Hi I want to create a Virtual Machine because I need to install a Windows Server OS to use the UDDI feature. I am confused with the two virtual machine available in Microsoft. What is the difference between Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2? ...
I get the impression that Microsoft is putting a significat investment into this framework, conversely I have heard the who's who (who?) of the object relational professionals think it sucks, and I have to agree. I have asked a simple question a while ago and I do not think it is unsolvable, given the commonality of that problem it shoul...
I want to track my custom activities' property values in my own tracking service, .i.e. I don't need it in the built in SQL tracking service. I have been successful in reproducing the SQL tracking service in that I can see the worklfow and activity states etc. but I want to see property values also. We are writing many workflows for a d...
I have been told that Microsoft allow employees of any company that uses it's products, such as Visual Studio 2008 or Office, to install them on their home machines. Before I do so, is this correct? It doesn't sound right to me, but I know microsoft have something called the "Home Use Program" but I'm not familiar with it and haven't s...
Hi All, I want to ask Microsoft Dynamics CRM development related question. I was requested to develop an application which can respond when Outlook pops up a message. Here is the case: We send our weekly Quick Campaign from CRM Client in Outlook. But there is always an error that pops up randomly once or twice (that makes the Quick Cam...
I would appreciate it if someone can guide me to the new MS APIs necessary for modifying/controlling the Windows 7 Action Center. What I need to do is integrate the Backup notification messages in my application which is a backup application in the Action Center. In other words, I want Windows to show that the backup operation was succes...
Can anyone explain the need/use of 'symbols' in the Microsoft debugger? I spent some time trying to figure out the debugger a while back and never was able to get it making any sense ( I was trying to debug a server hang).. Part of my problem was not having the proper 'symbols'. So what are they.. and why would I need them.. Aren't I j...
Hi ! I'm working with MS Reporting Services. The underlying datasource is IEnumerable<MyObject>, I'm not using DataSets. Every MyObject has properties and some other IEnumerable collections. In the report I want to display all the properties from MyObject and the collections lists too. I didn't know how to display this inner collect...
Does anyone know how to fix the issue which is displayed in the image. This is the expression designer window in Reporting Services 2008. It appears that the font size has been significantly reduced, but as of yet we haven't been able to find an option to enlarge the font to its default size. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks ...
I have just installed Microsoft Robotics Studio 2008 R2, and I must admit that I'm shocked to discover how paths are handled. First of the studio wants to install itself into my personal profile (this is on Vista): C:\Users\MyUserName\Microsoft Robotics Dev Studio 2008 R2 I assume this is because during development I have to write fi...
I'm trying to install Mobile Client Software Factory July 2006 (refresh) on a XP OS. But it is failing with an error message This installer requires the Guidance Automation Extensions, June 2006 CTP or later, which is not present on the computer. Please install it and try again. But I've installed Gu...
Hi, I am trying to figure out what hashing algorithm is used for the Microsoft Symbol Local Cache directory. For example, the local cache can be something like the following L:\Symbols \browseui.dll \44FBC679fe000 browsue.dll \browseui.pdb \44F402F62 browseui.pdb \explorer.exe ...
I'm working on a project whose setup uses the APIs documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB317540 to install and uninstall assemblies into the GAC. The KB article states: SUMMARY The native code application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow you to interact with the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) are not documen...
I have learned that Lua.NET was sponsored by Microsoft Research. How can one contact them and ask for sponsorship for research? Has anyone any experience in it? ...
I am using the Outlook view control to make a shared public outlook calendar available in HTML. The issue is I need buttons so the user can control the calendar view (day, week, month). Since Microsoft eliminated the "view" param, and I am pointing to a shared calendar and not the ginaric user's calendar, I'm a little stuck. Here is m...
Up until this point all the .NET remoting code I have written or worked with has been exposed as SingleCall. I ran across a .NET remoting component hosted in a Windows service that is exposed as a Singleton. This object has the potential to be called by more than one client at the same time, and it has no locks or other provisions to p...
I tried to get DsoFramer and found that its download page and KB article are missing. I've downloaded DsoFramer from cnet.com but I am still curious: why it is removed and if it is deliberate, what should we use instead of it? ...
I have tried converting many projects from vb.net 2005 to vb.net 2008, and not a single one has ever made it. Why do you think they even bothered to include this tool if it is very clearly broken? I mean, it can convert some code okay, but I can never load Design view properly, and it'll almost never compile without error. Whats the poi...
I have a simple intranet form where the user has to enter info for a Time off Request or other for some other internal company use. I would like to propagate the name field with the current Real Name that is logged in Microsoft Active Directory. The user has to login on their computer. Is there a way to pull that Real Name with a ph...
I noticed that there are sealed and interface keywords in C++. Is this just for CLR C++? If not, when were sealed and interface added to the C++ standard? Do they have the same meaning in C++ as they do in C#? If not, how do I get the equivalent in standard C++? ...