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• Windows Forms How to lock the DateTimePicker

  I would like to know how I can lock my datetimepicker control so the user cannot edit it, but not have it all greyed out like it is when the enabled property is set to false. Does anyone know how to do this I found a nice sample that I am using to give the DateTimePicker a ReadOnly property.  You might find it useful: http://www.grazioli.ch/Blog/content/binary/ControlsLibrary_src.zip Tony ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Code Reviewer Report

  How would I go about creating a report that listed changesets in a project and the name of the code reviewer. We require the "Code Reviewer" field to be populated with a name durring check-in. And want to get a report on that field. Thanks for your help, Nate Several Developer resources can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/teams_wit_tools/archive/2007/03/26/tfs-report-developer-resources.aspx Here is information on how to get started creating a custom adapter: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb286956(VS.80).aspx Let us know when you have questions. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Radio Button Patterns in WPF?

  I am trying to write an automation provider for a collection of radio buttons in a WPF application. The help files seem to indicate that I should implement a selection provider pattern for the collection, which would mean that the Radio Buttons support the Selection Item provider pattern. Unfortunately radio buttons do not seem to support any Automation patterns. Does this mean I will need to create a custom Radio Button class that implements the pattern I need to use or is there an easier way around this problem HI, I am using the below code to select the radioButton but i am getting the error( given below in red). It seems that radio button don't support selectionItemPattern. I am using m ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Game and GameComponent Feedback

  We've been combing the forums and the Connect database for bugs, feedback and suggestions around the application model. We still have a small amount of time to consider any other feedback you may have. So this is the thread that you post your latest likes or dislikes with Game, GameComponent, services, etc. Please scan the other threads before posting here, I'd like to just gather things that haven't already been discussed or reported elsewhere. Thanks! Definitively is correct. Something that I believe that is also necessary is that the components include designers and wizards of configuration, much more intuitive that PropertyBox. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Nested SQL For Crystal Report

  Dear All, I am very new to crystal report. My problem is quite simple. First I have a table as branch and another one is employee. So I am doing first a select * from branch. Then based on each branchID I do another sql search called as select * from employee where employee.branchID=branchID.branchID. So how do I go about crystal to create this form of reports.Thus the second query is nested in the first query. I want my report to be formatted in this way Branch 1 Employee 1 Employee 2 Branch 2 Employee 3 Employee 4 Employee 5 Can some one pls help me I am very new to crystal reports. Thanks in advance. Hi, Let me explain what I have done first I mad ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is *ANYTHING* the same as the last Beta?!?!?!

  WHAT THE *&#@$ is wrong with you! ! ! ! ! Sorry guys, this totally pisses me off here... I had a solid game engine going with the last beta and now NOTHING works. Sorry, you guys suck for this one... Don't give me the whole beta schpeel either, cuz you DON'T change that much between betas, you have that nailed-down beforehand... If the last one was called "Alpha" I wouldn't be complaining, but wow this blows and I don't know if I'm even going to PORT my game from You to YOU!!! Re-*&#@$-diculous! @Jim: Nobody is going to participate in betas if they KNOW it's not worth it. I'm not saying people should start making release-commercial-ready products with beta software (well they can but it's their ris ...Show All

• SQL Server how to deploy a solution created onto different system

  Hi, I have a solution with it packages, and the solution is running. Now, I want to deploy the same solution onto other server machine. What would be the best way to do this Any suggestions regarding this Well, if your packages are stored as file system files; the only think you have to do is to copy the packages files (.dtsx) onto the new SSIS server along with configuration files (if any). Project, Solution and datasource files do net need to be copied for deployment proposes. I don't know if that is the 'right' way or not but that's how I do it. I know the procedure is different if you are storing the packages in a DB.   Update: I just googled 'SSIS deploy' and found some paper ...Show All

• Smart Device Development is it possible to make pda as a video capturing machine?

  I want to make the pda to capture the video in live and then send back storage server in real time throught WiFi. In another word, I want to make the pda to become a wireless webcam As I've explained before, there's no unified API for camera before WM 5.0. So p lease call device manufacturer for video capture SDK if available. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Reporting against TfsVersionControl

  All. I had made a post in the TFS Reporting forum, and was directed here for better feedback; http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=624073&SiteID=1&mode=1 I am looking to create audit reports, and found none "out of the box". So, I'm looking for suggestions (any and all) on querying this database. Particularly, I am looking for two reports; 1) Who has what checked out, 2) Check out history of an item(s). Thanks, Chuck Thanks for your reply. I will definitely look at TFS SideKick tools you mention. While I don't mind writing SQL and have been doing it for a while, I agree that coding directly against the physical schema is risky, at best. I will also take a clos ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 2 Questions for Beta 2: Flipping and Initializing

  Hello! So, yesterday I've finally compiled my game under new Beta :) And an hour ago I've even launched it. Now I got 2 questions: 1. Help says: "The Initialize method is where you can initialize any assets that do not require a GraphicsDevice to be initialized." Well, when I work with my program GraphicsDevice seems to be well initialized in Initialize (more exactly after calling of base method). Is it just a side effect and I should not rely on it or it is an error in documentation 2. I use SpriteEffects to flip my batches. When I first run my game under Beta 2 all sprites are not flipped. I've look through documentation but got no clue - XNA seems to be ignoring SpriteEffects. What's wrong Thanks! Stas ...Show All

• .NET Development Progressive Slow Down using XmlDocument

  I am writting an application that communicates with another local application through xml using TCP/IP. There is steady communication, and one application acts as a server sending and receiving contant results to and from the main interface. After a while simple methods invoked on an XmlDocument object take longer and longer. I was origrinally using one member XmlDocument in the class that was doing the work, so I changed it to use localized XmlDocument's inside each function of the class, and the progressive slow down persists. I have mapped the time it takes for specific lines of code and it grows at an exponential order. One line of code that does this is: p_obj_XmlDoc.LoadXml( "somexml string here"); Any ideas of what coul ...Show All

• Smart Device Development white box around the item text in list view with LVS_EX_GRADIENT

  Hi, Again another question about white box thingy... I have a listview with imagelist attached to it (LVS_ICON) and I set it to LVS_EX_GRADIENT extended style but the item's text will surround with a white box which doesn't looks good, I try to set the text's background color to the listview's background color by the following code ListView_SetTextBkColor(hList, ListView_GetBkColor(hList)); but it doesn't work...it returned white color (which is the initial color before having the gradient color) is there anyone know how to blend the item text to the background of the listview ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Cider Release Strategy

  Is Cider (and all the .Net 3.0 project support) going to be released as an addin to VS 2005 or is it only going to be released in the next version of VS (Orcas) Steve Many thanks! I hope the next final release of VS Orcas will not break compatibility with the final CTP for VS 2005. Eriawan ...Show All

• SQL Server StreamNotFoundException in reports with drill and images

  Hi, I always have this exception: w3wp!library!1!02/28/2007-13:50:11:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.StreamNotFoundException: The stream cannot be found. The stream identifier that is provided to an operation cannot be located in the report server database., ; Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.StreamNotFoundException: The stream cannot be found. The stream identifier that is provided to an operation cannot be located in the report server database. When i try to drill in a report that have images. The weird is that i only have this error when i view this report in ReportViewer in a .aspx page. When i try to enter in this report directly by using the ReportServer ( http://s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Events in DSL Elements

  Hi, I started by making a simple DSL solution and customizing property values (i.e define a combo box to display possible values for a property and another "customization" to open a form where I collect several data). Now I would like to define a type for a property, something like "Collection" where I can save the data I collect on a form. I didn’t understant the info on MSDN about "Domain Type Descriptor" and "Property Paths" . Any example How do I handle the mouse click and double click events on a DSL Element Thanks, DevDiver Hi W, Can you please send me that info related to serialization/deserialization Tks. Best regards, D. ...Show All