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• Visual Studio Express Editions Quick question please help. Installing VWD2005 express on a clean machine

  Hi there, I wish to install Visual Web Developer 2005 Express on a completely clean machine. I intend to format my hard drive, install Windows XP and then install VWD2005 Express. On the MSDN website it says...... Uninstall beta versions Before installing, you MUST uninstall any previous versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET framework 2.0. Does this mean that after installing Windows and doing all the updates that I must then UNINSTALL .NET framework 2.0 before installing VWD2005 Express This doesn't sound right to me. Many thanks for any help, Graham Th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Frequent incorrect build results - projects skipped that are out of date

  I have a solution with 17 C# projects - two .EXEs and the rest DLLs, including a number of unit test projects. I can't begin to relate how often I run into problems due to incorrect build outcomes - one or more projects were not built even though clearly out of date. I see this sort of thing when running tests from the test manager (which sometimes completely refuses to even try to build anything and just complains that it can't find the output file of the build that it never initiated) as well as other scenarios that should cause a build.  I've checked that all the appropriate dependencies between the projects are specified in the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Single source file branch and compilation

  Hello, I come from a clear case background, so forgive me if I'm not understanding something quite right. If I create a branch (this would be a developer private branch) of a single file in a C# solution, for example, a new branch is created. I can make changes to this branched file like I would expect. However, the solution itself doesn't see the branched file, just the original file, therefore I can't determine if changes I make result in a bad compile action. Is there something I'm missing with single file branching that is causing my confusion I would expect that the branch get created and that the solution now sees the branched file ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System B3R upgrade to RC issues

  ok, since it looks like I'm in for a long day I figure I'll just make a general post for all the issues I run into. The one I'm hitting now is in the upgrade document it says to install SQL Server update KB914595 - that its available on the web and on the install media. There is no KB914595 on the install media - only KB912838 and KB913393. Nor is it available at the link given in the document - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/ linkid=62015 I'm assuming the install will work without this fix since noone else seems to be complaining about not having it... P 22, Step 10, substeps 5 & 7 - apply is grayed out. Apparently you d ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Windows Forms Control Library

  Although not new to C++ I'm looking recently into CLR and thus found my way to Visual C++ Express. To orientate myself with this edition, I briefly looked over some of the provided walkthroughs and found myself stuck. The Windows Forms Control Library is missing in the 'Visual Studio installed templates' pane. Windows Forms Application is available and operational. I do have the most recent x86 platform SDK installed and configured correctly. Something I've overlooked Cheers, Ulyses Thanks for the reply. I may well purchase at least the standard edition knowing this. I'm sure it'll be money well ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Form Field data validation before committing to database

  Hi, As part of my learning of VB I am currently looking at Form Field Data validation.My question is : Should I validate the form field input using the row changing or column changing event I am adding a new datarow(record) to the dataTable and need to validate user input before committing the row to the underlying database. It looks to me that the dataColumnChagning is the one to use as it seems the quickest. Although my code works I would like to know which would be the best, if it makes any difference. Ron   Partial Class Database1DataSet Partial Class dataDataTable Private Sub dataDataTable_data ...Show All

• SQL Server newsequentialid() - error validating default for column

  Hi, I'm using Sql Server Express Edition and Sql Server Management Studio. When I create a column in a table with datatype uniqueidentifier (set as rowguid) and change the default value to newsequentialid() instead of newid(), I get the following error when trying to save the table: "Error validating default value for column 'myColumn'". Any suggestions Thank You! ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. creating stars

  Im not sure how to do this but im creating a space sim and what I want to do is place billboard sprites in static position's so as you move you get the effect that you really are moving, what should I do here Point sprites are probably a good enough solution to this - although the initial positioning should be carefully done. If you have a background (e.g. not just black space - maybe one with nebula's/galaxies/whatever) then render it first. Next you want to render your point sprites - but do so without any Z Testing or Z Writing. You want them on top of the background, but you don't want them contributing ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Custom Properties and SQL Persistence

  Hi, Is there a way to access a custom property of a given workflow instance via the SqlPersistence stuff or does each workflow need to be loaded via the runtime and queried that way I'm writing a very basic State Machine workflow to model an document approval process which will run under ASP.NET. I'd like to create a "Pending Approvals" kinda page where managers can get a list of their pending approvals. The workflows have custom properties to indicate document name and manager name. Hacking the Workflow Monitor example I've got the SqlTrackingQuery stuff running but rather than displaying the workflow type I'd like to show some c ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista CredentialProvider idl and header mismatch

  Has anyone else spotted that credentialprovider.h is inconsistent with credentialprovider.idl in the January 2005 CTP Also, I'd like to know how it should be fixed - I ignore the header and have pasted the idl into my idl. Philip Yes, I spotted it too :-) But your choice was not lucky - the idl content is much older than the header and it is not consistent with the actual implementation. Ignore the idl and use the header or you may need to rewrite the idl. I hope they will fix it in some future SDK release. ...Show All

• Visual C# ref parameters & memory

  Hi, I want to pass a DataTable to a function, but the table could be very large, so I want to minimise how much memory the program uses. If I understand correctly when I declare: DataTable dt = new DataTable();   dt is not the actual value (ie. the table) but is a reference to the object in memory. So if I pass dt to a function, I am already passing a reference to the object and not the object itself So is the function working on the original object in memory Or does it create a copy to work on and then return the dt reference changed to refer to the new object Lastly, how does this work with memory (in general) If I have a val ...Show All

• Visual Basic Error Msg - "multiple definitions with identical signatures"

  I recently had to recover a hard drive. I was able to get an earlier draft of my program and rewrite most of what I'd lost, but meanwhile had to wipe the drive, load a newer version of XP, etc. I've gotten everything back except now I get this one last error msg and I can't find the source. This wasn't happening earlier when the very same language was running: "Private Sub InitializeComponent() has multiple definitions with identical signatures." This comes up in the designer view of a second form I call from a button click on form1. I suspect that you are running on VB 2005. If that is the case, check your .designer fi ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista File Icon Tutorial for Vista?

  Hello,     We are working on updating our application for release in early 2006 and we would like to update our UI to follow guidelines of Windows Vista. Is there a beta for the guideline or when is the official release of the guidelines      We noticed that the icons appear to be generated from a 3D based graphics application. Can you give any insite on the system used It doesn't appear to be Illustrator or an Adobe product. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks, Cary IMHO, if you are releasing your product early 2006, it's not worth thinking about Vista yet.  There's ver ...Show All

• .NET Development Windows Application have problem with Stored Procedure...

  Hi. I have problem with Stored Procedures and Windows Application. I don't know what's wrong with them, but they are going on my nervse. This is Stored Procedure I want to EXECUTE: [code] ALTER PROCEDURE spFormSiteOptionsSet (     @DISABLE_LOGIN bit,     @DISABLE_BUYERS_REGISTRATION bit,     @DISABLE_PROGRAMMERS_REGISTRATION bit,     @LOCK_SITE bit,     @PERCENTS int,     @MIN_ACCOUNT_AMOUNT_BUYERS int,     @MIN_ACCOUNT_AMOUNT_PROGRAMMERS int,     @MAX_AUTOSEND_AMOUNT int,     @FINISHED_PROJECTS_AMOUNT int, ...Show All

• Visual Basic Radio Button Data Binding

  Hi All, I am a vb beginner and I was wondering how you bind a radio button to a field in a database that has choice of 2 values. For example the field in my db is CoverType and the user should be able to select Hardcover or Paperback. Don't seem to be able to do get radio buttons to represent this on my form. Thanks very much Hi Colin, RadioButton class only has a DefaultBinding to Checked property, which you can bind to a boolean field in your database. I think a ComboBox is more suitable for your purpose. Best regards, ...Show All