Hi all, I am an XEmacs user, and have a question. Can I change the background color of the text editing window in vs2005? In XEmacs, one can customize the init.el file in .xemacs folder, and change background and text colors ... can I do something like that here? The contrast in code window i...more >>

Hi guys, I'd appreciate it if you link me to an article that describes how to access the modem and making/receiving voice calls over it, using vb.net or C# (windows forms or so ) !!! thanx a million in advance !!...more >>

Hi there, This may be simple once I find out how, but I'm trying to add a desktop icon for one of our laptop/desktop setup and deployment projects that will put it on all users desktops. As usual the MSDN documentation is a joke and there doesn't seem to be much available on the net that he...more >>

Hi I have builds that are successfully build but for some reason I can't publish tests results from Test View -> Publish test results. I get this error Shimon@SIATA 2006-05-11 16:42:27 8.64 MB 5/12/2006 6:05:37 AM Failed The drop share directory "\\siata\builds\Debug with Tests_20060511.3" co...more >>

Hi pholks. I am distributing a .netfx2 application (vb.net) using click-once deployment. How can I deploy my online-help file *.chm together with the rest of the applicaton files? -- Harry Solsem Systems Developer Umoe Mandal Norway...more >>

How to switch the default IDE in VS 2005 from C# to web Visual developer? ...more >>

In the API for Visual Basic (I'm using v. 2005), if I have a handle (HWND) to a window that is not visible (e.g. from Excel.Visible=False), and I want to make that window visible, is there an API command available to do this? -- Ed...more >>

Using VS 2003.NET Very basic project trying to get access to a Progress database via ODBC. I have the DSN configured properly and a test connection from the ODBC Data Source admin works just fine. I have also created a .udl DSN-less connection which works without error. However, when I ...more >>

Consider the following Dim objForm As New frmAddInfo objForm.sCarrier = sCarrier objForm.ShowDialog(Me) If objForm.DialogResult <> Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then Exit Sub Looks normal except when "objForm.ShowDialog" is executed, the form is never shown a...more >>

File - New - Web Project (or web site item ) disappeared suddenly :) I am using vs 2005 professional edition , IIS etc. services are working fine. Other items lest on this menu are : Project File Project From Existing code. 3 days ago - it was there. how can i get it back ? ...more >>

Hi, I'm using clearcase and visual studio .net 2003 on my machine. When I installed ClearCase, it installed files to integrate with visual studio. I don't use the integration component (I use Rational ClearCase Explorer instead). Is it possible to remove this integration without completely...more >>

Recently, Visual Studio 2005 has started creating folders in my project folders. It adds a folder called "Visual Studio 2005" and then adds one or more of: "Backup Files", "Settings" and "Visualizers" to that folder. Sometimes, these contain files. Has anyone else seen anything similar? ...more >>

Hi all, I have a C# Project which would need to output of a C++ project. How can I setup the C# project to automatically import the output of the C++ project prior to debug or compilation ? Cheers Anthony ...more >>

Hi, We have a bunch of MSDN subscriptions and with that we get the TFS Workgroup ed. My problem is that we are 7 developers and Wg Ed only allow 5 users or is it connections, I am not sure. Can someone tell me if there is a way to have all 7 of us using TFS in a sensible way, or is it bett...more >>

How can I tell VS 2005 that I want to develop a web site in ASP.NET 1.1 when I have been developing sites for ASP.NET 2.0? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Good afternoon gentlemen, I am trying to build a 64 bit MFC application. with Visual Studio 2003. I succesfully did that. I installed the latest the Microsoft Plateform SDK R2 in order to build my MFC application. My problem is that the application does not link anymore when I change the p...more >>

Installing VS 2005 keeps on asking ' Please insert the disk: Visual studio 2005' can nebody help in dis ...more >>

I have two questions about Visual Studio 2005 and MFC ISAPI extension DLLs: - Has there been a change to how MFC ISAPI extension DLLs work after being recompiled with VS2005? I am getting faults in mine. - The “MFC ISAPI Extension Project” icon does not appear in the new proj...more >>

Is there any detailed information on what functionality this version adds compared to the VS2005 For Software Developers version? I have read http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/products/compare/default.aspx but there is only 2 lines of difference that does not appear justify the...more >>

"Unable to Find Dependency" I'm running VS 2002 with .net 1.1 on Windows XP Mediacenter Edition Since I installed VS2002 (last week), I've been getting "unable to find dependency" warning errors and erratic behvior from my debugger. (The debugger works some times, but usually not at all) ...more >>

Hello, Can anybody help with the differences between these two versions? Eitan...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a program that creates a huge Linked List, which grows with time. The program when compiled under VStudio 2005 (latest .net version) consumes more memory then required for the program and the Virtual Memory is allocated to the program in huge chunks, which is not actually r...more >>

Hi, I've read several posts about this but my problem differs. My ISP checks the for a valid MX address and is rejecting alerts sent from TFS portal. I have configured according to documentation by going to IIS TFS Site in services virtual directory and editing the asp.net configuration app...more >>

Where has the functionality to manage SQL Server stored procedures in Visual SourceSafe by using Visual Studio .NET gone? In VS 2003 this is enabled by the Enable Version Control setting on the Options > Database Tools > Server Explorer dialog box. (Sorry, yesterday I posted this in the wro...more >>

We have a web project that references our class libraries with .refresh files in the bin directory (in a separate project). There are about 8 of those libraries, many of which reference each other in various ways (it's properly architected, don't worry). If we keep the refresh files, builds ...more >>

hi, I'm using login controls. sure they work fine. but I cant use LoginName contol as a string. all I want is, make my users upload files to directories with their names. cant I do it with these controls? please help.....more >>

I just got a new machine at work. My old machine has VS 2003 and I connect to various SQL Servers running 2000 SP3a. The SQL Server 2000 MSDE on that machine is SP3a also. My new machine has VS 2003 however the SQL Server MSDE on this machine has no SPs applied to it. My problem is tha...more >>

I have the same problem than some other peeps who posted on this newsgroup, on the start page I get this message: The current news channel might not be valid or your Internet connection might be unabailable. To change the news channel, on the Tools menu click Options, then expand Environment a...more >>