TomMiller's Q&A profile

• .NET Development HTTPWebResponse Error: Unable to read data from the transport connection

  I have a console app that is making a web request to my localhost and I keep getting this error: "System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host \r\n at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.BeginReceive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags, AsyncCallback callback, Object state)\r\n at Sys ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ListView not using Style when data bind

  I have a ListView control on the screen. In one of the columns, I want to display a complex type, "DistributorInformation". In the <Application.Resources>, I have defined < DataTemplate DataType = " {x:Type src:DistributorInformation} " > ... If I display something of this type in a ListBox, it works great. However, when I try showing it in a ListView, it doesn't pick up my default DataTemplate. I defi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Connect to share via HTTP...Good - Connect to Database...Bad

  [Current Setup] Installed on remote Win2003 SP1. SourceSafe web service working. Virtual directories setup fine for this database. VSS Administrator server config'd for internet access. [Problem] I can verify I make a client connection to the share on the remote Win2003 by looking in Computer Management -> Shared Folders -> Shares. Problem is, I can't connect to the VSS Database for some reason. Here is the message I'm getti ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++/CLI language design questions

  I'm doing another C++/CLI project that involves porting some of my native C++ classes so that I can mix both native and managed code.  And I'm hitting the same issues often enough to wonder about a few things about the C++/CLI language design. One of the major changes from the old C++/CLI syntax to the new one is that you cannot have an unmanaged class member of a ref class.   e.g. class U { ... }; ref class M {    U u; ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Question on Mappings

  What exactly is the purpose of the Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.TaskHierarchy server field for There is no equivalent mapping in Project so i was hoping someone could explain it to me. Thanks! Jeff Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.TaskHierarchy field is used by MS Project integration to keep track of the task hirerachy. In MS Project you can have a summary task associated with several sub tasks Consider you h ...Show All

• SQL Server DM Windows Forms Controls in November Feature Pack for SS2005

  Hello, There is a download in the Feature Pack For Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - November 2005 for the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Datamining Viewer Controls. Unfortunately I cannot find a shred of documentation for said controls. It would be nice to know what their names are, where they are installed, how you add them to your toolbox. Sample apps would be of great benefit as well (but I don't want to ask for too much). Here is the descriptio ...Show All

• SQL Server RDA Pull Error table

  My dev environment: VS2005, SQLServer Mobile, SQLServer 2005 server db, PPC windows app. Having a problem with pull. First pull works fine. I request an error table from the pull. When I need to repull, I drop the table, but if I try to programmatically delete the error table, I get the message that the table has restricted DDL operations allowed. Apparently Drop is not allowed. Sometimes dropping the main table deletes the error table, somet ...Show All

• Visual C# accessing outlook 2000 using c# with out MAPI & without COM

  actually i want to access outlook in c# application. means i want to access all mail items in all folders with out MAPI. can any body suggest with .NET components. Hi Sivaji, I appreciate your prompt response. : ) If you have any other concern, please feel free to post back. I am always very happy to be of assistance. Have a nice day! Best regards, Peter Huang ...Show All

• .NET Development New Controls

  Does Microsoft have plans for adding an IP Edit box control into VS 2005   Many developers have been looking for one with the same functionality used to change your IP address in the Windows Network Settings for many years.  It would be helpful for one to be included so we could drag and drop onto our forms. -Jason David, You said that maskedTextBox allows you to move to the next component, could y ...Show All

• SQL Server Parameterizing the XPath for a modify()

  Hi all, I'm trying to write a generic stored procedure which will parameterize the XPath in my XML file so that I can update a value by giving just its path and the new value I wish to store: Here is the code: CREATE PROCEDURE ModifyLoanXML @LoanNumber char(60), @XPathQuery varchar(300), @Value varchar(300) AS UPDATE Loans SET LoanXML.modify('replace value of (sql:variable("@XPathQuery"))[1] with xs:string(sql:variable("@V ...Show All

• Visual C# Can I make this run any faster?

  I have created this threshold image filter, and although it works, it is still a bit slow.  A similar image filter in Photoshop runs MUCH faster... what are they doing differently   How can I make this run faster unsafe public void ThresholdFilterUnsafe( int intMidValue) { filteredImage = ( Bitmap )originalImage.Clone(); Rectangle filteredImageBounds = new Rectangle (0, 0, filteredImage.Width, filteredImage.Height); ...Show All

• Visual Studio View.NavigateBackward and View.NavigateForward not working in addin

  I'm trying to execute the View.NavigateBackward and View.NavigateForward commands from my add-in. Here is where I call them: http://djss.dynalias.net/trac/SamTools/browser/trunk/SamTools/MouseActions.cs ( lines 74, 78 ) I have no problem with the Edit.ScrollPageDown and Edit.ScrollPageUp functions on lines 102 and 106, and I'm calling the navigate functions just the same way. The navigate functions DO seem to work correctly when C# code is ...Show All

• Windows Forms strange combobox add errors

  Simple code, make a class that overloads ToString, so that will be the text displayed in the combobox items, add instances of that class to Combobox.Items. but if ToString returns null you get a strange error. when running normally, you get: "Too many items in the combo box" when running with the debugger, you get: OutOfMemoryException. This make it very tricky to debug :S Tho if you go combobox1.Items.Add( null ); you get the correct ...Show All

• Visual Basic SignTool reported an error 'An internal certificate chaining error has occurred.

  I am new to code signing. After I swtich from the temperary test certificate to a real certificate from a CA, when I publish, I got two errors "Error 1 Cannot publish because a project failed to build." "Error 2 SignTool reported an error 'An internal certificate chaining error has occurred. '." and when I checked "Sign the assembly", when I build, it asks for a password, after I entered password, it says "Cannot find th ...Show All

• Visual C# Lines between methods

  How can I ask Microsoft to add the option of lines between methods in the C# editor just like VB.NET has (VB had it long time ago no ) Is the option available only I did not find it Paolo on 2004-08-02 at 22:38:53 sugested it before me Its a shame they did not put it in VS2005 http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx feedbackid=eb5538ee-1341-42c1-b182-13d2da0ee947 I will take his // ============== i ...Show All