I want my installer to set environment varaibles, but I don't see how to do so in a VS.net 2003 setup project....more >>

This is really exciting stuff. We'll see you there! It might be a good idea to do some background reading before you show up. :0) C# 3.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/future/ The LINQ project: http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/future/linq/ C# 3.0 Language Enhancements "Can't a...more >>

I have a problem with a website. I have a datagrid on one of my web pages that users update, etc. Everything worked fine until I added another column and tried to do an update. I am getting the error; Specified argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name: index Descripti...more >>

I'm trying to do my first page - switching from asp to .net using Visual Studio 2003. Forcing myself to use the tool and not write the code by hand. I can get a simple datagrid to work if I code it by hand: http://www.mahec.net/telehealthNet/telehealth/contact.aspx But, I would like to take a...more >>

I have the "allow editing of read-only files" option turned off, and a dialog used to pop up asking me a few options if i typed on a read-only file. I mush have checked the box to not show the dialog anymore, so now, when i type on a read-only file, nothing happens. How can I get this dialog...more >>

Hi, My understanding (from http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/productinfo/productline/default.aspx) is that the professional edition of Visual Studio does not include some of the features (such as code profiling, static analyis and unit testing) which are included in the VS Team Edition fo...more >>

I'm experimenting with web services in vs2005, but the instruction material I have to refer is based on vs2003. ( I'm OK with ASP but new to .NET) Problem is as follows, Create a new web service ( via File|New web site), add in a simple new service based on hello world sample - just 3,4 line...more >>

I am trying to work with the RasDialA function that takes a structure which contains several string, but cannot get it to work. In VB6 the structure called RASDIALPARAMS is as so... 'Type declaration for RASDIALPARAM structure Public Type RasDialParams dwSize As Long szEntryName(Max...more >>

hi, i have run into a frustrating problem with the way VS handles stylesheets. i link to a stylesheet, that contains among other items a top-margin value. unfortuantely visual studio applies this top margin to every control on the page, buttons, datalists etc. it makes the page very difficul...more >>

VS.NET 2003 fails to build Managed C++ project from command line. That is, having a VS.NET solution that contains a Managed C++ project that has a "Project reference" to another assembly (C# for example), will build successfully in the IDE, but not on the command line (i.e. devenv /build so...more >>

Using VS2005RC1 I'm trying to use role based security to control access to parts of a website. Forms authentication works fine, but with windows authentication the web site administration tools does not give the option of adding windows user accounts. I can restrict access based on the u...more >>

In an attemp to avoid frames, but still get the formating I want, I am trying to use a header control that opens a table, row, and td that I close in a footer control. But VS keeps closing the tags in the header control. I've turned of HTML validation and auto pop up of tags, but it still does...more >>

I have been given a corporate logo to use as the basis of an icon. Its colors do not match the ones in the resource editor's palette for 4 and 8 bit icons however I have been able to import my own palette. Suppose my application is run on a host that only supports 256 colors. I understand fro...more >>

I have a section in my ASP.NET code where I have an HTML unordered list. Visual Studio keeps removing the closing list item tags, except for the last list item. In other words, Visual Studio makes my code look like the following: <ul> <li>adasf <li>asdfsa <li>asdfd <li>adfsdf</l...more >>

I was always under the impression that you get a perpetual license to use the tools shipped with an MSDN subscription but you only receive updates during the lifetime of the subscription. I'm reading http://www.howtoselectguides.com/Guides/VisualStudio2005/tabid/68/Default.aspx that says ...more >>

I have a VisualStudio .NET VB form that connects via ADO .NET to a SQL database. I have created the application and everything works well on my development computer. I need to know how and where to write the code so that when the application is taken to any LAN it can be setup with the appropr...more >>

I have an Visual Basic .Net application that runs fine on Windows XP but when I run it on Windows 98 I get the following message; Application has generated an exception that could not be handled....more >>

I have web controls installed in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Company.Name directory and reference them in my VB.Net web project using the .Net IDE. I do the same for each web control, but some of my web controls display as lowercased. I checked the vbproj file for the web project and...more >>

Hi, I need a help regarding use of a user defined control in VB.NET. I could able to prepare a user control and add it to my project toolbox but the problem is how to pass the data from the application to the events on the user control. I found get and set methods do these two methods satis...more >>

Yesterday I ran windows update before leaving work. Today it is impossible to debug my application. Anyone with the same problem? Solution? I use visual studio 2003. ...more >>

We have a solution with 9-12 projects, of which 2 is C#-Webprojects. The solution is binded to sourcecontrol(Visual SourceSafe). App. 10 developers is working on this solution. Some while ago, we made some changes to the VSS-database, including branching the main-source. Since then, we've e...more >>