vikaaas's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Creating a link dependency in Work Items

  I want to have a hierarchy for the work items...i.e. you should not be able to create a task without linking it to a requirement work item...I want to be able to create a rule in the methodology to force a work item linking before allowing the new work item to be saved...any ideas   Any one on the project can create a task work item so I can't link it...right now, my only solution is to create a report... I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Is it possible to make comments snap-to-grid?

  Is it possible to make comments snap-to-grid when resizing and moving like the other shapes The ability to adjust alignment within the comments would also be handy, I'm assuming that this isn't possible Yes, unfortunately they are not supported.  A workaround for snap to grid is you could multi-select the comment shape with other shapes and then move.  It should make the comment shape snap to grid. Thanks, Ramesh Rajagopal. Clas ...Show All

• .NET Development How to send SMS?

  Hi all, I would like to know how to send SMS from my application. Does sending of SMS concept is the same as sending of email I had tried sending of email without any problem. I had reused the code from sending of email but seems that it don't work. Please help. System.Net.Mail. MailMessage message = new System.Net.Mail. MailMessage (); message.To.Add(SMStoAddress); message.From = new System.Net.Mail. MailAddress (SMSfrom ...Show All

• SQL Server Newbie BIDS questions

  I've been learning SSIS and the BIDS for a few weeks now and there are 2 things that really annoy me. I'm hoping that there is a setting or option or something that I'm missing. 1. I place objects on the Control Flow surface, get everything arranged the way I want it, constraint lines all nice and tidy and then save it. When I open it things aren't the way they were when I closed it. Any way to make them stay the same 2. If I select multip ...Show All

• SQL Server DTC - Transaction context in use by another session

  Hi I have a master package that executes a series of sub packages. The master package is run from a SQL Agent job. The packages are reading from and writing to two databases on the same instance of SQL Server 2005. If I set the Execute Package Tasks for the sub packages without any precedence constraints between them and set TransactionOption = Required at the master package level (and supported from there downwards) I get the following ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to skin Windows Forms?

  Does anyone know of a free library one can use to skin Windows Forms Or any idea about how one can skin winforms ...Show All

• Visual C# MDI - Adding multiple child forms

  Hi, How do I add and handle multiple child forms in a MDI. For example, If I have 2-4 child forms in a Parent Form (which is a MDI container), @ ChildForm1, I have a button when clicked, it should show ChildForm2 and hide ChildForm1. Any examples in C# will be grateful. Thanks. Buru. Hi, When your in a form, you can get access to the MDI form through you forms MDIParent property. And through that ...Show All

• SQL Server Trigger Problem

  I Have problem in creating after insert trigger. Actually my requirement is when i try to insert a record in transactions, trigger should get td_value from control table and update the same value in the transactions tablee, then increment the id_value by 1. I wrote trigger as below, but it is giving error in update transaction set..... statement can some on help in this regards. create trigger update_transID on transactions after insert as de ...Show All

• Windows Forms Running Code on Form Load

  I am trying to run some code after my form loads, without having to click a button. I have tried the OnLoad event and Activated Event as well as the myForm.Show() method, however, only the outline of the form loads until all the code  ...Show All

• Visual Studio deleting a file

  i can't delete a file because it gives the following message Target AfterGet: Deleting file "\\(locationA)app.config". E:\(locationA)\TFSBuild.proj(189,3): error MSB3061: Unable to delete file "\\(locationA)\app.config". Access to the path '\\(locationA)\app.config' is denied. Done building target "AfterGet" in project "TFSBuild.proj" -- FAILED. Done building project "TFSBuild.proj" ...Show All

• .NET Development Send variable to wsf file

  I have a php web form that sends an email to me.  I want to make one of the numbers in the email a link that opens a wsf file containing jscript.  I want to send it the value of the number and save it as a variable in the file.  Is there any way to do this   Thanks. I have not been able to find a natural way to do this. Most email programs tend to make it hard to do this sort of thing to&nbs ...Show All

• Visual C++ Uknown Linking Errors

  Hi I've a library that i'm using in a win32console application. When I try to compile this application, I get a list of errors. These errors are Win32Console error LNK2005: "void __cdecl operator delete[](void *)" ( _V@YAXPAX@Z ) already defined in LIBC.lib(delete2.obj) Win32Console error LNK2005: ___CppXcptFilter already defined in LIBC.lib(winxfltr.obj) Win32Console error LNK2005: ___endstdio already defined in LIBC.lib(_file. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problem Installing Visual C++

  Hi, I was trying to install the Visual C++ Express Edition. A pop-up window "setup" started and a message stated as "Setup is loading installation components. This may take a minute or two.". However I have waited for about 20 mins and it just hang there. I have checked the task manager, it is still running. I find it weird and have close the application. Please advice how I can successfully install the program. Thanks Ling ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ResourceDictionary Source="~/test.xaml"

  In september ctp I can set "Source" to execution directory based path to loose xaml,is something changed in november ctp It wan't work anymore.And if it really changed,why Thanks. OK,I got it-you can set Source to "test.xaml" or "/test.xaml" but you MUST include "test.xaml" in project with build action "Content" and "Copy to output directory",as noted in this forum before.I don't understand that requirement beca ...Show All

• Visual Studio warn if no user code on launch

  I also hav ethis problem and am very irritated.  I don't have this problem in 2003.  I can't use 2005 if I can't get rid of this message. Hi, If you hit F1 when you are on the Tools->Options->Debugging->General page then the context sensitive help that comes up talks about common reasons for getting this error message and how to disable it. For your convenience , here is that online help link: ...Show All