I just started using VC++ 7.1 and noticed that the IDE does not seem to allow you to open the RC file for editing. It can only be edited from the Resource Editor. Whereas in VC++ 6.0 you could search on a text string in the .RC file and when found you could open the file. Is there a workaro...more >>

I want to modify the color of the border and font of the text displayed in the box when using #region and assume that style is hidden in a template or configuration file somewhere. Any help here? -- <%= Clinton Gallagher A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Developme...more >>

How come in VB.net #region(s) when nested inside each other are not indented like in C#? Is there anything I can do to changes this?...more >>

Hi, I have VS.Net 2002, and I want to use it with Net Framework 1.1 (for a web application) I installed Net Framework SDK 1.1 on my system. But when I open menu Help -> About in VS Net menu, I see it uses Net Framework 1.0, instead of 1.1 Can I set it to use Net 1.1? Also, how can I use A...more >>

I am using "Pending CheckINs" window and try to click "Check In" button, but nothing happens. All ticked files are still ticked, no errors shown. It start to happen in one of the solutions, that previously worked fine. I still able to check in files individually from Project Explorer. Other...more >>

Anyone seen this? I can build project and all goes well, then start debugging and get build errors, click NO to not run, start debugging and all is well again. It is very frustrating especially since the dang thing has to check EVERY project even if there was no work done on it. ...more >>

I have a simple project with one Web form. When I select any control on the form or add a new and show Properties Window of the selected control that Property Windows does not have Event button on it. Also, don't know if that is related to the Property Window problem but it looks like no dynami...more >>

A serious omission from VS.NET: Epsilon keybindings were the reason that a lot of programmers did not move to VS.NET. I've heard lots of rumors about new versions of the IDE. Any word on whether Epsilon bindings will be back in place? Or is everyone happy with the default editor? ...more >>

I am using VS.Net 2003 on Windows 2003 Server (standard edition) and I am getting "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" on DLL's in a VS.Net solution. I have made sure all the dependancies and the build order is correct but the actually instance of VS...more >>

Do not know where to report visual studio's bug. Here it is: Having these two functions in one class (C#): public void Test(int input) { } public void Test(out int input) { input = 0; } It compiles fine. Testing these 2 functions are all fine. In class view, I can see that t...more >>

Since I haven't found any other way to do it, I bring the editor up for a particular stored procedure by finding its corresponding UIHierachyItem in Solution Explorer and invoking its default action method. But I can't figure out how to get Solution Explorer to refresh its data, so this doesn't w...more >>

Why can't there be proper example of how to do absolute basic stuff for the add in ADDIn like BASIC things that are so tidius and over complicated by MS that should bee so simple for [addin] development... I have spent 2 month on these following problems.. 1. Example how to get icons alligned ...more >>

After months of use with no problems, I now get the following error when trying to open both existing web forms or create new ones in VS.NET 2003 (running on WinXP Prof) "The file could not be loaded into the Web Forms designer. Please correct the following error and then try loading it again: Ill...more >>

Hi, It seems to me that VS.NET does only see XSD (XML text editor IntelliSense) if it is either included in the project or located in Common7\Packages\schemas\xml\ directory. I tried to use just a "blank solution" to hold documents and XSDs and it does not work. Anyway it is not a problem, ...more >>

I downloaded VSHIK 2003 and installed it into Visual Studio .NET 2003. I created a three page Help project with Table of Contents and Index. It is very nicely put together. There is no Help available for the VSHIK that I have installed (yes I do see the irony in that). What is the obvious...more >>

Very annoying problem with editing and compiling C++ programs. Probably affects other environments. You write some code, hit the compile key. Boom, you lose keyboard focus from your source file to the Output Window. On large compiles, I want to keep browsing source files, I don't want to f...more >>

Hi all I'm trying to get an add-in to interact with the property window in VS.Net. Basically, I created a tool window containing a custom tree control. When the user clicks on a tree node, I want certain properties to show up in the property window. My understanding is that I need to create a d...more >>

Is there a way to achieve this? Automatically? (that is, WITHOUT an Add-in capturing the build event). How can I associate a file extension with a default custom tool (i.e., NOT through the property browser)? And if such thing is possible, how do I get all of them run automatically? Ideally, ir...more >>

Hi I am wondering is it possible to set up tool tips for methods that I have written so that a description appears in code completion as it does for the system defined functions. Does anyone know how to do this ? Thanks Ben Whyte ben dot whyte at the dot co dot uk...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to access the documents that are in the tabstrip portion of the main window of vs.net. For completeness, I'm using vs.net 7.1, but if there is a universal way of doing this, I would rather use that. I've hooked the WindowCreated and WindowClosing events from the application...more >>

I created a VB.NET windows application which has no forms. Please let me know how to specify that the main in a module should be the execution starting point instead of a form. I also created the application as a console application, but a DOS window pops up when executing and I don't want th...more >>

I need to retrieve a Project's class hierarchy tree, as in the Class View window. What is the best way to do that? I could achieve that by iterating through the CodeModel objects but this solution is too slow for me because it retrieves also the framework and referenced classes and I need to c...more >>

Hi, I've got a VS.NET 2003 addin that will do the following: - Build the selected project - scan the errors for missing include files - determine a cvs package that that missing include files resides in - check out the cvs package - rebuild the solution file - repeat these steps until no ...more >>