Microsoft Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "November 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now ...more >>

Hello, Is there a link anywhere that makes it clear what the concrete limitations are of this edition of Visual Studio, and any work arounds? Thanks. Kel ...more >>

Hi, Im trying to write a macro or add in that runs through a solution and adds in Comments at the top of the source files and also above each and every function or subroutine (if its a VB file) or method. Is there a way to do this using the CodeDOM? All I have seen are samples on how to generate...more >>

Hi, I have written an Addin for excel and used VS.Net and C#. I want to have access to one of my addin static methods within excel. I know in VB6.0 if you write the following statement in OnConnection method it will magically works: AddInInst.Object = me But how can we do this in C#? T...more >>

A co-worker and I are collaborating on a C++ project, with the code maintained by Visual SourceSafe. The trouble is, our include paths need to be different; some of the header files are located in one folder on my machine, and another folder on his. We'd like the Visual Studio .NET project fil...more >>

Hello, I recall that in the previous DevStudio, #if/#endif blocks could be collapsed. Is that an option in Visual Studio.Net? Also, weren't comment blocks -- a multi-line file header, for example -- treated as collapsible ellements? In my .cpp file, the first outline marker starts at the beg...more >>

I am running VS.NET 2003 Student and have edited, added, and removed stored procedures in my database in the past, through VS.NEt 2003. My system crashed and I decided to go from WinXP to Win2K and re-installed everything including SQL Server 2000 and VS.NET 2003 Student. Now I can't edit stored pro...more >>

If i want to see from where my methods are called i can go to the first caller by shift+f12 - why cant i go through all callers or how can i see all the places in IDE ?? Thx R....more >>

Hi, I'm missing a feature : smart renaming of C++ classes. This is different from find and replace in multiple files, as it should account for locality of names. Say, for example, I have two classes named Bar. One is the globale namespace, the other is nested into class Foo. class Bar {... ...more >>

I used to have an explanation of a given property beneath the properties window in vs .net, but it seems to have disappeared. What tool/window option will show this? Thanks for any help. Bernie Yaeger ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to write a macro that keeps track of change in the code similar to the one in MS Word ? (highlight portions of code with comment) Thanks, Augustin...more >>

I can't create any new project using Project Wizard. It always tells me "Navigate failure, Can't open page". Desperately need your help. Without Project Wizard, I can do nothing....more >>

I've created a custom toolwindow using the standard shim control in an add-in I'm working on. The problem is that I can't figure out how to make the toolwindow automatically re-dock to its previous location when the add-in loads. VB "sometimes" does it for me, but it is unpredictable at best. An...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me the best way to get a solution into sourcesafe? I wanted to add an existing solution that was in my \My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\MyApp folder. I right clicked in the .net IDE and selected "Add Solution to Source Control...". It all got added, but it creat...more >>

I still have not got any help with this issue. I installed VS.Net 2003 on my mahcine and there were no errors. When I create a Windows Forms application, The form designer comes up with a big red X across it with a messagebox that says there's NullReferenceException with no indication of wh...more >>

I just reinstalled VS.Net and IIS on my machine While opening web projects or making new ones I get this error HTTP /1.1 500 Internal Server Error thats why none of my new or existing web projects work . Please help urgently. Thanks...more >>

Hi, I have an enum (a bitfield with Flags attribute) that is in a user control and at design time the form does NOT permit setting of multiple bits. Will this be possible in future designers? Thanks. ...more >>

hello there: i am puzzlesd in developping vsip, my mission is to add a folder in a project under a solution,any one so kind can give me some advice? there seems no sample in samples downloadn from http://www.vsipdev.com ,thank you...more >>

Hi! I want to create a summary like this: /// <summary> /// /// </summary> But not matter how I set the DocComment property of a EnvDTE.CodeClass instance (or any other element like properties or functions), I can only create either /// <summary> /// </summary> or /// <summar...more >>

I reported the following glitch in V1.0, was informed that it would be fixed in V1.1, but it still exists. Given the following proc: Sub SomeSub ' code ' more code ' and more code End Sub '--- SomeSub --- When I double-click in the left margin to select the whole proc, eve...more >>

Hi, I have created my first ASP.NET app / page with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 using C# (Microsoft Visual C# .NET 69586-335-0000007-18261) But, when I closed VS and re-opened it later, I see all files in my project, except the webform I had designed. How to open that webform!? ...more >>

Hi, Would it be possible with the code refactoring features of the next VSnet to drag and drop to change location of code in the class view? Thanks ...more >>

I'm writing a VS add-in that needs to display data based on the content of an XML project item file. If the item is not open (or is Saved) I can read it from disk; if it is dirty, I can read it from the TextDocument. But reading the XML is not free, and I'd like to cache the internal representat...more >>

All, Is there any way to totally disable Dynamic Help? Thanks! R-o ...more >>

Hi, Will Vsnet IDE and C# ever get "Edit and continue" in the debugger? Thanks ...more >>

Howdy, I have recently converted my project from VC++6 to VS.Net 2003 VS7.1, and now, It won't register. when running regsvr32 I get: LoadLibrary failed - the specified module could not be found and when running directly from the IDE I get: Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an err...more >>

Hi All, I find that occasionally Visual Studio .NET displays my text with strange graphical artifacts as I type. The text is split in half horizontally, and seems to merge with another line nearby. When this happens, the text remains distorted until I press return, and wait. The mouse cur...more >>

I just recently purchased a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0. After installing Intellimouse 5.0 I now find that VisualStudio's code editor doesn't scroll via the wheel in uniform to all other windows. It seems much slower and scrolls line by line. Is there anyway to fix this adverse beha...more >>

Hi, Visual IDE experts out there, can you tell me whether visual studio .net addin is threadsafe, and how to use thread properly in visual studio .net addin. I added a timer in my addin but the timer's elapsed handler cannot access the addin's instance variable properly. I made a ve...more >>

One of our teammembers installed interdev after installing visual studio 2003. Now visual studio 2003 is taking about 5 min to step through one line with the debugger. We uninstalled interdev and reinstalled iis as well as visual studio 2003. The devenv process is taking 100% system resour...more >>

Hi to all, i am building an app that uses the App.Config file and reads/writes at runtime. So, i make changes, build the project, run the project from iside the IDE and at runtime i have routines that writes to the config file, at ..\bin\debug drirectory. But in the next build, the IDE re...more >>

What happened to the keyboard shortcut to find matching braces, brackets etc? ...more >>

Hi all, I've been advised to repost this message to the IDE newsgroup:- My problem is this - my custom controls periodically disappear from my project when I build it. First of I get the message about a missing dependency, then if I rebuild after that - the control just physically disappear...more >>

I have vs.net 2003 installed on a P4 2.2ghz machine. While the time to start the IDE is tolerable, the loading of an existing solution (even with only a single project) is extremely slow. Any suggestions? Mark ...more >>

Dear Friends, I'm ina a situation where i must change the name to a lot of controls (button, textbox and so on) and i would like to know how to do that. Is this a job for "Code Refactoring" or a job for Search&Replace?? Thanks a lot Stefano ...more >>

I need to get IToolboxService from an add-in (which isn't sited, so GetService(typeof(IToolboxService)) returns null). I can find an IDesignerHost in the DTE.Documents collection - can I go from an IDesignerHost to IToolboxService? -- programmer, author http://www.midnightbeach.com and...more >>

I just uninstalled the Code Swap add-in and now I can't open any of my VB.NET programs. I keep getting an error message and then Visual Studio closes. "Project 'Windows Hanoi' could not be opened because the Microsoft Visual Basic .NET compiler could not be created. Please re-install Visual St...more >>

Is there HotFix or Service Pack for VS .NET 2003? If so, where can I get them? ...more >>

It sure would be nice if the Visual Studio .Net (2003) IDE had a tab bar at the bottom of the editor window that allowed you to easily switch between code and design views instead of having to open two different files on the top tab bar. ...more >>

Is there ANY way to stop VS.NET from automatically closing HTML tags, capitalizing tags, removing line breaks, etc., when the HTML designer is opened? This is driving me stark-raving mad....more >>

I'm looking for clarification on what should be a very simple point yet I havnt found good info in documentation so far... What aspects of the online documentation within VS.NET come from the content of the "MSDN Subscription" DVDs that come to me in the mail each month (from my MSDN Universal...more >>

Using a DataSet dragged from the Toolbox's Data tab and placing it on a webform's page, I get the Add Dataset dialog. All the datasets show up in a listbox that exist in the web project by choosing Typed DataSet. The last selection is Referenced DataSets... and choosing this I get PPLibs.D...more >>

We have a VC++ project we'd like to add to a Solution. We are able to "File > Open > Project ..." , and the vcproj project opens. The code builds and runs with no problems. When we try to "Solution > Add > Existing Project ..." the VC++ project, we get this error dialog: Project 'C:\th...more >>

Hi there, I am trying to having a working DWMX - VS.NET combination i.e. DW for creating a master design template and VS.NET for code behind. However, things get screwed up. - DW: create a design template (ASP.NET - VB) having a single editable region in which will put e.g. some ASP control...more >>

Hi: Intellisense is not working for me for STL classes. In particular, I tried string and vector. The scenerio here is that I've taken an old VC++ 6.0 project and opened it up in .NET. It compiles and runs fine. The intellisense functionality within 6.0 works fine for strings. I creat...more >>

I have created a class that derives from System.Data.Common.DataAdapter, which has a TableMappings property of type System.Data.Common.DataTableMappingCollection. Upon examining the metadata for DataTableMappingCollection, I see that it has an attribute [System.ComponentModel.EditorAttribute("M...more >>

Hi, Since we will be getting PARTIAL file types, how will the IDE file listing and class listing highlight this? Would we have to do workarounds in the filenames to indicate partials obviously or will the IDE have some kind of visual cue? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how/if it is possible to add further / replace existing styles to the Autoformats that can be applied to Datagrid objects? I quite like "Colorful 1" but corporate standards now dictate the use of other colours and it's a pain to go and adjust each one manually. Thanks...more >>

Hi all, Is there some way to view the resulting MSIL code from within the VS ide? Is an external program the only way? Thanks Ken ...more >>

Hi, sorry for the cross-post. This msg was posted in developer.outlook.addins also. Repost: Hi, I have seen similar posts in the groups, but in no one there was a final solution. So, I have Outlook 2000 addin, build in C#/VS.Net 2003. I'm using the setup project, build by Extensibility p...more >>