VS 2003 Enterprise Architect How do you clear then "Start Page, Projects, Open Exsting Project" page? How do you populate this page with projects moved from another computer? Thanx in advance, G ...more >>

Is there a way to have custom views that are different in Desinger and Code view? For example, I want the Toolbox and Properties tacked in design view with Soultion Explorer Hidden, but when I change to code view I want Toolbox and Properties Hidden, but Solution Explorer tacked. Anyway ...more >>

The problem: In VS 2003 after setting enough long path for library files in Tools->Options->Projects->VC++ Directories the linker starts to complain like following Linking... LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'mpr.lib' Build log shows that my LIB environment variable ...more >>

Is there a way to setup up VS 2005 Beta 2 to build the solution before starting debug by just hitting F5 like in 2003? Also in the source code tab groups is there any way to have the tabs on the bottom instead of the top?...more >>

I am using VSNE2003/VB. I came across an article that included a handy macro but I am lost trying to create the macro and I am also totally confused about how to run macros. I am an old duck and to me, you create/record a macro, give it a shortcut key and away you go. Reading the Help for macr...more >>

C# 2005 Express Beta 2: When you create a new user control, place several children on it and then derive from your user control, you cannot access its children in the derived class - their visibility is private. Changing their visibility in in the "x.Designer.cs"-file is not a good idea...more >>

Hi all, I have developed a set of WebControls, and some of my containers have to validate the controls being added to them. For example, I have myPanel that extends System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel, and myTextBox, extending System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox; myPanel can have a myTextBox ...more >>

What are the prerequisites for making this tool work correctly. So far it hasn't worked for me. It produces Solution_AppName.htm which includes a link to an error report and a link to AppName. The link to the error report works but the AppName link takes me to a page with another AppName li...more >>

I am using inheritance to place code in common to several forms in a superclass. This is working quite well. However, when I place a control on the superclass form and compile, it doesn't show up in any of the subclasses. What's the trick here? ...more >>

Hello All-- Is there any way to customize the Start Page to show more than 4 projects? I would like to show maybe the last 10, or all the projects under a particular root directory, or... It seems like 4 projects is not particularly useful, especially since I can just get those from the...more >>

Hi, when I add a new project to a blank solution (or create a new solution from a template) the solution node disappears from Solution Explorer and only the project node is visible. I am thus unable to add other projects to the solution. The odd thing is that I once succeeded in creating a mu...more >>

Hi, I am encountering the following error on step 2 of the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard: --------------------------- An Unexpected error has occurred. Error Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Call stack: at Microsoft.VSDesigner.Data.VS.VsConnectionManage...more >>

All - I am trying to create some code that renames a web form control when it is dropped onto the designer in VS 2003. I have managed to get at the IComponentChangeService for the HTML designer and can recognize when a control is added. I can even change the name on the fly. The problem is that ...more >>

For some reason my IDE won't run macros any more. If I try to open the macro explorer, I get the message: "Cannot load the recording macro project 'MyMacros' forthe following reason: This is not a .Net assembly. Would you like to recreate it?" If I say yes, it says "Unable to cre...more >>

I would like to place a data grid on two of my forms that would show comboboxes and buttons instead of simple fields. Are these things possible with the components that come with VS2003? ...more >>

I cut a grid from a form, added a group box, and pasted the grid back in. In the process, I lost my TableStyle definitions. Is this a common experience or did I do something wrong? ...more >>

I am having problems with several things in the Code window, including * undo/redo errors (will not undo or redo) * Does not detect coding errors or fixes till I go to another page and then back * Does not autoindent * The lines between subroutines are out of alignment This app...more >>

Hi, how can I modify the COMPILER OPTIONS in the VS2003 .NET IDE for an existing (downloaded from internet) project. Original compile and project settings work fine. Tried to modify the command line compile options in the project properties. However it appears that I can only ADD new options ...more >>

I am using Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 on Windows XP Pro Sp2. After building couple of applications successfully now I am experiencing a problem in VS2005. The code editor does not respond to Enter and Arrow keys. So I cannot change the code. Does anybody know this problem? Thanks in Advance ...more >>

I have a C++ console application that reads stdin for input and writes to stdout. In the previous three versions of visual studio if I run the code with the "start debugging" option a command prompt immediately appears and it is possible to enter commands and continue debugging. In VC++ 2005...more >>

I'm working on a project that compiles and runs on both the .NET framework and the .NET compact framework. At the moment I maintain two separate VS2005 project files, a "PC" project file and a "Windows CE 5.0" project file. The problem is that, whenever I make changes to one of the projects,...more >>

How can i turn off the really anoying "feature" in Visual Studio .NET 2003, that existing items ( .cs files in my case ) are automatically checked out through vss-integration, when they are added to my project through contextmenu->"add existing item" ? This one is really getting onto my nerves !...more >>

Hi all, Is there a book talk about the tips and tricks on the vs.net IDE? = Nothing to do with C# or vb.net. My problem is that it deletes all the bookmarks, I just want to deletes = one. Thanks Egghead...more >>

is there a setup option for the ide with which it is possible to get a bracket pair highlighted just when the cursor gets over one bracket? the only hightlight i got is only on closing an open bracket. most common editors got such a feature so it would be nice to see it in vs2005 too, if it ha...more >>

Is it possible to use design view to design a control that is derived from Panel? When I create a UserControl, and change it's base class from UserControl to Panel, I can only add controls in design view, not actually design them....more >>

I have a Windows application with a main window and several child windows impleted in separate projects in the same solution. Things have been going fine until Monday when suddenly VS complains that it "Cannot copy temporary files to the output directory" and "The file Test.dll file canno...more >>

in VS6 i could "indent closing brace" if ( true ) { } Is there any way to get VS7 to do that too? ...more >>

Hi all, I have a website with 1 level nested master pages. I have configured the pages element in web.config and setting the masterfile property there pointing to the 2nd master file (nested). VS 2005 compiler gives 2 errors on the aspx page:- Error 11 The element 'html' occurs too few time...more >>

I know this question has been asked before but I can't find any decent answers. I can't use Visual Studio 2003 to add existing files to my web project. Currently i receive the following error: Unable to get file 'http://localhost/project/file.vb' from the web server. Server error: 'project...more >>

Is there a way to force and application to appear on a second monitor when running the IDE in debug mode? The IDE is on the primary monitor and I'd like the application to start up on the 'other' monitor. -- Steve...more >>

Hi all, In a VS 2003 and VS2005 add-in I'm using the DTE.CommandBars to create new menus and toolbars and fill them with items. In VS 2003 this works OK, however for VS 2005 BETA 2, this causes exceptions. Any idea what's causing this? Any work arounds? Thanks in advance, Gerrit Beuze...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to show an aboutbox icon for a VS2005 beta 2 addin through the .addin file. However nothing appears, not even the default icon as provided by the add-in wizard. <Extensibility xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AutomationExtensibility"> <Addin> <AboutIconData>icon d...more >>

Is there any mechanism within Visual Studio.NET 2003 to generated a summary of project stats, such as # lines of code, # of classes, # of methods, etc. (across all files within the project)? Thanks, Bruce ...more >>

Every time i open VS IDE/HELP i found a new file on the temporary files folder. All the files are named "IM" + variable + ".XML" contain: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <UI> <String Id="L_FeedbackLink_TEXT">Send feedback to Microsoft</String> <String Id="L_MessageLink_TEXT">Micros...more >>

Is there a way to configure the IDE so every time I double click on a .cs file in the explorer it opens the code of the cs instead of going to the designer by default? Thanks ...more >>

Can't find in Visual Studio 2005 where I can declare any project level namespace imports. The old version has an imports feature under the configuration properties for the project. The Help pages says it's there under references or something, but it's not. Am I missing something, or just ...more >>

My company is developing a product in VS.NET 2005. In the project we = want to use legacy code written in C++/MFC. To achieve this, we created = a regular MFC DLL project with the /clr option ON, in that we plan to = implement managed wrapper classes that call into the legacy MFC code. = The leg...more >>

Hi everbody, I don't know how to create a partioned solution with VS2003. I can add more than one project to my Solution1 but I think I have to create Child-Solutions of Solution1 for a partioned solution!??? Can you help me? Greetings Martin ...more >>

Hi All, I'm getting a bit frustrated with this.... It seems that my IDE is crashing a lot. When I tray to debug a process (Tools-Debug Process) some times it crashes, I can't figure out what makes this happen, but any ideas would help. Also, sometimes with I use de directory combo box in a ...more >>

Hello, I was connecting to VisStudio.Net 2003 like this: CLSIDFromProgID(L"VisualStudio.DTE", &clsid); hr = GetActiveObject(clsid, NULL, &punk); After I installed VisStudio.Net 2005 b2, the code above connected me to the beta. How can I connect specifically to the older version of...more >>

I have a problem with the solution configuration manager / the build system in VS2005 beta2: - I have two projects, ProjectA and ProjectB. - ProjectA depends (has a project reference to) ProjectB. - I can build my solution and both projects compile - no problem. - Since I'm only working on Pr...more >>

I need the ability to create a .css file from within my application. Would it be possible to interact with the editor provided in VS.NET and then for me to write code to save the output to a file? Thanks James...more >>

I use Visual Studio .NET to debug my CLASSIC ASP code. However, this code has several INCLUDE files that all have the .INC extension. As a result, VS will happily step through this code, but won't allow me to put any break points in these pages (at least ones that cause the application t...more >>

Hello, I am new to C++, but not to programming. I've created a class in the same file as the main function of a console app which uses the class. Now I want to put the class in a file of its own, so I can use it in other situations. Obviously I need a header file for the class, so I can r...more >>

Hello, I don't know how I've done it but I've lost the keyboard shortcut for the backspace key. It translates to edit.deletebackwards in the standard keyboard schemes. Yesterday I created a new scheme, that I don't want to abandon, but somehow I've lost the backspace ability. And I can't se...more >>

Hi Gang, I was just wondering if anybody has seen the IDE bug I'm seeing in 2003. When I bring the the Style Sheet builder, I get a bunch of NullReference errors on my screen. It looks like it is happening as it is drawing the icons down the left side of the StyleBuilder dialog box. I've ...more >>

All the threads on "Weird hidden window in VS.Net 2003" stop sometime in May 2004. Does anybody know if there is a resolution to this problem? On Jan 8 2004 J.Marsch wrote: "I work on a dual monitor machine. Usually VS.Net is running maximized in the left (primary) monitor. Now I've ...more >>