What are we supposed to use for a Team Foundation Server client in the Visual Studio 2005 RC? Do we use the beta 2 TFC? I've read reports that say beta 3 of TFS is going to be released Nov. 7 and reports that say it is going to be released with the RC. Which is correct? Thanks, Michae...more >>

My teammate on a project somehow removed all the control declarations in a project. Since most of the control declarations are added automatically when the controls are added, is there a way to have Visual Studio add them again? (my project is ASP.NET/VB) Thanks. -- Nathan Sokalski njsokal...more >>

I'm using VS.NET 2005 beta. As articles like this one suggest, Intellisense can richly display documentation written by the developer: http://aspalliance.com/696 Normally, Intellisense shows comments associated with method parameters, and updates these comments as the developer writes code. ...more >>

Just recently, one of the projects in my C# solution has started getting rebuilt every time I run a project which is dependent on it, instead of just saying "The project is up-to-date." It hasn't changed; in fact, it's not checked out of source control, so it can't be changing. And it's very ...more >>

Hi, with VC++.NET 2003 7.1.3088, every now and then (and sometimes rather every five minutes), the IDE gets stuck (CPU use 100%, no reaction). I'm quite sure that the IntelliSense mechanism is responsible. Deleting the .ncb file does not help. Is there any possibility to turn this Intel...more >>

Hi, sometimes the VC++.NET 2003 compiler (7.1.3088, on Win 2000) gets unacceptably slow. The task manager says that cpu use of cl.exe is around 5 per cent (no matter how high a priority one assigns to the process), although nothing else uses the restant 95 per cent. This happens for both...more >>

Hello, I'm very new to both SQL Server and VS.NET 2003. I am learning, but have a long way to go. Creating a webform with a SqlConnection, SqlDataAdapter, and a Dataset I can have a DataGrid fill in, but have thus far been unable to figure out how to have the DataGrid fill in one select...more >>

Howdy Is it possible to get Visual Studio to recognise a connection string that is stored in the root web.config file, so that I can use it as part of my IDE development? Thanks Matt PS Are there any other good groups to ask these questions in ? ...more >>

My favorite aspect of OO is how you can use it to simplify a system or interfaces to a system. I have a big complicated database. It is handy to be able to build simplified interfaces to that database to suit specific objects or applications. The "Is-A" nature of inheritance means that all ...more >>

Okay, so I am very excited to see the release candidate released. I have two projects in the works under the Go-Live license, and I am hoping that the release candidate will be a more stable environment while I am finishing these up for my clients. That is until I hear that the release can...more >>

Hi Can I exclude file or folder from a project as it used to be in VS.NET 2003? I have existing project and its structure was organized that class and NUnit projects are inside of the web project folder. I tried to convert it to VS.NET 2005 but I see all this folders in the web project str...more >>

I'm kinda new to the .NET DataGrid. I can't figure out how to change the color of a specific row. Also, I want to be able to highlight the complete row when it is selected. I added a dg.Select statement in the mouse down event, but is there a better way? It obviously won't work when using ...more >>

Hi; I have to start doing some .net 2.0 programming (J# actually) and I went to my MSDN disks and like everyone else, it's a giant pile of disks that I never bothered to file correctly. So... What exactly do I need to install? I want the latest solid version. And can it co-exist with my ...more >>

Symptoms: 1. Create a class library: LIB project in directory c:\LIB 2. Create a WINAPP project in directory c:\WINAPP 3. Include LIB's .dll in WINAPP as a vb.net reference. 4. Build WINAPP. works great. 5. Build LIB. works great. 6. Make changes to LIB. 7. Debug WINAPP with breakpoints. 8...more >>

I have created a VB form in Visual Studio.net with connections to a SQL 2000 database. I am pulling info from 3 tables into the form. I have created a Next button that takes me from record to record using this code: Me.BindingContext(DsAll1, "Table1").Position += 1 Me.Binding...more >>

I created a .MSI installer with a Setup project in VS.NET (2005) After some update to the code I decided to make a new release and I create a new .MSI. Now when, when I tested my .MSI it didn't install, complaining there was a previous version of the software which prevent it from installing. ...more >>

Hi All I am fresh college graduate who has done C and C++ during college times.After that i had done a C# course from one of our local computer institute.The course is BCM which ran for 1 year.But now when i am looking for job the questions asked in interview are really very very weird and does...more >>

Hi, I have a Windows Form and I need to create another thread to wait for an input somewhere else in the program. When this happens, I will have to access the form and modify it. Right now, this creates an error because I can't access/modify the form from a thread that didn't create it. ...more >>

Hi Guys. Apologies if this is posted to the wrong groups I'm building a small app that uses a WMI connection to a computer, can be local or remote and queries installed services. It will dynamically create a couple of buttons on the form to stop or start the services for any installed SQ...more >>

Hello, In VS.NET 2003, I am trying to author a aspx page with out html validation. I turned off the Html validation option. Now when I try to author the page without <HTML> etc tags, I get intellisence suppport for HTML tags but not the serverside tags like <asp..../> etc. Also I am unable...more >>

I have several apps that display information to the user when completed. The problem is that when the app finishes it pops the messagebox but does not bring it to the front. How do I do that?? Here is the code I am using MessageBox.Show("Finished Circ " & CIRC7 & " with " & Gcount & " cl...more >>

My company are developing an application with approx 30 projects included in the solution. We are having severe problems when compiling our solution because of the fact that VS are locking up files during compilation. some of the errors we see during compilation are: 1) Permission denied. (...more >>

I want to clear the projects list on my start page. I've tried clearing VBCache. What do I need to do to clear the list or at least remove project names? -- Thanks, CGW...more >>

Hi, I am using VS.Net 2003 and I have a small Windows Forms application which amongst other things uses a SaveFileDialog and an OpenFileDialog control. When I run this application on my development machine everything works fine. However when I run this on another test machine when I call ...more >>

Hi all, i have read http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2005/08/22/451026.aspx and it mentions RC1 being released this month. Does anyone know when also the VS 2005 v.1 is set for 7 Nov, does this also mean .net 2.0 will be final as well? Thanks slyi ...more >>

This is with VS 2003 I have a solution with 3 C++ assemblies. All 3 are built with Managed Extensions The Debug version of this build works just fine. The Release version does the following. Build | Rebuild Solution - builds all 3 assemblies and indicates all is okay I hit F5 to run (s...more >>

Hello, if I try to change (delete) preprocessor definitions (in project property dialog -> C++) the changed settings do not affect the build process. It is like the deleted preprocessor definition is still there. I've rebuilt the whole solution several times without success. We're using ...more >>