visual-studio-2008

Adding custom project to Visual Studio 2008 - MPFProj compiling problem

I'm trying to add new project type in Visual Studio 2008, using Visual Studio 2008 SDK, following the instructions in this tutorial. I have also included the following folders from Visual Studio 2008 SDK directly to my source code: c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SDK\VisualStudioIntegration\Common\Source\CSharp\Languag...

Visual Studio no longer associated with application crashes

Hi, When I first installed Visual Studio 2008 on my machine, crashes from applications would present me with a dialog to debug the application in Visual Studio. This was perfect. Recently however my Visual Studio installation has become unassociated with application crashes. Instead I get a dialog which attempts to file the applicatio...

Copy to output directory issue with .inf file

Apologies if dup, I did try searching several times and found nothing like it... I have a number of 'config' files that my application edits. Really it is just a gui for editing these files as they have a special format. Anyway, everytime I put a new group of files in visual studio, and select "Copy to Output directory" to "Copy always"...

Issue with click-once deployment in MS Visual Studio C# 2008 Express Edition

I have an application which I have been deploying releases for over a year now. I have no issues building the application, but today, when I tried to publish it, I got the following error: An error occurred while signing: Failed to sign bin\Release\app.publish\\setup.exe. SignToolError: ISignedCode::Sign returned error: 0x80880253 T...

Delete ncb file when the VS solution close

How to delete the ncb file and other unnecessary files when I close the solution in VS, Can I solve this with setting vs ...

Which attribute do I tag a property with to make the VS2008 designer not save it to the .designer.cs file?

If I have an informational property that provides an editor only, in the property inspector, is there an attribute I can tag the property with so that it won't be saved to the .Designer.cs file? ...

What is the correct method for a component editor to change properties on other controls?

I have a component that I am building an editor for. One of the things this component does is to allow other controls, of my own type, to be bound to this component. The editor detects all such controls, and the editor will allow me to mass-edit this binding. However, if the form file(s) is currently saved when I bring up the editor, c...

Reference projects source code control issue in visual studio 2008 and Visual SourceSafe 2005

Reference projects source code control issue in visual studio 2008 and Visual SourceSafe 2005 I have 3 projects Project 'PA'-> SourceSafe: '$\A'; WorkDirectory: '\projects\A' Project 'PB'-> SourceSafe: '$\B'; WorkDirectory: '\projects\B' Project 'PC'-> SourceSafe: '$\C'; WorkDirectory: '\projects\C' PC is referenced by both PA and PB ...

Add a Reference from a C# App to a DLL compiled without /clr?

I'm using Visual Studio 2008 to build a Solution with two Projects: a C# Console App and a C++ DLL. I want the app to call a function from the dll using P/Invoke. Therefore I'm trying to add the dll as a Reference to the C# app. But when I try the Add Reference command, Visual Studio won't let me do it unless I set the /clr property on t...

Is there any way to stop the ASP.NET Development Server from being created for all projects?

I have a solution with multiple projects in it. When I want to debug the project I'm working on, an ASP.NET Development Server is created for all the projects in my solution. My projects are not inter-dependent, so I don't need the others to run. Is there any way to tell VS not to create dev servers for the other projects? (I realize I ...

link error can't find VCOMP.LIB using Visual Studio 2008 Standard

I have been developing an application using Visual Studio Pro 2005 implementing OMP. I have just upgraded to Visual Studio 2008 standard and now when I compile and link, I'm getting an error that the linker cannot find VCOMP.LIB which is required for multi-processor running using OMP. Thanks for any help. Dave ...

Visual Studio 2008 & Number of Lines in a Solution

Possible Duplicate: How do you count the lines of code in a Visual Studio solution? Hello all, I am using Visual Studio 2008 and Resharper 4.5 but I haven't figured out how to determine the total number of lines of code in a Solution. The solution I am working on has about 12 projects. Do the tools I am using support such feat...

Is is possible to access HttpModule Session State for paths in the built-in Visual Studio Web Server?

Is it possible to allow access of session state for paths in the integrated web server in visual studio? In other words, on my local instance of IIS I am able to access session state for "~/path/". When I try to access the same when running under the local developer instance in visual studio for "~/path/" session is always null. Origin...

How to synchronize SQL Server 2008 database with SQL Server 2005 database?

I am using VS 2008 Team Suite and SQL Server 2008 in my development environment. I am deploying to a shared-host website with shared-host SQL Server 2005. I want to push changes from my development environment to my production host. I tried using Data | Schema Compare... and it reports to me that it does not support SQL Server 2008. W...

xaml viewer replacement for vs 2008

I want to be able to edit xaml in vs 2008 and be able to view the results without going crazy waiting for the wpf designer to draw the xaml. I downloaded xamlpadx (v. 4) and kaxaml. They both look great, but it seems that they can only edit xaml without any custom namespaces. This makes it impossible for me because I'm using mvvm and am...

Textblock with link to text file inside

Hi everyone, I am setting different text to a textblock depending on what control has been selected as a way of providing help for the user. What I would like to do is in the code behind file, when one control is selected, provide a brief explanation in text, then provide a link to a text file within that textblock. It might look lik...

Visual Web Dev 2008 & SQL Server Express 2008; not working together?

So....I am a rookie at this so if I missed something simple, please excuse me, but I don't know. So i downloaded Visual Web Developer 2008, SQL Server Express 2008, etc, and I am trying to learn how to use SQL Server, and create .aspx web pages, etc. So one of the first things I tried was the Hello world (C#) ine Web Dev and it worked ...

How to separate CUDA code into multiple files

I am trying separate a CUDA program into two separate .cu files in effort to edge closer to writing a real app in C++. I have a simple little program that: Allocates a memory on the host and the device. Initializes the host array to a series of numbers. Copies the host array to a device array Finds the square of all the elements in the...

Project Build gets Skipped in VS2008 after conversion from VS2005

Hi, I recently installed VS2008 and opened a VS2005 project(C++). Then after the conversion to VS2008, i tried building the project. But the project is getting skipped. I tried Clean as well as Rebuild, and it is getting skipped for those as well. How can i solve this problem and build the project in VS 2008? Forgot to mention, Also in...

How to change DisableFastUpToDateCheck in VS 2008

How can I set the DisableFastUpToDateCheck to True in VS2008. Where can I find that property.? Or where I'm I supposed to add that property? Also where is the project build target (which can be configured to Mixed Platforms) property? ...