How can I capture the screen resolution set in the windows control panel in VB, in order to make sure a user has their resolution set correctly to view the application ...more >>

Hi! I have build a setup project in VS 2003. I've setup my project to register my assembly for COM. Interop. In my setup project I set register to vsdrpCOM. Unfortunately, when i deploy my application the dll is not register correctly in the registry. I have to regsiter it manually by doing r...more >>

Is there a reason why some pages would time out when using a back button. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to handle this. thanks ...more >>

Hello: How to set the default encoding for aspx pages? I've done it somehow long time ago in VS.Net 2002, now I cannot figure out how to do it in VS.Net 2003. I tried VS.Net options, project options - couldn't find anything. I would appreciate your help. Thank you, -- Peter Afonin ...more >>

As an MSDN subscriber I can download the Whidbey (Visual Studio 2005) preview. I'd like to use the new IDE which is supposedly quite stable already, but I still need to write for the .NET Framework version 1.1. So I wonder if Whidbey supports older Framework versions, or only 2.0? The MSDN web...more >>

Greetings, The following piece of code (F77.FOR and test.cpp) can work well using VC++6.0 and VF6.0. Recently I changed VC++6.0 to VC++7.0 (Visual Studio.net 2003). Both files can still be compiled successfully and linked together successfully in VC++7.0. The executable is not able to r...more >>

I have at home VS .NET 2002 running on a win 2k advanced server which has the lastest patch applied. I have the framework 1.0 The patch applied to the server has broken the vs.net and it no longer works in debug mode I've been trying to decide what to do. I can upgrade to VS Studio .Net 2003. An...more >>

I am considering buying VS .net Enterprise Architect and have looked in Internet for pricing When I see prices that run from over $2000 down to $835 for apparently the same product, makes me wonder if there is a catch. I have seen product codes G77-00406 and G77-0020 and can't figure out where th...more >>

I just have a few general questions about vs.net that I can't find on the web site. Are vs.net program applications interpreted, compiled, or both? What program editing tools are provided? What tools are available to support run-time debugging? What DBMSs can be accessed by application programs?...more >>

What does "Direct3D9: (ERROR) :Invalid value for SwapEffect. Must be one of D3DSWAPEFFECTS_COPY, D3DSWAPEFFECTS_DISCARD, or D3DSWAPEFFECTS_FLIP. ValidatePresentParameters fails." Mean exactly, I think it has to do with swapping from regular window handle to full screen. I really don't know....more >>

When I attempt to debug my app, I get an "Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging" . This was working on Friday, but now for some reason, I get this. I've not changed anything in the source. Running .NET Development Environment 2003 Version 7.1.3088 .Net Framework 1.1 V...more >>

I've developed a number of web pages (.aspx pages) and I would like to ensure that they are comliant with the HTML 4.0 or 4.01 standard. I've been writing the html "by hand" - i.e. not using any tools like frontpage. However, I have been doing this manual editting in Visual Studio .NET 2003 a...more >>

I downloaded MSDN vsnet 2003 pro for my home computer since I am in college and need this for one of my classes (visual basic). I also vsnet 2003 ent edition at my office. At home with windows xp pro sp1 - MSDN vsnet I can not use Random in visual basic. It says type expected everytime....more >>

Does VB still support the old (VB6) implementation of ADO? Can I still create Recordsets? ...more >>

I have VS.NET 2003 installed and it works fine on most of the web projects. However for a couple of the downloaded projects such as Dot Net Nuke and MS PetShop, I get the following in a message box in VS.NET while trying to open the project: "Visual Studio .NET cannot create or open the applic...more >>

Hi All, I don't want to install "MSDN Help" in my computer but want to access the same info online within VS.NET 2003 IDE. How can I accomplish that? Thanks, Ram ...more >>

Where can I download VS Whidbey? ...more >>

Two Question First, where can I find a discussion group based on Visual Studio .NET 2003 exclusively Second, How do you create a classic ASP solution in Visual Studio .NET? Here is what I have tried that does not wor 1. Create Blank Solutio 2. Create Empty Web Project within Blank Solutio 3...more >>

I'm a big fan of .NET and Visual Studio.NET. But at my company, we are going to switch to Linux because, quite frankly, VS.NET costs way too much in light of the huge competition from Linux. After all, in order for MS to be successful it needs a large group of developers. At my company, I'm...more >>

I have a project (doesn't everybody) that I have tried several times to create an installation project for. Just running the Setup Wizard, selecting including all output from the project, accept all defaults to where to put the program, no registry changes, etc. etc. Just a base installation ac...more >>

I'm trying to uninstall VS.Net 2003 Academic Edition - it's not working properly - and two-thirds of the way through the uninstall step "Generating script", the program just hangs. I've left it running for many hours - no luck. Any ideas? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi, I have set my WinXP Pro to use "Chinese" as display language for non-unicode programs. But whenever I start a new "Web Application" or "Mobile Web Application" project and type something into the web form, Visual Studio.net will auto add a <FONT> tag for me, and add Chinese language as the...more >>

I have an Access 2002 FE app with SQL server 2k BE and plan to migrate the FE to .NET Would there be any advantage to waiting until Whidbey (VS.NET 2005) is out? If I develop Access or VB6 classes, should those translate to .NET classes Thanks for your comment SMK...more >>

I have an enterprise application that is needed to be migrated to VS.net. Does Any body have any tool that can do that? Any recommendations???? ...more >>

Hi I found a VARIANT API in the platformSDK of C#. But, I donot know how to do this.This API is found in the OleAuto.h file in the platformSDK. Is there any online help available explaining how to use these APIs and call the functions in them Thanks in advance Arr S...more >>

Hi all, I have an application that at one points has to delete a file, which is actually it's log file. The problem is that when the unlink(file) function is called I get: "The process can not access the file because it is being used by another process". As my app runs also some additional a...more >>

I would like use Strong Names in the creation of my Control Library. However, under the properties of the Project, Strong Names is not listed as an option. I can't even find the option under the properties of the Solution. Must I use sn.exe or is there something fundamental that I'm missing, prevent...more >>

Hi, can anybody tell me if there exist a technology in .NET equivalent to VB for Application that allows an application to expose itself as an object hierarchy to the .NET programming environment If yes, can you point me to the documentation for such technology(for developers) Thanks Vincent...more >>

Hello I have a .NET App that periodically, for no apparent reason at all, loses its MSACAL reference. Now it has a reference to AXInterop.MSACAL.dll and Interop.MSACAL.dll. The problem now, is that it lost its reference during the setup build (My kingdom for a stable and robust IDE) One o...more >>

Hi, I have Visual Studio .NET Academic. I have selected a New Project. In the Project Types pane I choose Visual C++ Projects. Then the instructions say select the C/C++ Console Application. However, no such template icon exists(i.e., shows up). A WIndows32 Console Application or ..N...more >>

sorry guys, the previous solution worked once with me. but when i got the problem again, I tried to use that way. it didnt work. I search another way and found one. I tested, it worked. Hopefully this is real solution. Solution: Go to StartMenu->Run-> type:" devenv /resetskippkgs " ...more >>

Trying to run a Web App over a LAN, it works fine with Anonymous and Basic Authentication (with a Client Login) but Integrated Windows Authentication challenges with the Guest account and requires a password. I have no idea what the password should be and XP doesn't allow anything more wit...more >>

*sigh* Can't Microsoft get anything right? Just installed FP 2000 for some troubleshooting that I need to do and now whenver I start the VS 2K3 IDE I have to wait 20 minutes while is has to "configure MSDN Libarary - April 2003"... Why does this keep happening and how do I stop it? ...more >>

Hi, I'm sure this has been asked before but I can only find a couple of bits of homemade code that cause flickering. I know there's no in built way of getting a PictureBox to scroll the pic if the image is too big for it; is there a recommended (and fast) way of doing it? Thanks, Steve ...more >>

I have a problem when I view pages in the HTML view they are completely fine. When I switch to the Design view so that I can see a visual representation it is fine. However when i then switch back to the HTML view - VS adds additional HTML tags and also reformats my code inserting additi...more >>

Why does the VS.Net IDE insist on trying to make my life difficult... I copy some text from a webpage and try to paste it into the IDE text editor and it gets mangled beyond recognition. If I wanted it to be interpreted as HTML coding, I'd choose "paste as HTML", but I don't want HTML! i.e. ...more >>

How can I stop the editor from adding ID values to my HTML tags when editing HTML or ASP files in the VS.Net IDE? I copy the following piece of code... <input type="text" value="" name="www IP"> ....and then paste. I get... <input type="text" value="" name="www IP" ID="Text2">...more >>

Hi, if I try to place a Webbrowser Control on a Form in Visual Studio 2003 it generates the following Error: "Mindestens ein Typ der Assembly konnte nicht geladen werden." Which means that one or more assemblies couldn't get loaded. How could i get rid of this error? thx, Gerald...more >>

Each time I make changes in the HTML-view and switches back to the aspx.resx view, the content is overwritten with the XML-content below. Any idea what can be wrong? <data name="$this.TrayAutoArrange" type="System.Boolean, mscorlib, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b7...more >>

hi guys, I am new in using Visual Studio. can you tell me how can I access an output of control/textbox, etc in different form? for example: I have textBox1 in Form1, but I want to display the textBox1.txt in Form2? thanks, I am waiting ...more >>

When I use the Windows.Form designer in vs8, it names the controls in my editing buffer with names like Form1 and button1 and so forth. Do I have any way to rename those controls to have useful names (to me)? If I modify the control name to something and then modify the code in InitializeCompone...more >>

Hello, I'm having a minor, yet rather frustrating issue with Visual Studio 6.0. Until recently, when debugging VB code in break mode, I was able to mouse-over variables in the project I was working on and a tooltip would appear that displayed the value of the selected variable. For some reason,...more >>

Hello Is there a way to get a replacement disk for VS.Studio 2002? I broke the first disk (I know should have already had a back up). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance....more >>

Can anyone tell me how to add the creation of public or private queues to a setup project, I assume it is done in the custom actions section but not sure if there is a predefined action I can use....more >>

I am trying to make a text box display the value of a selection with in a combo box . What is the property I use or how do I get the value selected in the combo bo text box = combo box name . property Tb1.Text = Cmb2_2_1_1.ValueMember this dosnt work any idea Please reply to Mark_matchet...more >>

Hi gang, I've done some googling on this issue and searched archives of this NG but no joy. Basically, I have a bunch of winforms that do not show up as forms in the solution explorer, and thusly I cannot open them in the forms designer. There are probably a hundred winforms in this project...more >>

Hi I am trying with MS SQL Server Reporting Services. On my clinet machine i am installing VS.NET 2003 (framework 1.1). The SQL server is on a different machine with SQL Reporting Services installed on it. In my clinet machine where i have just installed the VS.net 2003 installed i do not get the...more >>

i am using the MS Spreadsheet 10.0 component in a client server window, rather than on a web page. Latest PIA's are installed. i pass the data to it via the ConnectionString and DataMenber properties. the connection string is to a MS Access file on the local drive. the user gets an e...more >>

Two quick questions, has anyone ever converted a program from an Access back end to an SQL server back end. How dd it go? Is it worth it? Second can I get some recommedations for good SQL reference and how to books? ...more >>

Is there a way to index text boxes with dot net or a similar funciton? ...more >>