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• Windows Forms How do I use remoting effectively over an intranet?

  I'm a veteran C++/COM switching to C#/.Net.  I've written a WinForms application.  I'd like to be able to "remotely watch" what the user is doing on their machine, to aid in debugging, etc.  Ideally, I'd like to start an instance  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ReadOnly Vs Enabled

  What is the difference between ReadOnly and Enabled property of a TextBox. In what situations we can differentiate these two properties. Thanks In the context of a TextBox, readonly allows the user to set focus to and select and copy the text but not modify it. A disabled TextBox does not allow any interaction whatsoever. Use ReadOnly when you have data that you want the user to see and copy, but not modify. Use a disabled textbox, w ...Show All

• Visual Studio "Unexpected error" dealing with vss in vs2005

  I get the following error when I try do do getLatestVersion or "Change source control" on a vss linked web app --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- Unexpected error encountered. It is recommended that you restart the application as soon as possible. Error: Unspecified error File: vsee\pkgs\vssprovider\cmsscciabstractionlayer.cpp Line number: 5906 --------------------------- OK --- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Create an extension virtual drive.

  Hi, I am trying to make my own app that will allow user to create thier own virtual drive. does anyone have any clue on how to start To create a fake drive you probably need to write a device driver. That's not something you do in C# or any other managed language. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How do I programmatically start a WebTest?

  Given the path to a valid WebTest (xml) script, how do I programatically run the WebTest script (from within Visual Studio)   I am creating a Visual Studio plugin, and one of the features is to automatically run selected WebTest scripts, very much like how users can use the TestManager to select & run the WebTest scripts. Ed,   Could you please suggest the path or the place where to find this extensibility Kit. This ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to exclude a Folder from a Webproject

  Hi We are testing here TFS SP3, and have the following question. We have a website project, that uses TFS as source-control. When adding some files to the folder of the webpage, TFS automaticly adds it to the TFS Soruce control. But when doing checking, it always wants also to checking these files, but I don't want to checking that, as this is just test-data created on the local environment. What do I have to do Thanks Patrick ...Show All

• .NET Development Service and COM don't work with Windows XP Service Pack 2

  I have a service application created with VB.NET that creates a COM object. The service works fine in Windows 2000, but in Windows XP with service pack 2 it doesn't  because it receives the "Access denied" error. If I create a windows form application instead of a service, it works fine even in Windows XP with service pack 2.  Can someone help me   You are experiencing a security issue because your ...Show All

• Visual Basic Newbie Question

  I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to post this question.  I am using VB.Net 2005  (expess) and am relatively new to Visual basic and SQL 2005 (express)  Anyway, I was going through a tutorial set (creating an RSS Reader), and after completing basic code / form creation, it made me wonder if there was a way to have the treeview facilitate the Channel/Folder/Item fields that I created in the Database.  If ...Show All

• Windows Forms property best way

  what is the right way to get a value in the following case   >>>  class NameBuilder  Private _name As String  sub new(byval initName as string)  Name = initName  end sub  Public Property Name() As String  Get  Return _name  End Get  Set(By ...Show All

• SQL Server Security in report model

  In our application we have custom authentication and authorization schema. Every user of application is stored in MS SQL database and has its identifier. User can be member of unlimited number of roles Also database stores user's (and roles) permissions on different objects. Permissions table contains objectID, userID (roleID) etc. We plan use reporting services for reporting. We have to develop security extension to use our security schem ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Create new folder in Source Control Explorer - cursor hourglass

  When you create a new folder in the source control explorer window, why does the cursor have an hourglass icon when the folder name box is in edit mode Thanks for the heads up! I searched through our active work items, and we already have a bug under investigation for this issue. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Combobox_click event

  I have a form with two comboboxes. The first is always visible. I want the second one to be invisible until the user chooses an item in the first box. The click event does not seem to work in VS2005 at least in a combobox. The Textchanged method fires when the form is opened so it is of no use. I'm stumped! Thanks in advance for the help! Unfortunately SelectedIndexChanged fires when the form is opened just l ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Web Test - Accesing values from a Datasource

  Hi, When you use some values extracted from a Datasource (for User ID, Password or other parameter) you specified the Database, table and field. How are rows managed I mean which is the criteria to chose a record from this table (always the first, randomly or another criteria). How does it works when you include this test in a Load Test Does it change the rows from the table randomly Thanks LucasC There is not a custom access method.  ...Show All

• SQL Server Where is the SQL Server 2005 Express Manager Sep CTP?

  Microsoft has posted a September CTP of SQL Server 2005 Express, details at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=6E4AAC3A-9D85-4734-B1FD-318FB83B0D29&displaylang=en . But no September version of Express Manager can be found, and we are unable to install the June CTP of Express Manager because of an installation problem that it reports: "This computer must have at least Windows 200 SP4 and the user must have administrator ...Show All

• Visual C# Pre MDI form shutdown event

  Hi all, Visual C# 2003 problem (can't afford 2005 yet) I hope someone can help me because I want to do something and a bit of the puzzle is missing. I have created a MDI program that can display data in different child forms. The children tell the parent if certain events happen - if data has been loaded, modified or saved. If a child is shutdown, the Closing event fires in the child and the user is questioned if data has been modif ...Show All