Eric Chong's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Using Microsoft Project to create work items

  I'm trying to use this function (from the right-click menu in Team Explorer for work items).  When I add a task in Project and try to link it to a work item, I get a message saying the tasks must first be published.  In order to publish the tasks I have to provide a URL for "Project Server 2003" to use.  I have tried using the TFS portal URL but that fails.  It looks like Project Server 2003 is something different from Team Foundation Server.  How do I publish Project tasks to TFS so that I can link the Project tasks with work items in Team Explorer All of the VSTF commands for Offi ...Show All

• Visual C++ This is kind of a newbie question but i am stuck

  this is my simple hello world program #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout << "Hello World" ; } The prgram runs in the black command prompt window thing but it flashes on the screen for only a second and closes.  Normally, after it runs, the widow should stay open and display "Press any key to continue..."  HELP!! Unlike the common IDE C++ Compiler, Visual C++ 6.0 and all of the .NET halt at the end of running the program.  You could also execute the program through MS-DOS and it would still show everything.  That said, there really isn't ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataBinding.Add("Enabled"... to a null object.

  Basically, what I want to do is create a dependency of one control to another, if one is null, then the other is disabled. A simple case is a use case is a listbox and a textbox. If listbox.SelectedItem = null, I want to disable the text box, and if one is selected then its enabled. I can do this manually by doing an if statement, but I would think there would be a niftier/cleaner way of doing this Something like, txtFoo.Databindings.Add("Text", listbox.SelectedItem, "IsNull"); Note that I know this wouldn't work, im just giving an example of the type of thing I am looking for. Still a little cludgy b ...Show All

• Windows Forms Flashing form

  hi i have created a windows form as MDI but the form flashes a lot by it own canu tell me if someone faced this before if soemties i pass the form i can see parts of the desktop then it returns normal then i can see the desktop,.... ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't connect to Report Server via Management Studio

  Hi, I have a local installation of SQL Server 2005 (Developer Edition) on XP Professional SP2, with Reporting Services, Integration Services, and Analysis Server installed. I can connect to Integration Services and Analysis Server via the SQL Server Management Studio, but not to the Report Server. I can access and use the Report Server installation via http://localhost/Reports and http://localhost/ReportServer , and everything checks out on the Reporting Services Configuration tool, so the server appears to be working fine. I've uninstalled/re-formatted/reinstalled the services (with all default options, and services running a ...Show All

• SQL Server Wildcard Search - Column Value containing % character

  Hi All, I have a company table with CompanyName and Address details. In the Company Name field - I have got companies with names like - 'The 1% Club', '99% Pure Water', 'The 1% Golfer' etc... I want to search for Companies with % using the LIKE clause - Say for ex. SELECT CompanyName from Company WHERE CompanyName LIKE 'The 1%%' I was expecting the above query to return - All Companies starting with 'The 1%' - So from the above list - I expected it to return - 'The 1% Club' and 'The 1% Golfer'. Unfortunately the query isn;t accepting % in the WHERE LIKE clause except for the wildcard character. Is there a way out to escape ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Sucess

  Hello to all,  I have upgrade activesync from version 3.7.1 to 4.0 in order to deploy my application in VS2005 beta2 to the device. After doing that, activesync stops to work: although the AS icon show connection (green) when the PDA is in the cradle, is is not possible to get the main screen of activesync ; and, when trying to explore the device, I get the following error window:  " Critical communications services have failed to start . Try resetting the mobile device, and then connect again".   To get worse, I have uninstalled AS 4.0 and went back to version 3.7.1. The problem still is there! In fact, I have tried (wi ...Show All

• Windows Forms MultiThread in VB.NET

  Hi I want to make an application in VB.NET and I want this application to  work as follows, There will be an array of items on which I want to  perform a specific operation (MyTask), with the help of multiple  threads. for example say the array is holding 12 items in it, and I want to  create 3 threads to do the work, first therad reads  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Menu items in VS 2005

  Hi guys actually i am a newby in the programming world. I am experiencing all the fun things about programming and stuff ( what an intro ) Now i want to create an application using c# 2.0. I want to load my menu (menu bar, toolstrip, ... ) from an external file, for example using xml. But I do not want it public so users can see the file. Do you have any suggestions, can i place my file for example in a assembly Regards can i place my file for example in a assembly Place your file in an embedded resource ...Show All

• Windows Forms URLDownloadToCacheFile error when trying to clickonce install

  i am installing in a clickonce deployment and getting the following error in the install log: Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'Version9x': false Result of running operator 'VersionLessThan' on property 'VersionNT' and value '5.0.3': false Result of running operator 'VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo' on property 'VersionMsi' and value '3.0': true Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' is 'Bypass' Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe' Result of running operator 'ValueNotEqualTo' on property 'DotNetIns ...Show All

• SQL Server After Install of 2005 still 2000 Engine!

  I have installed the new SQL Server 2005, but I see my local database as version 8.9.193, means SQL Server 2000. I do not know why setup did not upgrade it. What do I need to do now  I think some new options are now working because of that... Radiogeneris, please read the Books Online that came with your SQL SErver 2005 installation, it will give you a good overview as well as help you better understand your installation process/problems. You can also access it online at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ms165606(en-US,SQL.90).aspx . After you've read the documentation, please feel free to post any follow up questions. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista must DependancyProperty variables be suffixed with "Property"?

  It seems that if you want to create a DependancyProperty your variable must be suffixed with "Property". I tried to create a DependancyProperty like so: public static DependencyProperty suppliedMessage = DependencyProperty.Register("suppliedMessage", typeof(string), typeof(SupplyMessage)); But I kept getting the error: Could not create activity of type 'Ex01.SupplyMessage'. System.ArgumentException: Type 'Ex01.SupplyMessage' does not define dependency property with name 'suppliedMessageProperty' So after a puzzling few minutes checking my code for errors I changed my variable to suppliedMessageProperty: public ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Spelling checker for work item contents

  I would think that a spelling checker would be a must-have for work item contents. Is this on the radar ...Show All

• Windows Forms ContextMenuStrip Source

  I've done extensive research online, heavily studied the ContextMenuStrip and related controls, but I can not figure out which control was right clicked on to get the ContextMenuStrip to display  I basically want ContextMenu.SourceControl but for ContextMenuStrip. If anyone can help it would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks It's ok I have discovered how to do it&n ...Show All

• Visual C# Showing a Form

  How would I go about showing a form FormName .Show() doesn't work, and I don't know what will. See, I have two forms (Form1 and Form2). When an item from a treeview control that is on Form1 is clicked, I want Form2 to show. I already have the function that runs when the treeview control is clicked (private void treeView1_AfterSelect(object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)), but I don't know how to display Form2.  When I try Form2.Show(), I get the following error: Error    1    An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'System.Windows.Forms.C ...Show All