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• rncwnd How to create report on custom defined plain text fields

  I added a release notes text field to my work item definition and would like to get this text in a report. What datasource should I use to retrieve this data. I'm now using TfsWorkItemTracking but I do not know if this is the best way to go. Forget it. It looks like TFD databases were designed with no reporting feature in mind and reporting was added later only to demostrate how cool you can connect every object with any other object, not for real life usage. I tried to make this field reportable but its not allowed. Dimension and detail is only allowed for following types Integer, Double, String, or DateTime (see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms194942. ...Show All

• Gib20055 How do I program to format some partition ?

  Hi, I would like to program to format the specify partition, but I don't konw whith API or LIB that I need to use. I can get the specification partition, now, but I still do not konw how to execute the format command. My develop environment is Windows 2000, DDK 2000, and SDK 2000. Could you please to teach me whitch API or LIB that I need to use Thanks. You can use the SHFormatDrive function or the Format Method of the Win32_Volume Class the format cannot be started programmatically using SHFormatDrive. You may take a look at http://www.sysinternals.com/SourceCode/fmifs.html Thanks for your reply. I will try it. Thanks Af ...Show All

• Chiranjeevi Undavalli Connection pool

  could you please help me with this,I used a load of 750 user,and choosed Connection Pool Size and made it 50...i was getting a red cross on the counter 'avg Connection Wait Time' then when i made the connection pool to 800,now this time i got a red cross on Processor time .Why So What is the ideal thing to use "Connection pool/per user" and the ideal values to be set. Can we have a list of all the Threshold values that is internally set in vsts,as we do get errors on the graph as 'exceeded the threshold value of -". Thanks Thanks i appreciate your help!! For the connection pool, I would recommend that you either use "Connection Per User" ...Show All

• Pockey Unit Test on sp that logs errors?

  I have a global error logging sp that is called in the 'catch' section of all other sp's in the database I'm working on to evaluate VSTS-DataBase Professional CTP6. In order to program a unit test for the global error logging sp, I need to raise an error so the test can evaluate if the sp functioned as expected and the error is logged. But if I raise an error, the test fails. Any insight as to how to do this would be appreciated Code for error logging sp is listed below. Also, so far I like what I see with VSTS-DataBase Professional. CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[uspErrorLog] @ErrorLogID [int] = 0 OUTPUT WITH EXECUTE AS OWNER AS SET NOCOUNT ON ; -- Output parameter value of 0 indicates that error information ...Show All

• Bhavna_sharma Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite 180-Day Trial

  I am trying to lower the En_vs_2005_vsts_180_Trial.img file but single it lowers 4kb to me or in its 1,7 defect Gb Somebody podria to say to me of where I can lower it so that quero to prove this version Jose, If by 'lower' you mean download, can you check out this thread to see if could be a proxy in between you computer and Microsoft http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=834259&SiteID=1 Regards David Hi Sven, Thanks for your support and it did really helped. What do you mean by "lower an img" Do you want to compress it or unpack or mount -- SvenC Hi, you can use an ISO mounter like this: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedr ...Show All

• MunishGupta Application running both as Console and Windows Forms

  Hi, I'm creating my own compression utility in VB 2005. So, I'd like the user to be able to run my app from the command line (giving arguments to the executable) but also as a normal Windows Forms app (even checking if no arguments are passed in the command line, if the executable is launched in the console). I tried to create a Windows Forms project and then set the output as Console, but this way the Console window stays opened (and I don't want). I also tried to compile as Windows Forms (as it normally should) putting in a module a Sub Main, but this gets ignored since the startup object is necessarily the main form (and from Project Properties, the IDE doesn't let me change startup object to Sub Main). Should I try to c ...Show All

• R.Tutus SetWindowsHookEx

  Is there a SetWindowsHookEx ,CallNextHook , and GetASyncKeyState for VB2005 Those are Win32 API functions and yes they can be used in VBEE05...You just need to make the correct declaration for each function... Serach the MSDN Library for more information on the functions You can get the declarations from www.pinvoke.net ...Show All

• Sam Vella Basic questions about connecting to a MSDN database via Visual Basic 2005 express

  Hi Fairly new to the VB solutions and I am not a pro programmer so some questions may seem basic. I have seen some articles on solutions that I cannot understand. I have a basic issue in that I can understand the VB Express code and am getting to be able to write applications with OOP. However I now need to do some real world work and connect to a database to extract live info. The system we run uses an MSDE 2000 Database. I do also have Visual Studio Express installed on my machine. I can connect to my database no problem with the MSDE Manager program and one other source which sees the server and creates the connection automatically. However my problem is:- * Add a data source in VB Express askes to attach the database ...Show All

• Kent Boogaart Visual Team System setup problem

  Hi to everyone; I downloaded visual team system 2005 from microsoft academic alliance sites.It's size approximately 4.5 gb.When I extracted it to my computer,it's size becomes 10.8 gb.The 10.8 gb sized file name is TFSRC.vhd. I searched the extension of the file and I learned this extension is virtual harddisk drive.And I downloaded virtual pc 2004.And I run vhd file on virtual pc. the windows server 2003's login screen comes.I do not know the password of the administrator account.I didnt login.How can I login And is there any wrong thing about team system setup that I wrote above. Thanks; Note that the file you downloaded is just an evaluation version. If you want the proper version installe ...Show All

• julial77 multilingual support

  Hi, I need to know how to set up a web site por multilingual support. web site has pages contnt text in different languages, but characters on pages are not showning well for pages in languages like chinese, hindi or arabic. could some body help me, Thanks, Hi CarlosV, This is an ASP.Net question, even though you are writing in C# it would be better placed in http://forums.asp.net Scott Check this MSDN library article ... ...Show All

• BlackPepper I can't find the Clean Build policy in the Checkin Policy

  Hi I'm using MSF Agile and I can't fins the Cleab Build policy to set in the checking Thanks in advance Javier sorry, but I don't understand very well your reponse. Is the Checking Policy: 'Clean Build' disapared Right now I only can see: Code Analisis Work items Or ....is there another way to get the same functionality to force the developers to checking the code without errors Thanks in advance Javier http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/erwyn/archive/2005/11/04/10126.aspx The clean build policy functionality was rolled into the code analysis policy some time after Beta 2. so if you enable that one, you sh ...Show All

• Lorry Craig Carriage Return on a Msgbox

  Can anyone help me with the syntax for this I tried (CHR(10)) and that did not work. Thanks in advance. Eric (CHR(13)) is what I meant. Messagebox.Show("Line 1" & vbcrlf & "Line 2") Environment.NewLine I have no idea why that wasnt working for me. The other method seems to have done the trick though. Thanks. Eric Thanks. Eric In MsgBox("hello" & Chr(13) & "there!") it works for me ...Show All

• Hussain Saffar How to get TFS Compare to ignore whitespace?

  The TFS Compare and Merge utilities seem to be exactly the same as VSS's but I see no way to change the font or (more importantly) have it ignore whitespace differences in the files. Am I missing an Options dialog somewhere Thanks in advance This may help: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=99624&SiteID=1 <<Unfortunately we don't have a handy way to do that on the dialog. You can use Tools -> Options -> Source Control -> Visual Studio Team Foundation Server -> Configure User Tools... to set up your diff tool and supply command line arguments. The default diff tool is diffmerge.exe and the command line argument is /ignorespace. You can run diffmerge / to s ...Show All

• Mr. Rich Error Message : when tried to run a Project

  Hi I have created a Test Project which contains a set of 5 test script...i am trying to run this from my d:\ ... i get a Error Message, as follows "Warning: Test Run deployment issue: Failed to get the file for deployment item 'D:\Visual Studio Projects\FAPay_Sanity\TestProject1\bin\FAPay_Sanity.exe': System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'D:\Visual Studio Projects\FAPay_Sanity\TestProject1\bin\FAPay_Sanity.exe'. " yesterday when i loaded it into my ' d:\ ' i was able to execute this ..but now next day i am unable to do so ..can someone ..respond to my problem thanks Abijith Hello, Some questions, 1. Did you move your project 2. Have you verified that FAPay_Sanity.exe is ...Show All

• DanBog Software Skins

  Does anyone here know how to make skins that are useable on Visual Basic 2005 ie.. Windows Media player optional skins style Hello! If you have resgistered your copy of VB 2005 Express Edition, you should have received an e-mail from microsoft confirming your registration. In this e-mail microsoft also gives you a link to a gift portal where you can download several (good) components for VB 2005 Express Edition just for free. One of that components is the SkinCrafter that makes a piece of cake for anyone adds skins to his/her application. Download it, read the included documentation and I'm sure you'll achieve what you're looking for. Cheers, Rodrigo. Wow, quite a few new things ...Show All