CliffInDC's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development CAB files... is the only way to install a application in the emulator?

  Hi, i just downloaded the "Mobile Suite 4.zip" for pocket 2003 (a package for placing orders for the MS Retail Management System over a pocket 2003) and I noticed that the installer file is not a cab file.. it is a windows regular .msi package and it installs few files in my pc and then try to copy the proper files to the pocket device, i have the emulator running and listening from VisualStudio2003. The windows installer just tells me tha ...Show All

• Visual C# ObjectDataSource with strongly typed collection

  Hi, I'm using ObjectDataSource and giving MyCollection to it. However, the object (in my case GridView) displays only one item, the collection - with columns like Count and so on. How do I make the GridView to be populated by the items in the collection (currently accessing them using indexer (or IList GetList which is not supported by ODS). Thanks, Jan Does the method that you’ve indicated as the Selec ...Show All

• SQL Server Javascript Error When trying url access

  Hi, i have a problem with the rs 2005, using url access to call a report: --------------------------- Error --------------------------- Error: 'RSClientController' is undefined Calling a report from the reportmanager works. The rs2005 runs on a machine with a parallel installed rs2000. I configured the virtual directory to machinename/reports2005 & machinename/reportserver2005. When i debug the clientscript i see that he reque ...Show All

• Visual Basic "Can't add a reference to selected file."

  I'm in new territory on this, and after an hour of searching on the net and MSDN, I can't find a satisfactory answer, so here goes. I am using VS 2005 B2 and have Excel 2003 installed. I wrote a simple class library using C++/CLI (C++ with the clr switch).  It seems to work just fine when used from, say, a console app written in C#. But I want to be able to use the component from within an Excel macro.  While in the VBA environment for ...Show All

• .NET Development Work with *.mdb by VB2005

  How can I work with MSAcess database(*.mdb) with VB2005 Express I used VB6. Its code : Data1.Databasename = "C:\MyData.mdb" Data1.recordsource = "Table1" Data1.refresh How about this code with VB2005 Express http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=96629&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Unit Testing VS Team Foundation Extensions?

  Hi ! 1) Are there any Mock objects that can be used to unit test for example a Work Item or do I have to write my unit tests against a VSTF instance 2) Is there any recomendations for development environments when developing for VSTS Is the best way to keep an instance at Virtual PC/Server and restore the state between the tests regards // Johan Hi Martin ! Thank you for sharing your experience, it really gave me some value. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team build - building native C++

  I have a team project with an associated native C++ solution.  I created a team build for this project, but when I tried to build it, it failed because the PSDK files are not present on the build machine (only TFS, Team Client and Team Build are installed). That's no problem - I can install the PSDK.  What else is missing   (e.g. is MFC there   ATL   STL   CRT )  Do I need to install VC++ on the build mach ...Show All

• Windows Forms not moving to next record

  Hi, I've got a databound windows form bound to a dataset. When I open the form I pass in the dataset to and assign it to _products: I then call this to bind to the controls. private void DatabindForm() { this.editProductID.DataBindings.Add("Text",this._products.Ta ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Window Background to Default

  Is there a way to get the form background to change color automatically when the user changes themes in Windows XP. The form only has an RGB setting. For example, when the user switches to Windows Classic the Form background should automatically change from light brown to grey. The buttons change color automatically I think because they have a Color Scheme property but the forms do not. You're welcome. If ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Infopath Integration

  Hi, I have a bunch of Infopath projects that I created using VS2k5 and the Infopath 2k3 Toolkit for Visual Studio 2k5. Now i want to automate the builds of these projects using our TFS Builds server. When I launch the build process, I get the following error : The project file "myFormName\myFormName.ipproj" is not supported by MSBuild and cannot be built. InfoPath solutions contains two projects file : a *.csproj/*.vbproj and ...Show All

• .NET Development Data Access Layer; how-to use List<> collection obj. w/o reference to specific type

  Here's my scenario: 1. I have a DAL 2. In my DAL, I want ONE function that will transform an ADOReader resultset into a strong data entity object that I will call an Info entity (e.g. WorkerInfo). My info entity contains only properties, and each field of each row of my Reader will provide the content for the property attributes of my object. 3. I can do this easily for each of my different data entities, but I don't want to have to cre ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) web browser application requires full trust??

  After creating a web browser application with the winfx template, if you go to the project properties, open the Security tab and click the Calculate Permissions button, it tells that the application requires full trust to run correctly. Shouldn't the web browser application be alright with partial trust Unfortunately, there are some known issues in the "Calculate Permissions" functionality in VS. Web ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Relate work items queries

  Hello, I'd like to know if i can create a query with all the work items related to other one. I mean, I have an "Scenario" work Item and also a list of "Task" work items related to that "Scenario" and I want a query that displays just the "Scenario" and the related "Tasks". Also, I'd like to know where I can find information about limits on Work Items fields, i.e. "Description" fi ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Make WM5.0 device barebones?

  I have a dozen WM5.0 smartphones using both the regular lithium ion battery, and a secondary SLA battery, being used as product prototypes for a wireless application; our final WM5.0 device is going to have a dedicated circuit board, CDMA/GSM/etc. combo modem, no screen, etc. etc. In the meantime, however, I'd like to strip my WM5.0 prototype devices to the bare minimums needed to function in order to extend battery life. Can anyo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions problem with saving data back to the sql database: help (shakalama)

  I have problem with saving data back to the sql database. i have downloaded the sample project from the video tutorials section (prepared by learnvisualstudio.net). saving some how is not working this thread has a similar question: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=294759&SiteID=1 but the answer given by 'SHAKALAMA' was to check out the faq page. i could not find any thing related to data saving in that ...Show All