Error message "The designer could not be shown" is shown  when trying to
view in deign mode a form in VS.NET
I have had the problem and I know others have had it as well. Though I went
through many newsgroup posts none of the solutions suggested helped me. Even

I want to open a Visual Studio (7.0) Solution file, but I only have
VS.NET 2002 and VS 6.0! Is it possible to open or import the solution
file in one of this programms? Thanx for help!

Do not know where to report visual studio's bug.
Here it is:
Having these two functions in one class (C#):
public void Test(int input)

hi,
i'm using VS 2003 pro, trial edition.
when i load up a vb winforms or web project, the events icon in the
properties window is not present, so i cannot browse the list of

I spent some time, some time ago, working with VS.NET, both in VB.NET
and ASP.NET.
I switched more recently to the Macromedia products ColdFusion and
DreamWeaver.

I am trying to install Visual Studio.NET from CD1. I have
ensured that my computer satisfies the hardware
requirements. However i cannot go through step 1 when it
asks for the Prerequisites CD, which i don't have. Does

how can I build an address book or address list
by using C# and DirectoryServices?
I just need to list the user name, optionally its OU,
and get its SMTP email address[es].

Is it in any way possible to get VS.Net 2002 to work with .Net 1.1? I tried
installing VS.Net on a clean maschine that was upgraded to Framework 1.1 as
well as .Net SDK 1.1, but upon install it insists on installing 1.0 first.
Can it be done?

I have a .sln that causes VS to throw an
ExecutionEngineException whenever I try to open it now.  
This is a project I have worked on for the last eight
months without any problems.  Last night I was working on

I have installed VB.net 2003 standard and the latest MSDE. I can open and
use the Northwind examples and such. I want to use the "Create New SQL
Server Database" option under the server explorer but it is always grayed
out.

I am having a hard time understanding the PPC Emulator.  I
am not using any of the embedded languages, just VS .Net
2003.
1. How would I update .Net CF to SP2 on the Default

  I have installed VC IDE 2003 edition version 7.1.3088 with .Net Framework 1.1 version 1.1.4322. I could reproduce this bug many times.
1.Open Visual Studio create a new project MFC based dialog application.
2.click on the class view and say new MFC class. Keep this dialog open.

How Can I add a record in a DataGrid using VS???
Thanks

I have problems with one particular solution in VS.NET 2003. This
solution consits of eight project, three of them are setup project
(I'll name the 1,2,3), four of them are Windows Forms applications
(I'll name them A,B,C,D) and one is the Class library(I'll name it

i am using visual studio .net 2003 on windows 2000 servicepack 4.
when i apply the latest security update for internet explorer (Q832894), or
the update before (Q824145),
i can no longer use internet resources from within my visual studio help, so