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• Brandon Wilson 2 questions about Automation Build / Build Types.

  Hi folks, these are very blond questions - i'm trying to figure out what this Build Automation stuff is in TFS. 1) Are there any url links to that explain what this is and how to get started with it 2) How does Build Types differ from Web Deployment projects Basically, i have some class libraries, a web project and some test cases (unit tests and later on some web tests). I'm guessing the build automation that comes with TFS is used to build my solution, test cases and code coverage and then deploy the website to the iis machine thanks in advance to any help. :) Hi Aaron - I would be forever in your debt if you could post a few blogs about the various wishes i requested (above). I understand that i have been greedy and ...Show All

• Mehdi Mahdloo Confirm Deletion of a Record

  I have a datagridview with a binding navigator with a delete button (the red X). I want a message box to appear when the user clicks on the delete button to confirm whether they in fact want to delete the record. I have the following code so far: Private Sub BindingNavigatorDeleteItem_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BindingNavigatorDeleteItem.Click If MsgBox( "Are you sure you want to delete selected record(s) " , MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, "Confirm Delete" ) = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Then End If End Sub As you can see, I do not have anything after the Then line because I can't figure out what code I need to cancel the event. Of course, th ...Show All

• My Vizai Create the build type failed

  Hi, The solution need use the third party rerference, so I have changed the TFSBuild.proj as this: <ItemGroup>     <AdditionalReferencePath Include="i:\" />  </ItemGroup> the i:\  exists all the reference dll, and I can access it directyly when I used the build accouts. BTW, I have added the build accouts to have the rights to run the build service. finally, it occurs the failed log, like this: .......  D:\BuildTemp\SMW3\TEST_SMW3\Sources\SourceCode\SMW3.sln : Solution file warning MSB4051: Project {C57F36B5-50B0-4153-8A73-38CD84B5B539} is referencing a project with GUID {3E99353A-6AE7-4D8E-B648-EC8EAEABCDF7}, but a project with this GUID was not found in the .SLN file. & ...Show All

• Starkman Intellisense???? - Extremely cheeky plug

  I'm delighted and amazed that this product is coming however I already have one RFE....object Intellisense, the like of which is done by Prompt SQL (which has just been bought by Redgate). e.g. I type a table name followed by a period (.) and intellisense pops up a list of all the columns names. Any chance of getting that in Thanks -Jamie Yeah please make intelisense in this product, it will increment my love for microsoft. A lot more I don't want ot get into the Intellisense discussion, but, again, it is just not that simple. Just 2 examples, as this topic is very painful to me too:) Obviuos cases are not that obvious either, and even if they are, there are tons of non-obvious cases that need to be ...Show All

• David S. Anderson Writing Personas & Scenarios

  We are a new organization just getting started and we will be utilizing Visual Studio Team System. We would like to use the MSF for Agile Software Development process. We are new to the Agile development methodology. Are there any sample persona and scenario descriptions we can look at to help us get jumpstarted Are there any good resources on writing personas and scenarios Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Jason Hi Jason, Check out ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/unity/lockers/ftp/csc_anon/tech/2006/TR-2006-24.pdf and http://www.foruse.com/articles/rolespersonas.htm for more information on personas. There are some examples in the templates from http://m ...Show All

• 12340987 How to generate user instances in SQL Server

  Hi, I'm a newbie in C# and SQL Server and I'm trying to add a SQL Database within Visual C# 2005 Express Edition . But I receive a message that says: "Generating user instances in SQL Server is disabled. Use sp_configure 'user instances enabled' to generate user instances." But how do I do that I have Management Studio Express installed. Best regards My apologies...you need to connect to the SQL instance before running commands. You can do this by going to: 1. run=>cmd.exe 2. Typing in sqlcmd 3. Then you should be able to type in sp_configure 'user instances enabled','1' I too would like to use this solution. However, I'm not sure where to enter the sp_configure ' ...Show All

• bzoli Help with "Concentration" Game

  I am a student studying VB for the first time and I've run into a snag programming as assignment. It's a matching game consisting of 8 pairs of matching words randomly assigned to 16 labels. When a label is clicked, the word currently assigned to it will display. If two labels are clicked and the words match, the labels are disabled and change their color. This is done until all 8 pairs of words are found, after which a message box is displayed indicating the game is over. I am confused as to how I can randomize the list of words and assign them to the labels, as well as how to check for matching. Any help would be appreciated. you could but wouldnt recommend it. If I understand correctly, you want the cl ...Show All

• kwards3 Mapping a new Team Project to a non-root source control folder

  There are three source control binding options when creating a new Team Project: Create a new root folder $/MyTeamProject Create a new root folder $/MyTeamProject from a branch Do not map source control yet However, if you pick option #3, when you double-click on the Source Control node you're prompted to create, you guessed it, a root folder $/MyTeamProject. Is it possible to map a new Team Project to an existing, non-root source control folder One of our potential customers has a lot of existing source with a specific folder layout, and they aren't very happy about having to change their source layout to this "every team project has a root folder" arrangement. Any comments or suggestions on how to h ...Show All

• Worf to every character have diffrent size how can I show string in listbox that every character have the same size exactly?

  yaniv I think you're looking for full justification. Look into that. Adamus thank you for your quick answer.. I will try... Best Regards, yaniv doesn't work... Any more ideas Regards, Yaniv Pinhas Use a fixed-width font like 'Lucida Sans' or 'Courier New'. What do you mean by same size All caps Adamus UCase(textbox1.text) Adamus ...Show All

• f00sion n mi Upgrade database to specified version in automated build task

  We are using team build to run a nightly build and deployment to our test environment. We are thinking about to create a DBScripter.exe app to upgrade our Oracle DB to the specified version. It will look for change scripts and handle the upgrade of the database to a specified version. What can be a good approach to integrate this in the build process I was thinking about calling this at the BeforeCompile Event and the Exec command. But if the return code is less than zero from DBScripter.exe I want to cancel the build. How can I check for the return code and cancel the build if there is any error I would also thinking about using the assembly info task to apply a custom build number to the assembly files. How can I access the buil ...Show All

• laurag Help With USB Port Programming

  I need some guidance on working with USB ports in VB2005 express. I have just started looking at it and don't seem to find much info. Specifically I am looking for someone to point me in the right direction rather then supply code, but an example would be nice. I have a driver supplied by Garmin and I guess I have to assign the GUID to an “object” to work with the device. But What “object” am I looking for and where is it located... System.IO.something Next Would I build an Interface to the “Object” and then build a class to handle the interaction with the “object” From What Little I have been able to find out It looks like I will be able to use the serial class to do a lot of the work. But at This point I don't know if I am even in the ...Show All

• Neal Hudson serialous problem

  Hi folks I am pretty new to vb I have made a couple of programs....but this next project is pretty serialous I need a way of connecting some sort of cable.....or better still....if I could do it wirelessly I need to somehow send a signal to a recently resussitated and very weak teddy bear. to see if I can get him to glow like he used to before I serialized him..... any help would be greatly appreciated thanks is there a way to do this without involving electronics......   TV, CD, DVD remote controls are almost all infrared. They a light source that is outside (lower than) the frequencies that we can normally see. I'm sure that remote controls transmite several words over the the light beam. A bean ...Show All

• Tylerk problem in attaching a MDF file in SQLConnection

  Hi All, Actually I wrote the following code which is giving an error i.e as follows the type initializer for 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection' threw an exception Can anyone help out from this problem. Bye Hi, Sorry I couldn't list the code. The Code is as follows SqlConnection Connection = new SqlConnection ( @"Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;" + @" AttachDbFilename=D:\ASM_Test.MDF;" + "Database=ASM_Test;uid=sa;pwd=asm2006; User Instance=true" + "providerName=System.Data.SqlClient" ); Connection.Open(); When I am running the code, getting the exception error. But when I am executing the code line by line using F10 at that time the connection is op ...Show All

• kalprin Installation of TFS SP1 fails with several errors in log file

  This is the environment: English (LCID 1033) Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Language settings: French (France) which is LCID 1036 The installation SP1 starts fine but during the installation after accepting the EULA the setup wizard suddenly disappears without showing any error except for an entry in the application event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: MsiInstaller Event Category: None Event ID: 1023 Date:  7/02/2007 Time:  14:13:27 User:  <removed> Computer: <removed> Description: Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU - Update 'Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (databases) - ENU Service Pac ...Show All

• thukralz Getting and displaying the build version

  Hi, I am semi new to VB.net and am building a program that actually works! What I want to do is to display the build version in my form that VB gives the form automatically. How do I do this I dont want anything fancy just build:1.0.0.1 or what ever it is at the time. Thanks Actually, if you use Windows explorer and find the file, doing a properties on the "exe" should show two things: Both File Version and Assembly version under the version tab. Try using My .Application.Info.Version.ToString It won't change automatically. You have to change it in Project | Properties | Application | Assembly Information that was it, thanks Hi, To the bes ...Show All