Any news on a release date? Is the public beta still due in June 2004? Thanks /Billy ...more >>

I created a webform with oleDbConnection1, oleDbDataAdapter1 and created dataset11 using generate dataset on the dataAdapter. I added a datagrid to the form and set the DataSource to dataSet11 and DataMember ENT2003 (name of table?). But when I run the page either in VS browser or extern...more >>

I am using Visual studio .net for web development. When I want to upload my files via ftp, I always have to close visual studio because the dlls that change each time I do a build are always in use. I am using dreamweaver to upload my files, which I know is not the best ftp client to be using...more >>

could you please if i could deploy applications for distribution with VStudio. NET Trial? Thanks....more >>

Added a setup project to my solution went thru all wizard steps. Run build and the Windows Installer dialog pops up and runs. It then pops up the error dialog - error 1706 no valid source could be found for product visual studio enterprise architect 2003 English. The windows installer cannot cont...more >>

What advice would you have for someone that has never used Visual Studio? Are there any training programs that you could suggest? Cost? Availability? Have a decent job situation that has come up not far from where I live, but I would have to learn Visual Studio...and I don't know it at...more >>

Is there a way to change the default file extension from say name.exe to name.scr when building the application?...more >>

I have a product that has a User Interface, a service, a middle ware piece and a database. I would like to be able to install different pieces according to the user direction. Much like the select components dialog from Install Shield installs. Is there any way to do that with the tools suppli...more >>

Hello, maybe I am simple to dumb to see how it works, but how can I modify by setup project that its write the install path into the registry. I assume there is aways to tell the installer to write a key with the installation dir into registry. thanx R. ...more >>

i'm a vb developer and i'd like two things about intellisens when i write Imports Sytem.... i'd like intelisense show me only namespace the same when i use attributes with <.... it should be better if it shows me only attributes classes Thank you....more >>

Hello I have recently upgraded my computer and re-installed my VS .NET 2003 and now it crashes continuously When I open any web form in design mode and make a change and than switch back to HTML mode or save VS crashes and wants to restart (submit Error to Microsoft) I am desperate!!! I can now...more >>

WIN XP Web Forms VS 2002 VB .Net Can't find how to change the mousepointer in web forms. I want to change to hourglass while loading complex screen. Everything I found is for window forms. Thanks Tony ...more >>

I have run into a wall!!!!! All I want is to create a setup project that gives the user the option of creating a shortcut on their desktop during installation. I have added a shortcut in the File system editor in the Desktop folder, added a check box dialog, set the condition property of the de...more >>

Hi I have a question about the visual designer not being able to edit a control based on an abstract class. When I open the derived control in the visual designer I get an error like "The designer must create an instance of type 'namespace.class' but it cannot because the type is declared as abs...more >>

We have a VS .Net 2003 solution containing five projects, two Windows Applications, two Class Libraries and a Setup Project. The Setup Project was created on our build machine using VS Enterprise Developer and stored (with the solution in VSS). We have five developers that are working on the p...more >>

I am working on VS.NET for my website. I want others to view my website at their own computer. I know that by locating at http://myipaddress/myprojectname/myfilename.aspx will come to my website. But dont know why, all my friends tell me that they cannot access due to the problem like "can...more >>

Hello, I currently have an application that is using "Forms" as autentication mode. It's been working fine so far. What I now need is to protect the whole application with such protection except for one folder. How an I do that?? I read somewhere that I could use a tag named "<loc...more >>

Hello Experts, Sql data adapter creates a new table when finds differences between typed dataset and the result set of stored procedures? I only have one datatable in my dataset. Can you define what these differences might be? I know some (correct me if I'm wrong): 1) Duplicates 2) ...more >>

hello, ever since i installed visual studio.net 2003, from time to time i will get a popup window <even though i'm not using visual studio> asking if i want to debug the problem in visual studio. the last time it happened, i was using ms word 2000. can someone tell me how to stop this from hap...more >>

I'm trying to add an batch file command to my Tools menu, but I'm having a problem with a parameter. My settings for the tool are: Command: MyBatchFile.BAT Arguments: $(TargetName) Initial Directory: <blank> Within the batch file I'm trying to run the XCOPY command and use the TargetName...more >>

I created an aspx file and ascx file with the same base name. This gave me the above error. The help on this says rename file1 and file2 which I have done ( renamed my original aspx and ascx files in solution explorer), but I still get this error when building my project! How do I solve th...more >>

I used VS2002, 2003, & whidbey & ive noticed that the higher I go, the more ram my program eats, EVENTHOUGH I havent changed anything in my program. MyProgram.exe in VS2002----->10mb ram MyProgram.exe in VS2003----->12mb ram MyProgram.exe in VS2004----->14mb ram I think its because the n...more >>

Hello All, I'm a longtime user of Visual Studio 6 who recently bought Visual C++ .NET Standard Edition. My motivation was to finally have a standards conformant compiler. While I'm pleased with the vastly improved language support, I've noticed that my compile times are significantly longer. ...more >>

Hi all, I have a vb.net app with a setup program. The problem is I can install the program on w2k pro machines but can not do it on w2k server. Each time when I did it, the setup program stopped and return "the installer was interupted. You need to restart the installerto try again." An...more >>

Can VS.NET be configured to NOT require IIS on each developer desktop?...more >>

Is an Eva-copy available, where/how? Thks Lee...more >>

Hello All I am attempting to install Visual C++ .NET on a Windows 2000 Professional machine that has Visual Studio 6, Visual Basic .NET, and Visual C# .NET on it. At the end of the Visual C++ .NET installation, I get a severe error that says "Can't find localized resources". When I la...more >>

Please help. when editing asp pages, if i type REQUEST, the intellisense doesn;t show members. in options, all languages, i have checked list members. ...more >>

Are there any compelling reasons for a single developer to use the Enterprise version of .Net over the Professional? ...more >>

I am trying to establish a DB connection from VS (XP Client) to a remote SQL server without success. I get varying flags..from can't find server to access denied. Various permissions created in SQL on server but none work. I can access and logon to server via Remote Access but not from VB....more >>

I am launching the emulator from the command-line but for some reason it never reloads the state that was saved when I shut it down. I have tried using the /VMID option to specify the .vsv saved state file but the emulator never launches if I do Is there anyway to save the state of the emulator an...more >>

I have installed VS.net 2003 with windows XP and Office 2003. Will there be any problems if I install Visual Basic 6.0? I don't want to miss up any of my VS.net files....more >>

I want to include just one exception to a publisher. (e.g. system.invalidcastexception When I tried to write it in the include tag. EMAB return a configuration exception I must write (system.RuntimeType) in the include tag to be included But actually I don't want to include more than one excepti...more >>

Hi folks, It's the weirdest thing. Whenever VS creates debug and release subdirectories, they're always in lowercase. I also noticed that the class properties for an open source file have the path fully lowercase. The solution explorer, document tabs, etc., on the other hand, display things as...more >>

I need to execute a .vbs file from VB6 application. How do I do it? -------------------------------- From: Divya Rao ----------------------- Posted by a user from .NET 247 (http://www.dotnet247.com/) <Id>5sdCncDg2kqKoFWuCpk/Fw==</Id>...more >>

I recently compiled & executed the release build of a small C# app and saw that some control are not visible when I run the release executable Anyone ever seen this? Anyone have any ideas as to cause/cure Thanks lghunsucker...more >>

[Reposted with a new nospam display name] Web Forms Designer doesn't allow one to open an aspx page whose code-behind class inherits from an abstract base class. When I try to open such a page in the Designer in VS.Net 1.1 I get this message """"""""" The file could not be loaded into the ...more >>

Hi all, I have an application App1, that after doing some stuff starts App2. Both are per user applications. Now, on an XP with FUS enabled or an Win2k with Terminal Services, there can be at the same time more than one user logged in, and for these situations I would like to do the following...more >>

Hi all, I'm very new to Visual Studio and the .NET framework having developed only in Borland Delphi previously. I'm currently using the VS.NET 2003 trial, evaluating if it will be worth defecting to the MS camp. I'm trying to create some controls which will be used as templates for future a...more >>

Hello the community! I have VS 6.0 and VS .NET both Enterprise editions. VS 6.0 has very old Crystal Reports 4.6. Is there any way to use Crystal Reports .NET control in Visual Basic 6.0? The task is to view reports in VB 6.0 form. Thanks. Oleg...more >>

Hello, I'm using Visual Studio.NET 2003 in Chinese Windows XP to develop my ASP.NET pages. By default VS.NET will save my work in Big5 encoding(CP950), however since I'm joining the work of other people I'll have to save all the files on UTF-8(CP65001). Of course I can using ...more >>

Hi All you <iostream>/<fstream> gurus..... I've come across an interesting problem that I've been working on for 2 days now....with no result unfortunately. As I have mentioned I was using the older iostream.h and fstream.h I have replaced the includes with: #include <iostream> #includ...more >>

Hello I am writing a macro in Visual Studio .Net 2003, and I was wondering if it is possible for a macro to access properties of objects that are selected. For instance, assume I have the following object declared (on a different page, but it can still be instanciated) Class rectangl Private...more >>

I can create a project that I can include files using the Project/Show All Files then right clicking on a directory in the project and "Include In Project" so that all files are version controlled in VSS. Can I created a project that does not build anything (no exe or dll). Right now I get a n erorr...more >>

I have a setup project that packages a class library assembly of about 30k. It installs this DLL to the GAC and a directory. The installer has Welcome, Confirm, Progress, and Finished pages, so it's very simple. However, when compiled, the output MSI file is more than 300k. I don't know if thi...more >>

I was discussing with someone how much processor resources try-catch blocks use in C#. I would think that if no exceptions were thrown by a block of code in a try block, it would run as quickly as a block that wasn't inside a try block. Even if using try-catch blocks do incur some extra resour...more >>

Has anyone else noticed that if you us the mouse wheel in the member drop down it will no longer jump to that member or class? It screws up both dropdowns, class and member. You have to close the window and reopen it. One work around I found was if I forget and use the wheel, I can grab the ...more >>

I like the source commenting feature where you type "///" above the function name and it sets up an XML comment block that canbe parsed by the help generator. How do I enable this for C++ files? jim ...more >>

i would like to programmatically delete (remove)a file from a project (.csproj file). is there a tool/API which will allow me to do this (like devenv)? or should i grep the .csproj file, and if i do (grep), will it work? thanks, hawkeye parker QA software programmer Autodesk, Inc....more >>

I just installed VS.NET. The IntelliSense feature is working for HTML and other tags like <asp:... />. However, it is not working in the <script> section of my code. The documentation indicates that IntelliSense works by default. If I press Ctrl+J, I get a beep!!! Any help will be appreci...more >>