monyplaba's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Recorded webtest fails to run

  I am able to record and create a webtest that goes to one site (in this case google.com) . When I try to run it I get the following error msg: Request failed: Exception in PreRequest event: The hidden field group name is invalid. For other webtest I get the following error when I attempt to run them: Request failed: Unable to connect to remote server. Recording the webtests works fine and IE if fine on its own. Any ideas ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System What is needed for running command line tests on my build server?

  I am using VSTT to create unit tests, but will want to run them on my buildserver(s) from a command line. These tests do not include code coverage. What do I need installed on the build server Thanks, Tom Kleinecke Hi Tom, VSTT ships with a command line to run tests, called mstest.exe. You will need to install it on your build server in order to run tests. (VSTD is okay too if you only have unit tests and ordered tests.) Since you mention ...Show All

• SQL Server Using equal operator in transact-SQL for ntext datatype column

  Hi, I've a problem with using equal operator in transact-SQL for ntext datatype column. (SQL Server 2000) I'm using the following SQL command text. use Northwind Select * from Categories where Description ='Seaweed and fish' If I use 'like' operator intead of '=' then the qurey retuns correct value. Any idea about this Any help is appreciated. Regards, Julia From books online, index e ...Show All

• .NET Development Making databases in code

  does anyone know how to make a database completely out of code Visual Basic has a COM object named ADOX.Catalog which could do this. what im looking for is a .NET namespace to implement this into my C# application. Take a look at this article . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System No/Minimal VSTS installation for Testers

    Hi, We want to keep our testers machines as clean (and as less loaded) as possible. But we would like our team to use VSTS both for entire development activity including bug-tracking/issue-tracking/review-activity/etc; but with least/none installable of Visual Studio 2005 on testers machine. How is it possible Eg: Is there any interface by the excel or other office software to VSTS with minimal/no Visual Studio 2005 client o ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Could not locate the assembly "WindowsUIAutomation"

  I just installed Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Beta 2 Version 8.0.50215.44 (Beta2 50215-4400) and WinFX SDK Beta 1 Web Setup, and Microsoft Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX Beta 1. I go to create a brand-new Avalon Application and without adding a single line of code I compile. I am given the following errors: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Microsoft.Common.targets : warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Designer Problem

  I made my first program for poket pc and then when to bed. in the morning I can Only open the form in code view not the designer Thanks in advance Will we strongly recommend that you move to the final version of the product. Also pls do note to use the un-install the older Beta 2 version using the tool mentioned at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/uninstall/default.aspx   There were a number of bugs in Beta 2 of similar ...Show All

• Windows Forms How simply to tell which form control has focus?

  Hello, I am trying to find the VB command that will tell me which form control (textboxes in this case) text has changed or currently has focus I could create a "TextChanged" sub for each field, but would prefer to have all my input fields Tex ...Show All

• Visual Basic Reflector does not install on Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta 2

  Just downloaded Reflector which refuses  to install with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta, saying : "Setup could not find Visual Studio .NET 2005. Please install Visual Studio .NET 2005 before installing refactor!." Is it not a too serious limitation It's the free version. I guess you can't expect some of the nice extra features... ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to prevent a white screen

  Hi, All,   I use a loop to create a large number of files on fly. I want to use a lable control to show which file is created. When my application is runing a few sceonds, I got a white screen. How can I prevent this issue My code&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Running multiple templates simultaneously giving an error

  Hello All, I have developed multiple templates. I run the first template and while it has opened i run the second template. On opening of the second template it is giving error "The Customization Assembly could not be found or loaded...". Running both template separately is perfectly fine and not giving any error. I also noticed that i opened the word instance on the basis of Normal.dot and remained open and then run the my templa ...Show All

• SQL Server mysql limit equivalent

  Hi, I need the equivalent for below mysql query : select *from test limit 5, 20 I know that the below is possible in SQL Server : select top 20 * from test where column1 not in (select top 5 column1 from test). But my problem is I want a generic solution wherein I will not be aware of the columns available within the table. i.e I need a equivalent query without using any of the column names Please advice In that case, you need to do somet ...Show All

• Visual Basic retrieve and parse HTML data

  Hi in VB.NET 2005, what is the best way to retrieve and parse HTML data from a URL, a bit like a search engine crawler I am building an app, where I need to parse a website, and collate data from it (the website uses some tags that I could pull out to get the appropriate bits of data).  I want to be able to do this in a thread, and just update a DB with the data, and give the client app a status update of the progress. Any ideas/samples/li ...Show All

• SQL Server Error: Expected End of Statement

  I just don't see it (SSRS 2005 Expression Syntax Error): =((Fields!PostedAmount_InHouse.Value + Fields!NewPDs_Check.Value + Fields!NewCCs_Check.Value) / Fields!CurrentPostingDay.Value) * (Fields!TotalPostingDays.Value - Fields!CurrentPostingDay.Value) + (Fields!PostedAmount_InHouse.Value + Fields!OldPDs_Check.Value + Fields!NewPDs_Check.Value + Fields!OldCCs_Check.Value + Fields!NewCCs_Check.Value) * Fields!FeeSchedule.Value)) / 100 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Balloon tip with close button?

  I'd like to use a ToolTip, balloon-style. I see Windows Forms 2.0 has such support. However, I do not see a way to make the ToolTip have a close button. My instinct tells me overriding the CreateParams property would allow me to set additional styles and get this working:             protected override CreateParams CreateParams           &nbs ...Show All