I created a small project in vb.net 2005. I tried to create a setup
file for it using the Setup and Deployment projects in vb.net 2005. It
does work fine. But when the software is installed into a system, it
doesn't create a shortcut in  the desktop. I added the 'Primary output

I have VS 2005 Standard Edition, and I do not have a MSDN subscription.   I
have been trying to access the MSDN Forums using
//forums.microsoft.com/msdn/.   Using that URL in Internet Explorer does not
give me the web page.   I have entered

I have the overwhelming desire to launch batch files from the VS 2005
IDE, not in pre-/postbuild but manually (e.g. to generate typed
datasets with xsd.exe or copy some files into a production folder).
These batch files must be project-specific (I guess the macros are

I have a byte array I would like to see as characters or as a string.
Any suggestions about how I should do it?
Thanks

Hope everyone is well? Hope you all don`t mind me asking for a bit of advice
and a few recommendations off you? I've recently changed job and now working
away from home Monday - Friday. Staying in Hotels etc, etc this has now
given me about 10 - 20 per week to spend some serious ...

Anyone have any hints on how I may proceed in developing an event log message
file for my .NET 2.0 web application?
I have read artcles for doing this sort of thing that use .mc files and
mc.exe to produce a .rc file, rc.exe to produce a .res file and link.exe to

Hi All,
Can anyone tell me where can I find the specification of .NET sln file, as we're about to change our sourc control from Perforce to ClearCase, which the source control information seems embedded in the solution file but I don't know how to modify it.
Thanks in advance.

Do you encounter any issue on one server has two framework version as stated
at subject?
How to enable the two framework run/host the web site perfectly without
error message occur when update completed on either web site properties (.net

I have this really annoying problem with Visual Studio 2005.  When ever I
build ANY setup project the Windows Installer will begin to run and look for
my Visual Studio installation files.  I installed Visual Studio from an ISO
(mounted with Daemon Tools v4.08HE) stored on a USB ...

Buenas,
encontramos un bug en el GlobalFree y queria saber si alguien lo conocia.
El tema es que si haces un programa que pida memoria con GlobalAlloc, y
luego intentas liberar ese recurso varias veces... funciona.

I am using the XML code documentation and they correctly show up in
intellisense. However, I also want to have the XML file created so that I can
use a tool like Sandcastle to generate a compiled help file.
The problem is this:-

I am running Visual Studio.NET 2005 SP1 with the Vista patch on Vista
Ultimate and have run into a problem working with local IIS 7. VS2005 shuts
down without warning when I attempt operations like opening Web Forms, class
libraries, datasets, HTML files..pretty much anything I ...

I've been using Visual Studio 2005 for over a year now, and I can't take it
anymore.
I run a dual-monitor setup, which is great for keeping forms on one side and
code windows on the other.  Therefore, I run VS in multiple document mode.  

Do I have this right:
A Web Site Project is what VS 2005 originally shipped with and is an ASP
.NET project that is file based.
A Web Application Project is what was added into VS 2005 at SP1 and is the

I was just wondering if anyone else is experiencing/has experienced the same
problems as me with XML Comments causing VS.NET 2005 to hang and take up 50%
of the CPU. This occurs when I have a CDATA section in the XML Comments block
(specifically in the example section) in a C# ...