Carsten Kanstrup's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Problems with libraries being displayed on Quick Launch bar

  I have tried to change the doc libraries that are displayed on the Quick Launch on the TFS sharepoint but it is inconsistent at best. Checking/unchecking the button in "modify columns" does not work on built- in item. When a built-in item was removed through Visual Studio, all of the libraries disappeared from Quick Launch except Project Management. It seems there is more going on here than in a standard SharePoint link bar. I used a freshly created project site for comparison. When I looked at the Quick Launch bar in FrontPage 2003 on the problem site, all of the Link Bar components were missing, the Documents links perhaps because the associated document library was removed from the former s ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) DataGrid

  Hi, I have read in the forums that microsoft is not going to add a similar grid component like the DataGridView to the new WPF. Therefore I am looking for third party controls which will solve this issue. Does anybody know some companies which develop such controls. I know about the Infragistics Data Presenter, but this can't be the only one or is it Cheers, Franz Odi, you guys indeed did a fabulous job with the DataGrid. As Neil pointed out before, for our specific case it wasn't enough so we had to rewrite a grid on our own for our specific needs, but in other places it will definitly come to the rescue. That said, I'm still surprised your DataGrid isn't a Selector rather than an ItemsControl, as it ...Show All

• .NET Development detect windows firewall

  hi, is there any way to detect if windows firewall is installed and to scan the exceptions to check if a port is opened i have a program that is a tcp server and when i run it i must check if the configured port is opened in the firewall. thanks, the source is very nice, i tried it but is not what i need. From what i seen windows firewall open anyway incoming connection to a port from inside the same machine, so trying this program from the same computer where the tcp server is installed the connection is always open. i need a way to test, opening the program, before or after to start the tcp server, to check if is possibile to receive incoming connection from other machines at the port i use, ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET 3.0 Failing to install on XP

  Good morning, I dont know if this is the correct place to post this or not (the support link from the 3.0 download page brought me here), anyhow, the 3.0 install is failing on my XP workstation. Below are the relevant pieces of the install log. [09/25/06,08:06:39] Windows Communication Foundation: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : Error: Installation failed for component Windows Communication Foundation. MSI returned error code 1603 [09/25/06,08:06:39] Windows Communication Foundation: CBaseComponent::LaunchWatson() - Obtained CSetupWatson instance [09/25/06,08:06:39] Windows Communication Foundation: ISetupManager::GetGlobalCustomProperty() failed to find global prop in CBaseComponent::GetGlobalCustomProperty() [09/25/06,08:06:40] Windows Communi ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem running .NET application

  I am having problems running ndoc (I have two versions, both generate the same error; the one I would like to use is from http://jonas.lagerblad.com/blog/ ). When I try to run NDocConsole.exe, I get the following error: Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'NDoc.Core, Version=1.3.1851.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. Access is denied. File name: 'NDoc.Core, Version=1.3.1851.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' ---> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) at NDoc.ConsoleApplication.EntryPoint.Main(String[] args) I have a previous version of ndoc (that does not support .NET 2.0) insta ...Show All

• Visual Basic Closing a Form?

  Hi every one, I have a problem with closing form in vb.net.I have tow forms ,form1 with botton1 and form2.I have this code in botton1 to open form2 Dim newmform As New form2 newmform.MdiParent = form1.ActiveForm newmform.Show() but the problem is I want to close form1 after openning form2. this issue was very easy in vb6 with the event form1.close but I cannot do that in vb.net. so please give your help. thanks you would pass a reference of form1 to form2 and then you can control it. To do this, you would require say, a property in form2, which you will set from form1 when you are going to show form2: //form2: dim theMainForm as new Form1() .. .. public property TheMainForm() As Form1 get ...Show All

• .NET Development get MAC Address of host

  Is it possible to get MAC Address of any (or at least local) host through LAN using it's IP Address or hostname Thanks a lot, Talant Rizwan, this is great! Never seen this example before and still have to read the book. It stands in my office for a long time, as most of the books. Thanks for this great contribution! This is much better because WMI can be disabled and will only work if you have enough promission. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA - Effects / Shaders

  Hello... Does anyone have a few links to articles on shaders and effects I'd like to see some technical information about them to clarify the questions I have ... Also XNA tutorials about creating them are very appreciated. Thanks   The one from NVidia is called FXComposer.  I use both Render Monkey and FXComposer.  I find FX Composer to be a little easier to deal with, but Render Monkey has better scene control. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Difficulties running Word Add-ins with VSTO CTP v3

  I have a Windows XP, Word 2007 PC.  On it I have installed Visual Studio.Net, WinFX CTP (Feb.), VSTO, followed by VSTO CTP. I actually had this setup working a while back (in May), and at the time created a few VSTO Word add-ins that ran perfectly in Word 2007. But now I cannot run any of the add-ins I created previously on this PC. When I open one of the .sln files, I get this VS error:  "The type initializer for Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Hosting.VCG threw an exception." The project does open, but it contains a warning: "Warning: The generated files could not be loaded and have been recreated." (And there was at one time a project warning regarding WindowsBase.dll but it went away.) I can build t ...Show All

• Visual C++ Using AFX_MANAGE_STATE

  I've a MFC extension DLL. My question is that when all i need to call AFX_MANAGE_STATE( AfxGetStaticModuleState()); I suppose, it needed to be called while Creating (initializing) the resources. e.g Functions which creates Dialog, Icon, Bitmap (or whatsoever in the DLL resource file) The KB Article  says that we only need to call this inside the callbacks and windows procedures instead of putting in all exported functions Currently I put the manage state code in the functions which deals with resources. Am I correct or not Do I need to limit the usage of managing state to the resource creation(initialization) process Could you please put some light on this I take that back: DllMain is defined on an MFC Extension DLL. MFC DLL' ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Animate page transition

  Hi, I would like to know the best way to animate page transitions. I have to do a "North Face" like app for my company and putting all the content in one page and then animate all the elements seems very heavy to me. So my idea was to use diferent pages for each part of the application, the problem is that I have to give smooth transitions like fade or even 3D rotation. Is this possible Thanks Bruno Silva This is actually quite easy to do. Look at how I do it in AnimationBehaviors on CodePlex http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx ProjectName=AnimationBehaviors The trick is to hook the Navigating event in the NavigationService and cancel it. then run your animations, then do the final Navigation. OR you can u ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How Do I Give the user a choice to stop a Popup From poping up Again

  Usualy my Post never get answered but maybe they will this time.. Im new to Visual Basic Express And i am trying to make my own internet explorer (I Has Watched all the tutorials And know a little bit... but i just started 3 days ago... and im Only 14) I made a dialog popup box informing the user on what they were doing... and that is bout it so far... what i really want to know is how can i make it so the user can choose if he wants the popup to not show up again by checking a box... i would really appriciate it if someone could help me with this... Thanks on your checkbox on checkchanged event write to a file or registry the status of the checkbox. Id use private sub box1_checkchanged handle ...Show All

• Visual Studio Expand/Collapse button is a (+) when it should be a (-)

  I am working with a local report (RDLC) that displays some data in groups. I setup for the details of the group to have their visibility toggled. This works just fine if I set the initial visibility of the group to be invisible. But, if I sent the initial visibility to be VISIBLE, the toggle button still shows a (+), even though by default it is already expanded. So you click the (+) and the details disappear, the button turns to a (-), which is again the wrong icon, because now if the user wants to EXPAND the list, they have click a (-) icon, instead of a (+). I am working with a local report, so it might be different from a report that is running inside SQL Server. When I setup a group, I do ...Show All

• Visual Basic problem adding to a menu strip

  im trying to setup my application so that a user can add a menu strip item, and it store that menu item to a DB or a text file, XML or something and then adds the item automatically everytime application runs.   can someone point me in the right direction, thanks in advance!! Look at how the Windows Forms designer does it, then just duplicate that code. Add a menu item with the designer. Click the Show All Files icon in Solution Explorer. Open the node next to Form1 and double-click the Form1.Designer.vb file. ...Show All

• SQL Server Exists and Filter don't play together?

  Can anybody explain why the first two queries work, but the last query returns no rows --works fine with member [Measures].[TestTrue] as True select {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} on 0, Exists ( [Product].[Product].[Product]. members , ,"Internet Sales" ) on 1 from [Adventure Works] --works fine with member [Measures].[TestTrue] as True select {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} on 0, Filter ([Product].[Product].[Product]. members , [Measures].[TestTrue]) on 1 from [Adventure Works] --DOES NOT WORK ! RETURNS NO ROWS with member [Measures].[TestTrue] as True select {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} on 0, Exi ...Show All