Richard Bartel - MSFT's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Designer problem

  Hello, I have a little problem... I can't design my form anymore. It happened just like that without me doing any changes and now I can't view the designer. My application runs ok, though. I get two kinds of errors. Some times I get this: One or more errors encountered while loading the designer.The errors are listed below. Some errors can be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes. Clicking on each error ...Show All

• .NET Development dotNET 2.0 XmlSerializer throws error when used with MKS Scripts

  I have a C# App which is called by MKS Scripts, It has worked fine when built with dotNET 1.1 but a simple recompile with dotNET 2.0 this line XmlSerializer mySerializer = new XmlSerializer (GFI.GetType()); results in: Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'comspec'  Key being added: 'comspec'    at System.Collections.Hashtable.Insert(Object key, Object nvalue, Boole ...Show All

• SQL Server MSDE & SSMSE -CTP connection problem

  hi friends, I'll be thankful if anyone solve this problem. When i developed my application i used sql 2000 as a server side DB. Now my client want to install MSDE instead of SQL 2000. so i uninstall SQL2000 and installed MSDE . AS we all know, MSDE doesn't have GUI. So i installed Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express - Community Technology Preview (CTP) (includeing xmlparser,windows installer,.net 2.0). now i could able ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Cannot uninstall WDS v2.6.5 (5378) under XP SP2

  Howdy, I am using XP SP2 on a IBM T40 laptop, accessing through two accounts; one with admin privilege and the other under Power User. For daily usuage, I used the latter. The problem is I can't uninstall WDS v02.06.5000.5378. It is because: a) WDS isn't listed in Add/Remove Programs b) the Uninstaller package is not listed in %systemroot%\$NtUninstallkb911993-V2$\spuninst and lastly c) The "Windows Install Clean Up" doe ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to modify MS Word Macro to go through entire document?

  Help! I am very new to VB authoring for MS Word macros and I created the following VB code/MS Word Macro to remove every line in a document that begins with "Note: #." How can I modify this macro to delete every occurrance of this line until it reaches the end of the document This code only works for one instance at a time. Sub DeleteNote() ' ' DeleteNote Macro ' Macro recorded 12/6/2005 by Thomas Lunde '     Sel ...Show All

• Windows Forms MenuItem: Right click

  Hmmm, how does one track right-click events for MenuItems ...Show All

• SQL Server DTC error with concurrent data flows

  I have a package that has several data flows that run concurrently after some initial tasks and an initial data flow. I want transactions on each of the data flows and have set the transaction option to Required on the data flows (not on the package itself). I am also using checkpoint restart on the package. A couple things are happening. 1) the first data flow is successful and that releases the several that are waiting. Some of these compl ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I generate documentation from XML Documents

  Hello, In RC1 I didnt find the option to generate the HTML documentation from the XML comments on the classes. Any helP! Thanks    Yes, http://www.doc-o-matic.com/  -- but that's commercial software and it's US$ 500 at a minimum. ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcr80.dll Problem

  Hi there, can someone possibly tell me why Noton WinDoctor is telling me that 10 executables in the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot access the necessary dll file msvcr80.dll I see that the dll exists in the WinSxS directory and I'm running XP pro. I didn't have this problem until I downloaded the 2.0 framework at windows update. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. Naolin Thank you for sharing the solution to this msvcr80. ...Show All

• Visual Studio IDesignerHost using VSIP

  We have a task where we create a custom toolbox and then drag and drop components to the open documents(winforms) in the VS.Net 2005 IDE. We have a VSIP package for this. I was trying to get the DesignerHost for the current open window so that we can add components to the container. I could do this using the SDTE service and then getting the DesignerHost from it shown below. DTE sdte ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can't instrument DLL because of 3rd party library w/o debug symbols.

  I'm trying to instrument a DLL for performance profiling, but the instrumentation process fails with messages as shown below. Since the messages refer to code in a third-party library, I'm not able to provide debug information, and I'm also not particularly interested in profiling that code anyway. Is there a way to exclude that code from instrumentation so that I can work with the rest of the DLL Do I have to exclude each individual function ex ...Show All

• Visual C++ Unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function _mainCRTStartup

  Hello, When I upgraded my code from VS2003 to VS2005, the VS2005 gave me these error responses. Error 189 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function _mainCRTStartup Error 190 fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals The program works well under VS2005. I do not know how to fix this , please help me.... Thank you very much! Yang Hi, I tried to change the option to Windows (/SUBS ...Show All

• Visual C# How do I launch my default mail recipent programmatically from my C# application?

  Hey howzit, When you right click a file and click Sent To>Mail Recipient, it opens a new instance of your default mail recipient e.g. Outlook. How do I achieve this level of functionality from my C# application Prepend the email address with "mailto:" text, and use it as a parameter in Process.Start method call: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(" mailto:<email address here> "); Regards, -chris ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Context Parameters and Test Runs

  We have a set of BVT tests for our website.  The Developers want to run the tests against thier box's.  We (QA) need to run the BVT's against our various pre-production and production servers.  I have parameterized the webserver in all the web tests. Now my question is, How do I run a test run (NOT A LOAD TEST) and override the "WebServer1" Context Parameter   We have 93 web tests in the BVT and changing each one by hand is n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Language Service and IVsEditorFactory?

  Does a Language Service only use the core editor Or can we create our own IVsEditorFactory impl to use in conjunction with the Language Service's colorizer, etc. Do you just want to create your own colorizer   If so, are you using the Managed Package Framework   If so, it should be easy to implement your own colorizer. If you can give me a better idea of what you are trying to do, I can sugges ...Show All