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• Smart Device Development Location of Active Sync .exe file

  hey does anyone know the location of the active sync .exe file and what it is called on the VS 2005 Pocket PC device emulator thanks ankini Should be installed under C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSyc as WCESMgr.exe ActiveSync is a separate product and is used for talking desktop with the device. VS 2005 connects to device emulator via DMA Manav ...Show All

• SQL Server <Error> The process could not be created for step 1 of job *** (reason: A required privilege is not held by the client)

  We are deploying SQL 2005 SSIS packages into production, they work well when run manually. But getting this error when running from SQL agent jobs using a proxy, the proxy account is using SSIS account user(not sysadmin) as the principle. Executed as user: ***. The process could not be created for step 1 of job 0xC92B73399BDE6544B741931C36B0C80D (reason: A required privilege is not held by the client). The step failed. We are aware of this is relevant to account users and privilidges, but couldn't figure out what is exactly wrong. Some suggestion will be appreciated ^_^ Steve I still believe this applies to SQL 2005 in terms of using proxy account. As you say using a user account ...Show All

• Visual Studio Embed Resource that's dynamically generated into a C# assembly

  I am trying to figure out how to tweak my project's .csproj file to get it to embed a resource (a text file) that I generate dynamically (either in the BeforeBuild or BeforeResGen targets). I have tried adding the generated resource to EmbeddedResource but no joy. What's the "right" way to do this Keith, I took a brand new C# project and added this below the import at the bottom: <Target Name="beforebuild"> <CreateItem Include="foo.txt"> <Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="EmbeddedResource"/> </CreateItem> </Target> I then get foo.txt embedded into the main assembly. Could you check you're defining the target be ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Creators club problems

  HI all. I have got the creators club of Marketplace and XNA on my PC. But I cant get the 2 to connect. I am useing ethernet ports to connect both my PC and 360 to by BT home hub but they cant seam to connect. Do I need to change any fire wall settings to allow the Creators club axcess. I have all ready tried with no luck. It would be much easer if you didnt need to be on live at the same time. Thanks mat Make sure that you are pressing the "Accept" button and not the "Cancel" button when you exit the key page. Otherwise it cancels the key you just transcribed to your computer. Be very careful about copying every character and then make sure you select the "Accept" but ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Gamestate tutorial?

  Hi all! I am looking for a GameState tutorial for XNA. I searched this forum and found a nice tutorial on the subject. ( http://www.kalme.de/index.php option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=4&id=14&Itemid=26 ) Except that it's not using the XNA framework so there is alot of stuff in the tutorial that is already taken care of in XNA. If there is a tutorial about how to handle gamestates in XNA it would save me alot of time figureing it out by myself from the tutorial above. I am glad for all the advice I can get. Happy coding Great article you found there Jim! Thanks for giving me the link to that! I have a simplistic example of GameState that you can download here . It's basically the b ...Show All

• SQL Server Error when exporting to PDF

  I am having an issue exporting reports to PDF. I am connecting to the report server via https and all of the reports I'm using are working fine, but when I try and export the reports to PDF I run into problems. On one machine running XP when I try and export a report to PDF; it will let me open the PDF, but if I try and 'save' the PDF it gives me an error that the site cannot be found. On another machine running Windows 2000, I cannot save or open the report when trying to export to PDF with the same site cannot be found popup from Internet Explorer. Anyone know of anything special that I need to setup to get this working Could this be a mime type issue on the server Any help is greatly appreciated! Just to add to ...Show All

• SQL Server Persistant variables

  Greetings SSIS friends. Is it possible to create a persistant variable in an SSIS package dreameR.78 wrote: Greetings SSIS friends. Is it possible to create a persistant variable in an SSIS package Meaning what, exactly ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to override instance property value with style value?

  Hi, I am trying to create style for my button which would set its color, font type, size and so on. Unfortunately, it seems that button instance values take precedence over template values. Is there a way to change precedence such that style values will take precedence What I would like to achieve is that in following sample my button to have text 'Hello' and background to be black: < Style x:Key = " GeneralButton " > < Setter Property = " Control.Background " Value = " Black " /> < Setter Property = " Button.Content " Value = " Hello " /> </ Style > ... < Button Background = " #FF008000 " Style = " {StaticResource GeneralB ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Cause of this error: "The login already has an account under a different user name"

  I am getting the following error after importing a database schema (from both SQL 2000 and SQL 2005): "The login already has an account under a different user name" The error points to the generated SQL script for the user under the security folder. Anybody able to explain to me the meaning and cause of this error Thanks Hi, I deleted ALL the users from my VS DB project (I mean there is no files in the folder Users, also there is no text in pre- and post- deployment scripts) And despite this fact I'm getting the same error. I tried to look deeper into the matter and compared the schemas of the project and the DB to which I had unsucessfully tried to deploy it, and this is what ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to map roles as those in MSF?

  Dear experts: We are trying VSTS system, and I have several quesiton related to the MSF roles. 1. We created a project using MSF Agile process template, and we thought the system shall allow us to set Developer, Tester, ... roles as those in MSF, but it doesn't. How can we do this 2. For the process of bug, we want to add the following logic, are these possible in VSTS a. Anyone authenticated users could add bug. b. As we have several testers, so when a new bug is created, the 1st tester who accept the bug shall be the operator of this bug. c. Only testers could close bugs. Thanks in advance! Ron You could modify the MSF Agile process template to suit your needs. You can modify the Bug Work Item Type ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ListView sort after refresh

  I am using the following example to sort the listview... http://blogs.msdn.com/atc_avalon_team/archive/2006/03/03/542803.aspx The problem I am trying to solve happens after my data is refreshed (the itemsource). I would like to re-apply the sorting. I have tried recalling the sort function passing in the _lastColumnClicked (GridViewColumnHeader) which is saved when you actually click on a header to get it to sort. The code runs through fine and I even get the little header chevron indicating the sort direction, but the data reverts to an un-sorted list. Any Ideas //Redo sort column based on last column sorted in the user settings. if (!(_lastHeaderClicked == null)) { if (_lastDirection == ListSortDire ...Show All

• Commerce Server DictionaryXMLTransformsFreeThreaded.GenerateXMLForDictionaryUsingSchema() equivalent

  All, It doesn't seem like this component is shipped with 2007. Any alternatives, or will I have to write my own class to achieve same purpose Thanks, Commerce Server 2007 objects are all serializable. You will not need to use that method anymore. Is there a specific object you are looking to serialize Cheers, Colin ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Declaring Nested Namespaces in C++/CLI

  Is the following the only way to declared Nested Namespaces in C++/CLI namespace DEPT { namespace GROUP { ref class MyClass { public: int m_Num; }; } } I tried this way and it doesn't work: namespace DEPT.GROUP { ref class MyClass { public: int m_Num; }; } I tried this way and it doesn't work either: namespace DEPT::GROUP { ref class MyClass { public: int m_Num; }; } Is there a way to declare Nested Namespaces and avoid the extra braces and indenting of the first (and only) method First thing i think you are little bit Confused With namespace . a Nam ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) varchar(max) causing a FormatException to be thrown

  I have a weird problem when using varchar(max) on the table columns using linq. If i write (as an example): [Column(DBType="varchar(128) NOT NULL", Name = "strTest", Storage = "strTest")] i have no problems, but if i use the following [Column(DBType="varchar( max ) NOT NULL", Name = "strTest", Storage = "strTest")] i get a FormatException thrown telling me that the 'Input string was not in the correct format' has anyone had a similar problem Thanks I have also noticed that if you use sqlmetal to create the classes you need for linq and have a field of varchar(max) in any of the tables, sqlmetal will place (as an example): [Column(DBType="var ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office graphics in excel

  Hi, I am Henry, I have a question about visualbasic 2005, is it possible to create excel graphics drectly from an application in visual basic, Any suggestions are welcomed Hello Henry, since this is an Excel graphing question using VB 2005 and not a VSTO related question you'll have a better chance getting it answered in the following newsgroup: http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.excel.charting&lang=en&cr=US Thanks. ...Show All