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• Visual Studio Visual SourceSafe 2005 Installation Error

  I'm having problems installing Visual SourceSafe 2005 (The same problem occurs when installing Visual Studio also). When running the setup program I get the dialog with the following text: Setup is loading installation components. This may take a minute or two. The progress bar gets to about 60% and then the following error occurs The exception unknown software exception (0xc000000d) occured in the application at location 0x4f46a490. This results in termination of setup and no further progress. I have read about one other occurance of this on these forums, involving Visual Studio, which related to having beta versions already installed, but I have not installed any previous version of either Visual SourceSafe or Visual Studio on my machine ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Cannnot install VS2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation on WinXP2

  Hi, I cannot install VS2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation (v3.00.4203.2, downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=5D61409E-1FA3-48CF-8023-E8F38E709BA6&displaylang=en ) on my Windows XP2 computer. It always report following error message, although I've installed .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime (full version, ~56MB) successfully before: " Platform Prerequisites Missing. Based on the components you selected to install, you must first install the following prerequisites. - Windows Workflow Foundation version 3.0.4203.2 " What does this error mean How can I resolve it Thanks. Here is a listing of installed MS development softwares on my computer. And there is no install ...Show All

• Architecture Why return a Success boolean from a web service?

  Jeromy Carriere's MSDN Webcast: Patterns and Anti-Patterns in SOA critiques web services implemented as a Sub (void method), with no indication of success returned. I don't understand why we would want the clutter of in-line checking for success. There's no end to it once you start down this path -- instead, why not catch exceptions thrown by the web method It seems even if you call a method asynchronously, your callback method should catch exceptions and raise them in the usual manner; otherwise, just code for the "happy path" and keep it readable. Now that we have exception support, shouldn't the 80's style manner of in-line error-checking be discarded Thanks. It's all an issue of encapsulation / contracts. Would yo ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ServiceHost error from Beta2 to June CTP

  I had following text in the Service.svc file in Beta2: < %@ServiceHost language=c# Debug="true" Factory="WCF.Service.MyServiceFactory" %> The MyServiceFactory simply exposed the MyService service. And the configuration file in Beta2 was empty as shown below: <configuration></configuration> It has no configuration info. After upgrading to June CTP and reading the blog entry at http://hyperthink.net/blog/default.aspx , I modified Service.svc file to following: < %@ServiceHost language=c# Debug="true" Factory="WCF.Service.MyServiceFactory, WCFService" Service="WCF.Service.MyService, WCFService" %> The configuration file is still empty as before. It now th ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Convert this please. Windows Form app to SmartDevice app

  I have snipet code from Windows app, but also I want to build SmartDevice app. could you convert my code please 3 codes : 1. code for browse network folder only Dim NetDrives As New List( Of String ) Dim drives() As System.IO.DriveInfo drives = System.IO.DriveInfo.GetDrives For Each dr As System.IO.DriveInfo In drives If dr.DriveType = IO.DriveType.Network Then NetDrives.Add(dr.Name) End If Next Dim dir As String = System.IO.Directory.GetParent(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal)).FullName dir &= "\NetHood" Me .OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = dir Me .OpenFileDialog1.FileName = String .Empty While Me .Open ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Global Summit

  The 2007 MVP Global summit is held in Seattle Microsoft Campus between March 12 -15, 2007. Please see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/MVPsummit . Frank wrote to me that he will be attending. If any other MVPs are attending please let me know. My email address is aramATmicrosoft.com. I am doing a session on Sandcastle and would love to see you all there. Cheers. Anand.. Thanks Anand, I've posted your message to the other Help MVP's so they are aware of your session on Sandcastle during the Summit. Looking forward to see, listen and learn! Kind regards, Frank ...Show All

• Architecture using Object datatype in C#(Disadvantages)

  Hi All, I have a question here, is it good to use Object data type as return type for many methods. Because of it boxing/unboxing has to be done.I see some performance issues in it. Am i right or wrong Please throw some light on whether it is good use Object datatype as return type in a method.Its advantages and disadvantages. Fine if we get some links on msdn too. Thanks in advance. Regards, Arun Read this thread . Regards. ...Show All

• .NET Development Why does IsInRole return false for WindowsIdentity with TokenImpersonationLevel equals to Delegation?

  Goal: Kerberos Delegation Problem: On the client, for a group that the current user belongs to, CurrentPrinciple.Identity.IsInRole returns true, but on the server it returns false. I checked the Groups collection for the CurrentPrinciple.Identity on the server and I could see all the groups that user blongs to, but as I said IsInRole method returns false. There are two differences between the windows identity on the server and on the client: On Client : TokenImpersonationLevel = None On Server: TokenImpersonationLevel = Delegation and also the Token property is different for both of them, which I think could be the root of the problem. Any idea Thanks Thanks for the reply. I ...Show All

• SQL Server Report generation is consuming 100% of CPU client side.

  Hi, I have a problem while rendering a report which returns around 5000 rows. At first the server is busy to process the request, when the server is done the rendering client side takes 100% of CPU and never displays the result ("IE is not responding"). It seems that the ReportViewer has trouble to handle the server response. Do you have any idea why Sebastien. I found the answer in BOL: "The HTML and Excel rendering extensions are not oriented to physical pages. Furthermore, the HTML rendering extension is interactive, meaning that user actions in a report can trigger additional processing that causes a report to expand horizontally or vertically to accommodate additional content. You c ...Show All

• SQL Server Derived Column or script

  Dear All, I am pretty new to SQL2005 technologies. I have a table like this: Name Code Peter 10 Eric 20 I am interested in translation of the “code” to “job role”: Name Code Job role Peter 10 Director Eric 20 Consultant I have tried to use Derived Column and also script – but I am unable to get it to work. Any hints/solution would greatly appreciate. Best Regards, T Sagestore wrote: A simple example without NULL checking etc In the 'Derived Column' task add a new column 'Job Role' and ...Show All

• Visual Basic Access 2003 after update event not triggered

  A main form consists of a series of dates when various procedures are completed and a report is filed. Code is executed for the After Update event for each of these date fields to determine when that Last Report was filed and this date is stored in a field for that purpose. A few of the procedures could occur more than once during the whole process so a secondary form is opened with a button to enter the last occurance of this procdure. This secondary form updates the field on the main form for this procedure with the last update date. However, the after update event on the main form is not triggered by this programatic update and therefore the Last Report Date is not computed and stored. Its as if the field has not even been changed and ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can extract an object from form.designer by string name? (for examble a buttton dropped on)

  i would estract an object from my form, for example a button by name. I drop a button in a form, named button1: and try: Dim o As Object = CallByName( Me , "Button1" , CallType.Get) but don't work because he said that error message: "Public member 'Button1' on type 'Form1' not found" someone have any solution thank's CommonGenius.com wrote: CallByName only works for public members. By default, controls that are added to a form using the VB form designer are added with Friend visibility. Also, I believe the CallByName method only works for properties and methods. A control reference is a field. sure, i belive too. another importa ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can't set the SelectedValue of a ComboBox after databinding

  I am having almost the same problem. The difference is that i do not use data binding, but add the items to the combo box manually. That is (the code is written in VB .NET): CBoxSPS.ValueMember = "RID" CBoxSPS.DisplayMember = "Description" for each item as myType in myList        CBoxSPS.Items.Add(item) end for The value member is of type System.Guid and the Description is of type String. The myList object has (of course) a property named "RID" and another one named "Description", of the types mentioned above. When i set the SelectedValue to a Guid, that i know is contained in myList, the SelectedValue remains "Nothing". The same problem persists when i try to get the Select ...Show All

• Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) How i get canvas children name at runtime

  Hello All, In WPF/E at runtime we get number of Children in canvas by using following property => CanvasName.children.count Similary i want to know, how i get a children /Child name of canvas at runtime. I tried following way but its not working CanvasName.children.Name; Or CanvasName.children.getValue("Name"); But boths are not working . So any other way to get Name of canvas children at run time ,please let me know. Hi Dinesh, You could use CanvasName.Children[index].Name If this answers your question, please select "Mark as Answer" Thank you, Chad Campbell ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Catch soft input panel event

  Hi all, Can you please tell me how can i catch the event when a user clicks on a key on the soft input panel in a PDA I am using VS2005 and Windows mobile sdk 5.0 Thanks Dhiraj Hi Zero-Dai, Thanks for the help. I was able to catch which key was pressed on the SIP but my problem is that i want to catch the event when the "123" key on the upper left of SIP is clicked. When this key is clicked the keydown method does not catch it :-( Regards Dhiraj ...Show All