I have added custom build messages so the Visual Studio GUI shows status messages during the course of a msbuild. I would like to now add something dynamic so I can inject random cute thoughts for the build-watcher. How could this be done? Thanks. ...
Hello, Environment: Visual Studio 9, C++ without managed extensions. I've got a third-party library which exports a fully-specialized template class MyClass<42> defined in MyClass.h. It gets compiled into a helper loader .lib and a .dll file. The .lib file contains compiled code for this specialization, and necessary symbols. The MyCla...
I am looking for a way to debug compiled assemblies from Visual Studio. Is it possible? Maybe using some kind of reflector add-in? I am not looking for a way to decompile/recompile and then debug. ...
How can I see the SQL that is created from a LINQ to SQL query? The obvious answer is to open up the SQL profiler and look at it there. Is there a way in VS? Maybe there is a VS add-on like a visualizer that allows you to hover over the DataContext to view the SQL. ...
A default setup project in visual studio 2008 gives you dialogs with a logo-type image in the upper right of a monitor. All I want to do is change this image to new logo. Don't want to deal with custom dialogs. Any way to just change the image? ...
I am working on a visual studio setup project. I want the setup project to install the executable for a windows forms project, and then put a link to that executable in the Programs Menu on the target machine. In the Setup Project I clicked 'Add'-> Project Output... and selected the Primary Output from my WindowsForms App. So that should...
I (think I) want to develop a custom control for my program in VB .net where I type into a textbox and simple search results will then be displayed underneath it (from a predefined set of items). Like auto suggest in google search. I believe the combobox does something similar to this but I think it only works on prefixes. At the momen...
Hi, I have been reading some of the books by Hoglund and I thought I would have a 'go' at his 'simple debugger'... Anyway, I have been trying to use the line hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS | PROCESS_VM_OPERATION, 0, aPID); Every time I use it on a running process hProcess is being returned as NULL, why is this - the targe...
i'm trying to write a program that solves the rsa challenge (yes i have interesting goals) and currently i don't have a 64 bit linux box and i don't really wanna spend my time writing a program that doesn't have a chance to ever finish. so while i can do some assembler programming, i would prefer using C++. however, i would also be inter...
I need to run code analyser for my MFC code in VS 2008. I enabled code analysis in following path: project properties -> configuration properties -> Advanced. When I tried to compile, I got the following error unable to find DLL: 'mspft80.dll' How can I resolve this? ...
error C2664: 'strcpy' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'TCHAR *' to 'char *' code: LPCTSTR name, DWORD value strcpy (&this->valueName[0], name); error C2664: 'strlen' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'LPCTSTR' to 'const char *' LPCTSTR name; strlen (name) The code above to a class which works fine in another project, I c...
The two dropdown list that display the Types and Members on the open document, right on top of the source editor is lost. How can I re-enable them? ...
I'm doing a short AJAX project, and I'd like to use Visual Studio 2010. It's just xHTML and JavaScript, with calls to a serverside .php file. What is the best way to set up a project/solution for this in VS? I see a lot of project templates having to do with ASP.NET. Also, when I choose to Add New Item, I get "Ajax Client Control", "Aj...
I am new in Windows CE development and never done it yet. Need some advise from the expert in here. In our current project, we are developing a client-server application. The client side is using a windows form application that are base on Windows XP OS while the server is a web base application. This question are related to the clie...
Is it possible for a web project built on .NET framework 4.0 step into a project built on .NET framework 2? If so, how would I set this up? These 2 projects are in different solutions. When I do a "Go to definition" from the web project, it opens up the metadata. In debug mode, the debugger never "steps into" the method. ...
Does Visual Studio 2010 RC play nicely with Visual Studio 2008? I am wondering if I need to setup a Virtual Machine to play with VS 2010 or if I can just install it on my Dev machine. If it messes up VS 2010 then that is sad but ok. If it messed up VS 2008 then I would be in trouble. Has anyone tried this out? Does it work well? Poo...
I'm currently working on an application that will generate actual .cs and .xaml code files and add them to a project. I've managed to do this by manually editing an existing .csproj file and thats working well. However I would like to be able to create the project files from my application as well, to cut out the extra step of creating...
GCC has the ability to make a symbol link weakly via __attribute__((weak)). I want to use the a weak symbol in a static library that users can override in their application. A GCC style weak symbol would let me do that, but I don't know if it can be done with visual studio. Does Visual Studio offer a similar feature? ...
I am interested in improving my testing methodologies but am not sure if I prefer NUnit or VS 2008 test. I also have a book that uses NUnit in it's examples. Do the two frameworks coexist well with each other? ...
We have some files (config, static files, that sort of thing) in our codebase that are kept in the same filesystem tree as our codebase, but are not part of projects (ie, not underneath a project's tree). We're after a way of easily managing these from within the IDE. I dimly recall there being a Visual Studio addin that lets you do so...