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• Windows Forms Can't drag and drop ActiveX Controls onto Component from designer

  ActiveX components are not listed in the Toolbox when I have my own custom Component class open in "Design" mode.  I can however do it manually in code. When a custom Form class is open in "Design" mode the ActiveX components becomes available in the Toolbox. Why do I see this behaviour Thanks for the reply. I would have been wonderful if it was possible.  Doing it manually works fine.  I mu ...Show All

• Windows Forms Could not find InstallState

  I add a custom action to the Commit node of Setup project. The custom action is a .dll. But when I execute the install project, it result in an error message at the end of installation: Could not find files 'C:\WinProg\CutomAction.InstallState' Where c:\WinProg is the target folder. How can I do Thank, I am a hand about setup project. Could you give me an example David Guyer MS wr ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to open the setting in Settings.xml into textbox when the program starts ?

  before i start i would like to say hello to all members ( this is my first post :P ) also im fairly new to programming / coding so be gentle - lol :) ---------------------------------- i have managed to add some code that reads and writes  ...Show All

• Smart Device Development connection string to MSDE database

  Hi, I'm developing smart device application in VB.NET. I couldn't make the connection with MSDE. I used the following connection string. myConnection = "server=10.0.0.8;Integrated Security=SSPI;User ID=sa;Initial Catalog=Example;Data Source=PPL\SQLSERVER;Trusted_Connection=yes;" MSDE is on the same machine where i'm developing my apps. & testing the result with emulator. (NOt using RDA or Replication).Simply using ADO.NET comm ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Where to download MSFWinBuild?

  I'm in the process of customizing the MSF Agile Process Guidance.  I have been using the Process Guidance Customization Guide from the Visual Studio October SDK. This guide mentions that the MSFWinBuild Tool is useful to pre-render the HTML files.  The guide says that this tool can be downloaded from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243893.aspx . However, I can't find the download.  Where can I download t ...Show All

• SQL Server Generate Scripts option in SQL 2005 Management Studio

  Did anyone even bother to test the Generate Scripts option for a database I changed the following options from their default setting: "Include Descriptive Headers" = True "Include if NOT EXISTS" = True "Script for Server Version" = SQL Server 2000 "Script Indexes" = True and scripted all Stored Procedures, Tables, User-defined functions, and Views Problems: 1.  Generates IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects ... should be ...S ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums AppID suddenly not working?

  I've been using the API with no problems for a quite a while now but suddenly this morning all of my requests are returning: < faultcode >soapenv:Client</ faultcode >< faultstring >Client Error</ faultstring >< detail >Invalid value for AppID in request</ detail > I tried setting up a different AppID but the issue remains. Any ideas I had the same problem today: app ID was ...Show All

• Visual Basic Immediate window - very simple

  In VB6 I could type commands into the immediate window to test the syntax i.e. msgbox "Test" <rtn> and a messagebox would pop up. Is there a way of doing this in VB .NET All I can find is to go into watch mode but I need to be running my code for that to work. I want a simple way of checking syntax Matt Use the command window ...Show All

• Visual Basic DataAdapter Select Statement

  To all I'm VS2003, when I try and create a dataadapter with more than 100 fields (either through drag-n-drop or manually) I received "There were errors configuring the dataadapter". Since the table is in SQL 2000, I tried using: "Select * From inmast" which returns 143 columns and all rows from the table I even tried importing the table in MS Access 2003 with the same results. If I reduce the # of fields to 100 or below the dataadapter will work ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Testing for an running build

  Is there any way I can test if an existing build is currently running on the build machine when I am doing scheduled build I would like to not build if it is already building, and maybe log this info so I can adjust my scheduling. If you are willing to write up some code, you can check if a build is in progress by making a call to StartBuild web method on the Team Foundation Server. The web method will thro ...Show All

• Visual C++ Compiling

  Hy. How can I compile *.c or *.cpp files in Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Beta 2 ...Show All

• Visual C# Program doesn't Terminate

  I've made a program that has a thread that continuously receives the bytes from a server via socket. The code is like this: data = new byte[1024]; receiverThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Rec)); receiverThread.Start(); public void Rec()   {    while(true)    {     try     {       recv = client.ReceiveFrom(data, ref remoteEP);    ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System getting associated changesets for work items

  Hi, I took a code snipit from James Manning's blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/jmanning/archive/2005/09/21/472524.aspx For some reason, the LinkingUtilities object could not be resolved. Does anyone know where the assembly for this object is We upgraded to RC1; would this matter Is it still supported Also, I was wondering if there was a way to get historical changes to work item links. Suppose I added and deleted links associated to ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGrid Customizing?

  Hello, I am doing a program using C# and WindowsForms for managing data of a database and generating some reports.  I am using a DataGrid, and I am tring to customize it so that I put comboBox and checkBox in it,  I want to do&nb ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Getting problenm in release mode....

    Hi All, I am not able to launch the application in release mode. The error message shows   "Unable to start program '%CIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\ABC\ABC.exe.   An error occurred that usually indicated a corrupt installation (code 0x8007007e). If the problem persists, repair your Visual Studio installation via 'Add or Remove Programs' in Control Panel"     While the same set ...Show All