Yellow triangle in data sources Windows - visual-studio-2013

Does any one know what it means when in the visual studio data sources Windows all the tables of a dataset show a yellow triangle containing an exclamation mark next to it? I have googled like hell but can't find an answer anywhere

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Consistency of pixel/coordinate positions for Explorer across devices and Windows versions

I apologize if this is a very basic question, but I'm just starting to learn about pixels, resolution, DPI-awareness, etc.
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Tool to combine line segments into a polygon in powerpoint?

Is there a tool in powerpoint 2010 to combine lines into a polygon?
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Example figure; I want the area in the middle to be a separate polygon.
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I'm trying to format an RDLC report file in Visual Studio 2008 and I am having a formatting issue. I have a list at the bottom that contains a matrix that expands horizontally to the right. That pink box is just to visualize the problem I'm having.
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