Hi. I've went through every menu and submenu and still couldn't find where to set environment variables. I just get the error "The following environment variables were not found: $(BLAHBLAH) etc... Now, how to set this BLAHBLAH to something? Thanks a lot for help. ...more >>

Hi all, I'm stuck right at my very first steps with VC++ 2003 .Net (Standard): When I try to open any Windows Form in the IDE, all I get is this error: "The designer could not be shown for this file because none of the classes within it can be designed." These are the simple repro steps ...more >>

When I edit a SQL file in VS.NET's IDE, I cannot use the Ctrl key in combination with the left arrow, right arrow, delete... Is this by design? ...more >>

I want to make a copy of a form in my solution/project. I still want to keep the original form in my project. I do not want to inherit the original form. I just want a new copy of it and rename it to something else. When I try to rename the form to the new form name it removes the old for...more >>

Hi! When I compile my Solution in VS .NET 2002 on Windows 2000 SP4 then I get a black Screen for a few Seconds. Has someone seen this behaviour and knows a solution? Thank you very much, Regards, Christian ...more >>

I am new to VS 2003, moving from Borland C++ Builder 5 & 6. Builder's analogue to Intellisense (CodeCompletion) automatically inserts open and close parenthesis when a method name is selected from the popup member list and positions the cursor between them, so that all you have to do is just...more >>

I have two version of .NET Framework on my machine: 1.0.3705 1.1.4322 What is VS.NET Options setting to determine which version of Framework I'm building for my Project. Thanks, F.Z....more >>

Hi Guys, I know this sounds a bit ridiculous (and could be classified as a nitpick), but I've found some very odd behaviour in VS.NET 2K3 IDE (I'm running EntArch edition). By default, I have the "Description" option for the properties window on the right hand side disabled, because I do...more >>

When editing an HTA in Visual Studio .NET, I do not have access to the HTML tab. I need to rename the file to HTML and then I have access to the HTML tab. Isn't there any way to edit an HTA just like an HTML file?...more >>

I'm trying to find out if there are any service releases to my VS.NET Pro and I'm getting an error message. It says; "Visual Studio .NET 2003 setup encountered errors while attempting to download required files. Check your Web Browser configuration settings and your connection hardware, and...more >>

Using VSNET 2003. I think I dragged the mouse across part of the IDE work area and messed things up. On the right side of the work area I had a sizable window which contained the Solution Explorer window in the upper portion and the properties window in the lower part. Each of the contained wind...more >>

hi i am creating a datatable during run-time and want to associate a table style to the datagrid that displays the datatable. i have included a breif illustration private:DataSet __gc *datasetPpl; public:DataTable __gc *datatablePpl; //data table that i want to display in the datagr...more >>

Hi All - Does anyone know of a way to create a DTE object programmatically without launching devenv.exe? I'm trying to do some remote-controlling of the IDE, but the cross-process reference to a DTE object created with the following code results in painfully slow performance whenver the oDTE is ...more >>

I would like to set the source code editor up such that the tabs (with the names of the open files) are all shown in more rows if there are too many. Currently they are all in one row, which becomes quite uncomfortable when working with many open files. So: instead of .... | File4 | File5 | F...more >>

Context: Win XP SP1a Visual Studio .NET v7.1.3088 XML Schema Designer Autohide on Problem: When I expose the XML Schema toolbox by hovering and click on the pin icon, IDE hangs. Requires Task Manager kill to recover....more >>

1) run an asp.net project in debug mode 2) resize the window that is docked on the right-hand side of the ide. In the default configuration this is where the properties and solution explorer windows are located. After resizing the right-side panel the MSDN home page will load in the main win...more >>

Hi, I have installed .NET Framework 1.1, but my Visual Studio.NET 2002 keep showing the .NET Framework v 1.0 (in a menu help\about...) What should I do in order to force Visual Studio to use the newer framework 1.1? Thanks, Lubomir...more >>

I have a dialog with an ActiveX control in it. The dialog resource is in a separate MFC extension DLL for localization purposes. If I open this DLL in either VC++ 6.0 or 7.1 (as resources), open the dialog, change the text of a static control, and then save the DLL, I am no longer able to st...more >>

Hi All, I have a huge VB.NET solution which has around 40 projects. When I compile/build this solution, midway the IDE just closes. When I check the bin folder for dll, I find execution isn't completed either. This is happening on a number of machines, all are Pentium IV, and have high configur...more >>

I would like to be able to customize the path structure that VS.NET 2003 creates for projects. 1. I'd like to be able to create a project without VS.NET creating a folder for that project. I've already created a folder where I want the project to go, however, VS.NET won't use the existing fo...more >>

Hello, I have been trying to create properties extender for Solution Explorer items in VS.NET 2003. The items i am interested in are solution, solution files, project, project files and project folders. It appears while some of the items can be extended (most notable solution as presente...more >>

Hello,everyone I want to add some existed vb files to a project, but VS.NET always copies those files to the own project folder and can not add only reference to the project like VC++.Net project does. Can anyone tell to how I can do that? Thanks. -- P.Zhou, China...more >>

Here is the scenario=2E I am creating an add-in to automatically= generate an inteface document based upon the database table that= is selected in the server explorer window=2E I currently am able= to add the menu item for doing this when right clicking the= table=2E What I can't figure o...more >>

Hi. I've created a .ctc file with my menus/commands. I want to localize it to japan language. My question is: how to put unicode characters into .ctc file? I've tried some kinds of escape characted (e.g. \x, \u) but the ctc compiler does not recognize it :( I've also noticed that the bin...more >>

I am currently having an harware config that include a dual-screen. It would be very interesting to be able to use VS2003 on the dual-screen, having on source page on each monitor. How can I do that (in particular without opening VS two times in order to avoid file conflicts) ? Joannès ...more >>

I have installed Biztalk server 2004 and now my XSD editor has been modified in VS 2003. how do I change it back? thanks JamesE ...more >>

Hi list, from Eclipse I'm accostumed to browsing all my available projects (e.g. find some code snippet I already did somewhere). This seems not to be possible with VS's solutions. If I open one, the other one closes. Is any workaround possible? Best regards Joscha Diehl...more >>

Hi all - I posted a message here yesterday about a cast from EnvDTE.Project to VSLangProj.VSProject failing. I now have a reproducible snippet of code (see below). The thing is, this only fails on my Windows XP laptop - on two different Win 2000 machine it runs fine. If similar code is called fr...more >>

I'm trying to figure out what setting is in place that's causing my solution to go through a complete rebuild each time I open it. 1. Open solution. 2. Select Build Solution from the menu. 3. Build completes. 4. Select Build Solution from the menu, says everything's up to date. 5. Clo...more >>

Ugh, this has got to be a frustrating newbie question: I just created a new C++ project (Windows Forms Application .NET) using Visual Studio .NET 2003. I want to rename the generic Form1 (.cpp, .h, ..resX,) etc. I am unable to do this with the solution explorer. If I right click on the f...more >>

Hi all, Sorry for the cross posting. I am in the process of writing a VS macro to modify the windows and tool bars displayed by VS on start up. The following code is the problem: Dim myCommandbar as Windows.Office.Core.CommandBar For Each myCommandbar in DTE.Commandbars ...more >>

I have created a setup project for my application which includes a non .NET managed code COM object. My COM component is automatically registered when I build my project. I'm having problems registering the COM component during installation. In my setup project, I set the Register property t...more >>

My IDE crashes when opening a project (existing or new). I get the "send crash report to MS" message and send it along. In the event log is this message: Faulting application devenv.exe, version 7.10.3077.0, faulting module mscorwks.dll, version 1.1.4322.573, fault address 0x00007afc. VS.N...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to work on an old verion of an ASP.NET project built using VS.NET 2003 which is stored in VSS 6.0d. My first attempt was to get the labeled version using VSS, however, when I opened up the solution with VS.NET 2003, it got the latest source automatically. This overwrote t...more >>

I have a .NET solution with about 25 projects in it. When I am working in that solution and open a text file which happens to not be part of the project, it takes ~50 seconds to open. The text files I am opening are not big at all, maybe 50 lines max. Why does this take so long? Tim ...more >>

Is anybody knows sites from where i can get more information for Extending Visual studio using VSIP in Managed code...more >>

Can any body know what are the serious Issues while Extending visual studio using VSIP in Managed code(C#)....more >>

Hello , i am developing a mobile web application using vb.net which provides auto sms sending. I have also sms and pager toolkit. Is there any way to send sms to mobile without cable connection ? how can i load my application to a mobile ? --neha....more >>

Hi, I hope this is the correct place to post this question, I am using VS to build a c++ application with lots of projects in a single workspace. Most of them do not change from build to build but when compiling the others, the compiler seems to stop for about half a second to tell me that it i...more >>

As a follow-on to my previous post about using c++ in vs.net after having experience with c# in vs.net. In c#, I get excellent real-time feedback from the IDE as I type my code. For example, if I type a brace instead of a bracket, chances are that the IDE will highlight the error in col...more >>

I have used vs.net 2003 extensively for c# projects, but am starting some work in c++. When using c# I routinely right click on an object or method name and browse immediately to its definition, class hierarchy, etc. Very powerful, obviously. In c++ I don't necessarily find as yet the same ...more >>

I use UltraEdit a lot. One of my favorite feature about it is that it can trim all trailing white spaces when saving or on the fly to selected lines. Perhaps it is because the auto-indent thing, the VS.NET IDE editor constantly adds useless white spaces while editing. (VS 6.0 editor does so ...more >>

Working through/into (?) Petzold, I recently bought VC++ .NET Std. to step from Dev-C++ that I was using in my attempt to teach myself Win32 programming. Instead, my learning has come to an ubrupt halt as I bang heads with this at times (seemingly) less-than-cooperative environment... Of cou...more >>

According to a recent Microsoft article, we should do this: void Application_BeginRequest(object source, EventArgs e) { if (Request.Path.IndexOf('\\') >= 0 || System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(Request.PhysicalPath) != Request.PhysicalPath) { throw new HttpException(404, "not fou...more >>

This is not so severe, but is annoying and non intuitive. Description: If you have "content" files in a subfolder of your project, and you add Project Output/content files in your setup project, it will create the corresponding subfolder to place the files. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create ...more >>

Hi, I am using visual studio.net 2003 on a fast PC and perfrmance is generally good. However, I find that on some web forms when I rename a web control the CPU goes crazy and VS stops responding for about 10 seconds. I guess it is synchronizing the code behind file or something, though ...more >>

I don't know if this will be fixed this side of Whidbey, but I just discovered an IntelliSense error in Visual Studio .NET 2003. When you type "if (foo bar >)", place the cursor left of "bar", and type "<", IntelliSense pops up a list of types -- apparently thinking you're about to define a te...more >>

Hi all, I'm experiencing a weird problem within my IDE. Whenever I load a solution that has projects under source control (IBM/Rational ClearCase), I have to wait and sit back till it fully has loaded, otherwise it might happen that my menus and contextmenus don't show up. With this I mean, t...more >>

I have a project that is behaving very strangely. This is a Windows Forms application written in C# using VS 2003. When I open the form in design mode and then right click on the form and select View Code. All the code is black text. None of the keywords are highlighted and when I start t...more >>

Hello, VS is automatically linking to a specific library during build when I don't want it to, and I can't find where it's set to do so. I originally had my project implicitly linked to a .LIB, but I wanted to change it to explicitly link with the DLL. So I removed the .LIB file...more >>