hello i use the setup wizard from vs.net2003 to make the install package,after installation,i find the "Unistall" item can't be included in my program group within the start menu,i wonder how can i use the setup wizard to make the install package include the uninstall function? ...more >>

Running VS.NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 69586-335-0000007-18459 A solution with a single VB project is a bit slow to load. When looking at source code in the SOLUTION EXPLORER, everything is normal. When viewing it in the CLASS VIEW, it is very slow to paint the class view. Expandin...more >>

If there is anyone from Microsoft listening, esp. from the data tools team, PLEASE PLEASE bring back the ability to edit data in-cell when viewing a table in the data-designer. Taking that out was a truly lame decision. PLEASE put it back in, using Access stinks, as it crashes every 20 minutes, ...more >>

I'd like to know if there is a simple way of moving a vs.net solution from one directory to another. We would like to be able to do new development in one directory tree, and generate release builds in another directory tree. This would allow us to set up our source control system with a...more >>

Does anyone know if there is any way to draw lines in the textpanes of VS NET IDE by an add-in? Thank you, Paolo ...more >>

(IDE: VS2003 7.1.3088) Hi, When solutions grow and contain several projects (10, 20 or more) people complain that they can't compile their projects anymore. Why? The IDE locks some dlls (assemblies from project output) and doesn't free them anymore. Every attempt to compile those so...more >>

From what I can see about 50% of questions asked in public.vsnet.* are left unanswered. Is is because they are stupid or because no one knows the answer? I suspect the second and this asks another question - is VS so difficult to use or so buggy (or both)? I'm disappointed with .NET and VS as...more >>

How can I get VS.Net to stop butchering my html? I have turned off the automatic formatting but that doesn't do anything. What is the sense in being able to switch back and forth if it doesn't retain your code. Where does it get off rewriting it and sticking in stupid <TBODY> tags any ...more >>

This is the second time I encounter this problem, and I have to reinstall VS.NET last time, and seems like I still have to do the same this time. This happened when I try to create a OleDbConnection object, and set the ConnectionString in the property window. If you create a connection to M...more >>

Hi. Is it possible to use VS.NET 2002 or 2003 to create add-ins for Office 2000? I suspect the answer is no but I would like to confirm that. TIA, Erik Cruz ...more >>

I would like to create an Add-in that intercepts some of the Code editor events for every key pressed..... Can I do that ?? I've tried the EventsWatcher sample but that only catches some events.....not when I type something.... Can you guys point me into the right direction here ? Than...more >>

When I open an HTML file in VS.Net 2002, it appears as a series of nonsense characters and takes about a minute to load, and will not let me switch to HTML view. If another window clips the editor, then I move that window out of the way, the HTML file will reload again in the same way--a series o...more >>

How can I stop VS from automatically formatting my WebForms' code when I make a change to it in design mode? I've messed with all the text editor settings to no avail. Thanks! ...more >>

While debugging, why can't I adjust the width of columns in the Thread Window? The window is pretty much view-only. Amil ...more >>

I got the following error message when I tried to run a webform from Visual Studio 2002: "Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. Catastrophic failure ..." How could I restore my debugging features? Thanks ...more >>

I regularly use different versions of a solution (eg. shared, branch, working, etc.) which all have the same name (ie. filename of the soultion). The "Start Page" is useful for quickly picking the solution to load. But it doesn't display the path to the solution, so its harder to identify the ...more >>

I am running XP Professional. Ever since I upgraded from VS.NET 2002 to VS.NET 2003, I have lost a small piece of functionality which I will describe. Back in VS.NET 2002, I was able to use the Server explorer to quickly glance at the properties of verious SQL server tables. For example...more >>

I have implemented a wizard to handle the addition of Project Items to a project. It implements the IDTWizard interface. All works fine for C#, J# and VB7 projects. C++ projects are a little different. Are the following bugs or am I missing something: The ContextParams array passed in ...more >>

Hello Has anyone found an option for paring brackets and parenthesis etc in the editor, ie coloring each set of open and close brackets for a given statement ? I see that it temporarily does it as you type them in, but would like to see them stay. Thank you Patrick Brown ...more >>

Is it possible to change the IDE language version from French to English. If so where I can find the files to do that. TIA Pedro...more >>

Hello, All! Where i can instruct VS.NET IntelliSence to expand particular #define into class\method declaration, now it prints something like that: "Expression to left of . or -> has a type wich could not be resolved". -- With best regards, Igor. ...more >>

Hello, (VS.Net 2003, Framework 1.1, WinXP Prof./SP1) 1. I open a solution 2. make some changes 3. open a different solution from the file menu's recent list 4. select [cancel] when asked if I want to save the changes. When opening the file menu again, the selected solution has been...more >>

Hi. I am having a problem where, every now and then, I am opening a solution that I have previously worked on. It seems to get in to a funny state where .NET 2003 just hangs forever, I get no error messages or anything back, the program just hangs. Once in this state, this always happ...more >>

What option do you need to enable/disable in VS.NET 2003 so it'd quit applying "smart" formatting of the markup in aspx pages? I refer to the fact that VS.NET upper-cases or lower-cases tags, performs "smart" (aka "out of whack") aligning of HTML tags, and the like. Thanks!...more >>

Hey all, Does anyone know how to export source code from within VS.NET, so that it retains it's formatting (keyword highlighting, coloring, etc)? I have to put the source (about 500 lines) into a MS Word document, so doing it by hand is out of the question. Thanks, -- Murdoc ## -------...more >>

Hi, IDE environment: Version 7.1.3088 DLLs are locked and I can not compile the solution. I have to exit the IDE and delete the DLLs and start the IDE in order to compile. I have made a Google search and a find 5230 hits on subject ".Net DLL locking": http://groups.google.com/groups?h...more >>

Hi all, About two weeks ago VS.NET 2003 started to report the following error message whenever I tried to open an .aspx or .ascx file in c# web project: Microsoft Development Environment The file could not be loaded into the Web Forms designer. Please correct the following error and then tr...more >>

I think that this question must have been asked many times before but to date I have not been able to find an answer to code generators integrated into C# and VB project. I have a tool that reads a text file specification and creates a number of C# class files. I would like this file to be in ...more >>

Hi, ENV: Windows 2003 Enterprise, VS.Net 2003, SQL Server 2000 SP3 Using the IDE server explorer, I cannot 'step into' stored procedures on my local SQL Server. When I right click and choose 'Step into stored procedure', the debugger environment (locals window, start, stop, pause buttons e...more >>

For example, I want to use .NET Framework 1.2 in VS.NET 2003 IDE. How can I make that? thanks! ...more >>

I'm having some problems following these instructions from the help file under the index stored procedures, creating To create a new stored procedure 1.. In Server Explorer, right-click the Stored Procedures folder or any stored procedure in that folder. 2.. Choose New Stored Procedure...more >>

Hi, When I start VS.NET, It shows a IDE under 'Windows Installer' window saying 'Preparing to install'. After a while it closes installer window and IDE. Perhaps this has been happening after I changed the Default Language in Regional Settings to English from Japanese. I'm not sure ...more >>

I've got a problem with the shortcuts, for example Ctrl+F3 for finding next selected. It simply doesn't work. If I look in the settings it's assigned to Edit.FindNextSelected, but it doesn't work. And if I try to assign that shortcut again, the textbox doesn't get any input and remains blank. ...more >>

After creating a new ODBCDataAdapter with generated Select, Insert, Update, Delete statements I attempt to generate a dataset from the adapter. The IDE exits without so much as a popup error window. In an attempt to isolate the problem I created a new solution, new project, and new compo...more >>

I'm not sure what I did, but I did at one point have an output window when I built the app, but it's gone now. Under Tools->Options, Environment, I do have checked "show output window when build starts" so that's not the problem. If I select Views->Other Windows->Output nothing happens. ...more >>

When we try to debug we get the some what common... Error trying to start debugging on the web server. Catastrophic failure. ..... I have been through several different MS web pages and a Word doc on what needs to be set up. As fas as I can tell everything is set up correctly. Is there...more >>

Hi, I am trying to write an Add-In in vb.net 2003. I have managed to obtain a reference to the VisualStudio.DTE. From that reference, I can get the opened Solution. From the Solution, the Projects From the Projects, a Project From the Project, ProjectItems From the ProjectItems, a Proje...more >>

I am trying to use Visual Inheritance in a VB.Net project. It worked great for about a week, then, all of a sudden, I get an error in the designer view of the inherited form saying, "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". Terrific. That means a lot. Not a single line explaining a...more >>

When I right click on my project and select "Add New User Control...", it will not add a control, it adds a regular WebForm. When I look at my available options (using Add New Item...) I do not even see Web User Control as an option. I am using the Enterprise Developer version, do I need to upgr...more >>

I've started to build a command prompt winodow AddIn for Visual Studio .NET 2003 and starting to realize the significant amout of work thats required to complete. I would like to know if anyone has either seen a product or knows of a project underway for this kind of utility before I continue? ...more >>

Problem: I am trying to add a ProjectItem (in this case a sql script) to a database project from an addin. Typically I would use the ProjectItems collection from a given project to add the new ProjectItem. This approach works well for VB Projects and c# Projects but fails for Database Pro...more >>

Hi, I'm writing an add-in and I would like to add shortcut text to my CommandBarButton controls. Hence I have two questions: 1) How can I get the current key bingings to my add-in commands using Extensibility API? 2) Simple setting ShortcutText property of CommandBarButton does not ...more >>

Hi, first, this is not a DirectX problem, it is an IDE problem. Steps to reproduce (VB 2003, Framework 1.1, XP Prof. SP1) 1. Create a new WindowsApplication 2. Add references to Microsoft.DirectX.dll and Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.dll 3. In the form's code window add Imports Micro...more >>

i hope this newsgroup is okay for questions re VS.NET automation. I don't really understand the second argument of FileCodeModel.CodeElementFromPoint, the one that you use to specify the scope/granularity of the point you pass. For example, I thought maybe if I passed in vsCMElement.vsCMElem...more >>

Hopefully this is a setting somewhere.. I'm using VS 2003 (7.1.3088).. Yesterday, when I would edit some code, I could hit down arrow, and if the line of code (the line below the current line) was smaller it would go to the last character; much like access and vb always did. But today, when ...more >>

Using vs.net 2003 i am able to edit stored proc's. Often (and not always) after i go from stored procedure edit mode to design view (access like view) ..save the built query i am no longer able to edit the stored procedure. At this point, i have to close the sproc and re-open in the edit...more >>

Hello, Are there any version control options that integrate with the VS.Net IDE other than VSS? Something using WEBDAV perhapse? Thanks, J ...more >>

After creating a crystal report in vsnet I try to create a crystal report document component using the IDE. The wizard gives me an option to eather create an Untyped, or a typed object. When I select the typed object of the type of my report, and click OK, nothing happends! I have no pr...more >>

Hi all, I noticed that removal of .suo file from the solution directory has magic positive effect. The build process speeds up several times, the debugger works faster (moreover, sometimes my VS.NET simply hangs up during debugging if .suo file is old enough). According to MSDN, .suo f...more >>

In the past, whenever I opened a Crystal Reports .rpt file, the Crystal Reports Field Explorer appeared on the left margin of my Visual Studio. For some reason, Field Explorer has disappeared. How can I make it re-appear again? Tony Lin Fremont, CA ...more >>