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• Visual Studio Team System Web Test - Any way to compare an Extracted value (Context Variable) against an expected result?

  Hi, Is there any way to compare an Extracted value against another expected value without using coded Web Tests Thanks The extracted value can be compared without using coded Web Test. It can be done by combination of Extraction rule and Validation rule. The "Context Parameter Name" entered in extraction rule can be used in the validation rule as expected value. It has to be taken care that the context parameter name should be appended by {{ __ }}. Eg: If Context Paramerer Name is UserID then {{UserID}} has to be entered as expected value in validation rule. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problems creating winforms projects

  I have installed and followed instructions for the Platform SDK on Visual C++ Express but im having problems using any kind of project with forms in it.   Creating a new Windows application doesn't work and neither does creating a winforms project. The error message simply says that the "Automation Server cant create the object". The error seems to occur when the project is either converting to, or beggining to open the CLR section.   I am very confused atm as I'm new to the Visual Studio World!   Many Thanks James   Is it possible that one of the steps yo ...Show All

• .NET Development How to use System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient via SSL and Authentication?

    Below is my code, and is just blocked there. There is no any error message. '=============================================>         Dim msg As String = "---"         Try             Dim strAddress As String = " xxx@xxxx.com "             Dim sm As New SmtpClient(Host, Port)             With sm               &nbs ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Microsoft Platform Test for ISV Solutions & FxCop

  Hi, the Microsoft Platform Test for ISV Solutions site ( https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40010438 ) states that to pass the managed code component "All Application Assemblies pass analysis by FxCop without errors or warnings" does this mean: 1) all assemblies must pass with the default FxCop rules (not even microsoft application blocks manage this) 2) the FxCop rules file used for the test must be supplied so any customisations can be seen by the testers 3) there is a set of standard FxCop rules that must be used for the test or is it something else regards Dave Marlow www.seamsltd.com I know it sou ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. D3DXIntersect and getting face normal

  I'm using D3DXIntersect to get face index in mesh and that is working nice. I don't know how to get normal for that face or normals for vertices that are forming that face. Actualy... only normal for first vertex would be enough. I'm not realy liking that function after all. It seems to return a list of all the triangles that were intersected by the ray, wich means that it doesn't return as soon is it hits the first triangle, so it is not good for what I need. I've changed my line/triangle intersection function with D3DXIntersectTri() thought. ...Show All

• .NET Development Question about Custom IHTTPHANDLERS

  I am tasked with writing a code that that will pass off requests to a customer Handler in certain cases for all filetypes, but we want to use the standard handler for others. In Order to handle all of the filetypes I thought it was going to be easier to set the web confing to verb="*" path="*" and then write a custom HandlerFactory to pass the request to the custom handler or create an instance of the default handler... The Custom handler works fine, Is it possible to create an instance of the standard handler from the implimented handlerfactory This sounds like a question specific to ASP.NET.  I recommend posting to the ASP.NET w ...Show All

• Visual C# Adding User control probs (Basic)

  Hi I have got a single project which has a main form and also a user control. How do I add the control to the main form, correctly Currently I have added code to the MainForm.Designer.cs file to add the probe. This builds and runs ok with the control showing, but when viewing the mainform in the development designer mode it gives error and does not give me the standard WYSIWYG Gui builder.   How do I resolve this   Thanks Ashwin  To add to this: Visual Studio seems to be playing up - I just opened it now and it worked fine...closed it again and opened it once more to find the same error - seems rand ...Show All

• SQL Server Server unresponsive after ALTER TABLE

  Our SQL Server 2005 becomes completely unresponsive while processing ALTER TABLE commands on large tables. Management Studio and all clients are unable to connect to the server. Obviously, this is making it difficult to make schema changes on a production server. Is this a configuration issue, or a fact of life Seems like quite a weakness for an enterprise database server. WHere did you make the changes (gui), what did you change For SQL2k, in some condition perhaps changing a column to an identity value resulted in creating a new table, inserting *all* rows in the new one, then renaming the new crea ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office How to Develop a Com Addin that works for all versions of Office.

  We have Developed a com addin for outlook and this is specific to only office xp but i want to target it for all versions of office. Can we develop a com addin for outlook that works for all versions of Office.If this is possible plese give me some details of how to do this. Regards mohsin There are 2 different types of managed COM add-in that you can build: IDTExtensibility2-based "shared" add-ins. VSTO 2005 add-ins for Outlook 2003. VSTO 2005 add-ins for Outlook only support Outlook, and only Outlook 2003. IDTExtensibility2-based add-ins support all Office applications that loa ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce Beta 2

  I am having difficulties signing the manifests in ClickOnce. I've already taken care of the single named assembly problem but for some reason Visual Studio Beta 2 intermittently signs the manifest when I try to publish. I have obtained an Ascertia "code signing" certificate and a dialog window pops up three times. Are there any more quirks I am missing in ClickOnce Beta 2 I need help bad. See supplying  the Publisher name is not only way that the application recognizes you. For this you have top go to the proper channel for the Application to accept your supplied Publisher name and recognize you the Va ...Show All

• SQL Server Dataset cannot be generated error

  When editing the data driven subscription query I SOMETIMES get the following error: The dataset cannot be generated. An error occurred while connecting to a data source, or the query is not valid for the data source. (rsCannotPrepareQuery) Invalid object name '##XX' . The datasource is ok, authentication also, the query works... Why can't it see the temporary table How would I make it work with a temporary table To update the problem: when I validate the query I get the error described above however if I run the same stored procedure tha ...Show All

• SQL Server JOB With SSIS Step Fails If Package Contains A Script Task

  I have a Job Step defined to execute a SSIS Package.  This SSIS package contains a Script Task.  The Job fails with the message "Package execution failed.  The step failed."  I am logging events in the package and when the packages gets  to the Script Task the log reports "The script files failed to load".  If I disable the Script Task from the package it executes fine.  Curiously, the package runs successfully with the Scritp task enabled using dtexecui and dtexec from the command line. Only if I include the Package in a job step with the Script Task enabled does it fail. Any help would be appr ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Windows Mobile 2003 and .NET Compact Framework 2.0

  Hello, Can the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 be installed on a Pocket PC device running Windows Mobile 2003 I would like to do this so that I can use the Serial Port class provided in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0. Thank you for your help, Is the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 installed side by side with the version that is currently on the device What size is the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Thank you again, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual Source Safe Binding

  Does any briliant mind out there know how to bind/unbind to Visual Source Safe using code   I'm using the VSS API to do checkins and checkouts for an automated process and now need to bind the code to a different VSS database without user intervention. Are you asking specifically about a Visual Studio Project that is bound to SourceSafe If that is the case, then unfortunately the answer is no, there is no programmatic way of binding/unbinding a solution or project. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development SqlClient missing in .Net CF 2.0?

  Hi I notice that on CF 2.0 SqlClient namespace is missing... I was using it on CF 1.0 How to connect to a remote SQL Server then Carlo Yes, I write " Imports System.Data" and add a reference to System.Data in my project. No SqlClient namespace is accessible. ...Show All