Visual Studio 2010 ADO.NET Data Model vs Linq to SQL
What's the difference between the two? They seem to have the same functionality at first glance. Which one has faster performance which one is easier to use? ...
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Upgrading Visual Studio 2010 RC to RTM/Retail/Final
I have the RC build of VS2010 installed on my computer. Now that the RTM build is out, I want to upgrade. Aside from the main Visual Studio package and .NET Framework 4, what else should I remove before I install the RTM build in order to minimize potential breakage/conflicts? VS2010 installs a whole bunch of ancillary packages and I'm ...
VS2010 Installations. I want it all. What should I install?
If I install Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (x86) - DVD (English) Are the following seperate MSDN installs already included? Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 (x86) - DVD (English) Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 (x86 and x64) - DVD (English) en_visual_studio_2010_tools_for_the_office_system_4.0_runtime_x86_510110.exe ...
IVsEditorAdaptersFactoryService.CreateVsTextViewAdapter throws an object null reference
I'm trying to create a IVsTextViewAdpater with the IVsEditorAdaptersFactoryService but when I call CreateVsTextViewAdapter it throws an object null reference: var editorFactory = componentModel.GetService<IVsEditorAdaptersFactoryService>(); var serviceProvider = (Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider)this; ...
Uninstall of VS2010 RC gets stuck on uninstall of Crystal Reports templates for VS2010
The progress bar is stuck at 100%. Any suggestions for the best/cleanest way torwards a healthy install of VS2010 Final Release? I have this problem all the time with the MS Installer (MSIEXEC.exe/setup.exe). Previously, reinstalling the MS Installer didn't help. ...
Is there a good comparison of the different Entity Framework 2.0 code generators?
Inspired by this post, I'm wondering if anyone has found a good comparison between the POCO Generator and the 1.0esque Entities/Context. Why should I use one over the other? Or, what criteria should I be evaluating on my project to make my decision? I once thought that POCO's were less work for mvc/wcf/databinding. But it seems a mor...
Why is there no 64bit version of Visual Studio 2010?
I only see x86 version in msdn downloads. ...
Should my team wait few weeks more before buying MSDN subscription after Studio 2010 release?
Can one expect some promotional prices for MSDN subscriptions after release of MS Studio 2010 happened today on April 12? Or are the MSDN prices usually irrelevant to Studio releases? ...
Do I need to un-install aspnet mvc2 for vs2008 before installing vs2010?
I just grabbed vs2010 release from msdn and I wanted to find out if anyone had any issues installing this on a machine that had mvc2 installed already for use with vs2008. ...
Can Visual Studio 2010 be installed with Visual Studio 2008 side by side?
I'm using VS Team System 2008 and gonna install VS 2010 Express editions. ...
Work Item Link Types in Visual Studio TFS 2010
What's the difference between the following work items link types in Visual Studio TFS 2010? Test Case Shared Steps Tests Tested By Thanks, ...
Visual Studio 2010 + Target Framework 3.5. What version of c# compiler will be used?
Question is in title. 3.0 or 4.0? ...
Will Visual Studio 2010 only run 4.0 unit tests?
I have different projects written in .NET 3.5 and some unit test projects to cover them. When converting my solution to be used in Visual Studio 2010 I keep all my projects in 3.5 but the unit tests are forced to 4.0? This way I cannot use them with my regular projects anymore. Resulting in this: Could not load file or assembly 'xxx.xxx...
Can I use Visual Studio 2010 without breaking my 2008 apps?
Hi all, Now Visual Studio 2010 is out can I use Visual Studio 2010 without breaking my 2008 apps? Can I still compile to .Net 2.0 etc? Thanks Steven ...
Has Object in VB 2010 received the same optimalization as dynamic in C# 4.0?
Some people have argued that the C# 4.0 feature introduced with the dynamic keyword is the same as the "everything is an Object" feature of VB. However, any call on a dynamic variable will be translated into a delegate once and from then on, the delegate will be called. In VB, when using Object, no caching is applied and each call on a n...
What are the other new features of C# 4.0, after dynamic and optional parameters?
So, C# 4.0 came out yesterday. It introduced the much-debated dynamic keyword, named and optional parameters. Smaller improvements were the implicit ref and recognizing of indexed and default properties on COM methods, contra- and co-variance (really a .NET CLR feature, not C# only) and... Is that really it? Are dynamic and optional/nam...
ExpectedException on TestMethod Visual Studio 2010
Today I upgraded my solution with all the underlying projects from VS2008 to VS2010. Everything went well except for my unit tests. First of all only the web projects had as target framework .NET 4. All the other projects still had .NET 3.5. I changed them all to .NET 4. Now when I debug my unit tests it breaks on every exception. In 2...
How to be sure that my MVC project is running on the correct version after upgrade to vs2010?
I just installed visual studio 2010 and upgraded my MVC project (which was running on MVC RC2 in visual studio 2008). visual studio 2010 updated every project file to target the framework 4.0. But the system.web.dll is pointing to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 2\Assemblies\System.Web.Mvc.dll in VS2010 ob...
Can't convert the PocketPC project in Visual Studio 2010 project format
Just downloaded the Visual Studio 2010 Premium and realized that can't compile the project, made for PDA! The error log in output window says: Loading D:\Work...\PDA2.csproj ... D:\Work...\PDA2.csproj : error : The project file 'D:\Work...\PDA2.csproj' cannot be opened. The project type is not supported by this installation. I want to...
Keyword Selection Background?
I just installed MSVS2010 Ultimate & I've noticed something which is somewhat annoying & conflicting with my syntax highlighting, as can be seen: As can be seen, when a keyword/function/variable/etc is highlighted all other instances of the aforementioned are highlighted too. This is somewhat annoying. Is there any way to disable thi...