Matt Masson - MSFT's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Team Build Suddenly stopped working: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

  I'm using Team Build Beta 3 and have several team builds defined.  Everything was working fine but now I keep getting (both in the IDE and from Command line) "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\TFSBuild.exe" start http://test-team:8080/ IQ "Messaging Service Install Build" /m:shaundev /b:c:\builds Microsoft (R) TfsBuild Version 8.0.0.0 for Microsoft (R) Visual Studio 2005 Team System Copyright (C) Microsoft C ...Show All

• Windows Forms Degugging of class libraries

  Hi,  i have got one class library, which is used by ASP.net application. I have copied my class libraray to \bin folder of ASP.net application. i could instantiate my class library, but i could not debug it. How do i debug my class li ...Show All

• Visual C++ arrow key held down

  when i press and arrow key and then let go an event occurs (OnKeyUp)  and my listbox moves up or down one.  is there an event so that when i hold the arrow key down it scrolls fast through my listbox   how would that be done   maybe a timer to see how long i held the key down   so instead of the OnKeyUp it should be OnKeyDown   i am not sure how to capture how long i have held the key down and have it scroll while t ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Wi fi Signal Stg..

  Can Any1 Provide mi Source code for any Wardriving Programs i really nd 1 to start off my project. i am now doing a project to detect Wifi Signal Stg and to obtain its SSID. can any1 help pls.. thx.. Thanks for the reply. So, yes then I can use this library for a desktop application ...Show All

• Windows Forms Datagrid maximun input characters

  I want to be able to set de maximum of input characters automatically to the maximum size of the bound column. There is an property maxinputlength, but I can't figure out how to set it dynamically Thanks, Bart ...Show All

• SQL Server Parameter Information cannot be derived from SQL statements with sub-select queries

  Parameter Information cannot be derived from  SQL statements with sub-select queries. Set Parameter information before preparing command. Here's the query: update GCDE_SEQ set LAST_NO =  (select  max(FLD_NO)    from PONL_FLD)  ,UPDT_USER =  ,UPDT_DT = getdate() where SEQ_NM = 'FLD_NO' Why can't Execute SQL Task handle this simple query  I figure i can use 2 SQL Execu ...Show All

• Windows Forms Hos to add an rtf license agreement file to my setup package

  I tried adding an rtf file to my setup package, I created the license.rtf file, I added a License agreement dialog to my setup project, then I put the license.rtf under Application folder and from my License agreement dialog box I mapped this&n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Chart in .NET Crystal Report

  Hi, I have a table of 2 fields: 1. Integer values of 1,2,3,....... 2. Floating values of 1.0, 0.98, 0.97......... I want a report of integer values on x-axis and floating values on y-axis. The range of the y-axis is from 0.8 (min) to 1.1 (max). Could anyone give me any idea to do it I could not get it plotted in Crystal Report. I can only list the values. The following steps are what I ...Show All

• Windows Forms Tabcontrol and toolstrip strange behaviour...

  Hey, I got a tabcontrol with 3 tabpages and on each page a toolstripcontainer with a toostrip in it. Except that when I run it, I only get the toolstrips that I see on the tab in the designer. IOW, when I see tabpage 1 in the des ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Cannot rename folders in Source Control

  I am using VS Team Server 2005. It installed fine on a 2003 Standard Server box. I created a workspace and mapped it to a local directory on my development machine (XP SP2) called c:\imaxwell projects. When I open Source Control Explorer and I click on the new folder button. Nothing appears to happen. But if I shut down Visual Studio and reopen it, I can see the new folder. Unfortunately, the rename option is grayed out. What I want to do i ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Runtime Error '1004': Copy of method Worksheet Class Failed

  I have a function designed to create a new worksheet by copying and pasting a template. It works fine for the first many sheets, but beyond a certain number of worksheets, it fails. I am confident that I have ample memory to continue creating new worksheets, however, at a certain point i get Runtime Error '1004': Copy of method Worksheet Class Failed . Here is the function I am calling: Function MakeNewSheet() As String Dim shtcount As Integer ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 in Subscriptions

  Does SQL Server 2005 come in any MSDN subscription packs The content list isn't generally comprehensive and all the subscriptions seem to come with SQL Server 2000. take a look at the expected shipments in july 2006 on this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/new/default.aspx there is SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition listed. ...Show All

• SQL Server Having trouble getting connections

  I have a custom Data Flow Destination Adapter that is looking for a particular type of ConnectionManager. I want to check that this connection exists in the Validate method. I first checked the ComponentMetedata.RuntimeConnections, but it was was an empty collection. I am guessing that it gets populated at runtime. Is there anything available for to check at design time Another way of asking this would be, Is there a way to programatically sele ...Show All

• Windows Forms Autocomplete combobox

  Hi, I am using autocomplete combobox of MTGC. My problem that when I press keys it fire selected event becouse the text is same as one of items in combobox. I don't need this event for keys except of Enter and Tab. This event is same as mouse selection event and it couse to my function to do that I don't want. So: 1) How can I catch mouse click in dropdownlist in combobox 2) How can I set that when it match the item by key it doesn't f ...Show All

• Visual C# start process as system user.. c#

  Hi i was wondering how other make possible to start a process as a system user.. you know that in task manager when it shows what user started that process it also showes by what user.. i see many apps doing that... anybody knowes how to do that zapacila89 wrote: what password did you used for the System user Don't know, the user entered this in install time. There isn't a global password that works all time ...Show All