I want to use an XSLT file that I have created to transform an XML documennt in my vb windows app. But I don't want to have to distribute the XSLT file to my users. Is there an easy way to compile it into the exe? (sorry I'm very new to VB programming) ...more >>

Is there a setting I can use to stop this software from reformatting T-SQL in the SQL Pane? Stopping it from making code disappear? Is this me or is this as unstable as it seems to be? -- <%= Clinton Gallagher NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com URL http://www.metromilwa...more >>

Hi, I cant get information about the final version of Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite, i only see trial edition, for 180 days. When does microsoft release that version? anybody knows? Which version have more functionality? Team Suite or Professional? I dont understand product datasheet. ht...more >>

I thought this was easy!!! I have a DetailsView with a number field (integer) e.g. (8) I want to display it as 000000008 (user requirement) I have tried entering 000000000 into the DataFormatString I get 000000000 displayed. I have tried various combinations of using single quotes, doubl...more >>

I just installed font for VS 2005 and it looks terrible. Is there something I suppose to enable? Thanks, Shimon. ...more >>

I just upgraded from Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Visual Studio .NET 2005. There are several questions I have about the code differences between them (I use VB.NET for as my language of choice): 1. 2003 used "Public Class classname" and 2005 uses "Partial Class classname". What, if any, diffe...more >>

I recently upgraded from Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Visual Studio .NET 2005. Visual Studio .NET 2005 does not create the Global.asax files that Visual Studio .NET 2003 did, which I used for variables such as the location of my database. What is the conventional way of creating global variables...more >>

I recently upgraded from Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Visual Studio .NET 2005. I have several projects that I created in Visual Studio .NET 2003, but when I try to open them in Visual Studio .NET 2005 it tries to force me to convert them. for some of these it would be fine, but some of them run ...more >>

Hi! I'm currently facing a pretty blocker problem and I wondered whether this is know issue of Visual .NET. I have two projects. Project A (.EXE) with file: dumb.cpp Project B (Static Library) with file: dumb.cpp Project A depends of Project B. If I launch the build pressi...more >>

I am used to VS 2003 where the sln file exists in the same directory as the project. When I use 2005, my sln files are stored in a different directory (as determined by my setting in vs project locations). Why does VS2005 seperate the sln from the project and how do I keep them in the same f...more >>

Hello all. I need to be able to use an ISAPI filter while debugging my .net web app. The problem is the particular ISAPI filter I use changes the URL structure, if the ISAPI filter isn't loaded, but my links are made to accomodate the rewritten structure, it will be impossible to navigate my ...more >>

Converted a solution to VS 2005. Now when building, I keep getting errors from the license compiler (lc.exe). The first time I get: error MSB6006: "LC.exe" exited with code -2147023895. Then when I rebuild the offending project I get:error LC0000: 'Attempted to read or write protected memory...more >>

HI, Is there a way to filter the "members" dropdown in VS 2003? Right now I see my methods, constants and controls. It would be much easier to show only the methods or be able to specify items I don't want to see in that list. thanks, Steve ...more >>

Hi, Im working with Visual Studio 2005. I've added a batch file to my solution items in the solution explorer but when I double click on it it just opens up the file rather than run it. I've tried opening it with cmd.exe but that doesn't work. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Tristan. ...more >>

Hi, Can anyone point to a place/source that details the various differences between the "Solution Platforms" targets that exists by default in VS.NET 2005? - .NET - Any CPU - Mixed Platforms Regards /Oscar ...more >>

I have transferred my web app from a local setup to a network drive y:. I have 2 dll's in the \bin\utilities.dll & dataclass.dll When i try and run the web application i get the following error: Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'Syst...more >>

hi i am using one dll in my application.in runtime the dll displays a dialog box for output location.but i wont to give the output location through my code. can any body give me suggetion how to do or atleast how to proceed. th...more >>

I have an ASP .NET 2.0 application that has been developed using Visual = Studio 2005. This application is basically a an application that = provides various reporting using crystal reports. When I run the = application in visual studio 2005, it runs perfectly and I can log in as = any of the us...more >>

Does any one (preferably from Microsoft) know what the pros and cons are of using XP Pro vs. Windows Server as development work stations are? We are starting up a new project using VSTS and are not sure what the best way to go is. -- EqDev...more >>

Hi. I've been using VS.NET Professional (2005) for a while. I think that it now comes with sort of a "built-in" version of SQL Server for development purposes but I can't seem to figure out how to work with it. I have plenty of experience with SQL Server, but how do I get to the management con...more >>

Hi All, Can anyone direct me or provide advice on how I can assign a null value to a date variable in vb.net. Basically what I'm doing is that I'm looping through a recordset where I have three date fields that may or maynot have date values, if no date values exists in the source field, t...more >>

The 'Add' button in: Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Task List appears disabled. How can I add a new 'task' type? ...more >>

Hi I haven't looked around much for this admittedly, but here goes anyway. I'd like use VS.NET to create an application that scans an Exchange mail box (set up for this purposed - 2003), looks for an information request via a form (say name, address, phone number) from valid email subscript...more >>

Team, Having a problem where I recently had to uninstall .Net Frameworks 1.1 and Visual Studios.Net Enterprise Architect 2003. Out of the blue, when I tried to open a C# solution, I recevied the following errors when VW.NET tried to open the project files - Some projects got one error - wh...more >>

hi all, i have write an app with VB.NET 2005 but when i launch it from the network i get an error for security raison. i know i can modify local security for this assembly, but i don't want to do this on all workstation. can i set by gpo the framework security rule ? (don't find where) o...more >>

I am using Visual Studio 2005 and I am publishing the Windows Forms application that I'm developing to a web site from which clients install it. When I do this, I specify that the application can be run locally. The application contains a setting for the connection string (contained in Settings....more >>

H i, Is there any build a Viual Studio project which need to link with some VS 2003 static library files successfully? Thanks a lot. -- CK...more >>

I have problem with VC2005 editor , it accepts characters but not accepts <new line> nor tab nor arrows (cursor movement). I happen abut mont or two ago. Reinstalled VC2005 , changed keyboard driver in my laptop fro acer to Microsoft and nothing better. I can type only one line. It accepts...more >>

I'm creating a Web application. In VS 2003, under Property Pages, Configuration Properties, Build there was a field Custom Constants. In this field you could enter constants (e.g., Oracte=True) that could be recognized during compilation using #IF..#Else...#end statements. I can't find how to...more >>

Hello. I'm trying to create a web application with a treeview control. I'm a newbie in ASP.NET but i'm very familiar with Treeview Controls in Access. I've allready dreate a dataset with the information i'd like to see on the tree. What i'd like to do is to get this dataset information and cre...more >>

How can I validate an XML file in Visual Studio 2005? I have the XML and XSD file....more >>

Normally a webpart manager control should be put in every web page which contains some webparts. In my application, a web master page is created, so the webpart manager control should be put in the master page which every web page will use it, or should be put in every web page but not in the ...more >>

I'm a newbie on VB.NET and i'm trying to create an ASP.NET Web Application. I have Visual Studio .NET 2003 and ASP.NET 1.1 Installed on a pc with Win XP Sp2. When i choose a new ASP.NET Web Application i get the following error message: "Visual Studio .NET has detected that the specified Web ...more >>

Hi all, I used until now Visual Studio 2003 and now I updated to Visual Studio 2005 and I have problems with the bookmarks. 1) until now if you had several bookmarks into one document, with F2 you were jumping from the current one to the next one, next one meaning the closest when going to ...more >>

I am trying this project out: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/javacsharp.asp I am having difficulty building parts of it with Visual Studio .NET 2003 because of a post-build step that attempts to create a netmodule from a .dll using the following command: csc /debug /t:module "$(OutD...more >>

Merge() I need to collect a "delta" between two Datasets: DS1 and DS2. DS2 was created from DS1. We cannot use/rely on RowState because of the operations involved in generating DS2. Essentially all rows/columns are deleted and most are re-added. Can I use Merge between DS1/DS2 to gene...more >>

I asked this same question in the ASP.NET group and noone bothered to reply. Any takers here? Can someone provide me with a best practice list of file extensions and directories not to include in source control for shared projects? In other words Joe and Steve are both working on an ASP.N...more >>

Salve a tutti, che voi sappiate in VS2005 =E8 possbile utilizzare my.settings facendo in modo che le impostazioni salvate siano le stesse per tutti gli utenti e non personalizzate per singolo profilo? Purtroppo impostando lo scope su "application" e possibile lavorare solo in read-only. ...more >>

In VS2003, we could define "smart" custom parameters for templates, that is custom parameters that had values involving some processing (ex: If my item name was xxx_yyy, I could make a custom parameter that splitted the safeitemname on the underscore and returned just the first part). This wa...more >>

I'm trying to figure out if there is a way that when building a project that the individual class files can be compiled into seperate dll's. I'm using Visual Studio 2005, C# and the project is a class library. thanks. -- - DLH...more >>

Using VS2003. I'm new to VS. I have the MS SS2000 Reporting Services Step by Step book that I'm going through. When it talks about starting a new project, it says to select the report project wizard from the business intelligence projects folder but I don't have the business intelligence proje...more >>

vsnet 2005 Team Edition does not create a Recent Projects list. How can this be corrected? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

I have someone at work starting to look at converting our 2002 projects to 2005 and had quite a few problems with the project. I thought you could use either 1 or 2 file (codebehind) method. But when I create a project, I can't seem to find a place to make that choice. Is there a place to m...more >>

Hello, Having strict code formatting rules in our company, we've had to disable all of VS 2005 auto-formatting features. Problem is, when I create a new item using a template, VS 2005 reformats the code provided by the template anyway (inserts tabs, change the bracketing, etc). The on...more >>

Hi I have a problem with Visual Studio 2005, in that it suddenly decides, quite randomly, that it can't find classes that exist within a particular namespace, even if the solution previously compiled ok. I can be quite happily fiddling with one completely unrelated file, but when I try and ...more >>

I have VS 2003 and VS 2005 installed in my computer. When I want to open an existing solution/project and I click in the "Look in" combobox VS becomes very, very slow. Even when I double-click a folder to open it VS starts to "think" too much. I can't understand why there're such delays. Is it a...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to run the "Creating a Web Application Using Visual C# or Visual Basic" walkthrough in VS.NET 2003 and I have got as far as building the data access component OK. My problem is that when I try to run this component I get an error as shown below. The error seems to be that th...more >>

Hello i have an old project from Visual studio 2003, and when i convert it to the new Visual Studio 2005 project, everything works perfectly, the exception being the look/feel of the application !!! When i create a new app in VS2005 the combo boxes, and edit boxes have this sleek thin blue ...more >>

In VS2005, creating a new form creates the form class and a partial (frm*.designer.vb) class file and displays the partial class beneath the main form frm*.vb, which is great. However, when extracting the designer code elements from an existing form class into its own partial class, the partia...more >>

When you create a DataSet in the Data er (in VS2005) then the connection will be stored as an Application Setting of type connection in the Project Settings. Howver, a user is unable to update those settings, so if you wants to change this during runtime that cannot be done. One way around...more >>