When will Microsoft update VS2005?

[Kasracer]

I'm working on a large project and I was excited to move to .Net 2.0 for the new controls (mainly the MenuStrip) and I am extremely disappointed.

First, I made a MenuStrip and did a good portion of the work (design wise). I added an icon to a menu item but decided I didn't like it. I set the image to none and opened the resource designer and removed only the resource for the image. What happened? None of my menustrips, toolbar strips, and status strips showed up after building (though they looked fine in the designer). So I went through and undid everything I did to get before the point where I added the image. As I went to compile, it gave me an error about the missing image (though, it was not listed in ANY files in the solution). After that, I saved and closed it with the same problem, only now it affects the designer too.

Another thing I ran into was if I compiled a C# project with any todos in the comments, it would not save or build and show me an empty message box with a number (something like 8004297). I could not find any information of this error listed anywhere.

I've been reading many many horror stories about VS2005 as well. Even on Microsoft's own sites report tons of issues.

Are they planning a quick service pack or anything?

I guess in the mean time I'm back to 1.1 with its ugly menus

[RobDog888]

I could have sworn I read that the next version was going to be in Beta by late 2006/early 2007. It was in a thread here on the forums. You may want to try a search.

[jmcilhinney]

There are many third-party menus available for .NET 1.1 that provide much of the functionality of the MenuStrip. Some of them require payment but not all. There is supposed to be a Service Pack for VS.NET 2003 out some time soon and I believe I recall mention that one for VS 2005 was to follow, but don't quote me on that last point.