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• Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Release Notes
  Contains the contents of the Release Notes from Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
• Description of the security update for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development platform
  Describes the security update for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development platform.
• How to obtain the latest Visual Studio 2005 service pack
  Describes how to obtain service packs for Visual Studio 2005. Includes links to fix list information and to release notes.
• List of bugs that are fixed in Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
  Lists Microsoft Knowledge Base articles about bugs that Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 includes fixes for.
• Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista release notes
  Describes issues that concern installation, un-installation, and changes for Visual Studio Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista.
• List of new features and issues that are fixed in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 software update for Visual Studio 2005
  Lists the new features and fixed issues that are contained in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This service pack is a software update for Visual Studio 2005.
• How to enumerate the software products that are installed on a computer by using the My namespace in Visual Basic 2005
  Describes how to enumerate the software products that are installed on a computer by using Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 and the Windows registry. Sample code is provided.
• How to play .wav sound files and system sounds by using the My namespace in Visual Basic 2005
  Provides step-by-step instructions to play audio files by using the My namespace in Visual Basic 2005.
• How to switch between forms in a Windows Forms application that is built by using Visual Basic 2005
  Describes how to switch between forms in a Windows Forms application by using the My.Forms object in Visual Basic 2005.
• How to debug a COM+ component by using Visual Studio 2005 or by using Visual Studio .NET
  Discusses how to debug a COM+ component by using Visual Studio 2005 or by using Visual Studio .NET. Includes instructions for how to debug a local COM+ component and a remote COM+ component.
• How to enable tracing in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
  Describes how to enable tracing in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals by setting the Tracing registry key.
• How to change the value of the ComVisibleAttribute attribute in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes the methods to change the value of the ComVisibleAttribute attribute in Visual Studio 2005. By default, the value of this attribute is set to True.
• List of issues that are fixed in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 for Visual Studio 2005
  Also lists the new features in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2.
• How to handle dates and times that include DST
  Describes developer guidelines for date handling and for time handling. Includes guidelines to handle DST.
• How to use Visual Studio 2005 to create an ASP.NET 2.0 Web application that uses drop-down lists for users to edit data
  Provides step-by-step instructions to replace the default text boxes with drop-down list boxes in GridView controls. The sample project uses the PUBS database in SQL Server 2000 as the data source.
• You may encounter connectivity issues when you connect an application to SQL Server 2008 CTP
  Describes the compatibility of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview.

Troubleshooting

• When you have more than one Visual Studio 2005 product installed, and you uninstall an update for only one of the products, the shared files are rolled back to their earlier versions
  Describes an issue that occurs if you uninstall an update for one Visual Studio 2005 product when you have more than one product installed. This issue may leave the computer in a vulnerable state if the update is a security update.
• A shared file is rolled back when you uninstall a previously installed update for one edition or SKU on a computer that has more than one edition or SKU of any version of Visual Studio installed
  Discusses an issue that leaves the computer in a potentially vulnerable state.
• The Visual Studio development environment crashes when you open Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, or Visual Studio 2010
  Describes an issue in which the Visual Studio development environment crashes. This issue occurs when you open Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, or Visual Studio 2010.
• Debugging fails, and you do not receive a clear error message about the failure in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes the problem that the application does not run on the device, and debugging fails. Requires that you change the deployment target to resolve the problem.
• BUG: You may receive compilation errors when you define the _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC constant and include the Stdlib.h file in a C++ application in Visual Studio 2005
  Discusses a problem where you receive compilation errors in Visual Studio 2005 when you compile a C++ application that defines the _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC constant and the Crtdbg.h file is included before the Stdlib.h file.
• You receive error messages when Visual Studio 2005 upgrades MapPoint Web Service SDK 4.1 sample projects
  Describes problems that occur in Visual Studio 2005 when you try to compile MapPoint Web Service SDK 4.1 sample projects. Discusses several methods to resolve these problems.
• The "Add New Item" dialog box does not display all the item templates that are available in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes a problem that occurs when the "Add New Item" dialog box displays a subdirectory in the Categories pane.
• FIX: You cannot uninstall Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 by using the installation file
  Describes a problem where you cannot uninstall Visual Studio 2005 SP1 by using the installation file. A resolution is provided.
• Error message when you try to import a Transact-SQL script in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals: "The .sql file contains more than one data definition language (DDL) statement."
  Discusses a problem that may occur when a Transact-SQL script contains multiple constraint statements. Describes a workaround.
• You may receive an error message when you try to populate a SQL Server 2000 table with a Data Generation plan in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals: "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Disallowed implicit conversion from data type nte
  Describes a problem in which a Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Data Generation plan may not work when you try to populate a table that has a varchar or nvarchar field that contains more than 4000 characters.
• You may receive error messages when you build a team project that contains a database unit test in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
  Describes a problem in which a database project in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals that contains database unit tests may fail when you build the project in a team project.
• You receive a warning message when you use a four-part name or a three-part name for a SQL Server 2005 database project in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
  Describes a behavior that occurs because four-part names and three-part names are not supported for SQL Server 2005 database projects in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals.
• Many syntax errors and type specifier errors occur when you try to build a DirectX-based C++ application in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes a problem that occurs when the DirectX include file directive is located before the Windows include file directive.
• BUG: Error message when you try to install a Visual C++ assembly that is signed by using a CLR attribute in the global assembly cache: "Failure adding assembly to the cache"
  Describes a problem that occurs when you try to install a Visual C++ assembly that is signed by using a CLR attribute in the global assembly cache, and you receive an error message.
• Error message when you try to attach the Visual Studio 2005 debugger to a process: "Unable to attach to the process. Access is denied"
  Describes the behavior that occurs when the process that you are tying to debug is running under a different user account. Provides two workarounds.
• A LNK1175 error message is not returned when you specify an invalid base address of your application executable file in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes a problem that occurs when you specify an invalid base address of your application executable file, and you do not receive a LNK1175 error message.
• Error message when you try to build a C++ Web project by using Visual Studio 2005: "Error VCD0038"
  Describes a behaviorthat may occur when you try to build a C++ Web project when you are using a 64-bit operating system. Describes a method to work around this behavior.
• BUG: Error message when you try to create a new Visual Studio 2005 project on a computer that has Host Integration Server 2006 installed: "Install the C++ feature of Visual Studio 2005"
  Discusses a problem that may occur when you try to create project that uses the Host File project type or the Transaction Integrator project type on a computer that has Host Integration Server 2006 installed. Provides a resolution.
• The XML editor converts all XDR schemas to XSD schemas when you load an XML file in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes a problem that occurs when you load an XML file in Visual Studio 2005, and the XML editor converts all XDR schemas to XSD schemas.
• A warning symbol appears in Solution Explorer next to a reference when you rebuild a solution that contains two projects in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes a behavior that may occur when a project contains a reference to a file that another project in the solution generates.
• BUG: The Visual Studio 2005 interpreter cannot determine whether an ambiguous column belongs to an inner or outer SELECT statement in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
  Describes an issue that occurs when the Visual Studio 2005 interpreter cannot determine whether an ambiguous column belongs to an inner or outer SELECT statement. Includes a workaround.
• BUG: Error message when you run a Visual C++ program that calls the execve function or the wexecve function in Visual Studio 2005: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150004)"
  Describes an issue where you receive an error message when you run a Visual C++ program that calls the execve function or the wexecve function in Visual Studio 2005.
• BUG: Error message when you convert an MFC application in Visual Studio 2005: "This application has failed to start because MSVCR80D.dll was not found"
  Discusses a problem that may occur when you convert an MFC application from Visual Studio .NET 2003 or from Visual Studio .NET 2002. This problem is more likely to occur on 64-bit computers or on computers that have very fast processors.
• FIX: You cannot use the Itanium-based version of the Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (Vcredist_ia64.exe) to deploy the Itanium-based version of the Visual C++ Runtime Library
  Fixes a problem where you cannot use the Itanium-based version of the Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package to deploy the Itanium-based version of the Visual C++ Runtime Library.
• BUG: The ActiveX control that binds to the ImageList ActiveX control may not display the images that are in the upgraded ImageList control after you upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 project in Visual Studio 2005
  Describes a problem where an ActiveX control that binds to an ImageList ActiveX control may not work correctly after you upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 project by using the Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard in Visual Studio 2005.
• The command-line arguments that you specify are not passed to the debug executable file when you enable the Debug in Zone feature in Visual Studio 2005
  Discusses the behavior that command-line arguments are not passed to a debug executable file when you enable the Debug in Zone feature in Visual Studio 2005.
• The Debug in Zone feature appears to remain enabled after you disable the Visual Studio hosting process in Visual Studio 2005
  Discusses the behavior that occurs when you enable the Debug in Zone feature and you disable the Visual Studio hosting process. The Debug in Zone feature appears to remain enabled, but it is not.
• Error message when you use the CREATE ASSEMBLY statement in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals "CREATE ASSEMBLY statement can only have binary elements in its FROM clause"
  Discusses an issue in which you receive an error message when you use the CREATE ASSEMBLY statement. This issue occurs when the CREATE ASSEMBLY statement includes a file path that references a CLR assembly.
• The "New Data Comparison Wizard" in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals only compares tables and views that have indexes or primary keys
  Explains that the "New Data Comparison Wizard" only compares tables and views that have indexes or primary keys.
• BUG: Error message when an MFC application contains an event handler that uses the CRichEditView::FindText method or the CRichEditView::FindTextSimple method in Visual Studio 2005: "Debug Assertion Failed"
  Discusses a problem that may occur when the base class for the MFC application is the CRichEditView class and the CRichEditView::FindText method or the CRichEditView::FindTextSimple method returns false. Describes a workaround for this problem.
• BUG: You receive many compilation error messages when you compile a Visual C++ application in Visual Studio 2005
  Discusses a problem that occurs when you compile an application that includes the Windows.h and Gdiplus.h header files. Provides a workaround.
• The just-in-time (JIT) debugging options are disabled in Visual Studio 2005 when you disable the JIT debugging options in Visual Studio .NET 2003
  Describes the problem that occurs when you disable the JIT debugging options in Visual Studio .NET 2003 when Visual Studio 2005 is also installed on your computer. The JIT options are also disabled in Visual Studio 2005. A resolution is provided.
• Error message when you try to import an object schema that references a linked server in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals: "Could not find server 'ServerName' in sysservers. Execute sp_addlinkedserver to add the server to sysserv
  Describes an error message that you may receive when you try to import an object schema that references a linked server in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals.
• You may receive an error message when you try to populate a table by using a data generation plan in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
  Describes a problem where Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals does not validate if the number of rows that are added by the data generation plan exceeds the maximum number of rows that are permitted in an identity column.
• FIX: An ISAPI DLL is not registered when you run an ATL Server application that contains performance counters in Windows Vista
  Describes a problem in which an ATL Server application that contains performance counters cannot register an ISAPI DLL on a Windows Vista-based computer. This problem occurs when you create the application in Visual C++ 2005.
• Certain code functions may not behave as expected when you use Unicode information in Visual C++
  Describes a problem that may occur when you use Unicode information together with certain code functions in Visual C++. Includes a resolution.
• When you try to apply an update that applies to multiple editions of Visual Studio 2005, Windows Installer may apply the update to only one edition of Visual Studio 2005
  Discusses a problem that may occur if an update applies to multiple editions of Visual Studio 2005. Because of this problem, Microsoft Update or Windows Update may offer the update again. Describes a workaround for this problem.
• Service Release 1 (SR1) update for Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
  Discusses features of Service Release 1 (SR1) for Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals.
• Error message when you try to open the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005: "Missing shortcut"
  Describes a problem in which you receive an error message when you try to open the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 when you have the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 also installed.
• Error message when you try to install an update for Visual Studio 2005, for Visual Studio .NET 2003, or for Visual Studio .NET 2002: "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable"
  Describes a problem in which you receive a message that states: "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable". This problem occurs when you try to install an update for Visual Studio. A workaround is provided.
• BUG: You may receive an error message when you try to use SQL Server Management Studio to update a row of a table in SQL Server 2005
  Describes an issue where you receive an error message when you try to update a table by using SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005.
• Error message when you configure a WSE 3.0-based Web service to use secure conversation in a load-balanced environment: "Key not valid for use in specified state"
  Describes a problem that occurs because WSE 3.0 cannot be used to protect data in a load-balanced environment.
• Event ID: 0 may be logged when you configure a Web Services Enhancements 3.0-based Web service to use a secure conversation: "An error occured processing an outgoing fault response"
  Describes a problem that occurs when you configure the application pool in IIS to use a custom user account to run the Web service.
• Error message when you try to change the properties of a Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers manual test in Word format or you try to paste the manual test type into a project
  Describes a problem where you receive an error message. This problem occurs when you change the properties of a Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers manual test that is in Word format or you paste the manual test type into a project.
• Error message when you try to attach a process in Visual Studio 2005: "Unable to connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor named <computer name>"
  Describes a problem that occurs because the Terminal Services service is disabled.
• Some events do not expire in the correct order when you close a hidden MDI child form in a Windows Form application
  Describes a problem in which a hidden MDI child form that contains an ActiveX control is destroyed in memory during the lifetime of the ActiveX control instance. A workaround is provided.
• Error message when you try to install a ClickOnce application whose name contains Unicode characters or DBCS characters: "Application download did not succeed"
  Describes a problem that occurs because the Setup.exe file does not support Unicode characters or DBCS characters in the application name or in other fields. Provides a resolution.
• Error message when you try to use Visual Studio 2005 to build a Microsoft Visual C++ native class library project: "LNK1104"
  Describes a problem that may occur when you try to build a Visual C++ native class library project that references a mixed-mode DLL in Visual Studio 2005. You may receive a "LNK1104" error message. A workaround is provided.
• Error message when you try to install a ClickOnce application from a Web server: "An error occurred trying to download <file>"
  Describes a problem that occurs when you try to install a ClickOnce application from a Web server. Installation fails, and you receive an error message. The article describes three ways to work around this problem.
• Error message when you bind a DataGridView control to an Access database in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005: "System.InvalidOperationException occurred Message="The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine.""
  Describes a problem that occurs because there is no 64-bit version of the Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 database provider. A workaround is provided.