Missing properties and an upgrade issue?

[Guest]

Hi

I have started using a year old version VB.Net Standard Version 2003
recently. I purchase a "how to" book and noticed that the book had several
extra object properties displayed in it's version of VB.net than mine.
(Example, a panel on a web form didn't display an option to change the
innerText of the panel in my version).

Thought I needed an upgrade after a year of hibernation but when I tried to
use the "Check for Updates" menu opion in Help, I received an error message
"Visual Studio .NET 2003 setup encountered errors while attempting to
download required files. Check you Web browser..." I checked the MS site and
found a solution in artical #836454. It said to download SP1 for VS .Net
2002. I tried the download and as expected it said I didn't have the correct
version of the software installed for it to update.

So my questions are:
1) is there an update for VB.Net or VisualStudio.Net 2003 that you can
download?
2) how do I fix the bug when I attempt a "Check for Updates"

Thanks.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Keith,

I didn't even notice the "check for updates" item until I read your post! I
tried it and got the same result as you.
Then I temporarily disabled my firewall... et voila... it told me there were
no updates available.

Hope that answers both of your questions!
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The Grim Reaper

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I use a firewall at my router so I disabled my Nortan auto-protect.... no
change. I just can't believe there have been no enhancements to this product
in over a year.

Thanks for responding.

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Keith,

There is an upgrade for the framework 1.1
There is an upgrade for the Visual Studio version 2002
There is no upgrade for the Visual Studio version 2003

The innertext is in my opinion the same as any other tag, can you explain
what is your problem where are you using it. (Telling in which book it is
does probably not help, I have sometimes the idea that if somebody has seen
the samples on MSDN, he/she starts direct to write a book).

I hope this helps,

Cor

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I guess they've been a bit busy developing VS 2005
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The Grim Reaper

 

[Guest]

Hi Cor,

Re: the tag. I drop a panel onto the form. It displays the name "Panel" (in
the panel) on the page. I should be able to adjust this displayed text
(presumably with the innerText property) but I can't because there is no
innertext property in the properties list for a panel. Nor is there any other
attribute to set the text value of the panel.

I'm starting to think I have a bad install of VB.Net because when I run this
web page with a pull down included in it I get a

Control 'DropDownList1' of type 'DropDownList' must be placed inside a form
tag with runat=server."

error message on my browser. This page has a panel, an image in the panel,
some text and drop down list all created from the web forms tool box. The
pull down does not have a collection in it.

I'm quite sure VB.Net is not supposed to generate code that fails (simple
code at that).