XML Schema Designer for Visual Studio 2008
VS 2005 did include a designer for XSD-Files. Where i can find the version for VS 2008? I only found a preview version for VS 2008 beta 2. ...
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Is there a way to change existing project type from ASP.NET Web Application to ASP.NET MVC Application in VS 2008?
So Visual Studio offers MVC content in context menus for "Add View", etc... Sure, i can create a new MVC Web Application project type and move the files from the non-MVC one there, but is there a way to change the project type without doing that step? ...
Visual Studio 2008 switches active project in solutions
I don't know how it happened, but for about a week now Visual Studio keeps switching the active project everytime I move between files (of different projects) in the same solution. Of course when I press F5 to start debugging or Ctrl+F5 to run the tests, it tells me that it can't start because the class library can't be started directly....
How do I fix this Visual Studio keyboard mapping problem?
Something (who knows, possibly even me, though certainly not intentionally) has changed the keyboard mapping in Visual Studio 2008, and I cannot figure out how to get it back to the default. The symptom that I see as the problem is that when I type the name of a class which is not in a namespace listed in the using statements at the top...
Which version of sdk and .NET come together with visual studio express c# 2008?
I am helping s.o. out over mail to start with c#, and I would like to recommend VS express for it (from this link) It's not clear to me which version of .NET ships with it, and if there will be an SDK with a commandline compiler (cs.exe).. I am using VS2008 and not too keen to test it all on my system. tx! ...
How to automatically add a huge set of .vcproj files to the solution?
I have a huge set of .vcproj files (~200) stored in different locations. I have a list of these files with full paths. How can i automatically add them to the solution file(.sln) ? UPD: I'm looking for existing tool/method. ...
How can (re-)enable VS2008 Pro to debug javascript in IE8?
Since I installed IE8 (Win XP) Visual Studio 2008 Pro stopped deebugging javascript. When I set a breakpoint on a line javasscript code and start debugging , I doesn't get hit anymore. This worked well when I had IE7 installed. The code hasn't changed. There were no other system changes performed at the same time. How can I solve this ...
How to develop in Visual Studio 2008 and embed Report Viewer Object for .Net 2?
Application is being developed in VS 2008. Report viewer is used and calls a report from SSRS on a SQL Server 2005 server. Error: Server Error in '/AppName' Application. Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error d...
Default build action for a filetype
Everytime I add an xsd file to my Visual Studio 2008 build project, its build action is defaulted to "none". I regularly forget to put this one to "content" which messes up the build... Is there anyway to set the default build action of xsd files to "content"? ...
Shelving Pending Changes in TFS
Right now I have some major code changes that won't be done in time for an upcoming release and need to be shelved. Is there a good way to get these changes out of my workspace but be able to return to them later? Maybe I am missing something, but looks like the changes stay in your workspace even when they are shelved. Is there a bet...
Visual Studio Setup Project with all files from a folder
We have a setup project that currently adds Project Output's from different visual studio projects. We want to change the packaging system and use a folder with a bunch of deploy files that are prepared for deployment in the setup. But this means that we need to add the files one by one, and keep adding them on each version when there ar...
Is there any mechanism to connect to sql server 7 from visual studio 2008?
We are currently moving our SQL Server 7 based database to SQL Server 2000 (Yeah progress) However in the mean time we have to support our SQL Server 7 database product. We currently have access to Visual Studio 2008 and I know that native support of connecting to SQL Server 7 does not exist. Does anyone know of any third party solutions...
Unable to deploy new SharePoint site template assembly version
I did a build of my SharePoint site template solution assembly and successfully deployed it to SharePoint, it was version 6.4.0.2032. I did some testing and found a couple problems with my code. I fixed the issues. Uninstalled my solution via "setup.bat /uninstall". Rebuilt my assembly to version 6.4.0.2033. I again installed my new temp...
Debugging ASP.NET MVC framework
What do I have to do in order to be able to step into ASP.NET MVC framework functions when debugging my own ASP.NET MVC application in Visual Studio 2008? I've currently installed the framework via the MSI installer. ...
BIDS DTS_E_PRODUCTLEVELTOLOW
Group, I have Visual Studio (VS) 2005 and 2008 installed on my local machine. I am creating SSIS packages using BI Studio and the package will build and run fine on my local machine. However, as soon as I move it to the server I get the error: Error SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PRODUCTLEVELTOLOW. The product level insufficient for component......
Adding a database to my Visual Studio 2008 project says I need sql server express?
When I try to add a new Sql Server Database file to my Visual Studio project, it tells me that I need to have Sql Server 2005 Express installed even though I have Sql Server 2005 Developer already? Is this by design and if so, why did Microsoft do it? and if it is not by design, what is the solution to fix it? ...
Problems With VS2008 Pro Edition 90 day Trial
I have two computers. One computer is an old XP and the other is a new Vista. I have dowloaded and pretty much tested an installation of VS2008ProEdition90dayTrialENUX1435622.iso without any problems on the XP computer. The Vista computer (where I need to do my work and where I have all the hard drive space, etc) has been pretty eventfu...
How to view code for classes in the .NET library?
I would like to look at the code for some of the classes in the .NET library. I find functions by using intellisense and just reading the tooltips that come up when I select different items. One example is the Contains method that you can use on arrays to search for a given string. I just happened to stumble upon that while working on...
Visual Studio code formatter
I'm using VisualStudio 2008 for doing work in C# and JavaScript (AJAXy stuff). Here's my issue -- I love Eclipse and especially the code formatted (Ctrl-Shift-F). Visual Studio's Ctrl-k, Ctrl-d, really sucks in comparison, especially for javascript. Is there a way to get VS to behave like the IDE that I miss? TIA, g ...
Debugging WCF Exception causes CommunicationException
I am introduction the use of FaultException in to our WCF services. To test this is I created the following function on the server: public void ThrowException() { try { throw new ApplicationException("This is a test exception"); } catch (ApplicationException ex) { thr...