Inheriting Forms (aka Visual Inheritance) is quite useful. However, I have found VS2005 facilitation of this feature a little bit quirky. (It may also be true for VS2003) Firstly one has to presume that some controls on the base Form will be declared as Protected. (Purists may argue against...more >>

We have VS 2005 on 4 machines, Win XP Pro, all dual core P4 (2 Prescott and 2 not, all HT, 2 i915P 2 i875P), and we get a lot of performance problems. One of the main issues we identified is that VS 2005 is generating a lot of page faults, in one of the machine (1.5GB DDR 400, dual channel...more >>

Before that nothing I want to ask for excuses for my english level. The problem that I have is the following one: I have a file xml with "encoding=3DISO-8859-1" and accents. When in VB.NET, in a Form I write: Dim objxml as new XmlDocument and then when de Forms load: objxml.Load("C...more >>

What's the minimum spec and will VS.NET 2005 run at an acceptable speed on it? TIA Johno...more >>

when creating a web deployment project in vs2005, the authenticode options that were available in vs2003 have been removed. is this functionailty available elsewhere in vs ? or is this now a completely manual process ? Gerry ...more >>

I have a project using COM interop (to be used through VBScript) which runs fine when I register the .dlls using regasm or by letting the project build register for COM interop. The problem occurs when I install the .dlls through the deployment project. The install runs fine, but when I run ...more >>

I don't seem to be able to drag classes and interfaces from referenced assemblies onto Class Diagrams. Is there a problem with doing this? ...more >>

Hi , I m getting "unspecified error" while adding new webform to project. Any help appriciated... Thanks, Abhijeet. ...more >>

I'm working with VS 2005 and I have a simple Windows Forms application with a single button. Inside the click event of the button I have a breakpoint in the only line of code that is: return; So, I launch my application, I click the button and VS stops on the breakpoint before doing anythin...more >>

I've seen various reports off and on for the last few months on where there are issues with VS2003 and VS2005 installed on the same dev box. Are all the issues basically worked out now and is it safe to use both together on a production dev PC without any issues of maintaining project in both...more >>

Visual Studio 2005, C++ compiler An MFC project imported from Visual Studio 6 does not compile, due to several syntax errors in msidl.h. This is a MS include file, which I did not request. I don't use IDL at all. Anyone have a clue what might be wrong? ...more >>

My applicaton and its installation package was created under Visual Studio 2003 for .NET 1.1. Unfortunately, my customer upgraded all their w/s to .NET 2.0. Now, when we try to run the .msi file, this is the error message I see: "This setup requires the .NET Framework version 1.1.4322. Pl...more >>

VS2005 just created a Web Solution using WebParts. When I click the Security Tab or link in the WAT (Web site Admin Tool) I get the following error : "There is a problem with your selected data store. This can be caused by an invalid server name or credentials, or by insufficient permissio...more >>

Hi, I am trying to install VS.NET 2005 (Team Ed. Arc.) on Windows Vista 5308. The installation hangs during the "Hide_VBasicSharedDirData action..." usually resulting in a bluescreen of death after aprox. 10 minutes.. I have tried to shutdown Windows defender services... Tried to run Vis...more >>

I have been working with writing an Outlook Add-In and started with the VS Add-In wizard which created the Add-In project and a setup project. The primary output of the Add-In project is, as you'd expect, included by default in the setup project. Also setup by default in the setup project is ...more >>

Sigh. Every other ftp client I've used lets me enter the path to the site, the user id and password, and connects.. but not the one in VS2005. Why does MS have to do everything differently? Here's the problem: when I try to connect (through Copy Web Site) via FTP, I get the error message "The ~/...more >>

I have had a recurring problem with my VS2003 1: It keeps loosing certain types of code, specifically MyButton.Attributes.Add("onclick", "myJavaScriptFunction();"); I add this in the private void InitializeComponent() method, after all the appropriate C# event handlers are added...more >>

hello I get the error message that the operating is not supported and says please read the readme file so can you please tell me the solution to the problem thankyou...more >>

I have developed a web site in VS 2005 using the login controls included. I have developed this app on my local machine and everything works fine. When I copy the project to the web server, everything works fine except for the login part. I get an application error. The ASPNETDB.MDF is in ...more >>

I'm trying to upgrade from ASP 1.1 to 2.0. Can this be done and still stay with VSNET 2003? An upgrade to VSNET 2005 proved to be deadly on existing applications. THanks Andrew ...more >>

I installed the AnkSVN plugin, and don't want to use it anymore. I uninstalled it, and rebooted, and the plugin stays win VS2005 but the commands don't work anymore. How can I completely get rid of it? I don't want it in my menu anymore. ...more >>

Hi all, I have a web project under VS 2005 that does not compile or validate any content in some of the directories. This is very frustrating as when VS works well it is great, but at the moment there are errors all over the place which are not being caught until I access the pages via the we...more >>

Hi! I have a question regarding setting profiles in Visual Studio. My scenario is this: When I work at my office I have two screens and I place the different windows and toolboxes out on both screens. But, when I work at home I only have the screen on my laptop and therefore I have to move al...more >>

I have a problem with the filesystemwatcher object. We created a windows service with this object, which should file an event when a new file is created on the server on which the service runs. It infact works, as long as we do it on the server itself. As soon as I create it through a netwo...more >>

If this is not the right discussion group for my topic please tell me where I can post it. My question is : How can I restart the Microsoft File Transfer Manager to continue a download that has been interrupted by a PC shutdown ? Thank you. -- Gilbert....more >>

Hi, I was hired to do a VS2005 Outlook add-on. I am using Office Tools with VS2005, and the Outlook template project. It works just fine out of the Development Environment, but two problems I could not overcome despite hours of research are: a) the setup file won’t install the add-in on...more >>

Has anyone experienced gradual performance degradation with VS2005? And I mean in all aspects of the program, intellisense, design-view, compiling, etc. Eventually I have to reboot and then it is up to speed for a few hours before it begins to degrade again. I have a fairly clean machine... ...more >>

I was just at an MSDN seminar and they were building smart apps using the Windows Mobile 5 emulator. My VS 2005 Team Edition only has Pocket PC 2003 and WinCE 5 emulators. Where can I get the Win Mobile 5 emulators (phone and handheld)? jim ...more >>

I have asked about this in the past without any success, but I have some new insight that may help me get an answer to "How to setup up a root web fileshare project on a remote server" I am starting to think it cannot be done. Here is the Server setup: * ServerName: Cellar * Windows Serv...more >>

Hi, During our build process, we want to run unit tests on a clean database. Therefore we want to restore a database. Does anyone know how you can create a MSBuild task to do this? Thanks in advance for your help. Kind regards, Karine ...more >>

Hi there: I'm having some troubles with a DataGridView (2005). Happens that sometimes, when I'm handling some event, say CellMouseDown so to speak, the property e.RowIndex is -1 (it's a shared row), son I don't know which cell was clicked and every action using it will fail. I can't even un...more >>

Hello, when I create a new project from existing code in VS2005 the project file ..vcproj starts with three characters  and the xml encoding is 'UTF-8'. (only visible in a hex editor or a code editor like vslick edit). But when I create a new empty project (e.g. Hello World) this three ...more >>

Hi, Was wondering anybody could help? I'm looking an application to help deploy my Windows Form application. I've been using the built in installer in VS.NET 2005, but I want to package all the files up into one exe (this includes the prerequisites!). So that my users only have to downlo...more >>

VS 2005 Pro install on XP Pro SP2 I noticed that the install includes PlatformSDK lib, bin and include directories at: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK Are these the same files included separately in the Windows Server 2003 SP1 PSDK (April 2005) ? If I installed thi...more >>

I'm new to VS 2005 and I noticed that (without intentionally changing any of the default Debugger settings) for C++, I get runtime output (when running the Debug cofig) stating that there is no Debug information nor symbols included! According the VS 2005 docs: "The Debug configuration of your...more >>

I get the error "The Parameter is Incorrect" whenever I try to design tables in VS 2005. Seems to be somehow related to opening SQL 2000 databases as I don't get the error with SQL Express unless it's a database I've restored from SQL 2000. Has anyone seen this problem or found a fix? ...more >>

I'm hoping someone can help me. I have three text boxes on a form, txtone, txttwo, and txtthree. While one of the text boxes has the focus, its text is red, when it loses the focus, the text returns to black. I tried an if statement: Private Sub txtOne_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System....more >>

Hello folks, I wrote myself a logging infrastructure that logs events to an xml file. nice and simple. I want to add to the xml file the details of the assembly that called the logger. if the called is a windows application (exe) I could just used "system.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly"...more >>

Hi, I will do some historic about my project. It's a EXE MFC project, with ATL, and some managed class (compiled with /clr) It was create in VC++ 6.0 (or 5.0). 2 years ago, we convert it to VS2003, and it work fine, after fix some error and warning. Now we try to convert it to VS2005. The ...more >>

Hi, been using vs2003 and just upgraded to 2005, and also upgraded to asp.net 2.0. I'm having a problem with virtual and to be honest any other directory! I have a directory in inetpub/wwwroot/icons which contains generic icons that I use in a lot of my websites. In 2003 I could either ...more >>

Simple starter question (since I only used Visual Studio 6): In VS 2005 Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions under the VC++ Directories, Executable files etc.., all the configuration paths are specified as Macros for properties that expand into strings, such as: $(FrameworkSDKDir)bin ...more >>

I've got VS 2005 installed on my Windows/XP Home system, I can see SQL Express services running and I want to define a database. Now what? I started VS 2005 and displayed the Server Explorer window. I right clicked on the Data Connections item and selected the Create New SQL Server Database ...more >>

I am using VB.NET 2005 and a ComboBox that has a datatable as its data source. I have the DisplayMember and ValueMember properties set to the appropriate columns in the dataset. When a selection is made in the ComboBox, the SelectedValue returned does not match the value from the data table. ...more >>

I heard that Microsoft was offering a compact version of VS. NET 2.0 and so I've spent the last several hours downloading products from their site and I cannot get one that will actually allow me to open up VS.NET and start writing code in C#. I've installed Microsoft .NET Framework SDK v2.0 fr...more >>

I recently have had problems getting Office 2k3 SP2 to install. I was told to completely remove Office and re=install it. After doing so, VS.Net 2003 will not run. When it attempts to start, I see a dialog that says "Preparing to install", followed by what appears to be a box that is for ...more >>

This is about programming C++ using Visual Studio.NET 2002 & 2003. I created a new Visual C++ project, Win32, Console application. What's this? _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) I had a self-contained C++ file that I added to the project along side the ready-made _tmain() file. I tried t...more >>

Is there a way to remotely uninstall a ClickOnce app from a desktop? For instance, if a user should no longer have access to it, or if the application is deprecated and should no longer be used? Short of using an enterprise management system (this has to happen at disparate sites that may ...more >>

Im having a DataGridView (2005) with a column hosting DateTimePicker control, I got the code in the VS documentation. The problem is that it fails when the user clicks on a row that's shared (since the row index is -1), I don't want to prevent all rows from being shared, but I suppose that I h...more >>

I develop my reports using Crystal 10. I view the reports using the report viewer object in Visual Studio 2005. A link button opens the report. The tool bar is shown but i have inserted an image but only a red x appears where the image should be when the report view opens the report. If i clic...more >>

Hi there: I'd like to know how could I select rows in a DataGridView (VS 2005) programmatically. -- Thanks in advance Other_Developer_More...more >>