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• Windows Forms Any consultants out there know what 'Normal' terms are to a client?

  I have a project coming up and they need to know payment plans, terms, retainers, etc. Is there a standard way people go about this   I'm charging per hour with a predefined amount of hours.  They're going to give me a deposit/retainer&nbs ...Show All

• SQL Server How can I generate rdl file from a mdx query language in vistual studio

  Is there some methods to generate the rdl file or reporting html page  from  a given mdx query language For instance, I have a mdx query: select dim1.a on rows, dim2.b on columns from cub1 How can I generate the corresponding rdl file to generate report html page with VB.net  or C#.net I know that one can use xmltextwriter to write the rdl file but it is a difficult work.Is there some internal class in Vistual Studio have s ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. d3dxcreatetext & unicows ?

  Hi, I cannot get d3dxcreatetext to work with unicode strings on Windows 98. If I try to create text with unicode characters d3dxcreatetext fails Is it possible at all Maybe some additional steps are necessary to make it work (I am using unicows) thanks in advance, Cube   kubad wrote: I cannot get d3dxcreatetext to work with unicode strings on Windows 98. If I try to create text with unico ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie Question about Textboxes

  Hi, I'm new to visual basic, and I am trying to use a combobox with 2 items, and when I select one of them I want to be able to have it read a registry key and then output the result to a textbox.    This is the code I have so far. Currently, when I select an option in combobox1, it reads a registry key and then displays a msgbox with the result. I would like it to be displayed in textbox1 instead.  ...Show All

• Visual C++ error C2061: syntax error : identifier '_DebugHeapT

  I have VS .NET (7.0) and VS .NET 2003 (7.1) installed side-by-side. In the code that I am porting from 7.0 to 7.1, I am using the std::fstream class. #include <fstream> std::fstream m_stream; When I compile this I get a compiler error: c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\fstream(465) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier '_DebugHeapTag' c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\fstream ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro VFP 9.0 SQL worthless under a non client server network?

  Hello everyone; I have posted this problem here and also on UT and no solution yet. I have a small network with a 2003 server, and XP pros. I am running vfp 9 select * from products where status = "S0000" takes apx 10 seconds when run over the network. When running this locally, it takes only a fraction of a second. The product table contains 100,000 records, and the result of the SQL command is just a few hundred rec ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System RACI Questions

  In MSFv4 each Activity is associated with Participating Roles. Those roles are divided into four categories: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed (RACI). Where are these categories defined What specifically is the difference between Responsible and Accountable Martin Danner Arrowrock Corporation Boise, Idaho MSFv4 is shorthand for Microsoft Solution Framework Version 4.0. So many acron ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Bug status in Team System

  In Team System, is there a way to edit the fields under Status   For example Priority is a status that shows up with numbers.  I would like to be able to modify it so the number displays something else, 1-cosmetic, 2 -minor/work around, etc... thanks, aaron Hi How do I download the file and which file I need to download If the file doesn't exists then what do I need to do Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Visual Studio Team Server as SourceSafe Replacement

  I am looking to replace/upgrade our SourceSafe 6.0 with and upgraded product. If I understand what I have read, the VSTS may be an option. My question is whether this product can be used with non-Microsoft files. For example, in addition to using SourceSafe for all of our VB projects, we store mainframe source code, VBScripts, etc. in our current database. Can the Team Server and Team Explorer be used to duplicate this functionality T ...Show All

• Visual Studio Compare version option is disabled when working with remote VSS.

  When I'm working in Visual Studio 2005 and using a remote VSS database the "Compare Version" option is disabled for checked out files both in the Solution Explorer and Pending Checkins. This functionality worked when I was connnected to a local database. Everything else seems to work fine. Is the "Compare Version" functionality only supposed to be available when working with a local VSS database ...John Hensley ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Which option to select?

     I'm thinking of getting started in Visual Studio because i want to know how to make programs and aplications.     I've got some knowledge about c and basic but i dont know which language chose now. Could you please tell me what are advantages of Visual c++, c#, basic and advantages betwen Express and Standard versions  What do you suggest     When sing the .net framework to develop app ...Show All

• .NET Development DirectoryServices - Get users from active directory

  Hello! I'm using the following code to get the users of a specific active directory, but it also returns the computer names. How can I get the users only Dim myDirectory As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" & directoryName, sAdminUser, sAdminPassword) Dim mySearcher As New DirectorySearcher(myDirectory) mySearcher.Filter ="(&(objectClass=user)(objectClass=person))" Dim mySearchResultColl As SearchResultCollection = mySearcher.Find ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Embed and Automate a Word Document by Using C++ .NET and MFC

  OK, bear with me a little.  I am still a relative novice to C++, but am trying to build a control to embed word into our applications and I found KB article #316207 that seemed to point me in the right direction. The problem was that if I did everything step by step, I kept getting errors telling me that ExitWindows and FindText were inside the ms word typelib imported by the following line: #import "G:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Offi ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums code execution transfer

  Hi All, Can any one please tell me how to tranfer statement(code) execution from the present sub-procedure i am in (which is in another form) to the form I open using the DoCmd.Open() Hence i want to transfer code execution to the form i open and when i then finish with that form, i can then transfer execution back to the calling form and carry on executing the rest of the code. when i step through my current form in debug mod ...Show All

• Visual Studio Get Latest from IDE doesn't always Get Latest

  Here is our setup: Development machine: WindowsXP, VS2005, VSS2005 SourceSafe Server: Windows2003, VSS2005 Peridically when developers get latest version of a project or even the whole solution from the VS2005 IDE, it will not get the latest version of all files. There have been instances where one developer will check in a change and the other developer tries to get the latest version and the IDE does not get it. No error..it just didnt get ...Show All