tjbk23's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Couple of questions

  I was told that if I had Visual Studio Team Architect version I could make a one time change to Visual Studio Team Developer. Does anyone know how to do this via the msdn web site I have an RC of Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite based on discussions I have had with others I am begining to realize that this is not the latest version of Visual Studio Team System. Is there a way to determine what is the latest version, i.e. version numbers ...Show All

• Windows Forms ANOTHER QUESTION - listView control

  I am using dragdrop so want to know the index of item under mouse pointer for ListBox its ListBox.IndexFromPoint(e.x,e.y)   and it works fine but in ListView there is no such method so i am using int selectedIndices = ListView.Items.IndexOf(lvLevelList.GetItemAt(e.X,e.Y));   now the problem is it always returns -1 why so and other way to do it.What exactly i want is to obtain index of item at location (e.x,e.y). ...Show All

• Windows Forms MainMenu Designer - Microsoft.VisualStudio.dll in VS2005

  Hi I would like to continue with the MainMenu class in .NET 2.0 and VS2005, but the Designer doesn't work anymore. If you use the menu designer it now suports the MenuStrip instead. If I look in the assembly references for the tools that VS2005 uses the Microsoft.VisualStudio.dll (which hosted the Designer for MainMenu in VS2003) is still included, but I can't seem to use the Designer anyway. Any ideas The reason, by the way, that I would like ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot complete Install of Express

  Product: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client -- Error 1706. An installation package for the product Microsoft SQL Server Native Client cannot be found. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package 'sqlncli.msi'. Logged as MsiInstaller in App Log. The install fails with this and two other items in the bos that shows successful install items SQL Server Database Services Workstation Components, Books Online, Development ...Show All

• Windows Forms outlook bar style control for VS 2005

  Does anyone know of a good place to find info on building a control in VS 2005 that acts/looks like an Outlook bar I'm assuming the content of the clicked button would be handled via panels, but I really don't know how to approach the Outlook thing. thanks Hello, I was just looking through some of the sample projects, and noticed that the rss reader  that has the outlook look & feel. This is probably a ...Show All

• Windows Forms PointToScreen and PointToClient

  Can any one explain how these methods work These methods allow you to convert from screen coordinates to form coordinates and back. Basically, if you don't use these methods, you have to track the location of the form and use it&n ...Show All

• Windows Forms byte[] and Class convert

  How to convert a class into byte[] and create a class from byte[] or struct My class like this: class myClass {      ulong version;      uint length;      byte[50]  Descript; }    using System; using System.IO; public& ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problem Completing Reduced Code Crystal Reports Tutorial

  Hi There,   I am running Visual Studio 2005 Prof essional and have been working through the Reduced Code Crystal Reports Using Smart Tasks Tutorial.  Everything works fine up until the point where I attempt to debug my creation.  When I do I am presented with the following message.   Request for the permission of type ‘System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=ne ...Show All

• Windows Forms "Unknown Publisher"

  I built a project in VS NET 2005 and used the "Publish" process to create an installation package to install from a CD. When I run the install and get to the "Application Install - Security Window" it always shows the Publisher as "Unknown Publisher" even though I have the company name in the Publisher Name section of the Publish Options settings. How can I get it to show the company name instead of "Unknown Publishers" I am hitting this p ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VS.Net 2005 RC Application Diagram problem with SoapExtensions in WebConfig

  I created a soap extension to assist my exception handling from a web service to the client application.  This worked fine in Beta2.  The application diagram in the RC is complaining with the following error: (names edited to protect the innocent) Error 139 Application definition MyService is locked because there is an error in C:\Source\MyServices\web.config. The value of the property 'type' cannot b ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System DisposableFieldsShouldBeDisposed and HashAlgorithm

  HashAlgorithm-derived classes use Clear() as the publicly-available dispose().  Safe to ignore but would be nice to factor in specific classes with methods other than Dispose() or Close(). Yes, we will be quiet if there's a call to clear on a HashAlgorithm instance. The Design Guidelines agree with you. The example of effectively renaming Dispose to an alternate form such as Close or Clear is specifically ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do you intercept the Minimize button?

  I want to send my application to the tray icon bar. Is not what i was looking for... but thank you. I was thinking a way to Override the EventHandler (Minimize, Maximize, Close buttons) of my Form I hope someone can helpme here. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Dlinq for VB9?

  Does the LINQ preview for VB9 also includes DLinq for accessing SQL databases I couldn't find anything and wasn't sure if I had missed something. I looks like Sqlmetal.exe is only available for C# 3.0 Thanks, Peter Hi Peter, Even if sqlmetal supports only c# (I don't follow its vb9 incarnation), you might freely use code in your solution - just create a C# library and put those classes there. Or, I (or anybody ...Show All

• SQL Server SqlServer2K5_BOL.msi

  In July I obtained and installed the dvd's SQLServer 2005 Developer Edition CTP so I assume this is the June 2005 version and VS2005  Team Suite Beta 2. I tried downloading the above file for Sql server 2005 Books online and it fails saying I need .Net 2.0  (  seems VS2005 installed .Net 2.0 Beta ) I am also having trouble understanding some concepts ( I am relatively new at this ) Why do I even need this SQL Server 2005 dvd   ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I prevent others using my assembly?

  How to trust the calling assembly that loads my assembly. I don't want anyother client load my assembly except specific assembly   Sean Vikoren wrote: To get really secure code, you will need to compile to a native format.  Of course when you do this, you loose the flexibility of running in the CLR. The security protections offered by the CLR would also be lost.  Considering that no call ...Show All