I have VS.net 2002 installed. Do I need to uninstall it before installing VS.net 2003?...more >>

Hi, I just created an ASP Net application and designed a basic ASP Net page with few controls on it. Each time I start debugging the page instead on displaying it on the browser (which is started by the way) is "downloading it"... My question is: Why this behavior? Is just a simple A...more >>

Hi, All: I ran Microsoft Window Update. It did about 10 patches. After the patch, all my aspx page quitted working. The error message is: Server Application Unavailable The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "R...more >>

Just installed Visual Studio.Net 2003,.Net Framework 1.1, and Visual Basic.Net 2003 for a college class. It installed a new User Acct called "ASP.Net Machine Account", limited, & password protected. Is this User Acct something required for interacting with VB.Net or ASP.NET? I am the Admi...more >>

to reinstall Visual Studio.NET 2003 in Windows 2000 SP4 in Maintenance = mode. --=20 George Hester __________________________________...more >>

I am trying to establish an infrastructure whereby I want only one login screen for my .net application users. In my experience, if the user's domain is different than the application domain, the user is presented with the Windows login screen a second time. Is it possible for the brow...more >>

Hi there Hope that some one can help. I am new to VS.net. Recently installed VS2003 Professional onto a PC running Windows 2000 server with SQL2000. Win2K has SP4 applied and SQL2k has SP3a applied and MDAC 2.8. After installing VS2003 Pro on the same machine when try to create a new ...more >>

Hi all, I have a solution that i am building with visual studio 2002. My build machine has 2003 installed and uses the command line arguments to automatically build the solution. However with the solutions built with 2002 i have to manually open vs.net 2003 import the 2002 file and save it...more >>

Hi, 1. I've created an ASP.NET project on my development machine. 2. I need to access a remote SQL Analysis Server: Dim dsn As String = "Provider=MSOLAP.2; Data Source=remote.server.pt; Initial Catalog=FoodMart 2000;" ' Create a OleDb(!!)-connection Dim conn As New OleDbConnection() '...more >>

1. I want to use Validation Controls on Datagrid Item Template TextBoxes. 2. What is the syntax to specify the template textbox "Control to Validate" in the Validation Control's property list? 3. Does this have to be done programatically? Thanks. Alan -- ______________________...more >>

When Office2003 Beta Installed, it created a new instance of MS SQL server that AutoStarts during boot.. Why didn't the Business Contact Manager install under the same instance of MS SQL used for Visual Studio? Can it be done this way to conserve resources? In my simple understanding it se...more >>

I am starting to do some development in VS.NET for ASPX. I'm working with .ASPX and .CS files (as code-behind for the .aspx's). I am NOT creating Web Application "Solutions" or "Projects." Just the .ASPX and .CS files themselves. I really have no choice as I'm creating files for someone el...more >>

Hi, Group I have a question. I have been using a COM function to create and manipulate excel files from .NET but with Excel 2003 I had a problem and the message that it sends is something like that "Old format or invalid type library" with Excel 2000 and previous I had had not problems before...more >>

I fill a data grid with 4 columns (UserID, Login, MachineName, and UserIn), by filling a data set object using a data adapter (SqlClient namespace). The data set object contains one data table member. I bind the data grid to the data set by setting its DataSource property to the data s...more >>

I cannot seem to install this product on my laptop. I am running a home edition of XP and have enough HDD space and RAM to accommodate the load. I have upgraded the XP for the Blaster Virus When I try to load the product the usual way, the Prerequisites disk will not load either the .NET F...more >>

I'm trying to access a SQL database that is set up on a Windows 2003 Enterprise machine on my network through my VB.NET app. I started with the following simple code just to make sure I could access the database: Dim ConnectionString As String ConnectionString = "Passwor...more >>

Look at this message. Nothing is wrong with my code and no error messages! Why doesn't it build my project? Can't stand all the bugs in VS.NET 2003! When do you release the first service pack? ------ Rebuild All started: Project: itsControls, Configuration: Debug .NET ------ Preparin...more >>

I am having issues with deployment on customer computers that I am not having on my development computer. When a customer tries to install the .msi file, they get several hundred errors in the event log. They are always in pairs and are: Detection of product '{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-...more >>

I am sick to death of Visual Studio .Net crashing on me when I try to debug ASP.Net code. What alternatives to Visual Studio .Net are there (if any) for writing ASP.Net Applications? Microsoft already has my money, so I'm sure they won't care if I use something else now... Tony. ...more >>

I have an application which has 8 dialog windows, some have timed updates on them (via a timer). What is the best way to terminate the application; i.e. what needs to be done on the main Exit button of the application; close down other dialogs etc, kill the timers etc?...more >>

Is it possible to have several dialog windows from one application visible (say using half the screen)when the focus is switched to another application; i.e. the new application using the other half of the display....more >>

Please let me know how i should subscribe to .NET newgroup so as to get regular emails about happenings in .NET domain and also getting my development queries solved....more >>

Hello, all! I use OleCreatePictureIndirect API to create StdPicture, and the return is S_OK, but the result seem not correct. Here is my code: [DllImport("olepro32.dll", SetLastError=true)] internal static extern int OleCreatePictureIndirect(ref PICTDESC pPictDesc, ref System.Guid riid, ...more >>

We are developing software in Visual Studio 6.0 environment under Windows 2000 Proffesional operating system. I am planning to install VS.NET and start learning ..NET platform. Can anyone advise me whether installation of VS.NET might cause any problems with our regular VS 6.0 development e...more >>

Ever since I installed VS.NET 2003, I have experienced the following problem when debugging managed applications: Whenever an exception is thrown from BCL code, the IDE will pause for approximately 10 seconds before either jumping to my exception handler (if there is one) or displaying the unhan...more >>

I recently jumped in and just bought up the full universal subscription to MSDN which rendered my vs.net 2002 (full) and 2003 (upgrade) useless. I paid good money for them though so I'd like to sell my old vs.net 2002/2003 to someone else (I'm thinking ebay or something). Do I face any legal...more >>

While installing Visual Studio .Net 2003 , I receive an "Error 1305: Could not read file" box. I verify that the file does exist and there are not scratches on the CD. I just used this CD earlier today to install Visual Studio on my main office computer. I have tried to install several times...more >>

I just developed a VB ASP.net application using VS 2003. The application worked fine on my computer, however when I copied the files to the productiuon server, I found the only way I could get it to find the code behind source was to go into the Page directive and manually insert 'src="Def...more >>

I am using VB in both 2002 & 2003 Visual Studio.Net on 2 different computers. I had a problem with the resx file growing to over 12 Megabytes. On the form I had a problem with, there was over 16 panels, and 5 splitters controls. Upon examination of the resx file in Notepad, (Visual Studio ...more >>

I'm looking for a good, free (or cheap?) online learning system for visual studio .NET 2003. Even though I have some experience with C/C++ and took a VB class in college (1995), MS's tutorials are a bit arcane and difficult to navigate. Does anyone know of some good online tutorials fo...more >>

Hi, I would like to know if Visual Studio .NET can be run in a non administrator account. We are setting up a development environment and would like to create a windows account for the .NET development purpose as everybody cannot be made part of the administrator's group. Can anyone help...more >>

I'm in Northern Va., 20 miles from Washington D.C. Can anyone share with me what the market rate is in US dollars per hour for a person with MCSD.Net Certification and 10 years in other languages? Thanks ...more >>

Using Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer 2003.. It seems that the server explorer is no longer capable of connecting to SQL servers, neither through local servers tree or the Data Connections tree. This only stopped working about 2 days ago. I can hilight servers in the tree, but if I try...more >>

I am trying to fill-in a dialog box to configure my LAN Settings so that I can complete "Walkthrough: Creating a Distributed Application" In the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box, in the Proxy Server Area, I check "use a proxy server for your LAN". I now need to enter the addres...more >>

If there's a better group for this, let me know and I'll report it. I looked throught the 'vsnet' groups and this seemed the most likely. The base of this question is about nested datalists/datagrids. I've tried this two different ways and searched on the web for examples - it should be simpl...more >>

Hi dear Sir / Madam I am writing an application for a multiplayer game net using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. There is a server and a client program and I don't want to allow the customers to terminate my client application and access the windows desktop. How can I disable the task manager...more >>

VS.Net 2003 Win2k Terminal Server SP4 When a create a new ASP.Net web service VC++ project and try to open the web service code behind class in the designer by double clicking in Solution Explorer, I get this task item: The designer could not be shown for this file because none of the...more >>

The following code is suppose to check to see if a value has changed from its previous value (which is passed into the function) if there is a previous value. If the value has changed then the previous value is assigned the current value at the end of the routine if there was a previous v...more >>

In VS when using VB, at the top, I get a list of class names, "Label1", "Label2", etc, and to the right are the methods, "on click", etc, but when I use c#, I dont seem to have an automatic list of controls and methods? Am I missing somehtning? TIA ...more >>

I am using Visual studio 2002 on an XP Pro Platform. I seem to have a problem with a *.resx file that seems to grow to extraordinary size (12,500,000) bytes so far. Examination of the file produces a vision of several million "A" s , which I think should not be there! I was wondering if anyo...more >>

On the Select installation Folder screen created by the setup /deployment project there is an option to install for all users (Everyone) and only me. Is there a way to either change the default to Everyone at build time or pass the msi file a command line argument to change this from only...more >>

After installing The MSDN Help for Visual Studio .NET from a CD Tower setup, it appears that when a user without administrative privlidges attemps to redirect the MSDN Help from disk one to disk two or three, they do not have the appropriate access needed to make the configuration updates ...more >>

Hi I read an article recently in "Visual Studio Magazine" which described how to link a single file across multiple projects within a solution. I downloaded the code example and it worked wonderfully! I wish to use this technique in my web projects, but it doesn't seem to work, even...more >>

How you guys go for checkstyle of your C# code? For our C# project we have some code design guide lines as to whether barces are in place and whethere lines are upto We have FxCop and its working great but that is for checking binaries and not for checking source code styles. We are looki...more >>

Hi, I can't seem to find the secret handshake for this one. I have a sample project that I want to ship with some assemblies that I wrote. I have a setup project and have included the assemblies and used the source option for files to distribute. The project uses the absolute paths to t...more >>

when populating data in a listbox from a database, is it more efficient to databind, or to open an ADO recordset and add items one by one? which is the best method? thank you....more >>

I somehow caused the editor in Visual Studio .NET to start showing me dots(...) wherever there are spaces in my code. eg. Instead of seeing "Public Sub Mysub()" I see "Public.Sub.Mysub()". (I am not talking about the dots shown because of Regions.) I have checked my options and have...more >>

I use the 'Go to Definition' feature all the time to see where variables are being declared. All of a sudden it's not working anymore. A message box always appears saying, "Cannot navigate to '______'." Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks, Mark...more >>

Hi, I have serval solution files with mutiple projects that run on a windows 2003 server. When i open de solution it opens very slowly and compiling also takes a long time. Also editing is slow sometimes with web projects. Visual studio 2003 3 and .net 1.1 are installed on my PC. process...more >>

Hello, When I try to view an aspx file I get a Server Application Unavailable in big red letters. I don't get any error when I run HTML files. Also, when I try to build the application, it says that my bin folder is marked as executable and I am not allowed to put files into an executab...more >>