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• Visual Studio Team System Installing Team Foundation Server for version control only ?

  We are running visual source safe now for version control for MS apps and for java apps. I've mentioned that we should look at Team Foundation Server for our version control replacing VSS. Are there any benefits in doing this thanks. TFVC is more efficient, fast and scalable in comaprison to VSS so it would seem to be better option. You may also consider 1. Cost of TFS and its client software 2. Installtion of client on 'n' number of machines to access TFVC 3. Migration of VSS database to TFVC. Even though Microsoft has provided a migration utility, in the case of large installtions it still is a challenge to have proper migration strategy You may decide by checking the ROI against these fa ...Show All

• Visual C# visual c# and crystal reports 10

  hi to all! i have c# express edition, will crystal reports 10 (i'm using it in vb 6.0 for my report generation) work using the language of my choice do you have some sample code of it thanks! ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't see the SQL Server Express Instance on SQL Browser

  Hi All, I am using SQL Server Express to connect to the network using VPN on a local machine. I have done the following.. a.) Enabled the remote connections for the Express Instance and rebooted the machine. b.) Connected to the machine with Express Edition locally and can also connect other SQL Server instances from it to verify connectivity. c.) Yes, SQL Browser Service is running. d.) Firewall is not turned on, so I do not have to configure any exceptions. Now here is the big problem: When I browse for SQL Servers on the network the machine does not show up on the list, i.e "macinename\SQLExpress". I had uninstalled and reinstalled the Express edition and rebooted the machine several times with no luck on t ...Show All

• SQL Server Function with unlimited parameters

  Is there any way to write procedure with ulimited number of parameters Like in COALESCE function. You can pass one or more parameters. Extended stored procedures are marked for deprecation so don't plan on writing new code since you will have to convert again in couple of releases or so. What is the problem you are trying to solve Why do you need to pass optional parameters You could also use a temporary table for example to pass the parameter values as rows. So it depends on what functionality you want and why. ...Show All

• Visual C++ changing colour of a cell in grid

  Hi, i am using grid (dialog box) having 4 rows and 3 columns (total 12 cells) in visual c++ 6.0. i want to change the colour of a particular cell at runtime for a particular value. how can i do it Thanks and Regards Munish Gupta Are you using MS Flex Grid Control I think it's basic control and it provides some basic services for the Grid. If there's no certain APIs you can modify it using the sources generated. else you can try some other grid controls like Chris Maunder's MFC Grid Control it has what all you need. Here is some more handy things which can be used with the above Grid control or any other customized grid controls ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005, SSL - certificate request, ports

  I would like to use SSL on SQL Server 2005. With SSL, is all traffic from the client to the database on port 443 Or are other ports needed With Windows Certificate Management Snap-in, a request for a certificate assumes that there is a local Certificate Authority. I don't have one and it is my understanding that I should buy a third party certificate to avoid a man in the middle attack. With IIS there is a certificate request process. Is there something similar I should use with SQL Thank you. You don’t need to change the port used by SQL Server. SQL Server and your client will negotiate the usage of encryption during the handshake steps of the communication (before authenticating the cli ...Show All

• Visual Studio Integration was removed by VS 2005 now I can't get it back?

  I recieved a message from VS2005 about an integration I was using FTN95 v 5.0 (a FORTRAN compiler) being corrupt and that it would remove it the integrations from the environment. Since then I have completely uninstalled said compiler and integrations and reinstalled, and I cannot fully get them back. By this I mean that, while I can add an FTN95 project to my solutions, I cannot add a source file or such to one of my FTN95 projects, which tends to make it slightly difficult to develop a project. Any thoughts about how to get this back I really need them. You need to use the "/ResetSkipPkgs" switch like this: From the Start menu, select the "Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt" sho ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding items to a solution folder automatically opens them in the IDE

  When adding a file using ProjectItem item = _folder.Parent.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(destination); Visual studio automatically opens the file. Is there any way of doing this that wont open the file as we have a number of files that use external editors and when they are added to a solution visual studio decides that it wants to launch them automatically Hi Craig, The problem was already reported in the product feedback center and was closed "by design": http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx FeedbackID=140181 Could you explain why it is by design and not a bug to be fixed Thanks in advance ...Show All

• Visual C# How to declare fixed-size arrays?

  I need to declare fixed size array within structure. Like this was in C++ struct SomeStruct { int SensorReaderID; .... float SensorValues[10]; // presume I have 10 sensors }; Is it possible Or I should use 10 variables like this: struct SomeStruct { int SensorReaderID; .... // presume I have 10 sensors float SensorValue0; float SensorValue1; float SensorValue2; .... float SensorValue8; float SensorValue9; }; Not sure if this helps but actually there is a way you can have a fixed size array in a structure. The problem with it is that it works only in an unsafe context: [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] unsafe struct Test ...Show All

• Visual C# ConvertToDigit

  how can a multidigit number be converted to its string equivalent in words.e.g.,1324 to be converted to OneThreeTwoFour and OneThousandThreeHundredTwentyFour .Without using case or if-else statements,in least possible code. You will have to use case or if-else statments. It's possible to create a look-up table of delegates for each number, but it's arguable whether you'd get any major speed improvements over a switch statement. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to get changeset history in a given period

  I just wanna get the history, e.g., from Jan 1st to May 1st. But I didn't find any command matched this, is it possible thx. Here's the easiest way: open Source Control Explorer type Ctrl+G That way, the dialog will let you drill into the changesets instead of selecting them for use in the Get dialog. You can also bring it up from the Edit menu. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Setting project up to be cross platform

  Hello Any advice on what's the best practice for setting up your game to run on both PC and Xbox Even better if there could be an included example of this. I'd like to develop my game on the PC and only running the 360 version periodically. In the past I've set up seperate builds so I'd have a release\debug versions for PC, PS2 and Xbox1. I've seen posts mentioning creating one solution with two projects in and then adding the source to the other project as a link. I have my project like this but I find I'm having to add any new source files twice, once to the PC version and once to the 360 version. The same goes for any data I decide to add. This doesn't seem the best way of dealing with it so has anybody come acros ...Show All

• .NET Development vb 2005 httpwebrequest?

  goal: win32 application, http header grabber(banner) issue: I am a total code noob, i have been using VB6 for about 6 months so im used to using winsock. I have now downloaded and installed VB.net 2005 Express..I see alot of refrences for httpwebrequest.NET, but when i type it in the code viewer, it doesnt even recognize it Am i missing something all i need to do is a simple call to the Page or IP and have it display only the server portion of the header.. Thank you code geeks in advance anyway you could possibly point me to a tutorial for somthing similar or maybe something that makes a connect Reason being, that i dont know how to call it at all.. vb6 would be someting like: Private Sub Command ...Show All

• Visual Basic msdn for vb 6.0

  I am in a situation where i have to work loads of with vb 6.0 application dovelopment and modification AND i want help , MSDN I installed is for .NET framwork This one is July 2004 Edition , Now Which edition should i get to solve my problem, or there is any in the first place I need help for Vb 6.0 And Not for Vb.NET T hese forums are for VB.NET and there are better places to find answers for older versions of VB. Maybe the VB6 newgroups - http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion&lang=en&cr=US Or perhaps the VB6 resource center http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/ or perhaps www.vbcity.com may be useful places to search for answers on V ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions regsvr32 one dll created by VS .net 2005 failed bacause msvcr80.dll can not be found.

  Hello I have an application which build one DLL named ijl20.dll. 1) I build it in .net 2003, it generate ijl20.dll. 2) I build it in .net 2005. It generate ijl20.dll and ijl20.dll.manifest Then I try to register it with command : regsvr32 ijl20.dll 1) the one with .net 2003, regSvr32 report: "ijl20.dll" was loaded. but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. Anyway, it works. (I have another application to use it) 2) the one with .net 2005, the regSvr32 report: LoadLibrary("ijl20") faile. The specificed module could not be found. Use "depends", find the only difference between the two dll is 1) the ijl20.dll with .net 2003 depend on "msvcr71.dll". 2) the ijl2 ...Show All