Visual Studio 2003 is a version of Microsoft Visual Studio. Do not use this tag unless you have a specific question about Visual Studio -- not just a coding issue.
Questions tagged [visual-studio-2003]
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VS 2003 - The IDE never hits a breakpoint
I have a pretty old VS 2003 web app that I've finally been able to run via F5. However, the IDE doesn't break on any breakpoints.
I think this is related to the confgiuration. Previously, when I pulled up the properties of the project and went to…

ernest
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Where are reference paths saved for a web project?
I have seen posts that say reference paths entered in project pages are saved to .user files.
But for my web project I don't see a .user file
I am using vs2003 (don't ask!)

Dan Johnson
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What does TFS mean by Keeping a nonexistent file or Automerging with it?
When trying to merge a newer version of a project with an older one, I get, "The item has been deleted in the target branch" and it gives me three options:
Restore File And AutoMerge
Keep Target Branch Version
Take Source Branch Version
...as can…

B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
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Available options for compiling a large ASP .NET application
I've started working on an existing, large ASP.NET project and I'd love to get some feedback on better ways to organize the project as a whole. This question was somewhat related but doesn't really have enough specific details to help an ASP.NET…

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does the enum hack work in C? If so, is it supposed to work in VisualStudio 2003?
I hate defines. In the quest of eliminating as many of them as possible from an old code base, I need to rely on the enum-hack for defining structures containing arrays. Unfortunately, I'm not getting it to compile when the incriminated .h file gets…

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Visual Studio 2003: collapse all projects upon startup
I have a solution with about 150 projects. When I open the solution, half of them appear to be randomly opened. I want to open the solution with all the projects collapsed. I want to uncollapse only the one I choose after opening the solution.
How…

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Visual Studio line deletion
Is there any way in Visual Studio 2003 that I can delete a line without it being copied into the clipboard?
There are instances when I want to copy the first line of a block of text and then delete the following n lines but this then puts the last…

Sean
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How to detect design time in a VS.NET 2003 control library project
Code below is not working as expected to detect if it is in design mode (VS.Net 2003 - Control Library):
if (this.Site != null && this.Site.DesignMode == true)
{
// Design Mode
}
else
{
// Run-time
}
It is used in a complex user control,…

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Error while running .Net 1.1 Application in visual studio
I get the following message when I try to run a .net 1.1 web application in Visual Studio 2003:
Error while trying to run project.Unable to start debugging on the web server. There is no managed code running in the process. In order to attach a…

Anshuman Jasrotia
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Building VS 2003 Solution Using Devenv.com on Build Server With Windows Server 2008 R2
I am trying to build .NET Framework 1.1 solution (VS 2003) on a TFS build server 2008 which is on windows server 2008 R2 machine. I am following the instructions from this website
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nagarajp/archive/2005/10/26/485368.aspx
and…

Baahubali
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Datagrid in a pop up + when paging, the popup disappears because the page loadsW,
I am showing a pop up with datagrid on it. When i try to go to next page the pop up closes because the page loads. What should i do to prevent the page to load or to not close the popup?
BTW, I am using Visual Studio 2003 :|

Liz
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Visual Studio 2003 - Corruption in project - Not displaying project properties
I am using Visual Studio 2003 and I having a strange problem. I have a solution file in which several projects are added. However, due to some corruption, i cannot see the properties of one project. It gives a message box saying "unspecified error"…

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Converting Visual Studio 2008 project to 2003
Very blunt and to the point, but does anyone know how to convert a visual studio 2008 project to visual studio 2003, I'm meant to be delivering some stuff to a client and they only work in 2003.
Sorry someone makes a very good point, what language,…

Henry B
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How to set a windows form's AcceptButton to None at run time
To set a form's AcceptButton at runtime, I'm doing this:
this.AcceptButton = this.btnButtonName;
But can anyone tell me how to clear the form's AcceptButton, something like:
this.AcceptButton = None;
Thanks.
Iain
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Refactoring plug-in for Visual Studio 2003
Are there any free refactoring tools available for Visual Studio 2003? ReSharper seems to require a license key.

Omer Bokhari
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