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• .NET Development Regsvcs.exe causing installation of .NET 2.0 to freeze...aghhh

  When I attempt to install .NET Framework 2.0 x32, the installer keeps freezing while registering System.EnterpriseServices.dll by running RegSvcs.exe while invoking /bootstrapi. I have the latest msinstaller (I think). I can make the installer finish after killing the regsvcs process, but then computer runs (displays ) really slow. I think the .NET framework is associated with my video card software. Anyone know what this is and what I can do to remedy it IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!! Spud Hi, Could you please locate the log file named %temp%\dd_netfx20msi*.txt and zip and send it to me in email so I can take a look You can send it to Aaron.Stebner (at) microsoft (dot) com. Thanks! Aaron ...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 (+). As much i remember, visibility and Expand/Collapse button (+) has contrary values for the same meaning. If visibility ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions displaying text on multiple lines

  Hi everyone :) I was wondering if there was a way to display text on more then one line on a textbox when a user presses a button ( I don't mean the mutiple line option from the textbox ) For example: A user clicks on a button called | Signup | and the text would be displayed like shown below one line at a time: Firstname Lastname Address .. etc. Hi, John When user click the button, how do you want it to judge the newline from the text By space or by other symbol Plz give a example to explain, thank you. ...Show All

• .NET Development How to Rename a Node?

  Hi is there a function to rename a node in an xml document because i cant find one.  I.e. <Rename this> blah blah </Rename This> Thanks Phil Winder There is not. But this should do the trick: static XmlElement RenameElement( XmlElement e, string newName) {     XmlDocument doc = e.OwnerDocument;     XmlElement newElement = doc.CreateElement(newName);     while (e.HasChildNodes) {         newElement.AppendChild(e.FirstChild);     }     XmlAttributeCollection ac = e.Attributes;     while (ac.Count > 0) {         n ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't install SQL Express

  It fails because it can't find sqlncli.msi. I looked in the temp directory and it was there Log excerpt: User policy value 'SearchOrder' is 'nmu' MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:843]: User policy value 'DisableMedia' is 0 MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:843]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownMedia' is 0 MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:843]: SOURCEMGMT: Media enabled only if package is safe. MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:859]: SOURCEMGMT: Looking for sourcelist for product {50A0893D-47D8-48E0-A7E8-44BCD7E4422E} MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:859]: SOURCEMGMT: Adding {50A0893D-47D8-48E0-A7E8-44BCD7E4422E}; to potential sourcelist list (pcode;disk;relpath). MSI (s) (B4:A4) [20:53:04:859]: SOURCEMGMT: Now checking product {50A0893D-47D8-48E0-A7E8-44BCD7E4422E} MSI (s ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to Run database Script Through MSBuild?

  I want to run the SqL Server's database script through MSBuild. All the resources are on the local machine. I just want to run the script through MSBuild. Please help, its very urgent Thank you. Harshal Bhakta If you know how to run your sql script from the command line, you can use the Exec task - <Exec Command="[sql-script-command-line]"/> i.e., replace the [sql-script-command-line] with the actual command. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Loosing Item Template Information

  Hi, I just had the following weird behaviour: I startet with my first sample solution (first steps in GAT) and tried to follow the Item template logic. I played a bit and made obviously one or the other mistake. Eventually (the GAT solution was OK by then) the Item templates (provided by the GAT solution and until then available in the test solution, context menu "Add") were gone. De/registering, rebuilding, and un/loading didn't help. The weird part: the context menu showed no item templates (beyond the VS standard) In guidance package manager/enable packages two of the original six item templates reappeared In guidance package manager/enable packages/explore selected package all templates were shown (come to t ...Show All

• Visual C++ COleObjectFactory::RegisterAll hangs in vista

  Hi All I am currently a testing a COM application in Vista and it previously worked in Windows XP and 2000. When it is installed on a machine running Windows Vista, it hangs when it reaches COleObjectFactory::RegisterAll() in the release version of an extension DLL( debug version works fine) Code Extract below relates to the COM module DllMain function extern "C" int APIENTRY DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID lpReserved) { // Remove this if you use lpReserved UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(lpReserved); m_hGlobal = hInstance; if (dwReason == DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH) { // Extension DLL one-time initialization if (!AfxInitExtensionModule(ProgramDLL, hInstance)) return 0; ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XBox 360 hard drive question for MS staff - semi off topic

  With all the great new offerings out or coming soon for the 360: XBox Live Video Marketplace, XNA game creation, and the recently announced IPTV, the poor little 20GB hard drive's days look numbered. Is MS planning to release a larger hard drive for the 360 I'm pretty sure that many people (including myself) would be very interested in one. I don't want to replace my box either. I wish we could write to external USB hard drives and flash drives rather than using them read only. The more we can comfortably store, the more we might buy... ...Show All

• .NET Development Namespace prefix " SOAP-ENV" not defined

  I am working on an application that is getting the above error (Namespace prefix " SOAP-ENV" not defined) on an intermittent and non-reproducible basis. The application is trying to obtain data from an external source through web service proxy code generated from WSDL obtained from the service provider. The code may run several (non-specific amount) times successfully and then fail. Or it may fail the first time after a rebuild and then if executed again right after the failure, will work fine. Any ideas what is cousing this Mike We'll need a little more information to diagnose this. Do know what web services platform the service is running Do you have any message traces from t ...Show All

• Smart Device Development PPC bluetooth communication via a serial port

  I have heard that you can use bluetooth to communicate from a PPC to a PC by creating a virtual serial port on the pc, but is it possible to do this when I am just trying to have 2 PPCs communicate with each other If so, could I use the SerialPort class, and how would I do this Which ports would I use The reason I want to do this is my devices use a broadcom stack instead of the microsoft one, so I cannot use 32feet.NET. Depending on your iPAQ model you may need to use a data rate slower than 115,200 as the Bluetooth serial implementation on some iPAQ models (certainly the H2200 model) won't go that high. 57,600 bps provides reliable service for our applications. In terms of your proposed application it ...Show All

• SQL Server Add space between matrix row group

  I have a 2 row groups in a matrix and I need to add some space between the top one so that all the columns don't run together. Is there a way to do this Click on the row that you want to add the space below, go to the properties window and increase your 'Height' value. Also, make sure that the 'VerticalAlign' field is set to 'Top'. This will add empty space between that row and the one directly below it. Hope this helps. Jarret ...Show All

• Visual C# Need DataGridView to display rows chronologically

  Hi I've got various events happening at certain times and want to display them in a DataGridView. Time Event Type 00:00:12 Event0 … 00:00:58 Event3 … 00:01:23 Event1 … 00:01:58 Event0 … That's how it should look like in the DataGridView however the events are from a Xml file and not in the right order. Is it possible to use DataGridView to order rows (chronologically) Thank you First you have to read xml file. Use Dataset for that operation, if you have schema for xml file it will be great, but if not use InferSchema. Then set DataSource to the filled DataTable in Dataset. DataGridView has sort method, so use it to sort by your specific column after you se ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with subtotal

  Hi, I have a matrix like this: Projeto CRACTE CRST RACTE TSL Total Qtd Data Qtd Data Qtd Data Qtd Data Qtd Data ABEC - ACP-SAT 3 0 -- 1 10/11/2006 1 18/10/2006 1 23/11/2006 1 10/11/2006 ABEC - SIGA 6 0 -- 0 -- 2 17/11/2006 4 25/7/2006 2 17/11/2006 Message - MSGNet 1 0 -- 0 -- 1 16/8/2006 0 -- 1 16/8/2006 SCI 1 1 5/10/2006 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 1 5/10/2006 SGE 5 0 -- 0 -- 4 30/11/2006 1 30/11/2006 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Exam 70-300

  Re: MSF 4.0 related exams 70-300 Was this post helpful Who determines if there should be a 70-300 exam for Large systems call it 70-300L and another for MSF Agile. Call it 70-300A. This seems to be a logical progression. Who determines if this could and should be done I am booked in for the TFS exam in a few weeks.... it is still in Beta. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-510.mspx ...Show All