I'm looking for some reasons why VS .Net 2003 is "better" than VS .Net 2002.
Why should I spend the money for .Net 2003?
Non-technical reasons are appreciated.
Thank you,

After a database connection has been created, how do I change connection
properties?  Everything is gray and read only.
VS .NET 2003
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Say we have a CodeClass object and call AddFunction() on it. Among other
parameters, AddFunction() requests a file path for the new function to be
placed. I noticed that if the *.cpp file for that class is passed to
CodeClass::AddFunction(), the call will end up with the function ...

How can one, if possible, use the Visual C++ Code Model objects in a VC++
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Flaviu

Hi, I am trying to compile an open-source project named Blender. It compiles
cleanly, but when I get to linking, it gives me this:
libcpmt.lib(xmutex.obj) : error LNK2005: "public: void __thiscall
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I'm using VS .Net 2003 and I'm unable to create a form using buttons and controls that all use the XP theme.  How do I make this happen?  I'd be happy to just be able to use the silver theme control appearance.  Any suggestions?
BTW, does VS.Net 2005 address this?
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Bob Briggs

I'm looking for some reasons why VS .Net 2003 is "better" than VS .Net
2002.
Why should I spend the money for .Net 2003?  Any bugs/irritants in 2002 that
slow development time.  The classes I have taken use 2003 - is this for some

I have a Visual Studio 6 project that was building correctly.
I took a day off of that project to install .NET 03 for another project,
then returned to my VS6 project the next day. Without any modifications made
to the code, the VS6 project now fails to build.

Each time I presse F1 for Help in VS it take more then 20 seconds before
the help is displayed.
Is there a way to improve or repair this ?
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I am running a VB.Net internet application where I need to determine the
country that a user is in when they are accessing my web site. Is there a way
I can accurately determine this (via IP or Domain or ??) and then use this
country identifier in my VB.Net program?

I am having a problem with VS.Net 2003
Machine specs are as follow
AMD 64 Bit Athlon
Nividia GetForce4 Video card

Hello,
I was just curious, what is the difference between the visual tools for
office and visual net 2003 pro? I want to be able to develop access
applications. Will VSNet be able to do the same things as visual tools for

I want to make a installation package with all the dialogs in spanish.
I only have posibility to see them in english, and i can't find the way to
change this languaje. How can i do this?
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I am trying to build four install packages from Visual Studio 2003, which
will be installed using a batch file. One of the packages unpacks to an .exe,
the others to .dlls. The batch install runs in quiet mode. Per default, this
installs the software only for the current user ...

Does Visual Basic .NET have the equivalent of VB 6 Data Form Wizard?
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