visual-studio-2008

stop development server when i stop debugging

how can i stop (automatically) development server when i stop debugging in visual studio? ...

Why does CTRL-SHIFT-F redraw several windows on my desktop in Visual Studio?

Hi ! I have a 3 monitor setup and usually have Visual Studio 2008 open and the help on another screen and some other windows. When I press CTRL-SHIFT-F to open the Find and Replace Dialog, my desktop starts to redraw several windows on my desktop. That extremly slows down opening that dialog for me. Btw. this also happens when I open t...

how much disk space is needed for vs 2008

we are installing it on a box that doesn't have much space and we can't seem to find the required disk space requirements ...

XML Comments <list> not displaying in IntelliSense

I am trying to get VB.NET XML Comments to work with IntelliSense, and maybe it doesn't work the way I think it does. ''' <summary> ''' Gets or sets the Patient Code. ''' <list type="bullet"> ''' <listheader><description>Validation:</description></listheader> ''' <item><description>Field Required</description></item> ...

Is there a way where I can view which files were replaced when I do a Get Latest in TFS?

When I do a get latest with TFS, is there a setting or something that will show a display window showing all of the new files that are being replaced when I do a get latest? ...

Why does devenv.exe invoke VS2008's installer when called from an MSBuild script?

I have this nice little MSBuild-based daily build setup that I use on my personal projects. It checks out my code, builds it, then invokes devenv.exe on my project to build my VS setup project. It has always worked swimmingly, until, well, yesterday. Now, whenever it tries to invoke devenv.exe, the VS 2008 installer comes up, and I have...

Setting position for prompt in Visual Studio?

How can I set the position for the output prompt in Visual Studio 2008 when debugging is started? I have two screens and I want the prompt to always appear on my second screen so that I still can see the code on the primary screen, I have tried some tricks but I haven't got it right. ...

Alternative to database project in VS 2008 professional

Is there an alternative to the Visual Studio 2008 Team System Edition - Database project (GDR professional) for Visual Studio 2008 Professional edition? Or is it really one of the selling points for Team System edition. ...

C# 2k8 reduce memory usage (simple app takes 10 MB)

Hello I have a simple C# 2008 application which displays a png-picture and handles some simple MouseEvents. Although it's nothing complex, it uses at least 9.5-10 MB of memory (as shown in task-manager) I've already disabled any type of error logging as well as I removed debug and trace symbols. "Optimize Code" is activated. Is ther...

How to force VS2008 C++ post-build events to execute?

For various C++ library projects in VS2008 I have a sibling project called <libraryname>-Test. This is an executable project that depends on the library and runs tests on it. The post-build configuration of the test project consists of simply: "$(TargetPath)" Visual Studio won't re-run the post-build step unless it actually does ...

Resharper - How to change 'local variable _ is never used' to be a suggestion.

I need to change this to be a suggestion and not a warning, but I cannot find the setting to do so. Where is it? This is the code that needs to pass (not a compilier warning). It is saying that transaction is a local variable that is not used, but this is valid. using (TransactionScope transaction = new TransactionScope()) { // .....

Suggestions for cleaning up dataset designer layout?

Is there a tool/addin for VS to clean up the design view of a dataset by automatically repositioning the tableadapters, etc based on relationships? Thanks ...

TFS: no longer auto-checking out files I change from within VS2008?

Has this happened to anyone? Nothing has changed on my system, yet TFS no longer will auto-checkout files for me when I edit them. If it has, what did you do to fix it? Under Tools -> Options -> Source Control -> Environment, both Saving and Editing are set to "Check out automatically", so I'm pretty confused at this point. ...

How i can add custom version strings to a Win32 DLL using Visual Studio

I am linking my Win32 DLL in Visual Studio 2008 Team System i find out how to add custom strings by editing the .rc file directly. But how i can add my custom strings by Visual Studio IDE itself? and if i cannot, WHY NOT? Why they omitted this feature?!?! ...

Programs run in 2 seconds on my machine but 15 seconds on others.

I have two programs written in C++ that use Winsock. They both accept TCP connections and one sends data the other receives data. They are compiled in Visual Studio 2008. I also have a program written in C# that connects to both C++ programs and forwards the packets it receives from one and sends them to the other. In the process it coun...

Can I repeat a unit test repeatedly over a collection in Visual Studio 2008?

I have a unit test where I run a method for every item in a collection (using a foreach). Currently I have an assert at the end of the foreach to test if the method returned the correct value. This works, but the result is the test fails when the method fails for the first time. No subsiquent items in the collection are tested. I would...

What are some reasons not to statically link to the VC CRT?

I'm finding that with dynamic linking, even with SxS, Windows Update will come along and stomp on a version of the VC8 CRT (for example it has a security flaw) and then my app will fail to run with older versions. What are some of the important reasons to stay with the dynamic linking with VC CRT, other than increasing the size of your ...

Cannot set InetMgr.exe as startup program in VS 2008 on Windows 7

When I try to set "C:\windows\System32\inetsrv\InetMgr.exe" as the startup program for a Visual Studio project (to test an IIS 7.5 extension), it is rejected with the message "The external program cannot be found". If I try to select the EXE manually by clicking the ellipses (...) button, the EXE is not in the folder. But if I access th...

Does the Performance Wizard exist only in the Visual Studio Team System version?

I guess you already know the question ;) Does the performance wizard only exist in the Visual Studio Team System version? ...

TFS2008 & VS2008 : File deleted from Solution Explorer still appears in Source Control Explorer

I'm seeing some weird behavior from VS2008 integrate with TFS 2008. When I delete a file from a solution from within the Solution Explorer and check it in, the file still appears in the Source Control Explorer. In the Source Control Explorer the file appears having the value 'delete' under the Pending Change column. It also appears in t...