I can only give the barest description of this problem , and the reason for that will become clear when it is described. The machine is a new clean Dell, running VS 2003, VS 2005, IE7, IIS, and SQL Server Developer Edition. IE Developer Toolbar was installed, but I have since removed it to ...more >>

I want to able to open multiple solutions in VS2005 IDE. Currently, I can only open 1 solution in one instance of VS2005. If I try to open another project/solution, it will close the current one....more >>

i'd like to turn off the C4996 warning permanently in visual studio 2005, and i don't like to do it project by project. is there any global setting or something can achieve that? thanks. ...more >>

When the code hits a breakpoint or if trows an exception the whole PC hangs. After Alt-Ctrl-Del, clicking Cancel and selecting VS, all is back to normal (until the next breakpoint). Closing down VS does not help. Rebooting PC (XP Prof) does not help. What's going on!!!! Please someone fr...more >>

I have a database view that I am using as a table in a dataset. Initially, right clicking on the base Fill,GetData query and selecting "configure" produces the expected behaviour. One of the fields is "IsNA" and its properties show it as System.Int32 and its Name and Source are IsNA. I t...more >>

Studio 2003 showed table data by simple click on table in server explorer. Studio 2005 shows design not table data for a click on the table icon in server explorer. Is this a setup setting? I just want to click "just once" on the table icon in left treeview and see data without need to ri...more >>

Debug.WriteLine does not show in VS Output;Debug window? Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks, Schneider ...more >>

I'm getting files of a solution from sourcesafe. I want that solution not to have source control when I'm using it in VS2005....more >>

From: "Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> Subject: Include a .dll file in the .exe when Building - HOW? Date: Friday, 24 August 2007 12:18 AM I know this is probably a pretty basic question, but I just don't understand how to do it. I have a VB.NET project, with a reference to a .dll fi...more >>

Hi there, I have a problem using a web reference in my project. I compare it with the same project on another machine which is working fine. I found many diferences in "Reference.cs" file. On my PC the file contains a header with runtime version 2.0.50727.42. The other one has 2.0.50727.832...more >>

Is there a HowTo for doing this? I have a solution with six projects in it, each generating an Exe. My MSI puts entries in the start menu. I've managed to get Icons on each shortcut, but I'm having trouble with the main forms and taskbar. Some of my programs put their icons on the task bar and...more >>

I'm not sure where to report suggestions, so I'll start here. If anyone knows, please let me know. The Visual Studio View.NextError command often doesn't do anything, even after a build failure. I assume it is because I'm not on a "current" error, so there would be no "next". It would ...more >>

Hi, I just created a new Console application and wrote this line in the Main() const int [] constIntArray = null; // new int[] {2, 3, 4}; On compiling the project by pressing Ctrl+Shift+B the IDE gets crashing and an error report dialog is displaying telling that the C# compiler has an ...more >>

I'm a beginner in VS.net 2005. I'm learning from a step by step book that refers to the default settings of all the UI. Since I spoiled it I would like to restore the user interface to the default. Is there some way to do it? Regards Jino ...more >>

I'm using VS2005. I want to how I can control the Show All Files button on the Solution Explorer so that any solution I open will show all files by default. Also, after I hit the Show All Files button, how can I change it back so only some files will be shown? What files are shown if ...more >>

Hi, It would be great if Intellisense could present the contents of an enum in NUMERIC order instead of ALPHABETIC order. Is there an option for this perhaps? Thanks, Ronnie...more >>

Hey, found a bunch of forum postings about it.. but want to know if there was a resolution. This is about using the ReportViewer object and the Website Data Sources window in VS2005. I have a web site ( with many App_WebReferences ) and the Website Data Sources window doesn't show objects....more >>

I posted once about this before, but nobody responded. At the time I was using VB.NET 2005 Express; now I'm using VS.NET 2005 Standard (it is a full version, but I have only installed VB.NET, C#, and Visual Web Developer). When I use VS.NET 2003 I am accustomed to using control-M control-H to...more >>

I checked out a form and made a couple of changes to the menu items using Designer. When I was ready to check it back in, I did a diff and found many changes made throughout the .Designer.cs file, mostly having to do with control sizes. ( My file has the x values all about 2 smaller than they ...more >>

In setting up my first macro, every time I launch the Macro IDE, I was getting a message stating that the samples.vsmacros file was missing or invalid. There is another post with more details about my macro, but this is kind of a seperate issue, so posting this question also. In googling a...more >>

Hello, I apologize if this has been asked before (and this is my first post here), but is it possible please in any view of a solution (Class, view, Solution view etc) to show members of a class in the order in which I have created them in the Code window. The Class view, for example, se...more >>

I have the code window in the left tab group and the design window in the right tab group. If I am editing in the code window and I click on a control or the form in the design window without first selecting the tab, it acts like I double clicked and inserts an event into the code. Is there a ...more >>

I'm getting the dreaded "EXECUTE permission denied on object 'sp_sdidebug', database 'master', owner 'dbo'" error in a project but the Enable SQL Server debugging check box is UNCHECKED in EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IN MY SOLUTION!! WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY? I have researched this error via Google Gr...more >>

Hi I have installed Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, Silverlight Alpha Refresh and the Silverlight tools for VS. When I create a new Silverlight in VS project I get the following warnings: The referenced component 'agclr' could not be found. The referenced component 'mscorlib' could not be f...more >>

In prior versions, I was able to alter the tab stops by first control-clicking on a stop (which wouldn't change the tab order for that control), and then click on the next control that I'd want to follow. I'm not seeing that behavior in VS05; I must start reordering from the beginning, even...more >>

VS2005: How do you set the drop down height in the forms designer for a ComboBox control? In prior versions, selecting the control in the designer and then clicking on the drop-down arrow expanded the control, allowing you to drag the height up and down. I'm not finding this behavior in VS...more >>

Folks, Having just completed development of a VS 2003 project, I would like to clean up some of the folders within the project. Specifically, the \obj\debug\tempPE and \obj\Release\tempPE folders. I have read that the Clean options does not work well in VS 2003. Can I safely delete the hun...more >>

Hi; How can I get VS 2005 to NOT tell me when I am in the debugger, paused, edited some code (not edit & continue), and then continue. What I do is when I hit breakpoints I will put in comments as to what I need to do there, and then continue. Once my debugging session is over those comm...more >>

Every time I launch VS2005, I need to select "View" - "Pending Checkins" as the tab isn't populate. The tab is there as it should be but just a very narrow tab with just the icon and not he words "Pending Checkins". As soon as I select it from the menu, it goes through the process of loading...more >>

In a database project, you can right click on the file and there's an option to "Run" or "Run On" which would execute the script on the database you select. Is there a way to create a shortcut key to execute the Run or Run-on for database scripts in a database project is vs2005? ...more >>

What could make macros in Visual Studio stop working? I wasn't changing my macros, just using them a littlle. Sometime today in period of 30 minutes, they just stopped working. I can't seem to get them to work -- I've tried rebooting, and even replacing them. I can't even get a simple ...more >>