer Senior Product Manager VSTS & MSF ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problems with Branching

  We are running Beta 3 Refresh and are having problems branching (which worked ok in Beta 2). I created a new folder and then clicked on my main folder (with multiple sub-folders underneath) and clicked Branch. I then choose to put the branch in my new directory I created. It then states: "Preparing to Branch..." and sits there for over 1/2 and never does anything. I then clicked "Cancel" and it sits there for another 30-45 minutes saying "Cancel ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Loading a 2-d array of indefinite size from a text file

  I have a file which is comma-delimited in rows like this: X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X X,X,X,T,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,I,O,O,S,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,O,s,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X,X,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,O,X,X,X X,X, ...Show All