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Visual Studio Exec command and hxcomp from Sandcastle exit error
I upgraded to the Dec CTP and I'm now having an issue where I get a msb3073 error. The task is defined as such <Target Name="CompileHX" DependsOnTargets=""> <Exec Command=""$(HelpCompiler2Bin)\hxcomp.exe" -p $(HelpName).hxc -l $(HelpName).log" WorkingDirectory="$(HelpOutputPath)\" /> </Target> I search the fourm on this error and found some reference to quoting to the command prompt. If I run the command at the command line it runs without errors. I get the output if I also add IgnoreExitCode="true" to the Exec task. The exit code being reported from hxcomp is 1. Looked at the log and hxcomp is completing but does have two warnings: Info: N ...Show All
SQL Server New Dimension
Hi! I am a newbie, creating new Dimensions, Dimension structures, getting following error running a process; How would I fix this... "the Dim_Salesperson was not found in the DW database on the server " In Browser following sentence: "Either the user, name, does not have access to the DW database or database does not exist." ...Show All
Gadgets Gadget does not show
Hi, I have developed a very simple gadget which shows rss information from an specific web site. The gadget also shows stock information for a company, implements a transition between the rss and stock information as well as some javascript efects (fade and pixelate specifically). The problem I have is that this gadget works great in some machines and does not show in others. The gadget works in some machines with RC1, RC2 and RTM Vista versions but does not work in other computers with the same versions. Does somebody know what can be happening Best regards, Johann Granados It's quite possible the gadget targets a specific locale, such as en-us, which the second machines do not support. If that ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System Multiple vsmdi files
Hi, We are getting multiple vsmdi files.Everytime someone runs a unit test the solution is automatically checked out and a new vsmdi file is created using the naming pattern MySolutionName1.vsmdi, MySolutionName2.vsmdi, etc. I've compared the files and they are the same. They live in the solution root and always have. The workaround that we have is to undo checkout on the files in question and then it works fine unti one next restarts the IDE. Any ideas anyone else getting odd behaviour with vsmdi files I've C&P'd the XML contents below: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > - < Tests > < edtdocversion branch =" retail " build =" 50727 " ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System Build.Tasks.Get excluding certain directories?
Is there a way to customize the <Get> task of TFS so that I can say exclude getting certain directories under the source folder Thanks! The easiest way is just to modify the WorkspaceMapping.xml file (checked into the same directory as TfsBuild.proj). Check out the following post for more info: http://blogs.msdn.com/manishagarwal/archive/2005/10/13/480584.aspx . -Aaron ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Laptop Computer Requirements - Simple DirectX games
Compiler: Visual Studio.NET 2002 Hi All, I want to buy a new laptop computer to program basic DirectX games. I have only ever bought desktops before and am a bit suprised by the lower technology of the laptops (especially the motherboard). My present desktop is a 2.6GHz with a 256 MB Graphics card. (I need a laptop, as it is becoming more impractical for me to be in front of my desktop when I am able to do any programming.) I am programming simple(ish) DirectX games. The game I am working on is chess. I am using full Direct3D including textures. Obviously the AI is quite heavy. Sounds are basic. Due to the AI requirements I believe I need a minimum of a 2GHz motherboard. However this puts a bit of strain on the cost so I might ...Show All
SQL Server Error adding existing SSIS Package to new Project
Hi, All: I am relatively new to SQL Server 2005 SSIS. I encountered the below error while trying to add an existing package to a newly created Project: Failed to save package file <path_filename> with error 0x80029C4A "Error loading type library/DLL.". If someone has encountered this error, please reply with a solution or suggestions. Thanks. Actually, all of the SQL components are installed; however, there are no Service Packs installed. The OS is 32-bit. Thanks for your reply. ...Show All
Smart Device Development Custom Control doesn't invalidate original drawing area when resized
Hello, I'm having a problem anchoring and resizing custom controls on Windows CE 5.0. For testing purposes I created a simple custom control that overrides OnPaint and draws a border. The issue is that when I resize the control, either programmatically or by using anchoring, the original region of the control isn't updated. If the control is docked, the entire drawing region updates correctly. Does anyone know why this is happening I'm using CF 2.0 SP1. Chris That did the trick! I'm still curious why resizing a custom control at runtime doesn't invalidate it automatically. It does force a call to OnPaint, so what extra actions are taken by calling Invalidate Thanks for the help. Chris ...Show All
SharePoint Products and Technologies Auto Permission Granting
Is there a way of automatically granting users existing a list permission to access the site Example: Lets say that we have a list of employees information. The list contains general information of all company employees. If a new employee is created in this list, he/she should automatically be granted permission to the Employees site. Thanks in advanced. Hi, The solution you describe really depends on what version of sharepoint you are using and how authentication is being used. You will have to deal things like which authentication provider is used, if you can use eventhandlers, etc. Can you give some more information about these things Grtz, Mart ...Show All
Smart Device Development playing .wmv using .net CF
Hello, is there a way to run a .wmv movie clip using .NET CF project on a ppc 2003. have a great year of 2007!!! The following MSDN article show how to do this in WM 5.0 (section Media Player Control) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/Working_with_Multimedia.asp This should be working as well for a Pocket PC 2003 type of device ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System deploy/schema compare scripts - Option for checking IF EXISTS
My scripts need to check for existence of tables, columns, etc. before creating or altering. My procs and functions need to check existence and drop if they do already exist then create. Is there any way to control script preferences to accomplish this DC - Thanks, your problem is much clearer :). You can, from the command-line, build and deploy, specifying a target connection and server, which generates the correct build script for each server. You'd do something like: MSBuild /t:Deploy /p:TargetDatabase= TargetDatabaseName /p:BuildScriptName= YourBuildScript .sql DatabaseProjectName .dbproj (More information available here - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa833271(VS.80).aspx ...Show All
Architecture if not to use session variables then what
Hi Everybody, I have question which comes to mind of nearly everybody who is designing a webapplication in .net. I wish to store some user related data across the webpages in a Asp.net website. Since the data is big, i don't wish to use session variables to store that. So where should i store it One thing i want to make clear here that i don;t want to use cookies(now i think i am becoming too selfish :) ). Somebody told me of making a class static but i don't know whether it is a feasible solution for a webapplication .IF somebody knows about this ,kindly let me know with some code for direction. Some other people say that we should persist the class which is holding the data. I don't know how to do it, might be by serial ...Show All
Community Chat Attn: Microsoft Engineers! Push-email Technology
Push-email technology is about to explode to the masses. The technology, which is available only before to blackberry users, is currently being provided by the most mobile manufacturer such as Nokia & Sony Ericson in their latest brand. The recent marketing campaign of Microsoft about using outlook in mobile proves that the technology is about to explode to the masses. However, the success of push-email, I believe, will depend on how we can tame the spam. The current spam filtering technology still doesn't prevent spam but thrown only as bulk or junk email thereby causing a lot time wasted just to delete it. We can't expect users to download 100 garbage email a day in their mobile! If email will be available without spam, everyon ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 2 models on one game1.cs?
Hello, I have followed the first three starter videos for game making in 3d, and they have worked. But, I now need to know how to put a second model into my game, and then a third, etc... Here is the code from my game1.cs Some of it may be untidy, but I can fix that at a later date. I have already loaded the second model into the pipeline, but I am unsure of how to draw the second model to the screen. Can anyone help me thanks Dave #region Using Statements using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage; #endregion name ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions cd writer supported media types
i know imapi does not support dvd writers......but i would like to be able to querry supported media types from a writer...... any suggestions on how to do this thanks.. wf what is a driver api lets not make this complicated........their is a simple solution,and when i find it i will post it...untill then ...... any other suggestions wf ...Show All