visual-studio-2005

Report Matrix filler

I have a matix in my report (VS2005) i would like the matrix to display a default of 12 rows even if no data is available. i have not figured out how to do this so i create a group of rectangles below the grid and each row of these rectangles has is visibility changed based on the row count in the matrix. the problem with this is that t...

Error while retrieveing BLOB field from database?

Hi all. I'm trying to retrieve a BLOB field from Oracle and show it in a crystal report. While viewing the report, I've that error: Failed to open a rowset. Details: ADO Error Code: 0x Source: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for oracle Description: Unspecified error I use a View as report datasource, its script SELECT COMPANY_ID, COMPANY_...

VS2005 and LINQ

Can I use LINQ within VS2005 if I have .NEt 3.5 installed? ...

Problem updating Connection String in Visual Studio Sql Service Projects

I have created a few clr stored procedures and had them setup to our development environment. I now want to update the connection string on the database tab of the project but its not saving. Here is the list of things I have done: I checked to make sure that the project file and user project file were not read-only I have deleted th...

Merge Module Project Help - Visual Studio 2005

I am currently making changes to my company's enterprise library and I am looking into creating a deployment project that will allows developer to set up the library through the MSI installer or some type of set up executable. I was looking into using a Merge Module project to accomplish this task. A basic google search did not produce...

Automatically deploy referenced assembly as "Resource" in VS2005/Biztalk 2006

I have a two-project solution - one project contains my schemas and Biztalk orchestration, and the other contains a DLL that is referenced from my orchestration and does that actual work (it's shared code, so there's no chance I can just incorporate it into the biztalk assembly). The second assembly is added as a reference from the Bizta...

sum of formatted numbers

Regarding reporting services 2005: I want to sum the field of a measure. If I sum 0.234 + 0.441 and format the sum to 2 digits after the point it will give 0.7. Because I format in the same way the field itself it shows 0.2+0.4=0.7. It says I have to do the sum by adding the rounded field each time. The only way I found to round a number...

VBPROJ / CSPROJ

I'm trying to dig into the XML for a VBPROJ file. Does anyone know where I can find a good resource that explains the structure and attribute usage? ...

Using HashSet in C# 2.0, compatible with 3.5

I really want to use hashsets in my program. Using a dictionary feels ugly. I'll probably start using VS2008 with .Net 3.5 some day, so my ideal would be that even though I can't (or can I?) use hashsets in VS2005, when I start using .NET 3.5, I don't want to have to change much, if anything, in order to switch to using these hashsets....

Is it possible to somehow upgrade .NET versions without upgrading Visual Studio versions?

I currently use Visual Studio 2005 for all my personal projects, which means I'm also working with the .NET 2.0 framework. As one could imagine, it's getting that outdated feeling to it. I got this version of VS for free through MSDN's academic alliance program when I was in school. Now that I'm out of school, I sadly don't have access t...

Why is doing a .Net 2.0 build clean solution causing errors?

I have a .net Solution that creates a DLL. It it made up of two projects. (Side information one contains a number of my special functions/classes etc. written in VB.Net. The second is some functions/classes etc. that are specific to a client and these use my classes) After some this and that and the other work I can build and rebuild t...

Why will Visual Studio 2005 not debug my javascript?

In this very simple ASP.NET application, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express CAN debug the Javascript fine but the full version of Visual Studio 2005 CANNOT debug it, namely: when I click on a line in the main.js file it gives me a red circle with a question mark on it, the mouse hover revealing: "This break point will not be reached, no s...

Can I rename a dataset in the VS 2005 properties window and have this refactor through my code?

Hi, I tried the above but when I attempted to rebuild I received errors as the compiler couldn't find the dataset by it's old name. I know it might be lazy, but I'm used to being able to rename an item in it's properties window and have the refactoring happen silently behind the scenes for me. Is there a way I can do the same thing w...

How can I get Visual Studio 2005 to show my running JavaScript files in the Script Explorer?

In the question Why will Visual Studio 2005 not debug my javascript? I learned that debugging is possible in Visual Studio 2005 but you have to start debugging your application and then press CTRL-ALT-N to open the Script Explorer to set break points, etc. However, even with the following simple code, when I press CTRL-ALT-N, the Scrip...

Why would javascript click-areas not be working in IE8?

I'm trying to find a bug in an old ASP.NET application which causes IE8 to not be able to click on the following "button" area in our application: <td width="150px" class="ctl00_CP1_UiCommandManager1i toolBarItem" valign="middle" onmouseout="onMouseOverCommand(this,1,'ctl00_CP1_UiCommandManager1',0,0);" onmouseo...

Microsoft SQL Report Builder - Visual Studio 2005

Hi, I am creating a Report Model Project in Visual Studio 2005. In the data source view, I am adding the entities that represent subsets of the data of my tables. For some tables, there is a 1-many relationship. For example, Entity A has a Primary Key of A_ID, and links to Entity B through this field which is present in both A and B. F...

The name 'controlname' does not exist in the current context

I have a web application that I'm working on (ASP.NET2.0 with C#, using VS2005). Everything was working fine, and all of a sudden I get the error: Error 1 The name 'Label1' does not exist in the current context and 43 others of the sort for each time that I used a control in my codebehind of the page. This is only happening for 1 p...

VS2005, how to set application to use a certain dll in the application's path?

I open my application by WinDebug, and see the following information, But some of dll is using path : C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.MFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_x-ww_3bf8fa05. Does it mean when I deploy this application on other PC, if the path do not contain the dll, the application will failed to initialize? I am writin...

How to include Castle ActiveRecord assemblies with a C# project

I've run into what could be a potential problem with the professor getting a C# program to run. The documentation for Castle ActiveRecord says: If you are using Visual Studio .Net, add references to the following assemblies: Castle.ActiveRecord.dll Castle.Core.dll Castle.Components.Validator.dll Castle.DynamicProxy....

How do I use .NET 3.0 in VS2005?

I am trying to use Auto-implemented properties in VS2005. I have .NET 3.0 framework loaded on my machine, but Visual Studio is still compiling with .NET 2.0. How do I tell it to use .NET 3.0? ...