Saving CSS/BrowserSpecific/myGridView.CSS file crashes VS 2005. Also Ports don't close.

Question

User881333916 posted

I am using ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Control Adapters.  A file I created named myGridView.CSS is in the project under the CSS/BrowserSpecific folder.  I added the line @import "myGridView.css"; in the Import.css file to reference it.  A problem occurs when I make a change to the file and save it.  Most of the time a message pops up that says VS has encountered an error and needs to shut down.  I am using a master page.  In addition, I noticed that the port that it opens never stops.  And new ports keep accumulating.  I can manually right-click on them and tell them to stop.  However this doesn't prevent VS from eventually crashing.  I have the latest updates on VS 2005 and also on .NET Framework versions 2 and 3.  The project also uses Microsoft's AJAX extensions.  I have been using the Wrox book "Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Design" as a learning guide.

Does anyone know what is causing this problem and how to solve it?

Answer 1

User881333916 posted

This appears to occur when the the Master Page has a reference to a CSS file.  Visual Studio crashes when 2 things are present:

1. The Master page is open in Visual Studio. 
2. You save the CSS file.

Visual Studio does not crash when the Master Page file has been closed!

Answer 2

User-1276969458 posted

Thanks so much for posting this workaround.  I've been dealing with this for a long time and until now I haven't been able to find a pattern why it crashes sometimes when saving a css file and other times not.