Category Archives: VB.net

Reusing the WebBrowser Control

Reusing the WebBrowser Control

I have found the need in several projects as of late to reuse the WebBrowser Control in .net  languages such as c#/vb.net. I have not ventured into the j# domain, but I have also played around with c++.net a little bit for various projects. There are a couple of things to keep in mind when reusing the control in different scenarios – most of which for my purposes do not include in a windows form for display purposes. For the most part making sure that there is a reference to System.Windows.Forms dll is in your References and making sure that the using or imports statements are also included this is a good first start.

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Unexpected Error Adding new Data Connection in Visual Studio

Unexpected Error Adding new Data Connection in Visual Studio

Recently I was adding a Data Connection in Visual Studio, and I found that I kept getting an error message box whenever I tried.

There were a number of suggestions such as:

devenv.exe /reset

and doing a repair install which didn’t work.

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Where to find sos.dll

Where to find sos.dll

If you are looking where to find sos.dll, please check the following locations before you download windebug tools:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

For Details on why this may be missing in other framework versions see:

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