I reported this bug 15 months ago: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&threadm=g63bmu8mdrve6f4ono4aasj0o7l3jp9u5c%404ax.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Dg63bmu8mdrve6f4ono4aasj0o7l3jp9u5c%25404ax.com "Every time I start the vc.net IDE...more >>

i was working with a newly added form, stuck some controls on it, wrote some handlers, double clicked the form in the solution explorer to bring it back to the front and it wiped all the controls from it. The code remained within the 'Form Designer generated code' decs section though ...more >>

I can't find it anywhere...more >>

Hi, I have a addin project created by MSVC C++ 7.0 It works well. When I build this project using MSVC C++ 7.1 without any change. The addin.dll can be created. But it will not show up in the addin manager dialog box from MSVC C++ 7.1 IDE. Actually I download some addin sample from micros...more >>

OK i have enabled Xml documentation for a C# project i am working on. The documentation file is set in project properties to MyAssemblyName.dll.xml. The intellisense that these C# XML comments provide work fine within this project but does not work in other projects in the same solution when M...more >>

This is a technical support question for the VS.NET 2003 IDE, I'm hoping someone from Microsoft can help me. (It is also a repost from the vstudio.general ng, once I realized there were vsnet groups) Recently, my "Index" window has become stuck in hidden mode. Usually, when you un-pin a wind...more >>

Hi, In VC6 studio we could Browse (Alt+F12) a VC++ class's base classes, derived classes, call, callers and etc. In .Net studio, I can only Object Browse the base classes and member methods. Does anyone know how to view the derived classes of a class. Thank you, Sanjeev ...more >>

The wizard is no longer adding Code to the C# page. This seams to be a problem with Visual Studio that is affecting all of my Web application. I go through the whole proccess with the data adapter. The page shows that it needs to be saved After I save it I look on the C# page and no code ...more >>

Hi there, Does anyone know of or use a code library with Visual Studio.Net? My criteria are that it must be multi-user and it must work within the VS IDE. Thanks. Brandt Linkowski Programmer/Analyst ...more >>

I'm working on a Component Designer, and in one of my Designer Verb's event handlers, I would like to conditionally add another component to the form. Something similar to this is done in the Data Adapter configuration wizards when they add new connections or commands to the form. Can anyo...more >>

Dear All, Since yesterday I can't add project items to my c# projects. VS reports "Could not run the 'c:\Program....\...vzs' wizard. I've tried to repair and even reinstall complete vs.net but the problem persists. I've found many reports on this problem on google but no solutions :-( ...more >>

When trying to do an "Add Class" and selecting "MFC class", I get the message "MFC classes can only be added to MFC projects". My project is an MFC project and has many MFC based classes inside. What makes Visual Studio think that a project is an "MFC project" or not? I checked for any properti...more >>

I have no idea what triggers it, but after several iterations of build/debug, the fonts in various windows in VS.Net 2003 are bold. The Locals, Auto, Startup Page, maybe others. Any ideas on how serious this is? Do I need to restart VS.Net? Restart Win2000? Reinstall Win2000...? ...more >>

Hi, I have a line like... const string someConst = "Something"; SomeObject = new SomeConstructor(someConst, blah); Intellisense wont show the value of the const string once its past the declaration. ??? But its still in scope isnt it? The debuger and intellisense says it...more >>

I wish to change the background and foreground colour of 4 labels on a dialog. I can use OnCtlColor, but it changes all the static text and Check boxes on the dialog. i.e. HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor); if(nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_STATIC) { //i...more >>

Hallo How can I increase the number of existing projects in VS.NET startpage. 4 projects is deffently not enough.... Greetings Don ...more >>

I tried to make a project called SomeSystem. The tree in SourceSafe is like follows.. $ -SomeSystem ----Code ----Docs --- In VS.NET I created a project called SomeSystem. Now, I wanted this to be under \SomeSystem\Code\.... as SomeSystem.sln BUT I am unable to do this. ...more >>

Hi, I was editing code in VSNET.IDE and I pressed a key combination that shows all white spaces in the editor (eg. tabs represented by arrows, spaces by dots). I can't track down what I pressed and how to turn it off - can anyone help? Thanks ...more >>

I am using the .config as a configuration file for my Win Forms app. "AppName.exe.config" Can any one tell me why the design environment deletes it from the bin folder? I have to copy it in and market it read only the program will run once then the next time I run the program it deletes the fil...more >>

Hi, Try a Replace on a string with a trailing ";" character, it fails to find it even though it exists, for example, try replacing the following string. SomeFunction(SomeArgs, Blah); with SomeFunction(Blah); It fails to find a single occurance yet it exists, and it works ...more >>

Very strange behavior while debugging.. I'm having an issue with a windows application that is running on multiple threads. When I'm debugging the application in the IDE environment, stepping into (F10, F11), the IDE would hang and when I try to end (using the end toolbar) the "end" icon stay...more >>

Greetings Excuse me if this has been addressed before, but I have googled and could not find the answer. In VC6 there was a nice add member function and add member variable function available from the class view. I am trying to learn C# and I am having a devil of a time to find that func...more >>

Hello All I'm trying to install Visual Studio.NET on my XP Pro machine (Lap Top). At first I could not install it at all. If I wait for approx a week or so, the install will get a good way through. However it always stops and give the error *** Error 1711, An ...more >>

Having a problem, where when I try to view the properties window in VS2002. Nothing happens. The focus appears to shift from VS, as the VS app bar changes to the 'background' color, but nothing else. This happens on existing or new projects, code or design view, even starting up a fresh i...more >>

i am using visp sdk, how to debug my vsip sample package, for example ,to add some break points in the sample source to see hoe it works...more >>

Greetings to all, I am creating a setup project for a COM component I created in C#, but I can't get the component to be registered in the client system. What I would like to achieve is an equivalent of manually registering it with "gacutil.exe" and then with "regasm.exe". I went though the...more >>

I am having a truely frustrating problem right now. I get my Html code looking nice, with proper indenting and such. Then at some point in the near future, sometimes after a build, sometimes after switching between design/html view, the code gets rewritten in to horrible html Tags ge...more >>

Designer corrupts HTML every time I switch between HTML and design view. for example: <div id="<%# ClientID %>_Read" style='display: <%= IsEdit || ValidState == ValidationState.Invalid ? "none" : "inline" %>'> changes in to: <div id="<%# ClientID %>_Read" > Please help me hot to...more >>

BUG: struct default constructor is not displayed on intellisense yet it is available, BUG Make a struct type with a parameterized constructor. Try to construct the type in the IDE and check for the 2 overloads (Default AND the parameterizedone) the default one is NOT displayed thus gi...more >>

In a web forms page (aspx) Intellisense does not work inside of code render blocks (<% %>). Is this by design or am I missing something?...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to set the number of history steps in VS.NET. I've looked all around in the options dialog, but couldn't find. Is there an option to do this? Thanks for any suggestions....more >>

I'm creating a process and starting devenv.exe, while listening to the standard output of the process. The Console.WriteLine outputs of an add-in that is being executed within devenv.exe do get passed to the stdout, but all of the build information is not. How can one see the build output t...more >>

ON the VS.Net Start>Projects page, the modified date for my opened projects updates only the first time I open or create a project. After that it updates the modified date very intermidently, like maybe once every two weeks, even though I am work on the project (updating and saving) everyd...more >>

I am creating a Solution/SolutionBuild object via automation to perform an automated build. The problem is, even though I've set UserControl=false and SuppressUI=true, devenv still pops up messages for user input. Can these be totally suppressed? ...more >>

Hi folks, I perfectly know how to write an add-in to dynamically generate code, incorporate the generated code into a new file and add this file to the project. OK ... And thanks to [1] I also know how to add a menu item to the context menu in VS.NET - perfect. But now I only want to show the...more >>

I am trying to develop a VS PlugIn. I am able to get amost every needed information from the Project object except the list of Assemblies/Projects that my project references. Please, help. Tnx :) ...more >>

Hello. I am trying to use the VS .NET 2003 Find and Replace feature using regular expressions to find a token between words and place that token into a buffer so that i can place it at another spot on a line. This would be similar to a command in VI. For example: <http://www.google.com...more >>

October 2003 .NET Framework SDK Documentation Update: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2eaeb501-c197-4892-9c50-8f6be1b0d4e0 Download 48532 KB, English: http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/b/b/0bb757a0-e734-4e78-b95b-d357e2d8635a/NDP1.1-KB827821-X86-Enu.exe ...more >>

I am creating my own tool window and I want to be able to drag my components onto forms designers (as if they were dragged from the VS.NET Toolbox). A little sleuthing reveal that things dragged from the Toolbox use the ".NET Toolbox Item" clipboard format. I can not find any documentation for ...more >>

Is it possible to have custom code templates for new .cs files in VSNET? ...more >>

Why install side by side versions of .Net 2002 and .Net 2003? Instead, just upgrade to .NET 2003 (is it not fully backward compatible?) or, what good technical reasons to keep both IDEs any ideas? ...more >>

Hi All Sorry to multi post but could not find anywhere suitable for this, i need help on macros, as the Microsoft DTE is just the pits! Anyone know of samples, help, tutorials etc Cheers Danny Woolston ...more >>

I've seem many messages about find in files not working in VS.NET 2003.. it's started happening on my machine just as described by the others. In my case a reboot doesn't fix it, and I've resorted to having a copy of VC6 around to do the searching, as both VS.NET and VS.NET2003 are broke. Wh...more >>

Hi, In the debug Auto and Locals window the value that has changed becomes highlighted in red, BUT the Watch window does no highlighting, why the inconsistency? Would it not be better if this window was also change highlighted? Enum Flags INCORRECT values displauyed in debug window ...more >>

We are trying to store the codebehind files in a different folder other than the aspx. For example: index.aspx and the codebehind: /src/index.aspx.cs VS.NET seems unable to support this and can't find the file. Even though the page works fine through the browser. Below is a posted repl...more >>

Is there a way to determine, via automation, if the debugger is stopped at a breakpoint? TIA for any help....more >>

How do I change the default Class Template so that instead of having just basic class structure but also having several region tags and documentation pieces? Rick ...more >>

Im trying to make a .NET addin that could interact with the .NET developpment environment. I would like to be able to click on any class or method definition in the code desing window and set an object to the corresponding type (CodeClass or CodeMethod) so I can access to its properties. ...more >>

Hi, I have an n-tier app with 3 projects that need to be seperate solutions with dependencies. CLIENT...dependency is BUSINESS BUSINESS...dependency is DATA I originally had the business and data projects (class libraries) as part of the client project. The powers-that-be want 3 projects but ...more >>

Many times during debugging with vs.net I'll hit the "build" button and then it will give me a not- entirely-clear error message implying that one of my starting or ending brackets ("{" or "}") somewhere deep in the code doesn't have a properly matching counterpart. Is there a quick way t...more >>