Hi When developing BizTalk 2006 solutions using VS.NET 2005, you can create so called functoids. A functoid is a small class library that meets a specific interface, and by doing so, it can be used inside a transformation from one XML document into another. Basically, what is done is tha...more >>

I have a few Windows Forms in my project. They appear in the Solution Explorer as, e.g. Form1.vb, and if you click on the plus sign to the left of it, below it apears Form1.Designer.vb. Normally, if I double-click directly on Form1.vb, the form design (i.e. how the form looks, not its underl...more >>

Hi, I've got a project in VS2005 to which I added a typed dataset. When I try to drag/add an element (table, stored procedure, etc) to the designer I get a message saying somethign like "Failed to add TableAdapter. Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation". I deleted the ...more >>

i believe my environment and keyboard shortcuts is set to use c# specific, but i like f12. whats up? thanks ...more >>

Is there some order to the project's MRU list? Is there some way to remove projects? Al G ...more >>

I have VS2003 project I have been running for some time now. Recently when I do a build, it changes 2 of my references to older versions of the assembly. Is there some way to prevent this from happening? I need to keep the older references for other projects, and I have been running this conf...more >>

Hi I am new to C#, i have come from a VB6 backgrouond. What i am looking for is a list of the Short cut keys for C# and what they do. I am in perticulare looking for the keys to jump to a Decleration and then back to where you came from in the code, like in VB6. (SHIFT+F9 and CTRL+SHI...more >>

Hi all, I must realize the function and VS IDE is similar.I increase a method to arrive CodeCompileUnit ,Then produces this method the code to join to the code file in the appropriate position,this code file possibly contains continues class,and these codes can edit, but only then CodeCom...more >>

Hello all, This is a C++ linker question. I'm trying to build an obj file, say foo.obj so that it is pre-linked with its dependencies. However I do not want to generated an executable right away. Some people call this "partial linking". Note that packaging all dependent objs into a library ...more >>

What windows in VS2005 allows me to see every single class, variable etc my code has loaded I know Local windows allows you to see only locals...I want to see everything is loaded in memory because of mi application. thanks -- Kenny M....more >>

Hi, in VS2003 i can choose between "debug" and "release"-build. I´m missing this function in VS2005 Express. Is it possible to create always a debug-release without starting the application? Best regards Rainer...more >>

If you open msenv.dll in the IDE and look at the bitmap with ID 1268, you see all the icons (using the term generically) that are used in the Object Browser and Class View windows. Many of them are familiar to me, but several aren't, and I'm wondering if others could help fill in the gaps for ...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know how to increase the number of listed projects/solutions shown at once from the default of four on the Projects tab? TIA. ...more >>

while trying to debug rcv'ed: Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging. The debugger is not properly installed. Run setup to install or repair the debugger. Debugger was working until system refresh, now no luck, have re-installed multi-times, nothing works & have tried ...more >>

I have read several posts about adding a file to a project as a linked file from another project. To do this you are supposed to "Add Existing Item" and then there is a drop down for the "Add" button that allows "Add as Link". I do not get this "Add as Link" option when I try this. I am usi...more >>

I am working on an MSbuild project and using the VS 2005 editor to edit the MSBuild project file. Working from a sample in MSDN I am attempting copy files using the following: <ItemGroup> <MySourceFiles Include="c:\tmp\**\*.*"/> </ItemGroup> <Target Name="CopyFiles"> <Copy SourceFi...more >>

Hi All, My Visual Studio keeps crashing when I try to do anything that invokes Server Explorer (add a Data Source etc.). I have created a new project and tried the same thing with the same results: Faulting application devenv.exe, version 8.0.50727.42, stamp 4333e699, faulting module kerne...more >>

Somehow I lost the Icon Editor built into VS2005. How can I get it back. If I right-click and Icon file in the solution explorer and select view designer I get the common "No application for this file type" message. -- JT...more >>

Hi, I saw a user group presentation that the presenter high a block of text vertically, liked what you can do in DOS prompt with QuickEdit Mode checked. (Normally, highlight of text is done horizontally.:) Would someone tell me how vertical highlight is done liked QuickEdit in DOS? Tha...more >>

Hi Everybody, I'm trying to connect to a visual foxpro dbase from the Server Explorer in VS2005 using the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Visual Fox Pro. I've done it before in VS2003 and everything worked just fine. In VS2005, however, the connection in the Server Explorer allows me to view ...more >>

Suddenly Properties Window is disappeared in IDE of VS 2005. Click on F4 or View\Properties Window does not help. It is very annoyed. Could somebody help me? Thank you Evgeny Additional details: VS 2005 is installed on a terminal server and others users of the same VS do not have this proble...more >>

Is there a hook in the VS 2005 IDE, so I can add my own refactoring algo? ...more >>

I have a project with forms and suddenly when I tried to open a form an exception is raised: Something like serialisation things. The form cannot be shown. I tried to close solution, VS 2005, reopen. Sometimes the error is gone, sometimes it comes back. I don't know what exactly the problem ...more >>

Hi, in my project VS has suddenly started adding code in the Designer classes. Can't figure out why... The statements look like this: this.richInfo.Text = global::<Namespace>.<morenamespace>.resources.FieldHelpAES.shipper_nr_h; I have a resource file called FieldHelpAES.resx in my pro...more >>

I just installed VS2005 side by side my VS2003 . and when I started VS2005, the start page as a gray background the other computers installed at my company have a start page with white background AND pictures. I do not have the pictures (like the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 picture at t...more >>

Hi, I am looking for a way to connect to VSS in a Visual Studio macro. I am relatively familiar with writing macros in VS2003. I can get the solution and enumerate the projects. Visual studio is tracking those projects and their items as source controlled objects. It seems to me that...more >>

I am using VS.NET 2005 - when I modify a form and press F5 to compile and run, it doesn't compile the changes I have just made! I have to do a rebuild all the time. Does anyone know whats going on? This problem has only started since I copied this project from another machine. -- An...more >>

My Visual Studio 2005 IDE crashes whenever I edit an MFC (unmanaged C++) dialog or other UI. I have the opportunity to debug and I see the exception seems to happen in a GdiPlus.dll. Any ideas?...more >>

We are upgrading a program from VS03/Sql MSDE to VS Professional 05/SQL 05 Express Edition (SQL Server 2005 Express Edition With Advanced Services SP1 to be exact). The VB code converted fine, but the data has been a disaster. We have tried this with/and without the 05 SP1 Beta and have...more >>

I am trying to test an application in which we want to implement windows basic authentication. I can configure the web site in IIS to authenticate in this way by changing the web.config file and then using the IIS console to configure the site to use basic authentication. In the IDE I still ha...more >>