Ric Fisher's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Data Tier installation

  Hi, We have successfully been able to install TFS-Beta2 on a single-server installation. We have now received a separate DB server and wish to move the data-tier over. Apart from that it's not officially supported, is there anyone who can give me hints on how it is done ! BTW: here are some interesting things that I successfully tried - regards GENERAL SETUP of TFS: 1) Install WSS in Web-Farm mode and use setup the WSS dbs on the SQL 2005 server ...Show All

• Visual C++ user defined types

  I was wondering if someone could break down the the pharse "user defined types"...i am kind of leary on exactly what that is..... Ok that makes sense i am trying to access some data using these multisets in a database but the function object i am trying to create is going to be incorporated with some user defined types,  But if i understand you correctly user defined types as your basic types that have more features and capabilities th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Using .dll

  Can anybody inform me if Visual C++ Express Edition allows to create dll and to use Thanks If you mean through the wizard, the answer is no. Only in larger editions. Nevertheless, you can still build general 32bit dlls by just setting the compiler option /LD your self. For more information on the /LD option, please take a look at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2kzt1wy3.aspx If you meant MFC Dll, th ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to define a password field for the input parameter

  I want to know how I can create a password field where MSBuild will prompt the user to enter the password rather than hardcoding within the MSBuild script file. A solution can be to define a property <Password> in your project file and then to set it when you launch msbuild doing: msbuild myprojectfile.csproj /property:Password=mypassword Except if you want this password invite to appear even wh ...Show All

• Visual Studio Default browser for Visual Studio

  How do I set my default browser for debugging in visual studio I want it to open IE when I debug a web page. Thank You! I would suggest to the Microsoft Visual Studio Team to move this setting to the Start Options! ...Show All

• Visual C# Access a SAMBA share via C#

  A search for "SAMBA" in this forum returned no results, so I am assuming that this question is not already covered somewhere else... I am trying to programmatically access a Samba share from a C# application. Is there any way to facilitate this using C#/.NET Or is the only option here to write a Win32 Shell app or dll Any guidance is appreciated... Thanks, Outsideshot I need to enu ...Show All

• SQL Server How can I skip an initialize snapshot?

  Hence you have a database which huge tables and a transactional replication (push subscriptions). Now my question: 1. if I have to initialize a snapshot but I would like to do it without the snapshot agent, what methods are available 2. Usually the distribution agent will request an initialize snapshot. How can I tell him, that I would like to use an alternative method and that the distribution agent should NOT request a snapshot ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Publish a website with Team Build

  Are there any samples available on how to replicate the IDE's Publish operation in a Team Build task You may find exact details on how to do this at my blog . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How can I import data from Excel into VB Express?

    Just downloaded VB Express with SQL Server Express....I want to import the current database, which is in Excel spreadsheet format to VB.  Is this possible so I don't have to re-enter the data   Pam Yes, this is possible. Create your new table in Microsoft Visual Basic Express Edition Database Explorer, copy and paste the data from your Excel spreadsheet into your new table. This ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Workflow Serialization Problem

  Hi to all, I have been using beta 2 bits for a couple of days and trying to upgrade my project with the new stuff. I've change a lot of things ( as you guys did in beta 2 :), but one problem still cannot be solved. I'm using the workflow designer control to change workflow definition. I have also a state machine workflow. If I load the workflow from file (xoml) no problem. But if I want to get a workflow definition from running workflow the seri ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Serial Number on PPC 2003 HELP!!!!

  Someone knows how can i get the serial number en a pocket pc 2003 second edition (the 2002 way doesn’t work, calling .exe). i’m developing with embedded c++ 4.0. Thanks in advance. Guillermo. Yes, i have tried that out, without sucess, instead i did an .NET application that retrieves the DeviceID and save it in a .txt file, so i can read from evb c++ 4.0. Thanks anyway! Guillermo. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Modifying Agile Template from TFS RC

  When I download the MSF for Agile Software Development - v4.0 process template from the Team Foundation Server Release Candidate the Source guidance directory is not included like it was in previous releases. Where can I find the latest source files Thanks! __________________________ Sarah Cameron - InCycle Software Hi Sarah, Download the process guidance only. It is there. You may want to wait unt ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bad bad memory problem

  I've written a web crawler app that when running has gone into virtual memory overload. Nothing I have done has appeased it. I have tried, nullifying references, setting virtual memory limits programatically using the CorRuntimeHostClass class and I've gone t ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) System.Servicemodel Problem

  When I'm executing my application that I built in the January CTP I get the following error... System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for system.serviceModel/services: Could not load file or assembly 'System.ServiceModel, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (C:\WINDOWS\Micr ...Show All

• Visual C++ why I can't use "cin" or "cout" when I making a 64bit program?

  I built a simple program with VC++6.0 and Microsoft Platform SDK,the code is : #include <stdio.h> #include <iostream.h> int main() {  int r;  double mj;  cout<<"put in r:"<<endl;  cin>>r;  mj=3.1415926*r*r;  printf("mj is%d",mj);  getchar();  return 0; } but I got an error message: libcimtd.lib(iostrini.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void * __cdecl operator ...Show All