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• Software Development for Windows Vista Problem: Install Vista 5308 on Virtual PC?

  I need to install Vista on a Virtual PC to test installation and running of some current apps I've developed. When I try to install Vista, it boots from the DVD I provide but when I "Install Now (->)", I get an error dialog box: I'm having the same problem, although with a different error message. In my case, it keeps saying that it can't find an accessible hard disk to write temp installation files to. I searched Microsoft ...Show All

• SQL Server warning- not sure if I need to worry

  Hi, I got the following warning when I tried to run the package which has 1 data flow task with multiple ole db source and destination connections to load the tables. I am not sure what the warning meant and do I need to worry about it. [DTS.Pipeline] Warning: A call to the ProcessInput method for input 3758 on component  unexpectedly kept a reference to the buffer it was passed. The refcount on that buffer was 1 before the call, and 2 afte ...Show All

• Visual Basic Linklabel

  could some1 plz tell me how to make a linklabel open up a url in your default browser In the LinkLabel Click event stick something like Private Sub LinkLabel1_LinkClicked(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs) Handles LinkLabel1.LinkClicked Process.Start(" http://www.microsoft.com ") End Sub This will cause it to go to the appropriate ...Show All

• .NET Development WebServices Loading after refershing!!

  Aftre craeting the webservice using the codedom and crrating the virtual directory thru directory services,whe is browsed for the first time ,it shows the page with some error information "starts with extensions type" after its refreshed it shows th pag correctly. How to make it load during the first time! Thanks in advance, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Debuging "Hello World" crashes VS2005 VC++ Express

  Hi VC++ debug experts, Last weekend I downloaded and installed VC++ Express. To test it, I created a CLR Consol App. The default app generated by VC++ is a "Hello World" example. I built it and ran it without any problems. I added a breakpoint and pressed F5. => Up pops two dialogs titled “hello.exe – Program Error” saying "Can not initiate program correctly (0x80000003)….” and then an “A fatal error has occurred and d ...Show All

• Visual C++ error error C2365 while compiling against .NET

    Hi All, I am trying to compile some code against a baseline that is compiled againast .NET. However, I am getting the following error (hundreds of similar errors), which seems to be some error with redefinition. Seems to me that I shd use some different flag for compiling the code. Any help is appereciated. Thanks, Ashish %CL_CMD% /c /GF /EHa /D_WIN32_WINNT#0x0500 /DWINVER#0x0500 /D_WIN32_IE#0x0600 /MDd /D_X86_#1 /DWIN32 /GB /D__PERL /DO ...Show All

• SQL Server No TRIM function in 2005 - are you serious!?

  I cannot believe that there is yet another version of SQL Server without a TRIM function.  So for SQL 2005 (like I've done in 7.0 and 2000) my T-SQL will look like dog poo because I will have to write LTRIM(RTRIM(MyValue)) anytime I want to remove whitespace from both ends of character values instead of just writing TRIM(MyValue). Microsoft - how can you write LTRIM and RTRIM and not write TRIM in the same breath an ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Here is my code...

  hi, i added another rule class to the existing project and i extended the same base class (in which i have given the xml file name) that used for other classes. But when i loaded the rule in FxCop i got the message "Error loading rule 'MethodsShouldBePrivate': Rule 'MethodsShouldBePrivate' does not have an XML description present." Other rules get loaded correctly but this shows error. Plz help me out with this. Than ...Show All

• .NET Development Automation Error Raised by VB6 App on a .NET component ever since installing .NET 2.0 Framework

  I noticed that a VB 6 app is no longer able to properly call a .NET component exposed with a COM interface that was compile via Visual Studio 2005, it raises an Automation error . Setting the application configuration file to point to the .NET framework v2.0.50727 does not help the situation. However, when the .NET component is compiled via Visual Studio 2003 it works provided I have the infamous application configuratio ...Show All

• SQL Server Error create a second independent transaction inside a CLR stored procedure?

  I use the context connection for the "normal" work in the CLR procedure. But I need to commit some data in every case. So I need to create a second transaction which is independent from the calling transaction. What is the best way to do this inside a CLR procedure Thanx a lot Hi!   Create another connection to the server and create a transaction on this second connection. Please note that since ...Show All

• Visual Basic create a high score list and enter name dialog boxes

  In the Space Blitz starter kit I want to add a high score list, and a place to type in the player's name. Please reply ASAP. Mario, You will get a much better and timely response if you can explain to us what kind of problem you are having with what code! ...Show All

• .NET Development Retrieving Units of Measure in use

  How do I determine whether the user is in a metric locale or inches locale The CultureInfo objects do not seem to have this property. Besides millimeters and inches, are there any other types used Thanks in advance. I'm not aware of any property or settings that you could look at to determine this information. I don't believe Windows even stores this information. As a rule however I believe the US is the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Bugs, test and requirements traceability

  Hi, I'm using VSTS (with both Agile and for CMMi process templates) working primarily on Testing. I have some doubts about traceability of the differents artifacts (requirements, Test Cases and bugs): How can I set this traceability How can I "view" this traceability I started creating a Requirement, a Manual Test and a Bug (created from a failing test execution): I tried linking the Requirement to the Manual Test case u ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Issues with Updating Sharepoint List...

  I have an Access Database that I’m currently using to control content on a Sharepoint site. I’ve successfully managed to -Post XML via the Access website -Display the XML content via the FrontPage Data Webpart -Update Navigation Lists (Text and URL) within Sharepoint from Access via linked table that are used as navigation on the Sharepoint site (navigation for dynamic content) The last item is my issue. While I have been able to update List i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error 28100

  I have followed the install instructions to the letter and I still recieve the following error during setup. Error 28100.Error loading Event web service. Here is the text of the dd_vserror80.txt file... [02/10/06,14:28:08] Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU: [2] WARNING:Warning 32000. The Commandline '"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe" ...' ret ...Show All