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Problem with Visual Studio.NET 2003 Professional

Hi,

I'm experiencing a strange problem with Problem with Visual Studio.NET 2003 Professional.

When I open some of my web forms in design mode and then close them I am prompted to save though I haven't made any?

This odd behaviour only seems to be affecting forms that are designed in flow layout.

Any idea why this would be happening?

Thanks,
Steve.

ayha1999

Hi ive5005s,

Make sure that your opened web project is not set as ReadOnly.

ayha

ive5005s

ASKER

Hi ayha,

I don't think it is read only as I'm constantly making changes to the project.

Just to be sure, where can I check this?

ayha1999

check web folder properties.

ayha

Type25

in VS.NET

Tools Menu > Options > Environment > Documents > Allow Editing of Read Only Files, but warn when attempt to save

could be that...

ive5005s

ASKER

Hi Type25,

I just tried that.

Makes no difference.

BTW, the Project is not read-only.

Type25

Are you standing on one leg while whistling the tune to rockey?

ive5005s

ASKER

You're gonna have to explain that one to me, Type.

Qingtong

Typically, when you open a .ascx file and switch it from Design mode to HTML mode, the VS.NET will consider you have modified the code and ask you to save it.

If you are sure you have not made any modification, then ignore it or just resave it. I don't think this is a big deal at all.

Check it out.

Qingtong

ive5005s

ASKER

Hi Qingtong,

My actual issue is that I am prompted to save to file even if I simply open the file, do absolutley nothing, and then attempt to close the file.

This happens to aspx files that are designed in flow layout, however, this doesn't happen to aspx files that are designed in grid layout.

Thanks,
Steve.

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ive5005s

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Thanks Qingtong,

I'll keep digging.

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ive5005s

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Hi ayha,

I'll have a look there.

One thing I should have mentioned is that the pages that this is affecting (one's designed in flow layout) began their lives as grid layout, then I switched them to flow layout.

thanks
steve,

Type25

Perhaps recreate them from scratch and see if it's still doing it?

You can isolate the problem by creating a new project and seeing if it's still happening, if it isn't you can rule out any VS.NET settings...

ive5005s

ASKER

Good idea Type25,

I'll try that.

Incidently, this is happing on both my machine at work and my machine at home.

And I haven't really messed around with the VS.NET settings on either machine. All settings bar project locations have been left as default.

thanks
steve.

Type25

Are you running any Add-Ins for VS.NET, ie. sourcesafe

?

Type25

Does sound like when you close them in design mode, VS.NET is trying to automatically format your document for you...

It does that

ive5005s

ASKER

No, no add ins.

ive5005s

ASKER

This is a possiblity.

But even if I do save when I'm prompted to, and then try and re-open the file it prompts me again.

So if VS was trying to re-format the document for me, by saving when prompted you would expect this not to happen again, no?

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ahhhhhh..............!!!!!!!!!

I guess I can live with this, it's not too much of a problem. Can't be bothered to spend much more time on it to be honest.

If I haven't fixed it by the end of my day (6pm GMT) as a direct result of one of your suggetions, I'll just split the points.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.