---
title: "Cool Error Correction Dialog in VS 2005"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/10/cool-error-correction-dialog-in-vs-2005.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/10/cool-error-correction-dialog-in-vs-2005.html"
published: "2005-11-10T19:12:00"
updated: "2005-11-10T19:12:00"
tags: [".Net 2.0"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I didn't know this, and this is something I could have used ... \" For most of the System errors that the compiler is reporting if you place your cursor over the little glyph at the end of the error squiqqle you get an…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Cool Error Correction Dialog in VS 2005

By Roy Osherove November 10, 2005 In [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 10, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

I didn't know this, and this is something I [could have used](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2005/11/04/429455.aspx)...

" For most of the System errors that the compiler is reporting **if you place your cursor over the little glyph at the end of the error squiqqle you get an Error Correction dialogue** which offers up the fix to add Global as the very first option."

Cameron McCol

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- Nov 12, 2005

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    ### [I'll be speaking at IVCUG this month: New stuff in .NET and C# 2.0 + Deep LINQ Preview](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/9/ill-be-speaking-at-ivcug-this-month-new-stuff-in-net-and-c-2.html)


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