Stop the Error List from popping up in Visual Studio 2008
Whenever I type in the markup of an aspx/ascx page in Visual Studio, the Error List window pops up (blank of course). Is there a way to stop that from happening? Thanks! ...
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Visual Studio 2008 breakpoint is not working
I am working on an ASP.NET project and I cannot make the breakpoints work! The project does not stop where I place a breakpoint. It does not seem to matter where I place the breakpoint. I am in debug mode; I am using IE 8, Windows 7 OS; Has anyone ever had this problem? ...
button of MDImenu can't disenable in VS2008
Hi everyone. i had just started to learn VB and VS2008 and im doing some system due to my homework. i made a WELCOME form with a timer, 5s to pass to the next form which called Select. After passed to next form, itll me.visible = false. Theres 3 buttons on the Select form which call Customer, Staff and Exit. As i had just start, the b...
Hide Non-Displayed ASP Elements in Design View
Is there a way to prevent non-displayed elements from appearing in the ASPX Design View editor? By "non-displayed elements", I mean the background elements (Managers, DataSources, Validators, etc) that show up as grey boxes containing the type and id. If I have several of those at the top of the page, I can't see much of the preview of...
VS2008 Smart Device Class Library Project Template
I was trying to create a new Class Library project targeted for the .NET Compact Framework. However, when I select "New project -> Smart Device" I only have the Smart Device Project template. I've checked the folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\SmartDevice\1033 It contains severa...
Compiler error while compiling the RAPID library on VS2008
I've downloaded the RAPID library and tried to compile it on Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. However, I'm getting the following compiler error: C4430 missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int at this code segment (the exact line that produces the error is int flag): class RAPID_model { public: box...
Easier debugging stl array
In MSVC++ I have a vector. Whenever you go out of bounds of the vector (in debug mode, launched as "Start Debugging"), when you step out of bounds of the vector the program halts with a dialog box: Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library ==== Debug Assertion Failed! Expression: Vector subscript out of range Abort | Retry | Ignore So w...
How to troubleshoot dependencies not copying.
I have an EXE project A, which references a class library project B (all in the same solution). Project B has a reference to about 10 3rd party DLLs (from DevExpress). All the referenced assemblies have Copy Local set to true. When I build the entire solution, the resulting DLL from project B is copied into the bin/debug of project ...
How to secure connection strings in VS?
I see several others have posted this question, however, none of the solutions I've tried have fixed this yet. I have a 32-bit XP running VS 2008 and I am trying to encrypt my connection string in my web.config file. But I am getting the error: The configuration section '...' was not found. Failed! The command I give it: C:\Progra...
How to force username and password entry in C# / VS web app?
I am trying to force user to enter username and password when they run my C#/SQL web application. This was developed in VS 2008 on a 32-bit XP. The current connection string I'm using in my web.config file is: <add name="AdventureWorksConnectionString2" connectionString="Data Source=SIDEKICK;Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;Persist Secu...
winform - login form template
Hi folks, new to winform development. I am trying to add a 'login form' to my project in vs2008 but the template is missing. When i do 'add new item', i don't see 'login form'. However i do see mainform, aboutbox form templates. TIA ...
How to prompt for username and password entry in C# / SQL ASP.NET web app?
How do I prompt for username and password in my C#/SQL web application? This was developed in VS 2008 on a 32-bit XP. The current connection string I'm using in my web.config file is: <add name="AdventureWorksConnectionString2" connectionString="Data Source=SIDEKICK;Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;Persist Security Info=false; " ...
How to write string from EditControl to a text file in Visual Studio 2008 , using the "Save To.." dialog ?
I'm writing my first app in MFC, and I was looking to include a very simple feature : Include a "Save To File" button that on being clicked will bring up the familiar "Save As.." Dialog box and will ultimately save the data in a text file. I couldn't find how to invoke this dialog box - can someone just point me at the right way to do i...
Strange error with VS2008 on Windows 7
We have a solution with two projects, one of them is a Silverlight 3 application which is embedded on the other ASP.NET MVC project. Just recently an error started to appear which makes the build fail. Here is the output: `------ Build started: Project: DotCoquiMap, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------ C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft...
How to access web.config connection string in C#?
I have a 32-bit XP running VS 2008 and I am trying to decrypt my connection string from my web.config file in my C# ASPX file. Even though there are no errors returned, my current connection string doesn't display contents of my selected AdventureWorks stored procedure. I entered it: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC>As...
Static linking in Qt --> link errors in VS 2008
Today I dediced to make static linking in Qt. I used Qt4 with Visual Studio and static C runtime article. The 3rd step took quite a long time. When it was finished I opened my project in VS 2008, made Build->Clean Solution and try to Release. Unfortunately I got link errors: warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'libcmt.lib' conflicts with...
Upgrading Visual studio 2008 Professional to Visual studio 2010 Preimum
I currently have Visual Studio 2008 Professional installed on my Windows 7 (x64) laaptop. I also have SQL Server 2008 Express installed and Crystal Reports 2008 installed. Can I upgrade Visual Studio 2008 Pro to Visual Studio 2010 Promimum and if so do I have to make any configuration changes to any other apps I have installed? ...
How to configure IIS authentication password?
I am developing a C# / ASP.NET web application in VS 2008 on a 32-bit XP. I created a Login.aspx file for the user to enter a user name and password initially before seeing any data. This functionality works now from VS. I added users and roles by entering ASP.NET Configuration. However, after publishing to IIS 6.0, the password do...
Visual Studio Windows Forms Designer keyboard shortcuts
Extremely basic question. Are there common actions I can perform using keyboard shortcuts in the Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio (2008)? Alternately, could I add my own keyboard shortcuts (either through settings or macros)? It'd really be nice if I could, for example, set a control to dock/undock in its parent container by ty...
Is there a Designer for MFC in Visual Studio like for windows forms in .NET?
I'm a .NET programmer. I've never developed anything in MFC. Currently I had to write a C++ application (console) for some image processing task. I finished writing it. But the point is I need to design GUI also for this. Well, there won't be anything complex. Just a window with few Buttons, RadioButtons, Check Boxes, PicturesBox & few s...