visual studio.net - design question

[demoti]

people,

I'm new with VB.NET and i'd like to know what my design-options are in visual studio architect edition. I read about 'HTML designer', a tool which would enable you to design HTML-code by dragging and dropping.

i found tools>options>HTML designer> where i can set whether to open my HTML-files in HTML or design-mode.

In design mode, when i drag a (for example) a label to the HTML-file it adds something like this to my code...

<OBJECT CLASSID= "clsid456464643543166464......"
</OBJECT>

If i make the whole page like this my code won't be very readable... also i thought i could see my page building up while i'm dragging and dropping, but i only see the code...(unless i view it in my browser)

Should the HTML designer enable me to build my pages like i built my forms when i was programming in VB? Could anyone help me on my way?

thx

Tim

[VBCrazyCoder]

Sounds like you are in html view. You should see a tab on the bottom of your page that say design view (or something similar), click on that and you get the WYSIWYG editor.

[demoti]

thanx for your quick response!

I have only 2 tabs (server explorer and toolbox), I've set all radiobuttons in tools>options>html designer to 'design'...

could you specify more where i should look for it? I really can't find it!

[VBCrazyCoder]

All the way on the bottom of your screen (just above the IDE toolbar at the bottom) you should see 2 tabs - Design and HTML. It sounds like you are in the HTML tab. To see the layout of your page, click the Design tab.

You must have an aspx (webform) page open to see these tabs btw.

[demoti]

i really don't have these two tabs, i wouldn't have posted otherwise... I tried enabling all toolbars, and they still didn't show up. I do have a aspx page open in vs.net. What's next? reinstall?

[VBCrazyCoder]

You can also go to the View menu item and select designer. You shouldn't need to reinstall - just tweak your configuration.

[demoti]

I don't want to be a pain in the ass, but there is no such entry in menu>view. At least not on my visual studio at this moment... If it were disabled (for some unknown reason), shouldn't i still be able to see it (but grayed) in the menu?

I'm seriously thinking about reinstalling, although i know it's probably just an other way to waste my time!

does anyone have an idea what's going on here?

[VBCrazyCoder]

Are you sure you have VS.NET 2003?

[demoti]

this could be the problem.

i have vs.net 2002 (1.1 framework), is the html designer not integrated in vs.net 2002?

thanx for your help VBCrazyCoder! you're being appreciated...

[VBCrazyCoder]

VS.NET 2002 uses framework version 1.0, VS.NET 2003 uses framework 1.1.

I think both versions have the functionality. Not quite sure why you are having that problem? Anyone else have this happen to them?

[demoti]

i have installed the 1.1 framework i found on the MS-site and uninstalled the 1.0

To be honestly, i have installed vb.net for the 2nd time now... the first time i installed it i wasn't able to open the server explorer... clickin on server explorer did nothing... after i installed again this worked perfectly...

I'm going to install an other version of vb.net 2002 (no 2003 available where i work ), but i'd really like to know what is causing these problems...

anyone encountered a problem like this?

is vs.net 2002/2003 "buggy" software? i was really excited to start asp.net, but my first steps aren't that succesfull you'd think...

[demoti]

to VBCrazyCoder and others who were wondering what was going on...

it seems that the desig/html tab only appears when you have a application in your solution explorer, a aspx file won't do... any logical explanation for this?

[Pirate]

Originally posted by demoti

is vs.net 2002 "buggy" software?

Yes . Look up old threads on this forum that discussed this issue before .

[demoti]

my motivation is getting low ...



thanx for the help!

[VBCrazyCoder]

Stay positive!