Visual Studio 2010 (Argument Exception)
Hi, I get the following exception: 'Cannot find the method on the object instance' when I hover over a property of one of my classes in Visual Studio 2010. Any ideas? ...
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Microsoft Database project requires Visual studio 2010 premium or higher? Are there any open source free ones?
Hello, I need to know wether or not to buy the VS 2010 premium or not. I have the Visual StudioTeam System 2008 Database Edition working on my own version of vs 2008 team suite. My coworkers only have VS2008 professional. We are moving to VS2010 now. We do not have MSDN licenses for our company right now. We are looking to buy just the V...
Is there a better way to share master pages now that VS 2010 and .Net 4 are out?
I'm trying to find a better way to share a master page than the old method of using Web Deployment Projects and a really nasty master page to share master pages between applications. I would think Microsoft would have given us something a little nicer in 2010, but I haven't found anything. Any ideas? ...
Visual Studio XML comments (summary) and special characters
Hello, I have a method in a C# / Wpf project and I'd like to comment / document it using the XML comments like this /// <summary> /// Initialises Drag & Drop /// </summary> void initDragDrop() { } When I now use this method somewhere in my project and hover the mouse over it, I get the message "XML comment co...
How to change the default Help browser for VS2010?
Visual Studio 2010 changed the help system to run a little daemon and launch the system default web browser to view it. I'm using Firefox for my system browser but would like to use Chrome for VS help. Is there an option to change the Help browser that I'm not seeing in Tools|Options? If not, is there a workaround or registry setting t...
Visual Studio 2010 Data Sources
Running Visual Studio 2010 10.0.30319.1 RTMRel with prior running and uninstalled beta version. My issue, I'm not able to show Data Sources panel. It's not under View menu in my case. Would appreciate any ideas ...
Why is ISql100DatabaseEncryptionKey blocking Schema Compare
I am trying to do a Schema Compare in Visual Studio 2010 on some SQL Server 2008 databases. But I get the following error. What does it mean and how can I ignore? An error was received from SQL Server while attempting to reverse engineer elements of type Microsoft.Data.Schema.Sql.SchemaModel.ISql100DatabaseEncryptionKey: The user does n...
Visual C++ 2010 Express: extension SDK available?
Allegedly, Visual C++ 2010 Express, unlike previous versions, supports third party extensions. I just downloaded the release candidate SDK for Visual Studio 2010, but the installer fails saying that I don't have Visual Studio installed (which is true since i use Visual C++ 2010 Express). Have I missed something? Is there a version of th...
Can I use a TFS 2008 Build Server with .NET 4.0? With VS 2010?
I am thinkin about building my first TFS 2008 Build Server. However, I would like to use it with VS 2010 solutions targeting both .NET 3.5 and 4.0. Will this work and what should I watch out for? ...
Does Visual Studio 2010 support something like Eclipse's "Generate delegate methods"?
Eclipse allows us to define a class as: interface MyInterface { void methodA(); int methodB(); } class A : MyInterface { MyInterface myInterface; } and then with this "Generate delegate methods", it will implement all needed methods for the interface, redirecting their logic to myInterface's methods: class A : MyInterfac...
CodeContracts: Possibly calling a method on a null reference
I'm having an argument with the CodeContracts static analysis tool. My code: (ASCII version) The tool tells me that instance.bar may be a null reference. I believe the opposite. Who is right? How can I prove it wrong? ...
Displaying multidimensional data in WPF
What is the best way to display multidimensional data in WPF? I won't know the size/shape of the data until runtime. Ideally I would like to use databinding but that is not a strict requirement. I was thinking some sort of grid but I don't know how to dynamically bind to the data and have it figure out the number of rows and columns. Sug...
If Visual Studio 2010 based on WPF, why I cannot open it with reflector?
If Visual Studio 2010 based on WPF, why I cannot open it with reflector? In other words, devenv.exe seems to be native assembly, so where is the WPF UI code? ...
visual studio 2005 to 2010 with boost
About a month a go I spent almost an entire week trying to figure out how to build the boost libraries for vs2005 and today I updated to vs2010. Do I need to remove boost for vs 2005(I uninstalled vs2005) and go through the build process for 2010 or will it magically work and I can go take a nap? ...
How do I track the method the user is looking at in VS 2010 IDE as an Addin
I have been wandering around the object model for VS 2010 and haven't been able to work out the best method for watching what the user is looking at in the main edit window. I know that each Class/method/property is broken down into its own . What I would ideally like is to hook to an event which says "The user has moved the cursor onto...
How can I make a release build with Visual Web Developer 2010?
In web developer express 2008 there was a Build option in the menu. In web developer express 2010 it is not in the menu anymore, and under the Debug menu option I can only make a Debug build. What is the new way to make a build release in 2010? ...
Where is the Visual Studio 2010 debug toolbar?
I recently installed the offical release of Visual Studio 2010 Pro. I can never remember the debug key bindings, so in previous versions of VS I would enable the debug toolbar. In VS2010, however, when I right-click on the toolbar area and select Debug, no debug toolbar shows up. If right-click again on the toolbar area, it shows Debu...
can I use .NET Framework 4.0 with VS2008 ?
hello , can I use .net framework 4.0 in VS2008 ? If yes how can I do that? My application uses 2.0 ,Or are there advantages to updating to the latest .NET 4.0 now? And also I came across some new features in framework 4.0 like : Response.RiderectPermanent Response.RiderectToRoute Response.RiderectToRoutePermanent ...
Visual Studio 2010 Language Support
Hello SO, I want to be able to develop code using Visual Studio 2010. I just got VS2010 and I'm not able to get the languages I want on it. The main reason that I'm asking this is that I'm trying to migrate to ONE IDE that does it all for me. Thus far eclipse has been doing a good job, but I've been informed that VS2010 is better and I'...
What's the stability of VS2010 like?
I'm talking about VS 2010 Professional/Ultimate RTM (not express versions). Google doesn't show much other than stuff about the beta 2 and RC versions. Will it run OK on a Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz with 3GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS? Edit: How does it go with R# 5.0? ...