Ikbal's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Invalid postback or callback argument when trying to add a Web part

  I was trying to change the lay-out of the shared page of the sharepoint portal. After adding a webpart i got a screen where i selected all the web-parts and after that the startpage of portal did not contain any webparts anymore. When adding new webparts to the startpage of portal the following error occurred. Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="true"/> in configuration or <%@ Page EnableEventValidation="true" %> in a page. For security purposes, this feature verifies that arguments to postback or callback events originate from the ...Show All

• .NET Development ASP.NET process identity does not have read permissions to the global assembly cache.

  VS2005 RC1 - XP PRO Sp2 + - App is a webservice and default.aspx. I'm seeing errors in the error log after a browser tries open the site. The browser sees an http 500. The server log shows the following: 03:04:48 127.0.0.1 GET /default.aspx 500 03:05:33 192.168.0.100 GET /test.htm 304 03:05:51 192.168.0.100 GET /default.aspx 500 03:06:39 127.0.0.1 GET /default.aspx 500 03:06:41 127.0.0.1 GET /default.aspx 500 I have opened up all the permissions root directory and the ASP user account and internet user account which has been know to be the cause of this error.  There is no usual way to set permissions in the GAC directory beca ...Show All

• Visual C++ error with RC on release build

  I have a project that blows in the release build when it goes to create the .RES file, but works ok in the debug build. I have the /v switch on in both to show progress:   This is from the debug build ====================================== Creating .\Debug/SpreadBuild.res Using codepage 1252 as default RC: RCPP -CP 1252 -f c:\myprojects\SpreadBuild\Debug\RCa01744 -g c:\myprojects\SpreadBuild\Debug\RDa01744 -DRC_INVOKED -D_WIN32 -pc\:/ -E -I. -I .\ -I . -I .\Debug -I C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include -I C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\atlmfc\include -I C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB.net integrating with Citrix 1.8 sp3

  We want to implement SQL Server 2000 or 2005 using vb.net or visual studio with our Legacy Citrix 1.8 sp3 user environment.  Will it work   What features will probably not work   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Why MS SQL 2005 Express gets installed with VB.NET 2005 Express Edition

  I do not want to use MS SQL 2005 Express with VB.NET 2005 Exp. Ed. Can I uninstall it Will VB.NET IDE work without it Can I use MS SQL 7.0 server as that is what we are using in all our developments in VB 6. Is there a better Enterprise Manager for MS SQL 2005 Exp. as what is given currently is a piece of ***!... I tried SQL Manager 2005 for SQL Server but it could not connect to MS SQL 2005 Exp. what is happening here Is it possible to use any third party Server Managers Is is possible to change SQL 2005 Exp.'s Authentication mode from it's default of Server Authentication to Use Authentication Thanks Use the Server management s ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Importing Data from ms excel format.

  Hi! I'd like to ask help to all the gurus, i have this application which will let you import data from an ms excel format. Say, I had a list of inventory items (summing up to 2,000+) instead of inputting those items again to my application, i will just provide an option to browse the excel file and do the importing of the data. How will i go about this What commands to be used Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Alfred N. Roa Hi Alfred, Hope following code will help you: LOCAL loExcel As 'Excel.Application', lcFile as Character , lnRow as Integer , lnCol as Byte, ; lnStartRow as Integer , lnEndRo ...Show All

• Windows Forms How To run Pocket TaskVision??

  Hi all, Being primarily a web developer, i'm a newbie to both windows forms programming and pocket pc development. I had downloaded the pocket taskvision sample app and installed it on my desktop pc. However when I try running it in the VS.Net 2003 emulator, it shows the loading of various components onto the emulator including PocketVision.exe but I couldn't fi ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to read local eventlog (the parameter is incorrect)

  In trying to setup alerts and activating them, an error occurs in the sql agent log of Unable to read local eventlog (the parameter is incorrect) The full messages from the Windows NT Logs shows: Event Type: Error Event Source: SQLSERVERAGENT Event Category: Alert Engine Event ID: 318 Date:  03.11.2005 Time:  17:14:47 User:  N/A Computer: RESYSHADOW Description: Unable to read local eventlog (reason: The parameter is incorrect) Does anyone know what could be causing this.   I have tried it on Windows XP SP2 with local Admin account and on Windows Server 2003 with Domain Ad ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista There is Event When Server is failed (WCF)

  Hi I write server and client in wcf(indigo self host). Sometimes the server is failed. I want to know how client can to know if server was failed, without accept exception when i call the server. There is event when server is failed ( that the client can accept). This forum is for Windows Workflow Foundation. For questions about Windows Communication Foundation ("Indigo") post your question in the forum at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=118&SiteID=1 . ...Show All

• Visual C# Active Solution

  I have created a button in one of the VS.NET IDE toolbars. What i'm basically lookin for is to be able to display the path of the currently opened solution file in the VS.NET application environment when i click on that button. I've been trying to play with EnvDTE, System.Reflection etc. for quite sometime now, but have basically ended up nowhere. Kindly throw some suggestions my way ! prj.CodeModel.CodeElements will return CodeElement items, they will not be forms. They will be CodeClass elements and you will need to work with this to determine is it about form or not. You must understand difference - insid ...Show All

• Visual Studio Custom task: assembly could not be found

  Hi, I am using the final version of Framework 2.0. I have created a custom task called SimpleTask (modelled after the Hands-On-Lab document). When I try to use it in a project file, I get the following error message: C:\tmp\I2DL\i2dl.proj(11,5): error MSB4062: The "SimpleTask" task could not be l oaded from the assembly c:\tmp\vs6build\vs6build\bin\Debug\v6build.dll. Could no t load file or assembly 'file:///c:\tmp\vs6build\vs6build\bin\Debug\v6build.dll'  or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is correct, and that the assembly and all its d ependencies are ...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 Contest is not open to members of the general public. " Does this mean that not everyone over 18 can enter Do you need to be offiliated with a company Or do you just need to know what you are doing ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows Application Setup

  hi. first i have to say, i am a newbie. my english is rather bad., and ofcourse i have searched this forum and the web to find an asnwer for my following question. i have written a small windows-forms application. then i have created a setup-solution, that checks if .net-framework 2.0 is installed or not and installs itself, if not. until that point everything works fine. the problem that i have, is, that the .net-framework installs itself before any splash- or welcome-screen of my application is shown. so what i want to know is, how can i first display a welcome-screen, then check for required dependencies, and finally install m ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Database problems: Save data, Change table definition

  Although a problem was recognized months ago regarding saving data, I'm disappointed that the Start Page "How Do I... (Database updating) still has a serious error and several suggestions are still floating around to resolve. Forum messages show this is causing a great loss of productivity with programmers and companies. See below for another problem. My past experience is with VBA and 2003 Net, using Excel as a database. Basics: 1. There are two separate items utilized by computer applications: -Definitions (object names, properties, methods etc.) -Data (actual information entered by user in various ways) 2. There are two per ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Suddenly I can't open any forms in the Designer

  I've been happily working on a new program in Visual C# Express. I have had a few problems, no doubt, but this one takes the cake. When I opened my project today, upon double-clicking a form in the 'Solution Explorer', I get 'Object Reference not set to an instance of an Object' dialog popup. And the form doesn't open. It happens to all the forms in the Project. I tried opening my other project... same thing. So. all my C# projects have come to an end ;-( A bit of a downer. What am I to do here Start again, and hope it doesn't happen again Anybody else had this problem Please make sure that you are sign ...Show All