Tups's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Assembly not trusted exception while N-Unit Testing

  Hi, I am trying to test this method but I just cannot get around to run it directly or in a debug mode.It gives me the following exception on running it with teh test manager : "Failed to Queue Test Run xyz @ISCWS-00-883 2006-04-20 16:51:03' with id {d9a35ba4-2ef7-4675-9618-c23948673d91}: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestManagement.ExecutionException: Test Run deployment issue: The location of the file or directory 'c:\Solution\Te ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VBE Lesson #6 - Classes and Supplementary Material

  I'm looking for sources that better explain the necessity of custom classes and the supplementary material from the course because I can't seem to grasp the use of any of it. I'm new to programming and I've played with VB MANY years ago but I just DON'T see the rationale behind creating a custom class as indicated in the Lessons. It seems non-sensical and unnecessarily complicated. If I wanted to create an application that allowed me to input ...Show All

• SQL Server Can not change filter on model report - UPDATED

    I have a very simple report based on a test model. The report is filtered via a date field and runs ok. If I try to change the filter I get the following error message: Operation Failed Short time pattern does not include hours and minutes Does anyone know how I can correct this Regards John  UPDATE This only happens if I try to filter between two dates, a single date works correctly! ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Load rules in the Designer Rehosting demo

  I am using the Designer Rehosting demo from http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFDsgnRehst.asp By default, this demo uses SequentialWorkflowActivity as base class to create workflows . Now I have modified it so that workflows will be created from a custom activity which is then derived from SequentialWorkflowActivity . So far, everything goes well except one problem: I create a workflow, add a IfElseActi ...Show All

• Visual Studio vs 2005 beta 2 setup fails

  When I try to setup vs 2005 beta 2, it says that it failed to setup visual studio itself after it gets to the end screen. The installation seems normal untill then because the vs 2005 even gets a checkmark next to it when on the install screen. The progress bar never moves when it is on vs 2005 though. I will post the error log when I can find it. Hello, I am getting the same kind of error  when installing ...Show All

• SQL Server How to connect to remote database using MS SQL Server 2005

  i'm using sql server 2005 developer edition. In sql server 2000, when i connect to my remote database, i just need to provide my IP address, server name with password in Query Analyzer. However, i do not know how to connect to remote database in SQL Server 2005. I did allow local and remote connection using Surface Area Configuration. However, after setting this, i do not know where to input the IP add, server name and pwd as well...>_<. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Missing VCOverrides.vsprops

  I've migrated to RC from B3R - no problems. In B3R, when I created a build type, the following files would get created under source control in the TeamBuildTypes folder: TFSBuild.proj, TFSBuild.rsp, VCOverrides.vsprops, and WorkspaceMapping.xml. However when I try to create a new build type (after migrating to RC), I only get the following files: TFSBuild.proj, TFSBuild.rsp, and WorkspaceMapping.xml. VCOverrides.vsprops is missing. Is th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I pass return codes on exit?

  I would like to call a program using Call Shell(), wait for it to finish, then (if possible), collect the data it returns (as if it were a function). My question is, how do I make a program that sends data back when it exits, and how do I make another program that calls this program, then gets the data Also if you want to talk to a console application, a full example is there in your VB express help: ms-help://MS.VSExpressCC.v80/MS.NETF ...Show All

• .NET Development Using Windows to authenticate a Windows Form App

  Hello Guys, I have a Windows application on .NET 2.0 , i would like to have users logging in / out,first thing that may pop up in mind is to use a login form ,create tables that i can store my users in and connect to the DB to retrieve them,not to forget adding a form that can allow the Admin to add create and modify users. I am considering another solution that will leave this task to Windows ,i would like to use a fucntion or a class (ho ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Overload all <bold> tags

  Is there anyway to set how bold the <bold> tag makes my text   The default value seems too bold for how I want... Preferably it would be some kind of overload that is set as a resource which affects all the tags.  Thanks! Doh... ok. I was hoping there would be something akin to CSS where you could set the degree of boldness but I guess not. ...Show All

• Visual C++ pointer Array in a structure.. help needed

  SUBJECT: Pointer Array in a structure I am working with Visual C++ .Net 2003 I have a structure defined as static __gc struct stPoints { int * x; int * y; double ** xx; double ** yy; }; static stPoints *dP = new stPoints; where *x is the pointer to the first element of array of size 4, similarly *y is the pointer to the first element of array of size 4 **x is the pointer to the first element of array of size 4 ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums has anyone done the tests at all?!

  hi, just wondering has anyone done microsoft ISV software tests   i'm a one-person ISV and i'm interested to hear from others who have been through the testing process.  i've been on the ISV empower program for the last 18 months and i'll be taking my tests shortly.  i intend to apply under the "platform" tests, doing the windows client test, and web services + .net framework.  i read the instructions from the testi ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) System.NullReferenceException when trying to run Sparkle

  Hi guys, I'm trying to run Expression Interactive Designer on Win2K3 server (it's been reported that it works fine on this OS). I uninstalled my November CTP WinFX runtime components, SDK and VS Extensions and then installed the January CTP WinFX runtime components. My old (November CTP) WPF apps still run fine. However, attemtping to run Sparkle results in a System.NullReferenceException. Anybody else having this problem By the way, i ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Direct 3D

  How to use particles in Direct X Manager   Minh wrote: They seemed to have removed the PointSprites sample from the June SDK. I remember it was in both the managed & unmanaged sides prior to that. I'm not sure why the decision to remove samples while not replacing them with something similar. The PointSprite sample was removed a while ago.  For those interested in particle systems in Direct3D, you might search the we ...Show All

• SQL Server 0xC0010001 with Parameterized OLEDB Source

  I am trying to call a stored procedure as part of my OLEDBSource.  It takes two parameters.  @StartDate datetime and @EndDate datetime. I define the SQLCommand in the OLE DB Source as: sps_MyFoo , I then click the parameters button and fill in: @StartDate      User::ChangesSince @EndDate         System::StartTime I have confirmed both of these variables have va ...Show All