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• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Why doesn't Package zip up every file in the package?

  I've been experimenting with the IO.Packaging capability (Package, PackagePart, etc.), and one oddity I've noticed is that not every "part" in the package is getting compressed. For example, if I rename the package file to .zip and open it up, the compression factor is 0% for many of the files in the package. When you create a package part, you specify the compression type to use (e.g. Fast, SuperFast, etc.). I'm setting this on every package part I add. In my example, my package parts consist of: a) some XML files (some are quite large), b) a binary file (.bin), c) some application-specific binary files (.abc). There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. For example, it will compress some of the XML files, ...Show All

• .NET Development Threading Issue

  Hi, Im having a threading issue but unsure where it is happening in my code since the stack trace doesnt tell me where nor does iexplore. System.NullReferenceException was unhandled Message="Object reference not set to an instance of an object."Source="System.Windows.Forms" StackTrace: at System.Windows.Forms.Control.MarshaledInvoke(Control caller, Delegate method, Object[] args, Boolean synchronous) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.Invoke(Delegate method, Object[] args) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.Invoke(Delegate method) at yWorks.Canvas.Animation.Animator.b() at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData) at Sy ...Show All

• SQL Server Error in Copy Database Wizard execution

  I've been moving databases to 2005 and have always received useful error messages regarding failures using the Copy Database wizard... until the database I am working on now - below is the entire error message - not very useful huh - any ideas on where to look for the problem (substituted xxxx for servernames etc) Thanks, Chris Event Type: Error Event Source: SQLISPackage Event Category: None Event ID: 12550 Date: 1/17/2007 Time: 11:13:02 AM User: xxxxxxx Computer: xxxxxxx Description: Event Name: OnError Message: The requested objects failed to transfer. StackTrace: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dts.DtsTransferProvider.ExecuteTransfer() at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Transfer.TransferData() at Microsoft.SqlServer. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums How to update a gadget

  I'm wondering how to update an existing gadget on the live.gallery When I go to my profile I only can update the descption text but not submit updated (zip) files for the gadget. Do I have to take it of In that case the gadget isn't availble anymore I think and it's downloaded about 8000 times so that should not be the right solution. Right under the section of the page where you update the description,etc... There is a "Files - click here to update the thumbnail and / or item " link. It's not very obvious. Click on this and a new panel will appear that will allow you to upload new files. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Must be non-Negative and less than the size of the collection

  Hi All, I need help with the code below. I keep getting this error when I run this code. "Index was out of range. Must be non-Negative and less than the size of the collection Parameter name: Index" This is the code I am running Private Sub tsbtnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tsbtnSave.Click objData = New DALBase Dim iv As New OracleParameter Dim oraConnect As New OracleConnection("Data Source=DEVELOPM; User id=VS_DEVELOPER; Password=f00tball;") Dim myCMD As New OracleCommand("Weblogica_Systems.Insert_Daily_Sales", oraConnect) Dim Val_1 As String Dim Val_2 As String Try oraConnect.Open() dgvSalesDetails = New ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Dynamic Update from Custom Activity

  How can I do Dynamic Update from Custom Activity I could not access ApplyWorkflowChanges() from within the Custom Activity. Any ideas to solve this are appeciated. Thanks Use the parent property recursively to move up to the workflow itself (parent is null) or composite activity and then use the ApplyWorkflowChanges method from the composite activity class. Matt ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Uninstalling Windows Desktop Search

  I'd like to uninstall my windows desktop search but can't find it in the add/remove programs. How can I uninstall it If you have installed the pdf add-in you should be able to find it in Control Panel: Add/Remove Programs. If you can't find it you may want to make sure you check the Show updates box at the top of the Add/Remove Programs window. This will ensure that you are looking at the complete list of programs that are eligible for removal. Paul Nystrom - MSFT ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions vb2005- printing reports that may have more than one page

  I have designed a report that looks fine, sometimes it requires more than one page, but it will terminate at the end of the first page. Is there a Form Feed or Page Break that I can use and how Thanks. Luis In your page printing routine, there is a property . HasMorePages which you can set true (this is through the arguments passed to the Print Page Handler routine). This will cause the print routine to run through again. You will have to keep track of the page you are on. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Syntax error when using Online MSDN

  Hi, I have a problem with the Visual Studio 2005 help. Every page that loads i get a "line 1 syntax error" message box. It is DRIVING ME INSANE! I have tried to repair of the Document Explorer tool. I have looked for updates or KB articles and i can't find anything. I have tried turning off IE debugging but just the shape of the message box changes (and it doesn't ask me to debug), and the syntax error moves to line 2. A sample source for the page starts with XML so i thought that might be the cause but I am running the latest updates. Has anyone else had this problem Thanks in advance for any tips, Nathan I also have this problem, precisely as you describe it. Windows XP using IE7 for me, and ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) PNRP service under Vista Ultimate version is very instable !!

  PNRP service under Vista Ultimate(RTM) version is very instable !! I'm on a project about WCF P2P. Under Windows XP(PNRP V2) everything fine. But under Vista Ultimate (RTM), I have to always restart PNRP service manually after some P2P testing. Anybody knows why Hi Shalini, Thank you ! :) My testing environment are: 1: Single machine local lan OS: Windows Vista(TM) Ultimate, Japanese Version with all new updates, no virous protection software Hardware: DLL dimension 9200( Intel(R) Core(TM)2 6400 @ 2.13GHZ 2.13GHZ; Memory 2046MB ) 2: multi-machine local lan OS: same as above Hardware 1: same as above Hardware 2: Dll dimension E521(AMD Athlon(tm) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Check-In errors out with MSSCCI Provider

  Howdy, I am using VS2003 with the MSSCCI Provider plug-in. I was able to have a project created in our TFS install and I was able to upload an existing C# project to it. I was able to check-in my project before. Now, it errors out while attempting a check-in. I get the Microsoft Development Environment error: The operation could not be completed. Can someone point me in the right direction to solve this problem Thanx in advance, SKH Are you sure you are pointing to the Microsoft Team Foundation Server MSSCII provider in the registry I use the SCPSelector to make sure. http://weblog.kilic.net/tools/SCPSelector/ ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Confused about getting sounds to work.

  Hello everyone! I've just read "How to: Add a sound file to your game using XACT" and "How to: Play a sound" in the msdn xna documentation but I'm very confused. I added two wave files to my Wave Bank and dragged them to the left corner (Cue Name panel) of the Sound Bank. They showed up and everything seemed fine. I saved the project inside my project directory inside a subdirectory: <project-dir>\Content\Sounds\sounds.xap. This also added to folders to that directory called Xbox and Win, they were however empty. Then the "How to: Add a sound file to your game using XACT" howto ended. Now I started reading the "How to: Play a sound" howto and I was supposed to have some more files ending in .xgs, .xwb and .xsb. I fou ...Show All

• Visual Studio Sandcastle - Please consider allowing richer formatting in documentation

  Hi there, I've seen the developers behind Sandcastle seem to be very active here so I thought I may make a request - something I'm sure is wanted by others (albeit perhaps indirectly). My employer is considering enforcing a set format for comments for each class with this  information. Class Name (covered implicitly by Sandcastle) Description (covered by <summary>) Date Created Authors (possibly list) Revision Table with these headings Date of change Issue reference number Developer whom made change Reviewer of change Summary sentence of change made I've argued for the fact that these things should be covered by the source repository - and they've agreed but want this stuff at the top of class headers too - as we are curre ...Show All

• Windows Forms AppDomains and WinForms performance issues?

  I have a bootstrapper application which needs to be able to launch one of several different versions of my application (for clarity I'll call these versions the SubApp). I have chosen to do this using AppDomains... If I run my SubApp on its own (either via the exe or from the IDE) it runs perfectly and performs really well. However, when I run it inside the AppDomain from within the BootStrapper app the performance is definitely slower... The first form takes around 10 seconds to appear (a oppose to about 1 second running directly) and even after that, there is a noticeable performance degradation when loading new forms, etc... Each SubApp version sits in its own directory, so I use the following code to create the AppDomain: // Crea ...Show All

• Visual Studio remote t-sql debugging

  I'm trying to debug a usp remotely, but always rec. msg. 'unable to start T-SQL debugging. Could not connect to computer 'xxxxxxx'.....Remote Debugging Monitor on the remote computer cannot connect to the local computer. A firewall may be preventing communication via DCOM to the local computer. remote computer is win xp sp2 w/,NET 2005 Prof;logged in with admin windows account which corresponds to sysadmin account on sql server;firewall is on, but exceptions for ports set up as recommended sql server is win 2003/sql2005;firewall disabled;sql server service running under same account as used on remote computer Does anyone have an idea as to what I'm missing I've been to quite a few websites, and I feel like I'm just going in c ...Show All