I just went to XP (BIG MISTAKE!) and now when I do a "compile and run", the compile finishes, then VS.NET hangs and I have to kill it through Task Manager. Anyone seen this "really neat" XP "feature"? TIA, Larry Woods ...more >>

Aside from Crystal Reports, do you know of any 3rd party reporting tool for .NET? Please provide URL. Thanks....more >>

Dear All, I am using VS.Net (and most of you, of course) for a quite long period for web development for medium to large development tasks. My humble opinion is vs.net is eating up a lot of developer time, as far as the web development is concerned. Edit,Compile,Debug, then fix erro...more >>

I want to find out how can I read/modify the Visual studio net 2003 projects in Visual studio net 2002. Thanks for your help...more >>

I am working on an application that has been developed using Visual Basic .net and Visual Studio.net (Framework version 1.0). The application works perfectly on Windows 2000/XP. On windows 98 SE, it's behaviour is totally unpredictable. There is no obvious pattern (if there are bugs). Some...more >>

Hi, I'm developing for ppc2003, and can no debug on my ppc device. All was working fine, but now when i try to run the app from vs.net, i get the error: "Cannot establish a connection. Be sure the device is physically connected to the development computer." I can still see the ppc through ...more >>

Hi I'am writing VB.NET code and have a problem with the IsDBNUll function. When I write a test program in a vb application form (inside Visual Studio)everything works just fine, but when trying to use the same IsDBNull function in a regular texteditor and compile it from the MS-Dos prompt...more >>

Hi, was hoping someone could give me a helping hand please. I have one VS solution called 'MySolution', a project called 'MyWebProject' and another project called 'MyClass'. The (two) projects have both been added to the (one) solution. These aren't the real names, but they might make it easie...more >>

How do I register my VS.Net 2002 Pro when the on-line registration process invariably ends as follows: "The Wizard you are trying to access is no longer available"? I just ordered the 2003 update. Maybe that will work. Thanks, Paul...more >>

MS knowledge base article 320788 lets you download a white paper about an MDAC merge module which can be included in a .NET deployment project. The white paper has a link to download a self extracting file(Mdacinstall.exe) which contains the the merge module mdac.msm. This merge module wil...more >>

VS Net 2002. Somehow I've lost undo/redo. The buttons and the Edit menu for undo and redo are grayed out and remain grayed out during modifications. How do I get this back? -- David Bartosik - Microsoft MVP Visit www.davidbartosik.com for Publisher and Web Design Tips and How-to's. ...more >>

I have never created a Windows Service and am hoping someone knows of a good step by step other than microsofts walk through for an event log. I found that to be confusing. I created a vb.net exe that deletes old job batch files in our file structure that are no longer needed. I run ...more >>

Can one open up the VS Help System (document explorer) with a specific topic? I teach a couple of .NET classes and would like to create a link on PPT that opens up a specific topic in the Document Explorer. I know I can use the link to open it up in IE but I would prefer to be able to sync to...more >>

I am trying to add a System.Windows.blah.blah command to an event procedure in a code behind on a webform but I get an error message stating that Windows is not a member of System. Something missing or is this not possible on a webform page???...more >>

The solution that I work with has many files in different directories that are named the same, and I am continually frustrated that I can't easily tell which one I'm working on. I've poked around for that and couldn't find it, but is there a way to show the fill file path of the current f...more >>

I am using VS NET 2003 Professional and am just starting to develop ASP.NET apps. Every time I touch modifiy a page using the web form designer all the underlying HTML is being completely re-formatted by VS.NET. I have tried all the config settings in Tools...Options and nothing seems t...more >>

I'm going to be purchasing a new PC and will install Visual Studio .NET 2003 on it. The Minimum Requirements are: 1.) 450-MHz Pentium II-class processor or 2.) 600-MHz Pentium III-class processor I'd assume a Pentium 4 would do, however, since the Pentium III must be at least 600-MHz as...more >>

Hi, I have installed VS.NET 2003. I have generate a C++ application. My application has not the Windows XP Styles even if the operating system is XP Pro. I want to know if I have to select an option in the VS.NET IDE to get the XP Style. I have read an article here who explain to uili...more >>

What user rights do i need for msde? thanks D@niel...more >>

I've recently upgraded from VC6SP5 to VS7.1 and the improvements are stunning. Unfortunately I've run into quite a few bugs. In most cases they are easily reproducible. Is there a spot on the net where I can submit these bug reports to Microsoft in hopes that fixes will appear in future...more >>

Hi all - Try #2, completing the Subject line :) Just want to get various opinions here. We have 2-tier system (front-end & DB) that has a front-end MDI app written in C#.NET and all the data routines written as stored procs in a SQL Server DB. So the data tier (the 3rd tier) is actually in ...more >>

If you had a choice to do an ASP.NET app in VB.NET or C#.NET which one would you choose and why ? Does anyone know of any web pages, at Microsoft or not, that discuss the difference between the two in terms of using them for ASP.NET development ? Thanks, John ...more >>

When I instaled VB .net 2003, Setup required the prerequisite disk. Why was it happened. Where can I get it from ?...more >>

Hi to all! I'm trying to install VS.net on XP prof. with SP1. when trying to do it I get stucked on step1 (mising components) it wants a components CD which I cant find in my box (should I have 1?).I tryed seberal time swin. update but thers nothing I can pdtae any more. What could be ...more >>

Just upgraded to VS.Net 2003 Enterprise Architect and now I can't see any of my database properties in the properties window. When I select a database object in server explorer the properties window just says 'Selected Object'. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks James...more >>

Hi, I am installing VS.Net Enterprise Architect, and during installation I receive this error in the error log file .... in the 4th cd .... [09/24/03,20:21:54] Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect - English: [2] ERROR: Error 1911.Could not register type library for file C:\Program Files...more >>

Hello, How do I stop VS.NET 2003 from stepping into MFC code while debugging? I only want to steo through my application code. Thanks. -Randy -- "Trying is just the first step to failure." ...more >>

I have IIS 5.1 installed with VS.net 2003. When I try to create a asp web app I get an error stating that the web server is not asp.net 1.1 any ideas? thanks...more >>

Hi, The code below currently display the files to the Output Screen. How would I modify the code to display the external file contents to a textfield? Dim readFile As String FileOpen(1, "C:\journal.doc", OpenMode.Input) Do While Not EOF(1) Input(1, readF...more >>

I m looking for a sofware that can burn .img image files. Clonecd can't burn the file i have because there is no .ccd...more >>

Hi, I have two questions 1. I don't understand the two modes of document display in VS.NET. The Tabbed documents method is great because I can look at all the open files and switch between them easily but if I want to tile two documents, I can't do that unless I switch to the MDI method which...more >>

Any idea why vs 2003 is deleting my exe.config file when i build? This is "new" behavior to me... I have a myapp.exe.config file in my bin/debug folder. Each time I build the project the myapp.exe.config file disappears! :( ...more >>

hi I'm wondering how to change the individual column widths in a datagrid. I can use the PreferredWidth property to set all of them the same, but I would rather set each column width individually. Also, how do I change the column header text justification? Thanks a lot...more >>

Where can I find out how much I paid for my VS.net? I bought it from microsoft last year. I need a phone number please? ...more >>

I bought Visual Studio .Net 2003 academic through the MS campus agreement. It was listed as "professional", but academic was what I got. My questions are: a) am I still able to develop and deploy VS applications? b) are there any restrictions or feature differences between the 2 vers...more >>

Not sure this is the right group, but here goes. I bought Visual Basic .NET Learning Edition for my son last night, and went to install it on his system (XP HE). The install went fine until I got to the 3rd section, which tells me to load the MSDN disk, and run a setup from that. The b...more >>

Please suggest a couple of ways to format the text in textbox....more >>

Hi Does anyone know how to upgrade from ASP.NET 1.0 to ASP.NET 1.1. Regards Robin ...more >>

Hi, I can't start my service. This service run as user (with user right, security "run as service"). This service want to create COM + application run under this same user. If I want to start my service throws next exception: Service cannot be started. System.UnauthorizedAccessExcepti...more >>

Hi, Assume in the program I don't use any new APIs that are not available in 1.0, then can I open a VS.NET 2003 project on VS.net 2002? If not directly, can I do that after modifying the VS.net 2003 project file a little bit? Thanks, Yu...more >>

Hi Please guide me How I should approch against windows service. I want to run a background process. I heared that the best thing to do is to make a windows service. I want to instantiate the windows service from a asp.net application ie web applicaiton. So could I do it? Please give ...more >>

I have an application where I wish to display the help file depending on the current locale, e.g. if I set the language in Control Panel>Regional and Language Options to 'French', I would like to see the French Help displayed when the application's Help menu item is selected. Thanks, ...more >>

I'm developing a c# windowsforms application, and the designer in visual studio.net 2003 is giving me trouble. Often when trying to design forms or usercontrols, the editor will show the error page rather than the form, but only a "?" for the error message which makes it hard to diagnose...more >>

I have encountered a serious problem with Visual Studio.Net 2003 when running on Windows 2003 Server. The sad part is that everything was fine until this week. Suddenly when I try to create new projects or add items to existing projects I get an error message: "Automation server unable to...more >>

It is possible that i can run my program without maiking it EXE like what previous verion does VB6 and VB5... cos it takes a time to compilte it to exe.....more >>

How many CD's does the vsnet enterprise architect 2003 have?...more >>

Hi Can anyone please help me. When I tried to create a ASP.NET web service using Visual Studio 2003, I got this error message. "Visual Studio NET has detected that the specified Web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1. You will be unable to run ASP.NET Web Applications or services. ...more >>

Hi, I've set 'Enter Outlining mode when files open' option to checked and since then 'Goto Definition' 'Goto declaration' and other 'jump comands' haven't worked. Is there no possibility of using both Outlining and quickjumps ? I'm using Visual Studion .NET 2002 Standard. Please help me:) ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to set the sizes of columns within a DataTable DataGrid, so that not too much space it taken up unnecessarily? For example, I have a datagrid displaying 3 columns. One only needs to be 3 characters wide approx, while the other needs to be 15, and third needs to...more >>

Hi, I am developing a web project using Visual Studio Enterprise Architect .NET 2003 and have the FrontPage/Link Repair option turned on but when I move linked files around in my project the links are not automatially updated. (This was a great feature in FrontPage but can't seem to em...more >>