What group is for vs2005 setup and deployment projects? How can you create an msi install within vs2005 that will work well as an upgrade install? I don't want the users to see the "Another version of this product is already installed." dialog, I don't want them to have to run an uninstall from c...more >>

Hi Folks: I have a snippet that refuses to die. It was a great relationship at first, me and my snippet. It was my first, really, and you know the fond memories you have of your first. But then a newer, prettier snippet came along and it was time to kill my first snippet. But it refused...more >>

I have converted a VB6 program to Visual Basic 2005 (Running on Windows XP). I have a TabControl with (2) tabs with left side alignment. My problem; with 2005 the Tab Captions (Text) does not show (the tabs are there but no text). If the Tabs are aligned on the Top, there is no problem. M...more >>

hi I have some problem with server/client aplication on c#. in server side i have followings methods" public void setIp(string newIp) { globalIp= newIp; } public string returnIp() { string temp = "answer:" temp = temp+globalIp; return temp; } in client i have: server.setIp("1...more >>

Hi all I would love to see this feature in one of the next Visual Studio Versions: If I have a Function: Private Function Hello(Test as String) as Boolean Return Test End Function And then in the code I am using: MsgBox(Hello("Hello")) Now when I move my mouse over this line, it ...more >>

I'm developing a Winforms app in C# with VS Express Edition. I already have SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition and Crystal 11 Developer Edition but I'm wondering whether I have to upgrade VS 2005 to Standard or Professional in order to incorporate reports? I'd happily use either Reporting S...more >>

I'm converting a VB6 ITC that connected to a site with a URL that pointed directly to a text/CSV file. Worked fine for years. http://www.sample.com/mydir/myfile.csv Site as no FTP access or web service access. I'm converting to VB.Net 2005 using Framework v2 and found that I should be ...more >>

I created a solution (for example, named "Test") with one project of same name. After some development I realized it can be my production solution so I changed the name of both the solution and the project to a formal name (for example, "Product") by right clicking them and select "rename" in ...more >>

We are using .Net 2.0 Winforms, 3rd party assemblies etc. As our build for multiple applications and assemblies gets more complex Visual Studio gets harder and harder to deal with designer crashes. Usually clearing out the assembly cache. NLB, .SUO, full rebuild and loading the Form (that h...more >>

Hi, If I click a .sln file in Vista, nothing happens. Is there any way to fix this? They ARE assocated with VS.NET 2005 but this assocation doesn't seem to work. I'm guessing this has something to do with the fact that you have to start VS.NET in Administrator mode? How can I make cli...more >>

I'm having an issue calling crystal reports 10 within vb.net 2003 I can call the report and print the report all day long. The issue occurs when I choose to export the report. Works like a champ the first time... everything exports great. But once the user has exported, they are no longer ...more >>

Would this be a good newsgroup to ask questions about Visual Studio Team Foundation?...more >>

Hi, I wad download Visual Studio 2005 Team System RTM VPC - Part 1 to 3, then i click the en_visual_studio_2005_team_sys_rtm_vpc_1of3_TFSRTM.exe, it ask me for the en_visual_studio_2005_team_sys_rtm_vpc_1of4_TFSRTM.rar, i change the 1of4 to 2of 3, then it ask me for the en_visual_studio_2...more >>

Is there a built-in UML tools in VS 2005 Team Suite? ...more >>

Hi, I'm new of WCF, i had see the samples of Artech.WCFService, it's seem to need a service host to service the WCF Client, my question is: if i use wcf to write service, there will be many services, then i will have many service host applications need to monitor, is that right? or there is...more >>

I have an application that will need to be transferred from a desktop to the web. Currently it's written in FoxPro. A small spin-off of this application was put on the web by another programmer. He claimed he had to use cold fusion because Visual Studio .Net with SQL couldn't handle the open ende...more >>

I have an application that will need to be transferred from a desktop to the web. Currently it's written in FoxPro. A small spin-off of this application was put on the web by another programmer. He claimed he had to use cold fusion because Visual Studio .Net with SQL couldn't handle the open end...more >>

Hello. I migrated an ASP.Net 1.1 web app to 2.0 (VS2003 to VS2005). I would like to change the project type from a Web Application to a Web Site. Couldn't see how to do this. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Mike ...more >>

Hi All, In my VC++ project, I have used a macro TEST #ifdef TEST // do this #endif I want to define or undef this macro from command line, I am using DEVENV command to build the project. If I define it in Project Properties under Preprocessor tab it works, How can I set it through co...more >>

At times, I find the plethora of comments distracting. In code view, is it possible to make comments invisible? Thank you. ...more >>

Hi, im using vb.net 2005 with framework 2.0 here is my question, well, since my application related to sales project and its handling lot of data manipulations, here i wanted to use one statusbar to SCROLL some message ( it may be from text file or database, doesnt matter), but my conditio...more >>

dear support team, im using vb.net 2005 wiht framework 2.0, i hv a question belongs to the application wht im designing now, in brief its sales system, comes with many forms like invoice, dr,.. etc, here my question is.. if ALT+F4 pressed, it shouldnt close the entire application, it should...more >>

Hi All - I posted this under setup and realized that isn't appropriate - I am trying general now. The exact problem is that when I build/rebuild a certain deployment project on our build server either in the UI or using the command line command of devenv.exe the build ends with an "unrecovera...more >>

Hi, After uninstalling Visual Basic and Visual C# Express versions and installing the 180 Day evaluation of Visual Studio 2005 Pro I now no longer have any Help files or Dynamic Help. Any time I try to load MSDN or any Help files I get the following error message "Microsoft Document Exp...more >>

Now I have installed the VS Orcas Beta1. I have also installed Silverlight 1.1 Alfa... If I create a NewProject I can choose to create a... 1. WindowsApplication 2. WPFApplication 3. WPFBrowserApplication 4. SilverlightProject I am confused of 2, 3 and 4! Is 4 going to replace 2 and 3?...more >>

Hello: I am evaluating Team Foundation Server, and I have a little problem. Somehow the Team Project seems to be out of sync with the Sharepoint portal that is supposed to go with it. Here's what I mean: I created a Task using the team explorer in Visual Studio, but my task does not s...more >>

I haven't seen a newsgroup for team foundation server. Should I post questions here? ...more >>

Using Crystal in VS 2005, I use the database wizard and try to create a database connection via "OLE DB". When the applet window opens, the "Provider:" window is empty. This was never the case before. I certainly didn't purposely do anything to clear the list. I'm wondering where it went. ...more >>

We have some macros that generate our installation packages. Today, the macros won't run and I get no error messages. When trying to debug I get an error trying to load one of the mscor DLL's. I did a search and noticed the KB article 928208 which describes this kind of a problem. I found a...more >>

How does one do this: TRY DIM w as new Filestream(filename,File.mode.OpenOrCreate) catch ex as exception end try w.Position=0 'This gives a w not declared error And we know the dim could create and error so it has to be handled. Like if the file is a floppy(!) or invalid drive. ...more >>

Why are Visual Studio 2005 Start Page events so out of date? Is there a way to get a refreshed upto-date list?...more >>

I am using VS2005 and I use the Website Copy feature (xcopy I guess?). Each day, I make sure I am synced with our server. The next day, when I start VS, and want to sync some pages I have been working on, I see question marks on each side, so it is not easy to see which files have changed (fro...more >>

Hello: I am running VS2005 with SP1. At least I think I installed SP1 even though in the "About Visual Studio" window, it says SP.050727-7600. Anyway, now when I am in Source mode, and when I put my cursor over a control, then look at the Properties Window, everything is BLANK. Has anyo...more >>

Hi All, Im using ASP.NET 2005 and C#. How can i deploy my site to another system. I tried "Publish Website" menu to my system locally. It's published succeessfully. But i can't able to publish to another system using the same method. During the publishing, it asks the password for the Gues...more >>

Back in pre .net days, we used to type #define WIN_32_LEAN_AND_MEAN .. First of all, do I have that part of it correct? Secondly, what would correspond roughly with this in contemporary .NET development. Thanks in advance, -- merl the perl ...more >>

Hi We have an application (vb.net) running on a hand-held running pocket PC. The application interacts with an ASP which in turn queries data from an oracle server. We have a windows 2003 Domain Controller with a group policy for all the users to use our local ISA server. Whenever th...more >>

hi, im using vb.net 2005 with framework 2.0, can you advice me, through which control i can scroll my message in the task bar, pref. without timer, it will be much better, since the timer may affect the whole process timings, since my application comes with many data involvements, thanks in ...more >>

In order to create an application our partner's can run from a website in our DMZ, there will be several steps involved - from compiling the application with a strong name, to setting up IIS (framework 2.0 and vs 2005) and finally access to the application which will need to run on a server fr...more >>

I am having trouble with the migration of a Visual Studio .Net Web Application from VS.net 2002 to VS.Net 2003. I am using System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name to return the Domain/User Id which I then parse to get just the User ID which is then used to vaild the users sec...more >>

Hi, I have my VS 2003 project that is binding with VS source safe in office computer. Sometimes before I leave office I would like to save my work in a USB key, and copy & paste to my home computer. When I try to open the projects I often get an error message indicate some source control prob...more >>

New to this, I used to pass an array like this function BytesToString(byref myarray() as byte, somethingelse as long) as long and m = BytesToString(fooBar(), bluenose) This would send the descriptor or pointer to the array to the function The acual code is dim myarray() as byte =...more >>

Hi, I've been running 'VS2005 + SP1 + Patch' on Vista for months without problems, but today I got the above message. Others have described it in this blog <http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/11/14/how-to-resolve-invalid-license-data-errors-after-upgrading-to-the-final-release-of-...more >>

Hi all, First of all, I am not trying to be the guy who comes in here shouting his mouth off at Microsoft. However, ever sinse I started using typed datasets in VS2005 I have been fighting with a recurring issue. I will have a project open and be working in it just fine, when all of a s...more >>

Hi I need to clear the value in the datetime picker. I also need to set a backgroud colour to datetime picker. Clearing I mean Is Po Date: __/__/__ Which makes the end user that he had not entered the value. Please guide me on this Parameswaran.N...more >>