listing from bat found on msdn: @echo off rem if defined NETCF_PATH goto nonetcfpath set NETCF_PATH=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v2.0\CompactFramework\WindowsCE :nonetcfpath if defined REF goto compile set REF="/r:%NETCF_PATH%\System.Data.dll" set REF=%REF% "/r:%NETCF_PATH%\Sy...more >>

Hi, I was going to ask a question, but I think I've answered it so now I am going to rant about how crappy ASP.NET themes are instead. As I've indicated above, my problem today is with themes. Per microsoft "Only one theme can be applied to each page. You cannot apply multiple themes to a ...more >>

Hello, i was wondering if any one knows of a tool that can tell me what source files are used within the project. We are working on a service pack for our product and I need to know which dlls got changed, i know what source files got changed by looking at the submissions in perforce, but ...more >>

I have never had a Visual Studio before and I suddenly want to start programming with Visual .Net 2003 because it is DotNet 1.1 compatible Can I get it if I get a new MSDN subscription? (It seems like it could be possible, but maybe not.) Does Microsoft sell it anymore? (I can't see w...more >>

Heres a weird one for you... When I opened Visual Studio .net 2002 this morning it would appear that all my toolbars have been duplicated. I now have two copies of each toolbar, the second ones having no buttons. So, for example, I have the usual 'Standard' toolbar containing icons for Open...more >>

Hi all, is there a way to conditinally compile or exclude a Form. If all the code of a class is from me, i could simply put the conditional compilition dirctive around the hole class, but this doesn't work, if the Designer part is in a file for itself like in VS2005 thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have Sql Server 2000 and Sql Server 2005 on my system. In Visual Studio 2003 I see this sql servers in the server explorer. In Visual Studio 2005 the sql server are not in the server explorer. What is to do? Thank you Rolf ...more >>

Hi, my apllication will have several editions one simple and one with additional features. The user shall be able to uprade from the simple to the extended version. The extended version will replace the simple. My question is, what is the best way to accomplish the upgrade. Would it be a...more >>

I've been working on a small .Net web service in VB using Visual Studio 2005. At one point, I deployed it to a server on my Lan and was able to reference it with Visual Studio. Super! Being easily distracted, I decided to try my hand at C# one day. After a few days of that, I come back to my ....more >>

I have an issue with vs.net whereby anytime I click on the "COM" tab when adding a reference, it takes between 5 to 6 minutes for the list to load. In the mean time, vs.net freezes and task manager reports it as Not Responding. I dont think I have an excessively long list of COM objects, may ...more >>

I am receiving the message: CSS validation: 'mso-fareast-font-family' is not a valid CSS property name in a web project that was converted from VS 2003. I get similar errors for these as well. mso-ansi-language mso-bidi-language What is the cause of the error a...more >>

Hello, I would like to display some data with a plus sign next to it if there was corresponding data to go with it. When you clicked the plus sign then the data would expand and you would see the relative data below it. Ideally, I would like to do something like this with a datagridview i...more >>

The task assign to me is related to sub domain creation for this purpose i use .bat file and using exe file apply create subdomain commands on it and it is properly working but the next step which make me stuck is that make a dll in which a function with a name function usebatch() // here i...more >>

Hi I'm triying get information about a huge solution, like number of methods, number of lines, etc.. Is there any tool or way to do this? Thanks anticipated Alegria ...more >>

Is this a Bug of VS 2005? We know size_t is not a built-in data type in C++, rather, it is just a typedef declaration. However, I found the following code could be normally compiled with VS 2005: // Note that I don't include any header file in this source file size_t Test(size_t a) { ...more >>

Hello... Our website is built using Dreamweaver. We need to incorporate some script that will allow users to view files stored in a folder on our webserver, and then download them to their harddrive. Can anyone help me with this, or point me in the right direction? Is there something us...more >>

Hi all, I have "Visual Studio Team Suite" subscription and now I started to play with Visual Studio 2005 for creating Test Projects. The thing I am interested in is the "unit test". I tried out the steps from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/VSTS...more >>

Hi, I am trying to install Visual Studio 2003 or 2000 i insert Disk 1 and it asks for component update when i put that disk it says Error while processing !! Can any please help me resolve this. Thanks Arvind ...more >>

I have a web site that has many pages. On one page a user can not use their mouse and select any text. The other pages they can. Why is this? I have just upgraded it to VS2005, does this have anything to do with it? The page that does not allow selecting text has several html tables o...more >>

Hello, Our build scripts build our solutions using devenv.exe. They always worked in VS2003 but now with the migration to VS2005 they started to fail. In this specific case we have a C++ application and an Installer project. Looking at the output log the problem seems to be that the the b...more >>

Hi, c# .net 2005 I have a windows Sendkeys program using webBrowser1 VS.net 2005. I have to click a client side message box to say {enter}. How do I set focus back to the windows form for my sendkeys to send it to the correct screen? or, is there a better way then using send keys o...more >>

I have a console application that performs a long process (5 to 10 minutes). I current return a '.' to indicate the process, for every 5% ofthe process that has completed. I want to count up the percentage as 1%, 2% etc... I can do this using the Console.WriteLine method. What that does is incr...more >>

Hi All, Perhaps this is a question for the SQL group but im just wondering what version of Visual Studio.Net gets installed along with SQL 2005? Is it a full copy??? I cant figure it out - in About --> Help, all it says is Visual Studio 2005. Anyone know? Thanks! N ...more >>

I have one VS2005 Web Application Project project in a solution of many projects where I now cannot change the ID property of any control, on any page or user control, using the Properties window. If I change the ID, it reverts back to the original name as soon as I press enter or otherwise ...more >>

We are having an issue with an MSI that was created using Visual Studio ..NET 1.1. It is trying to be installed on a machine that has Visual Studio .NET 2.0. When we run the setup we get the following: "This setup requires the .NET Framework version 1.1.4322. Please install the .NET Framewo...more >>

Hi, On my desktop I have visual sourcesafe 2005 client installed and pointing to a source safe v6 database. The File | Source Control option is missing from the VS.NET 2005 IDE. I also have Visual Studio 2003 running on the same PC and the option is not missing from this IDE. I think the...more >>

I need to install windowsinstaller, .netframework, and MDAC as part of my software install. This has to be done locally, the customer workstations do not have internet access. The customer wants this to be seamless - all technicians have to do is put in a CD and run "Setup.exe". But th...more >>

I have a c# project which I am trying to reference from a vb project. After adding a reference to the C# project from the vb project, none of the namespaces in the c# project are available in the vb project. I also tried adding a reference to the built assembly from the C# project and that...more >>

I'm developing a C# application. I would like this application to allow other applications (written in plain C++ or C#) to access a singleton object it defines via inter-process communication. I want all the client applications to connect automatically to the first running instance of th...more >>