Hello all, We have a development web server where we host our sites under development and let clients look at them as they are coming along at milestones to make feedback and suggestions. I am developing websites (ASP.NET 2) against this server, using VS.NET 2005 from my machine, running W...more >>

am getting an error with the ASP.NET (1.0) saying i need to update it to 1.1, but i dont no where i can find it. can anyone help...more >>

Hi All, I'm using VS 2005. On one of my WebForms I have a GridView populated with the data from DB. One of the columns in the grid should be invisible for the user, but as soon as I make it invisible I cannot get its value. "this.myGrid.SelectedRow.Cells[2].Text " works fine if column 2 i...more >>

Hi there, I have a class library project that exposes itself to COM. I'm trying to deploy it. I'm wondering why when I add a "Primary output from MyComProject (Active)", only .dll is added as part of the output. When MyComProject is compiled, the output folder (bin\Release) contains both .d...more >>

[VS.net 2003] When changing from Debug to Release (or visa-versa) the build command does not do the necessary registration (i.e. regsvr32 the target dll) if the project is up to date. Is there any way to make this smarter? - Dan C. ...more >>

Hi I'm using VS2005 C# and discovered a disturbing issue: double test = 200.00 - 137.52 returns 62.479999... instead of just 62.48 I've read about the floating point issue but find that reason not really acceptable in an IDE. Is there any fixes for VS2005 to resolved this...more >>

Where to get simple working example of C# deployment project ? Oleg Subachev ...more >>

Hi, I am having a bit of nightmare with a distrubution project in 2005. I create a distribution package and it adds fine, there are about 5 dependencies that automatically add and everything works perfectly, I can build to project and distribute, all dependencies are packaged and register ...more >>

I would like to set up a work item alert in Team Foundation when the 'Assigned To' field changes; Additionally the alert notification would be sent to the person listed in the 'Assigned To' field. Is this possible? Thanks...more >>

Hello, I have this really annoying problem: I'm designing an application that must work on XML data file for which I have a valid schema. In order to make it easy for me to create a GUI, I used the XSD.exe application that comes with Visual Studio 2005 to generate a dataset in C#. I then ad...more >>

Hi, I am new to .NET world. I am trying to learn about Debugging VB applications in VS.NET 2003. Can any one tell me how to use Debug menu in VS.NET 2003 please? I mean, how to use that menu to debug the code. Is there any tutorial available online? I did a lot of googling, ;( end up with n...more >>

Unable to cast object of type 'System.Int32[*]' to type 'System.Int32[]...more >>

I'm using visual studio 2005 and tried to open a web site. The web site code is written in ASP.net/C#. While doing a build of the website, the compiler gives a bunch of error messages regarding a server side include file. This is because the compiler defaults the languange to vb.net and didn't r...more >>

I am usinng the old Visual Studio 6 (specifically Visual InterDev). I have a block of code that needs to be temporarily commented out. If I select the block of code there should be an option that allows me to comment all the selected lines. However, I certainly do not see where this opt...more >>

The idea is to create textbox controls with diferents names This part of the code is wrong TextBox "txt" + mes + "_" + cod_uni_neg = new TextBox(); Help me to correct it please... public TextBox CrearControl(string mes,string cod_uni_neg) { TextBox "txt" + mes + "_" + cod_uni_neg...more >>

Hi... I need to know how to create TexBox controls in runtime and also know how to named each one For Example> If I create 5 TextBox controls in runtime... Each of these must be named as: txt_01_02_I txt_02_04_I txt_03_06_I txt_04_07_I txt_05_09_I For me those numbers mean code that th...more >>

Hi there: Does anybody know how can I Invoke a Microsoft Access function from a VB (VS 2005) programm. More specifically, I want to perform Access administrartive functions to a JET 4.0 Database from a VB programm. By the way, does JET 4.0 language include such administrative tools? -...more >>

I created a DataSet in VS2005. I want to fill a bunch of TextBoxes on a Webform with the data, but for now will settle on 1 field of 1 record in 1 TextBox. If I can accomplish that, then I should be able to do the rest. (Datagrids work fine with the dataset, but want to use TextBoxes). ...more >>

When I'm in debug mode I now have only one option, Step Over, both on the debug tool bar and in the debug menu. How the heck does that happen? What happen to Step Into/Outof?? How do I restore these? Thanks, Bill PS - I'm on the road so cannot just reinstall VS2005... ...more >>

Thanks in advance to anyone who might help :) I'm a newbie to VSTO, and wanted a few things clarified: Is VSTO 2003 still available, and if so, how/where do I retrieve it?(I'm using VS.NET 2003). I've searched extensively for it; it doesn't seem to be a download- rather an optional add i...more >>

I have 2 developers using VS2005 Professional. What is the best approach for development, particulary the setup of the VS project on each developers machines. Right now the site files for a project are kept on a file server. Both developers go to File > Open > Website... > File System and g...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to build my first vb2005 dataapp but I'm somewhat lost here. I have a database table displayed in a grid. This table has a field called countryid which is linked to another table with the actual countrynames. On the same form I have a combobox which should be linked to both tabl...more >>

I am using VS 2005 treeview control. How can I set focus to and scroll into view the node clicked when the page posts back. My treeview has many nodes and continues way beyond the bottom of the page when expanded (scroll bar shows). When I scroll to a node and click on it the postback oc...more >>

To put things into perspective, I've been using Visual Studio for a total of 1 week now. I'm researching how to transports data from Filemaker to MySQL and found an interesting article on how to accomplish this. I just can't interpret the instructions into tasks that I can do. In the article, ...more >>

For an ASP.NET web application.... Is there some way to keep a header, or a band, or something at the top of the browser that will not scroll up? In other words, I want to have add, edit, delete, cancel buttons at the top of my webform or masterpage that will remain visible while the user ...more >>

Hello all. Wonder whether someone can help me. I have been building and releasing a solution I am working on fine for some time now. I needed to relocate the solution files due to a revamp of the file system at the company. I have done this, but now I seem to be unable to release the soluti...more >>

Hi, My program is non-leaky, I've checked on that. More virtual memory is allocated to it by the system then is required by it. I'm filling a linked list which grows in size to around 1GB (at this point the VM is around 2GB) Pretty soon the 2GB limit is crossed and the program terminates. Com...more >>

Hi, I want to know where are the settings saved for the fonts that I'm using currently in the vc++ 2k5 ide. I have a colored background and different colored keywords and identifiers etc. I want to know how can I copy these settings to another machine's ide instead of going to the options->tool...more >>

In VB6 we could create ActiveX EXE apps that could be run directly or could be referenced in VBA and created and run from there. Can equivalent objects be created in VB2005? I have developed an app that I want to launch and control from Excel, but for performance reasons I want it to run i...more >>

we prefer to continue to use IIS and would like to remove the option of using the development server. Is there a way to disable and/or remove this feature from visual studio ? Tim...more >>

Hi, I'm starting a new project in VS.NET 2005 and I've found that Rational XDE is not working with VS.NET 2005. I think XDE is a very good UML desing tool, but I think IBM is droping it's VS.NET 2005. So, my question is, what Modeling tool are you using with VS.NET 2005? Here are some thing...more >>

I've just installed VS2003 and then VS2005 on a new machine. Then I opened VS2005 to create a test website but open or create websites is not an available option. I even ran: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -i to install asp.net 2.0. What else do I need to d...more >>

I have a problem to edit C# code in VS2005. All new lines of code are commented out automatically (vertical green bar appears at the left side of the page). I have the same project in VS2003 and can edit the same code without any problem. Any ideas? Thanks. ...more >>

Does anyone know when the next service pack for VS 2005 is scheduled? Thanks... ...more >>

Hi, I need to programatically get the total virtual memory consumed by my process under VC6 and VS2005. Is there a way? Thanks, Navneet ...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible to enable parent paths in web browser that ships with Visual Studio 2005? I have a subweb application that needs resources from the root web (StyleSheets, Xsl, etc) I can't test in VS because the built in webserver does not allow browsing parent paths. ...more >>

What do these terms mean. I tried to find out by reading docs, but i still am not sure. What is managed code/unmanged code ? Thanks, Tony ...more >>

Dear Sir/Madam, If I buy Visual Studio 2005 Standard, does it include support for MFC ie can I take existing VC 6 projects and build them in Visual Studio 2005 without purchasing any additional libraries? many thanks, Phil ...more >>

Hi, How do I go about installing another Web Site Project inside my existing VS2005 website project. I currently have both a forum WSP and my main WSP application within the same solution. Both compile and run without error. However they are separate applications and I would like to have t...more >>

Hi Folks, I have got a Windows 32 DLL with Pre-processor definitions of UNICODE;_UNICODE, the Precompiled headers are set to "Not Using Precompiled Headers". When I compile the project I have got: #ifdef UNICODE #pragma message("Compiling Unicode") #else #pragma message("Compiling An...more >>

We are using Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers When I create a new VB project the controls appear in the development environment and in the compiled program with the new visual style (rounded corners on buttons, etc). When I upgrade a VB project from 2003 to 2005 the cont...more >>

This issue is driving me nuts... but i really can't seem to find a cause for this, let alone a solution. I have several related projects in a solution file, and some have the following Post-build event: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil.exe" /u "$(TargetFil...more >>

I cannot access any help files on my local box. Neither MSDN nor VS work. I reinstalled both Jan2006 for VS2003 and May2006 for VS2005. The contents appear but no individual pages. Help! thanks, /steveA -- Steve Alpert my email fgrir.nycreg @ tr.pbz is encrypted with ROT13 (www....more >>

Hello, I have reports .rpt "Crystal report" in a directory where an aspx page use them and all is ok, but i'have a report in a sub-directory of this directory and then VS2005 don't find it when running ? Do you have an idea ? -- Alain ...more >>

Hi I'm using Visual Studio 2003 So I developed a Web based Crystal Report, So I got success in this manner. But the Only problem I'm Facing is that, when i make Report in Design Mode in Vusual Studio ASP.Net web form. The whole Report e.g., Data, Charts are displayed in Design Mode, only th...more >>

Does anyone know why VS 2005 sometimes just starts eating up CPU cycles? I can't really give the steps to repeat the actions , but after using edit and continue or just stepping through using F8 the IDE will become unresponsive and will show that it is using 100% of the CPU. The only way to ...more >>

I once had this problem with VS2003 but I can't recall how to respond. All of a sudden only one file can be opened at a time. One tab and that's all. What do I need to configure to allow multiple files to be open simultaneously? -- <%= Clinton Gallagher NET csgallagher AT metromi...more >>

Whenever I click Help|Search in vs.net I can not figure out how to search for a string i.e. "Color Namespace". It only seems to be capable of searching for individual words. Is it really this bad? Is there an advanced search somewhere that I am missing? Thanks, T ...more >>

Hi, I have a program that use a private dll. After making a setup project and install it in a client's computer i want to update only the dll instaed of sending him the full setup. How can i do that in the setup project? Thanks ...more >>

I have created a component which I want to be available to many of my apps. I would prefer to add it to the list of .NET components in the Add Reference dialog if possible. Is there a way to do this?...more >>