I have an x64 project in VS2008 that needs to include an old legacy library written in Fortran years ago. I do not have the source and cannot recompile it. The function names in the .lib are prepended with an underscore, but the x64 projects only use fastcall reference which does not want to recognize stdcall or cdecl references. Is ther...
Is it possible to bulk upgrade (many at the same time) VS 2005 projects to VS 2008. I know that I can open one at a time, however, I would like to select say 10 at a time to upgrade and add to a new solution. ...
Sorry for the dumb question, but... I'm moving from VB to C# and this is really bugging me. Is there a way to convince VS 2008 to draw a line separating my methods like it does for VB? I'm really used to those, and i'm used to doing //------------------------------------------------------- myself in Javascript. I'm hoping I won't ha...
We're using a dataset to throw a small amount of data around amongst various nodes within our application. The dataset is in an assembly by itself as it is reference from many other components. The Visual Studio dataset tool has developed a strange habit of creating a new designer everytime a build is done. So, the project looks like...
I've created a custom control using C#, .Net3.5, and Visual Studio 2008. I'm then adding that control to another control by dragging it from the toolbox. After doing this when I try to compile I get an error as follows: Error 1 Warning as Error: Field 'MyNamespace.MyControl._myCustomControl' is never assigned to, and will always hav...
Hi I develop in Visual Studio 2008 a lot and would like to find an addin like vsphp which enables intellisense and debugging in Visual Studio. Is IronStudio what I am looking for? As far as I understand IronStudio is a Plugin for .NET. If there is no Plugin for Visual Studio 2008 whats a great IDE for a python newbee who loves Visual S...
I want to be able to produce a single MSI from VS08 which can be used to install e.g. demo, staging and production versions of the same app on the same website in the same IIS. In other words, the user needs to be in control of how many instances they want - I'm not in a position to pre-generate them by varying the product code (though ...
Hi, in a VS 2008 solution I just inherited there is a normal class library project that actually should be a web application project (because it is a web service indeed). What is the best way to convert it? ...
I've just started using a cms (N2) which has a template basic implementation using a web site project template in vs2008. I've noticed that when compiling it it takes a lot longer than using a web application project which I am more use to. My questions are: Why does it seem to take a lot longer to compile? Which is better to use? Sho...
Not sure if anyone has noticed this yet but if you run Visual Studio 2008 with the DBML (not sure about EF yet) under Windows 7 the tables will disappear when you hover over them. Looking for a fix so I thought I'd ask everyone since I've seen it asked in comments but not as a question yet. EDIT I've filed a bug with Microsoft. Anyon...
Is there a plug-in for the Visual Studio IDE that adds the feature available in C# for extracting interfaces from objects? ...
I have a solution in VS 2008 with 2 projects in it. One is a DLL written in C++. The other is a simple c++ console application created from a blank project. I would like know how to call the functions in the DLL from the application. Assume I am starting with a blank C++ project and that i want to call a function called "int IsolatedFun...
In Visual Studio 2008's Options > Text Editor > C# > Formatting, I have the following settings ticked. Automatically format completed statement on ; Automatically format completed block on } This is really helpful for when I'm writing a method or a for/foreach/while/if statement. ie if I write void MyMethod(){} I want it to refo...
The MSDN and Microsoft websites tout new features of Visual Studio. However, I am interested in finding a list of bugs fixed in the new release, if such a list exists. If no such official list exists, I am interested in blogs of Visual Studio developers and users of Visual Studio, reporting on the fixing of bugs in 2008 (release or SP1)...
My visual studio xml editor is gone. So when I open for example a web.config file it's shown like a plain text file. If I right click -> Open with: the XML Editor option it's not longer there. Anyone had this problem before??. I've tried repairing the installation and uninstall/install but it didn't fixed it. Thanks for the help. ...
I'm creating a document viewing web application. You log in and it takes you to a screen where you have all your docs listed on the left. I want to make it so that when you roll over a document a preview of the document shows up on the right. From there you can click on it for a full view and printing capabilities. I'm not asking how...
I have a multi-threaded .Net app in which thread-local storage is used to hold a flag of sorts. I have reason to suspect that the flag is being set incorrectly in one of the threads and would like to use the VS debugger to inspect when and where the flag is being set. Once I have stopped the application at a break point, can I use the i...
I'm writing an add-in for extending Visual Studio 2008 (adding custom functionality). While doing that I came across a situation where it would be good if I could provide custom messages via tooltips for any line of code. Doing this IMO requires accessing the VS editor control and by some way displaying the respective tooltip. This migh...
Is there a built in way, or a free add-in, that can keep the tab bar of open files sorted in alphabetical order? Once sorted, how can I get CTRL-PageUP/DOWN (or other shortcut) to jump left/right instead of most/least recently viewed file. Thanks, Kurt ...
Which Operating System would you recommend when working with Visual Studio 2008 and it's asp.net framework? I will only use it for Web-developing and Visual Studio is the only thing I need on it. I do all my programming on a 2Ghz laptop with 2GB memory. Should I stick with XP? Windows Server 2008/2005 or perhaps Vista? Should I use a 64...