I need to execute a batch file as part of the un-install process in a Windows installer project (standard OOTB VS 2008 installer project-vdproj). One cannot execute a bat file directly from the Custom Actions in the installer project, so I wrote a quick vbs script to call the required bat file. vbs code: Set WshShell = WScript.CreateO...
I'm afraid my trial of VS 2008 is running out soon, and unless a client pays for it, I might be shelling out some cash for it. I've been looking through the comparison chart to compare VS Professional to Standard, and so far I think I'm safe. I wanted to hear from you on what the most important features are that I would be missing. Of...
Hi there, is there a way to add an existing classic ASP webapp into a solution in VS? The application is around 4000 files large and currently maintained outisde Visual Studio. Thanks in advance! Matthias ...
Is it possible to turn off the query re-formatting that happens when you edit a query for a database in Visual Studio? (i.e. r-click a data source and select New Query) This is happening when we are writing sql queries against a sql compact 3.5 database. Its rather irritating when your carefully indented and formatted query is munged i...
(another post here reminded me of this annoyance! this is not a dup!) I use VS2008 with multiple monitors. I have VS open on one and the app I'm debugging, reference pages, etc.. on the other. The problem is when I open a find window (Ctrl-F or click on the "Find in Files" icon) the window opens smack-dab in the middle of the two s...
Hi this is driving me insane. I've recently installed VS2008. The project I'm working on uses vstest and I have a maddening issue. When I choose to run/debug my tests/a test I frequently get the following error (accompanied by an exclamation mark against the test - test error): Warning: Test Run deployment issue: The assembly or module...
I've been using Visual Studio for a long time and the constant shuffling of the code tabs at the top drives me bonkers. I was wondering if there were any add-ins that might change this or other UI behavior. Things that might be cool: Sticky Tabs that won't go away. Multi-code file collapsible tabs (maybe each tab being a project?). Ha...
This is kind of a weird question and more of an annoyance than technical brick wall. When I'm adding tables and such using the Linq-to-SQL designer and I want to create an association using the dialogs. I right click on one of the target tables and choose Add > Association as normal and I am presented with the Association Editor. The P...
I'm having an odd problem with my vs debugger. When running my program under the vs debugger, the debugger does not break on an unhandled exception. Instead control is returned to VS as if the program exited normally. If I look in the output tab, There is a first-chance exeption listed just before the thread termination. I understand...
I'm getting near completely different objects from the same WSDL file when I try to Add a Web Reference depending if I am using Express or Pro version of the vs2008 .NET IDE. 1) Why is this happening? I'd expect the WSDL's to act the same across platforms--clearly they are not! 2) How do I determine what tool/wizard the IDE is calling w...
I've looked for some other articles on this problem and even tried some of the ideas in this thread; however, nothing has solved the issue yet. So, on to the issue. Something happens when working in Visual Studio (usually C#) that causes the IDE to become a bit wonky when saving a file. I will be working along just fine for a while th...
Can anyone point me to a good, simple, example of a Google API (AJAX Search API I suppose?) that can be implemented in VB.net (2008)? I have tried to sign up for a Google API key but it wants a URL from which the search will be executed from. I dont have a URL for this example. I tried http://localhost but then was told by a colleagu...
Is there anyway to disable the rather annoying feature that Visual Studio (2008 in my case) has of copying the line (with text on it) the cursor is on when CTRL-C is pressed and no selection is made? I know of the option to disable copying blank lines. But this is driving me crazy as well. ETA: I'm not looking to customize the keyboard...
I have subclassed Form to include some extra functionality, which boils down to a List<Image> which displays in a set of predefined spots on the form. I have the following: public class ButtonForm : Form { public class TitleButton { public TitleButton() { /* does stuff here */ } // there's other stuff too, just ...
I have converted one of my VS2006 projects into VS2008 and when trying to build the project in VS2008 I get the above error. What is .sbr file ? and how can I fix the compile error? Any help is hugely appreciated. ...
I am working through the book Learning WCF by Michele Bustamante, and trying to do it using Visual Studio C# Express 2008. The instructions say to use WCF project and item templates, which are not included with VS C# Express. There are templates for these types included with Visual Studio Web Developer Express, and I've tried to copy t...
I have a public property set in my form of type ListE<T> where: public class ListE<T> : IList<T>, ICollection<T>, IEnumerable<T>, IList, ICollection, IEnumerable Yeah, it's a mouthful, but that's what the Designer requires for it to show up as an editable collection in the Properties window. Which it does! So, I click the little [..] ...
I would like to use Visual Studio 2008 to the greatest extent possible while effectively compiling/linking/building/etc code as if all these build processes were being done by the tools provided with MASM 6.11. The exact version of MASM does not matter, so long as it's within the 6.x range, as that is what my college is using to teach 16...
I run Vista (business x32) on my work machine, in which I do ASP.NET development. Because I use IIS to server the sites I build (I do a lot of CMS integrations so I need to use IIS not the inbuilt web development server) I always need to attach to w3wp for debugging. The problem is that w3wp requires elevated permissions for me to conne...
Hi All, I've had a serious issue with my Visual Studio 2008 setup. I receive the ever-so-useful error 'A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup.' whenever I try to uninstall, reinstall or repair Visual Studio 2008 (team system version). If I can't resolve this issue I have no choice but to compl...