Is Crystal Reports for VS.Net 2003 equivalent to Crystal Reports 9.0 which is available independently? In other words, is Crystal Reports 9.0 is what is integrated with VS.Net 2003? Thanks in advance. Shailesh....more >>

Hi all, A simple question... Can an AddIn dll which i have been using for Visual Studio 6 be used as is in Visual studio .net? If yes, Is there anything special i need to make it work, the Addin manager in ,net is not seeing it. I am not sure how to register this, even if i do will it wo...more >>

Hi, I want to pre-populate a textbox in one of the standard dialogs that come with the VS installer. I can pass data from the dialog box to my custom action, but I cannot go the other way, go from the custom action to the dialog box. Basically, I am doing this, overriding Install in my c...more >>

Greetings all, A while back, I installed Beta 1 of VS.NET 2005 to a machine that already had VS.NET 2003 installed. Today, I tried to open a C# project with integrated Source Control settings through Visual Studio 2003. When I pulled it up, I got a messagebox that said, "The beta period has ...more >>

Hi I have a problem with my VisualStudio .Net 2002 ( installed from a long while, and running ok until now ), an specifically HELP subsystem. When I select some keyword in a C++ source code, and press F1, this drive my directly to the keyword documentation in the help, using DEXPLORE. That's...more >>

Hi, A strange thing started happening today when I tried to copy from my local machine to my webhost. I've been using VS 2003 and publishing using the "Copy Project..." menu item of the "Project" menu. I've used this for months without a problem. Suddenly today, when I click the OK button on ...more >>

I have just upgraded to VS.2005 RC and find it very very slow when running applications in debug mode. It runs about 10 times slower that beta 2. Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me? I am using WinXP sp2 and centrino 1.8 Ghz laptop thorben ...more >>

Hello all, I'm working with VS2005, Beta 2, on an XP Pro system. Very simply: when I start a windows form project in C# and try to navigate to the Toolbox, I cannot. There is no Toolbox in the View menu. Same for Visual C++ - there's no Toolbox in the View menu. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?...more >>

I'm running VS.Net 2003 (7.1.3088) under Windows XP MCE. I'm getting this error on several projects when I try to open them. This is a relatively new computer so it's possible I haven't actually opened these projects since building the system and restoring these project files from a tape backu...more >>

I have created a Console Application project in VB.NET and later I added a Setup project to the solution. In the properties of the Setup I selected true on Remove previous version. But when I try to install a new version of the application I receive an error that I must uninstall a previous...more >>

To all, I am a experienced programmer, but new to Visual Studio 2003 and the .NET technology. However, I am working with an existing website that was developed for me and I am trying to make some minor changes, like in this case I am trying to add a new field..... The website is develop...more >>

I am receiving this message when attempting to deploy to a CE5.0 device using VS 2005 Beta 2. Any suggestions on the cause and fix for this? Thanks, WB ...more >>

Hi, I have a C# ASP.NET project in VS.NET and it used to build, debug and run fine. I had to disable IIS5.1 to run Java based code on JBoss for a month. Now I re-inabled IIS and tried to run my C# project in debugger: 1) I can't build the project, getting a few compilation errors like: - ...more >>

I'm really worried about this. I've been using VB since version 3 circa 1991 and when .NET 2002 was released I was amazed at just how versatile and (apart from a few minor quirks) how stable it was. VS 2003 was pretty much the same. But I've been working with VS 2005 since Beta 2 - I've ...more >>

I have a merge module that needs to place a file in to the Common Application Data folder (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\) I have created a folder in the File System Editor that I called CommonDataFolder. The default location is blank and the Property is COMMONAPPDATAFOLD...more >>

hai, i created and started a service to remote machines using vb.net. but i cant copy a folder with files in windows service using vb.net(remote machines). if anyone knows plz help us.. we need urgently to complete our project.. plz repli soon. lingam. ...more >>

Hi, I have just installed the VS2005 Beta 2 and found our code would not compile when it compiled fine in 2003. I've isolated the problem to the following (sample) construction: class A { }; class B : private A { public: void Func(A& a); }; class C : public B { public: // erro...more >>

Hi, does anyone know very roughly how to write a plugin for Internet Explorer like the Google toolbar plugin? I would like to know what programs I need to write the plugin (Visual Studio .NET???) and also if there are any decent books out there on this subject. I have trawled the web trying to...more >>

I have a VB application created with Visual Studio 2003 .NET that connects to a SQL 2000 database. I use similar code as follows (Connection variables change) to run a DTS package which imports data from a text file into SQL. Everything works well. I have also created a DTS package to export d...more >>

I'm at the beginning stages of building a VB.NET ASP.NET web application using VS.NET 2003. I need to create reports that the users can print. These reports will each be based on one record, so there is no need for datagrids or grouping. Imagine a Word document with boxes on it that people eit...more >>

I set up sql 2005 september ctp successfully and then since yesterday I am still installing VS 2005 RC! I left the setup on overnight and it still has not completed this morning. My machine is completely locked up and the taskbar has disappeared. If I do Alt-tab I can't see the programs running....more >>

If I have this correct, the latest versions of VS 2005 that are available for use with Team Foundation Server are the July CTPs. Is this Correct or is it possible to use the RC with the July CTP of TFS?...more >>

I've used vs.net for a few months and added projects. Noe my vs.net is 5 time slower? has anyone else had this problem, and what could cause this? -- thanks (as always) some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting kes...more >>

During the last week, my PC is rebooting more than half of the time when I save a project (both when creating a new one and updating an existing one). VS.NET crashing is one thing but I've never seen it cause an automatic reboot before. I never install unknown programs and have run anti-viru...more >>