Is there a way to turn of SourceSafe integration in VSNET2003 - even when there is SS info in the solution and project files? --Bruce ...more >>

I am trying to debug a user written web control and web control designer. I found an article “Building Windows Forms Controls and Component with Rich Design-Time Features” that describes how to setup debugging for a Windows Form control. I cannot find any documentation or articles on sett...more >>

After I click the VS.2003 Icon, I get the splash screen. I have to wait for more than 30 seconds, until the IDE finally shows up. Any ideas about the cause of this? Thankx and Cheers Harry ...more >>

Is there an option to set in VSNET2003 so that when I click on a file in the Solution Explorer, I get the code view instead of the designer view? --Bruce ...more >>

Hi all, I have customized the keyboard for myself. Now I want to replicate my IDE settings to another machine. Is there any file to copy or some registry setting to export. Or something else? - AM ...more >>

my 'Projects' start page in VS.net no longer refreshes with the newest project I've opened/am using. Is there a preference file somewhere I can delete to 'reset' this? -Darrel ...more >>

hello, I work on a solution in VB.net (15 projects; ~200 files; ~200Mb) with SourceSafe (we are 3 developpers). clients: P4, 2.52 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, windows XP 2002 (SP1), VS 2003 server (source safe): P4, 2.52 GHz, 1 GB of RAM I become crazy because of the slowness of the loading of ...more >>

Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 as a code editor and debugger, however we use a UNIX based CVS server for source code control, which requires the line feed characters be UNIX style LF characters, I realise this can be done using the "Save with encoding" or "Advanced save options" boxes, but t...more >>

Hello there. It's annoying to debug my own code, but even more annoying to "debug" others code which is supposed to work. That is, when I use STL, I don't want the debugger to go into the constructor or dereference operator source of std::list when I use it. Is there a way to prevent this fro...more >>

ToolWindow Add-in Example from: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Automation Samples The ToolWindow Add-in Example shows how I can create a UserControl in a ToolWindow. I am developing an Add-in in C#. I would like to display one of several UserControls in the ToolWindow depending on the select...more >>

HI all, I am creating small VS.NET add-in and have 2 problems: 1. I am extending context menus in the different windows. I am able succesfully add commands to context menus of code editor ("Code Window"), help window ("DefaultContext") and selection context in help window ("SelectionCon...more >>

Hi, How do I get VS.Net to display my custom controls in the property browser in the following scenario. I have an vs solution that contains my assembly that contains all my controls. I have a separate vs solution set up for my aspx pages. In my aspx pages I use the Page directive to ...more >>

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C4D2CA.901CCD90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've developing .NET projects using VB.NET with a Dell 8200 1.9 MH with = 1 gig RAM. From time to time my ...more >>

Hi, when I'm trying to open or create a new project the VS.Net 2003 IDE hangs for 1 minute or even longer in the file/directory dialog box until I can change to a directory, and that repeats for every subfolder. As soon I'm in my project everything works fine, and the IDE is doing it's job....more >>

Hi: I am working on ASP.NET writen in C# and using VS.NET. I created a project and then I copied and pasted some ASPX pages from other projects. So I have to change the namespace of each copied ASPX page code-behind to make them work in the project. Is there any easy way to change their ...more >>

Hello, I am having a problem with Visual Studio .NET 2003 (7.1.3088) If I change the toolbars -- add buttons or just enable/disable some of = the toolbars -- the changes will not stick. When I restart Visual Studio, the toolbar layout will revert to the = previous one. I think that this ...more >>

To avoid breaking URLs, I need Visual Studio.NET to open a file with ASP extension as if it was an ASPX file in the Web Designer. I tried right clicking on the file and using the "Open With..." but it keeps thinking it's an XML file. I want VS.net to consider all my ASP files as ASPX web forms. ...more >>

Is there a VS command that will create a GUID within the IDE? (In Delphi, there's Ctrl+Shift+G which creates a new GUID and pastes the string form into the edit buffer at the cursor. So far, I haven't found the VS equivalent.) -- programmer, author http://www.midnightbeach.com and fat...more >>

Hello, I just installed VS 2003 Developer edition, and tried using update from help menu, and get Visual Studio .NET setup encountered errors while attempting to download required files. Check your Web Browser configuration settings and your connection hardware, and then try again. Ye...more >>

Is there a property that will can be checked to determine if VB app is running from the IDE or from the executable in the bin directory? Thanks for any help....more >>

After a month of steady and succesful usage, VS2005 has suddenly started crashing any time I try to go to html or aspx design mode. The Whidbey IDE consumes 100% CPU forever. I have to go into the Task Manager and kill the process (shutting down the application fixes the CPU burn but leaves ...more >>

Hi, I have developed an OLE DB provider, and although using a OleDbCommandBuilder generates the UPDATE and DELETE statements correctly and without error, using the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard fails. I have dug deep into the Microsoft.VSDesigner.dll library, and narrowed down the error...more >>

I've just tried VS.Net 2003 and sadly I've seen that the intellisence does not work in when working with SQL statements. The intellisence feature is such a timesaving feature in generel, that I simply cannot understand why this feature isn't implemented in the SQL environment. Am I the o...more >>

If you change the class libraries used in a project, how do you ensure the project using the classes is able to use the latest version of the dll? I have some classes I use, but when I change or add to those, I have to re-reference the classes in order for the changed or added functionli...more >>

I am trying to reduce the disk space in use on my lap top in order to run a background disk imaging back up software. I do extensive development on the laptop in VS 2003, but only in VB.net. I have a desktop that will remain unchanged (i.e. the items I want to remove below will remain on it if...more >>

Is there any way to prevent IDE wrapping a string costant in the #Windows form Designer generated code region? It is really annoying because when I search an occurence of a word it could be splitted in two parts and so I have to manually check the Designer generated code region. Thank you, Pa...more >>

When I open multiple SQL files, each file open in a seperate instance of .NEt IDE instead of opening in one instance with multiple tabs (one tab per file). HOw can I make the files open in one instance of .NET IDE? Thanks, Bob...more >>

There are some IDE's out there that can highlight the current line you are on, is there a way of doing the same in VS.net? ...more >>

Excuse me for a novice question: We have two vs.net 2003 solutions. There is a project which contains the classes that define the TCP messages used to communicate between the solutions. This project currently belongs to the first solution. However, the programmers of the second solution want ...more >>

I have installed MSDN on a shared server so that each computer does not have to be updated every few months. The problem is that i can not find a way to integrate it with Visual Studio.net 2003 so that when a developer hits f1 it fires up the shared MSDN. Is there a way. Any help greatly ap...more >>

If I make changes to a class that is located in a linked file I'm not able to view the changes in Intellisence in the Form code that create an instans of the class unless I close the Editor and reopen it. Is there a way to 'refresh' the editor manually? Thanks Ole ...more >>

Hello; This link is aimed more at the three 3rd party installers. But I figure if Visual Studio 2005 can add these features - then the search for a good installer is over. http://dave.thielen.com/Installer%20Review.htm -- thanks - dave...more >>

I am trying to find the best visual tool for a web developer to use so they can pass off forms to the app development team. Our web developers are used to the visual development environment of Dreamweaver. But the forms do not translate into Visual Studio .NET very well. We have been look...more >>

I am trying to find the best visual tool for a web developer to use so they can pass off forms to the app development team. Our web developers are used to the visual development environment of Dreamweaver. But the forms do not translate into Visual Studio .NET very well. We have been look...more >>

I've experienced a few errors from Visual Studio .NET 2003 after removing some features (properly, using setup.exe, not just deleting them). So, I decided to do a clean remove and re-install without those features. Apparently (not surprisingly), simply removing VS via Control Panel, Add/R...more >>

Open Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and create a new .cpp file. Copy and paste the following line of code. char *str = "This is an example string."; Hit CTRL-R and CTRL-W to turn on View White Space. Go to Edit -> Advanced -> Tabify Notice that the string now looks like this cha...more >>

Hi, the last few weeks my automatic formating of the code stops working. When I start it is working fine, but after a time the formating is stopping. What could be the problem?...more >>

I am having a problem on VS .NET 2003 Ent Arch. After having successfully changed a few syntax coloring options in the TextEditor from Tools/Options/Environment/Fonts and Colors this dialog is now completely missing the Text Editor and several other items in the "Show Settings For:" dro...more >>

I'm new to VS.net. Just loaded it. I can't seem to do something really basic and simple. I would like to connect a datagrid to a specific table within one of the sample databases that comes with MS SQL Server. I really don't care which one either. I just want to see how to make a conn...more >>

Hi all, I've a problem in VS'03, All my controls have been disappears from my Designer !!! And I can't restore the window state before this "crash". But when i try to run the application, the controls appears in the window, at the same place, without any error, handling all events ... all ok. ...more >>

For the last few days I have noticed that, during debugging, the Locals and This windows have nothing in then. The Autos window contains content, but not the others. Does anyone recognize this? Have I changed a setting I should not have somewhere? ...more >>

Hi; I have a project where I want to add existing files from another directory - and not have them copy across. Is there any way to do this? The reason why is I am writing a Word add-in using C#. Word requires building with different PIAs for each version so it's the same .cs files, but ...more >>

Hi; I am writing a MS Word add-in in C# and I use shdocvw.dll in it (for IE in a form). Visual Studio creates AxInteropSHDocVw.dll and InteropSHDocVw.dll and signs them using the project key I have for that project. The problem is, for a Word add-in, I have to compile/link a different Au...more >>

I'm having some problem with my Visual Studio.NET 2003 (.NET 1.1 SP1) install. I am unable to use the web forms designer with any aspx file whose form class inherits from a base class. I'm implementing the page controller design pattern and everything has been working fine until now. My form inh...more >>

Amongst the many problems we have with VB .NET is an intermittant problem we have when attempting to do a full build. We have a solution with about 17 projects in it. what happens is that you go to the menu and select rebuild solution, the solution starts to be rebuilt and then part way throug...more >>

I've been using VS tools for years and have never seen this problem before. I just set up a new dev box with a fresh VS .NET 2K3 install. I'm having this same problem with all my existing solutions, and any new ones I create... I can't modify any of the project dependencies or Configuration...more >>

I have the following SQL Server *inline* function: CREATE FUNCTION MyFunc(@a as int,@b as int,@c as int) RETURNS table AS RETURN ( select @a a,@b b ,@c c ) I'm using "Data Adapter Configuration Wizard" with sqlDataAdapter. When I get to the stage of the "Query Builder" I type the followi...more >>

I'm working on an add-in for VS.NET 2003. I want the IDE to raise an event to my add-in when each (individual) project item (document) is saved. Passing null to the getter for DocumentEvents doesn't seem to do anything. How can I do this? Here's the code I'm using so far (Connect.OnConnection ...more >>

I have been using vs.net 2003 with dual monitors for several months now, and have found it to be a fantastic productivity enhancement. However, if I could find answers to these questions I think I could even more productive. 1.) Can I open two different editor files (in separate windo...more >>

Hi there, Can anyone tell me what steps I need to take to create a new project type, please? I have a few instances where I need to create projects from a new template, and rather than having to copy the source files from a safe location as a starting point, and use "add an existing project...more >>