Developer Documentation and Help System - Visual Studio
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Testing on VPC

254 byte By Acolin at 2008-3-7
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">If I create a MS Virtual PC with Visual Studio.NET IDE 2002 to test my Help 2 files, does dragging the HXS and collection files work, or does Help have to be registered? Thanks</font>

Visual Studio 2005 Beta Support: A Joke

1640 byte By SQLMSFT at 2008-3-6
I have spent most of the last week trying to use the Microsoft support and documentation to learn how to use SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. I have come up with a new phrase..."It just doesn't work."I downloaded the Microsoft online book for SQL Server 2005. First it would not install ...

Visual Studio 2005 Beta Support: A Joke...Updated

1640 byte By SQLMSFT at 2008-3-5
I have spent most of the last week trying to use the Microsoft support and documentation to learn how to use SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. I have come up with a new phrase..."It just doesn't work."I downloaded the Microsoft online book for SQL Server 2005. First it would not install ...

VS Help Display customization

1082 byte By FlorinB at 2008-3-3
Hello! I hope I am posting this topic in the right thread! I have a problem with the way Visual Studio is displaying help with MSDN installed offline. I use the external help because I navigate a lot through MSDN offline. But I find it very annoying that, every time I want to open a link to ...

VSTS 2005 (PDC bits) Installation and Running Issues...

846 byte By EduardoSobrino at 2008-3-1
I installed the given PDC VSTS 2005 and by the end it sort of failed still it finished the installation. An exception was thrown while "Executing Action: hxMerge_VSCC_v80" and request for the selecton of a debuger by just ignoring the issue it continue with the installation and later told me ...

DigitalPersona SDK.

537 byte By never_again at 2008-2-28
Hi, everyone. Could anybody tell me where can I download the DigitalPersona SDK? Was digging at www.digitalpersona.com, but didn't find a bit of useful info, only a few of useless .pdf files. I'll appreciate any help on this topic. if possible please post your answers to ...

Search text in help

687 byte By MagnusBlomberg at 2008-2-27
Hi! I really don't get how to search for information in the Visual Studio documentation version 2005 beta 2. Is it something general that I have missed?!?! My filter in the example below is set to Language: J#, JScript and Technology: ASP.NETWhen searching for "all objects" I get no hits. If I ...

external link checkers?

1679 byte By Acolin at 2008-2-26
Many of the method and properties links on my SSB SDK ActiveX version are broken. For example, Inkcolor method on Overview page. Ran link checker in HelpStudio and it finds many broken links, but not the ones on the Overview page. My HelpStudio link checker shows extra links. Once these are ...

Cannot get local version of MSDN to be called up from VS 2005

558 byte By JoeBarry at 2008-2-25
Hello,I have recently upgraded to VS 2005 release candidate. I then installed the full 2.6GB version of MSDN locally. I need to figure out how to get the local version of MSDN to be accessed from VS 2005. I have specified "Use local first, then online" as my option for help. Whenever I double ...

Generate documentation under .Net 2.0?

580 byte By JoannesVermorel at 2008-2-24
I really need to generate some documentation under .Net 2.0. I know that this issue has been raised in a previous post few month ago, but no explicit solution has been provided. Also the NDoc project seems dead (as suggest the broken wiki). Does anyone has a practical (even minimal) solution to ...

Rich Edit 2.0 control not found-was working 7hrs ago...please help

391 byte By dlippiet05 at 2008-2-23
i use a lot of web sites that use the rich edit controls...every thing was fine till last night after i installed an image editor and restarted...it worked when i switched user names on W2k pro but briefly...searched MS.com and nothing last time this happened i just reinstalled w2k but now i ...

Custom help filters option in Beta 2 help?

778 byte By SergeyM at 2008-2-22
In VS.NET 2003 I was able to create my custom filter using Help|Edit Filters and then use that filter in search. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do the same in VS 2005 Pro Beta 2.I've installed VSIP for VS 2005 (aka VS SDK) and would like to search on VSIP only. But there is no ...

Package "Visual Studio Common IDE Package" failed to load

545 byte By JeffAJames at 2008-2-22
I just installed the VS 2005 Beta 2, including the MSDN documentation. I can look at topics via the Index and Contents just fine; however, when I tried to click on the Search icon on the toolbar, I get a message that reads...Package "Visual Studio Common IDE Package" failed to load...and then ...

Microsoft Document Explorer cannot be shown because the specified help collection 'ms-help://MS

598 byte By EricChong at 2008-2-21
I have installed a RC version of VS Team Suite along with full MSDN installation. After completing installation, I'v got "Microsoft Document Explorer cannot be shown because the specified help collection 'ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en' is invalid" error when I have tried to access it by doing ...

Using MSDN Library of January 2005 witht Visual Studion 6.0

483 byte By hajure at 2008-2-20
Hi all,For reasons of compatibility, I am still using VC6.0. Until some time ago I was using the old MSDN Library of July 2001. So I had a context help on coding items by typing the "F1" button.Now, with the MSDN Library of January 2005, Visual Studio says "There's no MSDN Library indstalled". ...

What makes IntelliSense work or not?

471 byte By wikoh at 2008-2-20
If I add a new cpp-sourcefile to my project, that is just supposed to provide simplification funcs and macros for some API tasks, IntelliSense no longer displays function declarations when I begin typing a function call. I've #included the same headers Visual Studio did in my main source file, ...

Visual Studio .net 2003 Help does not work

705 byte By kalias at 2008-2-20
Hi! I have found yet another problem. I am trying to read through the tutorials that came with this progam and sadly, it does not work either. I get a server not found error in what looks like a browser incorporated in the software. Another thing that was interesting, the registration for this ...

Help system lacking in Visual Studio 2005 Beta

318 byte By jnickfl1 at 2008-2-19
I am concerned about the lack of features such as the "Search in Previous Results", "Search Titles Only", etc. in the help file included in VS 2005. I certainly hope this is rectified before tyhe product's ship date. The lack of these features makes searching tedious and inaccurate.What does ...

classic chm Help doesn't link to MSDN Library

282 byte By Acolin at 2008-2-18
on new PC, reinstalled VS and Library again, but links to commonly inherited NET members like "string" display a Page Not Found error, yet the help 2 versions work in VS and in H2 Viewer... is this a registry problem? does this relate to MS article 827054 or 318945? thanks

Linkgroups in Dynamic Help

1154 byte By vchu at 2008-2-17
I am using VS 2005 Beta 2, and I am having trouble grouping links in Dynamic Help. (FYI, I have followed the steps in http://www.helpware.net/mshelp2/demo/DynamicHelp.htm). I do not have a topic level HxA file, but I have a collection level HxA file. Here is the relevant content of the ...

Back/Forward buttons don't work in Help (Document Explorer)

241 byte By JonathanPotter at 2008-2-16
Since installing VS 2005 Beta 2 I have noticed that the back and forwards button on my Logitech MX-1000 mouse do not seem to be recognised in the Help application (Document Explorer). They do work fine everywhere else (in IE, for example).

VS Help Display customization

1082 byte By FlorinB at 2008-2-15
Hello! I hope I am posting this topic in the right thread! I have a problem with the way Visual Studio is displaying help with MSDN installed offline. I use the external help because I navigate a lot through MSDN offline. But I find it very annoying that, every time I want to open a link to ...

Back/Forward buttons don't work in Help (Document Explorer)

241 byte By JonathanPotter at 2008-2-15
Since installing VS 2005 Beta 2 I have noticed that the back and forwards button on my Logitech MX-1000 mouse do not seem to be recognised in the Help application (Document Explorer). They do work fine everywhere else (in IE, for example).

What makes IntelliSense work or not?

471 byte By wikoh at 2008-2-15
If I add a new cpp-sourcefile to my project, that is just supposed to provide simplification funcs and macros for some API tasks, IntelliSense no longer displays function declarations when I begin typing a function call. I've #included the same headers Visual Studio did in my main source file, ...

Package "Visual Studio Common IDE Package" failed to load

545 byte By JeffAJames at 2008-2-15
I just installed the VS 2005 Beta 2, including the MSDN documentation. I can look at topics via the Index and Contents just fine; however, when I tried to click on the Search icon on the toolbar, I get a message that reads...Package "Visual Studio Common IDE Package" failed to load...and then ...

Snippets - Is there a db that tells what snippets do?

402 byte By WoodyS at 2008-2-15
There are so many snippets provided by Microsoft that it is difficult to know whether there is a snippet already written that does what you want or not. It has occured to me that it would be helpful if there was some sort of database or list of the snippets with a description of what each ...

How to integrate already installed MSDN with Visual Studio 6?

222 byte By APSrinu at 2008-2-14
I have installed Visual Studio 6.0. Couple of days later, I have installed MSDN seperately. Now I want to integrate the installed MSDN with that of Visual Studio 6.0. Does anyone know how to do it? Thanks Sri

Why can't I find docs about... Asynchronous Pluggable Protocols?

206 byte By smak at 2008-2-14
I can't find docs about APP in Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 Documentation. Formerly (VS.net 2003 Combined Collection) - Library->Web Development->Networking->Asynchronous Pluggable Protocols

How to integrate already installed MSDN with Visual Studio 6?

221 byte By APSrinu at 2008-2-13
I have installed Visual Studio 6.0. Couple of days later, I have installed MSDN seperately. Now I want to integrate the installed MSDN with that of Visual Studio 6.0. Does anyone know how to do it? Thanks Sri

VSTS 2005 (PDC bits) Installation and Running Issues...

846 byte By EduardoSobrino at 2008-2-13
I installed the given PDC VSTS 2005 and by the end it sort of failed still it finished the installation. An exception was thrown while "Executing Action: hxMerge_VSCC_v80" and request for the selecton of a debuger by just ignoring the issue it continue with the installation and later told me ...

Online help doesn't work

1008 byte By Pgr at 2008-2-12
Hi, I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (version 8.0.50215.44, Beta 2.050215-4400) and I'm having trouble accessing online help - it seems as though the "Microsoft Document Explorer" can't see the Internet. When I press F1 to see the reference on some C# keyword, for example, I get the ...

Visual Studio .net 2003 Help does not work

705 byte By kalias at 2008-2-11
Hi! I have found yet another problem. I am trying to read through the tutorials that came with this progam and sadly, it does not work either. I get a server not found error in what looks like a browser incorporated in the software. Another thing that was interesting, the registration for this ...

Help system lacking in Visual Studio 2005 Beta

318 byte By jnickfl1 at 2008-2-10
I am concerned about the lack of features such as the "Search in Previous Results", "Search Titles Only", etc. in the help file included in VS 2005. I certainly hope this is rectified before tyhe product's ship date. The lack of these features makes searching tedious and inaccurate.What does ...

where is this Document Explorer?

113 byte By Acolin at 2008-2-10
is it free? Is it a seperate program? is it the same as Dexplore? Do I already have it somewhere with VS?

classic chm Help doesn't link to MSDN Library

282 byte By Acolin at 2008-2-8
on new PC, reinstalled VS and Library again, but links to commonly inherited NET members like "string" display a Page Not Found error, yet the help 2 versions work in VS and in H2 Viewer... is this a registry problem? does this relate to MS article 827054 or 318945? thanks

Image editor toolbar

273 byte By Brent_One at 2008-2-8
VS 2005 has a toolbar with a number of icons including: - airbrush tool - rectangle tool - fill tool .... plus many others. A quick search finds no docuentation on these features re this toolbar. Where can I find the documentation to support these features?

Windows 2003 Enterprise Server Problem

665 byte By TamNT at 2008-2-7
I set up a small network with Windows 2003 enterprise server as DNS server and about 10 Clients running on Windows XP pro. My server connect directly to internet through DSL Modem with IP address: 192.168.1.189, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, default gateway: 192.168.1.1. My clients have IP range ...

GridView. Template Controls.

244 byte By never_again at 2008-2-7
Hi! I have a GridView on my page with some data. I also have a template column in this GridView with a couple of controls (a textBox, a DropDownList and a Label). How can I reach these controls? Single line code samples are appreciated! ;)

Using MSDN Library of January 2005 witht Visual Studion 6.0

483 byte By hajure at 2008-2-7
Hi all,For reasons of compatibility, I am still using VC6.0. Until some time ago I was using the old MSDN Library of July 2001. So I had a context help on coding items by typing the "F1" button.Now, with the MSDN Library of January 2005, Visual Studio says "There's no MSDN Library indstalled". ...

Problems integrating help in VS 2005 Beta 2

2968 byte By JenSmith at 2008-2-7
Hi, we are having issues integrating with Help 2.x in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. We are using all the supplied Merge modules that ship with the VSIP 2005 SDK and are seeing different behavior on different machines, where some machines work and some machines don't. We are plugging into ...

Different Search Results for the same topic ?

1391 byte By TkNeo at 2008-2-6
http://whidbey.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_fxmclictl/html/e79a9d4e-64ec-41f5-93ec-f5492633cbb2.asp ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_fxmclictl/html/e79a9d4e-64ec-41f5-93ec-f5492633cbb2.htmBoth the links point to the same article. ...

Internet Connection in VS 2005

753 byte By ArshadSyed at 2008-2-6
Hi, I just installed VS 2005 on my machine, but my online help cannot be accessed. I keep getting the message: "The request failed with Http Status 407. Proxy authentication required". IE on my machine does have proxy authentication. Is there a fix for this? Thanks, Arshad ...

Can't repair Microsoft Document Explorer 8.0 - wrong Framework version

691 byte By Adec at 2008-2-5
I had a problem installinmg the June CTP of VS 2005 Team Suite, so I reverted back to Beta 2. I now have a faulty Microsoft Document Explorer 8.0 throwing exceptions, and when trying to repair it, I am informed that the Fx is not installed. When looking at the install.ini file in folder ...

Links to the MSDN online lib are wrong

392 byte By CamonZ at 2008-2-5
hi, i'm having the following problem some links to the msdn online library don't show the correct pages with it's images and all the things they should show, one example http://whidbey.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/T_System_Array.asp is there a way to ...

Search Error

426 byte By PaulDomag at 2008-2-4
Hi, I've been noticing that everytime I place a filter on my search in MSDN, the online searches (MSDN, Codezone, etc...) would result to an 'Invalid Token Error'. But the local search is just fine. Is this suppose t be a bug? BTW, im using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Documentation in beta ...

Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX Beta 1 and broken MSDN

249 byte By MarcinHoppe at 2008-2-4
Hello! I have recently installed Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX Beta 1 and it probably broken Table of Contents in Visual Studio 2005 MSDN Library. Do you know anything about it? Is it possible to rebuild the ToC in of VS 2005 MSDN Library?

How should I define filters that work for dynamic help in VS2003/5?

2285 byte By EdGraham at 2008-2-4
I am trying to find out how to define filters for Dynamic Help that respond to user-defined attributes within the HTML source files (as opposed to the context-sensitive messages emitted by the current object in focus inside Visual Studio). For full details, see below; any advice at all ...

Package Load Failure

376 byte By achristov at 2008-2-4
Althogh the installation of VS 2005 completted sucessfully I constantly get the following error message: Package 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.TestCaseManagement, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' has failed to load properly ...

Help Broken Help Editing Macros in VS 2005 Beta2

240 byte By KenWilson at 2008-2-3
I have found the fix that takes care of the broken help with the VS2005 Beta2 installation. However, I still have broken help if I try to use help while I'm in the macro editor. Does anyone know of a fix for this further problem? Thanks

Linkgroups in Dynamic Help

1154 byte By vchu at 2008-2-3
I am using VS 2005 Beta 2, and I am having trouble grouping links in Dynamic Help. (FYI, I have followed the steps in http://www.helpware.net/mshelp2/demo/DynamicHelp.htm). I do not have a topic level HxA file, but I have a collection level HxA file. Here is the relevant content of the ...

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