boone10's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Running TFS on port 80

  Is it possible to run TFS on port 80 I tried to change the port of the tfs website to 80 and assign a hostheader value to the sts website but when i register the tfs in the client it seems to try to locate the list of projects from port 8080 although i explicitly set the port to 80. I saw a post about using ISA server to accomplish https and basic authentication but what i would like to accomplish is to run tfs on port 80 with integrated authen ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office URGENT! Outlook Addin runs from development only. Who are the usual suspects?

  Okay, I cannot run any add-in outside of the VS2005 development environment.  If I simply start outlook no add-ins start. None are "Hard Blocked". How would a security issue manifest    I have a .NET polocy for the app directory, but still no-go. All, After much head scratching, etc, along with help from Mads' project to document and simplify VSTO apps (see http://weblogs.asp.net/mnissen/articles/427490.aspx ) I've got ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Problem with TransactionScope when running Unit Tests

  Hello, we are having a bit of a problem here. Three of us are running Unit tests daily. One of us have installed an English OS and the tests are running excellent. Two of us have Swedish OS and frequently run into this exception: Failed Test method UnitTest.CompanyTest.UpdateCompanyTest threw exception: System.Transactions.TransactionManagerCommunicationException: Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed. ---> Syste ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Can revert back in to XP?

  after instaling vista on the same drive as xp can i revert back to xp i am not in the mood for reinstaling my xp all over again. This question has nothing to do with Vista development and you should find an appropriate forum to ask it. However, you should NEVER put two OSes on the same partition. If they are in different partitions, Vista will set up as dual boot, and you can choose every time which OS to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Still Unable to Show/Hide NamedRange object from the ActionPane!!!

  Hi All, I don't know who market my thread " Unable to Show/Hide NamedRange object from the ActionPane " as answered. (May be me by mistake...). In fact it is still unanswered and some additional info provided in my last post there. So, can moderator reopen the thread and possibly answer my questions In case the answer to the previous question is "No", I'm starting this thread with the same problem. 1. I have the folloving code in the Click eve ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Network error detection, handling and best practices

  Hey, Hope I didn't miss it on the net. My architecture contains several services (physically located on different systems) communicating via WCF. What is the best way to detect network errors I've thought about two possibilities - 1. register for the Faulted event on the channel - This does not seem to work as I excepted. Channel doesn't necessary go to faulted state when a network error occurs. why is that 2. I can use events ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Mouse Hit Testing when primatives used not meshes

  I did search the existing threads and have read them - those that I can understand - but they do not seem to apply - at least with my limited understanding. I have a "2D" card game started in DirectX3D using managed C#. I read Tom Miller's book as the basis and starting point. I have several "playing" cards rendered as CustomVertex.PositionedNormalTextured that I add to a VertexBuffer. I draw them with the DrawPrimative ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS Setup Fails with Error 32000 / stsadm.exe

  The relevant setup log data appears to be this: 04/10/06 11:00:53 DDSet_Status: Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe" -o setconfigdb -connect -databaseserver "CGDPS01" -databasename "STS_Config_TFS" 04/10/06 11:00:53 DDSet_Status: IgnoreExitCode: 0 04/10/06 11:00:53 DDSet_Status: Silent: 0 04/10/06 11:00:53 DDSet_Status: ActionStart: 0 04/10/06 11:00 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office show excel chart on a form in excel 2000.

  Hi all, I have a vb6 form that is used as a front end for an excel sheet in the background. I want to show a chart on this form based on data in the excel sheet. It is obviously easy to create the chart on the excel sheet, but how can I show this chart on the form.   Ps, I am sorry for posting this in the wrong forum, but couldn't find a vb6/excel 2000 one (yes I know i'm behind the times!) Thanks   ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error in Data Source Configuration Wizard (VS2005)

  When I try to bind an object with the wizard I get the following error popup: An unexpected error has occured. Error message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.   It works fine for other projects in my solution. I have references to Infragistics assemblies.   Thanks for your help. By the way, if your project contains any invalid references, the "Data source configuration" wizard w ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to restore DBs in SQL Server 2005 from Express

  Hi all, I'm unable to restore DBs (I've created in SQL Server 2005 Express) in SQL Server 2005. The error I get is (copied): TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio ------------------------------ Restore failed for Server 'D_EDTIMD027SW'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo) For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink ProdName=Microsoft SQL Server&ProdVer=9.00.1187.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplate ...Show All

• Windows Forms Terrarium Help.

  Hi, I need help. I am a newbe to terrarium and it looks interesting. But All what I can read on the internet concerning Terrarium looks a long time ago. No recent post I mean, or at the farm... or I look at the wrong place. (Where is everybody ) I see 10 peers, All LED's are green, but I never receive a creature from other peers. I can't introduce my own creatur ...Show All

• Visual C# Embedded resource not working

  I want to add a picture as embedded resource to my project. I choose Add Existing Item and browse to the picture, and then select Build Action as Embedded resource. I also select "Do not copy to output dir". Upon recompiling I get: Error 1 No destination specified for Copy. Please supply either "DestinationFiles" or "DestinationDirectory". C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.Common.targets ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS 2005 Team Suite RC won't install

  I recently downloaded the VS 2005 Team Suite RC.  I was running VS NET 2005 Beta 2, and as instructed removed all previous installations.  I even ran the automated uninstall application that was provided on one of the web pages. Now whenver I try to install VS NET 2005 Team Suite RC, I get an "IExpress Setup" error when trying to install .NET Framework 2.0. Clicking on the Don't Send will cause the install to fail, but if I leave the e ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 and 2000

  When SQL Server 2005 finally ships, will one be able to install it on a machine with SQL Server 2000 already installed At RTM of SQL Server 2005 we will support installing it on a machine that already has SQL Server 2000 installed. We have put a lot of work in this area to insure they can install harmoniously on the same machine. We don't recommend installing SQL Server 2000 after SQL Server 2005 is a ...Show All