Astericks's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Overridding Get task in Team Build

  Hi I'm trying to perform a build based on a label. I'm following the Nagaraju's blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/nagarajp/archive/2005/10/21/483590.aspx but I get the following error which suggests I cant supply my own label in the Get task, has something changed in the Get task for RTM Target CoreGet: Get Version="Test" Recursive=True Force=True Workspace="VSTS-CM-06_SETP_New_SETP_Nightly" c:\Build\SETP_New\SETP_Nightly\BuildType\TFSBuild.proj(195,3): error : The version specification for tip can only be T or t. c:\Build\SETP_New\SETP_Nightly\BuildType\TFSBuild.proj(195,3): error MSB4018: The "Get" task failed unexpectedly. c:\Build\SETP_New\SETP_Nightly\BuildType\TFSBuild.proj(195,3): err ...Show All

• Windows Forms Project server 2003 login issue

  Hi All, i have a project server 2003 login issue. i used single server installation method to configure project server.when i trying to login thru PWA i am getting this error "Project server was unable to login you at this time (5006).i have tried editsdite utility and i haven't faced any problem with installation. please help me to resolve this issue. Thanks in advance... Rajeesh Hi, Please post your question in the following newsgroups for project server. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/en-us/default.mspx dg=microsoft.public.project.server thank you, bhanu. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Date and time picker

  I want to be able to give the user a simple interface for picking a single point in time, then for that to be formatted as DD/MM/YYYY hh:m:ss and put into a textbox. Add a DateTimePicker control to your form. In its valuechanged event, extract the DateTime structure from its value property and use it's ToString method (passing in the desired format) and add the result to your text box eg .. something along these lines dim dt as datetime = datetimepicker.value textbox.text = dt.tostring("DD/MM/YY hh:m:ss") Hope that helps Richard ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Rule Support links are dead

  Greetings. I am using FxCop 1.35, and after the analysis has been performed, if I click on an error, then click on the Rule Support tab, and then the URL, it always takes me to a Microsoft wiki site. Here is an example: http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/docs/rules.aspx version=1.35&url=/Design/AvoidNamespacesWithFewTypes.html Any ideas All links also appear broken to me. I know get a page explaining that the Wiki has been moved when clicking on any help link. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. General strategy question about XNA

  What is MSFT's strategy with GSE I mean, is it a stripped-down version of GS Pro meant to spark interest in GS Pro Is it actually going the core of GS Pro, and the hobbyist/student community is acting as both first adopters and beta (or even alpha) testers of the product Is it a way for MSFT to foster some kind of indie/small game shop Xbox360 game development (The latter would seem to be slightly odd: the actual dev kits, I gather, are not a minor expense, in addition to what I'm assuming are certification and any other testing expenses; I would think that releasing an alternate path for Xbox game development might cannibalize an existing revenue stream...) It would seem to me to be just simpler to wait for GS Pro to come out, and l ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to call & pass the parameter to a workflow inside a workflow

  Hi I have a workflow inside which i m calling two another workflow simultaneously. The problem I am facing is that I am unable to pass the parameter to the child workflow and also unable to returning the parameter from the child process back to the parent process. Also if anybody have any link from where i can get the sample which can solve my problem. Plz tell me. Thanks Kanhaiya Kanhaiya, Your scenario requires a Request-Response Message Exchange Pattern, where the request sends an information about the sender (in your case, it is the Parent's  WorkflowInstanceID) to the Reply (child) Workflow. This pattern (known such as half-duplex communication) is based on the two One-Way connectivitie ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Exception Error C0000005 when installing apps in Vista

  Hi, I don't know where I can get help about this issue. I have a program that cannot be installed on Windows Vista, which is working well in WinXP and Win2k. It shows an exception error C0000005 for the setup.exe. The setup.exe is created using InstallShield 9 English. However if the same application, using InstallShield 7 English, witht he same project settings, then it can be installed on Windows Vista! Have anyone come across this issues as well I need help to find out what can be wrong with this. Thanks Chiu Hwa Command line options reference is at:   http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988.aspx   You might want to add your options but here is the logfile option   example: msiexec& ...Show All

• Smart Device Development CF 2.0 based app is using two MainMenu Control types.

  Hi all, I have this strange problem/issue that I have had bothering me for a while now. I have an application where the users browses through Forms to perform various bits of functionality, and then closes the form to return back to the previous form (the Form from which it was openned), and the Focus is right back with the Form that openned the closed Form (if you know what I mean :)). Now this all works fine in my application apart from in one place, where when the called Form is closed, the calling form (or my Application even) doesn't get focus back until the 2nd tap on the application with the pen. The Windows start button and Input control on the MainMenu are focused and can be activated from the first click on them, but not my appli ...Show All

• SQL Server query logic

  Hi there Could you help me with rewritting below query in ANSI format-- for sql server 2005 SELECT VSL.VSLNM, VSL.UVN, VSL.UnqCoNo, Co.CoRootNm, Vsl.VslSt, VslTy.VslTyNm, VslSt, Vsl.FlagCd, Vsl.YrBld, Vsl.YrBld, Vsl.Grtge, Vsl.DdWtTge, Vsl.FmaDdWt FROM VSL, Co, VslCo, VslTy WHERE VSL.VSLNM = @VslNm and Vsl.VslTyCd = VslTy.VslTyCd and VSL.UVN *= VslCo.UVN and Co.CoNo =* (Select VslCo1.MainHdgOwrCoNo from VSL VSL1,VslCo VslCo1, VslTy VslTy1 where VSL1.UVN = VSL.UVN and Vsl1.VslTyCd = VslTy1.VslTyCd and VslCo1.UVN = VSL1.UVN) Regards Rahul Hi there Many thanx to you all, with ur input I am able to crack it. Ri ...Show All

• Architecture Web Service vs. Component

  I'm looking for any recommended articles that discuss the pros/cons of building a web service vs. a component assembly. I'd like to find something that provides some guidelines for choosing one implementation method over another. Does anyone know where I can find an article like this Ah! Thanks for the clarification. The points you've listed above are exactly my concern. Using a local copy (or GAC) version of a dll provides obvious performance benefits, but does not necessarily fit most definitions of SOA. Our SOA will include reusability that is implemented via components as well as services. Consider it a hybrid, if that is more comfortable. Form an architectural or designer perspective, I n ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums VBA code to search and modify in Word

  I am very new to VBA for word. Please excuse. I am trying to search for text that meets a the following criteria. The "#" reps any number, "T" reps any Letter. "TRACKING NUMBER: #TTT############## " The idea is to find all "tracking number"'s that meeds the text and number "format". I then need to modify the number by modifying the letters and adding two numbers. The result is below. All track numbers need to be modified. "TRACKING NUMBER: #TTT##############-## " You help with this is greatly appreciated. Rob I've used this code very successfully to do a global search and replace of the text in placeholder inc ...Show All

• Visual Studio How can you prevent a relationship from an element to itself?

  I have a DSL definition in which it's possible for an element to connect with an element of the same type. However, in this definition the element can also connect to itself, which is undesirable. I already know how to add custom validation to the model in such a way that it throws an error when there's a self-connection, but I need it to validate realtime when trying to connect an element to itself, so that it's not even possible to draw that connection. I already searched this forum and there was one topic which covers the same problem, but it's more than a year old I and think it doesn't work the same anymore in the newer DSL tools. Does anyone have an idea how to make self connections impossible ...Show All

• Visual J# using swing classes

  Hi I am importing a large java application into J#. and still using the .java file extension. I have read in this forum, many of you have succeeded. I am using vs2005 with J# 2.0 redistributable. For some reasons, when I build the application, I get errors like "Cannot find type JButton" for statement like this: private final JButton startstop_ = new JButton( "Start" ); What am I missing Thanks Anthony Please add a reference to the "vjssupuilib". You will find it when you right click on the "Reference" and select "Add reference...". Find the library in the .NET tab and select "OK". After that it should work. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Different Coloured Brushes

  How do I change the brush colour so that each square is different I was thinking of using an array, Dim arrCol() As String = {"Red", "Yellow", "Green"} but string can't be converted to system.brush. I tried Dim arrCol as System.Brushes, but that doesn't work either. So any ideas please. Here's the code, Dim B1 As New Bitmap(146, 92) Dim G1 As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(B1) Dim PB As New PictureBox Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim X, Y, W, i As Integer X = 0 Y = 0 W = 128 For i = 1 To 40 G1.FillRectangle(Brushes.Blue, X, Y, 16, 16) X += 18 If X > W Then X = 0 ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. loading large image using DirectX

  Hi all. First of all, I'm new to DirectX. I'm trying to load an image into a PictureBox component (C#) using DirectX. The problem is that I'm working with large pictures (for ex. 4021x3123) and can't use the Windows GDI, because the picture takes a lot of memory and it flickers when I move the scrollbars. That's why I was thinking of using DirectX. I've linked the DirectX Device with the PictureBox: Device device = new Device(0, DeviceType.Hardware, pictureBox1, CreateFlags.SoftwareVertexProcessing, presentParams); The problem is that I don't know how to load the image as a backgroud image using DirectX (i need to do some drawing on it after it loads). Is there a way to load it and prevent the flickering when i move the Pi ...Show All