I need to display an image, which I've done without problems before, but today I decided to be tricky and use "add as link" instead. Well, now I get: The file Images/hello.png is not part of the project or its 'Build Action' property is not set to 'Resource'. Wait... its Build Action is set to Resource. I've seen a Silverlight soluti...
I recently added about a dozen classes from another solution into my current solution in Visual Studio. After adding these classes, Visual Studio started freezing for about 10 seconds whenever I Save. The cursor disappears and mouse clicks and keys do nothing. Some interesting points: Even after I removed the classes, the freezing...
I was wondering if Web Deploy found here: http://www.iis.net/expand/WebDeploy works with VS2008? ...
Hi, I have a problem with ClickOnce publishing of a WPF application. If the application is built (debug or release), it is running correctly. Application published by ClickOnce crashes. I tried to change Target Platform. Sometimes this change helps to solve problems, but not every time (1 of 20 cases). I have Visual Studio 2008 and...
Hi I have an exe that is built and placed into a Setup project for deployment. I want to rename the exe that is produced (to a .scr file - it is a screensaver) before inclusion in the setup project. How do I do this? I know I could rename the file in a post install process but I don't want to do it this way, I want the file to be rena...
I'm trying to convert a project in Visual Studio 2008 from static linking of the CRT to dynamic linking. This was easy enough, and I added the CRT MSM and policy MSM to my Wix file with no problems. I am not that happy with the MSI that is output though, it is much larger than what I expected. Looking at the MSI with Orca shows three co...
We are currently using an ASP.NET project that uses Data Services and Linq. Before when the project was newly created via Wizard/Template. The generated DLL in the bin folder has the version 3.0.40818.0 but each time I rebuild the versions of the DLL reverts back into version 2.0.31005.0. I tried checking the referenced assembly and it s...
With the framework that Visual Studio 2008 has, am I missing anything great by NOT using an external tool like NUnit? From what I can tell it seems like using NUnit would be more of a hassle with manually creating test classes and methods versus the right clicking native to the IDE. That being said, am I missing features that NUnit pro...
I have a situation where some of the control's string property values are automatically replaced with a variable from a resource (.resx) file in the designer file during design time. For example, I have a form that contains a combobox. A snapshot of the code in the designer file may look something like this: this.comboDocument.Name = "...
I have a a project that resides on a "thumb drive" (a.k.a. memory stick). Due to Windows ability to change drive letters of thumb drives, I would like to specify the location of sub-projects using an environment variable. This allows me to set the thumb drive drive letter, depending on the PC that I am using; or change the variable whe...
This simple example fails to compile in VS2K8: io_service io2; shared_ptr<asio::deadline_timer> dt(make_shared<asio::deadline_timer>(io2, posix_time::seconds(20))); As does this one: shared_ptr<asio::deadline_timer> dt = make_shared<asio::deadline_timer>(io2); The error is: error C2664: 'boost::asio::basic_deadline_time...
i have a project say MyProject. It is an asp.net MVC project. In bin directory, i have deleted a DLL named MyProject.dll. Now when i try to build the project, i am getting following error. The name MyProject does not exist in the current context. In my view files and controller, there are a lot of code like MyProject.Models; o...
I have a .NET application that uses a COM component. The application itself is "Any CPU", but the COM component has a 32-bit and 64-bit version. The article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188708.aspx is clear on what to do for registration-free COM. But what should one do for: "Any CPU" app dependent Assembly : Assembly1...
Well i wrote a c++ app for a Windows CE device and selected the platform (from the sdk that came with the CD) for it, if i open the project file it says Platform Name="IEI_PXA270_E205 (ARMV4I)" <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?> <VisualStudioProject ProjectType="Visual C++" Version="9,00" Name="BootInstall" Pr...
what is the URL for WCF post? I create a VS 2008, WCF method like this [WebMethod] public string TestMethod(string param) { return "param:" + param; } so then I go to http://localhost:57000/Service1.asmx?op=TestMethod But how do I do a post to this? On the test page it says HTTP POST The following is a sample HTTP POS...
In the schema below, the line <xs:element type="cmn:AddressType" name="ResidentialAddress" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" /> gives an error Type 'http://company.com/Common:AddressType' is not declared. Does anyone know why? It shows in the Visual Studio 2008 editor, and also if I try validate an XML file with XDocument. Schema Student.xsd...
How do I output coloured text from by unit tests in the Unit Test Session window in Visual Studio. I am using Resharper VS addin which I think produces the Unit Test Window. I am using this with nunit and wish to use c# Console.Write to generate coloured text to this window. ...
I think error handling is a good idea. :) When debugging it can get in the way - especially with nice user friendly messages. In VB6 I could just check a box for the compiler to ignore my error handling. I found the dialog that allows me to do something similar in VS, but it's about 10,000 check boxes instead of one - which is too ma...
I'm using visual studio 2008 test edition to run a web and load tests. I have a webtest on a page that I need to have parse 'on' but theres one file call for this page that times out. When I run the loadtest the results for the entire test appear way off due to the timeout of that one file. Is there a way to ignore a certain file ca...
I'm looking to find something along the lines of Checkstyle for Visual Studio. I've recently started a new gig doing .NET work and realized that coding standards here are a bit lacking. While I'm still a young guy and far from the most experienced developer I'm trying to lead by example and get things going in the right direction. I l...