I want to write an Add-In for Visual Studio that provides instant search for the solution explorer. So you press a key combination and while you are typing a list first containing all files of the solution explorer gets narrowed down. But how can I get access to the solution explorer using C#? Does anyone have some good resources? Ed...
In the Solution Explorer when working with C++ projects there is the standard filters of Header Files, Resource Files, and Source Files. What I'm wanting to accomplish is essentially Filters by folder. Lets say the structure of the files was like this: ../Folder1/Source1.cpp ../Folder1/Header1.h ../Folder1/Source2.cpp ../Folder1/Hea...
Hi guys Just wondering if anyone knows how to stop VS from automatically opening the folder for the active item. On my work computer it does this but my install doesn't, but I can't find the setting that I need to change. Cheers Anthony ...
I'm using VS2008 to develop an app. Now, whenever I connect to database in Server Explorer, it shows me the report The Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Interop.IVsDataProviderManager service could not be found. And whenever I'm trying to Open my LINQ Datacontext in APP_CODE in Solution Explorer, it alerts a pop up msg which says ...
To explain a little more, I have a file Sidebar.cs, and I have Sidebar.js, and Sidebar.css. I would like to be able to make it Sidebar.cs, Sidebar.cs.js, and Sidebar.cs.css, and have the js and css file go "under" (as children of) the Sidebar.cs node in the treeview, just like what happens with .designer files and .aspx.cs files. Is th...
Hello everyone, I'm unable to add an mdf database file by right clicking on the project name and clicking on "Add->New Item->SQL Server Database". It gives me the following error... ** Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly. Please verify the installation of the compone...
This is driving me nuts. I think it is because of some connection string mismatching across the app (using MVC) but Visual Studio constantly takes my .designer.cs file and recreates it adding a '1' at the end (or 2 if it already did this before argh!). My question is two-fold: Is there a way to stop VS from doing this? But more important...
tried to find the answer by googling and in MSDN but with no luck. what does a small stop sign mean in the icon of the file (seein in a soluton explorer tree) in Visual Studio. I have a bunch of C++ files with the thing and it really worrries me. All these files are under source control and checked-in. ...
We have some files (config, static files, that sort of thing) in our codebase that are kept in the same filesystem tree as our codebase, but are not part of projects (ie, not underneath a project's tree). We're after a way of easily managing these from within the IDE. I dimly recall there being a Visual Studio addin that lets you do so...
I have tried this a few different ways and it always seems to fail. Create a new Blank Solution (my.solution.name). Then add a new ClassLibrary project (my.project.name) to the solution. This results in the solution explorer only showing my.project.name. Create a new ClassLibrary (my.project.name) which should have my.project.name so...
Imagine a folder structure that contains more than 200 solution files for projects that all belong to one software. Most of them generate shared libraries that are referenced in other projects that are contained in own solutions. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a possibility of right clicking such a referenced assembly in the solu...
IN VS2008, for C#, How can I figure out which references are needed and which are not? If you look in the solution explorer for a certain project and expand the references folder, is there a way to tell those that are never called? Will this be determined at compile time and simply not included? ...
When I press the Show All Files button in the Visual Studio 2008 Solution Explorer it takes several minutes for Visual Studio to respond. This is because there is an images folder under the solution that contains thousands of files. Is there any way to get Show All Files to not display this folder? ...
Hi, For some reason the VS 2008 I have work on, does not automatically select the file in Solution Explorer that I am editing. Is there any place in option settings where I can turn this feature on? Thank you ...
In Visual Studio 2010 Solution Explorer tree view, how can I remap the F2 key to Rename the Selected File rather than open Object Browser? ...
While I'm working, at various times that don't seem terribly random, the windows keep moving around.! This is a picture of my Visual Studio layout. It's across two screens, so the Solution Explorer is on the right side of the left screen, and the code window is full-screen on the right. When this happens, the Solution Explorer (and al...