Visual Studio Orcas
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Visual style in Vista

2428 byte By RobertLettan at 2008-3-7
Although I'm sure that "Orcas" is still in fairly early development stages, so far I've not found much that make it more appealing than "Whitbey". I've probably not used it long enough yet for the technical aspect of how good it can be, and there might be some core ...

error when running visual basic express orcas

413 byte By kgs1951 at 2008-3-7
I have installed the beta edition on windows xp sp2. When I run the visual basic program I get the following error message:Error 1 Error embedding Win32 manifest: Manifest File 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\default.win32manifest' cannot be found. I have reinstalled the ...

I found a huge bug!

1113 byte By SevenAlive at 2008-3-7
This bug is really pissing me off. Here is what i did and what happened.I created toolbar, added some items, some of them with images, the images are resources.Ok everything is fine until.I go to properties>resources and delete a resource, its not in use by anything. Then i delete the image ...

I am going to install the framework 3.5 on to my hosting machine

52 byte By www.ilkon.com at 2008-3-7
does that corrupt any applications running on 2.0 ?

SyncSession questions

785 byte By ThomasCWY at 2008-3-7
Hi, i'm new to this SSCE but i'm interested of what it can do, so i did some readings and experimenting with different database, but i was hit by a problem and would like someone who's kind enough to explain to me.do all syncsession's strings (SyncClientIdHash,SyncNewReceivedAnchor, etc) ...

DataGridView Column Header Backcolor change not working

688 byte By Craigton at 2008-3-7
Hi, I've tried to change the backcolour of the Column Headers in a DataGridview but making the change in the properties or in code has no effect e.g. the following code statement doesn't cause any change With dgv .ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Beige end with What am I ...

Visual Basic Orcas

837 byte By vans_p_2c07ca at 2008-3-7
Visual Basic OrcasFor those of you who might be curious about how the XML integration features in VB9 work, ... at least) is that the March 2007 Orcas CTP is now out. ...www.panopticoncentral.net/category/24.aspx/rss - 51k - Cached - Similar pages ...

Unable to edit forms or datasets in Vista 32-bit

1272 byte By EricHarmon at 2008-3-7
I installed Orcas Beta 1 Professional on my Vista Ultimate 32-bit machine. When it was completed installing, I ran it. It started fine, and then I created a new WinForms application project, which succeeded. When I try to view the form designer for Form1, I get the following error: Microsoft ...

CLR Profiler for Visual Studio 2008

566 byte By stone_man at 2008-3-7
Is there a version of the CLR Profiler that works with the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition beta?According to at least 1 web page the CLR Profiler is included with Visual Studio 2008. ...

Where is the WMI.NET Provider Extension 2.0 in the March CTP?

203 byte By VBADerks at 2008-3-7
Hi, Has anybody found the namespaces, samples, docs how to use the WMI.NET Provider extension 2.0 that should be included in the March CTP (according to the release notes)? Victor

Unusual compiler error - Equals(object obj)

1368 byte By Grorange at 2008-3-7
Error 1 'TexasHoldemCalculator.Card' does not contain a definition for 'equals' and no extension method 'equals' accepting a first argument of type 'TexasHoldemCalculator.Card' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) ...

building issues

385 byte By Anonymous9999993415 at 2008-3-7
i get server errors when trying to build a app and i cant figure out how here are the codes fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '..\..\lib\debug\login.lib' Could not delete temporary file. Make sure that you do not have it open and that the file is not protected how can i fix theses ...

How to combine data from two tables into one EntityType?

818 byte By nakrian at 2008-3-7
Using the vNext August CTP and Linq May CTP LINQtoEntities Sample I would like to include the CategoryName of the Northwind Categories table in the Product EntityType, to be able to do following query:var products = from p in db.Products orderby p.CategoryName select p;foreach (Product p in ...

Can't read Y coordinate value when resizing window in Designer

346 byte By NickNotYet at 2008-3-7
Steps: Create a new WinFx app. Resize the window in the designer and try to see the y value. Result: Can't see the left most digit of the y coordinate value because it is written on the edge of the window frame in the same color. Expect: Move it over a little so I can read it. NIK ...

Incorrect UPDATE SQL being generated by DataContext

951 byte By JamesLett at 2008-3-7
When using the DataContext object to retrieve and update a database, if I have a property that maps to a column with a different name the UPDATE SQL generated uses the property name as opposed to the name specified in the column attribute. [Table(Name="TestTable")]public class TestObject{ ...

WinFX For Visual Studio RTM

194 byte By DotNetFireball at 2008-3-7
I have readed about the Visual Studio 2005 RTM is planned to be released today on msdn, is planned to be released also a recompiled version of WinFX runtimes and SDK for RTM soon? Sebastian

Exception when sending larger amount of Data

5701 byte By duke at 2008-3-7
Hi.My Services fail when they transmit arrays larger than an certain size.The size seams to be independent to the binding used.The exception thrown is usually: Unhandled Exception: System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException: The server did not provide a meaningful reply; this might be caused by ...

Lnk1104 cannot open "d3dx9.lib"

492 byte By tatoo45 at 2008-3-6
I am using visual studio c++ 2008 express edition and I try to run some code with d3dx9 library but it doesn't work if I run a code using only d3d9 library the code compile and run without any problems. The d3dx9 and d3d9 libraries are in the same folder. I reinstal the SDK(August2007) more ...

Insert/Overwrite mode

133 byte By TENware at 2008-3-6
How can I detect the state or mode of the Insert key? Whether the current state is Insert or Overwrite? (VB 2005)

I found a huge bug!

1113 byte By SevenAlive at 2008-3-6
This bug is really pissing me off. Here is what i did and what happened.I created toolbar, added some items, some of them with images, the images are resources.Ok everything is fine until.I go to properties>resources and delete a resource, its not in use by anything. Then i delete the image ...

Image set up file

384 byte By Heinz3 at 2008-3-6
I spent 2 hours downloading the image file (~1GB) hoping toinstall it from hard disk rather than burning to DVD(which I dont have). But dismayed to see there is no'set up' file. I dont want another 2 hours downloadingan installation.Is there any way I can use the image file to install from ...

using Sync Service on Windows Mobile 5.0 apps

3669 byte By tech_tantra at 2008-3-6
Hi I am developing an application on windows mobile 5.0 environment and using VS 2005 for the same. I thought of making use Microsoft ADO.Net synchronization services for sync funcionality. I am trying to make use of the same code as available in OfflineAppDemo-TSQL+SProc but trying to ...

Custom Tool generates C# code for a VB strongly typed dataset - bug or feature?

486 byte By ChrisN at 2008-3-6
Using VS Web Developer 2008 Express Edition I create a strongly typed dataset (.xsd) in the \AppCode directory, setting the language as VB at creation time.The generated code, viewable in Class View, comes out in C#, making it impossible to add partial classes (since I'm a VB developer).Could ...

Wooley's Wonderings : Upcoming Orcas CTP enhances XML in VB

461 byte By vans_p_2c07ca at 2008-3-6
Wooley's Wonderings : Upcoming Orcas CTP enhances XML in VBI'm eagerly looking forward to the next (February/March?) CTP of Orcas. The XML team has just annouced some of the changes that will be coming with the next ... ...

Distributing applications written with Visual Studio Orcas

1032 byte By EricHarmon at 2008-3-6
I know what the usual policy is with respect to redistributing applications using a beta version of one of the compilers, and ordinarily I wouldn't even broach this subject. However, because Orcas can target .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0 I'm going to ask... If I want to use Orcas to develop a .NET ...

outlook Store Synchronization (with custom fields) vs winform addin with "Synchronization S

906 byte By hellomydisplaynamegoeshere at 2008-3-6
I am looking to build an orcas vsto outlook addin for an OBA app where I am going to use winform controls to make the addins. Many of the fields are not going to be intrinsic to the outlook store namespace (e.g. contact names etc) although many of the screens will be based on them.The users are ...

Orcas prevent me from creating TestRunConfig files in VS 2005

756 byte By Jarodtweiss at 2008-3-6
Hello All, I have VS Team Edition for Developpers on my computer (SP1) and I have installed Orcas (March CTP). Now when I run VS 2005 and that I do Add new item / Test run config file, here is the error that I'm facing : "Couldn't load file or assembly ...

Allow C# to infer generic type parameters from return type?

1095 byte By Michael_Giagnocavo at 2008-3-6
What is the thinking around letting C# infer generic type params when returning from a method? I'm sure I'm not explaining this right, so let me demonstrate: Code Snippet static int Foo(){ return Bar();}static T Bar<T>(){ return default(T);} It seems to me that in this case, the ...

Resource editor: Snaplines

265 byte By PaloMisik at 2008-3-6
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Do you plan to add cool feature called SnapLine(from Windows forms designer) into native resource editor(rc.files dialog editor)? I personally think that snaplines are really helpful when you do a lot of dialogs. </span>

Does the .NET 3.0 July CTP include ADO.NET 3.0?

573 byte By MichaelHerman-Parallelspace- at 2008-3-6
The .NET 3.0 July CTP can be downloaded from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=62057A6F-185F-41DB-ABE5-678F6FC388F0&displaylang=enDoes this include ADO.NET 3.0?If not, when ADO.NET 3.0 is released, will it be part of a .NET 3.0 CTP? ...or a standalone ...

Binding sample causes error in VS - workaround doesn't seem to

4163 byte By NickNotYet at 2008-3-6
Just FYI Steps: Extract and Build - Binding to a Non-Text Property Sample ms-help://MS.MSSDK.1033/MS.WinFXSDK.1033/wpf_samples/html/c08d47f3-610a-4dae-911c-7c201ba1909e.htm Result: Error 1 Assembly '' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference? ...

Trips to the database

305 byte By DaveFoderick at 2008-3-6
I have a general performance question that needs clarification. Assuming an object graph of Customer, Orders, OrderDetails and assume I am retrieving one customer with 10 orders and each order has 5 orderdetails, how many trips to the database will be required? Is it 3 or 12?Thanks,Dave ...

WindowsFormsIntegration x64

93 byte By andokai at 2008-3-6
Anyone know if or when this dll will be available for the x64 platform? Thanks, Andrew

What is the equavilent of ServiceContract(FormatMode ...) in Beta 2?

268 byte By hyan at 2008-3-6
In beta 1, ServiceContract attribute had a parameter called FormatMode which we can use to specify a different formatter. The parameter is gone in Beta 2. Does any one know how should I specify that I want to use XmlSerilizer instead of XmlFormatter in beta 2? Thanks.

Use MSDN Library filter by default

519 byte By xzuakdwn at 2008-3-5
Is there any way to set the default filter when you hit Help->Index in VC++ 9 EE to something other than 'Visual C++ Express Edition'? It bothers me that whenever I go to the Index, the filter goes straight to 'VC++ Express Edition', which contains virtually nothing of use for a native ...

Vista WPFApplication "Requested registry access is not allowed"

700 byte By Nathan-Vindicator at 2008-3-5
This relates to my previous post at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=1502561&siteid=1Basically it comes down to me not being able to create a WPFApplication as a new project.It comes up with the error "Requested registry access is not allowed".From a search, I ...

Publish error in default projects - SignTool.exe not found

1715 byte By Audiosapien at 2008-3-5
Hi, I get an error when attempting to Build->Publish either a new Windows Forms or WPFApplication. The project builds fine, but when trying to publish I get the following errors: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5.20404\Microsoft.Common.targets : warning MSB3155: Item ...

VB Orca Express using 2.0 .net instead of 3.5

122 byte By Viper8896 at 2008-3-5
hi i have downloaded vb express orca and when i click help about it says microsoft .net framework 2.0 instead of 3.5

Client tables become System tables after sync

1365 byte By CraigH at 2008-3-5
Hi All After working through the various demos, we've started using Sync Services to sync data between Sql Server Express Edition and Compact Edition. We create the schema in SSCE manually using DDL rather than using the SyncSchema functionality. All looked good until we wanted to update the ...

MethodAccessException with Activator.CreateInstance

1403 byte By INVENTBroadcast at 2008-3-5
Hi I have a simple windows application project (MyProject) with one Form (MyForm) and one user control (MyControl) I'm trying to create a new instance of MyControl by using the Activator.CreateInstance method, this failed with the inner exception: System.MethodAccessException ...

Microsoft XML Team's WebLog : VB 9.0 Xml in Visual Studio "Orcas ...

2675 byte By vans_p_2c07ca at 2008-3-5
Microsoft XML Team's WebLog : VB 9.0 Xml in Visual Studio "Orcas ... In February CTP you will find the same functionality as in the May CTP with many improvements. Some of these improvements came from the feedback of ...

VS Orcas beta 1, where to submit bugs?

340 byte By SimonFERQUEL at 2008-3-5
Hi, I am testing Visual Studio Orcas (WEB express for the moment, because I am not an MSDN subscriber), and I would like to send feedback and submit bugs (the first thing that appears to me, is that System.Web.Extensions assembly does not appear in the Object Browser). Where can I send my ...

orcas vsto -outlook addins uninstalling

908 byte By hellomydisplaynamegoeshere at 2008-3-5
When I'm creating Outlook Addins in Orcas VSTO I would like to know what is the easiest way to 'uninstall' the add-in when I'm done using it. My outlook toolbar is getting too cluttered with all the examples. I know how to edit the registry to clean it all up but I was hoping for some ...

How or From where should I download Download the Base image (one-time only):self-extracting base

912 byte By jabe at 2008-3-5
Dear Vidya Vrat Agarwal, I already have tried to download this self-extracting base image VSCTPBase.exe from official site as http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b533619a-0008-4dd6-9ed1-47d482683c78&DisplayLang=en#filelist over hundred times these two weeks and ...

Nested expression trees

697 byte By nikov at 2008-3-5
I've installed Orcas and began to play with lambdas and expression trees.Is it allowed to use 'nested' exression trees?I mean: Code Snippet using System;using System.Linq;using System.Linq.Expressions;namespace Nikov.Linq{ using Expr = Expression<Func<int, int>>; class Program ...

MFC support for auto hiding menus

2564 byte By MariusBancila at 2008-3-5
MFC 9.0 has support for the automaticall and manual hiding of menus. To enable that, SetMenuBarVisibility must be called. This method of class CFrameWnd requires AFX_MBV_DISPLAYONFOCUS to be passed in order to hide the menu automatically and show it only when pressing the ALT key. However, ...

How to combine data from two tables into one EntityType?

826 byte By nakrian at 2008-3-5
Using the vNext August CTP and Linq May CTP LINQtoEntities Sample I would like to include the CategoryName of the Northwind Categories table in the Product EntityType, to be able to do following query:var products = from p in db.Products orderby p.CategoryName select p;foreach (Product p in ...

Drag and Drop Column Headers for a custom grid

277 byte By Nani at 2008-3-5
hi all, I am working on WPF. i have few questions. Can any one please answer 1) how to implement drag and drop the column headers for my own custom data grid!! 2) How to select multiple rows and columns in my data grid? thanks in advance

DataContext.GetQueryParameters?

1282 byte By FrancoisTanguay at 2008-3-5
I have the ability to obtain the underlying sql select statement for a given expression.However, it has parameters instead of hardcoded values. I would need the possibility to get the underlying parameters as well in order to be able to execute the sql statement directly.Northwind db = new ...

Vector Image Format for WPF?

679 byte By TylerBrown at 2008-3-5
How can I go about creating vector images for use in WPF. I've heard of different XAML export capabilities, but this simply translates the image into XAML markup, which is not a vector image format. Will there be an image format which will be used for vector images in WPF?The reason I ask is ...

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