I'm trying to use a drag/drop (actually throw) but I need the grid to recognize the edit without any typing taking place. Little pencil on subsequent rows then update when satisfied. ...more >>

It takes half an hour to compile our C/C++ projects on VS 2003, but it takes 2 ~ 3 hours to compile the same projects on VS 2005 Beta 2 on the same PC. I wonder why it takes so long time to compile C/C++ projects on VS 2005 Beta 2. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying (wih Visual Studio 2003) to create a WebApplication Project on a Remote Server. On the server is installed Win Server 2003 and on my PC Windwos XP. Each time it reports the error: Internal Server Error 500.. Each computer is in a domain. Can anybody help me? Thanks Philip...more >>

I've got a question regarding Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite. Microsoft's site says it is "A bundle of Visual Studio Team Architect Edition, Visual Studio Team Developer Edition, and Visual Studio Team Test Edition." Does thius mean it is simply just all of the cd/dvd's for each edition or is it ...more >>

Hi everyone, I have been studying VB.NET and ASP.NET through books I bought. Now, I want to start real development and think of buying Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional (Special Edition). In the product description, the "What you get" section does not mention ASP.NET as a development langu...more >>

I'm trying to convert a VS2003 project to VS2005. After fixing a big mess of nonsensical errors in my pages that worked just fine in 2003. I went to run the project and got the error "Unable to start debugging on the web server. The request was aborted: The connection was closed unexpected...more >>

Hi I am using ASP.NET to create an application. I need to populate a listbox with items selected on another listbox in the same page. I can add the text or the value of the selected items, but I need to do both. Is there a way to programatically populate a listbox with both value and text...more >>

Project Reference tree... ServerAgencyAddressEdit references... ServerAddressEdit references... ServerBaseEdit references... ServerBaseLayer references object When I try to reference ServerAddressEdit from ServerAgencyAddressEdit I get the following error... A reference to 'Server...more >>

Hello, I am using the June 2005 Enterprise Library. I'm getting the below exception. I'm not sure what this error means? I have an exe that I evolved from the online QuickStart sample in a different project that does not have this problem. But my .dll in a different project has the below pro...more >>

Any information on a new help compiler by MS? -- moondaddy@nospam.nospam ...more >>

I wonder if anybody else encountered this issue. I have a solution with several projects (of Class library type) and two projects ASP.Net. The 2 web projects are a Web application and an XML Web Service. Initially they did not use SSL. Once I switched the two ASP.Net applications to use SSL ...more >>

i configured my project to output a dll file into the dirctory : ...\..\..\Deployment\$(ConfigurationName)\Modules\HW\RGB\RGB.dll but the directory that is being created is all in lower case why? and what can i do to solve this? 10x...more >>

Hi, I am using VS 2005 BETA 2 . Having problem as under. Q2. Is it possible to add more than one sitemap file in website ? I want to build menu that changes programatically. Q3 .How can i set different sitemapdatasource control to menu programatically? Nilkanth Desai ...more >>

Hi, I am using VS 2005 BETA 2 . In this addition In asp .net 2.0 I am having following problem. Q1.MasterPage & Content Page How to load existing HTML files in ContenetPlaceholder control ? Currently i am not able to find any property of ContentPlaceholder to bind HTML file. sh...more >>

I'm migrating an assembly language project from NASM to MASM (yes I know they say assembly is dead but I have good reasons). I managed to convert the files to MASM syntax and assemble most of them. However, when the assembly fails because of trouble in the include files (*.inc), VS tries to pa...more >>

So, I built my app (in C#) and created a distibution solution which I tested. After I was happy, I modified the distribution solution to sign my app for me (using a key I bought from Verisign). Now, when I try to install my signed app, I get this really strange error message that I have no ...more >>

I was going to create some simple system monitor tools but have found that there are no performance counters listed in visual studio.net 2003 on my machine. They show up in my box at work, just not on my home pc. Does anyone know what I need to do in order to get these counters to show up in t...more >>

I want to be able to conditionally install an MDAC merge module. I do not want it to install if the version or greater already exists. The condition property does not exist on a merge module file and I cannot find any way to do this in the MSDN Library. Is there a way? -- Thanks, Harry...more >>

I am very new to the Microsoft development environment and I have been placed in charge of a small team that currently develops in-house tool using Visual Studio 2003. I need to get up to speed very quickly on how to design and implement using Visual Basic and Visual C# methodologies. I am l...more >>

I've somehow managed to corrupt my solution's VSS associations. Although I can check things in and out OK, I get an "Unspecified Error" if I try to access the File|Source Control|Change Source Control menu item. I've tried creating a brand new (trivial) solution and the menu item works, so it...more >>

In the "Walkthrough: Creating a Basic Web Page in Visual Web Developer" topic of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition Documentation, Version 8.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400, it says the following: "To program the Calendar control >From the left-hand drop-down list at the top of ...more >>

I would like to give up fighting with VS over the HTML formatting. VS just f**ks up the HTML formatting on a random schedule... when using the designer for girds. I am an developer with lots of experience and just want to get along with VS. This is the second site we are converting to fro...more >>

I'm learning my way around VisualStudio.NET and have a very simple question. When I run debug/start (F5) to test and run an .aspx page in my browser, how do I get the page I'm testing to open? Whenever I test a page, the browser opens to the first page I worked on (startpage) and I have to manua...more >>

I can't figure out with setting is used to stop VS2005 from reformatting the HTML source. If I copy and paste a name=value attribute pair the HTML source will reformat itself. <%= Clinton Gallagher METROmilwaukee (sm) "A Regional Information Service" NET csgallagher AT ...more >>

Hi, I am new to ASP.NET using VS.NET and I am trying to create an ASP.NET Web Service Project. In Visual Studio, I select ASP.NET Web Service empty project and type in http://Localhost/FirstProject and get the following error: "Visual Studio cannot create or open the appliction because no Web...more >>

HI, My visual studio .net was woking fine last 3 months. when i installed it at first i created new web application. then its working fine. last two months i used it for windows applications. now when i try to create web application this error is coming. "the web server reported the follow...more >>

Are there any tools that can convert 32 bit .net application developed by vs.net 2003 to 64 bit without changing any code? and any softwares like Java Virtual Machine that can test 64 bit application on 32 bit OS? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I'm using Visual Studio.Net 2003 as an experienced programmer. I have a problem with the first exception that occures even in a simpl program. it extremely slows down the visual studio for near 30 seconds. I thin it is because of loading the debugger into visual studio. because don't have thi...more >>