As you develop Visual Studio applications, you might run into problems or errors that you do not immediately know how to resolve. In the topics listed below, you can find solutions to problems that might arise during your development process.
Project Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Web Projects
- Describes solutions to common problems that may occur when creating or opening Web projects in Visual Studio .NET.
- Troubleshooting Broken References
- Describes solutions for various problems that you might encounter when adding references to files and components.
- Web Access Failed Dialog Box
- Provides help for error messages that may arise when creating and opening Web projects.
Language Troubleshooting
- Visual Basic Compiler Errors
- Discusses the Visual Basic compiler errors that occur when the compiler encounters problems in your code.
- Visual Basic Run-Time Errors
- Discusses the Visual Basic run-time errors that occur when an application attempts to perform an action that the system cannot execute.
- Upgrading from Visual Basic 6.0
- Describes the changes you need to be aware of when upgrading your applications to Visual Basic .NET.
- Language Changes in Visual Basic
- Describes the language-specific changes between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic .NET.
Data Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Data Access in Visual Studio .NET
- Suggests how to fix common problems that arise when working with data access in Visual Studio .NET.
Components and Component Authoring Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting FileSystemWatcher Components
- Describes solutions for various situations you might encounter when working with the FileSystemWatcher component.
- Troubleshooting MessageQueue Components
- Describes the solutions for a situation you might encounter when working with the MessageQueue component.
- Troubleshooting Control and Component Authoring
- Explains how to fix common problems when creating your own control or component.
- Troubleshooting Inherited Event Handlers in Visual Basic .NET
- Explains how to fix common issues with event handlers in inherited components.
Web Applications Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Web Projects
- Describes solutions to common problems that may occur when creating or opening Web projects in Visual Studio .NET.
- Web Access Failed Dialog Box
- Provides help for error messages that may arise when creating and opening Web projects.
Windows Applications Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting: Debugging Windows Services
- Describes how you can debug a Windows service application using all of the standard debugging functionality of Visual Studio.
Deployment Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Deployment
- Describes solutions for various problems that you might encounter when creating deployment projects and deploying applications.
Extensibility Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Visual Basic and Visual C# Extensibility
- Describes solutions to common problems that may occur when developing macros, add-ins, and wizards.
Upgrading Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Applications Upgraded from Visual Basic 6.0
- Describes some known issues that are not detected by the upgrading tools and how to address them.
- Upgrading from Visual Basic 6.0
- Describes the changes you need to be aware of when upgrading your applications to Visual Basic .NET.
- Language Changes in Visual Basic
- Describes the language-specific changes between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic .NET.
- Upgrading Visual InterDev 6.0 Applications to Visual Studio .NET
- Describes how to upgrade a Visual InterDev 6.0 project so you can take advantage of features provided by the .NET Framework.
Additional Information
- Visual Basic Code Example Topics
- Lists quickstart-like code examples that help you perform common tasks in Visual Basic .NET.
- Getting Help from Microsoft Product Support Services
- Describes various ways to get technical support.
- Visual Studio .NET Software Requirements
- Lists the features supported in various versions of the Windows operating system, as well as solutions for some common problems.
- Visual Studio .NET Editions
- Lists the features supported in the Professional, Enterprise Developer, Enterprise Architect, and Academic editions of Visual Studio.
- Visual Basic Standard Edition Features
- Lists the features supported in this edition of Visual Basic, which may explain why something is not working as expected.
- Visual C# Standard Edition Features
- Lists the features supported in this edition of Visual C#, which may explain why something is not working as expected.