visual-studio-2010

Visual Studio 2010: Pre-order purchase available? With using 2008 in mean time?

Does anyone know if you can pre-order purchase Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and get the current edition (2008) for use in the meantime, until 2010 launches in March? ...

Custom WPF editor using the Visual Studio Shell

For the project I'm working on, I want to have a custom form designer. I want to use WPF to create custom XAML. I don't know exactly which changes will be in the XAML but it will be custom XML tags. At the moment if I add those tags in a XAML file and try to edit it with VS, I get errors. The custom tag data would come from custom Tool...

Embedding IronPython in a C# application - import error on urllib

I have a Python file with as content: import re import urllib class A(object): def __init__(self, x): self.x = x def getVal(self): return self.x def __str__(self): return "instance of A with value '%s'" % (self.getVal()) I also have a simple C# console project with the following code: engine = P...

Is the current Silverlight 4 beta supported on Visual Studio 2010 RC?

As probably everyone knows, MS just released the RC for Visual Studio 2010 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx). I'm about to download and install it, but I need to know if the current Silverlight 4 beta bits are supported. Anyone happen to know, or know differently? (If I don't get an answer, I'll post my results b...

WCF Ria services and Visual Studio 2010 RC?

Hi, does anyone know what the planning is for WCF Ria services now that the RC of VS 2010 is out? Specifically, when is a new build coming and will it be usable with Silverlight 3 now? ...

VC++ 2010 include/lib path

Is there a place to set header and library path for ALL projects in VC2010 express? When i set them they seem to only apply to a single project (eg i have to set them everytime i start a new project). ...

What Version of Asp.Net MVC is in Visual Studio 2010 RC?

What Version of Asp.Net MVC is in Visual Studio 2010 RC? Is it MVC 2 RC 2? or RC 1? Or ...? ...

VS 2010 RC. Is it "final enough to install w/o worry?"

I used to install betas freely and learned the hard way that I best only do that using a disposable environment. What is your perception of the safetey of installing the Release Candidate version? Is it likely that when I go to install the final version that I will be faced with having to do ugly manual steps to get rid of it just so I ...

Is Visual Studio 2010 RC ready for production?

Regarding to this post, can visual studio 2010 RC ready for production I know there is already a duplicate question here, but that was asked when beta were available. ...

TFS Build Fails

We run TFS 2008 and Visual Studio 2010B2 (as with any Beta, errors are predominant). Below are the errors given (from the build log): Task "DeleteWorkspaceTask" DeleteWorkspaceTask TeamFoundationServerUrl="http://dev-svr:8080/" BuildUri="vstfs:///Build/Build/1679" Name="**ALICE_3_**" DeleteLocalItems=True TF14061: The workspace ...

TFS work-around or help needed

We are using Visual Studio 2010 and TFS 2008. From the Buildlog.txt file I get the error: TF14061: The workspace ALICE_3_;SCIENCE\TFSservice does not exist. I've gone into the prompt ran: tf.exe tf workspaces /server:http://tfs-server:8080 /owner:ALICE_3_;SCIENCE\TFSservice I get a permissions error... the problem is that the gu...

How to Change Build Pathway for TFS2008

We are using VS2010 (Beta2) and TFS2008. I know this portion of the buildlog.txt controls the pathway: Using "Message" task from assembly "Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v3.5, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a". Task "Message" BuildDefinition=CI Done executing task "Message". Task "Message" BuildDefinitionId=...

Buildspace/tf.exe helped needed

We're currently using Visual Basic 2010 and TFS 2008. I created a buildspace, but can't get the build to map to it: ALICE_3_;SuperUser (What I want) ALICE_3_;Intern (What I have) Is it possible to change users or even 'SourcesDirectory'? Or do I need to log into the SuperUser account? Thanks ...

Is it safe to install .net 4.0 RC on a 3.5 development machine?

I want to try a few things with the new version of the framework, but I use my machine to develop quite a few .NET 3.5 applications. Will I be able to uninstall the framework and Vs 2010 without problems or incompatibilities? Has anyone tried it? ...

Any DB2 database project support for Visual Studio 2010?

Back at Tech Ed in 2008, Microsoft announced that: IBM and Microsoft have agreed to work together to integrate IBM DB2 database access with Visual Studio Team System Database Edition. -- Microsoft Press Release - 6/3/2008 Has anyone seen evidence that this has actually happened? More importantly, has anyone had success moving DB...

Crossthread operation not valid... - VB.NET

Hello everyone... I am using vb.net, and in my program I get this 'crossthread operation not valid' error when I run my backgroundworker that will make this textbox enabled true. My main sub will first turn the enabled to false, and when the backgroundworker runs it will turn it back true then exit. Why does it give me an error? FYI: Th...

Delete Folders and Containing Files - VB.NET

Hello everyone, I have a really quick question. My program actually downloads a zip file then extracts it onto their desktop. But I need an uninstall feature for it, which is basically deleting multiple folders and containing files. How can I do this in vb.net? Thanks ...

Visual Studio 2010: Adding commands to toolbar

I've been playing with the RC of Visual Studio 2010, trying to set it up similarly to my VS 2008 installation. In VS 2008, I have added a couple of commands to the standard toolbar; Edit > Outlining > Toggle All, and Edit > Outlining > Collapse to Definitions. These commands don't have native images, so I created a couple and added them ...

Vista / Win 7 SDK bufferoverflowu.lib linking error

Hey All, I downloaded the Windows SDK 7.0A to explore some things I was reading about. I downloaded some samples that work with the SDK but when I try to compile them I get an error. I looked in the Lib directory of the SDK and couldn't find it. I also did a full system search and also did not find it. I have read about this being a spe...

F# and Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition?

Is there any way to work with F# on Visual Studio 2010 Expression Edition. I am having Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition Beta 2. ...