Yasir Mahmood's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System MSProject Fields Mapping Problem

  Hi, Based on the information we found from the list of Project fields at the following url: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181691.aspx and also how to: change how fields are mapped to Microsoft Project from the following url: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181686(VS.80).aspx We are trying to map the "Description" field in VSTS workitems with the "pjTaskNotes" field in MS Project but when w ...Show All

• Visual C++ Add forms at run time in VC++

  Hi , i need to add VB forms at run time in VC++ .. how to go about it I got one artilce , it say sned to check DaeDoe Forms  in components  in VB , but could not see that check box . how to add the form at run time  I'm assuming by VB you mean VB.NET and by VC++ you mean C++/CLI, and by "form" you mean a .Net 2.0 Windows Form (System.Windows.Forms.Form). Make sure your VB form is working properly ...Show All

• SQL Server Migrate SQL 2000 to New SQL 2005 Installation.

  Hi all, in my current environment, I have a single server SQL 2000 setup that's being replaced. I'm in the process of installing a new SQL 2005 cluster with the thought of taking advantage of 2005 mirroring and clustering, but have a few questions. 1. My thinking is that I can migrate my 2000 databases to 2005, but leave the databases in 8.0 (2000) mode. Are there any issues with this I know they won't take advantage of the 2005 performance ...Show All

• Visual C# proper way to close a form using toolStripButton

  this is an embarrasing question: what is the proper way to close a form when using toolStripButton I'm currently using: Form1.ActiveForm.Close(); for my toolStripButton6_Click method. however, that call is somehow causing the index to change on a comboBox on my form. The index change is then causes master/detail datagridview to change, which then causes commit errors. Nasty side-effects. Any comments appreciated. Regards, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions .Net framework 2.0 question (noob question be warned!)

  Hi all, I am actually considering downloading and installing the Visual Studio Express 2005 suite of programs, as I am already been working with .Net for the last 2 years, and the 2005 specs look enticing. I'm a student, and a junior developer for the firm that I work for, and both at school and at work we are still using .Net 2003. Now my question is: Will installing the .NET framework 2.0 (which is required for operating VS.NET 2005) affect my ...Show All

• Visual C# back to the line error after error occurred

  I'need back to the line error after error occurred in my program Do you mean you need to work out what line your error occured at The best you can do is look at the stack track in the exception that is thrown to work out the method it crashed in, and then put a break point in that function to work out what line is causing the error. What's the error ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie deployment questions

  Hello, Can an experienced developer please help me with a few questions.. 1. Do I need .net installed on computers (XP, 2000, win 98 )running my applications that were created using VBEE or VB 2005 2. Can My application run connected to a slq express db on any platform without the need of installing additional software Platforms include Win 98, XP, 2000 etc If I need to install drivers or other software please provide the detail ...Show All

• Visual C++ strange error...

  Hey, Ok, this is the weirdest error I ever encountered... I'm working on a 3D engine, and today I felt like working on it a bit... When I go recompile it, I get: Error 1 Error spawning 'cmd.exe'. Hum ! So, to see if this was a project only thing, I created a new proj with just the main func... and i get the same error... Any help Huge Thanks Hi, once I had this error, and I solved it with this link: http://w ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) transforming an element to a bitmap

  Is there a way to transform a framework element to a bitmap The SDK includes samples to transform a framework element to XPS and print but not to bitmap. Hi Tom, below is one way of doing it, although I haven't tried it since the September CTP so there may be some changes required. Andrew private void saveRasterImage(Canvas canvas) { string path = @"C:\MyTest.png"; FileStream fs = new FileStr ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Deployment issue

  Hi, i created a new C# Smart Device Pocket PC Windows Application Project.  At that point, all i try to do is build and deploy.  The build is successful.  When i then try Build->Deploy, i select the "Pocket PC 2003 Emulator", and the the deployment begins (i assume).  The emulator is launced with the Programs screen showing, and after a LONG while, it appears as though the deployment fails.  this is what i see in the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Changing Font from a ttf/fon file

  In one event i do this: 'Font not located at system fonts. Dim strFonts As String strFonts = "D:\FontCollection\Favor.ttf" Label1.Font = New Font(strFonts, 12, FontStyle.Regular, 2, True ) But unlucky it don't work. it will only change the look of the label but did not change it's font. Anyone can help me I don't believe you can load a font this way, I believe it needs to be registere ...Show All

• Windows Forms Command Line Agrument in Click Once Deployment

  Hai to all, I am currently doing Click Once deployment for my Application which has a command line argument. I will select the check box labeled Allow URL parameters to be passed to application . I will get the URL String by having " AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ActivationArguments.ActivationData(0) " It works Fine, when i launch the Application using Browser( online ). But the Problrm is when i access the same appliaction ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Uninstalling addins: removing menuitems in outlook

  Currenty removing menuitems in outlook during ThisApplication_Shutdown like this bool found; do { found = false; Office.CommandBarPopup foundMenu = (Office.CommandBarPopup) this.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar. FindControl(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, System.Type.Missing, menuTag, true, true); if (foundMenu != ...Show All

• .NET Development UDPClient Slow Connection

  Hello, I was developing an UDP sender service (for an applicatoin in my company) and I used the UdpClient, which came to be really handy and useful. But when I tried to send UDP datagrams to an unknown IP, this means a fake low IP (for example 10.198.0.105 whick was not present on my network) the UdpClient in fact sent the data but after a huge amount of time... 10 seconds or even more. First I used the Udpclient Send method passing the byte arr ...Show All

• Visual C# Nice Threads!

  I could really use some help here... I am using C# 2005 and have created a splash screen that runs on a seperate thread. I can invoke the splash screen in the Main() method, but then I can't get rid of it! I am attempting to put a line in the Form1_Load (or maybe Form1_Shown) that calls a static method in the splash screen to close that form. But, when I do so, it complains about an invalid cross-thread operation. How can I get this screen to ...Show All