Hi, I have a VS.NET solution which consists of 4 projects. In that, one project runs and generates code for other project. I made a batch file for this to call this from outside (Command). Now My question, whenever I open my solution, is there any way to execute that batch file and generate t...more >>

Greetings, I have a project that has a number of dlls and a single exe (which loads the libraries at runtime with LoadLibrary) as outputs. In the dlls' Post-Build Event I copy each dll to a 'stage' location, which is the working directory for the exe during debugging. I would like to have ...more >>

I'm using VS 2002 and I can't find the Visual Basic 6.0 Code Upgrade Dialog Box Tool in my tools menu. I've check the setup properties of my installation and there is no mention of the tool. Can I run the Visual Basic 6.0 Code Upgrade Dialog Box tool in VS 2002?...more >>

Hi! I've got VC++ .NET 2003 and Windows XP. When I create projects with wizzard my applications still have old Windows 2000/98 appearance. I've downloaded some VC++ projects from internet and after compilation their controls look like the ones from Windows XP. What should I turn on or off i...more >>

Hi In a Visual C++ project, from Class View I can do right click and choose Add|Add class and then select: Generic C++ Class. Can I do my custom Generic C++ Class to generate a C++ class according my preferences with my methods. Thanks in advance Javier ...more >>

I have a decent size Windows Forms project (100+ classes, 50+ forms) in VS2003 c#. It has been acting weird of late, removing controls from the forms when I build, not switching to code when I double click on an event to create the event handler, etc. Well now when I double click on say a But...more >>

I am having a problem with VS.NET 2003 where I cannot get the Add Reference or Options dialogs to appear. It doesn't seem to matter if I try to access them through the top-level menu, right-click menu, or keyboard shortucts -- they just won't appear This makes it VERY difficult to work with the ID...more >>

Every time I close and reopen VS.NET 2003, my pending checkins window disappears. How do I get it to constantly be in the interface?...more >>

I have several projects that have different values for this macro depending on where in project's properties you look. It isn't happening consistantly and it's driving me batty. Anyway, if anyone could tell me how VSNet 2003 constructs the path for $(TargetDir) it would make my life a great d...more >>

Hi all, I have written an Add-In that places a sub-menu into the Edit menu of the IDE. Each menu item in this sub menu will have an icon. I have placed my own icons in each menu item using the code shown in this example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/...more >>

I wan wondering if it was possible to extent the outlining using the extensibility feature of the IDE. I've been looking at the CodeFunction object, but as of yet I can't locate anything that has to do with outlining. Baically I would like to be able to collapse all functions but retain the...more >>

Using the ToolWinAddin project from the vsnet03autosamples, I am trying to write text to a new pane in the output window. But nothing comes out. There are no problems using the same code from the connect class. I have added the following code to the button click handler, and of course a using...more >>

When I open the IDE by itself with no solution, it takes 80 seconds to open. If I open the IDE with the network down, then it opens immediately. Has anybody run into this problem? And do you have any suggestions? Thanks....more >>

Some experances out there ? Thanks in advance, Howie...more >>

Hi all I am trying to use the Debugger object in the VS automation model to analyse some data in a generic way. Unfortunatelly i have discovered that the Debugger method GetExpression() can be very slow if you want to analyse a lot of data. I considered the Windows API function ReadProcessMem...more >>

Is there a simple way to force a document to Collapse to Definitions on open? The item in Options collapses the region blocks-- I want to collapse one step further. I tried writing a simple macro in the DocumentOpening event of the Macros IDE. Unfortunately, it did nothing. My next change vapo...more >>

I'm trying to get something to work as follows: (the next thing is really 1 line, there might be cr/lf's inserted due to the posting!). devenv %PROJPATH%\%SOLUTION%.sln" /command "DTE.ActiveWindow.Object.GetItem("%SOLUTION%").SelectvsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeSelect):DTE.ExecuteComma...more >>

It appears that if you have an overloaded property in VB.NET (2003), e.g. Default Public Overloads ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal sName As String) As Object Get End Get End Property Default Public Overloads ReadOnly Property Item(ByVal iIndex As Integer) As Object Get End Ge...more >>

Where can I download VS Whidbay?...more >>

I have a ASP Dot Net web forms application that I created (It may have been upgraded from VS 2002) and am working on in Visual Studio .NET 2003. I have created a custom web control that I want to add to a page. Every time I have added it to the page (Drag and Drop) it causes VS to use 100% CPU and...more >>

I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing this. I had a macro I wrote for VC6 that reformats comments. Nothing fancy or complicated: it just makes each line as long as it can be, up to 80 chars. Pretty simple, and in VC6, it runs virtually instantaneously. So, I "ported" it to the VS.NET 2003 m...more >>

My company purchased VB.NET 2003 Standard Edition, but it does not include Source Control integration and you can not produce dll's. I was thinking about purchasing C#.NET Standard edition for personal use, but if I can not produce dll's this is not possible. Can you purchase C#.NET Profession...more >>

(this didn't seem to post, so I'm trying again) How do the various IDE actions which retrieve lists of DataSets, and referenced DataSets, from within the IDE work? I want to be able to "borrow" the methodology so I can "scan" the active project for components of an arbitrary defined type (e.g.,...more >>

hi guys. Is there a way to retrieve the Data Connection "localhost.master.dbo" ConnectionStrings, DataBase values Etc.... from the Server Explorer of Visual Studio.Net? I am abled to retrieve the Node Name by using EnvDTE.UIHierachy. but I am facing Reflection problems ... take a look at my ...more >>

Hi. I'm on WinXP Sp1 running VS .net 2003 7.1. I've my classes defined in my .h file which I did a #include in my ..cpp file. And my project's "Source Files" folder only contain the c++ files. There's nothing in the "Header Files". The program able to compile well. But the intellisense does not...more >>

*sigh* Can't Microsoft get anything right? Just installed FP 2000 for some troubleshooting that I need to do and now whenver I start the VS 2K3 IDE I have to wait 20 minutes while is has to "configure MSDN Libarary - April 2003"... Why does this keep happening and how do I stop it? ...more >>

I am working on a solution that contains several projects. I have 10-20 files open in the editor. Every once in a while (usually when switching between debug and edit modes) VS decides to close some of the files. This is very annoying! How do I prevent it from happening?...more >>

How does MSDN\2003FEB relate? With Visual Studio .NET 2003 and MSDN both installed on the same machine I have the following subdirectories in the MSDN directory ... 2003FEB 2004APR Are both required or is 2003FEB replaced by 2004APR? -- -- Thom Little -- www.tlaNET.net -- Thom Littl...more >>

Hi there, does anybody know if there's a tool for automatically recording my working hours within the IDE? You know the problem: if you are working on a project, you spend hour and hour for it. Sometimes you got an idea, that you implement immediately. This takes some minutes again. Mayb...more >>

Why does the VS.Net IDE insist on trying to make my life difficult... I copy some text from a webpage and try to paste it into the IDE text editor and it gets mangled beyond recognition. If I wanted it to be interpreted as HTML coding, I'd choose "paste as HTML", but I don't want HTML! i.e. ...more >>

Hello I have this strange problem with some of my projects After I fiinish coding a small line of code, the ide stops for about 20-30 seconds and the responds. This also happens when I press the return key for a carriege return or when i copy/paste a piece of code I have searched the groups an...more >>

Hi, I have a custom control project on my solution. So I have test program for the custom control but I can't see my custom control on Toolbox. How I can add/see to Toolbox of IDE? Thanks, KPH...more >>

Hi I have 71 C++ projects in one solution, if one project get build error( compile/link), the current setting of my IDE will go ahead to build instead of stopping. But I would like to stop build when error happen, do you have any idea how to modify this setting.?...more >>

After using Visual Studio for years, I just discovered the 'exclude from build' property on the property pages for source files, a feature which I find extremely useful on other IDEs, such as Codewarrior. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to tell at a glance which files are excluded. Can this be ...more >>

I'm using VS .NET 2003 (English) under Windows XP Professional (German) and have an annoying problem: The Properties Window spontaneously decided to remain permanently empty. Just the title bar is visible, everything else is uniform gray. Only one account is affected. In another, the window stil...more >>

I'm using VS .NET 2003 (English) under Windows XP Professional (German) and have an annoying problem: The Properties Window spontaneously decided to remain permanently empty. Just the title bar is visible, everything else is uniform gray. Only one account is affected. In another, the Windows s...more >>

I just started using MS Visual Studio 6.0 C++ in windows XP professional. IT seemed to be working OK for several simple exercises The first time I tried to make a new Dialog Resouce, the resource was added OK, the Dialog resource editor started up, I selected "Edit Properties" from the right but...more >>

Hi Guys, all of a sudden when I try to generate a dataset fro a properly configured data adapter I get a messagebox displaying "Unspecified Error". This problem is happening throughout the project and the whole solution. The project compiles and runs great. Any ideas to what migh be happening? Thank...more >>

About 6 months ago I finished writing a few macros that I have used on and off during development. All of a sudden, I got to run one of them and I get a compile error. "Type VSLangProj.VSProject is not defined" I haven't changed anything in the macro code in months, so I have no idea why ...more >>

When I annotate my code with "// TODO", "// HACK" or "// UNDONE", set the bookmark with "Add Task List Shortcut", my task list does not show that line as it should. I'm coding in C#. Using VS.Net 2003 The bookmark arrow shows up in the margin of my code, but the shortcut does not get created...more >>

Hi, According to the NUnit documenation (in ReadMe.pdf) : "When the nunit-console program is run in debug mode under Visual Studio, it detects that it is running in this mode and sends output to the Visual Studio output window." I have NOT been able to get the nunit-console program to sen...more >>

Hi Everybody I just discovered that the following code (in C++) will not be correctly interpreted by intellisence in the Class View and Object Browser window (VS 2003). 1. namespace MyNameSpace 2. { 3. template<class Source> 4. void concatenate() 5. { 6. } 7. } In th...more >>

Hi there, I'm doing a small macro for VS.NET to insert "context sensitive" comment blocks above code constructs. In order to determine the code construct under the cursor I use the CodeElementFromPoint function in the VCFileCodeModel class: Function GetCodeElement() As VCCodeElement ...more >>

there is an porperty in "Build pane" in "Project Porperty" Conditional Compilation Constants : DEBUG;TRACE i don't understand what is "TRACE" mean here , what the difference between TRACE and DEBUG can anyone explain it ? thanks a lot! :D ...more >>

When I'm editing a stored proc, vs.NET draws a border/outline around each SQL statement. I find this annoying, but I can't find a way to turn it off. Is there a way?...more >>

i received errors: "Bitmaps that are Icons can not be made transparent. Icons natively support transparency. Use the Icon constructor to create an Icon." ...more >>

I'm trying to deploy a small project to two different .NET sites for two different clients. This message describes my problems with Electronic-Canvas.com. I cannot use Visual Studio.NET 2003 to open a new or existing project on the remote server. When I try I get a 500 Internal Server error. H...more >>

I've written a custom ComponentDesigner which, among other things, creates the XSD description of a dataset and adds it to the current project in the VS.NET IDE. I'd like to be able to then "tag" the newly-added XSD file as "Generate DataSet", so the IDE will automatically generate the correspo...more >>

How do I determine the active project in the IDE? I can see how I can get a list of all the projects, but when I want to Add a file, I only want to add it to the active project. - Mark...more >>

How do I find the set of images (along with FaceId values) that can be used as to create custom command bar buttons? Example usage: Dim cmdBarButton As Microsoft.Office.Core.CommandBarButton .... cmdBarButton.FaceId = 53...more >>