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 >>

I have a web page with a single button at the top. Text in a detailsview follows as well as text in a gridview. I have removed all borders from both controls so the page appears as text only. Using that button at the top of the page, I would like to send the page to the printer without any ...more >>

please help, I am trying to use timer control on a web form (VB.NET) to display 3 images with each image being displayed for 4 seconds. is this can be done with vb.net? and how can I reactivate the Timer after the page is loaded? thanks for any help or any detailed help...more >>

I have the release version of Visual Studio 2005 for Software Developers loaded and I can't find the option for Code Snippet Manager. I have looked under tools and reinstalled the software but still no luck. Can anyone tell me how to get this option loaded? Thanks, Matt ...more >>

I need to combine (and modify) several applications into one. Some are written in C++, other in Pascal How can I translate the available code to use in VS.Net? Even the C++ code won't compile (i was told it compiles under Borland) Please advise ...more >>

I notice that Single of instance of VS 2005 (devenv.exe) can take 150MB of RAM. 1. When i need to open another solution, have a way to open it in same devenv.exe instance? 2. Have a way to attach two VS IDE instance to one Help viewer (in External mode), so when i hit F1 it's go to same H...more >>