sterimick's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Is it possible to control the width of the dropdownlist in the parameter toolbar?

  I have a SQL Server Reporting Service report(server mode) that has only one string parameter (retrieved from a database) , thus the report parameter toolbar displays a dropdownlist. Is there a way to control the width of that dropdownlist in SSRS2000 What about SSRS 2005 For example: make the dropdownlist fixed width Currently it is automatically sized to the longest string in the list so it is adding a horizontal scroll bar and my users dislike having to scroll to the right. Many thanks in advance. This is the default browser behavior and the report viewer does not expose a way to override it. Even ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team System Beta 2 install error 26105

  Encountered the following error message at the very end of the team system server install: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation App-Data Tier Beta 2 Setup : The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package.   This may indicate a problem with this package.  The error code is 26105.   This is a clean single server install following the latest VSTF install guide using a Virtual Server 2005 with a Virtual machine running Windows 2003 Server. Any recommendations We resolved the problems we were having (See post http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Single Server Deployment

  Hi, Is single server deployment gone forever Dean Ahh - the Proxy...  Certainly a good reason to consider looking into the July CTP.  If it's really important to you and you only have one box, the Virtual PC/Virtual Server technology is probably the way to go. If you can afford to wait, I am encouraged by Michael's reply.  Since single server will be supported again, the question is when and can you afford to wait that long.  If you're actively using Beta 2 I think you should hold off.  Any migration between VSTS pre-release versions could be painful.  If you're just playing wi ...Show All

• SQL Server Why no standard toolbar in SQL 2005?

  I AM VERY UPSET AND ANNOYED why the STUPID sql Server Management studio does not have the standard text edit toolbar with buttons like "undo", "redo", "cut" etc.!!! Unbelievable! >_<"""  Am i going back to the dos time Hi there. You can right click the toolbar and customize it to your taste. It will take you 30 seconds to add these three buttons.   Happy to help! :-) ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Worlds Best App Contest Winners

  It’s time to announce the winning applications for MSNR Messenger’s Worlds Best App Contest , which MSN ran from September through December 31 st , 2005. There were a lot of great entries, hard work and interesting new ideas for building new applications and games within Messenger. Submitted applications were judged based on the official rules and judging criteria which included creativity, launches during the contest, suitability for the medium and best use of other MSN services. The following identified winning applications still subject to verification and acceptance of their winning prizes : Grand Pri ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Build 5231 problem, Explorer won't launch (and other apps)

  I just installed Build 5231 fo Windows Vista and everything seems to be working except on major thing.  Whenever I try and launch IE, Explorer, the Control Panel and more a window flashes for up for a brief moment and then goes away.  I can get basically everything else to run (I am typing this message in Firefox 1.5 on Build 5231). Does anyone have any idea's   I am wanting to test some applications that need IE working. I have seen periodic "hangs" of explorer myself.  Then tend to last for about a minute then clear up.  I belive I heard that disabling the System Restore service he ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I capture mouse click on a component at design time?

  I have a standard component, I’ve place it on a form, and it appears as any other component under the form, I would like to capture the mouse clicks on this component, is it possible  And how can I implement that in the designer Thank you the help I am spending this week and the next week to update the SmartLibrary; the nex ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Server and Project 2003

  Hi I am trying to create project plan. I exported scenarios and then in Project created tasks. Till I published the tasks leveling was working but after that I press Level... and see no effect what so ever. Any help for this Thanks I think I figured this one out and has nothing to do with TFS. Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Load crystal report from assembly to report document

  Hi All How can I load crystal report to report document from assembly. I am trying like this but error come "Load Report Failed" Assembly currentAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(); //Load Assembly string rpt = currentAssembly.GetName().Name + ".CustomReport.rpt"; rptDoc.Load(rpt); Please Help me Thanks Arun Goel ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to intercept WebRequest.Timeout

  Hi, there WebRequest wreq = WebRequest.Create(Url); wreq.Timeout = 15000; IAsyncResult r = (IAsyncResult) wreq.BeginGetResponse ....... ....... I must do something when wreq.Timeout. Where can I write code in Thanks... Hi, Thanks a lot I know how to resume, I omit the resume code here, just to protrude the restart download error. If I run 10 times, it gets error about 8 times, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Extracting a value from a datagridview

  I am having trouble extracting a value from a datagridview. Could someone please show me how to display the contents of a cell (eg column 2, row2) in a msgbox when I move to a different row. Derek Remember that the rows and columns are zero based so row 2 and colum 2 is in fact Msgbox( Me .DataGridView1.Rows(1).Cells(1).tostring) ...Show All

• Windows Forms PNG pictures in pictureBox

  I've tried to add a transparent PNG to a picturebox but i can't get it to work. It looks good in the form-designer but when i start the program i only get a grey box. I've tried with a PNG that's not transparent and it also looks good in the designer but this time i get a black box when i start the program. Is it possible to use (transparent) PNGs in pictureboxes and how do you do it It should work. Have you tried using the picture on a Label or Panel I have png images on picture boxes and it works fine. Sounds like the specifiec image is the problem. ...Show All

• Visual C++ SPROXY error "sproxy.exe does not fully support attributes." when importing WSDL, makes proxy class unusable

  We've developed a webservice using C#.  part of the WSDL looks something like this: < s:complexType name = " channel " > < s:attribute name = " name " type = " s:string " /> < s:attribute name = " title " type = " s:string " /> < s:attribute name = " description " type = " s:string " /> < s:attribute name = " channelaccess " type = " s:int " use = " required " /> < s:attribute name = " views " type = " s:int " use = " required " /> </ s:complexType > When inporting the Webservice into C# applications, it works fine.  However, when we import i ...Show All

• Windows Forms Application blocks with SmartClient apps

  I'm writing my first smart client application.  It is a WinForms based application that I reference by pointing my web browser to a url.  Thus far everything has been working nicely.  My problem is that now I want to add the Exception Management application block.  This application block requires its configuration info to be in the app.config file ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) LINQ Overview at San Jose C and C++ Users Association, Tuesday, December 13th

  I'll be giving an overview presentation on C# 3.0 and LINQ at the C and C++ Users Association in San Jose on Tuesday, December 13th. This will be a high-level cursory look at LINQ, not the deep dive that typically happens on this forum.  If any of y'all are in the area and would like to add to the presentation, please come by.  Having more LINQ smarties add their voice to the dialog would be great. More details here: http://codebetter.com/blogs/codebetter.com_events/archive/2005/12/06/135433.aspx That would be great.  Having your deeper level of LINQ understanding on hand would be a big plus ...Show All