SDeen's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ doesn't allow macros in property pages

  I have VS 2005 beta 2 In the project properties -> any field -> macros, it highlight the macros when i double click the choice for ex $(ProjectDir) but it doesn't appear ont he text box. thanks This is a bug that has existed since VC7. Automatically inserting project macros only works in when inserting in edit boxes (dialogs that allow you to enter semicolon separated strings) but does not work in dialogs where you enter different dir ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Unlock a DLL file for someone no longer at company

  How do you unlock/uncheckout a file for someone that has left the company...that NT account is no longer active...and, I can't switch DLL to enable multi-checkout because of other VSTS bugs DLL is one of the types setup to disable merging by default. This means that any time someone checks one out, it automatically gets a checkout lock, as well. To change whether merging is enabled for various file types, ope ...Show All

• .NET Development Regular Expressions C#

  Hi, I have the following string type=0&asset=0&assetNo=&facility=0&category=0&line=12&infraco=0&output=1&cause=&attribution=0 and I would like to extract the value of all the variables like, type,asset,assetNo,facility and so on. Does anyone how to do it thanks Might be easier to use string.Split string[] vars = args.Split(new char[]{'&', '='}); vars[0] is name of variable ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Upgrade path for CF 1.1 design time capable custom controls to CF 2.0

  Does anybody know of one I read in this post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=129715&SiteID=1 of the genasm.exe tool, but searching on http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for it produces no results at all. There also does not seem to be an automatic way of creating the necessary *.xmta file outside of VS2005. Can anybody give me a heads up on this one please It does seem a bit ridiculous that none of the work I put in to create ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How can i add downloaded activities to the toolbox

  Hello every body, I have downloaded some activities but my problem is how to add them to the toolbox. Thanks Have you referenced them in your project yet If so, then close and reopen your project again and the new activities should be in your toolbox. Billz ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Does WWF 2.2 persist the detailed layout information into the XOML file?

  In Beta 1, the detailed layout information for the state machine workflows was persisted in the Visual Studio .SOU file and not in the actual XOML workflow definition. Has this been fixed since Beta 1 ...i.e. in Beta 2 or Beta 2.2 If not, what are the plans for addressing this Michael. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server Install Breaks WSS 2.0 SP2

  The Sharepoint site no longer works after installing TFS.  When I try to navigate to the site where Sharepoint is installed, I get the following web message: The virtual server that is referenced here is not in the config database. Previous to installing TFS, I could navigate to this page with no problems.  Even when physically at the computer, I get this message when I try to go to localhost.  Any help would be greatly appr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions an unhandle excpetion

  Hi all , I have a problem , where I built an application (simple one which uses 2 forms and one data grid) every thing is OK on My computer , however when applying the app. to another system which has .Net framwork , I get the Msg "an unhandle excpetion", And I dont know why Any ideas From the sounds of it your app is referencing a file that does not exist on the second PC and as a result, the CLR an ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2 Patterns for single Crystal Report (rpt) file

  Hi everybody, Is it possible to display two different pattern of reports and must be on separate pages First Page displays a summary, second page displays details and other info. Having problem doing this placing except for company details on page header and the rest on the Details part of the report. Pattern: First Page: Company Logo Company Name Company Address Statement of Acc ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Locking up

  Posted - 12/25/2005 :  10:54:44       My ADO based C++ application works fine for sometimes 15+hrs just fine. Im using SQL 2000. All of a sudden I dont know what happens all update operatins and insert operations start failing with 80040e31, timeout expired errors. It seems as though the whole database is locked up. And after 1hr or sometime 2 hrs everything is back to normal without an ...Show All

• Windows Forms Navigating to a specific item using a binding navigator

  I have a datatable in a details view which is controlled by a binding navigator. A lookup button will open a datagrid in a new window which will allow the user to filter and select a specific row from the same datatable. When the selection is made, I want to close the lookup window and navigate the details view to the datarow that the user selected. How do I programmatically do that Thanks for the response. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) 401.1 unauthorized access error with Windows 2003+IIS 6.0+WinFx Runtime Feb CTP

  Hi There, I am not quite sure I should post this question here. I assume there is co-working issue between IIS6.0 and Indigo. Our indigo service hosted with IIS 6.0 behaves kind of weird: when accessing our Indigo services after the server has been running some time (let's say, 10 hours, 12 hours overnight), 401.1 unauthorized access error occurs. Not only the indigo services, any access to public websites on this server gives the same pro ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB program, logic problem, banging head against wall :/

  Hi, been working on this for several days now, can't seem to solve this problem and am starting to think that I am not thinking about it correctly. I am building a program for kids in the family to use to help them memorize their multiplication tables, its basically a flashcard program. First thing they get is the starting form, where they choose the number of problems to work through and which tables to use, and there are 12 check boxes to choo ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I execute a form "FORM.VB"?

  How do I execute a form "FORM.VB" Michael yes great code dude iam a total newbie to thiss hehe :p is it also possible to open a forum but then not a new window well yes a new window but i can also click the other window now is there a way to open a new window and then disable the other window thanxs alot ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System CA1804: Remove locals that are not used, but this local is getting used

  Hello, (I searched the forums for CA1804 but couldn't find anything similar) FxCop flags the variable intOldId with CA1804 --8<-- Dim intOldId As Integer = -1 For Each drOrder As DataRow In dtMulti.Rows     If intOldId = CInt(drOrder("OrderId")) Then         'Already processed this id, skip duplicate row          Log("Skipped row")     Else    ...Show All