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Using a DLL in Visual Studio C++

I have a DLL that I've been using with no problem in Visual C# (simply adding the reference and using the namespace). Now I'm trying to learn C++, and I don't understand how you reference a namespace from a DLL. I can right-click on a project and select 'references' and from there click 'add new reference', but that just provides me with...

limit html characters per line in aspx

Is there a way to configure visual studio to limit the characters on aspx page to a certain number of characters? I tried setting the character limit on Formatting and Validation on aspx page. but that didnt work. ...

How to send code to Team Foundation Server w/out Visual Studio

I have a client that I have to send my ASP.NET project to their Team Foundation Server (its a 'Web Site' not a 'Project') First, does it being a 'Web Site' not a 'Project' matter? It was created in Visual Web Developer Express Edition, I don't have Visual Studio. Second, I don't have Team Foundation Server or any Team components. I j...

I'm missing the References option in Project menu in VB 6.0

For the past year I've been working on some legacy code that was written in VB 6.0. Sometime in the last couple of days the "References" menu item disappeared from the Project menu drop-down on the menu bar. I've been using this version of the VB studio for the past year without any problems. The only thing that has changed recently is t...

App to read form document (scantron-ish)

Hi all, I need to create form that will be filled in by hand and read digitally. I plan on using a sort of scantron-esque format with rows and columns that the user can just color in the a circle in the appropriate cell and the computer will know that value based on the xy position in the cell matrix. Like an excel address. | S...

Exposing Custom Control Properties

I am developing a new custom control in VisualStudio and wonder whether you can limit the property selection at design time. To illustrate the problem, there are two properties that rely on each other – orientation and textside. The control itself is rectangular and the orientation can be either vertical or horizontal. What I want is ...

Visual studio recursive Copy local

Duplicate - this exact question was asked here - the only solution seems to be post build event. In Visual studio 2008, I have the following projects: A - references B B - references Lib.dll When B is built, Lib.dll appears in B/bin/Debug. (this is ok) When A is built, B.dll appears in A/bin/Debug, but Lib.dll does NOT appear in A/...

Calling Unmanaged DLL from VB

I'm having some trouble finding the syntax for making function calls to unmanaged DLLs in VB.NET. Is anyone familiar with this? Let's just assume there's a function "Connected" in unmanaged DLL "Connector.DLL". I want to call this function by creating an abstract function call to it. I've seen some code out there that looks something l...

64 bit compilation in visual studio

I am compiling a DLL that uses ATL to house a com object and targeting X64. Everything seems to be fine but the DLL wont run on the 64 bit machine. I ran depends on it on the target machine and it seems to be dependant on the x86 versions of countless system libraries (kernel32 etc.). Anyone know what i am missing? ...

How to install Visual Studio 2008 and MS SQL Server 2008 in Ubuntu ?

Hi guys, I would like to install Visual Studio 2008 and MS SQL Server 2008 on Ubuntu OS which I have in my PC, however, I don't know how. May I have some tips please? Thanks. ...

How to define preprocessor directives in VC++ 2008?

I'm using Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. The WIN32 preprocessor directive doesn't appear to be defined by default, so when I surround includes with #ifndef WIN32, it still includes them. I found someone with the exact same problem below, but it was so long ago that the location of this setting has changed: http://www.gamedev.net/comm...

how to create .csr file (SSL) on command line or api (Visual Basic or Other programming language) for IIS 6.0 / 7.0

Hi All; i need creating .csr file on vb api or command line tool for iis 6.0 / 7.0. thanks for all. ...

What is the VS 2008 IDE Written in?

I tried to search but if this is a duplicate it is hidden by some noise. Alternate title to the question: What skills to look for when needing integration with the Visual Studio IDE? ...

ASP.NET with IIS VS PHP with Apache

I am going to develop a web portal. I have an option to choose a technology either PHP or ASP.NET. In terms of performance (not development speed) which will do better. Coming to webserver, IIS vs Apache, which will perform better? How many no. of requests/second can be handled by IIS? How many no. of requests/second can be handled b...

What are the 1> and 2> in the Visual Studio build window?

What are the 1> and 2> in the Visual Studio build window? The number some time goes higher. Processes? Threads? Nesting? I never seen them before and they started showing up on my new machine which now is dual core. ...

How to link a static library in Visual C++ 2008?

My VC++ solution includes two projects, an application (exe) and a static library. Both compile fine, but fail to link. I'm getting an "unresolved external symbol" error for each function from the static lib I use. They look like this: MyApplication.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) int __cdecl MySt...

Which codepage for html for eurpean languages? UTF-8 vs codepage 1252 in VS 2008

Hi there, I have been developing with some software for javscript that has a parser that reads in my JS and creates a compressed version, it kept failing as by default vs 2008 saves its files in UTF8 from what i see.. there was like a hidden couple of characters at the start of the file.. Forcing a save as 1252 sorted the issue, my que...

How to install SDL library in Visual C++ 2008?

Hey, How to install SDL library in VISUAL C++ 2008? I I am looking for a tutorial how to install, but I found nothing good :(( please help me?, sorry for bad english. Thanks :)) ...

CSS file in asp.net website

I have css file reference in my website which is shown as below: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://go/css/filename.css"&gt; I need to alter the CSS file and upload it in the new location. Is it possible to put it in my local system or can I upload it in same website? ...

Is Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 usable?

I saw that Beta 1 of VS2010 was publicly availible. My question to those of you who has tried it is: does it work good? Will it cause my computer to blow up in tiny pieces? Will it crash randomly? Will it work with some minor glitches? Or is it just perfect from bottom up? I'm only coding school- and hobby-stuff, so nothing that some...