Andrew Barker's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Application is improperly formatted

  Hi, Finally i found the solution to run my clickonce application. Everytime i started my clickonce application on another PC the framework and additional prerequisites installed ok, but when the clickonce application should be installed (locally) i got the error message 'Application is improperly formatted' with in the detailled message 'Deployment manifest contains an invalid application dependency'. It seems that whenever the setup.exe has run ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Wf doesn't support BPM

  There is a mention in one of the website ( http://www.architecturejournal.net/2006/issue6/Jour6column/default.aspx ) that Windows Workflow Foundation is an application framework which doesn't support BPM. Can somebody explain what exactly comes under BPM which is not supported by WF Cheers Hi Johnson, It's really not correct to say that Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) does not support BPM. BizTalk ...Show All

• Smart Device Development coredll.dll

  Where can i find a guide or manual or Reference for coreldll I find in this address http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/password.html an example for set, get the system password on pocketopc. But this code is in c++. Is there an example in C# Thanks Alessandro I can't find a managed example, but this article does have a list of functions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dncenet/html/wincesec.asp You can ...Show All

• Windows Forms windows xp update files

  does anyone know if windows xp stores the update install files anywhere in the pc  i have 4 pc that need to be updated and it seems pointless to download the same thing 4 times. sorry for the inconvenience. You're kinda in&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Basic .NET Framework 2 beta 2 installing error

  I've Win XP SP2 and my net framework 2 (first step of VB2005 setup) crashes everytime I try installing it. Maybe I must remove my visualstudio 6 Thanks No, VB2005 should be able to be installed along side with Visual Studio 6.  Post a bug report on the Microsoft Product Feedback Center . ...Show All

• Visual Studio ReportViewer caching (again)

  Oh Dear! just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water.... My test page was working fine where autopostback controls triggered the ReportViewer control and different data displayed each time. I decided to change my code so that, instead of ReportViewer being a design time control, I added it dynamically in my Page Load event (my main reason for doing this was that I didn't need the ReportViewer control on the page unless it was PostBac ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Tree control checked nodes not recorded by webtest

  Is anyone having problems recording check actions for tree controls When I record a webtest and check nodes in a tree control, then play back the recorded webtest, none of the node check actions are executed. Also, there is nothing in the form post parameters of the recorded webtest to indicate that a tree node has been checked. Can anyone tell me how to make a tree node become checked in a webtest Thanks. > ...Show All

• Visual Basic Shell Method

  How can I load a folder up in the windows explorer Your first line, should be... Dim sFile As String = Me .TextBox.Text.ToString() Don't forget to add the .Text  before the .ToString(). If that doesn't help, debug the code, and check the value of sFile at the If statement. ...Show All

• Visual C# Tablet/Mobile PC development forum now open

  Hi all, I just wanted to point out to posters in this forum, that today we opened new Windows Vista Development forums, and in particular, if you have Tablet PC-related questions, we're glad to have them in Windows Vista Development/Mobile PC and Tablet PC Development thanks! I do use a TabletPC, I live and die with it and it has been the closet device to me ever since I got it a year ago. How does Vista change the way I work and what are ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Globals constants & variables

  Hi all ~ am trying to put all my global variables and constants in a separate source file (coming from Delphi, this has served me well) When I create a new code file and add declarations to it, I receive the following error: A namespace does not correctly contain members such as fields or methods. How do I do this TIA, Kai hi, you can build a class and make it static and declair all your global variables th ...Show All

• Smart Device Development doubt in Bootstrap setup.exe

  Hi , I created a setup package for netcf.When i install it from desktop using Bootstrap setup.exe it asks wheather to install framework 1.1 when net framework is not found.I should not get this message but the framework should be installed silently without giving confirmation message. how can i do it Hi Senthil, I have a couple of questions: 1) I am assuming that you have created your deskto ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System vssconverter problem

  Hi, After a successful install of TFS, I tried to convert one of our SourceSafe databases. I followed the guide http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms181246(en-us,vs.80).aspx  and made a local copy and successfully ran VSS analyze. Then I prepared the settings.xml file ( <Projects><Project From="$/"></Project></Projects> ) and ran vssconverter like this: vssconverter /c:Analyze /s:c:\vss\cvss\ /m:settings.xml It fa ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Test-Driven Development and Interfaces

  Hello! I've got this interface called ISet<T> which my ArraySet<T> class implements but right now I've only created the implementation of the interface and my ArraySet code looks like: public ArraySet<T> : ISet<T> { } When I try to build ofcourse I get alot of errors that my class is not implementing the interface members. When using Test-Driven Development I should not write any code that my tests isn't testing. to be ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding to Properties of a Custom Object

  Basically I have an object with several properties: Prop1, Prop2, etc. I want to be able to take this object and bind its properties to various controls via the standard data-binding methodology (not like txt.Text = obj.Prop1) such that I can also use the&nbs ...Show All

• Windows Forms Another Validation conundrum

  I have a form with a number of textboxes, an errorprovider and a button. Each textbox has it's Validating event implemented like this private void TextBox1_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e) { if(ValidID()) { ErrorProvider.SetError(this.IDTextBox,""); } else { ErrorProvider.SetErr ...Show All