Shane Pilo's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic modal dialog active...

  Any news on the "Microsoft Visual Studio cannot shut down because a modal dialog is active. Close the active dialog and try again." I have had this happen several times and its a pain in the butt! ME TOO ... now this is happening almost every time I try to shut down visual studio. There is absolutely NOTHING open on my pc except VS and there is NOTHING open in VS ... I have closed down EVERY window possible ...Show All

• SQL Server Maximum SQL Query lenght

  Hi all! Does anybody know what is subject Thanks! This is batch size from ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/instsql9/html/13e95046-0e76-4604-b561-d1a74dd824d7.htm ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I display an image stored as OLE object in MS Access DB?

  Hello, I am using MS Access and I have an OLE field that contain some images. How can I get it displayed on the form. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Use this code: FileInfo lFileInfo = new FileInfo(System.Convert.ToString(FPath(imagenumber))); FileStream lFileStream = new FileStream(System.Convert.ToString(FPath(imagenumber)), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); byte [] imageBytes = n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Uploading New Process Template

  I am getting an error when trying to upload a new process template.  The Upload dialog does not allow me to select an XML file, just a folder. ---begin Exception entry--- Time: 9/30/2005 9:19:22 AM Module: Template Importer Exception Type: System.FormatException Exception Message: String was not recognized as a valid Boolean. Stack Trace:    at System.Boolean.Parse(String value)    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundatio ...Show All

• Visual Basic Class Library Security

  I have created a Class Library that I need to secure so other developers do not have access to the Public Functions that are contained within. My current solution is, in the DLL file I declare a Public Property (Named Class_Access_Key), this stores the Key that a developer would need to access Public Functions Example: Public Class Secure Public ReadOnly Property CLASS_ACCESS_KEY() As String Get ' The Get property ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TF82039: Team Foundation was unable to modify the project plan.

  I have the following scenario: Team Foundation Server Beta 3.1 Visual Studio Team System 2005 RTM.050727 Project Server 2003 + SP1 Project Professional 2003 + SP2 The following steps: 1. Create new project in Project Professional 2. Publish the project in Project Server 3. Get work items from Team Foundation Server 4. Insert new task in the project using Project Professional 5. Publish changes into Team Foundation Server led me to this error: 'T ...Show All

• Visual Basic Cannot find KeycodeV2.dll, or invalid keycode

  Hi, I made a VB.NET application using Visual Studio .NET 2003 Pro that connects to an Access Database on a main server. The development machine operates on Windows XP Pro. The client machine is Windows 2000. I've been to many sites regarding this. So, I've already added the 6 merge modules (including Crystal_regwiz2003.msm and I have the correct Key Code obtained from having registered Crystal Reports and have tried the Key Code f ...Show All

• SQL Server Beware the UNION ALL - it can swallow rows...

  Just for all you June CTPers as a warning..  I have a UNION ALL that, at random, decides to swallow row count.... Tried deleting and recreating task Unable to Repro Along with the buffer leaks and the looping errors.. bring on the NEXT CTP.. ! ! ! Giri, Can you send me a package that reproduces this issue We're unaware of any UnionAll issues with CTP15 and I'd love to fix these. thanks ...Show All

• Visual C++ Weird behaviour of "Textout" ...

  Gentle people, This drives me nuts! Please consider the following pieces of code: InitInstance: szBkwMsg = "Message1"; <----- ShowWindow( hWnd, nCmdShow ); UpdateWindow( hWnd ); SendMessage( hWnd, WM_COMMAND, IDM_BKW , 0 ); WndProc: case IDM_BKW: while (szInDs == "") { if (DialogBox(hInst, .... <----- { } } szBkwMsg = "Message2"; <----- UpdateWindow( hWnd ); DialogBox(hInst, ... <----- case WM_PAI ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WPF Bitmap Effects

  I'm having trouble building the RGBFilterEffect sample from the Beta 2 SDK. I modified my environment for c++ examples like it said in the readme, but I still can't build because of an alleged sytax error in unknwn.idl. What gives Also, it was my understanding that you could create a bitmap effect with a hardware accellerated pixel shader. Are there any examples of this Error 1 error MIDL2025 : syntax error : ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error : Already configured for testing by another test run

  Hi All, I have this following test method, <TestMethod(), _ HostType( "ASP.NET" ), _ AspNetDevelopmentServerHost( "C:\Web\" , "/Web" ), _ UrlToTest( "http://localhost:35012/Web" )> _ Public Sub AddContextParmsToHashtableTest() Dim lContextParams As IDictionary = HttpContext.Current.Items 'TODO: Initialize to an appropriate value Dim lRequestDictionary As Hashtable = New Hashtable 'TODO: Initialize ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Managed Directx Deployment Problem

  I am making a game using visual studio .net 2003 with directx 9 2005 update.  I create a deployment project with visual studio that includes all directx.dll files and other detected dependancies.  I deploy the game to the computer on which it was developed and it works fine. Now I want to test the networking so I deploy it to a laptop.  The laptop is running windows xp with SP 2 (so .net framework is there obviously)  I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How can I report developer hours by week?

  ========================================== Update: Please see the post dated 9/28/2006 for a new request for help.   =========================================   I have a need to report developer hours by work item by week. I am attempting to use the warehouse filed "Current Work Item Microsoft_VSTS_Scheduling_CompletedWork" and add a "Date Week" perspective to it, but obviously that will only return the value of the " ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005

  Hi I have a server with Windows 2003 SBS and SQL Server 2005. Also i have a client computer with Windows XP and installed the VB 2005 Express Edition I try to make a programm to communicate with SQL Server 2005, but i couldn't Why Thanks Hi I want to create a database in SQL Server 2005 (server computer) and use it in my program(client computer) But the database explorer of Visual Basic 2005 express edition couldn't ...Show All

• Visual C++ Atlthunk.lib help.

  I'm using Visual C++ 2005 Express with SAPI 5.1. I managed to fix the header file compilation errors, except that atlthunk.lib does not exist. Is my solution the same as with using WTL with Visual C++ 2005 Express (I'm referring to the site here .) Yes it is. The page you mentioned describes how to entirely remove the need for atlthunk.lib. That's what providing definitions for AllocStdCallThunk and FreeStdCallThunk does for you. ...Show All