I have been using the following C# code to add new items to a project (this is in the context of Visual Studio automation) using EnvDTE; .... project.ProjectItems.AddFromFile(fileName); //OR this: project.ProjectItems.AddFromFileCopy(fileName); However, I now have the requirement to add t...more >>

I have resigned myself that to the undeniable fact the VS.NET (2003) will attempt to reformat my HTML tags, making my code almost completely indecipherable, any time I switch to the Design tab. Of course, this is ridiculous. However, since it quite simply cannot be solved, my approach is to N...more >>

OK, I'm having a brain fart on this one. I'm getting a dreaded " Could not load type" type error on my application and a bit of research indicates that this could mean anything from a corrupt DLL to a corupt IIS. So, after having tried many different suggestions, I'm just going to delete my pr...more >>

Right clicking a method call, and selecting 'Go to Definition' in C# navigates to the wrong method if the method is overloaded. So if you have two methods: DoSomething() { ... } DoSomething(string name) { ... } And a call to invoke a method: object.DoSomething("Car"); The 'Go to Defini...more >>

Hi there, Does anyone know if there is a VS.NET plugin that brings vi keyboard emulation capabilities to VS.NET? I have found a similar plug-in for emacs but none for vi so far. Thanks for your help. Darryl Staflund ...more >>

Hi, I've recently decided to try to become familiar with .NET programming, and I'm currently working with VB.NET. My problem is that when I start a new project and the form designer window comes up, Form1 in Form1.vb[Design] appears in the upper left of the design window and I cannot change its ...more >>

When you type /// in the editor in a C# source file, a comment block is created as soon as the last slash is typed. Is the format of the output (i.e., the generated template) hard-coded into the IDE or does the IDE call a macro which generates the output? I'm hoping it's the latter, because I'd ...more >>

Huh, I was surprised. Why I can not use: sn -R *.dll mykey.snk Is there something special behind this limitation? Thanks Sunny...more >>

Greetings, My "Command Window" (Ctrl+Alt+A) now has a ">" caret prefix all new line. As a result, I can't use the "Command Window" to enter expression or check out variables. I must have entered a wrong short cut key somehow to alter the "Command Window" behavior. Have been pulling every la...more >>

Implementing the page controller pattern in Visual Studio 2003 cause the Web Forms Designer to give the following error. "The file could not be loaded into the Web Forms Designer. … The class 'App.Web.Client.Common.UI.BasePage' could not be loaded." Specifically the code behind page inh...more >>

The latest in a long long .... long list of IDE problems. In ASP.NET designer. Add a button. Go to properties to change the text. If you go their to quickly (hard to figure why) it keeps setting the focus to somewhere else (most likely background processing in the designer). So keystrokes g...more >>

Hi, Under VS6-VB6, when a method got a parameter that is a member of an enumeration, the enumeration appears as a list, immediately, while, with VS 2003-C#, it seems we FIRST have to type the enumeration name: (under a form): this.SetStyle( at that point, in VB6, we cou...more >>

Hi, I am building a custom wizard engine in C# following the example in "Mastering Visual Studio.NET" by Griffiths, Flanders and Sells (pg 304). Unfortunately, I'm having several problems that the book isn't helping me overcome. (It is a good book, but O'Reilly hasn't made code available and so ...more >>

Hi, I have Outlook addin, created with the help of the Extensibility wizard. This wizard also created a setup project. Now my solution contains 6 projects, which outputs assemblies, used by my addin. So far, so good. My problem is that in the dependencies list of the setup project, the ...more >>

I'm trying to implement the Wizard example in "Mastering Visual Studio.NET" (pg 301) for creating a project with a strongly named assembly. In the script I need to call "sn.exe -k keyFile". I have tried every variation of dte.ExecuteCommand("Tools.Shell... that I can think of and I always get ...more >>

(Type your message here) -------------------------------- From: omayma gouda I'm developing an add-in for VS.NET. I would like to create my own popup menu attached to the popup menu displaying when user right-clicks on a project. How can I do this in details pleas?? --------------------...more >>

vs.net 7.1.3088 I'll have say 10 or so open source windows in the "center" of the layout. After running a debugging session, I'll come back and some of them will be closed. Not sure exactly when they close, but it certainly is very agravating - constantly having to go back and re-open them. ...more >>

I have a strange problem with Visual Studio. It began with VS 2002, I was able to use CTRL+SPACE as my Edit.AutoCompleteWord for years and suddenly one day it was no longer possible (I can only tie it to the installation of Microsoft Office 2003). Since that moment only ALT+RIGHT ARROW can be use...more >>

I'm an experienced user of VC6 but I'm new to VS7. I have not been able to figure out how to rename a resource, e.g. an icon. When I create a new icon, it gets the name IDI_ICON1 -- but how do I rename it to the name I want to give it?? Thanks in advance. Finn ...more >>

Hi I'm trying to drop a typed dataset onto a form. I choose DataSet from the toolbox and drop it on the form. Then, in the Add DataSet Wizard, I choose Typed Dataset, choose "Referenced Datasets" from the list, and then choose the dataset that I want. (The dataset is from another project in my ...more >>

Hello, I'm getting a strange problem where when I load up my solution that has three projects:- a managed C++ .NET, one C++ lib, and a VB library. It locks up and doesn't load completely, I have to do the following to work around it. Rename the vcproj file, load the solution, rename ...more >>

I'm going to integrate with MSVS .Net. I'm essentially goign to be executing from a command prompt, and I'm using the following code msdev [solution] [file] ex- MyMacr MyMacro is pretty simple, it really just contains one command to go to a line number ExecuteCommand "GoTo But in this confi...more >>