I have a co worker who is trying to add WCF Test Client to the Tools Menu in Visual Studio. She adds the tools in just fine (exactly the same as mine that are working) but the tools listed in external tools are not visible in the Tools Menu. I seem to remember there is an option to make these show up in this list, but I don't know wher...
Hi, I'm using Visual Studio 2008 SP1 with SQL Server 2008. I'am trying to add an SQL Server File (MDF) in my Website project. Then I get the following error: Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly. Please verify... I've been using Google without any results, and I'm in deep need ...
In my Windows Mobile project, I have a form (let's call it form M to help keep thing straight) that I need to display modally, so I am using the ShowDialog method on a new copy of the form. When I show it from a form (form A) that takes up the whole screen (WindowState Maximized, Location 0,0, all other properties default except for name...
Hi! I use Windows 7 64-bit with 4 GB RAM to run a Windows Virtual PC Guest with Windows 2008 Server, Visual Studio 2008 SP1/Resharper 4.5 and SQL Server 2008. The guest has 2 GB RAM allocated. I have a web project using MS Commerce Server 2009 that runs in IIS which intermittently fails to start in the debugger. Some days I can run Vis...
I'm working on one sub-module of a large project for which is use VSTS 2008. I have a need to rollback the module to an earlier version (about 4 check-ins previous). I tried to do this in the Visual Studio UI, and finally realized there is no option to rollback. After some research, I determined there is a power tools download that pu...
I use Windows 7 64-bit with 4 GB RAM to run a Windows Virtual PC Guest with Windows 2008 Server, Visual Studio 2008 SP1/Resharper 4.5 and SQL Server 2008. The guest has 2 GB RAM allocated. Sometimes certain keys stop working in the VS IDE, most often the arrow keys, backspace and enter. The keys still works in Windows and other applicat...
I've been developing a project locally and using a local svn server for versioning in visual studio. I now want to switch to xp-dev hosted versioning but cannot seem to get rid of the svn bindings on my solution? Is there an easy way to duplicate a solution without its versioning settings or to simply switch to the other svn (which is co...
Hi, I have been reading one of the Hoglund titles and I though, reading great, but can I make it work? Why do they provide non-working examples in books? #include "stdafx.h" #include <cstdio> #include <windows.h> #include <winbase.h> #include <tlhelp32.h> int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { HANDLE hProcess; DEBUG_EVENT dbg...
Hi, I am trying to filter my results in the query builder of Visual Studio 2008 so that when it executes the query to SELECT data from the field i chose, it will only retrieve last names that start with an user input. I figure this is to be done using the filter tab. SO i put a filter I used different filters but did not work with me. I'...
Howdy. I am working on a C++ assignment for my class. I am almost done but can't seem to figure out these errors: error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall HasQuarterState::dispense(void)const " (?dispense@HasQuarterState@@UBEXXZ) gumball.obj Gumball error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: vir...
I have a web application or web site in VS 2008. One folder gets populated with over 50 000 files during a debugging session. The problem is that it takes forever for Visual Studio to load once these folders are populated with all the files. In a class library project I can right click and exclude from project. How is it possible to ex...
I developed a project in VB.NET In this project I want to use data from MySQL that is resides in my WEB Server. I can communicate with the MySQL server of my localhost but can not communicate with the WEB Server. In my CPanel I added Host from the Remote Database Access But I can't communicate with WEB MySQL Server. Please help me. ...
Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut to jump from the start of a For / For Each (or If, While, etc.) block to the end of it in visual studio if you're using vb.net? I found the following which I thought would work but doesn't : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1501921/go-to-matching-brace-in-visual-studio Following the comment ther...
I have am OLEDB Connection configured in the connection managers and I want to use it in a SCRIPT. The script needs to call a stored proc and then create buffer rows. I have added the connection to the connections available to the script and this is my code. Boolean fireagain = true; SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(); conn = (S...
System is Windows 7 32 bit fully up2date, Visual Studio 2008 & 2010 RC. Trying to install AspNetMVC2_RC2_VS2008.exe following the instructions from http://haacked.com/archive/2010/02/10/installing-asp-net-mvc-2-rc-2-on-visual-studio.aspx I keep getting this error Prerequisite check for system component Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 2 - Visual S...
Hey, I have a project that produces a signed assembly. In the past it worked without a flaw. Now my windows user account has been deleted a new one (with the same name) was created. When I try to open the project, VS 2008 asks me again for the password for the keyfile. After entering the correct PW, VS tells me the error "Object already...
Is there some way to make the Watch window display all inherited properties and fields in one long flat list, rather than hidden behind a nested "base" node? I'm debugging some C# code that makes massive use of inheritance - some of the properties I want to watch are behind three levels of "base" in the Watch window. This would be more ...
I am trying to setup OpenCV 2.0 for Visual C++ Express but I can not do it successfully. I have looked all over the internet and have tried the official guide. Can someone guide me to a tutorial that worked for them for OpenCV 2.0. Thanks in advance. ...
Here is my folder structure: / | -- program.cpp -- utility.h -- utility.cpp | -- module/ | -- utility.h -- utility.cpp // Note that I have two files named utility.h and two named utility.cpp On building the project, I get a link error (LNK2028: unresolved token and so on...) saying that some symbols aren't defined. ...
at SO, I searched "identify version visual studio" but failed to find an answer. Scenario: A generally accepted best practice is to install all service packs related to the software that one is using. The applies to Visual Studio 2008 too. In some cases, it is absolutely essential, for example VS2008 SP1 is required if one wants to i...