In the Solution Explorer right click on the project that should be the start up project for your application and choose the Set As Start Up Project option. Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

First create an IIS application using the IIS MMC. Then in Visual Studio .NET, use the "New Project In Existing Folder" project template (at the end of the template list). It will first ask you for the project name (use the same one you created for the IIS application). Click OK button. Then enter in physical folder location. You must first create an IIS application using the IIS MMC. Then in Visual Studio .NET, create a new ASP.

When your application is launched from Visual Studio in Debug mode, you will see all trace and debug messages in the Output window. Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

Use our Mono Migration Analysis tool to check if everything that your application uses has been implemented in Mono or if there are special considerations to keep in mind. The Mono API today is somewhere in between .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0, see our Roadmap for details about what is implemented.

The service has been tested with a C# client auto-generated from WSDL by the wsdl.exe tool. It should work fine from any .NET language.

I have code snippets that I use often. How can I manage them so I can easily used them? In Visual Studio, you can store commonly used code snippets on a tab (other than the Clipboard ring) in your Toolbox. You use drag and drop techniques to move the...

Use the ToolboxItem attribute set to false on your component or control class. This will prevent it from appearing in the Toolbox. [ ToolboxItem( false ) ] public class MyComponent : Component{..} Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

No. While Visual Studio makes deploying "ClickOnce" applications simple, there are several other ways to deploy "ClickOnce" applications. The .NET Framework SDK includes a tool named MAGE(Manifest Editor & Generator) that provides both a UI (mageui...

VB.NET can perform decent auto-formatting for code. Here is a macro that can call this Auto Formatting command for all the files in a project. Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

How do I get the default namespace of a C# project in Visual Studio? To get the default namespace of a C# project developed using VS.NET, you need to right-click on the project in the Solution Explorer and then choose Properties | Common Properties |...

Bacause MonoDevelop does not look for assemblies in the GAC. MonoDevelop uses pkg-config to locate installed packages and get the list of assemblies that each package provides. A package specifies this list of assemblies in a .pc file which has to be installed in the standard pkg-config directory. If you are developing a library, MonoDevelop can automatically generate a .pc file for your project (in the project options dialog, select "Linux Deployment Settings", and check the "Generate .

Yes, but you must do them one at a time. You can achieve this by varying the Language property on the publish page for each publish. However, it may be more practical to automate this at the command-line using MSBuild. No. The Language setting on the publish page only allows choosing one language at a time. Also, the bootstrapper is only designed to include packages for a single language. Yes, you can create an application manifest that defines satellites for multiple cultures.

See the article A Utility to Convert VS.NET 2003 Project Files on The Code Project . Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

You can set the build order of the projects by right clicking on the Solution and choosing Project Build Order and adjusting the dependencies on the Dependencies tab in the Project Dependencies window that pops up. Contributed from George Shepherd's...

Simply type devenv.exe from the command line. If you get a message like this, then you do not have devenv.exe in your path. >>> 'devenv.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. >>>...

In case the output window of Visual Studio has focus it cannot be written to. You probably have selected the output window in this case. A work-around is to select another window, e.g. the editor window, and start up the TICS analysis once again. Microsoft changed its way of dealing with URL's in the output Window. In VS.NET 2003 one has to touch both the control key ('Ctrl') and left mouse button at the same time.

In IE go to Tools/Internet Options.../Advanced Tab and clear the "Disable Script Debugging" check box options. In VS.Net in your project properties dialog, select "Debugging" under "Configuration Properties" and make sure that "Enable ASP.Net Debugging" is turned on. You can then set break points in script code in VS.Net in custom script files or the application aspx file. VS.Net should give you detailed debugging information for variables in the scope just like other high-level languages.

Yes. In order to do this you will need to buy Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and a Client Access License for proper communication with the server. Team Explorer, which is included with Team Foundation Server, is a stand alone client that uses the Visual Studio 2005 shell providing a UI for source control, work item tracking and all the other features. For more information on licensing Visual Studio Team System (including Team Foundation Server) see the Team System Licensing White Paper.

Assuming that you have successfully installed C-Sharpener For VB, the menu option should automatically appear. If it doesn't appear, then try the following: Turn on the checkbox to the left of C-Sharpener For VB and click the OK button. The menu option should now appear.

In the project's General Properities, specify Class2 as the "Startup Object". The dropdown contains all classes with a Main method specified. Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ