I've somehow lost my keyboard shortcuts for VS debugging (F5,F10,F11,etc.). Does anyone know how to reset these? I've tried : Tools | Options | Keyboard | Reset Also tried restarting VS and restarting box. No luck. ...more >>

hi, in visual c# 2005, if I type "prop" I get the intellisense thing pop up with a tooltip that says "code snippet for property and backing field" based on previous experience I would expect to press tab or click to select it from the pop-up list and some code would automatically appear. h...more >>

I've created a toolbox where I host a usercontrol. How to I set the toolbox programmatically to be a Tabbed Page? Dim programmableObject As Object Dim guidstr As String = "{439bc5e4-6ec1-491f-adc9-fffe36776c2e}" Dim windows2 As EnvDTE80.Windows2 Dim asm As System.Reflection.Assembly asm = ...more >>

I need to create a shortcut on the desktop but the shortcut's target is a file that is on one of our servers, not a file that is part of the project. Is it possible to do this, and if so how, I am having no luck. Thanks ...more >>

Installing VSIIP.MSI (Visual Studio Integration for IronPython) installs 1.0 DLLs. I have 1.1 version DLLs of IronPython.Dll and IronMath.Dll in another filesystem location. Can I simply overwrite the 1.0 DLLs in "C:\Program Files\Visual Studio Integration for IronPython" with newer versions, ...more >>

Using Visual Studio 2005 and the 2005 SDK, I built the IronPython IDE add-on and can launch it from the "Experimental Hive". Now I would like to add IronPython support to my normal/regular hive (so I can create apps and etc using IronPython like I do with C#). How do I do that? Thanks. ...more >>

Is there a way to change the default action for files in solution explorer. I rarely ever want to open the designer view, I'd much prefer to get to the code. I seem to remember that there was a way, but how...?...more >>

Hello 1)When using VS 2005 and VB.net when wouldn't the: reference folder, bin folder, obj folder not be present after creating a VB net Windows Application and only the form1.vb and MyProject folders only be created? 2)How can you assure that the reference folder, bin folder,obj folders...more >>

Hello, My source code contains tabs and newlines. How do I tell the IDE editor (using find and replace) to replace such characters with other characters. I guess this boils down to how to represent control characters in search/replace strings. I've tried using a backslash to escape them ...more >>

Hi, I've been tinkering around with this problem now for a while.. When building any C++ solution with my VS2005 Team Suite SP1 I get no output of the compilation process at my output window, only "Build started" and then something like: "========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to...more >>

I've been told that the support for refactoring VB .NET code in VSTE is superior to the limited refactoring for VB .NET 2005 in VS 2005 Pro. Can someone point me to where the refactoring options are in VSTE for VB ..NET projects? FYI - I am aware of the Refactor! add-in and am NOT referri...more >>

I set a Shadow Folder in vss as admin. If i check in by vss, the file in Shadow Folder will be updated at the sametime. But, if i check in by vs.net 2005, the file can't be updated,why? ...more >>

Hi. I'm having a problem where Visual Studio.Net 2003 gets "stuck" compiling: Preparing resources... Updating references... Performing main compilation... (and never finishes) I've tried cleaning out temp files, checking network permissions, etc... but no luck. Exiting and restartin...more >>

Is there a way to make the code editor avialable outside of the full IDE? Being able to use "block selection" for regular text files without having to launch the full IDE would be very useful. Sure I can load up any text file in the full IDE which I've been known to do, but having the featur...more >>

I'm developing an add-in for Visual Studio. With this add-in I'd like to insert source code to the the Visual Studio project that is hosting my add-in. How can I access the editor of the hosting project? ...more >>

Hi there, I've been fighting this for almost two days now. In VS 2005, I'm invoking "SolutionBuild2.BuildProject()" on various projects in an arbitrary solution and simply want to inspect each project's build errors via "DTE2.ToolsWindows.ErrorList". However, I'm finding that sometimes the ...more >>

Something has happened with my copy of Visual Studio 2005. When I click on View/Error List (to try to see the "Error List" window) I don't see any error list window. After clicking View/Error List there is no visible active window. If I make Visual Studio go to full screen, and then click o...more >>

I have this really annoying problem with Visual Studio 2005. When ever I build ANY setup project the Windows Installer will begin to run and look for my Visual Studio installation files. I installed Visual Studio from an ISO (mounted with Daemon Tools v4.08HE) stored on a USB hard drive. Ty...more >>

Hi, How do I set Read-Only on a text file open in the IDE? My program uses logging files from a c++ program, I want to be able to view the logging files in the IDE without risking accidentally editing them. Ideally I would like to setup a Keyboard shortcut to set Read-Only. Thank...more >>