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• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Installation fails (May 2006) - There is a problem with this Windows Installer package.

  After starting the install package "LINQ Preview (May 2006).msi" a message box appear: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A script required for this install to compleate could not be run. Contakt your support personel or package vendor OS: WinXP Home SP2 (all purposed updates installed) What can I do Ps: IE 7 Beta 2 is installed ERROR 1720 THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS WINDOWS INSTALLER PACKAGE. A SCRIPT REQUIRED FOR THIS INSTALL TO COMPLETE COULD NOT BE RUN. CONTACT YOUR SUPORT PERSONNAL OR PACKAGE VENDOR. CUSTOM ACTION KILL_PROCESS SCRIPT ERROR-214682785 ...Show All

• Windows Forms add value to registry

  hi i am trying to add a value to the registry to make my program start at startup in : SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ but i dont know the syntax for that, i think its something like : My .Computer.Registry.LocalMachine.SetValue ( "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\JPCI", "C:/JPC/webbrowser/JPCI.exe" ) ect ect but can someone give me the correct syntax what i mean is that i want to add a chain value and i want to make that the name of my chain value is "JPC", i want it created in HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ and i want the value ...Show All

• Visual Basic Wierd error message with Access DB

  Hi all, I have this wierd error message that I get when I use my DataAdapter.Fill function. The message is : "No value given for one or more required parameters" I just Cant figure it out, here's my fuction Dim strSQL As String Dim cmdSelect As New OleDbCommand dsIPBs = New DataSet 'Verification de l'existence du chapitre dans la BD strSQL = "SELECT * FROM PN Where PART_PK = '" & gIPB.PARTNO & "' AND NOMEN = '" & gIPB.NOMEN & "'" cmdSelect.Connection = cnNewIPBs cmdSelect.CommandText = strSQL daIPBs.SelectCommand = cmdSelect Try daIPBs.Fill(dsIPBs, "PN") Catch ex As ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Sum in Query Expression

  Is it possible to do the following using query expression syntax: decimal total = customers     .SelectMany(c => c.Orders)     .Sum(o => o.Total); Or can this only be done presently with the extension methods Not every Standard Query Operator is currently represented by a Query Expression analog.  But since Query Expressions all return IEnumerable<T>, and since Standard Query Operators are extension methods that operate on IEnumerable<T>, .Sum() can be invoked on the result of a Query Expression: (some_query_expression).Sum() -Scott ...Show All

• Windows Forms Getting Notification when a Controls Screen Position is Changed

  I need to get notification when a controls screen position has been changed, the only case that I am not able to handle is when the controls screen position is changed due to the user moving the window. I've tried catching the Move and LocationChanged events for the form itself (using MyControl->TopLevelControl += gcnew System::EventHandler (...) but I only get the event when the window is initially constructed. Am I approaching this the right way or is there better way to get notified when the screen location of the control is changed. I really don't want to use a timer to keep track of the actual screen position. Registration of Event C ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Grasping at straws here with VSTS Licensing!

  First of all thanks for reading! After many calls to MSDN and the Partner Program they all seem to be unaware or partially aware of what's going on. Since the forum seems to be the best place, I'll ask here! I logged in the MSDN web site last Friday and started a discussion with the online Concierge. I asked him why was I not able to view the VS 2005 Team Suite product (and I'm not talking about the 180 day free Trial here) The short answer was: "Sorry sir, you currently have an MSDN Premium for Software Developers and you'll only be able to download this sku)" Fair enough I said, how much would it cost us to upgrade our ...Show All

• .NET Development ODBC Adminstrative tool in Windows Server 2003, Drives are not visible

  Hi I have Windows Server 2003 with Citrix and I have installed Oracle 10 and MDAC 2.8 When I want create a new data source with ODBC settings, I don't see drivers. The drivers are in the registry. risto Hi, Goto SysWOW64 folder and , from there launch odbcad32.exe This will open the ODBC Administrative tool for 32 bit drivers. Regards, Mahesh B. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Datatypes supported by VS 2003 crystal reports

  Does crystal report support CLOB data I have to bind a stored procedure which returns CLOB data to my report. I am presently unable to do this. Do we need to specify some settings for this or is there any equivalent datatype in crystal reports. Please reply soon It is very urgent. Thanking in advance. Is there anyway to remove a sortorder in runtime I'm having a dynamic list of sort options, sometimes there is only one sort column, other times there are 2 or 3. The default is usually 1 column, how should I solve this Because you have to add sortfields at designtime, I've got 2 extra fields that is not ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to delete a member function in VS2005 like in VC6?

  In VC6, I can delete a member function by selecting the member function and select delete from pop-up menu, after that, both the declaration & definition are deleted in .h & .cpp file. I like this function very much because it's very convenient. But now in VS2005, where is that function Hi Xei Fu, This functionality is no longer available in any version post 6.0. Feedback from  customers in 6.0 was that the functionality was confusing. You might want to enter an issue on the MSDN feedback center so other custoemrs can vote on it: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/ Thanks. Ronald Laeremans Visual C++ team ...Show All

• Visual Studio ItemGroup and Copy Task

  I have defined a ItemGroup to point to a <SourceFolder> that references all xml files in that folder. Note that this folder is empty at the start of the build. <ItemGroup> <SourceFiles Include="$(SourceFolder)\*.xml"/> </ItemGroup> I want to have a Copy task that moves any xml files from the <SourceFolder> to a <DestinationFolder>. <Target Name="CopySourceFiles"> <Copy SourceFiles="@(SourceFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(DestinationFolder)" ContinueOnError="false" /> </Target> What I am findi ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista DirectShow with Visual C++ Express

  Hi, I've been having a few problems with getting Visual C++ 2005 Express to work with DirectShow. I'm getting an "unresolved external" linker error for CBaseVideoRenderer. I've built strmbase.lib and put it into the lib folder, but the error still pops up. To get the example and strmbase.lib to compile, I had to edit some syntax errors and comment out: #pragma comment(lib, "atlthunk.lib") in atlbase.h. Could this have broken everything You are using the lib to make filter but you want the lib to run Graph It's not the same kind of application... use dshow.h and strmiid ...Show All

• SQL Server Cube Calculations and Report Model Problems

  Hello all, I understand this is an Analysis Services board, but due to the topic, I thought it would be as good of a place as any.  I have also cross-posted to the reporting services group. I've been working with SSRS for a year and a half now, but I am brand new to SSAS.  I've gone through tutorials and did as much reading as I could. The underlying data I am using is similar to the following: Shift_Start     Shift_End          Machine_ID    Breakdown_Min   ...   Quality_Pct 1/1/2005 7am 1/1/2005 5pm 535   ...Show All

• .NET Development how to "UPDATE a VIEW"

  anyone could tell how i can update a view in vs my dataset has tables and views but views doesn't show any update method please help me ! There are AddNew and Delete methods on DataViews, and you can change the existing data view the DataRowView methods. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.dataview.addnew.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.dataview.delete.aspx ...Show All

• Visual C# Deploying C# App. Using a Third-Party Installer

  What/where do I check to see that my .NET prerequisites are installed I'll be using a 3rd party installation program, as clickonce is too limiting for what I need in this particular project. But, I will be distributing the prerequisites on the install CD so my users won't have to d/l it. The prerequisites that I need to check are: .NET Framework 2.0 Windows Installer 3.1 SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Thanks for the help! Hi, and thanks for your reply. What is WMI, and how do I use it (That's one of those questions I hate to ask, because it's probably really obvious and I'm just being thick.) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Conditional Dialogs in deployment project

  In either VS2003 or VS2005 deployment projects is there a way to make a dialog conditional That is I have a radio buttons dialog and depending on which radio button is checked I want to skip to a different "next" dialog when the user clicks the "Next" button. I don't see a visibility property of the dialog as a whole that I can set to the value of the selected radio button. I know the deployment projects only offer a limited subset of msi capability but this seems that it would have made the common use case cut. Also if not then I may be interested in pursuing a WIX solution. Can anyone tell me if WIX is dead It looks like the latest acti ...Show All