Hi all, After a file has been modified by an external tool, VS2003 displays something like "File has changed, reload Yes/No/All". Is there a way to reload the file using the extensibility objects to avoid this dialog? I looked in the obvious places: The Document object does not have a Relo...more >>

receving the dreaded "operation could not be complete - unspecified error" message box . ...more >>

I hope someone can help - I am getting desperate! I have promised to do some work for someone developing an ASP.NET application. I have VS Studio 2002 installed on my pc which is running XP-Pro (and therefore IIs 5.1) and have installed .Net framework v1.1.4322. I canot create a new web p...more >>

Wouldn't it be nice when you're aligning controls that are children of different containers (group boxes, panels, etc.) that VS.NET figured out to use a higher level set of coordinates (form or screen) for alignment purposes? For example, if you have group boxes that vary in size or positio...more >>

Sometimes in my project, some forms are not recognised as type "form". (They are actually inherited from another one of my forms). However, when this happens I can only view the code. The icon in the Solution Explorer is the type for a module, not a form. It also happens without my making a...more >>

Hi, 1. The tool save the roles but cannot create users. It keeps asking me to use a different password. Am I doing something wrong 2. my default browser was mozilla at the time I installed VS.net 2005. I thought this could be the problem so I have changed the default browser to IE6. When...more >>

When we highlight a class in class view and select 'Events' in the 'Properties' window, the events under 'Menu Commands' display numeric values rather than string IDs. The other event sections display the proper string IDs. Then, when a change is made to a dialog, a quick look at the .rc fi...more >>

Hey all Does anyone know if it's possible, via add-on or any other means to mimic the old VS 6.0 behavior of CTRL+SHIFT+Letter to get quick access to the properties window? I do a lot of re-using existing objects, and needing to change a simple caption or name means a "where's waldo" session...more >>

The Dynamic Help on a few of our machines take 10-15 minutes to load the help after the developer presses the F1 key - locking them out of doing anything with that instance of VS. The rest don't. In the lower left status bar of the IDE, it is set to "Downloading...". In the options/environm...more >>

I am new to using Visual Studio .NET and in both VB and C# the MeesageBox.Show command is only show blank windows no matter what te prompt is. Anyone know what is up?? Confused!!!...more >>

I've noticed that solutions with VB projects cannot be "batch" built. I like the "batch build" option available for solutions with C# and ATL COM projects because it allows me to easily pick a subset of projects to build. Particularly it allows me to pick both debug and release builds and build ...more >>

trying to get a demo addin to work in visual studio ... used the addin wizard to create it, used configuration manager to check "build" for both the addin and setup. When I open a project I get an error message: "addin failed to load - class not registered" The name of the class is my addi...more >>

I have re-installed the whole of xp 3 times now to try and resolve this issue - needless to say i have work to do so im getting pretty annoyed! Anyway, I've isolated it down to the latest bunch of Windows updates i've installed, basically after installing them the VS IDE wont open without gi...more >>

Hi all, I've created a commandBar that appears when a user right-click the Class item in the Class View Explorer. However, I want myButton to appear on top of "Go To Definition" button, followed by a separator. visually: myButton ---------------- Go To Definition Go To Declaration etc....more >>

I am trying to figure out a way to share the //TODO: lists among all the developers on our current project. It seems that they are only valid for the local user and not visible to others when they open the project? Does anyone know of a way to persist the //TODO: (and any custom tags that I ...more >>

I have a situation with Visual Studio .NET 2003. I would like to have one solution to build all the projects associated with our release. This solution would contain a total of 60 projects, some are ATL COM projects, some are C# projects, and some are VB.NET projects. All the ATL COM projects ha...more >>

Hello all; I have very strange problem - macros do not work in VS NET 2003 EA on my Windows 2003 SP1 machine. When I try to run any macro, playback icons flashes but nothing happens (IDE displays no error messages). Debugging macro also does not work - I can set breakpoint but when running ...more >>

There has been a lot of traffic about the disappearing controls bug in VS.Net 2003, but most of the posts are old and I haven't seen a posted workaround. I've found a workaround, so if you see the bug I hope this helps. The problem is that sometimes when you add a control to a form in the Des...more >>

Hello When I try to rebuild my solution the monitor turnes on and off or perhaps goes to a full screen console application mode. Please someone help because this situation makes me unable to work. I use Windows XP SP2 and VS.NET 2003. Waiting for your kind help Hamed ...more >>

How can I create a indigo project in VS.NET 2003? I am not find the System.ServiceModel in it. My OS is Windows XP Professional. ...more >>

Hi, I have a strange problem which has revealed itself over the last couple of days, Every time I try to open any aspx pages in the IDE in design view (code view works fine). I get the following error, which causes VS .NET to shutdown straight away. "Fatal Execution Engine Error (0x79...more >>

I have implemented an Add-in that opens a toolwindow when user clicks a commandbar button. I need to pass data to the toolwindow every time user clicks the commandbar button. Currently I have implemented part of it by creating static variables in Connect class of the Add-in reading them from ...more >>

When I try to view a web page I just created in the IDE I get the following error. "The file failed to load in the Web Form designer. Please correct the following error, then load it again: Illegal characters in path." I went to a different machine and checked the exact same creation and ...more >>

Hi, I just made an ACtiveX DLL using VB6 and packed it. Then I sent the Setup Package to a customer he is using VB.Net to make program. But he said he can not get it running. I wonder the ActiveX DLL made of VB6 can be referenced by VB.Net? If Yes, how to add the Reference from VB.Ne...more >>

Within a C# solution, we are using an amazing olap grid component called Contour Cube. Contour Cube grid is com based, therefore, we are using interop. VS.NET 2003 is creating the wrapper for us. The issue we are having is whenever MachineB gets the VS.NET solution from MachineA, we are r...more >>

I have just experienced the disappearance of all Add-Ins on two machines which started on Saturday May 7 2005. In trying to reinstall them, I was offered the option to 'Repair' which I selected. Upon completion of the repair, the add-ins still did not appear nor were they in the Add-In Manager...more >>

Question on tool bars in VS.Net Every time I install a new tool add in etc. the tools bars are reset. How can I prevent this from happening or is there a way I can save my custom tools bars. I can not find any information on where the tool bars are stored so I can save then and then restore...more >>

I have seen this problem posted repeatedly, but I have never seen the question answered. When I start VS.NET 2003 I get this error message: System.InvalidOperationException: The object is currently in use elsewhere. at System.Drawing.Graphics.Dispose(Boolean disposing) at System.Dr...more >>

I have a custom template for a new C# web project and it works fine. The template adds in other web forms that I use. Now I want to add a web form into a sub folder. I've amended my Tempates.inf - assemblyinfo.cs Webform1.aspx Folder1\Webform2.aspx and it fails. Visual Studio tells me ...more >>

How can I get general information or starter documentation...more >>

Error when opening a solution with a web services project in it: "Unable to open the Web project 'myproj'. The file path 'c:\code\myservice' does not correspond to the URL 'http://localhost/myservices'. The two need to map to the same server location. HTTP Error 404: Object Not Found" Firs...more >>

Dear All, I'm looking for an Addin for visual studio 2003 which allows me track the working hours spent on a specific project, so when any member open a files in a specific project and working on in for x hours and the coming day s/he open another file belonging to the same project, so at ...more >>

When I open the VS.NET IDE by clicking on a solution it takes forever before it opens. It does not matter how small the solution is. What is the problem and the remedy? ...more >>

Hi there, I appear to have lost the shortcut to the VS 2003 IDE. Could someone please let me know in which folder I can find the shortcut? Thanks, Kim. ...more >>