Hi all, I have a problem with source control in VS.NET. I worked on a project and added it to the VSS source control. It worked perfectly fine for almost 4 months. Now suddenly when I open the project, it fails to open it from the source control. I studied further and found that now ...more >>

Using VS2003, I recently opened my toolbox to find it was empty. That is not correct, I opened the toolbox and they were there, but clicking on the pin, caused a delay, and after the delay, they were all gone. (And all of my desktop windows had been tiled) Hitting Reset on the Add/Remove dia...more >>

I have Microsoft .NET framework 1.0 (Version 1.0.3705) I am trying to edit the HTML pages. I created HTML as required and then i save the contents. I move to the design view and come back to HTML view. Lot of reformatting occurs: Examples: 1)<TR SIGNTIMESP="24046"> is added in place of <T...more >>

Solution probably has about 10 projects in it now. I recall as I started this, it would only build projects with updated sources when running with debug. Now it builds all projects, even if no sources have changed. Did I accidentally bump a setting, or something?...more >>

Hi all, does anyone know why the start page in my VS.Net 2003 IDE does not correctly maintain the last modified date for my projects? It seems to contain the date that the project was first created, but not modified. It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if the date were correct. ...more >>

Hi, I have been writing a C/C++ Application code using the Visual Studio.Net 2002 and I recently updated to the Visual Studio.Net 2003. In my application I write partially in assembly and partially in C, so that when I am debugging the code, I get the following call stack ... ... functi...more >>

I posted this vsnet.general in error, so if your seeing it twice, sorry! Hidden docked windows will not display. The 'command', 'search' and 'index results' windows will not open. They are presented as tabs on the side and bottom of the ide but do nothing when clicked. There are no borders...more >>

Hi Everyone - Using the Extensibility Model, does anyone know a way to tell if a class's or struct's method is actually an implementation of a method defined on an interface the class/struct is implementing? If there is none, I know I could parse a VB function's declaration line by hand to se...more >>

I'd like to add a COM Reference in a Custom Project Wizard using a GUID. Something similar to the following: <code> var refmanager = GetCSharpReferenceManager(oProj); var strGuid = "{3223773D-975B-4791-B296-94AFF6211D38}" refmanager.Add(strGuid); </code> Is this possible? The documentatio...more >>

Hi I'm looking to purchase a C# Refactoring add-in for VS.NET. Which is the best and most highly respected? Are there any magazine reviews and comparisons I could look at? Thanks Ben...more >>

Hi all, I have a computer with 2 CPUs where I have to build a big project. I am using WinXP and MS Visual Stuio .NET (VC++ 7.1). When I'm building the project one of the CPU is completely taken, and the other one is idleing. Is there any way to force the compilation of the project on both of ...more >>

I have a class that is defined in a file in Project A. I want to use that file in Project B, but I do NOT want to copy the file to Project B. I want only to add a link to the file from Project B. I figured out how to do this a few weeks ago, and now I've forgotten how. When it is linked, not ...more >>

Anyone knows where can I find freedownload of visual components ? ...more >>

I get the following exception when trying to open a solution that has several projects: An unhandled exception of type 'System.StackOverflowException' occurred in system.design.dll. There weren't any problems compiling or anything when I was using it last (about 10 minutes before I tried openin...more >>

Hi All, I was hoping that someone could put me in the right direction with a utility I'm trying to write for myself. I would like to have a search which would find a string anywhere in my current project, and copy the whole line either to a ouput window, or optionally to a file. Where woul...more >>

I setup a custom template page for VS.NET 03 (took a little painful tweaking but it works). Only problem is, my template doesn't including the head tag which contains the vs_targetSchema. The reason is become in these pages I only design the middle content, everything else gets layered on at run ...more >>

Guys: I am working on a plugin that after a project's sucessful build it will load the project's output assembly and perform some actions on it. I decided to load it into a different AppDomain so I can unload the AppDomain and the output assembly. This way I I can be reasonably sure tha...more >>

The vb.net standard edition, doesn't allow the user to create stored procedures with the wizard ?. ...more >>

I have written an AddIn for VS2003. The AddIn opens a solution, sets the current Configuration to Release, sets all projects to ShouldBuild, Cleans the solution, organizes the Projects by dependencies, and then builds each Project. If I open a Solution with 4 projects with NO dependencies bet...more >>

Worst editor in the world? Is there any fool (other than me!) that uses this editor??? What a disgrace, $1200+ for the environment and they ship it with that piece of garbage....more >>

We have a solution that has a mix of: legacy unmanaged C++ projects. new C# projects. mixed module C++ projects that have both unmanaged and managed C++ in them to bridge the technologies If we build the solution interactively. It builds fine. Dependacies between the mixed projects and th...more >>

In VS.NET 2003, I would like to make the help in the IDE come up in a separate application, not as a MDI window in the IDE, regardless of whether or not I am using the 'tab' mode or not. This allows me to put it on a separate monitor in my multimonitor set-up. Any help on this? ...more >>

I have a new problem that just started happening -- but as far as I can tell, only in my Visual Studio IDE. When I try to do anything that requires use of the file dialogue box, such as "Save As" or looking up an image, it takes forever. Perhaps as long as a minute just to do the folder drop-down,...more >>

Hi All, When I try and build a deployment project that I have added to my application solution I get the following message. An error ocurred while validating. HRESULT = '80040155' When I do the same on my desktop, with the same Vb.net solution all appears to work OK. I even created a ...more >>

We have a big solution that contains 33 projects. We want to separate = it, so we can compile faster, and have a better control over our = project. We use SourceSafe as our source control. Does someone have = ideas on what is the best way to do this??? Thanks in advance....more >>

I am looking for some info and opinions on cross platform development. We wish to port/create applications for Windows and Unix. Now I am NOT a UNIX person so when I say UNIX, I am saying Red Hat, Linspire, Suse, Solarix, etc. I am not sure if these all fall under the UNIX umbrella but I am putt...more >>

In VS.NET 2003, if you drop a Tab control, use the collection editor to add a tab page, close the collection editor, drop a Button control, and then hit F1, the help for the TabPage.Text property comes up. I would expect the help for Button to come up. Looking at the Active Context debug informa...more >>

Hello, I am running into (what I hope) is a simple problem. Here is what happens: 1) I create a VS Addin project in VS 2002. 2) I add a form to the addin project. 3) I install the addin project and run it under VS 2002. It runs fine and the form displays. 4) I load the project into VS 2003...more >>

Hi, how can i get a local CodeVariable in a CodeFunction ...more >>

Hi! I accidentally deleted the Windows Form Toolbox Tab and can't find any way to get it back. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks Brian ...more >>

I have a solution with a main project i'm working on. To experiment i added another project to the solution with it's own classes. How can I run the experimental project when my main project won't compile yet? Thanks for any help with this. Michael...more >>

Hi, Is there any way I can disable background debugging on routines that I have already debugged? No point having the background debugger working on code that has been debugged. My IDE is so slow. Usually 5-10 seconds when I make code changes. Even 3 seconds is irritating as I can't type an...more >>

OK, I cross posted this on purpose hoping someone from either place would have seen this problem before... Sorry, this is going to be a bit long-winded I have a solution with a class library project in it. It the project I have several classes derived from Component (created through "Add ...more >>

Hi, all We are using Clearcase to control all the our source code. Everytime when I join to the new project from Clearcase, I tried to click on the sol file, I got the following error message: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit of Read-only...more >>

I don't like the heirarchy that SS added so I wish to remove all my projects and readd them differently. I can delete it all from SS but the .NET IDE still sees it as SS'd. What do I need to do to let the ide know that is isn't SS'd anymore? -- Thanks Ralph Krausse www.consiliumsoft.com ...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to make vs.net underline errors as I am typing; it does this when writing VB.net, but not with C#? Example: anObject.nonExistantMethod(); does not show as an error until I try to build the project. Thanks...more >>

What happened to the Win32 projects in C++?! We can't make windows applications without using the framework? The Windows include files are gone... -- ~Donath...more >>

I am trying to write a VB.Net 2003 addin which will find the start and end of the procedure in which the cursor is located and insert a block of code right after the procedure header and another right before the end of the procedure. I have tried to navigate the DTE object model with no success ...more >>

I have several Macros working fine on my laptop. I copied everything to my VS.NET 2003 installed on Windows Server 2003, it stopped working! The builtin Macros not working either! No error message, just no effect. I opened the Macro IDE, try to debug it, I got message: DLL or Library ...more >>

Hi: I can't seem to find a shortcut key that scrolls a page up or down while leaving the cursor on the original line. Does one exist? TIA, Martin. ...more >>

Is there any good resource on writing visual studio Addins. I am having a lot of trouble just getting basic information. Sure the EnvDTE namespace is in MSDN but that is about it....more >>

Hello, Does anyone know how make the mouse wheel speed accelerate when scrolling through source code. It works fine in VS6.0 and all other applications but not in VSnet. I am using V7.0.9466, that latest SP and Windows XP. It's a minor problem but an extremely annoying one. Thanks, ...more >>

I have macro that I put on my toolbar but I want to replace the text of the macro with an icon... how? -- Thanks Ralph Krausse www.consiliumsoft.com Use the START button? Then you need CSFastRunII... A new kind of application launcher integrated in the taskbar! ScreenShot - http://www.c...more >>

I'm using VS.NET 2003 and I've noticed some odd behavior that I didn't notice in earlier versions. Within the IDE, at the top of the solutions explorer area, there are some short-cut buttons for viewing a module in its code form or design form. When I first open up a project and begin working wi...more >>

One of the things that I find the most frustrating (stupid even) is the fact that you can't reuse the same file in multiple projects. I posted this as a question, just in case there is a method of doing this, but I doubt it is easy. I like the idea of creating multiple copies of files, but what ...more >>

I don't see a way to delete a Visual Studio .NET Solution except possibly by using the Windows Explorer. Is there a way to delete Solutions inside the IDE? The IDE appears to only have a way to delete Projects inside Solutions but not Solutions themselves. Am I missing something? ...more >>

I develop projects both in VB.NET and C#. When I code in C#, I notice that the feature that should automatically insert a brace "{" for me (after an IF statement for example) doesn't work. Auto-indentation works fine. I have friends who say this works, and according to the docs it's a feature...more >>

MY major gripes are: 1) HTML is altered for me and <P> </P> is automatically shoved in any place VS think it needs another <P> when I want ot use <BR> 2)There is also an anoying movement of </form> from the end of the html page to somewhere in the middle of the form. 3) When making a panel...more >>

I am using VS.Net 2003. I wish to share a single C# source file stored in a Common folder amongst multiple ASP.Net webforms projects. "Project->Add Existing Item..." causes VS to copy the files to each projects root directory, which is not what I want. I have spent a while googling for a solut...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with Intellisense in situation, when I try to use classes declared in dll libraries (I mean my own, in the same solution). I need to rebuild solution very often in order to Intellisense work with this classes. Do you have this problem too? Can I do something with it? ...more >>