After installing SP1 of Visual Studio 2008, code completion shows all types when an object member shows the parameter list. Before SP1, parameter list would only show related types. Take a look at this image for an example: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3484/vs2008sp1intellisense.png Has any one else had this problem? Solutions? Th...
I'm looking for keyboard shortcuts and cords that aren't bound to anything in Visual Studio 2008. I'd settle for an über list on the net somewhere or even a macro or tool that might spit them out. I'm mainly interested in finding keys to use for cords but with Visual Studio's default key bindings and Resharper's additional bindings the c...
I have a control I built with several input controls on it, some text boxes, a combo box and a list box among other things. One text box, a combo box, a list box and a couple of command buttons are anchored so that they resize with the form. The combo box is anchored to the left, top and right, the listbox is anchored on all four sides a...
I am making a custom tool (code generator) for VS2008. I have the wix installer putting in all the registry entries for the visual studio, but what it is not doing is the equivalent of regasm mytool.dll It is getting into the GAC by virtue of the Assembly=".net" attribute of the File element. But I am not even entirely sure that getti...
Im using Reshaper keyboard shortcuts all the time and it helps a lot in everyday development. But i constantly need to create new folders in my Visual Studio projects so this means -> move the mouse from keyboard, use the mouse, right-click the desired project, choose menu Add->New Folder, type folder name etc. Its tedious! Is there ...
Is there any keyboard shortcut to add the highlighted variable to watch in VS IDE? It takes a bit of time to right click and choosing "Add to watch" option in the very long drop down menu and its annoying. -Thanks, Suresh. ...
Hi, I'm trying to install Team Foundation Server using 2 machines: Machine1: OS: Windows 2008 Server Installed applications: SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Machine2: OS: Windows 2008 Server Installed applications: SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 WSS/Reporting Se...
I love the "Remove unused usings" command in VS2008, however when running it on a small file I find that it can remove certain usings which I would like to always be there, even if currently unused. For example, System.Linq - because unlike actual types, one can't Alt+Shift+F10 add the usings for extension methods. Is it possible to spe...
In Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition when adding forms all of the default handlers for buttons, check boxes, etc go into FormName.h by default. So when I do this most of my handler code now goes in the header, then I switch back to the "Design View" to see the form designer. Once I have any reasonable size interface going back to "Design V...
I'm trying to do some classic C development in Visual C++ 2008 that will modify the characters of a string like so: void ModifyString(char *input) { // Change first character to 'a' *input = 'a'; } I'm getting a unhandled exception when I try to change a character. It seems like I could do this in Visual Studio 6 or using gcc, bu...
I'm completely new to Visual Studio and I'm having some trouble getting a project started with Visual Studio 2008. I'm experimenting with MAPI, and I'm getting error messages like this when I go to build the project: "unresolved external symbol _MAPIUninitialize@0 referenced in function _main" I know I need to link to MAPI32.lib, but ...
Hello everyone, Could anyone recommend me a good tutorial about Silverlight animation for a beginner, and I am especially interested in how to read the animation code in XAML (I always feel magic code) and develop my own animation. If the tutorial covers any tools which could facilitate animation code rede and animation development, it ...
Hello everyone, I am interested in and new to database type project in VSTS2008. I am especially interested in how this new type of project could benefit my development work (previous I always develop all SQL stuff inside SQL Server Management Studio), and whether this type of project could facilitate deployment of database. Appreciate...
Hello everyone, If I develop my application based on Windows Media Encoder 9 Series SDK, and I am using C# + .Net 2.0 + VSTS 2008, how to deploy all necessary dependent files (the ones from Windows Media Encoder 9 and Windows Media Encoder 9 SDK) to another computer without installaing Windows Media Encoder 9 on the target computer? th...
Hi guys, This might sound a little wierd, but all of a sudden the CSS and Javascript files referenced in my master page are not being downloaded while the page is being rendered. I am working on a ASP.NET MVC project and things were all fine like half an hour ago! Here is what I have in head section of the master page, <link href="/Cont...
I am using visual studio 2008 and I need to use certain header files from another project. I have tried to do add the path in "Additional Include Directories" in C/C++ General properties pane but my project still puts out the same errors (fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'tools/rcobject.h'. All the other cpp and header files...
I have a database application that generates a MD5 hash and compares the hash value to a value in our DB (SQL 2K). The original application was written in Visual Studio 2003 and a deployed version has been working for years. Recently, some new machines on the .NET framework 3.5 have been having unrelated issues with our runtime. This h...
Is there a way to suppress the following warning? warning rsOverlappingReportItems: The image 'image3' and the image 'image1' overlap. Overlapping report items are not supported in all renderers. ...
I am trying to install AtomSite.net on my server. I am working off of my server (Win2k3, all patches & updates) and have Visual Studio 2008 installed. I have AtomSite in a separate directory well away from the IIS root directories (which are on a different drive to protect the OS from transverse directory attacks). When I open the AtomS...
Hello everyone, this is a serious problem I need to handle with I need to develop office 2003 and 2007 addins, both with .Net framework v2.0 Our company uses VS2008, which only allows developing 2007 addins under .Net v3.5 Does anyone knows of a way for creating 2007 addins unser .net frameworj v2.0? (**Using visual studio 2005 is no...