Just wanted to get peoples opinions on the Visual Studio Express
editions.  As far as I'm aware this is the first time that Microsoft has
provided a free development environment for non-commercial use, and is
therefore kinda exciting.

I develop an add-in for Visual Studio .NET 2003 which writes some messages in the output window (output pane) during a treatment.
My problem is that the messages are written only when the treatment is finished whereas I would like that they are written during the treatment like ...

I read a great article by Steven A. Smith, http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/06/ASPNET20Portals/default.aspx, where he discusses the "intranet/portal" feature, which can be implemented in C# with Visual Studio 2005.
Here are my questions:
1.  How can I get a hold of a ...

I have some projects in a workspace in Visual C/C++ 6.0.
The source code was written on UNIX.
The source code almost compiles completely except for the nrand48() routine.
I think this routine is missing from Visual C/C++ 6.0... is that correct ?

I can't believe that a setting in VS can't do this.
I just want to change the minor and major version number of my app.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,

I create a new empty solution, and I add a new file Test.xml in this
solution. I fill the file Test.xml with the following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<a>

Is it possible to tell VS's typed dataset generating tool to generate its typed dataset class within a specified namespace?
i.e. in Visual Studio, add a new item using the dataset template, leave the "generate dataset" option checked but somehow indicate the namespace hierarchy in ...

When I build my application in VS.NET 2003, it costs about 150MB memory when
it runs. However, when I build it in VS.NET 2005 Express (C#), it only costs
about 100MB! Why the difference is so big?
Thanks!

I purchased Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect on ebay a few years back and never took advantage of the upgrade to Visual Studio .NET 2003 offer that Microsoft had for a limited time.  Now I find myself needing the new version and I can't find anywhere that says how I can ...

I'm developing an application that uses the Apple QuickTime ActiveX control.
When I attempt to insert it into my application, I get unusual errors. So, I
have attempted to debug this by using it in a variety of applications and
development tools. I get error messages that don't ...

I'm having a very frustrating problem with debugging my code at the moment.
The problem concerns breakpoint working in some methods, but not others.
In an aspx codebehind I have the method page load:
 private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e){

I have an application with- No code behind classes - I converted my .asp to code  .aspx file with plain html and with lots of VB code and javascript . Can I create an executable version of your entire Web site that can be deployed without any source code using my .aspx files and ...

I just built my first .NET setup project. I followed a sample demo with a
simple .NET custom action project and it did work well.
The problem arise after I overrided the Uninstall method. I put there a
wrong code that interrupts the uninstall process. I tried to rebuild the

I feel I have suffered enough frustration with this topic, and it's time to
ask for a proper explanation. I have two questions.
1. What exactly are the differences between the run-times listed in "Use
run-time library" under Project Settings/C++/Code Generation? The names are

how do you change the master sound volume of the system?
can waveOutSetVolume be used?