visual-studio-2010

VS 2010 mouse processor extension - not working

I am experimenting with a Visual Studio 2010 extension, where I need to work with the events exposed by IMouseProcessor. As far as I can tell from the docs, I should create an IMouseProcessorProvider and export is using MEF, so that it can be automatically picked up by Visual Studio. I created this class: [Export(typeof(IMouseProcess...

Is it possible to compile a project command-line with Visual C# 2010 Express edition?

Hello. Does an express edition of visual c# 2010 supports command-line builds? ...

Is there a way to make Visual Studio 2010 look more like VS 2008?

Specifically, I don't like the tab arrows that are shown when "View White Space" is enabled... they're too big and obtrusive. VS 2008 is more subtle. Thanks! ...

Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK Refresh install issue on Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta 2

When I install the Windows Mobile 6 Standard SDK Refresh I get the error: Not Installed: Visual Studio 2005 SP1 or Later I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta 2 installed. Please can you tell me how I can resolve this? ...

Got a "The project type is not supported by this installation" when converting MVC2 application to VS2010

I just installed Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 on my hard drive. I also reinstalled MVC Beta 2. I opened then my solution in VS2010 and I got the error message "The project type is not supported by this installation". I don't really understand since, first I upgraded from MVC1 to MVC2 in Visual Studio 2008 and today I tried to convert it to...

How do I implement intellisense support for a custom DLR language in VS2008?

I have just started writing my first language for the .NET DLR. I would like to know if it is possible to extend Visual Studio 2008 IntelliSense to handle the syntax of a custom DLR language? EDIT: I have decided to bypass VS2008 and target VS2010 instead. See accepted answer for more information. ...

Any pitfalls to working on a project created in a 'higher' version of Visual Studio?

I'm asking this specifically regarding Visual Studio 2008 and also the upcoming Visual Studio 2010. If we are given a project that has been created in an edition of Visual Studio such as Team Suite or Ultimate, and all we have to work with is Professional, would that interfere with us working with the project? I'm assuming the code woul...

Debugger.Break on visual studio 2010

Hi everyone, I try to debug my windows service using Debugger.Break() on Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 Ultimate on Vista 64 bits. Nothing is happening when I execute my code... Someone have a idea ? Thanks in advance. Best regards ...

Was Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 written to use multi cores?

basically i want to know if the visual studio IDE and/or compiler in 2010 was written to make use of a multi core environment (i understand we can target multi core environments in 08 and 10, but that is not my question). i am trying to decide on if i should get a higher clock dual core or a lower clock quad core, as i want to try and f...

ADO.NET EntityObject Generator

Hi there, i've just installed vs 2010 n discovered that ado.net entityobject generator exists as a new item. Do u have more docs on it? i surfed on the net, but i found only two urls' speaking about that (even if i can't understoo what actually it is) Update: What’s New in Entity Framework 4? Part 1: API Changes ADO.NET EntityObje...

How to find what's new in VC++ v10?

Hello, Googling nor binging "VC++ What's new C++0x" gives me nothing that tells me what is new.Is there an official page at msdn or something similiar that contains the information for VC++ 10? I've seen such for C#,there must be one for what I'd enjoy to read. If not, please list the new features available in Visual Studio 2010 for VC...

Error building Visual Studio 2010 Silverlight 4 projects on Windows 7 with XP Mode

I installed Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 in an XP Mode VM on Windows 7. Then I created a trivial Silverlight 4 (beta) project and tried to build it. I get the following error: Error 1 The "ValidateXaml" task failed unexpectedly. System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'file://\tsclient\d\Users\me\Documents\V...

Where is System.ServiceModel.Web.dll?

I am developing a Windows service that exposes a WCF service intended to be consumed by a Silverlight application, as explained in this blog post: http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2008/03/27/10291.aspx The problem I am facing is that I need to use the WebInvoke attribute, which is defined in the System....

Should I add the vcxproj.filter files to source control

While evaluating Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, I see that in the converted directory my vcproj files have become vcxproj files. There are also vcxproj.filter files alongside each project which appear to contain a description of the folder structure (\Source Files, \Header Files, etc.). Do you think these filter files should be kept per-use...

Unit Testing interface contracts in C#

Using the Code Contracts tools available in VS2010 Beta 2, I have defined an interface, a contract class for that interface and two classes that implement the interface. Now when I come to test the code, I want to test the implementation classes so I know that their functionality is correct and I want to test the contract code so I know...

Force Visual Studio (2010) to save all files in UTF-8

Is there any way I can force Visual Studio (2010) to save all files in UTF-8, always? ...

How to uninstall Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1

What are the steps necessary to properly uninstall VS 2010 Beta 1? ...

I can't add a using reference on my C# application.

I'm using Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 and I can't add a reference to: system.drawing I've tried right click on the solution explorer but I can't find it there. What gives? ...

Going from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 Express Editions

I use C# and asp.net in visual studio 2008 standard. I just found out that there is no Visual studio 2010 standard. I can't really afford Visual studio 2010 Pro. So what am I going to lose when (if) I start using C# 2010 express web dev 2010 express ...

Serving a custom HttpHandler files with Cassini in Visual Studio 2010

Just playing around with our Less HttpHandler for CSS preprocessing using Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NETMVC 2 and I am unable to serve the .Less file type how I'd like to. I have added a handler section to the web.config which is all that was previously required with VS 2008 when using Cassini: <httpHandlers> <add type="dotless.Core....