* I want my [Manufacturer] property to be blank or empty / null. Visual studio setup is not allowing me to have a blank manufacturer field. What should I do? * We have an outsourced project and they want us to avoid using our company name. Additionally they asked that it be good if we can spe...more >>

I am in the process of learning VB.Net. I was doing some VB6 , for a little while, and feel it's time to transition over to the .Net frame. I am looking for any sites that might have some example codes, specfically some code dealing along the lines of a telnet type application.( I would like t...more >>

Just can't wait to see it out. I saw Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2005 Express will be $49. Will the VC part be free?...more >>

I am a TA for a VB class and as a grader I will need to see peoples code. However, I was thinking, if there was a way for students to password protect the code window itself so that anyone can read the code but cant copy, cut, paste or edit that would be very cool. This way, if a students name...more >>

i was working on Visual studio. It was running fine, till i decided to include a new file in the project. Solution gave error "error occured while saving project file proj.csproj.Access is denied" on compilation command. I tried compiling without including the new file.then it compiled...more >>

Hi- I'd like to make the button I painted with an ellipse to change appearance when a mouse is hovering over it or when clicked. Is there a way to do these things? Thanks again, in advance! ...more >>

Hello, I can't install VS .NET on my computer. I insert Disk 1 of Visual Studio .NET and select the 1st step which is the only one available. I'm prompted for Visual Studio .NET Prerequisite Disk. I don't have that disk. I have a disk: - VS.net 1 & 2 - MSDN Library 1,2 & 3 Student tools. ...more >>

Hi there, I'm a new user of VS.NET and simply can't get it to work at all. Basically its all installed, I'm pretty certain I've got all the pre-reqs sorted but whenever I try to create a project I get an error saying that the operation coul dnot be completed. This is irregardless of the type...more >>

In VS.NET 2005, is there a way to have the text in a toolstrip wrapped (multilined)? Using '\n' does not help. Same question for DataGridView column headers. Any one? ...more >>

I have a fairly large Visual Studio .NET 2003 solution on one computer that I want to move to a different computer. The solution has a series of projects which generate dll's. Those dll's are used in other projects. I thought I could just copy the dlls' (as the underlying code won't change)...more >>

i get: The type or namespace name 'YADA' does not exist in the class or namespace 'MyNamespaceThatIsClearlyDefinedAndWorkingAMinuteAgo' (are you missing an assembly reference?) i don't get it... this seems to happen randomly. I get latest and it still doesn't work. ...more >>

Anyone familiar with what steps are required to use the blackberry SDK (subset of Java) in VS 2003 and develop applications for the blackberry platform? Thanks Ed Warren. ...more >>

I have form, 5 labels and following code in vb6 sub form1_load() dim i as integer dim j as string=1 for i=1 to 5 with form1.controls("label"+f) .top=i+10 .caption=i .lot of other properties end with j=j+1 nex i end sub How to create...more >>

I'm getting the message (in C#) Type type or namespace name 'Management' does not exist in the class or namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference:?) on a statement 'using System.Management;' this seems awfully weird, any ideas?...more >>

Hi, I am amazed how hard it is to find license information ! But anyway, let me ask the most practical question. -If I own a copy of vb.net (or vb6) can I distribute the executable that I create ? As many times as I want ? Can I sell them ? Slightly different question: -My company wan...more >>

I am having a problem, when creating/opening any web application. Always getting message "The Web server reported the following error when attempting to create or open the Web project located at the following URL: 'http://localhost/xxxxxxxx'. '(Internal Server error 500)' I did all Google...more >>

When is VS2005 going to be released to the public? All I can find on the net are vague news reports saying "first half of 2005", but i would like a more specific answer than that.. i guess it means in the next 3 months? does anyone have any inkling if it's likely to be earlier, or possibly ...more >>

Can anyone here give me some advice on connecting to Interbase? I'm new to VS 2003; basic information would be appreciated. Thanks Christopher Weaver...more >>

Hello, Is there a Service Pack for VB .NET standard ? I can't find one one the Microsoft Site. Peter...more >>

I still want to use Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition. However as i understand this product obselete. May i use the license of Visual Studio.net Professional edition to have the downgrade rights?...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for good tutorial about "Setup Project" (Steps to create installation package). Hugo ...more >>

I have one project called "website" and another project called "guestbook". I would like to merge the guestbook project into the website project. If I choose add existing project from the file menu....when I have the website project open, will vs.net convert the guestbook project to work withi...more >>

Hi, I've written an addin for MCE in VS2002 and i made the windows installer file for an add-in acording to the MCE SDK manual. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/anch_winxpmce.asp Everything installs fine, but only on the system, which has VS2002 i...more >>

I urge every developer who has an MSDN subscription (Universal) to petition MS to change their proposed ideas on Visual Studio Team Suite (VSTS). Depending on what you read, they are proposing to not include it or raise the price to between $5,000 and $10,000. Every developer who has helped M...more >>