I have recently been working with Python using Komodo Edit and other simpler editors but now I am doing a project which is to be done in C# using VS 08. I would appreciate any hints on how to get productive on that platform as quickly as possible. ...
I have the problem, to get a failed run-time check in Visual C++ 2008 because of casting a too big number to a smaller type. The failure is in an external dll, so I can not fix it there. So how can I switch off this run time check for an external project. ...
In Visual Studio 2003 you could jump to the next bookmark with ctrl k, ctrl-n; it stayed within the same file and wrapped around to the top of the file when there were no furter bookmarks in the file. Now in VS 2008 this seems to have changed, and ctrl-k, ctrl-n jumps to other files with bookmarks. How can I change this back to the old b...
Is there a way to disable Intellisense in the XAML editor in Visual Studio 2008? It is often a big performance drain while typing, and sometimes I'll sit for ten or more seconds waiting while the list automatically popups up. It appears that in Options->Text Editors->XAML, the Intellisense section is section is unavailable (grayed out)....
My Outlook add-in handles NewInspector event of the Inspector object, in order to display a custom form for the mail item. I can get EntryID of the CurrentItem of the Inspector object which is passed as a parameter of the event. But, the problem is that the EntryID of the current mail item is shorter than it should be, and is unknown. I...
When adding a DLL as a reference to an ASP.Net project, VS2008 adds several files to the bin directory. If the DLL is called foo.dll, VS2008 adds foo.dll.refresh, foo.pdb and foo.xml. I know what foo.dll is :-), why does VS2008 add the other three files? What do those three files do? Can I delete them? Do they need to be added in so...
I just upgraded a VS 2005 project to VS 2008 and was examining the changes. I noticed one of the .Designer.cs files had changed significantly. The majority of the changes were simply replacements of System with global::System. For example, protected override System.Data.DataTable CreateInstance() became protected override global::S...
I am currently working on an asp.net application in Visual Studio 2005. I would like to upgrade to 2008 to take advantage of some of the new features, but my remote team won't be able to upgrade to it for a while. Is it possible for only a few people on my team to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008, while the rest of the team continues to us...
Within Visual Studio 2008, what would be the easiest way to prevent usage of certain functions from being allowed? Specifically, I'm trying to prevent other developers from using "old school" VB6-style commands such as: Len LCase UCase Instr InstrRev Trim Right Left Mid etc., etc., etc.... The list goes on and on. I can usually ca...
This is a very simple question with a simple answer, but it is not quite so simple to find the answer on the internet. I have a simple Setup (deployment) project in Visual Studio 2008, and I have the EULA text. What do I need to do in the project to get the EULA into the install wizard? ...
I would like to see the threads currently active in my application while debugging it. How can I do this using Visual Studio? ...
Every time I try to create a new project or solution in visual studio (2005 and 2008), I get an error saying, "Project Creation failed." I even tried running vs in administrative mode, but I still get the same answer. Anyone have any suggestions, in short of uninstalling all of VS and reinstalling it? ...
Using C# in Visual Studio 2008 and stepping through a function in the debugger I get to the end of a function and am on the final curly brace } and about to return. Is there a way to find out what value the function is about to return? This is necessary if the return value is calculated such as: return (x.Func() > y.Func()); ...
I wonder, why the hell... did the VS team consider that NOT finding a project reference as a non crucial thing? The referenced component 'X' could not be found. should be considered an error... and nothing else. Is there a way (without turning 'Treat all warnings as errors' on) to get this warning as an error in VS2008? ...
I've only started playing with both ASP.Net MVC and the new-to-VS2008 Dynamic Data Website Templates. I note that they both use routing in their URL handling, and I'm given to understand that because of routing, ASP.Net MVC won't work under IIS6. However my DynamicData site works just fine on IIS6. I've had to temporarily abandon my e...
I'd like to be able to toggle easily between two values for "maximum number of parallel project builds" in Visual Studio 2008 (in Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->Build and Run). (When I'm planning on doing concurrent work I'd like to reduce it from 4 to 3.) I'm not too well versed in writing macros for the IDE. When I try recordi...
Would anyone know why MSVC++ 2008 always returns error 5 on GetLastError() when I try to call OpenProcess with PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS as my desired access? PROCESS_VM_READ works just fine. I'm an administrator on this computer and it is working fine in Dev C++. Do I need to set an option somewhere? ...
I like having my warning level set at W4 but all new projects start at W3. Is there some way to change the default value for warning levels for new projects? ...
I sometimes need to use Visual Studio when I have limited screen real estate (remote desktopping from a laptop for example). It would be really useful to be able to make the currently selected code tab maximise to take the whole screen for a limited time. Is that possible? Is there a keyboard shortcut? ...
I've been trying to create a Windows Media Player plugin in Visual Studio 2008, and am having great difficulty finding the correct template. MSDN provides advice here, but it does not appear to be relevant to VS2008. Can anyone suggest how to start a WMP plugin in Visual Studio? EDIT: Ive accepted this answer because it worked for me, ...