visual-studio-2008

Do Web Deployment Projects work with x86 build configuration

I have a need to build a website and several DLLs that it references in an x86 configuration. To date we have been using Web Deployment Projects to create Zip files of the resultant site and all it's required files. We need to continue to use WDPs however, they seem to have problems with the x86 build configuration. In my project, when ...

Is there a fix for VS 2008 after the Silverlight 4 windows update?

I installed a windows update for Silverlight on my Win 7 64-bit PC yesterday, and today when I started VS 2008, I got the following error: --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- Package Load Failure Package 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Silverlight.SLPackage, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Silverlight, Vers...

does VS express conflict with professional ??

I just recently installed VS 2008 Professional on my computer and I already have C++ and C# express on my computer. But for some strange reason I can not find the executable for VS professional 2008. when I go into program files and look under visual studios 2008. All i see is a bunch of tools but no vs 2008 exe ...

Fix formatting of aspx file in Visual Studio?

I have a file with a lot of this kind of thing in it: <asp:TableCell ID="TableCell9" runat="server">Company Organization:</asp:TableCell><asp:TableCell ID="TableCell10" runat="server"> How can I get the formatter to change it to shows like this: <asp:TableCell ID="TableCell9" runat="server">Company Organization:</asp:TableCell> ...

Clean obj directory in Visual Web Developer Express 2008

I am using the following post-build event line to delete my project obj/ directory in VS WebDev 2008: rmdir $(ProjectDir)obj /s /q This seems to delte the files but leaves an empty Debug/Release directory in there, and either complains that "directory is not empty", or it silently fails to delete obj and obj/Debug. What I am doing wro...

Custom setup project for "Setup and Deployment Visual Studio"- How to get the contents of the folder where the .msi file resides?

Does anyone know how to find the path of the installer while it is installing? My goal is to get either none, 1, or 2 folders that are also in the same folder with the setup, and copy them to a destination the user chooses before installing. Those folders may or may not be there. Through lots of pain I have found out how to use the cu...

Publishing a WPF application in VS 2008 triggers "the server unexpectedly closed the connection"

I'm using Windows Server, IIS 6.0 and VS 2008 Professional. When I click "Publish WPF application" I get "the server unexpectedly closed the connection". Any ideas? ...

Visual Studio SVN integration

Is there any way to properly integrate Subversion control into VS2008? I'm currently using the TortoiseSVN shell extensions, but I keep forgetting to check in new files and it's easy to get in a confused mess. On another project I use VS2008 with SourceSafe, and it's really nice having most things automated or controlled simply by using...

redirect web app results to own application

Is it possible to redirect a web apps results to a second application? I cannot parse the html source. It contains the javascript functions that execute the queries but all the content is probably server side. I hope this makes sense. The owner has made the script available but I am not sure how this helps. Can I using .net call the si...

Visual Studio swapping code between projects?

Are there any known issues with visual studio and code being swapped between projects? I had a project running in VS2008 and when i went back to it, the code from another project had been swapped in the Program.cs class. I havent made any mistakes, im not talking about some code- i mean the whole project had been swapped out. Its as if ...

visual studio 2008 is stuck when linking on release mode! what should i do

in recent weeks, i am not able to build my visual studio 2008 project in release mode. i am using the same old project and the same source file, but when compiling on release mode, visual studio hangs on the linking stage. i am using c++ and win32 SDK how did it happen and what should i do to resolve this? ...

how to create resources without VS C++ 2008 creating MFC files

I am creating a WIN32 application and I want most of all my application events to be made through the message queue. But everytime I create a dialog box or any resource like that. The IDE auto generates code that I don't necessarily need. I believe it's MFC code not sure. here it is. // dlgChangeDevice.cpp : implementation file // #in...

Help with visual programming??

I'm trying to duplicate Impero's policy lock screen. I'm trying to have my program search to see if a file exists. The concept is that if the file exists, it will be launched. What it be better to use a background worker to search for it? If so how would I make it search for it? Any suggestions on how to implement the desired functi...

problem running system.net.webclient and process.start off a control event

The following code causes my vs 2008 wpf project to hang, I'm not sure why. Both Part 1 and Part 2 work perfectly fine independently, but when I run them together on an control event (click a button for example) the program hangs. I've also tried shell execute for part 2 - same results. However, this code when run within the form loaded...

ClickOnce Deployment of an Application with more then one executable file

Hi I am trying to deploy an application with two executable files one of which is the application it self. I used the publish tub on the VS 2008 and tried to publish manually using the MageUI.exe. in both cases I get the "Reference in the manifest does not match the identity of the downloaded assembly" error in regards to the second ...

vss 6.0.81.69 compatibility with vs 2008

vss version 6.0.81.69 is not working with vs 2008? is there any solution to make them compatible. ...

Crystal Report print functionlity doesn't work after deployment?

I'm using crystal reports to build reports, everything is ok while development. But after deployment of website, print functionality doesn't work. I use _rptDocument.PrintToPrinter(1, false, 0, 0); to print report. I've tried two methods to deploy website Normal Publish option. Web Deployment Project. But I got the same output,...

CMake - Generating Visual Studio project using Intel Compiler

Is there a simple (or hack) way to generate a Visual Studio 2008 project that uses Intel Compiler from cmake? I have found some notes about using ICProjConvert. Does anyone have any scripts or CMake snippets that are proven to work? Here's the screenshot of the final solution I'd like to obtain. Note that it contains Intel Compiler pr...

Addin for drawing lines between nested blocks in the Visual Studio IDE code editor

When using Resharper or CodeRush Express in the Visual Studio 2008 IDE, these tools modify the code editor with additional effects, such as the drawing of lines between the start and end of code blocks, if statements, switch statements etc. Does anyone know if there is a Visual Studio addin that can do this without the bloat and overhea...

Does Visual Studio 2008 use make utility?

I have checked in buid directory and have not found makefile there. How does Visual Studio 2008 buid the project? Does it use makefile? ...