"Robert Gruen [MSFT]" <robgruen@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Paul,
>
> When setting the link property I was still seeing that the file got copied
> to the project directory. Either way, this option does not seem to
> available to you via the EnvDTE object. In particular the method to add a
> file to a project is: ProjectItems.AddFromFile -
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/ht
> ml/vxlrfaddfromfilemethodprojectitemsobject.asp.
>
> Thanks! Robert Gruen
> Microsoft, VB.NET
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
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> | From: "Paul S. Natanson" <paul628@concentric.net>
> | Sender: "Paul S. Natanson" <paul628@concentric.net>
> | Subject: Null Reference error in VB.NET2003
> | Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:07:37 -0800
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> | What is a Null Reference error and how do I fix it?
> |
> | My newly installed VB.Net2003 gives me a "Microsoft
> | Development Environment" error message box EVERY time I
> | try to run/start ANY project - even very simple ones.
> |
> | The error says:
> |
> | "An unhandled exception of
> | type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in
> | system.windows.forms.dll. Additional information: Object
> | reference not set to an instance of an object."
> |
> | As best I can determine from the debugger and the help
> | screens, the error has something to do with de-referencing
> | the form. But I don't even know what that means.
> |
> | This happens even when I open a project that contains
> | nothing more than an empty form. And reinstalling
> | VB.NET2003Standard did not solve the problem.
> |
> | What does this error mean? What might be causing it? And
> | how do I fix it?
> |
> | Because I doubt that I will ever be able to find this
> | bulletin board / news group again, I would be most
> | grateful if, after posting your reply here, you would also
> | please send it to me in an email. My email address is
> | paul628xxx@concentricxxx.netxxx with the xxx's removed.
> |
> | Thanks, Paul S. Natanson (Phone 1-908-630-0406 9 AM - 9
> | PM eastern USA time) paul628xxx@concentricxxx.netxxx
> | (remove xxxx's from email address). December 22, 2003
> |
> |
> |
>

>-----Original Message-----
>What is a Null Reference error and how do I fix it?
>
>My newly installed VB.Net2003 gives me a "Microsoft
>Development Environment" error message box EVERY time I
>try to run/start ANY project - even very simple ones.
>
>The error says:
>
>"An unhandled exception of
>type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in
>system.windows.forms.dll. Additional information:
Object
>reference not set to an instance of an object."
>
>As best I can determine from the debugger and the help
>screens, the error has something to do with de-
referencing
>the form. But I don't even know what that means.
>
>This happens even when I open a project that contains
>nothing more than an empty form. And reinstalling
>VB.NET2003Standard did not solve the problem.
>
>What does this error mean? What might be causing it?
And
>how do I fix it?
>
>Because I doubt that I will ever be able to find this
>bulletin board / news group again, I would be most
>grateful if, after posting your reply here, you would
also
>please send it to me in an email. My email address is
>paul628xxx@concentricxxx.netxxx with the xxx's removed.
>
>Thanks, Paul S. Natanson (Phone 1-908-630-0406 9 AM -
9
>PM eastern USA time) paul628xxx@concentricxxx.netxxx
>(remove xxxx's from email address). December 22, 2003
>
>
>.