Hi! We all know that this software is too expensive. Can you help me compute its ROI (Return on Investment), since I am working on a corporate world, I need some justifications for this software investment. Hoping for your immediate response. ...more >>

Hi, I've used Math.Exp() in a C# project and exp() in an C++ unmanaged project in the same solution of Visual Studio .NET 2003. The results of a simple calculus in double precision are different : Math.Exp(39.933030539427435) = 2.201378947939657e+017 exp(39.933030539427435) = 2.20137...more >>

Greetings! Getting straight to the point, here are the results of my experiment. I've included my comments and questions after them. The timing: (The total time means the sum of each line's drawing time. Time is measured in clock ticks (from QueryPerformanceCounter() API). The processor r...more >>

I'm trying to get my "no-spam alias" to work. If MSDN support personnel can see this, please respond. I have been trying for weeks to get this to work. ...more >>

There is a file named msdnexp1.cab in the following folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Microsoft MSDN Express Library 2005 Beta - English This file really doesn't agree with being virus scanned. My virus scanner gets stuck, and will not succeed in scanning this file. This i...more >>

What's the easiest way to read data from a text file and chart a line graph on a .NET web page? MSChart control? Help!...more >>

Upgrading to Visual Studio .NET 2003 I am trying to evaluate how much work it will take to upgrade our substantial body of code from v6 to .net. The code currently builds OK on V6, but I am getting problems trying to build the same code in .NET. Any help you can give will be much appreciate...more >>

Hello! (If this is the wrong place to ask this, maybe there's a Whidbey or VS 2005 newsgroup somewhere, please direct me to the right place) I've been trying to figure out how to work with the VS 2005 client/application settings but I can't make it work. I can go to the project properties...more >>

Hi, I am having VS.NET 2002 edition.In adittion to that in my PC i am having ..NET Frame work 1.0 as well as 1.1 both are installed.How do i come to know which version of .Net Framework SDK my VS.NET 2002 using.And if it is using Framework SDK 1.0 how do i force it to use the latest one.Please h...more >>

In the description of what Whidbey can do I see that HTML Tag Outlining (so you can collapse and expand html tags) is one of the new features, but it doesn't seem to be enabled for me. Am I missing something? Do other people have this working? ...more >>

We have all Windows XP SP2 machines and cannot connect to our Windows Server 2003 server that is running the remote debugging components. We have the windows firewall disabled and are not running any other personal firewall products. We get the classic: "Auto-attach to process '[2276] asp...more >>

Hi! Is there already a WebBrowser component (for Visual Basic .Net) to replace the one we used in VB6?? -- Bruna Fonseca...more >>

I have a c# program that uses the web browser control. This program is actually an Explorer Bar that lives inside Internet Explorer and so my assemblies have to be registered in the GAC. The problem is my program uses two Com interop wrapper assemblies: AxInterop.SHDocVw.dll and Interop.SHDoc...more >>

Hello, I am working on a project located on a remote server (this is: not on my own machine but on a SBS2003 server on the same 100Mb LAN in the same domain). Opening the project (which is not huge, about 30 forms) takes about 5 minutes, which is a long wait ! How can I troubleshoot/opt...more >>

The 2005 Express website says that 2005 Express Beta programs do not work in 64 bit environments - does that mean that they will not work on Athlon 64 machines with their 32/64 bit architecture? Thanks. PS...more >>

Hi, my app consists of a number of modeless dialogboxes. When I use Alt+Tab to cycle through the open windows, the default window icon is used instead of the one I set with SetIcon. The 16x16 px icon shows up both in the taskbar and on the window though. Here is what I do: m_hIcon = (HICON...more >>

I am trying to add a web reference to a .net project. The web service is running locally and in the web reference dialog I can see the web service however the "add reference" button is never available. ...more >>

How do I add the target dir to an registy key ? - so i can read runtime where i'm installed (when im a service) a) one guess is that i need to write a function in an installer class that i can call, and that it will write to the registry. b) i need to make a macro that i call during installat...more >>

Can the C/C++ debugger in VS.NET 2003 show the return values of function calls? The auto window in VS6 was something alike. But VS.NET 2003 won't display a return value. Is this feature removed, or arranged to somewhere else? -- jackqq :-) ...more >>

Visual C#.NET 2005 Beta 1 I'm having problems with my Visual C# program. It thinks that "the source for the object does not exist" and then it throws a null exception. Any ideas?...more >>

I created a new project named 'WebApplication1'. By default it loaded a blank form named Webform1.aspx. I created a button that is supposed to display 'Hello world' when you click it. When I try to run it (using http://localhost/WebApplication1/Webform1.aspx ) I get an error screen: Server...more >>

during install i need to place the target directory choosen into a registry key that i can look up from my service later, so i can log some errors. but how do i do that with net 2003 and the installer i can build with that?...more >>

Option Explicit Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long Const WM_SYSCOMMAND = &H112 Const SC_MONITORPOWER = &HF170 Private Sub Command1_Click() SendMessage Me.hWnd, WM_SYSC...more >>

Hi, I am looking to create an application (win 32 app) using VS.net (VB.net or C#) I was looking for an SDK for MS Speech. I found 3. MS Agent, Microsoft Speech Application Software Development Kit (SASDK) Version 1.0, and Speech SDK 5.1 for Windows® applications. My question is, wi...more >>

I am trying to edit a web page with hidden popup menus (DIVs with visibility=hidden) but the HTML designer always displays them, which makes it very difficult to edit the page because I have content underneath the popups .... is there an option or some other solution to prevent HTML designer f...more >>