I'm using VS2005 to develop a web application that when deployed onto the IIS
(on the production server) requires a wildcard application map pointing to
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll
and the checkbox "Verify that file exists" is unchecked

Hello--
I just installed VS 2005 Standard Ed. (from the launch) and, in the open
project window, if I try to use the dropdown list to browse to a file path,
the dropdown list disappears for up to a minute before reapearing with a path

Can anyone explain to me MS's strategy behind the unit test/code
coverage, analysis etc. tools?
All MS has done is blatantly stolen a set of best practices and a set
of corresponding products that have been available in the community for

I am using the new designer tool to drag on datasource tables onto a windows
form. Using 2 tables - employees and departments.
I have changed 1 field (DepartmentID) from textbox to combobox before
dragging onto the form.

since friday we try to switch to VS2005 (final Team suite trial from
MSDN downloads). We have a big client-server database solution containg
22 projects, one of it is a web project with webservices and aspx sites.
We converted the solution successfully to 2005 but now we have two ...

When I build an application with Visual Studio.NET (web or windows), I write
a batch file (of DOS commands) to copy all the files I need to a folder. This
might include file that are outside the project and exclude all those files
that you don't need to deploy (like .vb files)

Is it possible to disable rename refactoring.
I am working with class designer and every time I decide to rename a method
/ property.. It starts compiling and checking for references in the whole
project. It overkill when I know that this is new class. Can I just disable

Gday,
I have a checkbox on my windows forms that I need to set based on a value in
a dataset which is populated by an odp data adapter via a web service. The
value in the oracle database is of type char(1) with possible values 'Y' or

I have project that has all the NUnit tests.
I want to change this tests to VS2005 tests. I figure out syntax's but can't
figure out how to make VS2005 to understand that this is the assembly that
has tests.

My dad currently programs with VB 5.  I have been telling him about the
features of the upcoming Visual Studio 2005, but he doesn't see any benefit
of upgrading.
Does anyone have any information on what is different between VB5 and the

If anyone has advice on the following issue, please let me know...  
End result is that after a certain hard crash, all my property pages
in Visual Stuido .NET 2003 (C++) for various controls seem to be
missing.  For instance, if you select a dialog box resource, and try

Hey guys,
I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but my search hasn't
yielded the answers I'm looking for.
Right, I'm kind of new to Team Suite and don't know all that much about

Does VS.Net 2003 have an API browser?  In particular I'm looking for API
calls that I can use to traverse and manipulate the registry.  Any help will
be appreciated.

New to VS and attempting to create an EXE using code developed previously in
a bat file and need some direction on how to go about doing so.....guides,
tuturials, samples anything. I am at a complete loss and then again its only
been 6hrs or so....

What's the best practice to manage that? I tried to have VS7.1 and VS8.0
directories under the root solution directory to hold all the corresponding
solution and project files. However, it seems VS 2003 can't deal with
relative path of code files (.cs) that are not under the ...