Can i install all editions of VSTS (developer, tester and architect) in same PC to get all the functionality. We have licenses for all three editions and we dont have license for VSTS team suite. Thanks Niranjan...more >>

How do you search for files, etc. in Team Foundation Server Source Control? I can not find any search functionality anywhere in the Source Control Explorer. -- Madison Decker - MCSD...more >>

Hello, I have a setup project that I have created in VS 2005. I put a true type font into the "Fonts Folder" for the "File System on Target Machine". The problem is that the font doesn't get installed!!!! Is this a known issue with setup and deployment projects in VS 2005? All other files...more >>

When I open a project from Visual Studio .Net (the version I use is 2002) that is in SourceSafe I am prompted for login. Is there anyway I can avoid this? I saw an article somewhere which allows sourcesafe username and password to be stored in the computer environment variables. But this works o...more >>

How do I get Visual Studio to use .Net Framework 2.0 instead of Net Framework 1.1 I have both installed....more >>

I have .sql files in a VS.NET 2005 project. I check one out (via VSS integration), double click it and Query Analyzer opens. Is there a way to do all of this in one step? I imagine some type of macro but how is that done for a vs.net command? Thanks, Brett ...more >>

In VS2005, when I clean the solution, the build and release directories still contain files. I want to completely clean my directories so that I can zip up my source without unnecessary files in there. Is there a way to get clean to do a complete clean? I have tried doing this after resta...more >>

Can I put the Code written in VS under GNU public license? potentially everything can be under GNU but I am asking if there is any restrictions by microsoft VS user license? ...more >>

Hello, Can I use a database created with SQL Server 2005 in a computer with SQL Server 2000 installed in it? Thanks, John ...more >>

I've created a dot-net 2.0 Web Site on one machine using Visual Studio 2005. I created the site by selecting "Create/Website" "ASP.NET Web Site" Browse... "Local IIS" "Default Web Site". After I finished the site, I added it to SourceSafe. No problems so far. However, I wanted to work on t...more >>

Is it true you can't develop unmanaged VB (obviously since it's VB there is a runtime so it's sort of managed, but I mean non-.NET, ala VB6) with VS.NET 2003? We're looking over what tools we need for a developer's desktop and one of the application we're working on is a VB6 application. I g...more >>

I have tried to use the 'add new item' process to add a dataSet to my project. When I try to build my project after completing the tableadapter wizard, I receive the following error: Unable to convert input xml file content to a DataSet. Requested value 'ConnectionStrings' was not found. ...more >>

I have attempted to use Visual Studio to add a DataSet to my project. When using the TableAdapter Configuration Wizard, the third item: "Create Insert,Update and Delete methods that can be called to send individual row changes directly to the database." is 'greyed out' . No matter what I do...more >>

I have to connect to an LDAP server to authenticate users when the log into a web application. Unfortunately I am a novice when it comes to LDAP. I have given a sample procedure written in PHP that I can use a template. However I have a couple of questions of how things translate from PHP to ....more >>

Please teach me how I can view IISHelp as it was under IIS 5.1. Other virtual directories created by using ASP.NET 2.0 work fine. My probable assumption is that under IIS 5.1, *.ASPX can work but *.ASP cannot. But I don't know why and how. Regards, -- ym...more >>

Annoying bug still exists in VS 2005 even though Microsoft says it only exists in VS.NET 2002. I'm using a ListBox to display data and I don't want it to be selectable at all but unfortunately I don't see any way around the bug. The error is thrown on the form Close() event so I can catch th...more >>

Hi, I have both a Customer and a Orders Table, the key field is CustomerID. I also have a DataGridView that uses a BindingSource created using a join between the Customers table and the Orders table. Everything displays correctly and when I double click on a row within the datagrid I then ...more >>

My vs.net used to have Cntl+G shortcut for Go To Line, but on my new computer this shortcut is not present. If I look at the edit menu, it still has Go To Line, but there is no shortcut next to it. I tried going into Tools->Customize->Keyboard to see if I could assign it, but the interface ...more >>

Hi, I'm currently running VS 2005 Team Suite. I recently opened a website application (this is a MCMS website) and under the build menu the option for 'rebuild website' is no longer present. This started happening after my Win XP profile had been recreated. Any ideas? Also, I have a coworker ...more >>

Hello, I have in a asp.net menu the following StaticItemTemplate: <StaticItemTemplate> <table runat="server" id="table01" border="1" bordercolor="blue" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" > <tr><td><%# Eval("Text") %> </td></tr> </table> </StaticItemTem...more >>

I would like to add a programming style guide document in Team Foundation Server for all of the programmers. If I add a task or another item it is assigned to one person. I would like all of the programmers to see this item. I would like some advice. -- regards, Mark...more >>

Using VS 2003... I am able to build release builds fine, except I would expect release build to strip out the following: Stop ' to stop code durign debug #if Debug = True then #end If However, these seem to remail in the release build, which means I don't understand the use of the con...more >>

I was told I had to re-post this by our Microsoft Rep in order to get a response. Is there a way to remove a registry key if it exist using a VS.net 2003 msi setup project? ...more >>

I was told I had to re-post this by our Microsoft Rep in order to get a response. I have a windows service written in VB.Net that is writing to text file using the system.io.streamwriter from a dataset returned by a webservice. Even though I am closing the file, the lock is never removed. ...more >>

Every time I start VS it gives me the "Microsoft Visual Studio is configuring the environment for first time use. This might take a few minutes." dialog box. Is there any way to change this? Josh ...more >>

I have visual studio 2003 installed on my laptop. My laptop is somewhat corrupted and I need to do a re-install of windows XP. An upgrade did not fix my problems. I moved in April to another state and can no longer find my CD for the install. I have the pid from the help menus. Is there a...more >>

Hello, when I design in VS-Designer a WebUserControl and use much html and some servercontrols like buttons and Textboxes, I would like to see what I get. If I use stylesheets, this is no problem, font-size, colors and all are ok. Now the page where the usercontrol should be used uses them...more >>

I'm using the .NET Framework 2.0 with VB 2005 Express and have the following statement: Dim g As Guid = New Guid("6576a3a2-7d9d-4fb0-9ea8-9cddbfe495a9") I get no errors when running it, but every time I get an empty Guid returned. I have tried different Guid values, and the number itself...more >>

Hello, after years without problems (VSNet 2002), all at once now I cannot open .sln files from Windows Explorer. If I double click a .sln file I get the following error: "The application cannot start". Luckily, I can open the Visual Studio application (from the Start menu) and then op...more >>

When I try to reinstall visual studio.net 2003 I get the message that "This installation package could not be opened." How can I reinstall my software. Thanks, Bob ...more >>

I have a c++ .lib that is compiled in VS2003 and linked into a VS2005 exe. If the VS2005 project is native, everything is fine. But after I added some managed code and changed the VS2005 exe setting to /clr, the VS2003 lib throw an exception of "access denied" during run time, when it come...more >>

I have several Windows Mobile applications that were written in CASL and work just fine on PDA's. Recently, I have had several potential customers notify me that the applications do not install properly or run on some of the Windows Mobile SmartPhones. I have converted my main Windows Mobil...more >>

Hi all, I used to have VS2003 and SouceSafe 6.0 installed on my machine (Win XP with SP2), it worked fine. Today, I upgraded my VS to VS 2005 first (uninstalled VS2003 first but kept SourceSafe 6.0) and then installed SourceSafe 2005. But under "File" menu of my VS2005, I am not ab...more >>

Where can get documentation on Setup and Deployment Wizard in VS.NET 2005? Thanks Tom...more >>

Does VS.Net 2005 work on a 64 Bit Windows 2003 OS? Are there any limitations? Do I have to buy a different product? Thanks Tom...more >>

I've got a control that I've added to the Commandbar for the code window, and I'm trying to set the enabled state based on the selection (or active point) for the current ActiveDocument. If the currently selection is valid by some parameters, the control's enabled state will be true, otherwise ...more >>

We have developed over 1000 ASPs using Interdev (Visual Studio 6) DTCs (Design Time Controls). Can we maintain them with Visual Studio .NET 2002 (or 2003 or 2005)? If so how?...more >>

've been playing around with new (for 2.0) membershp functionality. I was able to build a simple login form that secures a directory on a project I built locally on my development desktop. However, when I attempt to follow the same steps on the remote test server (a website I access via file...more >>

Hi all, during a test session I changed the server. After this, I re-opened the Visual Studio Team Explorer 2005 client side and there no more was my "Test" workspace, so I decided to create a new one, but, while configuring the Working folders, I obtained the following error: "The path "...more >>

I used to have a tooltip-like box permanently stationed at the bottom of the properties pane in the visual designer. I assume I inadvertantly dismissed it. How do I bring it back?...more >>

This seems like a stupid question but I have been trying for an hour to add a second project to my VS 2005 Solution. This was never a problem for me in the old 2003 Studio. The 2005 help says to click on the "solution" node in the solution explorer but I do not have a solution node, only the o...more >>

Hi All, I also posted this in vsnet.enterprise.tools, but I think this is a more general issue that I'm having. I am having trouble building the Enterprise Library (Jan 2006) from a fresh install using BuildLibrary.bat. The MSBuild output is below. I seem to get this error when trying t...more >>

Hi, I wrote a service in VB.NET to check folders. It run fine when I run in Debug option. I am getting " Set Service Login" window when I try to InstallUtil in VS Command Prompt. This window asks Username, Password and Confirm Password. Why I am getting this message? I get this problem when ...more >>

Hi, Is there built-in tool in vs2005 which can generate properties automatically? I want to mark some private fields and the tool will generate getters and setters for me... Do u know some other tool to do that? Thanks....more >>

How do bookmarks work in VS2005? Specifically, in VS2003 Ctrl-K-N took the insertion point to the next bookmark in the current file. In VS2005 it seems to take the insertion point to the next bookmark in the order they were inserted in the development session, even if this was in a different f...more >>

I want to create an installer that install a Windows Service created in C++, what steps should I follow?...more >>

Hi I have installed Visual Studio .NET 2005 on a Win2003 R2 server. But when I start it up, I don't get the option of "create web" or "open web" - I only get "create project" and "open project". The splashscreen at the startup says that I have installed Visual Web Developer or whatever it...more >>

Hello, the example from the msdn: Visual Web Developer / Web Server Controls / Individual Web and Html Controls / User Controls / Learning More / How to: Create Templated Asp.Net User Controls does not work. Details: If you copy the source for the user control in a usercontrol and the...more >>

Hi All I'm doing a very simple test projekt where I create a small windows app doing nothing more than display a hello world. Then I create a setup projekt for that program and everything works fine. If I do a build of that setup projekt, no problem..... until I add Primary Output and the...more >>

HI all I am getting an error message when installing the VS2003 sp1. The error is "PCW_CAB_VS" is corrupt . I have redownloaded the SP1 3 times. I have tried 2 DVD installation disks from MSDN and still no result. Any help with this issue would be appreciated. Thanks Martin T ...more >>