Visual C# Express Orcas - Visual Studio Orcas
Recent update: 2008-3-21

I found a huge bug!

1113 byte By SevenAlive at 2008-3-7
This bug is really pissing me off. Here is what i did and what happened.I created toolbar, added some items, some of them with images, the images are resources.Ok everything is fine until.I go to properties>resources and delete a resource, its not in use by anything. Then i delete the image ...

I found a huge bug!

1113 byte By SevenAlive at 2008-3-6
This bug is really pissing me off. Here is what i did and what happened.I created toolbar, added some items, some of them with images, the images are resources.Ok everything is fine until.I go to properties>resources and delete a resource, its not in use by anything. Then i delete the image ...

Publish error in default projects - SignTool.exe not found

1715 byte By Audiosapien at 2008-3-5
Hi, I get an error when attempting to Build->Publish either a new Windows Forms or WPFApplication. The project builds fine, but when trying to publish I get the following errors: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5.20404\Microsoft.Common.targets : warning MSB3155: Item ...

VB Express 2008 Registration Problem

1252 byte By MichaelSpence at 2008-3-3
Hi,I am having the same problem registering VB Express 2008 Beta2. I downloded the ISO file, created the CD, and installed it. The installation went as expected, no errors etc, but when I try to register the product, it takes me to the Live ID login page, after entering the correct details it ...

Debugging dll with....

331 byte By HawVer at 2008-3-1
In visual studio 2005 I was able to debug my control library with visual studio, there was a option startup executable in the debug tab in the project properties. But I can't find it in 2008. The only thing I see is the startup objects with an empty list. How can I debug my design time ...

failure of clr-namespace resolution in 2008 C# Express w Orcas

684 byte By StokesinBrea at 2008-2-28
Namespaces defined with clr-namespace fail to get resolved in the IDE and show up with a "Could not create instance of type "xxxxx". (Where the class xxxxx is clearly defined in the namespace referenced in the clr-namespace entry.) The code in question was downloaded from a ...

failure of clr-namespace resolution in 2008 C# Express w Orcas

684 byte By StokesinBrea at 2008-2-27
Namespaces defined with clr-namespace fail to get resolved in the IDE and show up with a "Could not create instance of type "xxxxx". (Where the class xxxxx is clearly defined in the namespace referenced in the clr-namespace entry.) The code in question was downloaded from a ...

Debugging dll with....

331 byte By HawVer at 2008-2-26
In visual studio 2005 I was able to debug my control library with visual studio, there was a option startup executable in the debug tab in the project properties. But I can't find it in 2008. The only thing I see is the startup objects with an empty list. How can I debug my design time ...

Debugging dll with....

331 byte By HawVer at 2008-2-25
In visual studio 2005 I was able to debug my control library with visual studio, there was a option startup executable in the debug tab in the project properties. But I can't find it in 2008. The only thing I see is the startup objects with an empty list. How can I debug my design time ...

problem installing both VC++ and VCS express 2008 beta

864 byte By khapahk at 2008-2-24
Hello, I am trying to install both VC++ and VCS from DVD image ( express 2008 beta ) I installed VC++ correctly, but then I tried to install VCS after and I don't get any access to VCS ide ? I tried to reinstall VCS several times, but result is the same I thought that maybe ide is the same for ...

cannot install VC# 2008 on win server 2008

557 byte By bagh13 at 2008-2-23
I have win server 2008 beta2 (build 6001), I tried to install Visual studio.net 2008 beta2 and I couldn'tI tried also to install VC# 2008 express beta2, but got a problem says:the following component canno't ba installed :-windows SDK win32 Tools for VS express.and every thing stops !!!I ...

Is there any support for Workflow Foundation project in Visual C# Express Orcas?

325 byte By eriawan at 2008-2-22
Hi, I'm curious to know about Workflow Foundation project in Visual C# Express Orcas. I've been using Workflow Foundation addin for VS 2005 and I can't find it in VS C# Orcas. Does VS C# Orcas have support for Workflow Foundation project such as creating Activity or Sequence? Please help, ...

How do I disable the XAML visual designer ("Cider")?

272 byte By YuvalGilboa at 2008-2-22
I want to disable the XAML visual designer ("Cider") and work using only the XAML text editor. This is because the visual designer does not handle well the kind of XAML files that I'm writing. I found no option in VS to do so. Any suggestions?

problem installing both VC++ and VCS express 2008 beta

864 byte By khapahk at 2008-2-21
Hello, I am trying to install both VC++ and VCS from DVD image ( express 2008 beta ) I installed VC++ correctly, but then I tried to install VCS after and I don't get any access to VCS ide ? I tried to reinstall VCS several times, but result is the same I thought that maybe ide is the same for ...

problem installing both VC++ and VCS express 2008 beta

864 byte By khapahk at 2008-2-20
Hello, I am trying to install both VC++ and VCS from DVD image ( express 2008 beta ) I installed VC++ correctly, but then I tried to install VCS after and I don't get any access to VCS ide ? I tried to reinstall VCS several times, but result is the same I thought that maybe ide is the same for ...

Books to learn from

828 byte By ALFO68 at 2008-2-19
Hi I am just starting off with programming and would like some guidance on books. I was originally looking at c++ but I am now edging more towards c#. I like the SAMS series of books (thats beginner level for me) but of course they are all 2005 based. Should I go ahead an acquire a 2005 ...

Registering Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions

396 byte By RameshSwantha at 2008-2-18
Hi, I am unable to register the vs2008 beta 2. I try register the product by clicking register menu under Help Menu form VS 2008 IDE but after getting my userid and pwd the page is showing blank i am not getting any information furture. Kindly help me in registering vs2008 so that i get all ...

VB Express 2008 Registration Problem

1303 byte By MichaelSpence at 2008-2-17
Hi, I am having the same problem registering VB Express 2008 Beta2. I downloded the ISO file, created the CD, and installed it. The installation went as expected, no errors etc, but when I try to register the product, it takes me to the Live ID login page, after entering the correct details it ...

problem installing both VC++ and VCS express 2008 beta

864 byte By khapahk at 2008-2-16
Hello, I am trying to install both VC++ and VCS from DVD image ( express 2008 beta ) I installed VC++ correctly, but then I tried to install VCS after and I don't get any access to VCS ide ? I tried to reinstall VCS several times, but result is the same I thought that maybe ide is the same for ...

Switching from .Net 3.5 to 2.0

326 byte By EdwardKeenan at 2008-2-15
When you start a new project, .Net 3.5 is used by default. Is there a correct procedure for switching to 2.0? When I attempt to do so in my test program, I wound up with errors. Edward K. ...

Books to learn from

828 byte By ALFO68 at 2008-2-15
Hi I am just starting off with programming and would like some guidance on books. I was originally looking at c++ but I am now edging more towards c#. I like the SAMS series of books (thats beginner level for me) but of course they are all 2005 based. Should I go ahead an acquire a 2005 ...

Switching from .Net 3.5 to 2.0

326 byte By EdwardKeenan at 2008-2-15
When you start a new project, .Net 3.5 is used by default. Is there a correct procedure for switching to 2.0? When I attempt to do so in my test program, I wound up with errors. Edward K. ...

Publish error in default projects - SignTool.exe not found

1728 byte By Audiosapien at 2008-2-15
Hi, I get an error when attempting to Build->Publish either a new Windows Forms or WPFApplication. The project builds fine, but when trying to publish I get the following errors: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5.20404\Microsoft.Common.targets : warning MSB3155: Item ...

Switching from .Net 3.5 to 2.0

326 byte By EdwardKeenan at 2008-2-15
When you start a new project, .Net 3.5 is used by default. Is there a correct procedure for switching to 2.0? When I attempt to do so in my test program, I wound up with errors. Edward K. ...

C# 2008 learning

393 byte By smicory at 2008-2-14
Hey I'm in the middle of learning VS2008 for C# and I was wondering if there are any tools that are out there. I am also intersted in WPF apps but I couldn't find anything to help me with it. Anyone outh there that knows any cool tools let me that would be awsome. -thanks ...

Debug Location toolbar

583 byte By JoeAlbahari at 2008-2-14
I notice the "Debug Location" toolbar seems to be missing in Visual Studio Express - is this intentional?Now that (a) multicore machines are pretty much standard, (b) MS are pushing the 'responsive user experience'multithreading is becoming bread-and-butter stuff, even in simple ...

Registering Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions

396 byte By RameshSwantha at 2008-2-13
Hi, I am unable to register the vs2008 beta 2. I try register the product by clicking register menu under Help Menu form VS 2008 IDE but after getting my userid and pwd the page is showing blank i am not getting any information furture. Kindly help me in registering vs2008 so that i get all ...

Registering Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions

396 byte By RameshSwantha at 2008-2-13
Hi, I am unable to register the vs2008 beta 2. I try register the product by clicking register menu under Help Menu form VS 2008 IDE but after getting my userid and pwd the page is showing blank i am not getting any information furture. Kindly help me in registering vs2008 so that i get all ...

Debug Location toolbar

583 byte By JoeAlbahari at 2008-2-12
I notice the "Debug Location" toolbar seems to be missing in Visual Studio Express - is this intentional?Now that (a) multicore machines are pretty much standard, (b) MS are pushing the 'responsive user experience'multithreading is becoming bread-and-butter stuff, even in simple ...

VS 2008 Beta 2 Question.

517 byte By danskcarvalho at 2008-2-11
Is there a .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1? When I install VS 2008 Express Beta 2, my .NET 3.0 turns on .NET 3.0 SP1. The problem is that I have Microsoft Expression Blend installed and it works properly until I install VS Beta 2. After that, there's some glitches on Expression Blender User ...

Registering Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions

396 byte By RameshSwantha at 2008-2-10
Hi, I am unable to register the vs2008 beta 2. I try register the product by clicking register menu under Help Menu form VS 2008 IDE but after getting my userid and pwd the page is showing blank i am not getting any information furture. Kindly help me in registering vs2008 so that i get all ...

Debug Location toolbar

583 byte By JoeAlbahari at 2008-2-10
I notice the "Debug Location" toolbar seems to be missing in Visual Studio Express - is this intentional?Now that (a) multicore machines are pretty much standard, (b) MS are pushing the 'responsive user experience'multithreading is becoming bread-and-butter stuff, even in simple ...

DataDirectory seems to have been corrupted and Forms Designer is getting confused.

4698 byte By LazLong at 2008-2-8
I've been working on a little project using Orcas (as a test) for a while with no problems. It's Windows Forms-based with a simple MDF database (created using Orcas) that attaches at run-time. Now, seemingly all of a sudden, when I try to open the main form to design some more I get two ...

VS 2008 Beta 2 Question.

517 byte By danskcarvalho at 2008-2-8
Is there a .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1? When I install VS 2008 Express Beta 2, my .NET 3.0 turns on .NET 3.0 SP1. The problem is that I have Microsoft Expression Blend installed and it works properly until I install VS Beta 2. After that, there's some glitches on Expression Blender User ...

VS 2008 Beta 2 Bug and Question.

517 byte By danskcarvalho at 2008-2-7
Is there a .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1? When I install VS 2008 Express Beta 2, my .NET 3.0 turns on .NET 3.0 SP1. The problem is that I have Microsoft Expression Blend installed and it works properly until I install VS Beta 2. After that, there's some glitches on Expression Blender User ...

Setup problems

791 byte By DarkPontiac at 2008-2-7
I recently have install the beta 2 of VC# 08 Express and when i used that to build the application, people with Internet Explorer 6 where having tourble installing the apps.So i uninstalled all and reverted back to VC# 2005 express and now nothing runs the setup! I am doing an internet install ...

Missing element in WPF Tutorial

465 byte By bushranger at 2008-2-7
G'day all. I was working through the WPF Tutorial creating the Ink Pad project. The Tutorial asks for an InkCanvas control to be placed on the form but I can only see a Canvas control. I tried to use that but there is no Strokes method available. I'm using the Beta 2 version. Is there ...

How do I disable the XAML visual designer ("Cider")?

272 byte By YuvalGilboa at 2008-2-7
I want to disable the XAML visual designer ("Cider") and work using only the XAML text editor. This is because the visual designer does not handle well the kind of XAML files that I'm writing. I found no option in VS to do so. Any suggestions?

C# Express Orcas does not detect changes to XAML files.

489 byte By YuvalGilboa at 2008-2-6
When I click "Run" (Start without debugging) after making changes to a XAML file through the XAML text editor, VS does not detect the changes and runs the application without first rebuilding it. I have to click "Build" before clicking "Run" for the changes to take ...

Urgent, help needed!

339 byte By TimoS at 2008-2-6
I spent too many hours for searchin events of the specific control. Why it's not like in Visual C# Express 2005. There was a properties dialog, and in the top there was a little lightning icon, then you clicked it and there you are, all the events of the control. How can I find them in Visual ...

Cannot start debugging a project

1245 byte By AWilco at 2008-2-5
I have a WPF forms application, which I've left dormant for a while, and come back to, however when I try to debug it I get the following exception: Value cannot be null.\r\nParameter name: activationContext " at ...

Linq to Sql designer generated code won''t compile

829 byte By amaprog at 2008-2-5
Hi, I'm using Visual C# Express Orcas Beta and i'm having a very strange problem.The Linq to Sql designer generated code won't compile.I'm getting the following error messages:The type or namespace name 'Association' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Data.Linq' (are you missing an ...

Cannot convert type ''string'' to ''char[]''

368 byte By zzatti at 2008-2-4
Hi How can I convert? TIA zz ...

Linq to SQL - Column Lengths

565 byte By JohnWalker at 2008-2-4
Is it possible to determine the length of a column (property) from a Dlinq query? For example, I would like to set the maxlength property of a textbox to the length of a column in my database. I can't see any way to do this with the Dlinq object model. For example:MyDatabaseContext db = new ...

Can .Net framework 1.1 connect to SQLserver 2005 Express?

184 byte By pohjoon at 2008-2-4
I'm creating an application using ASP.net and VB.net framework 1.1. Can it run with SQLserver 2005 Express Edition? Please advice. Thanks and regards, PJ

Is there any support for Workflow Foundation project in Visual C# Express Orcas?

325 byte By eriawan at 2008-2-4
Hi, I'm curious to know about Workflow Foundation project in Visual C# Express Orcas. I've been using Workflow Foundation addin for VS 2005 and I can't find it in VS C# Orcas. Does VS C# Orcas have support for Workflow Foundation project such as creating Activity or Sequence? Please help, ...

.aspx Designer/Markup mode not available (june ctp)

549 byte By zerosleep at 2008-2-3
After creating a fresh Vista VPC and following these instructions: http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2007/07/02/ado-net-entity-framework-june-2007-ctp-now-available.aspx I can't view any .aspx files in markup/designer mode. I just get a greyed out tab w/ the filename. Eventually VWDEE ...

Linq to SQL - Column Lengths

565 byte By JohnWalker at 2008-2-3
Is it possible to determine the length of a column (property) from a Dlinq query? For example, I would like to set the maxlength property of a textbox to the length of a column in my database. I can't see any way to do this with the Dlinq object model. For example:MyDatabaseContext db = new ...

Linq to Sql designer generated code won't compile

829 byte By amaprog at 2008-2-2
Hi, I'm using Visual C# Express Orcas Beta and i'm having a very strange problem.The Linq to Sql designer generated code won't compile.I'm getting the following error messages:The type or namespace name 'Association' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Data.Linq' (are you missing an ...

Visual inheritance of ToolStrip

1273 byte By BavDev at 2008-2-2
Hello,So far with VS2005, visual inheritance of the ToolStrip components is not supported. Someone from MS pointed out that this may be fixed with future versions. I have installed Visual C# express Orcas to see if the visual inheritance issues of those controls had been improved.I have a base ...

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