Hi, I've written an IDE plug-in. One of the things it needs to do is save the solution (File->SaveAll or right click on the solution in the solution explorer window and do "save" -- either is fine). I've not been able to figure out how to do this. Does anyone know? Many thanks! Cheers, ...more >>

How do I stop Visual Studio .Net from auto saving project files in C:\Document Settings\...blah, blah, blah...? How frickin' annoying is that! Grrr. ...more >>

Does the Visual Studio have a feature to complete language statments? ie. if, switch, for, ... Or, is there an editor that you can recommend? Thanks...more >>

I load VS and select a Visual C# windows form project. When I try to bind the toolbox to the UI by hitting the auto hide button next to the toolbox the program crashes and shows me a devenv.exe problem. Any ideas what is causing this?...more >>

I have a solution with 8 projects that has loaded in the pass w/o incident. I am using XP pro sp 2 w/ vs.net 2003. We loading the solution the ide crashes and give the following error msg. An unhandled exception has been caught by the VSW exception filter. AppName: devenv.exe AppVer: 7...more >>

Hi, I have many projects in my solution. The intellisense in one of the forms from one of the projects does not work at all. I have to rebuild the project and it works. After I type in a few lines of code it does not work again. I already tried deleting the .suo file. It is not helping. ...more >>

How, if possible, may I invoke other compilers and/or linkers from the VS IDE. ...more >>

Hi, Suddenly IDE can't find the code changes I made. After run the program and step in, IDE only show old value and can't the new variables. When click to make the break point, it doesn't cover current line. the length it covers is the length of old line that used to be here. I tried...more >>

Hello, I was attempting to set break points and debug a stored procedure, but I haven't had much luck. I read http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vdbt7/html/dvconusingbreakpointswithstoredproceduresuser-definedfunctionstriggers.asp and it looks like it can be d...more >>

When I open Visual Studio .Net IDE (devenv with no additional params), the exe tries to open all directories on all projects that are on my "Existing project list". The reason I am asking is that I noticed that VS.NET became slow recently in starting up because I have some existing projec...more >>

Hi all, While debugging, I occasionally step into a routine for which source code is not available. If this happens to be a routine in a dll for which I do have source code and a pdb file, how do I tell the debugger so that it displays source lines and symbolic debugging info? Typically...more >>

Hi, I just started a new Console Application, to start everything from the begining. From the Solution Explorer of my Console App, I am selecting Add Existing Project. I browse for the path were it is and select the C# Project File of the ClassLibrary. Then in the using directve I add the ...more >>

Trying to use VS.NET to create a CAB file. My C# project contains a lot of "Content" resources in folders and subfolders, but when I add the Project Output/Content to my CAB file, all the folder information is lost. All I get is a flat CAB file with all the resource files in the "top level" ...more >>

I subscribe to a few vsnet and vstudio newsgroups, but have often wondered what's the difference between them? Thanks. ...more >>

I want to add fields or methods to a Windows Form class through the VS.NET. However, when I right clicked on the Form in the Class View, I do not see the Add/Add Field menu item in the context menu. Can anybody tell me what is causing the menu item from being displayed? Thanks....more >>

Hi, I've been trying to make an add-in in VS.NET 2003 using Visual Basic. This add-in should add a comment block to functions among other things. I'm coding it in VB.Net. This is a snippet of the code, starting in the OnConnect Sub: -------------------- objTextEvents = New TextEvents ...more >>

Hi, I constructed a ClassLibrary using Visual Studio .NET 2003. Before for each method I did a brief description about it. /// <summary> /// ... /// </summary> public ... myMethod(...) { .... } Now I am using my library from another class, but description is not becoming visible, b...more >>

Hi! Is there a way to raise a given exception during debugging in VS 2003, for example by typing a command the command window? This would be very useful but I have not yet found a way to do it. Cheers, Emil ...more >>

We are having a significant problem in that any time we restart the ide, such as when we start in the morning, the first time we run our solution in debug mode, the IDE recompiles everything, whether the code has changed since last compilation or not. This is a significant issue as a full r...more >>

If you are or have tried using CVSNT in VS.NET, I'd love your feedback. Thanks, Mark Nadig /\/\/...more >>

Hello. I've been working with VS 2003 for some time now. Today, I opened a project I have been working on and docked the toolbox to the side with the pin button. Suddenly, the IDE hangs. I had to kill the process with Task Manager. I tried it again after a machine reboot. Same problem. So I tr...more >>

Greetings. I recently puchased a new laptop that has Windows XP professional on it and instaled IIS and Visual Studio 2003. I copied a project from my other laptop onto my new laptop. For some reason, it would not load any of my webforms projects. No problem with the windows project though. In m...more >>

(Type your message here) sometimes the properties window does not open i have a hard time closing the whole solution & reopening it can anybody help me? -------------------------------- From: Ranal Fernando ----------------------- Posted by a user from .NET 247 (http://www.dotnet247.com/) ...more >>

Hi All, I'm getting a message box: <<< Microsoft Development Environment: ========================= The operation could not be completed >>> while trying to add a new form to WinForms VB.NETor C# project. (VS.NET 2003 Enterprise Architect). I can add a new class module, a new standard...more >>

I just upgraded to VS.NET 2003. The disabled features in the IDE are bleached out to be almost unreadable, no matter how I set my laptop's display brightness/contrast. I've never had this problem with any other application on this laptop, including VB6 and VS.NET 2002. Does anyone els...more >>

Visual Studio automatically adds a task item when it see TODO comment. When you double click on that item, it takes you to place in the file where that TODO comment came from. I like to add this behavior to files besides source code files. I can programmatically add a task item to the Task...more >>

Create a directory and a subdirectory starting with a dot (ie c:\Program Files\.dir\.subdir), then navigate into .subdir with the file opener dialog and push the "up one level" button, it will tell you that the path is invalid. In case you were wondering why I need such directory names anyw...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to hide some nasty code we have in our project by extending the outline engine to support #ifdef/#else blocks. Is there any way to do it ? Thanks. ...more >>

Using VC++ .Net Version 7. Not sure if any1 can help, or if I'm just being incredibly dumb; project was working fine, now for some reason won't compile, the error im getting is: c:\Programming\C++ .Net\TiffExplorer\FormCompile.h(118) : error C2039: 'GetObjectA' : is not a member of 'System:...more >>

Hi, i'am new to IDE Macro porgramming (and new to VB and .net as well) and stuck with a problem with FolderBrowserDialog and SHGetPathFromIDList . I Like to open a "Browse for Folder Dialog" from within a .NET Macro. At first i tried FolderBrowserDialog but i get an empty dialog, only showing ...more >>

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce that after several months of development, DPack 2.0.6 has been finally released. DPack is a free VS.NET 2003/2005 add-in collection. DPack includes various browser tools that allow the developer to quickly narrow the search down to a particular class, metho...more >>

My /// comments only show up in tooltips when the commented member is in the same assembly, not when my code is in a library assembly. Yet, FCL (and some 3rd party) /// comments do show up in tooltips. How do I get my /// comments to show across assembly boundaries? -- www.midnightbeach...more >>

Is there a way to push files up to an ftp server? I tried adding a server to the server explorer but it only allows local servers, not internet based. Thanks for any help with this....more >>

I can't count the number of times I have edited my ASP.NET page only to determine that Visual Studio decides to randomly delete code from my code-behind file. This has happened several times now. So far, I have lost all code in my InitializeCompoenent() method (and no, I have not placed any of...more >>

Hi all, ModelMaker Tools is happy to annonuce the release of +++++ ModelMaker Structured Difference Viewer 1.10 +++++ New in this release: Class Difference (for C# and Pascal) Class Difference mode compares any two classes or methods in any two files. This allows you to: += Compare ren...more >>

I don't know if this is just something i am doing wrong, but I was working through a tutorial using Visual Studio and a C# windows application. The first two actions I took after creation the new solution and project were to: 1. Rename the Form1.cs file to the application name I had chosen, ...more >>

Hi, I have a VS.net solution project and I need to export this project to a batch file (or a makefile) so build can just run this batch/makefile from command line to build the whole project. How to export it? I see this feature on VS6.0 but could find on vs.net. Thanks for any help. ...more >>

hi. i have a solution that builds in debug and release mode, when building inside the ide. when i try to build the same solution from the command line, the behaviour is rather random. sometime, the release build works, but the debug build fails. sometimes both fail. sometimes, referenced...more >>

Hi all, I am getting a problem similar to KB 887818. On compiling a project in the solution I get the following error message "Unable to write to output file <<Dll Name>> System Error &H80070020&". It looks like the DLL is being locked by some other processes. In my case the solution c...more >>

I am actually one of the folks that like outlining but for one "feature" which I hate - collapsing comments as part of the outlining! Good Grief the IDE even collapses a single comment line. Ideally I would like to keep all comments just before a procedure collapsed with the procedure or pe...more >>

Hi: I want to create a new C# console application on my server (it is another machine with different IP) from my VSStudio2003 on my local machine. Can I do this? If yes, how can I do this? Is there any article talking about this online? If not, any suggestion? Thanks Q. ...more >>

Hello, I'm having a problem that I think others have had as well where my intellisense stops working suddenly. All the keywords which are usually changed to a different color all disappear as well, so all the code text is black. If I recompile then everything comes back, but then once I s...more >>

I have added a menuitem in the context menu to the Class View. Please, how can I know whether project or namespace is selected? Thanks, Olga. -- Message posted via http://www.dotnetmonster.com...more >>

I am always getting this alert when I am iterating through the projects in a solution. It occurs when this is executed: cpp_projects->Item(num, &current_project) cpp_projects is of type CComPtr<EnvDTE::Projects>. Does one have to call the following functions all in one function? cpp_solution-...more >>

Hello All: I have installed VS .net 2003 enterprise version with no errors. But, when I attempt to start vs, The IDE displays for a quick second then on top of the IDE I get the general WINXP error that an error occured and the app has to close. It happens every time. I have uninstalled and...more >>

Hi, I'm just having my first serious look at the VS .Net IDE after years of VS6. I quite like the way you can use intellisense to look at variables, and it *almost* makes up for the jarring abscence of m_ etc :) Anyway, I'm looking at the way you build documentation / intellisense into th...more >>

intellisense missing performlayout() I disable the datagrid when the add button is clicked. When either the cancel or update button is clicked, I enable the datagrid. However, because the child controls are not also enabled - in this case I'm concerned with the scroll bars - I also put in...more >>

Hello, How can I obtain the fix reported in the knowledge base article 887818 ? Thanks for your reply, Alberto....more >>

I just installed .NetFramework v1.1, ASP.Net 1.1, and VS.Net professional 2003 in my Windows Server 2003 machine. I try to create a ASP.NET web application Project, but it failed. If http://localhost/WebApplication1 is entered in the Location, the following error msg returned: "Visual Studi...more >>

Hello, I installed C# express february CTP after uninstalling previouse versions. When I create a new winforms project, I constantly get an error: "The operation could not be completed". Reinstalling a previous version does not solve the problem. Does anybody knows a solution to this ? ...more >>