I am programming my first Office Add-In using VS.Net 2003 by following Tips
and Tricks" Building Microsoft Office Add-ins with Visual C# and Visual
Basic .Net. from MS MSDN website.
But the namespace thing is driving me nuts! Using VB, I already put the code

When I run a C# Web Form the backcolor of some but not
all of the TextBox controls changes to a PaleGoldenrod.  
When I change the backcolor to anything else at run time,
the property changes (I display the value in the Text

I have nearly finished a project with multiple forms, and I would like to do
another project that is similar to the first, only with a few added features
and a few features taken out.  The forms that are the same I would like to
be able to modify only once in one project and have ...

MSDE 2002 7.0.944
.net framework 1.0.370
In c++, if you have two methods in your class, say
GetMsg(

We have VS Professional and are finding that two
developers cannot debug (even different projects) at the
same time. Is this an inherent limitation to the
Professional Version? Is the capability in any of the the

I have a problem with getting images displayed in an
ASP.NET web application with "cookieless" set to true.
This used to work in Visual Studio .Net 2002, but no
longer in VS .Net 2003.

We have a site under development that uses validation web controls to validate the data entered in text boxes. But when the user changes his mind and presses cancel, or navigates using a hyperlink to another page, the validation controls activate because data has not been entered ...

I have a solution that contains multiple c# projects, this is the sequence of events that makes it crash
1. open the solution
2. Change the property of one button(ex. flatstyle to system
3. change the property of another button

Anyone know of an add-in for VS.NET 2003 that displays the results of
XML/XSL transformations at the push of a button (like Cooktop, XMLSpy,
and other XML editors can do)?  Thanks!

I'm trying to build a simple SmartDevice (Compact Framework) WinForms
application in Visual Studio .NET 2003.  The build freezes visual studio for
about a minute and then says "Could not instantiate the resouce processor".
I've found some discussion of this error message, but none ...

I'm trying to make a call to DebugBreak(). So I added:
   __declspec(dllimport) void __stdcall DebugBreak(void);
to my source code (per declaration in winbase.h) and also added:
   kernel32.lib

Is the Beta version of Whidbey available?  It doesn't show up in the MSDN
Pro Subscribers download area.
When will Whidbey be released?
The reason for these stupid questions: my MSDN subscription is about to run

is there anyway to turn off keyword high lighting when i do a search for a
word in help?

Is it necessary to always run the VCVARS32.exe in the command prompt of the Microsoft Visual Studio directory to have the ability to compile using the command prompr or is it possible to automatically have the command run when rebooting the computer
thanks
lino

I would be very interested to know what other people's experiences of
developing large(ish) C++ applications with Visual Studio .net & SourceSafe
have been.
The current project I am working contains around 4000 files (.cpp and .h)