Recent update: 2008-3-21
Hi, We currently are using an OMG UML tool to create class diagrams, and we are now upgrading to Visual Studio 2005 and plan on using Whitehorse. Can Whitehorse accept class diagrams that are developed in a third-party UML tool? I know other UML tools can accept class diagrams via XDI, ...
When the FAQ for Class Designer states "Class Designer in Visual Studio 2005 does not support C++, but is a top priority for the next release of Visual Studio" -- what constitutes the 'next release'? Does this mean a service pack or that C++ developers are left out until Visual Studio ...
The class designer is a great idea. It doesn't seem to support namespaces though. It would be nice to be able to group by namespace. Also when creating a class in the designer to be able to name which namespace it was to go into, perhaps as our folders replicate the namespace, which folder ...
I am interested in creating a visual designer for our company to create class libraries following a specific design pattern (ie. based on the CSLA framework). I understand from other posts that customizing the output of the class designer is not supported. However, there seems to be alot of ...
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KJV at 2008-3-1
I have Visio 2003 (Professional) on my system and I would like to use it with Visual Studio 2005 for reverse engeneering without having the expense of upgrading my Visual Studio edition. Is this possible? If not why not - seems to me one purchases Visio in good faith and then purchases VS2005 ...
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KJV at 2008-2-28
I have Visio 2003 (Professional) on my system and I would like to use it with Visual Studio 2005 for reverse engeneering without having the expense of upgrading my Visual Studio edition. Is this possible? If not why not - seems to me one purchases Visio in good faith and then purchases VS2005 ...
We’ve published a set of set of add-ins which augments existing functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and the Distributed Systems Designers. The Design Tools Enhancements add-in provides a common set of features that can be used by both the Class Designer and the Distributed ...
When I attempt to install the Modeling Power Toys for VS 2005, I get the error: "This setup requires the Microsoft Visual J# Redistributable Package version 2.0.50215." Is there a newer version of the install somewhere that is built for the release version of VS2005?
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VinceP at 2008-2-25
I'm trying to install the Modeling Power Toys msi with a new install of VS 2005 RC1 and receive this error: This setup requires the Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistruibutate package version 2.0.50215. I'm going to try to load up the source and compile myself.
i remenber vs2003 can work visio2003 so it can reverse my project and draw Class Pitcures, but why my vs2005 cant ? and add-on can do this ?
I have fixed and re-compiled the code for VS2005RTM. Some references were missing and non-existend interface to unit-test generation was left out. You can download it from the Netron Project website: http://netron.sourceforge.net/wp/?p=154 Incomprehensible these 'toys' were not included in ...
is there a class designer in vbexpress2005 or an addin tool for and if so how do i use it/implement it
Hi guys, I m trying to use the component technology of Visual basic.NET in order to create a customized menu control in this context: I have menu items that must change according to the active windows form (the form that has the focus in each moment); so since the menu items re so similar and ...
While I am debugging an application it would be really cool if I coulld see my active objects in object test bench. it will be really visual for a programmer especially new to OO. I guess it would consume lots of RAM but it would be so cool
The class details window is no longer accessible after you set it's autohide property. The workaround you proposed, as far as I know, is: DO NOT SET THE AUTOHIDE PROPERTY.This was reported to you many months ago during the BETA cycle, and now the bug persists in the RTM.This is very annoying ...
I'll like to add nested types within the class designer, how can I do that?I found a reference to an add-in (PowerToys) but that's build for Beta2 ( http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=fe72608b-2b28-4cc1-9866-ea6f805f45f3), any updates for final release date for this ...
Hi there,When I add a new Class Diagram to my project, I get the following message when it shows on screen:-Method not found: 'Boolean EnvDTE80.CodeClass2.get_IsShared()' errorI am unable to do anything with the class diagram at all and have to repeatedly click the okay button and close ...
I'm having a problem with the Class Details window. Click on the following link to see the corresponding bug details: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewFeedback.aspx?feedbackid=914d3c3f-efdd-41ed-8c6c-da5ed91f48dbWhen I click on a class in the Class Designer, the Class Details ...
Hi. I want to capture the "moment" when one Class is associated with another class, in order to fill some attributes on both classes. How can i do that? Thanks, ALain
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Gluber at 2008-2-17
Hi there ! First let me say that VS2005 is really a good product and we have been using it since its beta1 release. Today i wanted to try out the new class designer feature for the first time, but got some small problems. Generally it works fine, but drawing Associations between two classes is ...
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Reuben at 2008-2-16
<font face="Times New Roman">I've looked up all the information on using the class designer, but I can't find a .cd file in the New Item menu. Assistance would be appreciated. Reuben</font>
Hi,I manage to install VS2005 on two computers. One is working fine. With the other one, I've got some issue.When I switch to design view, I get the message :"Could not load type 'Micrososft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsRunningDocuementTable2' from assembly ...
When I attempt to install the Modeling Power Toys for VS 2005, I get the error: "This setup requires the Microsoft Visual J# Redistributable Package version 2.0.50215." Is there a newer version of the install somewhere that is built for the release version of VS2005?
Hi. I want to capture the "moment" when one Class is associated with another class, in order to fill some attributes on both classes. How can i do that? Thanks, ALain
Hi, I'm using VS 2005 Team Suite Beta 2, and can't seem to get Class Designer to visualize anything in a web site project. I can't even see my namespaces/classes in the Class View window.I found a thread here that stated there were problems with the class designer in beta 1 and some CTPs, ...
After upgrade from B2 to RTM, I get an error loading the class designer when I start VS.See http://jonesie.net.nz/VisualStudioRTMProblem.aspx for details.How can I fix this - reinstall ? ...
I've installed VS.NET 2005 RC1 on 2 machines. I've a project that was created with VS.NET 2005 Team Suite Beta2, including a class design file. On machine 1, I've no problems with Class Designer. On machine 2, whenever I start Visual Studio, I receive the following in a Yes / No Message Box ...
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VinceP at 2008-2-14
I'm trying to install the Modeling Power Toys msi with a new install of VS 2005 RC1 and receive this error: This setup requires the Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistruibutate package version 2.0.50215. I'm going to try to load up the source and compile myself.
When I add my old VS 2003 user controls to the ToolBox in VS2005 RC1 and then try to drag one of the controls onto my Windows Form, I'm receiving: Failed to create component "(My control created and used in VS2003)". The error message follows: 'System.NullReferenceException: Object reference ...
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IgorZ at 2008-2-13
Does anybody know a good class designer which integrates with VS.NET 2003 ?
imediately followed by another message: "The operation could not be completed".I got the two messages when I create a new C# project and then choose "View Class diagram" on Form1.cs.After this happens I can't open either code or designer window for Form1!I'm using Visual Studio Team Suite RC ...
imediately followed by another message: "The operation could not be completed".I got the two messages when I create a new C# project and then choose "View Class diagram" on Form1.cs.After this happens I can't open either code or designer window for Form1!I'm using Visual Studio Team Suite RC ...
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dwj at 2008-2-10
Is there a way to generate code from a class diagram? Given a project without the type on a class diagram, wouldn't it be nice to be able to generate that stub? If there is a way to do this, please let me know. If not, why not? Thanks!
John Stallo and I will be hosting a webcast on MSDN this Friday from 11 PM to 12 noon PST. We will cover some of the features not covered in the previous presentations, channel 9 videos like resiliency of class diagrams in team scenarios, using class diagrams for documentation and the PowerToys ...
I've installed VS.NET 2005 RC1 on 2 machines. I've a project that was created with VS.NET 2005 Team Suite Beta2, including a class design file. On machine 1, I've no problems with Class Designer. On machine 2, whenever I start Visual Studio, I receive the following in a Yes / No Message Box ...
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VinceP at 2008-2-8
I'm trying to install the Modeling Power Toys msi with a new install of VS 2005 RC1 and receive this error: This setup requires the Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistruibutate package version 2.0.50215. I'm going to try to load up the source and compile myself.
From what I've seen (And can remember), the Class Designer made use of the <summary> and <remarks> XML documentation tags. Is there a way to add additional tags? I've been experimenting with using custom XML documentation tags to replace traditional "property def" documents by ...
There are UML diagrams that are really only useful during planning, and become obsolete after that. I have found robustness diagrams to be like this, although we can argue whether or not they even count as UML.Other diagrams, sequences in particular, I find to be essential tools that I simply ...
Is it possible to make comments snap-to-grid when resizing and moving like the other shapes? The ability to adjust alignment within the comments would also be handy, I'm assuming that this isn't possible?
I have the following directory structure in my project: src DAO DAOFactory ImplASA ImplMSSQL CriteriaFactory ImplASA ImplMSSQL I am trying to create a new class diagram however, when I add a new class or a new interface I can only specify the class name, not the namespace so all the ...
hi, How to represent class and property in image format. I'm working in RDF concept here I want to represent class and Property as a image separtelly. Thanks in Adv. bye Muralidharan TR
Hi,If I try to create a class diagram in a VS 2005 B2 C++/CLI windows app project, I get an error saying "Unable to create class diagram file "file URL". Make sure you have file system permissions to create the file and have disk space availalbe.When I try the same operation from a C# project, ...
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Balram at 2008-2-5
How do I create one? I just can't find the Class Diagram template under the New Item.. menu in solution explorer for a Project? Howe do I go about adding this in?. Thanks in advance Balram
I'm having a problem with the Class Details window. Click on the following link to see the corresponding bug details: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewFeedback.aspx?feedbackid=914d3c3f-efdd-41ed-8c6c-da5ed91f48dbWhen I click on a class in the Class Designer, the Class Details ...
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Uziels at 2008-2-4
.cd files saves information about classes and files names. - Where the class members are kept? - Where can I find help/sdk about class designer api (Microsoft.VisualStudio.EnterpriseTools.*)
I am attempting to create a read-only property and for whatever reason the Accessor property says Read-write and is not editable. Am i missing something or is the only way to alter the accessor of a property by going to the code file and modifying it manually? Thanks!Fantastic tool by the way! ...
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Greg1 at 2008-2-4
With Version 1, in order to visualize classes from other (referenced) projects within a solution on a class diagram in particular project, you first have to build the referenced projects. Are there plans to enhance the tool in future versions, such that it won't be necessary to actually build ...
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IgorZ at 2008-2-4
Does anybody know a good class designer which integrates with VS.NET 2003 ?
Is there a way to bind a template code on class or method levels
Hi,Would there be a Document only purpose of class designer? I really love the Interface that's being provided. Im always using VISIO in documenting datalayer and once I saw the class designer I was amazed with the object representation of the class. Would there be a release that would also ...