We are considering switching from MS Visual Studio 2003 to MS Visual Studio 2005 for our C++ development. I think jumping to 2008 might be better. In what ways are VS2008 better than VS2005 for C++ development? Are there any disadvantages of VS2008 over VS2005? ...
I am trying to get intellisense in VS2008 in a js file, foo.js, from anther js library/file I've written but cannot figure out the reference path ?syntax?/?string? The library is in a file called common.js which is in the same folder as foo.js I'm working on. Here's the paths I've tried... /// <reference path="../../scripts/common.js"...
For some solutions, when I open them Visual Studio will get files that aren't in the project (particularly from obj/Debug) and add it to the changeset and I always have to perform a Undo Pending Changes operation on them. It's annoying. Is there any way to prevent Visual Studio from behaving in this way? ...
I have a .NET 3.5 Web application on VS 2008 SP1 running on Vista Ultimate 32 SP1. I created an Application under the Default Web Site. So the url to the app is "http://localhost/mysite". The application folder is pointing to the solution folder and it is outside the iisroot folder. Anonymous and Integrated Auth (Windows) is enabled in I...
I have some UserControls that I created in ProjectA. I have ProjectB that has a windows form that I want to put the controls on. Both of these projects are in a single solution. There's a reference to ProjectA from ProjectB so it can "see" the UserControls. However, the UserControls do not show up in the toolbox for me to drag to the...
I was under the impression that the test methods in a unit test class would be executed in the order that they appear in the class file. Apparently this is not true. It also doesn't appear to be purely based off of alphabetical order either. How does MSTEST decide execution order? EDIT: I was able to track down the answer after digging ...
I have a piece of C# code that add the values of an enum to a drop down list by type. It requires that it be called with T1 being an enum type, although I cannot specify this as a type constraint because enums are special case in which this isn't possible. This is not a major concern as this is only used internally and is documented. De...
Ok, so I have VS 2008 and SVN. When I "rebuild all" a handful of my .dll's disappear from my bin folder. I have these .dll's in a library folder and that's where I am referencing them from. When I go to publish the app the publish fails, I think they are related. When I reboot my web.config (change something and save) this error goes...
Hi there, Since upgrading to 2008 I and many people here have noticed that randomly VS will no longer step in to code or jump over breakpoints. Its got to the stage where debugging is becoming a real chore. We are running SP1 but noticed problem on 2008 basic too. In ref to Robert's question: We host WCF and Remoting services inside wi...
Visual Studio likes to be helpful when typing: Event += by generating code like: Event += new EventHandler(EventClassName_Event); void EventClassName_Event(object sender, EventArgs e) { throw new System.NotImplementedException(); } Ideally I would like to remove the explicit delegate and add an explicit private. Like so: Even...
Hello, I have a solution with many projects. There is actually a Core project and a few plugins. I changed OutputPath for all plugins so all binaries end up in the Core bin\debug folder. (this is necessary as the Core do not have a reference on plugins, hence it does not "include" plugins binaries when it is compiled.) So basically my ...
Vista SP1 Visual Studio 2008 SP1 .NET 3.5 SP1 C# I have a winforms app I'm playing with that uses a SerialPort object as a private variable. When the application is compiled and executed, it works great. It also works running in debug mode wihtout any breakpoints. 90% of the time when I stop at a breakpoint and try to step through code ...
I have a solution containing several projects that have migrated from VS 2003, 2005, 2008. When compiling all the projects for the RELEASE configuration, VS 2008 creates PDB files for some projects, but not others. Why? In the Build tab of the Properties page for each project, I can see they all have "Define DEBUG constant" unchecked an...
Currently , Visual Studio (2005 and 2008) can handle strings, numbers, connections, color, etc in their designer view a String collection can also be entered there. however, the default view shows the XML source, instead of the strings (when editing it, it is displayed OK) is there a way to have the string list display correctly? ...
I export my settings in Visual Studio and if I ever move to a new machine or have problems, I use those backed up settings to restore Visual Studio to the way I like it. It also allows me to maintain a consistent development environment between the various machines that I use. This works great for keybindings, syntax highlighting, user ...
I moved a bunch of projects to Solution Folders to chop up our list of projects into manageable folders, now each of the folders projects are not in alphabetical order. This only occurs on machines other than my own. Any ideas how to alleviate this? ...
I'm using the Database Publishing Wizard in VS2008 to push changes to my hosting provider. It doesn't look like those settings go with the project (which seems a little silly to me), but rather they go with the machine. On each new machine that I'd like to publish from I need to go through the process of digging up my database settin...
In Visual C# 2008 Express I can type e.g. for{TAB}{TAB} and a code snippet pops in. Are there built-in code snippets for private/public/etc. methods as well? ...
Found some old code, circa VS 2003. Now I have just VS 2008 (SP1) installed. When I try opening the *.sln file, it tries converting the projects. The report notifies me it was done successfully, but the solution is empty, marked with "project file was unloaded". VS 2008 doesn't even include opening a *.vcproj file. Does anyone have any ...
Are there any good, free (or at least reasonably cheap) profilers for at least native C++ that can integrate with Visual Studio 2008 Professional? I looked at DevPartner community edition but they seem to only support Visual Studio 2003 and Visual Studio 2005. Failing that are there any good free/cheap profilers in general that I c...