Yep, it's a bug in the IDE. Nope, there is no permanant fix for it yet. You've already discovered the only work around I know of. SP1 for Visual Studio 2003 should be comming out sometime last month. :laugh: Oh! Have you installed SP1 for the .NET Framework 1.1?? If not, get it from here[^]. Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic -- modified at 15:36 Tuesday 11th July, 2006

Thanks for the reply "S". I did search the registry (I looked for srcsafe.ini & part of my VSS db path) nothing found except sone history entries. The article & tool link you provided is cool, but it will not help. It only removes VSS references from a particular VS solution. The Server Explorer is independent of any solution. I do not have a particular solution that is at issue, it is when I navigate to "Stored Procedures" under my server explorer window. Thanks again. Thanks, -Len Miller "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe." -Abraham Lincoln

Hi Darell, Thanks for the reply. The problem is, the Server Explorer window is un-related to any solution. I do not have a particular solution that is at issue, it is when I navigate to "Stored Procedures" under my server explorer window. Thanks, -Len Thanks, -Len Miller "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe." -Abraham Lincoln

Hi, Thanks for trying to answer my questions, but I am not sure what you are saying here. First, I DO use a stored procedure, and I want the dataet to be used at run time. This is my problem. Second, you provide a function that returns a datatable. That is not needed for what my questions / issues are. I have the problem where I specify OLEDB connection and a query at design time to specify my available fields. I drag these fields onto my report and save. Then at run time, I use the Crystal Reports Engine to specify the dataset (from my stored procedure results). But, the data always appears to be the result of the query specified at design time. I Searched the web, and saw instructions to uncheck "Save Report With Data". on the File menu. This does not exist. I suspect this suggestion only applies to the full product, and not the Visual Studeio .NET version. I had other issues too (Like how to dynamically make fields disappear based on app security priveledges, and whether a report can be built from scratc at run time, and whether Windows Authentication can be used / specified at RUN time) but this was my main problem. Thanks, -Len Thanks, -Len Miller "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe." -Abraham Lincoln

As it turns out - I dumped the schematable to see the column names CONTRARY to my documentation, the column is named "IsKey" not "IsKeyColumn" grrrmph.... If anyone cares, I attached code that dumps the schematable: reader = cmdSel.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.KeyInfo) Dim dt As DataTable = reader.GetSchemaTable Dim schemaTable As DataTable Dim myProperty As DataColumn Dim str As String = "" Dim myField As DataRow schemaTable = reader.GetSchemaTable() For Each myField In schemaTable.Rows 'For each property of the field... For Each myProperty In schemaTable.Columns 'Display the field name and value. str = String.Concat(str, _ String.Format("[{0}]=[{1}]{2}" _ , myProperty.ColumnName _ , myField(myProperty).ToString() _ , Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.CrLf) _ ) Next Next MessageBox.Show(str) Thanks, -Len Miller "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe." -Abraham Lincoln

Steve, Hmmm, interesting. I will investigate the Singletons concept more - maybe that is my answer - I need to educate myself a bit on that. I do not think the shared methods concept will work (If I understand you correctly), because these "global" objects really need to be object instances. For example, my custom message object contains a dialog form, properties that control the "mailto:" text behind a "Contact Tech Support" link label, the icon / logo, the buttons (yes, no, cancel, etc), the existance of a "<< Details" button, etc. This really can't be handled in a shared method (I don't think). Now, the connection string can, maybe the ResourceManager object can... Thanks a bunch for your reply Steve! Any more wisdom or ideas you can toss me is always appreciated. Thanks, -Len Miller "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe." -Abraham Lincoln