Has anyone had any problems with the performance wizard in Team System? In the start options for my website I have the "Use custom server" selected, so that I can point it to http://localhost:8081/ and debugging works fine. But when I select Tools/Peformance Tools/Performance Wizard it seems ...more >>

These setting mystify me for these reasons. *SelectedItem* - Help says that 'SelectedItem' gets or sets the currently selected item in the combobox. *SelectedValue* - Help says that 'SelectedValue' gets or sets the value of the member property specified by the ValueMember property. *Valu...more >>

Hi; I have a solution for a Word Add-In. It has 3 C# projects where two of them have all of the files of the 3rd as links. This is done because Word wants the Add-In linked to the COM libs for the version running, so we have the same set of source linked 3 times. We have two DLLs that we...more >>

VS2005 I've been reading all the help I can on the topic (MSDN, other) but I can't make sense of this. Desired behavior; The user is to choose from the displayed list of the databound combobox and the coresponding 'Id' from the lookup table is to be inserted into the field of the new record....more >>

Hello, When i'm debugging sometimes i get the following error message. Anyone know y? is this a bug in VS 2005? Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below an...more >>

Am I correct that the latest version available now is Beta 3? Is this what Microsoft supplies on that trial DVD that one can order from them? If above is correct - when the release version be available? If we start using Beta 3 now - will it be possible to upgrade to release version later? ...more >>

I'm having problems creating ASP applications in VS 2003. The IDE hangs when Initializing offline cache. Anybody have a solution? -- JTC...more >>

Hi, I am trying to debug a simple hello world app on a Windows CE 5.0 device (custom OS), using Visual Studio 2005. I have the device connected to the PC using ActiveSync & cross cable. I can ping to the device and the PC & device are on the same subnet. When I try to debug the device I get...more >>

I have a project opened and when I expand the References section, I see a yellow exclamation point next to progressbar. When I double click on the exclamation point, or on progressbar, it only takes me to the Objecty browser and it takes me to the top of the hierachy, to the project name. No...more >>

I am using Visual Studio 2005, and I am trying to add an SQLDataAdapter to my form, but when i look under "Data" in the toolbox, there is no SQLDataAdapter listed. When I use Visual Studio 2003, it is listed and I can add it to my form. Is there some setup that I need to run, or do I need to...more >>

I know this is a silly question but …. How can I add a file from some other directory but only as a “shortcut” or link to that file without having it copied to my project dir. For example, there is a directX sample that has a bunch of files in the project with short cut icons on them...more >>

Can anyone explain to me why VS2003 is suddenly (as in, "this didn't used to happen!!!!!!!!!") having a problem copying an assembly it's building to the runtime directory? Here's the error message: The file 'OlbertMcHughLLC.DBFramework.MetaData.dll' cannot be copied to the run directory. The pr...more >>

Man, what is going on with VS 2003 and 2005? How do you create a simple C DLL project? I'm about to just use MinGW....more >>

Do the developers of Visual 2005 actuall use it??? There's lots of great things in VS2005 (mostly related to the outstanding work done on the CLR)... but in general the LITTLE THINGS totally drag it down.. especially the slightly-improved-but-not-all-that-much IDE. I waited for 3 years for thi...more >>

How in the heck do I create command-line C projects with VS 2005?...more >>

Hi gang! I keep having problems inserting records to my Access database. I have tried to insert with oledbCommand executeNonQuery. It works sometimes and then quits working. No error or anything obvious. I have also tried using the dataadapter insertCommand to define the query and then ...more >>

I have a sizeable windows .net application running under .net 1.1 and built with visual studio 2003. I would like to install vs 2005 in parallel with my 2003 installation so that can experiment with 2005 without immediately upgrading my application to .net 2.0. I am wondering if there are known...more >>

Hi, I'm pulling out my hair (what little is left) trying to build a class library *that can access a web.config file*. When the compiler sees the code (below) it gives the error "The type or namespace name 'Configuration' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an a...more >>

Hi, I have a VS 2005 C# project to which I have added a folder. Into this folder are various resources that are used within the program. I have the line ItemsPath = Application.StartupPath + "\\Resources\\"; in my code and whilst in the IDE everything works fine. When I come to publish the ...more >>

Our vb.net 2003 application uses the version of Crystal built in to Visual Studio. When installed on a machine that uses Crystal 8.5 DLL's, I think this is a VB6 application but am not sure, it prevents another app from exporting Crystal Reports to Word. Has anyone seen this sort of problem...more >>

In a C# Web application, I added Webform1.aspx. To that, I added Button1, a System.Web.UI.WebControl.Button. When I right-click Button1 and select "View Code" I see the content of Webform1.aspx.cs, but there is no Button1 Click handler present. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

We're creating a VS 2005 C# app that needs to integrate with Excel & Office. Can anyone tell me which versions of Excel and Office C#/VS 2005 supports? I'm most interested in knowing how far back the support goes. For example, is Office/Excel 97 supported? Excel 2002? etc. Thanks. ...more >>

From VS 2005, in the creation of a new team project, i'm unable to connect to Windows SharePoint Services: -------------------------------------------------------- TF30177: Team Project Creation Failed -------------------------------------------------------- Error Unable to connect to...more >>

Hello Guys I have an STL application with no MFC written in VS.Net 2005 - it uses the winsock libraries therefore I must include winsock.h/winsock2.h. The problem this also forces msxml.h to be included through winsock.h windows.h ole2.h objbase.h urlmon.h ...more >>

Hi, I have existing c++ class library (.lib file). My existing c++ class uses MFC CString. I am trying to learn how to write a managed c++ wrapper for the existing c++ class library and how to set project configuration correctly so I don't have linking errors. Do you know any good books...more >>

I have an 'Awards' form that can be accessed by 2 different methods, 1 - Via a customer details form that has a button on it to enable the user to re-direct to the 'Awards' form passing it the customerID & name so that the new form can be automatically populated with the selected customer det...more >>

Hi, All these days I was using VB.NET on VS2005 without any problems but suddenly all my VB.NET apps stopped compiling. I reinstalled VS2005 but that did not help. I get the following error message: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.Common.targets(1306,9): error M...more >>

With VS2005 TS Developer I am connecting to MS SQL 2000 databases in the Server Explorer, Data Connections. When I expand a database connection I do not see Database Diagrams or any option to create/work with database diagrams. From the Data menu on toolbar I do not find any option to view or...more >>

Has anyone been able to have a sqlDataSource in one asp:content control access controls in another asp:content control. The page I'm working on inherits from a master page with Banner, context, and main asp:content controls. On this page I would like to have a gridview & sqlDataSource in ...more >>

In the book: "Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005" Craig Skibo wrote: "The power of Visual Studio 2005 lies in its ability to empower users to build, test, and debug powerful applications quickly and easly." I don't agree on what concernes ASP .NET Web Sites in VS2005. All what invo...more >>

Hello All, I'm currently working on writing a compiler for a language for .NET Framework. I would like to make Visual Studio it's integrated development environment by adding the apropriate sytnax coloring, creating projects/solutions, compiling, debugging. My question is, which online docume...more >>

Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that if you have registering Visual Studio 2005 finally has some benefits. You can get electronic PDF books about Visual Studio 2005 and some other stuff. For example, the updated book "Working with Visual Studio 2005" by Craig Skibo and others (prev...more >>

I have seen some messages describing the same problem, but as I have not seen a good solution I posted it again. Apparently the problem is caused by a "dirty" file, the file in which I have trouble is a .js, I have worked in this file in it with VS, Dreamweaver and EditPlus...and it seems that...more >>

I have a business object class created in my App_Code folder which gets customer data from a SQL Server database in its Select method. The select method returns a dataset. I have a FormView on my aspx page which should display this data but I cannot get any data to display, it always shows ...more >>

It is not easy to grasp by browsing the MS VS web site(s). Is it released?...more >>

Is it possible to get amount of code lines, amount of classes, methods and .... in the project using some build in tools - macros or write simple add-in? Thank you, Shimon. ...more >>

We have a solution containing 34 projects, mostly native DLLs, but also two native EXEs, a couple of static libraries, a couple of makefile projects and a deployment project. We build overnight in a scheduled task using commands like: call "%VS80COMNTOOLS%vsvars32" devenv /build Relea...more >>

I want my progress bar to show the current status as I open my database. On Load event I call Me.PartTableAdapter.Fill(Me.DataSet1.Part) and it populates my DataGridView, this takes about 30 seconds (over 6000 records) and i want to show the progress using the ToolStripProgressBar. How do I do...more >>

I wanted to try out Team Foundation Server. So I am trying to install single server installation on virtual PC. I passed all checks and in the end of installation I get following error: Error 28905.WiDbLoc: Could not list of fields to localize from database. Dialog has options Retry and cancel...more >>

I don't know much on the situation. An employee just reported that her vs.net is taking more then 30 minutes to load a workspace/ project of hers. This just seems ridiculous. She says it usually takes around 5-10 minutes, which is still a longgg time. She did mention that she is running low o...more >>

In the IDE of a web project, if you drag and drop a series of images from a folder in Solution explorer to the source page of an aspx page, it puts the list of URLs in the page... but the LAST image shows up as the second image in the list, instead of at the end. I am dropping these images ...more >>

Hello! I'm trying to create a web service proxy for the Reporting Services web service. When I do this for one of my C# class library projects it works well. I right click the project select "Add Web Reference..." and browse to the web service in the pop up dialog box. When I do this ...more >>

Is it possible to use Visual C++ 6.0 or Visual Studio.NET 2002/03/5 to do parallel compiles/building across many PCs? I find my building/compiling takes years. Last year when I was developing on linux I came across distcc, distributive C/C++ compiler, that can compile/build a project across...more >>

what i have to upload the new site with aspx pages ?? is vs erase all the data of the exiting web site ?? or just upload teh necessary files ?? Please guide me what i have to do to make my site update with new dotnet technology what care i have to take ??? ...more >>

Hi everyone, Does VS 2005 have the capability to use Secure FTP to copy a website? I know it has FTP, but would rather use secure ftp. Or are there any other secure alternatives? -Ben...more >>

In the IDE when I hit the TAB key it works OK. But when I backspace the tab to removed it, I have to hit backspace 4 times. Is this a setting somewhere so I only have to hit the backspace once to remove a tab? Thanks ...more >>

Hi I usualy like to develop in high resolution setting but when the software runs on a low resolution pc some of the form contect dont show so haw can i over come that using VS 2005 proffesional ? thanx -- Ammar S. Mitoori IT Head QIMCO Co. Tel : +9744831199 Mobile : +9745378400 Fax :...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to get my company to purchase the 2005 version of Visual Studio Professional. I need to come up with the advantages of upgrading the development environment from version 2003. I already gave a bunch of development reasons; but they are looking for end user reasons. In o...more >>

I have a Windows Application that has been ported from VB6 to VB.NET using VS 2003. The code conversion was painful but almost complete. But, now I am having trouble because the original application had so many different DLL files associated with it. The application itself is designed to b...more >>

I consult for several corporations that have coding conventions that specifically require comment lines NOT TO BE TOUCHED by Microsoft text editors. After 3 weeks of review we have determined that VS Express (C#) is pretty much an unusable product. Yet another damaging 'feature' of Express ...more >>