Is there a property that will can be checked to determine if VB app is
running from the IDE or from the executable in the bin directory?
Thanks for any help.

After a month of steady and succesful usage, VS2005 has suddenly started
crashing any time I try to go to html or aspx design mode.  The Whidbey IDE
consumes 100% CPU forever.  I have to go into the Task Manager and kill the
process (shutting down the application fixes the CPU ...

I am having a problem with Visual Studio .NET 2003 (7.1.3088)
If I change the toolbars -- add buttons or just enable/disable some of the toolbars -- the changes will not stick.
When I restart Visual Studio, the toolbar layout will revert to the previous one.
I think that this ...

Excuse me for a novice question:
We have two vs.net 2003 solutions. There is a project which contains
the classes that
define the TCP messages used to communicate between the solutions.

Open Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and create a new .cpp file.  Copy and
paste the following line of code.
char *str = "This is an example string.";
Hit CTRL-R and CTRL-W to turn on View White Space.

If you change the class libraries used in a project, how
do you ensure the project using the classes is able to
use the latest version of the dll?
I have some classes I use, but when I change or add to

When I open multiple SQL files, each file open in a seperate instance of .NEt
IDE instead of opening in one instance with multiple tabs (one tab per file).
HOw can I make the files open in one instance of .NET IDE?
Thanks,

I just installed VS 2003 Developer edition, and tried using update from
help menu, and get
Visual Studio .NET setup encountered errors while attempting to download
required files. Check your Web Browser configuration settings and your

I have developed an OLE DB provider, and although using a
OleDbCommandBuilder generates the UPDATE and DELETE statements correctly and
without error, using the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard fails.
I have dug deep into the Microsoft.VSDesigner.dll library, and narrowed down

I am trying to reduce the disk space in use on my lap top in order to run a
background disk imaging back up software. I do extensive development on the
laptop in VS 2003, but only in VB.net. I have a desktop that will remain
unchanged (i.e. the items I want to remove below will ...

If I make changes to a class that is located in a linked file I'm not able
to view the changes in Intellisence in the Form code that create an instans
of the class unless I close the Editor and reopen it. Is there a way to
'refresh' the editor manually?

Hi;
I have a project where I want to add existing files from another directory -
and not have them copy across. Is there any way to do this?
The reason why is I am writing a Word add-in using C#. Word requires

I have the following SQL Server *inline* function:
CREATE FUNCTION MyFunc(@a as int,@b as int,@c as int)
RETURNS table
AS

There are some IDE's out there that can highlight the current line you are
on, is there a way of doing the same in VS.net?

I have installed MSDN on a shared server so that each computer does not have
to be updated every few months.
The problem is that i can not find a way to integrate it with Visual
Studio.net 2003 so that when a developer hits f1 it fires up the shared MSDN.