Hi, I downloaded Visual C# Express and noticed that it has an XML editor. How can I use it to transform XML with XSL stylesheets? Any help appreciated. Thanks, Ted ...more >>

I've been developing asp.net web apps for a year, and we finally purchased vs.net 03. I'm stumbling around trying to use the IDE and I have a few questions... maybe someone could point me to a good tutorial or book but I haven't found what I'm looking for yet. 1) When I create a new web app pro...more >>

I'm trying out vs.net for the first time, and will no doubt be back with more profound questions. Here's a starter: my first few little practice projects continue to hang around on the Start Page, under Open an Existing Project. That's fine for projects I'm serious about, but I'm done with ...more >>

Hello, I am using VS.NET 2005 Beta 1 with Win XP SP2. When I build my C# Win Application, my display goes blank (as if you turn off the monitor) for 5 seconds and then its fine. I reinstalled VS .NET 2005 Beta 1 but i still have the same problem.I am an 'administrative' user. When...more >>

I added a TDC COM control to my ASP.NET web page. For some reason in Visual Studio, I cannot get it to set the control to run as a server control. Can someone explain if this is a bug or if there is some other reason why this cannot be performed. I specifically want to be able to set some attr...more >>

I've been searching for quite some time, looked through books, and tested myself, but have no ideas. This is SO simple that I hate to ask, but I'm at whits end. I create a VB ASP.Net app, add a few controls in design mode to "default.aspx", select all controls, ctrl-c to copy them, ctrl-v to...more >>

Hi, How can I get text of current line in text editor? and if there is a selected text, how can I get it as a line collection so I can do the task repeat with each line? Thanks, Tien, ...more >>

Hi, Does anybody know if it possible, from an Add-In, to determine the following information in a code window of VS .NET 2003 or 2005: 1. Start/End of each Outline segment 2. If the Outline segment is expanded or collapsed Regards, Joginder www.starprint2000.com ...more >>

Hi, I am having this strange behaviour with my Server Explorer. It can't connect to localhost unless I am connected to the internet (via dialup connection or LAN). It gives an error that says "server name could not be found". I track it down to a socket error which i think is connected to reso...more >>

I developed an add-in to VS.NET 2003 many moons ago/ It works for wast number of users, however, a number of user have reported the following behaviour which I cannot explain why it is happening. I would be greatful if anyone give me a clue as to where to look. Behaviour: 1. Uncheck all th...more >>

Hi I am programming on an unmanaged C++ application developed using MFC. Previously we worked in VC6.0, but now for a while we have been using VS7.1 for coding. For the first time in quite a while I was going to add a new MFC dialog using the resource editor. I added the dialog by right ...more >>

when i open /G7 option, compiler optimize float to long data cast instead of calling _ftol2 function.But make some mistake when float = 0xffffffff; long will be 0x80000000. Assembly code: 00401032 mov eax,dword ptr [yy] 00401035 mov dword ptr [ebp-158h],eax 0040103B mov ...more >>

Hi, I have a asp.net solution with 2 projects under it. I set project A to depend on project B. When I build the solution, both of my projects get compliled but they don't link to each other. when I run a page in project A, it doesn't pick up the updated things in project B. As a result, I...more >>

Hi There, I am in the process of creating custom project types for ther commonly used assemblies that I create. What I'd like to be able to do it to automatically add a *linked* file (AssemblyInfo.cs) to each of my new Class Library objects. I can add a templated version easily enough (i...more >>

I know that VS 6.0 supported the ability to color code a user defined list of terms in the IDE. I would assume that VS2003/VS2005 would do the same. Can anyone confirm or deny this and tell me how to do it? Our developers would like to see items such as Int32, Int16, Double, and others sh...more >>

Hi, I had to use an external in a Visual Studio .NET C# project. I see the documentation associated to this function in VS .NET. But when I want to use the function, I have the following message : "C:\Documents and Settings\TOTO\Mes documents\Visual Studio Projects\NetworkUtilitiesCSharp\Net...more >>

Hi! I am using VS.NET 2003. In the editor with CTRL+] I can easily find the closest opening/closing parenthesis. What I'm looking for is the same functionality for VBScript blocks, e.g. when the cursor stands on an "If... Then" statement and I press a certain key combination, the IDE should find...more >>

Hi all! What I would like to see is the cpp files _after_ the precompiler has expanded all the macros and such, but still the source code, so not the object file or like that. Is there a debug option or a utility to generate such files? Thx, Agoston ...more >>

Hi, November CTP of VS2005 Standard Beta 2. ASP Web Project. Completely new website. I normally use Mozilla, and so VS starts a ASP.NET app using that. Perfect. However because the ASP Website Configuration tool doesn't quite work using Mozilla, I decide to use Internet Explorer to c...more >>

I have my Solution explorer, class view, properties, task list and output all grouped in one window. I like to use two monitors so I place this on my second one. However, there are still times when I'd prefer that this entire window just be hidden. Is there a way to set up a keyboard command to ...more >>

Hi! I have two projects, one depending on another. In the first a global variable is defined: x.hpp: extern int x; x.cpp: int x = 5; When in the second project I try to use this global variable, I get a linker error: [...].obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol How do I tell t...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to create folders in the "New Project" wizard? I'd like to be able to group all the commonly used projects into one folder, and have them customised to suit my needs. I am OK with adding new project types, but only within the existing folder hierarchy. Thanks in advan...more >>

Currently, visio UML is not on the list of the available Add-ins in my Visual Studio .NET IDE? I do have visio installed on my computer though. Can somebody tell me how I can add visio to my add-in list, and thus I can use the Visio UML Add-in toolbar to reverse engineer my code? Thanks. Sophia...more >>

When I double click a cs file in the solution explorer, a cs file that contains a component, a gray "panel" always comes up with: "To create methods and event for your class, click here to switch to code view". This is becoming really annoying. Is there a way to turn this off? I want the cs...more >>

One of *MANY* 'available' fixes for VS (and related): http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822759 But, you have to play the "contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix" game -- *WHY*??? What is the malfunction over in Redmond that disallows posting thes...more >>

Does anybody know how to create an Addin that can be docked within the Visual Studio .NET IDE. Thanks John ...more >>

Sorry for the crosspost... I didn't realize that there was a vsnet.ide newsgroup. Is there a way to lock these toolbars? Everytime I misclick on the bar it drags out the toolbar and then I have to spend time putting them back into place. ...more >>

I'm using VS.NET 2003 to develop a C# WinForms app. I have added some UserControls to a form. Sometimes when I build the app the generated code (for the UserControls) in the InitializeComponent() method is gone and I have to add the controls again. What can I do to prevent this? ...more >>

Hi Is there any way to do this in VS.NET? I'd like to automate the obfuscation and resigning of assemblies just before packaging them. Can't find anything in help or google :-P Thanks Joe ...more >>

Hi, is it possible to customize the behaviour of Generate Create Script in Server Explorer (Visual Database Tools in VS.NET 200X), e.g. save Options settings between uses (File Format ANSI), change the format of the name of the file produced (no owner prefix), and set the default folder where th...more >>

Hello, This problem has surfaced on enough occasions to now be put down as an IDE bug. I am working within .NET IDE (sp1) on a standard c++ project. The files are on a remote server. It often turns out that a perfectly normal compile ends up generating a large number of errors and on clo...more >>

In VS.NET, I use "Generate Dataset" to generate the .XSD + dataset from a data adapter (SQL). Could some nice soul be kind enough to point me in the direction of (say) an MSDN article which describes just what is/is not generated/inferred into the schema by this method. I'm (fairly) sure I...more >>

Following MS' recommendation, I have changed the targetNamespace of my dataset in its .XSD file in a project I am (still) developing from the default http://www.tempuri.org to something of mine, i.e. changed the line: <xs:schema id="DataSetIC" targetNamespace="http://www.tempuri.org/DataS...more >>

Hey Im using VS.Net 2003. is there anyone that can tell me how to jump to the start of a function? Guess there must be some kind of a shortcut key, for doing this? -- Jimmy ...more >>

Hello, I would prefer that the Home key always go to column 0, rather than toggle between the first non-whitespace character on the line and column 0. I know how to change key bindings, but I cannot find a command that puts the cursor in column 0. I don't know what Edit.First is suppos...more >>

Greetings, When I use the SQLDataAdapter Wizard (Toolbox), upon selecting my table to use to build the dataadapter, the SQL alreays reads the following SELECT INTO FROM tableIChoose Any idea why it is putting this INTO in there? It used to not do this, but now it does. What's the...more >>

Hi There, I am wondering if anyone has similiar problems and know the solution to it. I created a vb net project ( such as windows application or class library ) and in the solution explorer windows, I right -click on the project name, I could not find the "Properties" menu. Even from the "Proj...more >>

i comment my project that is built from webservices and when i used the .NET tool - 'build comment web pages...' it gave me an html page with a link with my project name and it led to an empty html page. in the bottom right corner it has a 'no entrance' icon and it wrote 'Resricted sites', i ...more >>

I am using VS 2003. I have a project that only contains XML Schemas. I have begun linking the pages using import. Things were working fine all morning. All of a sudden I try to add a complex type and the ide locks up completely. Won't let me exit or anything. I have tried different n...more >>

Hello, Recently I installed XP SP2 on my development machine. Since that time, I have not been able to view CodeCommentReports for any solution. I would like some help resolving this problem. When I click Tool | Build COmment Web Pages, all the HTM files get correctly generated...more >>

I can't seem to find anywhere I can set the text editor fonts and colors. ...more >>

Hi, I'm writing a .dll in VS.NET 2003. I've got a problem getting the .dll to link. The answer appears to lie in the order that the libraries link: > The fix is very simple, just do the following. > > - Select BUILD|SETTINGS > - In the left hand pane highlight WIN32 Debug > - Go to th...more >>

On .NET projects I am sharing with others we have decided to put our local assemblies and executables in a common relative path to our project files while testing. In order for this to work, sharing the project files on machines with different absolute directory setups, we need to set some of ...more >>

I specify. for my XML documentation setting under project properties, a path that is relative to my project directory, such as "doc/myxml.xml". When I build the project, the IDE does generate the xml documentation file there. It also generates the same xml documentation file in my output direc...more >>

Sometimes when I open a solution/project some of the form icons show as a code only icon and I can not open the forms in design view. What causes this and how do I correct it?...more >>

Hi! Recently I managed to get Visual Studio to syntax-highlight my .inc files as if they were .asp files. To my surprise, for this I had to tweak with registry values. Now syntax highlighting is all right, but the Document Outline window shows nothing as in the case of e.g. text files. Does any...more >>

If I place the mouse pointer over the file name in a line like this... #include "phstream.h" ....and pressing the right mouse button, I get a menu item called: [Open Document "phstream.h"] Is there some way to create a keyboard shortcut for this? -Rune...more >>

Hi all, Ive a rather advanced code expansion action which im looking for, if maybe there is someone who makes an addin which could do this? Im looking to be able to declare a Property procedure (im in VB, though im sure itd be as cool in C# too, unless it already does this?). I want to type...more >>

Hello, hopefully I will get some answers to this in this forum. Here is the situation. I have a web custom control. when I am in HTML view, I can add content to the inside of it. I have set ParseChildrenAttribute(False) so that inside content is not treated as properties of the control...more >>

i am creating a tool that needs to configure and build a Setup Project (MSI) through automation to include multiple project outputs and configure custom actions for those outputs to execute an installer class. Is this capability available through the general extensibility model, through the V...more >>