(Type your message here) -------------------------------- From: feroz khan I have recently received Microsoft Visual Studio .net Enterprise Architect Code name Whidbey Setup but i can not find setup.exe that runs the program. When setup.exe runs it asks for security key and name ------...more >>

This is something I'm probably missing by an inch, but it's eluded me so far....is there an equivalent in VS .Net to the Visual Basic immediate window, where I can investigate my variables, by typing something along the lines of "? myStringReader.ToString()" and seeing the output in the consol...more >>

All, Apologies if this isn't in the right newsgroup, but I was just taking my best stab at where it may go! I've written a C# app with VS.Net 2003, then for deployment created a setup application. Everything works fine except that every now and again clicking on the short-cut suddenly as...more >>

I want to write an application that uses a MS Access database. However when I go to the Data Link Properties dialog box and click on the 'Provider' tab, I do not see a provider for Microsoft Access. How do I get a provider in this list so I can connect to Access DB's? -- Sincerely, Ke...more >>

I try to install Visual Studio .NET 2003, and at the prereq screen I can't get passed the MDAC 2.7 SP1 installation. It tells me the installation was unsuccessful. However, when I check which version of MDAC I have installed on my computer, the checker tool tells me I have MDAC 2.8 installed. ...more >>

I have been trying to run the setup for Visual Studio .NET and it is giving me the error that I dont have the correct prerequisites where can i get these prerequisites and what should i do....more >>

I went to install Visual Studio and then a window comes up that says that "Setup has detected that some of the system components that are installed on your computer do not match the versions required for Visual Studio .NET. You must install a different version of these components." I don't kn...more >>

It has been a while since I have installed this but I am trying to install VS.Net 2003 Upgrade and I get to where it says it can't find Visual Studio 2002 on my machine and insert Disk 1 for VS 2002 in the cd drive. I don't have VS 2002 but it should recognize both VB 6 or Macromedia MX both o...more >>

I downloaded Visual Foxpro 8.0 and extracted it. I burned the install files to a CD and when running setup it gets to a point and keeps asking for a the CD. I presume the volume name needs to be a certain name, does anybody know what it should be?...more >>

Hi, All I want to do this is to connect to a remore server, which is Unix based, and run a shell script there. I want to remotely run this script through my machine via a VB.NET application, and get the results. How do I goa baout it? Any ideas? TIA. ...more >>

I'd like to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (beta, v.1218). It fails when installing the .NET framework 1.1. Attempting to install .NET 1.1 using the stand-alone dotnetfx.exe also fails. The hardware is: MB: Tyan K8W (S2885) Proc: Dual AMD Opteron 246 (6...more >>

I have multiple COM dll projects and a setup project in one solution. The setup project is referencing the outputs of the other projects and it is configured to register the them using the 'vsdrpCOM' option. Both build and installation on a clear machine run without errors, but one of the COM...more >>

(Type your message here) -------------------------------- From: feroz khan I have recently received Microsoft Visual Studio .net Enterprise Architect Code name Whidbey Setup but i can not find setup.exe that runs the program. When setup.exe runs it asks for security key and name ------...more >>

Hello, I'm making a setup project for a Windows Installer, to update my application. The application has a configuration file (app.config) that is renamed after the build. I would like to not replace this file by the new configuration file during an installation, but keep it both (the new ...more >>

When I add a new dialog ressource the new dialog has a default font. How do I change this default so I won't have to do that manually afterwards....more >>

I do not have an actual problem, but i do appreciate some clarification to be sure i will not have any problem in the future. I have installed Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional from the MSDN disk 2431.3 on a Windows 2000 SP4 system I am pretty confused about the product key. the card i re...more >>

I've been trying to install Visual Studio.Net 2003 Enterprise edition. I just upgraded to SP2. I know that it's not supposed to work, but perusing through the forums, i've seen proof that folks have gotten it to work. my machine's specs are as follows; p4 2.4ghz 768 mb ram XP SP2 latest bio...more >>

Does Microsoft provide Merge Modules for MDAC 28, MS Jet SP 8, etc. If yes where are they. If no why not? Visual Studio .NET install seems to add some merge modules to the common files\Merge Modules folder but the list of merge modules here is very incomplete. I was able to find installs...more >>

This may be the wrong newsgroup for this subject (if so please redirect me to the correct one). This is the problem: The Common Files\Merge Modules gdiplus.msm is patched by the VS7.1-KB830348-X86.exe included in the MS04-028 hotfix. The patch replaced the included gdiplus.dll with a ...more >>

Does anybody know how to resolve not being able to view pages either in Visual Studio .net help or external to that environment. Keep getting page not found error. The help use to work....more >>

hi, I'm having trouble installing Visual Studio 6 on my XP SP2 computer. I get the error where the setup (vs60wiz.exe) gets the error "setup has encountered a problem and needs to close". i have searched through the newsgroups but have found no actual solution to this problem. any help woul...more >>

I installed Windows XP SP 2, after that my Visual Studio 2003 installation does not work any more, it keeps telling me: Setup cannot access the required initialization fil 'C:\PROGRA~1\SAP\FRONTEND\SAPGUI\FILC\ODBC\AUNCHER="D:\DOCUME~1\[USER]\LOCALS~1\TEMP\'" Maybe this is related with an e...more >>

Trying to move VB .NET 2003 to XP SP2. At step 1, .NET Prerequisites, "... some iof the system components that are installed on your computer do no match the versions required for VB .NET. You must install a different version of theses componets" The only one I can find is "MS Visual j# .Net...more >>

The Visual Studio.Net 2003 installer accepted the serial number from my MSDN Universal subscription (academic). But when I try to run it now the MS Development Environment gives me the following error message then just quits the IDE. "Please enter a valid product key to use this product - setu...more >>