visual-studio-2008

Any way to filter the files in a database project in Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition?

Is there any way, either natively or through an addon, that I can filter the files shown in my database project in Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition? We have an older database that was worked on by lots of contractors, and so things aren't organized very well, and we have hundreds upon hundreds of stored procs and tables. So, not being...

How to add multiple projects in one solution in VS2008 Web Devloper Express?

Hi I been using VS2008 Pro for a long time now but since of licensing issues(Pro is under academic license) and the current project I am doing could be considered as commerial I decided to give VS2008 Express a go. Now I made my project and a shell of all my pages. I went to add a class library to my solution so I can start adding my n...

Ankhsvn package load failure

I have tried using Ankhsvn with VS 2008, and I am getting a Package Load Failure. Any body got any ideas, how to find out what is causing the problem. Is there a log file that I can analyse? Thanks ...

Windows 7 Development Platform

As some of you may have noticed, a few hours ago Microsoft released Windows 7 RTM to those of us with a Technet or MSDN subscription. I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity time-wise to test the new OS. I'm asking of anyone who used it with Visual Studio 2008 during RC what was your experience? Did you feel the RC offered a stable ...

What technology is used for Visual Studio SDK window?

What library is used to create a window form like below? It certainly does not look/feel/acts like a typical windows forms app. ...

Parsing tnsnames.ora in Visual C# 2008

Hi all, How I parse tnsnames.ora file using Visual C# (Visual Studio 2008 Express edition) to get the tnsnames ? For instance, my tnsnames.ora file contains ORCL = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = shaman)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = orcl) ) ) BILL = ...

How do you count the lines of code in a Visual Studio solution?

Hi, Is it possible to find the number of lines of code in an entire solution? I've heard of MZ-Tools but is there an open source equivalent? ...

armasm visual studio 208

Hi I am trying to include ARM assembly file **.asm in static lib which I am building using visual studio 2008. When I try to build solution which contains the library the visual studio crashes. The assembly file is generated from c fiile by selecting assembly-only listing option (FA). I add this to the library project and in its propert...

Add ASP.NET server script to mostly-static .JS / .CSS files without losing IntelliSense?

Using VS2008 and ASP.NET 3.5 (or VS 2010 / .NET 4.0?), how can I include a bit of dynamic ASP.NET server-side code in mostly-static JavaScript and CSS files? I want to do this to avoid cloning entire JS or CSS files to vary just a small part of them multi-tenant sites. Later, I want to extend the solution to handle localization inside...

Why is Entity Framework not bringing relationship collections?

I am learning EF and making some code, and I have this relationship below. When I try to do: var users = from u in db.Users where u.Name.StartsWith("F") select u; if(users.Count() > 0) { var dto = users.First(); } The user 'Fabio' is returned, but the area count is 0. He has a relationship with an area...

Unable to set the DropDownHeight of ComboBox

I cannot get the DropDownHeight of the ComboBox set properly to display all the items. I am using a control that inherits from the ComboBox. I have overridden the OnDrawItem and OnMeasureItem methods in order to create multiple columns and text-wrapping within a column if it is required. This all works fine. The problem occurs when I...

How to kill forever the Axialis IconWorkShop VS 2008 Plug-in

I recently upgraded my IconWorkshop version to 6.5, and a VS 2008 plug-in was installed. Now, I can't remove the toolbar create by the plug-in. I have tried: Hiding the toolbar Deleting the toolbar Disabling the plug-in But when I restart VS this annowing window pop-ups, and the toolbar button is there again! ...

Why are the Configuration options not available in Visual Studio 2008?

I have a simple Web Handler project, and for some reason I cannot choose it's configuration either from the drop Down on the standard bar (It is greyed out), or from the Build Menu (there is no "Batch Build" or "Configuration Manager" menu entries for this one project). All the rest of my projects work fine, and it is a fresh clean buil...

Web Application project versus Web Site Project in Visual Studio

Possible Duplicates: website or webapplication in.ASP.NET web application projects v.s. web site projects What are the differences? I can right click on a solution and say Add New Website... or Add New Project... > Web > ASP.NET Web Application Is one preferred over the other in terms of best practices or extensibility/p...

Difference between Rebuild and Clean + Build in Visual Studio 2008

What is the difference between just a Rebuild and doing a Clean + Build in Visual Studio 2008? Is Clean + Build different then doing Clean + Rebuild? ...

Quick way to view list of members in a class in Visual Studio 2008? C#

I know about the Class View window, which is great, but with over 200 classes in my "solution" and multiple sub-projects it's a pain to navigate. Is there any quick way (keystroke perhaps?) of pulling up the list of members for the class I am currently looking at in the editor? ...

How to bookmark a project location in TFS

How can I bookmark a project in TFS for quick access. we have a huge project repository with branching and many levels of hierarchy. I'm looking for some way to mark my favorites projects in Team Explorer Environment: TFS 2008, VS 2008 ...

'<methodname>' has multiple definitions with identical signatures error

Hi I have been trying to use Subsonic 3 in a test application in order to understand how it works. However, when it builds the vb files from the database the files are full of '' has multiple definitions with identical signatures errors. I am using Visual Studio 2008 configured for VB. Has anyone else seen this problem and have sugges...

From VB6 to VS 2008 (C# or VB)

I've been developing solely for the web for more than 6/7 years now, and before that I developed for about a year on Visual Basic 6 (I was pretty comfortable with it at the time) and for one or two months on C# (I forgot most of what I had learn though). The thing is I've some ideas for some small desktop applications, I thought of deve...

Running Visual Studio 2008 C# (MSTest.exe based) unit tests in Mono

Hello, I'm using VS2008 to develop a project that I'm starting to test under Mono. There are a number of unit tests written using the VS unit test framework, is there a tool that will let me run these in Mono? Thanks, ...