Has anyone had any success connecting, via design time data tools, to Sql Server 2000 from within Visual Studio .Net Basic Edition? If so, what magic did you use to get the tools to properly connect and work? Is it a permissions issue? How does one grant access to Sql Server for the VSDevelop...more >>

Here is one thing I like better about using gcc/vi over visual studio: When compiling or linking with gcc, the text editor (vi) never locks up. However, when compiling/linking with visual studio, sometimes the text editor locks up and I have to wait for cl.exe or link.exe to finish whatever ...more >>

I've just purchased VC# Standard Edition 2003 and have a problem. I'm running as a limited user and cannot debug applications from within the IDE. I get the following error message: "Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging. Access is denied. Verify that you are an ...more >>

So that in every project included in the solution, you can read this variable. Actually it should be a const. This should be used to have different binary folders for different solutions. However these differnet solutions include the same projects: Solution1: Project1 Project2 ...more >>

IDEs that are able to connect to and use Sql Server 2000: Macromedia Dreamweaver Macromedia Homesite Macromedia Coldfusion Studio Freely distributed Web Matrix Etc. Etc. Etc. IDEs that claim in their marketing and documentation to provide design time access to Sql Server 2000 but don't: Mi...more >>

Hello, It seems like there is no telling what is going to show up on my Start Page, or in the File->Recent Projects list. I just started VS.Net, and the most recent project on the start page was from the end of January, even though I've created, or modified, several projects since then. This m...more >>

Hi All: I just switch from VSNet 2002 to 2003. In 2002 I was able to see the directx appwizard but in 2003 I can not. The samples seem to compile and run ok so it is seeing everthing else ok. Is there a way of manually putting the wizard in the right place ?? I tried reinstalling the SDK but i...more >>

I have had this problem for some time (since the first release of VS.NET) and it is really starting to drive me nuts.. When debugging a native C++ program, VS closes some source files that are open in the IDE. This does not happen every time I start the debugger, but it does happen often. There ...more >>

I'm reposting because I have some information that John Eikanger [MSFT] had asked for regarding this issue. You can find the main thread in this newsgroup by searching for the subject "Weird hidden window in VS.Net 2003". Here's the post: John: Within about 10 minutes of interacting with...more >>

Despite what the following note (found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmsde/html/msdeforvs.asp) says, the Server Explorer, nor the Data Connections > Data Link Properties dialog box recognize a fully functioning default instance of Sql Server 2000 Developer ...more >>

I'm using C# and want to modify the indentation, the color of the border of the box and the color of the text displayed within the box model for the #region directive that displays the 'Web Form Designer generated code' label. I've tried using search and have no luck yet assuming there was or...more >>

Hello to all ! I haven't found any help for this so i'm turning to this newsgroup. There seems to be a slight problem rendering the dialog resources from a VC.NET C++ project. Let me explain. When creating a new dialog resource, nothing appears in the windows except for a small grab point fro...more >>

I have been experiments with the database project option. I found an article on the web that explains how to use this type of project. But I don't seem to get the same options that the article explains I should get. I am trying to edit an existing table to add additional columns. The article ...more >>

Hi! Some of the links on my Start Page are unavailable: Web Hosting, XML Web Services, Downloads, Headlines, Online Community. All I see is "This feature requires that you have connected to the internet previously or are currently online". However my internet connection is OK for other purp...more >>

Hi, is there a way to hide the Dynamic Help window completely? Thx Kimmo Laine ...more >>

I am following the instructions for creating a simple web forms page that reads data from a database and displays it in a datagrid. While creating the SqlConnection in the Data Link Properties dialog box I receive an error at two different points in the process. The first comes when attempting ...more >>

If you type a C# statement like int i; Console.WriteLine((i.ToString); you get a compile time error which says that you have forgotten the parenthesis () after ToString. The German translation is wrong. It says that you have forgotten the quotation marks. Wrong translation: Auf die...more >>

VC++ 6.0 supported two Smart Indenting options: "Indent Open Brace" and "Indent Closing Brace" It appears that these options are no longer supported in Visual Studio ..NET. Although I'm certain I could replace the default Smart Indenting with my own (e.g., Active State has done it for their...more >>

Does anybody have idea on how to fix intelisense? Francisco ...more >>

I have a large number of VC++ projects originally developed with C++ 6.0. Now in VS .Net 7.0, I can not add a control variable. The Control ID checkbox is greyed out. I do not use VSS. It would be good to find out why this is happening so I don't have to go back to MSVC 6.0 every time I need to ...more >>

I'm new to macro/addIn writing for Visual Studio.net 2003 but what I'm trying to do seems trivial; get a projects properties and display them In my macro code I get the project of interest from the Solution object then try to access the properties collection for the project. When I run the macro...more >>

Can we make this more obscure ... please ... I have spent hours on the xxxxxx.exe.config "feature in Visual Studio .NET 2003. Apparently in Visual Studio .NET 2002 you could just set the file in the \bin\debug or \bin\release folder and it would be read. In Visual Studio .NET 2003 if it is...more >>