I have always used the instructions on the command line on my form load to parse information another program sends me to do a particular action. But, how do I simply pass arguments (variables) (for simplicity say I want to pass three variables followed by commas to a another EXE? I want t...more >>

Hi I seem to loose color for test coverage in VS2005 Team Edition for Developers. I had some Add-in installed that seem to mess it up. How can I get it back? And also any way to customize those colors? Thank you Shimon. ...more >>

So far, check for updates has provided and VS 2005 updates. Is this going to be like VS 2003 where we received ZERO updates for the entire life span of the development tool? Please no posts about there are NO VS 2005 bugs. I just wanna know if Microsoft are serious about VS 2005 or if thi...more >>

This is hard to describe, but let me try... I can't debug an application because its stuck in some weird limbo. During testing of some minimization code, I stopped execution while the form was minimized. Now, when I debug through the VS IDE, the form is ALWAYS minimized, and will not be max...more >>

There are some pages in my VS2005 documentation that are incomplete, sometimes it says "In the folowing sample code you'll see ...", but there's no sample code. It's there a way to review VS2005 documentation on line? -- Appreciate your help rjss...more >>

VS 2005 Where are the default Project Settings stored for both Debug and Release versions of a new C++ project? (i.e. in what file ... I know where all = the configuration panels are). If I change these settings for a given project, I assume that doesn't = change the settings for the next ...more >>

Hi all! I'm trying to write a small program that reads text files off of remote computers (scribers) and dumps the data in the to a database on a server. I compiled the program, and ran it locally (windows XP Pro, SP2) and it works with no problem. So I copied the .exe to another computer ...more >>

using VS.Net 2003 My app.icon always appears as a simple white box. if I view the properties of the icon file, I see the icon that I drew (opened app.ico and modified it to my liking). In the install project, when I select the icon for the Add/Remove programs and shortcut, I can once ag...more >>

I'm using Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2005. I've noticed that in the project properties settings page, there is a synchronize button that is supposed to delete user.config files. This button doesn't appear to work. I was wondering if everyone else also has this problem. If so, does any...more >>

I don't want a database as a source. I want a hand-crafted collection with data I've put in by hand. -- David K Allen Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN...more >>

Hi all, I can redirect output to a file in DOS using : xxx > file, can I do the same thing in the Visual studio debug environment? Thanks Rick ...more >>

vs2005: Annoyances 1. most of the toolbar commands in the 'customize' toolbar selector have no images. So you are forced to drop in the full text command. The edit toolbar command "Find Next" has no image, in vs2003 it has the little binocular with the arrow. 2. if a toolbar command has ...more >>

My application was developed under Visual C++ 6.0, ATL, MFC & PlatformSDK Feb2003 (the last VC6 compatible version). I am wondering if PlatformSDK Feb2003 is compatible with Visual Studio.NET 2003? I am having major problems trying to port/build my application under Visual Studio.NET 2003 u...more >>

I just bought vs2005 pro from newegg. The #2 msdn library disk was not in the box, just 1 and 3. Newegg says to call microsoft, and microsoft says since they didn't sell it direct to me that I should contact newegg. Suggestions?...more >>

All: We have a situation where a c# web project takes a very long time to run a web project (minutes). the developer having the problem has a very powerful machine, however there is some kind of a delay when he attempts to build and run a web project. 1. Hit F-5 to build and run the p...more >>

Good morning, I'm having some trouble with the dataset designer and using typed datasets.. Specifically, when the query that is part of a TableAdapter uses a view, and the view changes, the type information is off.. and there seems to be nothing Ic an do to refresh it! I have tried deleting t...more >>

Having trouble installing my 180 day Visual Studio 2005 trial disk. The CD that was sent is actually a DVD not a CD. My home PC only has a CD drive. I attempted to install on an external drive using a work PC with a DVD drive and then use the external drive from my home PC. Unfortunately the ...more >>

I'm developing a ASP.Net 2.0 Web site, all my pages are in UTF-8, BUT when I add a new aspx page, the aspx file is created in UTF-8, but the aspx.cs file is created as Western...1252. It is annoying to have to go to the Advanced save Options dialogs for EACH .cs file (and accented charac...more >>

Hi, I'm facing a strange problem. If I try to open the following link (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2006/03/03131636) in browser it opens fine, but when I try to download it using the WebRequest.GetResponse method, it gives me http error 500. Same is true for all the news articl...more >>

Hi there. I've upgraded to VS2005 from VS.NET and am developing my first ASP.NET 2.0 application. The app's only got about 5 pages in it but already it's taking over a minute to build. I've got a 1.6MHz processor and 1GB of RAM. A similar application builds within a couple of seconds in ...more >>

Up until two days ago, whenever I tried to edit a read-only file a dialog box would pop up and warn me. The dialog would allow me to overwrite or edit read only or just cancel my attempt. The dialog also had an option to disable the dialog box from ever showing up again. I happened to click that...more >>

Hi! I'm working on a Setup and Deployment Projects for a Windows Application. Il would like to know how to add shorcuts in User's Programs Menu to files that are in the Application folder? Thanks, Thierry Paradis. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to find any event when closing my web page in the top right hand corner while running on my localhost. I tried: Private Sub Page_AbortTransaction(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.AbortTransaction Private Sub Page_Disposed(ByVal sender As Objec...more >>

Sorry, wasn't sure where to post this. I'm tryign to get started with webparts. I toss a webpartmanager and a couple webpartzones onto a page. I disable personalization and run. I get no minimize or close buttons though! These properties are both enabled and visible. Are there any specific st...more >>

After using visual studio for a whole day, it's memory usage will bloat to like 500MB to 700MB+. If I close VS, it seems to not return all the memory - my computer's total memory in use stays high even though I can close everything. I just had to kill devenv process, because VS hung after runn...more >>

Hi Everyone I work with Visual Studio 2003 and so .net framework 1.1 but I have to work with another software "codeWeaver" which requires .Net FrameWork 2 so I wonder by downloading and installing .Net Framework 2 Redist and SDK would I have any problem with my projects which are in VS 2003 a...more >>

With the new version of the Solutions Build Framework (http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/codegallery.aspx?id=b4d6499f-0020-4771-a305-c156498db75e), does anyone have a quick bit of sample code and installation instructions on how to implement the SDC tasks within a MSBuild script?? Steps ...more >>

I got a small WINDOWS form app with a Access database included. My question is: How can I avoid, that the database content is NOT overwritten at the next update? Any links to best practise are most welcome. Jens ...more >>

How does one use a .pdb file that contains debug symbols for a project. It contains binary data. How do I use it to diagnose the application? ...more >>

I plan to buy an upgrade from Visual Studio .NET Pro 2002 to 2005. From previous posts, I see that there is no problem using both at the same time. If I buy a complete new environment, I can understand that they are completely separate. How does this work if I use an upgrade? Is it a complete...more >>

Is there a "Preferred help collection" option for VS 2005 as there is for VS 2003 ? - Mitch ...more >>

Since I've upgraded to VS 2005 with SQL Server 2005 (all release versions), while debugging, I often get Context Switch Deadlock errors and other errors indicating something or another has timed out. I never had this issues with VS 2003. I've tried disabling the error messages using <A...more >>

When building a solution on vs.net how do you handle knowing that a portion of the application will go to production before another part knowing that the .dll will need to be migrated? Do you break your solution into many small projects so that you are releasing less logic into producti...more >>

Hello I would like to create a new cluster resource dll using resource type wizard available from Microsoft. The readme file, that came along with the wizard says: To run the wizard select "File, New, Projects, Cluster Resource Type Wizard", enter a project name, then h...more >>

Hello I am trying to add a gui using dotnet forms to an existing C++ application. I am struggling with direct input. I had a C++ class for direct input, but when I try to use it with MC++, I have an exception. I can initialise Dinput, the keyboard, the mouse (I check, the pointers are ok) but...more >>

Hi. I am trying to write a prebuild event that will only generate classes from a schema if the schema has been checked-out of source control i.e. it's readonly attribute is not set. I have been sent some DOS code to do this (my DOS is pretty rusty) and this works if I run from the command line...more >>

At work I got Visual C#.NET 2002 and also Visual Studio.NET 2003. I currently have Visual C#.NET 2002 installed on my PC. I would like to install Visual Studio.NET 2003 for the C++ compiler. Is this possible without 2003 overriding 2002? I remember installing MS Office 97 and 2003 together...more >>