FahimAshfaq's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System AllowTeamServer configuration

  Hi, does anyone know when this value, either in the registry or in the tfsbuildservice.exe.config file, does this value get set Thanks in advance. Garnet. Hi Garnet This value is set when you first fire a build. The server value is set to the current server. Thanks -Khushboo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions beta2, new personal web starter

  downloaded latest team system beta 2 today, created new personal web starter project, when i attempt to create an administrator account here: http://localhost:1689/asp.netwebadminfiles/security/users/addUser.aspx no mater what i type, it continues to say "please enter a different password".  you are instructed to create an admin account for your personal web site by the new starter project.  ideas I found this blog about changing the password complexity settings. Havn't tried it yet though. http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/2005/05/11/406550.aspx ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET SSL Problems

  Hi I am running a .NET web service and remote class inside IIS I have a self signed Certificate for security on the virtual directory. When the web service attempts the access the remot class i get the error "The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel." I believe that because the certificate isn;t signed by a root authority the certificate is being rejected. Has any had this problem before and how did you get around this problem (How do i get IIS to accept its' own certificate) Thank you in advanced Hi, I just had the same problem ...Show All

• .NET Development xsd.exe generated dataset type problems

  Hi, I generate a strongly typed dataset: xsd.exe ConfigExport.xsd / dataset /language:cs. It does the correct generation (my Id column is numeric as defined in the xsd): public uint Id{ get { return (( uint )( this [ this .tableFunction.IdColumn])); } set { this [ this .tableFunction.IdColumn] = value ; } } But when I run the program, it gives an exception when I try to get the property (System.InvalidFormat). The value in the datatable is in fact of type string ! When I trace the generated code, the problem is in Dataset.ReadXmlSerializable()-->Dataset. InitVars(bool) this .tableFunction = (( Function ...Show All

• Windows Forms Turning a certain point on form a specified color in MSVC++.NET

  Hi, I need to know how I can set a certain point of my form a color of my choosing. (Color found in System::Drawing::Brushes) Thanks, The Digital Pioneer OK, I'm a VB.NET Programmer too. Unfortunately, that isn't working. By sprinkling messageboxes through it, I found out that the e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Red, x, y, rectSize.Width, rectSize.Height) command doesn't work. Thanks, The Digital Pioneer ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to use SetWindowLong in VB

  Hi! I am trying to use the SetWindowLong and CallWindowProc API functions in VB. In desktop VB, they're supposed to be declared as: Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib " user32 " (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long Declare Function CallWindowProc Lib " user32 " Alias "CallWindowProcA" (ByVal lpPrevWndFunc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long but in my smart device app, "user32" PInvoke DLL is not found. Where can I get user32.dll Or are these API's found in a different lib for smart devices The MSDN help file says that the header "W ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Seeing a report into VSTS

  Hi, I am very new to VSTS. My requirement is to see a report of load test through throught reporting services provided by TFS server. I have my Load test solution file, when I run this, It shows these many test passed or failed, and all the Data regarding the test like throughput, page load time etc. 1.) Is there a way to integrate the Load test solution to a team project. 2.) Is there a way to use the Loadtest.RDL file to view my report. Any pointers in this regard will be very helpfull. Thanks Dharmbir Once you publish the result to team foundation (Click t ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Accessing the form in the FormLib

  Hello I'm trying to access the form which the Workflow is attached to. The formlib is a SharePoint v3 FormLib. For example: If the user changes some data in the form i want to make a decision for the next step in the workflow. Is there a way to access the form Or what is the best way to do so Cheers Reto Seiz I already got an answer in a other place: This is just a code snippet from the SDK: SPWeb myWeb = new SPSite(wfProperties.SiteId).OpenWeb(wfProperties.WebId); SPListItem myItem = myWeb.Lists[wfProperties.ListId].GetItemById(wfProperties.ItemId); ...Show All

• Visual Basic Com Object Failing on server.createobject

  I am having problems calling a Com object that I created under Visual Studio 2005 with Standard ASP. I registered it using regasm.exe. Below is my code (VB) . I have tried creating the object two ways. What am I doing wrong Server.CreateObject("TestCom2.TestFunction") and Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3' Server.CreateObject Failed /mears/ReadUserCert.asp , line 56 800401f3 Calling this way gives this message (which I think is correct) Server.CreateObject("TestCom2.MyComClass") Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 80070002' Server.CreateObject Failed /mears/ReadUserCert.as ...Show All

• Visual C# dll

  hi, is there a way to see which dll's are used for the project. when i deploy my project t another computer i can not execute it. there is an system.dllnotfound error message. i am not sure if it is lookin for system.dll or another one. if it looks for system.dll (which system.dll). any ideas       System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetReferencedAssemblies()   You cannot see sub reference (if a dll in your program use an other dll) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Distinguishing between the Express version and the standard version in an addin

  I am writing an addin that needs to be able to distinguish between the Express version and the standard version of Visual C++ at run time. Does anyone know how to do this Thanks, Jim Express versions do not support Add-ins, so configuring your Add-in to detect an Express edition is not necessary. Craig ...Show All

• Smart Device Development GSM Modem Missed call

  Does anyone know what the correct AT command is to reject a call. What I want to do is when the modem RING, reject the call so that it goes to the missed calls phone book. Thanks in Advance Pls check the following link for more appropriate forums for this query http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=481505&SiteID=1 Srikanth bogadapati ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Copy Outlook email into Excel

  I receive an email every day whose contents I have to put into Excel. I'd like to write a macro in Excel that will copy the contents of the email and paste it into Excel. The contents are always structured the same - two columns and 13 rows, and the subject is always the same. I can get the Excel part, but I'm struggling with the Outlook part. thanks! per the support engineer: Please clarify the requirements: Version of MS Excel and Outlook used (or if we use MS Office 2003 is that OK with you ) If we guide you to create a Win Application using .Net C#/VB.NET 2003/2005 or VB 6.0 instead of VB ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Explorer Beta 3 issues.

  I have 4 machines with Team Suite RC, and one machine with only the Team Foundation Client, and am running Team Foundation Server B3 (single machine install): On two RC machines, where both users are set as "Project Administrators".  In Team Explorer, the Reports folder shows "Reports (working...)" and never expands and never finishes "working".  However, these users can do Team/Show Report Site, and that works...  Further, if "Stop Refresh" is clicked on these machines, Team Explorer appears to hang.  Additional weirdness... I can get the reports to show up on these two machines, but only if I choose to disconnect fro ...Show All

• Smart Device Development RenderFile() error on smartphone

  Hi, On smartphone my application call RenderFile(_T("MyMusic.mp3"), NULL), but it return 0x80040218. The smartphone support .mp3 file. Why don't the Filter graph connect relevant filters any ideals appreciated! Likely because your smartphone lacks necessary directshow filters. Most WM5 devices do (don't ask me why). The Media Player 10 does not use directshow internally, so it works ...Show All