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 >>

Hi, Is it possible to use the VS2005 IDE with the VC 2003 compiler? Is it worth it? I'm particularly interested in the improved Intellisense, source browsing etc., but things like the code view window and other enhancements may be worthwhile too. Has anyone used this combination? I understa...more >>

Hi ppl, If this is OT.. plz forgive... cant find any more suitable managed newsgroup. I am interested in mobile development but i dont want to recode my web app. Possible to create a VB app with embedded browser for Mobile development? (WM 5.0 only) Is this even a GOOD idea? Also, will w...more >>

Hi, I have a web project in VS 2005. When I build it, everything works fine, but when I try to publish it, it gives me an error "Access to the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp\~160c\bin\App_Code.compiled' is denied. I have given everyone write permissions o...more >>

Hi, I am using: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727 Installed Edition: Professional Microsoft Visual C# 2005 77617-168-7076001-41754 Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office 77...more >>

Can you use Dreamweaver and VS.Net together now? I have a site that was built with DW code inside (therefore you could not use VS.Net 2003 with it). Is this still the case? Apparently, you can use code inside with the new version version of VS, but do you have to run the site as a total s...more >>

This may be a strange question to ask here, but I am writing my resume, and want to write Javascript correctly. I have seen it written three ways on sites and other places (I know that people often don't worry about these things in emails and newsgroup messages, I am not counting those): Ja...more >>

Hello! I'm wondering: is there any way to make a Visual Studio Project based build break after the first compilation error? Cheers, -e- ...more >>

I have this problem recently. The Visual Studio .NET Combined Help Collection is responding very slow when I use the "Index" to search for something. Under "Contents" it seems ok. When I type in something in the "Look for:" Field and enter, I see "Downloading..." appears on the status bar at t...more >>

This one should be obvious. I know I can use XSD.exe to generate classes from a schema, but how do I automate this process in Visual Studio? i.e. add an existing schema to my project and have Visual Studio generate the classes on every rebuild, similar to the way Typed DataSets are built. M...more >>

I'm working with a large-ish C# project, and was wondering if there was a way to have the name of my assembly change based on whether I'm in Debug or Release? Alternately, is there a way to specify my output file name other than having it just be the assembly name + ".exe"? ...more >>

OK How the fudge do you style Calendar Controls in VS.NET 2003, this is annoying the hell out of me now !! In PARTICULAR the "othermonth" elements of the calendar view ( you know... the days from the proceeding and following months ). It's constantly fudging grey !!! How the HELL do you cha...more >>

I have just installed Visual Studio 2003 and I am trying out C# web aplications. When creating a new project I get the following message. Visual Studio.NET has detected that the specified web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1 You will be unable to run ASP.NET Web Application services....more >>

I am using MS Dev 2003, Version 7.1.3088 In the release configuration (debug configuration works fine) of our project, I am now unable to compile/link because of a dialog box that pops up at the linker stage: "Buffer overrun detected! Program: ...oft Visual Stduio .Net 2003\vc7\bin\vsli...more >>

I'm developing ASP.NET 2.0 web site via VS.NET 2005 and using local IIS 6.0 (Win2003 Server), everything works fine, however, sometimes, I can view the aspx page from VS.NET 2005 but will get error from IE 6.0, "Server Error in '/xxxx/' Application - Mutex could not be created. this situati...more >>

Each time I want to change sourec view to design view, the VS.Net 2005 alwyas validate the html tag and lots of error shows, how to disable this validation feature? Thanks. ...more >>