I have a solution that i am building with visual studio
2002. My build machine has 2003 installed and uses the
command line arguments to automatically build the solution.
However with the solutions built with 2002 i have to

When Office2003 Beta Installed, it created a new instance
of MS SQL server that AutoStarts during boot.. Why didn't
the Business Contact Manager install under the same
instance of MS SQL used for Visual Studio? Can it be

I'm trying to access a SQL database that is set up on a
Windows 2003 Enterprise machine on my network through my
VB.NET app.
I started with the following simple code just to make sure

I was told by a programmer, that the MS Visual Studio.NET comes with
additional 1.6 GB of a Help-System, which is included from the MSDN Library.
Is it possible, to get only this enhanced help system - without the whole
VS.NET ?

i just had a quick question, we currently are using visual studio 2002
at college, and i'm interested in working with compact framework and
looking into j#, which i believe are part of 2003, is 2003 an update
or a completely separate product?  if i have 2002 can i just update it

I am new to Visual Studio.net and do not have access to the SQL Server DBs
used in the tutorial. How do I install and / or gain access to these
databases so that I can continue with the tutorial.
Thank You

I cannot seem to install this product on my laptop. I am
running a home edition of XP and have enough HDD space and
RAM to accommodate the load. I have upgraded the XP for
the Blaster Virus When I try to load the product the usual

Hi, Group I have a question.   I have been using a COM function to create
and manipulate excel files from .NET  but with Excel 2003 I had a problem
and the message that it sends is something like that "Old format or invalid
type library"  with Excel 2000 and previous I had had not ...

Hi, Group I have a question.   I have been using a COM function to create
and manipulate excel files from .NET  but with Excel 2003 I had a problem
and the message that it sends is something like that "Old format or invalid
type library"  with Excel 2000 and previous I had had not ...

I am sick to death of Visual Studio .Net crashing on me
when I try to debug ASP.Net code.
What alternatives to Visual Studio .Net are there (if
any) for writing ASP.Net Applications?

Look at this message. Nothing is wrong with my code and no
error messages! Why doesn't it build my project?
Can't stand all the bugs in VS.NET 2003! When do you
release the first service pack?

After installing The MSDN Help for Visual Studio .NET from
a CD Tower setup, it appears that when a user without
administrative privlidges attemps to redirect the MSDN
Help from disk one to disk two or three, they do not have

I am having issues with deployment on customer computers
that I am not having on my development computer.
When a customer tries to install the .msi file, they get
several hundred errors in the event log.  They are always

Is it possible to have several dialog windows from one
application visible (say using half the screen)when the
focus is switched to another application; i.e. the new
application using the other half of the display.

Under Visual Interdev, I could copy files or folders to _private of the
current web. That would allow me to backup versions and also keep it hands
off to web visitors. And Visual Interdev would turn a blind eye to _private
and not bother with it unless you wanted otherwise.