Sampy's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Use case for the Outputs parameter of the Exec task

  I'm looking out for a meaningful example of an msbuild project that calls the Exec task , using the Outputs parameter. Did someone have a need for this parameter Thanks, Christian I have not tried this out but this could be a way of using the Output of the Exec task <Target Name="Something"> <Exec Command="somecommand" ContinueOnError="true"> <Output TaskParameter ...Show All

• SQL Server Unique Integer IDs

  Hello, I wanted to hear from you - if you've used any unique integer generation technique in the context of a disconnected smart client/local data store and have been successful with it. Any ideas/suggestions will be great. Thanks, Avinash We are using unique integer ID generation for our document ISNs. It works perfectly. You just need a good distribution if you have any concurrent processes gen ...Show All

• Visual Studio Template icon

  What is the format/requirements of the icon used for the New Project and New Item wizard I tried an icon with 16 x 16, 32 x 32 (and 48 x48 pixel). It's weird that the dialog uses the largest image (e.g. 48 x 48) when I pick "List Small Icon" and use the my 16 x 16 pixel when I choose "List Large Icon". I don't have any 32 bit icon but I have tried using the icons shipped with beta 2 in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Directx

  Hello, I have fs2004 and i play on Zone.com on a normal basis. I am able to easily join games hosted by other people, but my computer doesnot let me host games for other people. I did more troubleshooting and i found the problem. When I go to the directx diagnostic tool i test directplay, and i try and create a new session. After i test it, at the notes section it says "Failure at step 9 (Creating Session): HRESULT = 0x80158185 (error ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Project Creation Failed

  I installed beta 3 server and connected. I then went to create the project "test3" which fails. Here's what i get (see below). I connected/logged in as administrator user on the team foundation server (TEAMSERVER) machine. Is this the problem Should i have logged in as tfssetup or someone else As a side note, i can't login as anyone (i've tried all of the users - i think) into my sharepoint site on the server now. Thanks, Ted Error Insufficien ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Missing parameters property

  Hi I have created a workflow console application and have added some parameters to the CreateWorkflow call. I then went to add the parameters to the workflow itself as described on page 33 of the Presenting WWF book and found that I didn't have the parameters collection property available. The only parameters I have are base class, description, enabled, dynamic update condition, completed and initialized handlers. How can I get the workflow p ...Show All

• SQL Server How to set Parameters with ExecutionService??

  Hello, I havent been able to set parameters with the reportexecutionservice. I also need to send a multivalue parameter, any ideas ExecutionInfo execInfo; execInfo = rs.LoadReport(path, null ); ReportParameter pEmpresa = new ReportParameter () pEmpresa = ( ReportParameter )DropDownList1.SelectedValue; execInfo.Parameters[0] = pEmpresa; execInfo.Parameters[1] = DropDownList2.SelectedValue; //rs.SetExecutio ...Show All

• Visual C++ Adding new funtionality to existing activex control

  I have added a new interface in a library to provide new functionality. The syntax is library { ... previous code... [uuid(..), hidden] dispinterface mynewinterface properties: method: [id(1)] void MyNewMethod(void); } coclass { dispinterface mynewinterface } }; I use this method and it works fine. But now I want to a make a check whether the funcionality exists or not and that is possible i guess by ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Picklist of public folders

  Hi I am new to add-in's. I am using vs 2005 and vsto to create an addin in outlook. I would like to create a picklist of public folders for a user to select. I have not had much luck at progressing beyond iterating through the top level of folders. This is what I have so far. in my ThisApplication_Startup function Dim AllFolders As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Folders = Me .ActiveExplorer().Session.Folders For Eac ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I load another Form into the current Form?

  I want to design a form like Control Panel->Add/Remove Program. Command buttons are put in the left panel, when click any button, then the content will be displayed in the right panel. My question is how to load another form to right panel when I click command button in the left panel. Could you help me Thanks in advance! You can't load another form, per se. What you want to do is design your form to be a user control. You can ...Show All

• .NET Development windbg/sos - !dumpheap/!dumpobj/!gcroot

  Is there any way to find the callstack that lead to allocated object in windbg/sos I can do !gcroot, but I would like to see the call stack that lead to the object allocation. Thanks for any pointers! Hi, Thanks for the links. You're right it would take more memory, but not huge amount. There is a tool called gflags.exe that comes with Debugging tools. It allows to specify stack backtrace for each heap ...Show All

• Smart Device Development What's better, designer or code?

  Hi I'm developing an app that will have perhaps 6 or 7 different screens that can be chosen from a menu. My question is should I create all the forms graphically using the form designer, or should I create them all in code What would be better, not only in terms of speed but also the size of the finished application - is there a right or wrong way Many thanks Mark Forms are created "in code" whatever ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) HierarchicalDataTemplate not finding correct public Type

  For some reason I can't get my Grid to find my DataType in the datatemplate. I confirmed the assembly was present and accessible via code-behind, but XAML refuses to recognize it, I also tried slapping the Assembly attribute onto the Mapping tag but to no avail. The DataContract type is Franchise in the Log.DataContracts namespace. < Mapping XmlNamespace="Log" ClrNamespace="Log.DataContracts" > < Grid x:Clas ...Show All

• Visual Studio Duplicate Subreport Details

  I have a report linked to a subreport.  If there is more than one detail item in the subreport then the details are duplicated within the report as many times as there are items.  Does anyone know how to fix this You can use the following format field and section options to hide the dupicated field and blank section. Supress If Duplicated in Format dialog Supress Blank Seciton ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WWF and Business User

  Hi,     I would like to have clarifications on the usage of WWF in a business environment. Lets take a scenario in a company XYZ. The company XYZ can have multiple internal processes. for example ... 1. Leave application processing 2. Sales Order Processing 3. Purchase Request processing Consider that we have one .net application managing these processes. And all these processes involve human approvals. How should the business use ...Show All