Hi! On several occasions I've had the need to call functions in Visual Studio that take optional parameters, such as TextSelection.Delete(int). In VB macro code I can do the following: Dim td As TextDocument = ActiveDocument.Object td.Selection.Delete() But if I include that into...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to create a new fully customized target for VC++ projects in VS .NET 2003? The idea is to add support for new compilers, so you can compile the same project with different compilers (maybe crosscompilers for other platforms) within the VS IDE. I assume that I need to dev...more >>

When I try to debug class and there is the error in the code whole VS2003 stops. Also whole Windows XP stops responding and only think I can do is ctl-alt-del to get to task manager. Sometimes pops up sometimes not. Other windows do not respond at all. Applications running in backround still ...more >>

Hi all, I have a solution with a number of projects. The forms project has some 600 forms. The IDE shows all my forms as code. If I wish to view a form in designer I must - Load the form as code, Delete and then re-type the last letter of the inherited from base form (which immediately chan...more >>

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I have a solution containing 10 projects, 7 of which are Web Projects. One of the 7 web projects was recently added by another developer and now when ever either of us opens the solution, the other 9 projects load with no problem but the most recently added web project gives the following error ...more >>

hello, I often open two panels of source code when I edit my stuff. I experienced now and then, that the class/member selection in the top of the editor does not work (it does not jump to the selected member). I now found out, that it seems to be failing when I have 2 panels, in one panel (...more >>

Hi everyone, I just installed Visio 2000 on my machine, and now every time I launch Visual Studio .NET 2003, the Office XP installation dialog kicks off, runs a process, and goes away. The dialog states "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office XP Standard". I don't know why Visio...more >>

I am developing an addin to compile vb projects using the command line = and win32 resources. I have created commands and menu items for those = commands. What I want to know is how do I create my command so that = QueryStatus may be called with something other than None. I want it to = be TextW...more >>

How do I use a module in multiple projects? I added a module to my VB project and the .vb file was copied into the project folder. When I created a second project that used the same .vb file there was a second file. The reason I am using the same modules in different programs is I am workin...more >>

I have an ASP.NET project(*.aspx) and I want to make a copy of this web project. I go to the Project menu, then 'copy project' submenu. A dialog pops up and I select the following options: Destination Project folder: http://localhost/Copy_of_projectname/ Web Access Method: FrontPage Copy: A...more >>

Here is the scenario=2E I am creating an add-in to automatically= generate an inteface document based upon the database table that= is selected in the server explorer window=2E I currently am able= to add the menu item for doing this when right clicking the= table=2E What I can't figure o...more >>

How to show line numbers, now with .NET 2002... Thanks a dozen times Jack ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know where VS 2003 gets its information about installed tools / plugins from? I had a couple of trial versions of tools installed, and decided not to buy them. I now get one error message every time I load a solution because a tool's not licensed, and a warning saying that a...more >>

Hi, Why is it when you build an assembly in C# and it has a private fields in a class, they are not visible in the Watch window from VB.NET project in debugging session. But if you build VB.NET assembly and reference it in VB.NET project, you do see private members in Watch window. Wh...more >>

VS.Net keeps losing its resources...especially my menuitems. I set them to IDR_MYMENUOPTION for example and at some point it turns into the # (32778). I set it back and it keeps going back to the number. I've heard of others with the same problem...any fix or workaround (other than a different ...more >>

I have a C# project in a solution with many unmanaged C++ projects. The C# project does a "regasm" as a postbuild event. I'd like to automatically call "regasm /unregister" for the C# project when I clean the solution. Is this possible? ...more >>

I have a VB solution with 8 projects and about 50 code files. Recently when I make a code change, one particular file suddenly lists numerous errors which actually don't exist. It occurs even when I modify a file that's in a different project, and it always happens to the same file - a form th...more >>

Example code to generate error: #include <atlcoll.h> class Buggage18_Jan_05 : public CRBMultiMap<CNodeEx, CNodeEx> { POSITION CRBMultiMap<CNodeEx, CNodeEx>::Insert( KINARGTYPE key, VINARGTYPE value ); }; Clicking line in Task List and pressing F1 brings up help for Task List Windows ins...more >>

How can I change (manually) the font that is used to display the contents of files that are open with the binary editor? ...more >>

I found the bookmark key sequence, but it seems like a boolean type of thing, it's either on or off. Is there a way to create a numbered bookmark so I can quickly go to bookmark #4 and then jump to #8 and so on? Thanks. ...more >>

I am building a Windows Form App that has a splitter in the client area, treeview on the left, and panels on the right. Different classes of tree nodes need different views. How can I cause the one I want to work on (say add or remove a control) to pop to the top of the z order in the design vie...more >>

I have finally managed to get Intellisense support for my home grown controls, after reading many many docs and applying a try and fail approach. Now, there is just one unsolved issue left: Vs.Net 2003 always give me the "Per active schema, the element 'MyTagPrefix:MyControl' must be includ...more >>

Has anyone managed to get the SourceControl.CheckOutItem(string ItemName) method to actually check out a file ? I am passing the file path to the ItemName parameter and it's always returning false. The other methods SourceControl.IsItemUnderSCC and SourceControl.IsItemCheckedOut all seem to ...more >>

Hi all, I have a solution with 11 big C# projects (in VS.Net 2003). When I press F5 or build the startup project, it takes about 30 seconds to build, even if I haven't changed anything since the last build. (The startup project has project dependencies to all the other projects, either directl...more >>

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326616 Since this problem seems to still occur in 2003's debugger, is there any cahnce of an upcoming SP fixing this? Or, has it been fixed in 2005? Hoping for something better-looking than the solution in the article, I'm trying to w...more >>

Hi, I have a project that installs its own wizards and such for VS.NET. After installing a new version of this project, the VS.NET CSharpAddClassWiz.vsz wizard no longer works. When I try to add a new class to the project, I get the message: "Could not run the '....VC#\CSharpProjectIt...more >>

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated... Issue : When I compile the solution, I lose all intellisense and formatting in the IDE. When I declare something "Dim x as " nothing shows up in intellisense. If I use <CTRL> + <SPACE> nothing happens. If I use any object (self made or native ...more >>

How do you get the DocumentClosing event to fire. I have declared this: Public WithEvents documentEvents As EnvDTE.DocumentEvents I have open a sql script (a text file). When I use the X in the upper right hand of the document window to close this, the DocumentClosing does not fire. Wh...more >>

I am developing a VC++ Console application which picks up runstring parameters, and I need to know how to configure Visual Studio to pass these parameters to my program when I start debugging. ? Using the Help system I can find lots on how to pickup the runstring in my program, but nothing ...more >>

While saving my .Net project on a our file server (Windows 2000), the dialog appears "The project location is not fully trusted by the .NET runtime... your code will not execute as fully trusted and you may receive unexpected security execeptions." What does it mean? Should I the file serv...more >>

When I add a web form to my web project the IDE returns "'null' is null or not an object" Additionally when I select a web form in the solution explorer and click the form designer button, the designer never loads. If I use windows explorer and point at a web form, right click, and select ...more >>

Hello, Is there anyway one can obtain the upgrade CD from VS.NET 2002 to VS.NET 2003. I bought the Visual Studio Enterprise Architect 2002 when it came out and missed out on the opportunity to buy an update to VS.NET 2003 when it was being offered on the Microsoft Web Site. Where can I find the ...more >>

Is there a way to make VS 2003 stop automatically adding id attributes to my asp code? (Yes, I am mixing ASP and ASP.Net in the same project.) Jonathan ...more >>

Hi all, Do you know about any updates for Visual Studio .NET 2003? Thanks, Adrian Lazea....more >>

<<sorry about the cross-post: this is an IDE issue>> I installed Visual Studio .NET (Microsoft Visual C# .NET 7.1.3088). I installed MapPoint Web Service SDK. When I try to access Help, I see only MapPoint Web Service SDK Help. Filters are off. I have re-installed Visual Studio. How do I ge...more >>

I've seen a few others with error loading property page problems. All of a sudden my source control dialog stopped working. I use clearcase and cannot open any of the source control property pages to correct the problem. (under the vs2003 ide Tools->Options->source control) when i select op...more >>

Is it possible to get Visual Studio 2003 to display more than four files in the File->Recent Projects menu? Or, is it possible to get the "Open an Existing Project" list on the Start Page, Projects tab to display more than four items? Ideally I'd like for it to display as many as there are r...more >>

(cross posted) The short explaination: VS 2003 does not seem to be deploying the correct DLL, one I created, to the PocketPC emulator during the debugging of an appliation using that DLL if an earlier released version is in the Windows CE subdirectory (under VS.NET 2003's CompactFrameworkS...more >>

I'm trying to simply select a record from a table listing, pass the Keyfield to another webform and have the webform bind a series of TextBox controls to the contents of the record selected. I then want the user to be able to modify the fields contents and then click a "Save" button that will...more >>

Hello, I have been having problems for the past couple of days with adding ATL Classes to an existing ATL project. I have an ATL Project with an ATL Control class added to it. It all works fine this far. However when I try to add another ATL Control class, Visual Studio .NET stops respon...more >>

Hi, Happy new year everybody. Sorry for crossposting, but I don't know which is the best : vc.ide_general or vsnet.ide ? I am working on a project with VC++ 2003 and it compile & link well, but I have a strange problem. I have a singleton class with the following static function: myclass & ...more >>

I cannot get the properties window to display! It doesn't matter how I try: using F4, highlight a control-left click and select properties, etc. It simply will not display. I did make a major change last week in that I normally program in VB.NET so that was the only option I had loaded. Bu...more >>