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  • Two Jan 2007 Orcas Editions ?
    by anjanesh
    9 Replies
    Last post by BFeely
      • Hi Can anyone tell me the difference between Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - January Community Technology Preview (CTP) (Installable Bits) and Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - January 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP) Both have different links yet similar files - the latter has one 700MB extra. Thanks
  • Value cannot be null.
    by Madz666
    3 Replies
    Last post by Brian McNamara - MSFT
      • hi I get an exception in my Host. Value cannot be null. parameter string . What are the causes of this exception BTW this is my host: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.ServiceModel; using System.Configuration; namespace Host { class Program { static void Main( string [] args) { Uri
  • Why does BitmapEffect load the CPU so much in this case?
    by AlexCr
    7 Replies
    Last post by AlexCr
      • Hi, I don't understand why the use of a BitmapEffect in a "static" way would cause extra CPU loading. With the XAML snippet below in XamlPad, try rapidly typing into each of the three text boxes. Notice how the CPU is hardly used by the plain TextBox, but the CPU usage is much greater for the bottom two cases where DropShadowBitmapEffect is used. The drop shadow should only need to be
  • How to get a binding to not cache the data (but always query the object bounded property instead)?
    by PatLaplante12345
    1 Replies
    Last post by Ed Maia MSFT
      • Hi all, I have a nice problem and was wondering if I am doing things right or wrong. Please don't comment on the control layout or behavior, I was asked by someone to do something this way and it need to work this way. 1. What I need my app to do. I need to display elements (image and video) in a layout that looks somewhat like this: | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | \ / | X |
  • Question about lambda expressions - why are parentheses required
    by John Rusk
    6 Replies
    Last post by John Rusk
      • [ This is a C# 3 question. Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I couldn't find a better one :-( ] Question Why do lambda expressions require parentheses for parameters, even when there are no parameters If there is one implicitly-typed param, you can omit the parentheses, but you cannot omit them if there are no parameters at all. I.e. can write this for a lambda wit
  • "Do you want to save the changes you made to the form?" - LINQ Style?
    by Klaus Even Enevoldsen DK
    4 Replies
    Last post by Klaus Even Enevoldsen DK
      • Hello, I want to ask my user in a application that uses LINQ if he wants to save the changes, does LINQ provide a property on a DataContext or elsewhere I can check if any objects have been changed Or do I have to maintain my own variable to track changes Best Regards, Klaus Enevoldsen
  • Xaml : Binding Two Controls to one data source
    by Matthew_Hlavacek
    2 Replies
    Last post by Zhou Yong
      • Hello All, I'm running into a problem and I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm trying to data bind two combo boxes to one data table. I've got it to work, however when I change the selection of one combo box, the other one changes as well. I've seen a lot of documentation on how to solve this problem in the 2.0 framework, however, I've not seen any help on this topic so far. I w
  • Will Class designer be resurrected?
    by Ted.
    10 Replies
    Last post by Nicolas Pavlidis
      • http://blogs.msdn.com/classdesigner/archive/2005/03/04/384764.aspx What state was the code in when the plug was pulled Were you just 80% of the way there or, 95% with some bugs to fix.
  • Orcas Beta 1 WPF Designer
    by SB1
    4 Replies
    Last post by rwardw3
      • Is there any information about what additional functionality(beyond the March CTP) will be found in Beta1 Is there a list of WPF designer features planned Specifically I am interested in: 1. Localization Support - For forms, there is a Localizable property that sets up localization. Will the WPF designer have a similar property 2. Event Handlers - Will events appear in the property hand
  • Validation.ErrorTemplate stops showing when selected tab changes
    by emanon
    5 Replies
    Last post by emanon
      • I have several tab pages and the fields in the pages have validation rules on them. If a rule is broken I'd like to navigate to that tab page and have the Validation.ErrorTemplate show up on the textbox. The problem is whenever you navigate to a new tab page the Validation.ErrorTemplate disappears from the textbox. How can you get it to stay so you can navigate to a new tabpage an
  • Where is the WMI.NET Provider Extension 2.0 in the March CTP?
    by VBA Derks
    3 Replies
    Last post by Gabriel GHIZILA
      • 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
  • Completed Event of DoubleAnimation
    by bes7252
    4 Replies
    Last post by Yiling Lai
      • I'm using a DoubleAnimation to fade a control's opacity from 1 to 0. When the the opacity reaches 0, I'd like to set the Visibility property of the control to Collapsed. Here's what I have so far: DoubleAnimation ani = new DoubleAnimation (); ani.From = 1; ani.To = 0; ani.AutoReverse = false ; ani.Duration = new Duration ( TimeSpan .FromSeconds(1)); Storyboard stor
  • WPF PopUp notification to Parent Window
    by bradutz01
    5 Replies
    Last post by bradutz01
      • Hi, I'm working on a program and I have the main Window, and for example when i push a button a pop-ul will appear( i used ShowDialog() ) does anyone knows if in the parrent Window there is a Property or event that changes or triggers when it executes ShowDialog(). I have tried IsActive and Topmost but these are changing also when the window loses focus. Thanks.
  • Carl2006
    by kiril23423
    1 Replies
    Last post by carl23423
      • I am trying VS Orcas VPC and i am trying to use Linq however i cant access DataContext in order to map my classes to database entities. I can not even see System.Data.Linq or System.Data.Linq.Mapping . Though i see System.Linq library.Am i missing something Do i need to download some library Thanks
  • LINQ TO SQL NOT USING INDEXES
    by Funpilot2
    14 Replies
    Last post by Keith Farmer
      • I have a very simple query such as... Dim DB As New DataClassesDataContext Dim Results = From P In DB.Parties Where P.PartyName Like _Name.Text.Trim & "*" _ Order By P.PartyName _ Select P.PartyName, P.Division, P.CaseNumber GridView1.DataSource = Results GridView1.DataBind() Now, when I run this against a database of a few hundred thousand r
  • Binding A StaticResource to a XPath expression
    by cono_mm
    7 Replies
    Last post by cono_mm
      • I have to bind a Rectangle's Fill to a Brush ,both of them being declared in <App.Resources> It is a easy task using StaticResource for the Fill property So I've something like this: < Application.Resources > < DrawingBrush x:Key = " id " x:Name = "name "/ > < DataTemplate DataType = " item " > < Rectangle
  • Problem with install of VS 2008 beta 2 on Vista Business
    by madm
    5 Replies
    Last post by SammyD
      • Have been trying to install (Orca professional beta2) orcasbeta2prox1394646 which I had just downloaded onto my Vista Business OS, but when attempting installation get following error: "setup has encountered problem while trying to copy: E:\Setup\VSSetupWatson\DW20.EXE" have tried to redownload, reburn etc, but it just stops here and goes no further. using administrator as well. Any reco
  • Windows occasionally freeze
    by ZiggyShort
    2 Replies
    Last post by ZiggyShort
      • I notice that sometimes a window will freeze and become unresponsive to drag events/button clicks. Yet when I tab to another application via Alt-Tab, and come back again: all is well. What does the tab do to the displayed windows to make them spring back to life
  • FindResource cannot find resources
    by angelok
    8 Replies
    Last post by _Ed Noepel
      • Ok, this is one I have not been able to get a definitve answer on... When, as a control developer, can I rely on the resources being loaded, so that I can interact with styles. I'm looking for something like... OnInitialized, Loaded, OnResourceLoaded or the like. Sounds like something everyone should be hung up on (it's been a hang-up on every control I've made).
  • How to set the background of the header row in a gridview
    by fbecker
    1 Replies
    Last post by Yi-Lun Luo - MSFT
      • Hello, I want to re-style my (listview) gridview header row. But I only see the ColumnHeaderTemplate and the standart color scheme still appears in the background especially on resizing. I want to get rid of the brownish bar... Is there any way
  • Linq to MySql prototype - looking for developers
    by george moudry
    2 Replies
    Last post by zproxy
      • Anyone out there who uses MySql Am looking for contributors for the Linq to MySql project. Question to Microsoft: I have called the generator 'MySqlMetal.exe', so that Linq users would know, what it does. Do you have any problems with the blatant copying of SqlMetal name I can rename it, if you want. Thanks, Jiri George Moudry
  • XBAP mysql database update?
    by dkfarver
    3 Replies
    Last post by dkfarver
      • I'm trying to deploy a XBAP app that updates a MySQL database. Form my reading, I see there is a trusted agent problem doing this. I did this same app in PHP/Java script. Is there a way to do this in an XBAP app One of my problems is I'm doing this on a government control network with PKI attentication and providing an app cert will be difficult. I've done the app in Laszlo but would rather use WP
  • snap to device pixel for DrawingContext
    by Tom bernard
    3 Replies
    Last post by marc.laroche
      • For performance reasons, I am using DrawingContext / OnRender. However, I would like to snap to the device pixel. Is there a way to do it at this level thanks
  • New problem running XBAPs
    by imj
    14 Replies
    Last post by imj
      • Hi, I seem to be unable to run XBAPs this morning. If I open the following link: http://www.xbap.org/TicTacToe/TicTacToe.xbap I get the error below. This happens with all XBAPs. I'm not sure when it started, since I haven't tried an XBAP in a couple of days. Any ideas (running on Windows Server 2003 x64). - Imad PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 5.2.3790.131072 (Win32NT) Common Lang
  • WCF Team - svcutil.exe ALWAYS FAILS when ISerializable is implemented!
    by bennyb
    14 Replies
    Last post by bennyb
      • I have a come to the conclusion that svcutil.exe CANNOT generate a proxy if any class implements ISerializable . I have asked this question over and over and nobody seems to have an answer. Maybe the WCF team at Microsoft should just admit this so we can go back to the old xsd.exe and IXmlSerializable . http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1974004&SiteID=1