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• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Extract text within several tables in word document

  Hello everyone, I have several word documents where there is some text inside some tables that I want to extract. The formatting of this text is (or at least, should be) pretty unique where no other text within this word document has a table around it like it. The text I want to extract looks something like this: Rack 4, Breaker 3 The script should basically scan through the whole word document looking for all instances o ...Show All

• Visual C++ Automatic closing of command window

  I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to VC++ been trying to pick it up over the past few days through some interesting tutorials. Anyways....my problem should (hopefully) be a very simple one. Im trying out a couple of simple programs of the HelloWorld flavour (you know, the basics) and I'm compiling them through VIsual Studio 2005. The problem is that post compilation the command window just auto closes (thats command as in command.exe or cmd.exe ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Why themes needed in workflows?

  Hi! I may be miss something, but why themes needed in workflows What is the reason for it Hi Sergey, Themes allow customising of the look of the rehostable workflow designer for use in third party applications. Regards, Paul ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office TrackChanges Issue

  Hi, We are working on word customization using VSTO 2005. We binded a XML Schema. When user switching between XML Tags we are disabling track changes in the intension of any background operation is done on Word would not be reflected in Track changes by giving like this, this.TrackRevisions = false Once the background operation is finished we are enabling track changes again. this.TrackRevisions = false But the track changes ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Vector3D.AngleBetween Bug

  Hey there! I'm using WinFX Beta 2 - MayCTP and I think I have found a little Bug ( ) in the Vector3D.AngleBetween Method. If you want to know the angle between two identical Vectors you would expect that 0 (zero) would be the return value. While for most vectors this is true, it seems as if it isn't for the following example: Vector3D sampleVector = new Vector3D(0,-1,-1); double angle = Vector3D.AngleBetween(sampleVector, sampleVector) ...Show All

• Windows Forms property or variable

  I am learning OOP but confused using get()/set() in property or using variable. All job in property can be done by using variable. What is benefit of using OOP property Here's a few: You can't use databinding on a variable, only on a&n ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Skinned mesh tutorials

  This might not be the right place to ask, but i'm looking for some 3DSMax tutorials about creating skinned meshes that can be used in DX I have been trying before, using panda exporter, but as soon as i export and use the mesh in DX, i can see the bones moving and not the mesh. I guess the bones should not be visible but modify the mesh instead Maybe it would be usefull if microsoft add's a sample file of ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Project creation fails by failing in task SharePointPortal

  Hi, after migrating a "full functional" installation of Team Foundation Beta3 to Team Foundation Beta3 refresh containing two Team Projects we cannot create new team projects. The existing projects seem to work. The log points to a sharepoint problem while creating the team web site. The installation is a single server box. The migration was done as described in http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/b3rmigrate.aspx The sharepoint servi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions **New VB.NET Forums - Are You Looking in the Best Place?

  Yes, I'm looking in the right place as you are as close to a living person as I have been able to come in half of this day. Please help me figure out how to get my activation code. I have spent several hours on this "simple process" and still don't have one. I have tried at least a dozen times and have absolutely nothing to show for it. I finally figured out that the pop-up blockers in my Yahoo and Google bars could be the culprits and clicked b ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2000 sign-on to 2005

  Good morning, I'm wondering if it's possible to connect to SQL Server 2005 from 2000 I'm having no trouble going from 2005 to 2000 but I can't seem to connect the other way. Any help would be apprciated. Thanks, Yes, it is certainly possible to create a linked server from a 2005 server to a 2000 server.  I have one set up on this end, with no problems.  What issue a ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Easy way to Display a data grid in DirectX

  I'm a directX newbie, but I have a table of values (user name, nationality, high score, etc..) that I would like to display.  Basically a high scores type page.  Is there an easy way to do this in DirectX (something akin to a data grid control) or do I need to create something from scratch   If I need to roll my own, are there any suggestions on how to approach it Thanks. That does help, tha ...Show All

• Visual C++ Mixing runtimes ?

  Hi We are using the Oracle OCCI for C++ and they require run 7.1. Can we safely mix 8.0 runtimes and 7.1 thanx, Soren Depends on what you do! If the usage of the CRT is transparent, means: No memory allocation/free is performed cross modules. There is no problem. That this will increased memory usage is logical on the other hand. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System error 28943 on install of TFS RTM

  I have followed the exact steps in your installation instructions, including installing the patches, and I can't get past this error message on the TFS install (the text in the message says it can't connect to the Analysis Service). I have done a clean install using the standard edition of SQL Server. I see that a recommendation has been made to use the answer file on the SQL Server install in other threads, but I get an invalid file error when ...Show All

• .NET Development ISAM installable file not found

  Hello,     I am trying to open a connection to an Microsoft Access data base in visual basic.net.  I get the message ISAM installable file not found.  I have the file MSISAM11.dll in c:\windows\system32.  I registered it with regsvr32. and it still does not work.  What can I do thanks a lot in advance for your help Aurora Tellez. Actually, I am using MS Access at work, so I never try to open the media pl ...Show All

• Visual Basic Richtextbox right click popup menu?

  I am looking for code to insert into the Richtextbox1_mousedown event that will check to see if the right mouse button was clicked, and if so popup a menu. Just like in VB6: PopupMenu mnuEdit I can't seem to find it. Please help. You can email me at dkpctek@hotmail.com, thank you. If e . Button = Windows . Forms . MouseButtons . Right ...Show All