Andrew Li's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System HOWTO create a work item by a template

  can I save a work item as a template , next time when I create another work item like that , I can use this template directly One of the features that we discussed but didn't make it into V1 was templates via the OM - it would be sort of like the stored queries - they're stored on the server by name scoped by project and they could be added/edit/retrieved and applied to a workitem via the object model.  The interface would have the te ...Show All

• Visual Studio Repair missing Project assignment / links

  In my SourceSafe I got many Items that get deleted when I run a repair task. * When I look at the property->links info it is empty, * When I look at the proberty->path info it says "***Deleted*** 1->1" Is there any way to repair those items and restore the project/link assignment The repair task simply deletes all those files Is this list completely empty or have just one record ...Show All

• SQL Server Error on order by with union all

  Hello, I want to order by a field that is a code, like 1,2,3,11,12,13, and i get the following error "Only text pointers are allowed in work tables, never text, ntext, or image columns sql server" Why do i get this, what can i do to overcome this Thank you Need more info. Like table structures, especially with data types. Is this code column a text column: CREATE TABLE test ( testId int PRIMARY key, textVal te ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to paint row with different background color if any row cell has changed?

  I have beaten my head against the wall trying to find a way to get the DataGridView to let me have a different background color for rows in which any cell has changed (in other words, rows that need to be updated to the database OR new rows that have been added). I have tried many different things, but none seem to work. Any definitive answer on how to do it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. While I don't kn ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VStudios Install Problems

  I have attempted to install Visual Web Developer several times. This is the first install. I do not have any previous (Beta) installations to remove. I do use .NET 2.0, however it does not appear to be a Beta version. In any case, I have attempted installation once after removing it with no difference and no success. Removing .NET 2.0 does play havoc with OneCare. The only other anomaly might be that I am also using the Beta Release of IE. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO training

  Hi, Is there any training available from anyone for VSTO 2005 Thanks Al We recently posted some labs on the "Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Training" Web page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/odc_2003_ta/html/odc_landvsto05_tr.asp . While you're there, you may want to check out the "Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System Technical Articles" at http ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System ArgumentNullException Value cannot be null. Parameter name: menuService

  I now get this message anytime I try to run (debug/release) a unit test. I've given up trying to get my complicated solutions to work again (they worked fine for weeks but now crash). I can easily reproduce this problem with a new solution. After a clean reboot, I create a new C# Solution/project. I add the following public method to the class: public string tryUnitTest() { return "This is a test of the Unit Test." ; } ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem running .NET application

  I am having problems running ndoc (I have two versions, both generate the same error; the one I would like to use is from http://jonas.lagerblad.com/blog/ ). When I try to run NDocConsole.exe, I get the following error: Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'NDoc.Core, Version=1.3.1851.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. Access is denied. File name: 'NDoc.Core, Version ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to force refresh after modifying WorkItemChangedEvent.xsl?

  I have modified the ...\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Web Services\Services\v1.0\Transforms\WorkItemChangedEvent.xsl file. I would like to be able to force a refresh so that I can test the changes. How do I do this Currently I'm waiting a few hours before the changes are propogated. Thanks . ___________________________ Sarah Cameron - InCycle Software ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to access textbox on parent form?

  I'm trying to access a textbox on a parent form from the child form. Seems pretty simple, but I just can't find how to do it. This is how I'm opening the child form: Form fRoom = new RoomAllocator(); fRoom.ShowDialog(); How do I access the parent form's text box from the child form Somebody please help! Why not try something allong the lines of: Create the following in RoomAllocator: A public refference variable. In VB it would look somet ...Show All

• Visual C# Writing a txt File problem

  Ok, in my proyect iam trying to simulate a drawing editor, but i want to create a Log File ( drawing.txt ) in this file i want that every line have two points example: {100,100},{200,00} // this for the first line drawn {45,88},{82,89} // this for the second line ... //... etc, for every line drawn so i did in my code a function, fucntion that is called by the event OnPaint public void logactions( Point a, Point b) { ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow Persistence

  I have created a workflow.I am able to persist it. Thanks to help from the forum. But How will I load the persisted workflow, after shutting down the application and restarting it. I could see many records in the InstanceState table. Which entry will be loaded when I call the load method. How to ensure that I load the instance state of a specific instance Please help. Regards You have to keep or get ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Getting HTML from a website

  Hi guys, I have a fairly simple question reguarding connecting to the internet in a VB app. I was just wondering how i might go about getting the HTML from a website using the URL in VB.net. For instance, in perl you might just say my @data = get(http://www.google.com/); How can i do this in VB Thanks in advance -Robert One way of doing it may be. download the HTML file to a file and then read this file My.Computer.Network.DownloadF ...Show All

• .NET Development FtpWebRequest

  .NET Framework 2.0 c#   I need to access a FTP Server. I'm using FTPWebRequest as described in visual studio 2005 documentation. Everything works fine except the following: 1) I dont know how to change de current working directory on the server to the parent directory 2) Why cant I do this, or why doesn't work In Internet explorer works! 3) how can I send some FTP low levels commands to the server using .net 2.0 ftp api. < ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista K2.NET vs WWF

  Hi.. I have been evaluating K2.net and other workflow tools.. and addition of WWF adds to the confusion. now k2 solves most of the workflow scenarios though the licensing may be a issue with some clients.  Now WWF g8 to use and with not many licencing issues but the problem its still beta.. So what should you suggest to a customer who is planning for a workflows at a large scale in the next 6 months .. any pointers Regards Parito ...Show All