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• Visual Studio Microsoft Document Explorer cannot be shown because the specified help collection 'ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en' is invalid

  I have installed a RC version of VS Team Suite along with full MSDN installation. After completing installation, I'v got " Microsoft Document Explorer cannot be shown because the specified help collection 'ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en' is invalid " error when I have tried to access it by doing "Start" -> "All Programs" -> "Microsoft Developer Network" -> "MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005" When I accessed it from VS ...Show All

• Visual C# Preprocessor directives for website

  Hi, how can I add defines that will be global for all files in a web site project Say that I have files similar to this throughout the web site project: --- file begin class MyClass { #if MYVARIABLE public myDebugMethod() { ... } #endif } --- end file Where can I define/undefine MYVARIABLE so that all classes in my web site is effected Execuse me for my bad english, if something is unclear ask and I will try to wr ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Theory: Multiple SDK/DirectX Installations and the C3635/C3377 problems

  First off this is what I have installed in regards to .NET, DirectX and Programming Software - all in their own directories. DirectX - October 2005 Edition DirectX - December 2005 Edition DirectX - February 2006 Edition Visual Studio 2005 Express (C#, C++ etc) - Net SDK 2.0, DX Feb2006 Visual Studio 2003 C++ - Net SDK 1.1, DX Oct/Dec and Feb (separately) Visual Studio 6 C++ (Not used since 2003 installed last year) Net S ...Show All

• SQL Server Versioning Stored Procedures with VSS and Sql Server 2005

  I am wanting to put my stored procs in vss. The configuration that I am looking at is Sql Server 2005 Sql Server Management Studio VSS I have not been able to find anything that gets me going, so if someone has a link or some links, please just redirect me and I will continue digging. What I don't know is what is the best approach for doing this. Do I need to create a new project in management studio for all of my stored procedures Is there a ...Show All

• Visual Basic Opening empty file as XMLDocument

  Hi, in my form load I'm looking for an xml file and if it does not exists then I create it. But wen I try to open it as an XmlDocument it popups an error. I thik its because the created file is empty. Could I add the line " < xml version ="1.0" encoding ="utf-8" > " to the file on its creation and how Here's the code : Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As S ...Show All

• .NET Development ClassDiagram

  First I need to now haw to represent a collection association in c# ClassDiagram Finally I write program how send mail in c# using SMTP. There aren’t any error in the compilation but mails don’t arrive at destination can you help me or give me another solution to send mail with out SMTP service If you could tell us what went wrong with your code or tell us about the exception and stack trace that would be better. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions .net question

  I wish to write a VB program for an app that is only .net1.1 compatible (ie. the haven't upgraded it to .net2 yet) and consequently .net2 is not installed. Am I ok writing the program in Visaul Basic 2005 express edition which I understand is only .net2 compatible Phill .NET 2.0 is a requirement, currently (there is a microsoft project in the works which will target the .NET 1.1 platform, I believe). Is there an issue with install ...Show All

• Visual C# Membership password change

  Our web application will have users that do not have an email address. As such we want to manage the passwords and password changes centrally by one of our adminstrators. I cannot find any method that provides the ability to change a users password directly. The reset password seems to generate its own password and emails that to the user (not much good if the user doesn't have email). Is there a method or workaround whereby we can use the ...Show All

• Visual J# Problem with subclassing a form AND J# interface in C# 2.0

  I have an existing application that declares a class that derives from System.Windows.Forms.Form and an interface. This compiled and worked correctly in 1.1 but an error is reported during in C# 2.0 "IRecitalMirageForm - type is not supported by the language". The interface is written in J#. public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms. Form , IRecitalMirageForm Is there any workaround for this behavior ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Visiting Inlines in a Block?

  I want to visit every Inline element inside a Block element...I can get to peers alright, per the MSDN examples for Inline.NextInline, but how can I descend in the hierarchy and get to "lower" inlines For instance, I may have XAML like this: <Paragraph> <Span> <Bold> <Hyperlink>something</Hyperlink> </Bold> </Span> <Span> else</Span> </Par ...Show All

• Visual C++ Array of System::string in C++ 2005

  When I want to make a string in C++ 2005, I write System::String ^ myString; But now I want to make not only one string, but array from System::String (s). How can I do it A know how do it in VB: Dim msStringArray(10) As String But I don't now how do it in C++...  And what about two-dimensional arrays In Vb it is: Dim myArray(10,2) As String How can i make from this code a two-dimensional array ...Show All

• Visual C++ deleting a character that was written at the command promt

  if I cout<<" bla bla bla "; i get bla bla bla how can i delete the last "bla " so it apears like bla bla You can't fix that problem with a simple "\b" trick. Start reading here for Windows API functions that work with the console. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Dumb Question Dept - how do I "delete" a public build from the list?

  Scenario: I perform a team build as a "smoke" test and decide to mark it's quality as rejected. The team makes changes and the second "smoke" team build is successful. Since the changes are logged into Version Control, I don't  need the first build hanging around. How do I delete it There doesn't seem to be anything in the beta help or menus that is apparent on how to remove the builds. I can remove the folders from the drop site, but the ...Show All

• Visual C# Initializing an instance to a pre-existing instance

  Hello. I have a beginner question. If I create a new instance like below, what exactly happens Does the new instance reference the pre-existing instance, like a pointer, or does the new instance contain a duplicate of the pre-existing instance MyClass obj1 = new MyClass(); MyClass obj2; obj2 = obj1; //What is happening here I wanted to create a tile based game and store each tile reference in an array, but I guess that would mean usi ...Show All

• .NET Development Identity from Access

  Hi, I have been searching around for a solution to this problem with not much luck. From what I have read, I don't like the answer, but I thought I would check just in case. I have been given the impression it is impossible to retrieve the identity value from an Access database after an insert. I have been purely using the dataset designer and using the tableadpater methods I have created in the designer as I am still getting to grips with the w ...Show All