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Asp.net Login - Working with user data

I'm making a simple page and i need a login interface for users. I want users to login to the page and when he is logged in he gets alot of data from the database that is signed to him alone. I did this before using very simple datatable holding the username, crypted password and the uid. When the user logged in the site i set the uid in...

How to configure build numbers in Visual Studio to enable dll comparison

Hi Everyone- I am building a C# solution in Visual Studio 2008 that has several projects and project dependencies. I am looking for a way to change dll version numbers ONLY when the code that builds the project changes. I currently use Beyond Compare to compare my locally built version to the production file system. The goal is to ON...

Quickly determine if code is Visual C++ or not

Is there a quick way to determine whether a Visual Studio C++ project is written in plain C++ or Visual C++? ...

Export Visual Studio Template error: "Unable to read an exported file"

When exporting a Visual Studio project to a Template (File/Export Template...) I get the following error upon clicking the Finish button: Unable to read an exported file for the following reason: The file cannot be opened with the selected editor. Please choose another editor. A Google search for this error has only le...

VIsual Studio 2008 - Debugging tips/tricks - Continue "until next function" or "until next file"

Is there any way to tell the debugger to just continue until the next file is accessed, and/or until the next (developer written) function is accessed, without setting debug points ahead of time? I'm kind of new to VS debugging so all I use right now are f5, f10, and f11. ...

Visual Studio Setup Project folder permission

I have a setup project that installs my app to the typical program files directly. My app periodically saves some temporary images to the apps installation folder. It seems on Vista, the permissions are not setup for write permissions. I can change it manually in windows explorer and it works, but I would rather have the setup project ...

How to include custom data files in ClickOnce deployment?

Is it possible to include custom data files in ClickOnce deployment? I couldn't find any option for this (Visual Studio 2005 and 2010). The Application Files dialog from the publish tab just doesn't show custom files. ...

System.Data.OracleClient on Windows 7 64

Hi, I'm trying to access an Oracle Database from a program I'm writing on Windows 7 64bit. Whenever it initializes the client, i get a BadImageFormatException complaining that I'm trying to use a 32bit client in a 64bit environment. I've tried to compile the program in any way (Any CPU, 32, 64 bit), but it did not solve the problem. Any ...

Why the debugger doesn't work

Hi, My debugger is not working, I'm putting a breakpoint, but in run, time visual studio doesn't stop on the breakPoint. How to fix it? There is nothing special in my application, it is a simple web application. I am using visual studio 2005. I've created a new web application project, and on the default.aspx page there is a obout gri...

Visual Studio 2008: How to redirect Trace, Debug and Console output to the Output window?

I have noticed recently that the Visual Studio "Output window" stopped writing out my Debug.WriteLine messages in my WinForms application. It does neither output the Trace.WriteLine messages. I have also used DebugView while running this application and it shows nothing. I am sure it worked in some VS projects some time ago - the output...

Server Error in '/' Application.

I am getting the following error; how to resolve this? Server Error in '/' Application. Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately. Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'Sy...

Is the Visual Studio template file just a regular .zip file or is it something else?

I'm trying to tweak a project template file exported by Visual Studio's "Export Template" wizard. At first glance this looks like just a garden-variety zip file, but it's not: I can't edit files. If I try to change or delete or replace a file in the zip archive, I get The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid or corrupted. If I uncompr...

writing a dll in Visual Studio in C (not C++) causing unresolved symbols

I've been going through the dll walkthrough on MSDN and it works fine. I then removed all the C++ style code in the dll and replaced it with the C equivalent, and it still works. BUT, when I rename the file from X.cpp to X.c (which I guess causes compilation in C-mode), I get error LNK2019 (unresolved external symbol) for every functio...

Viewing array of pointers to structures in Visual Studio in the debugger

I'm having a problem displaying the contents of a pointer array with its contents in the debugger. If I just add the pointer to the watch only the fist entry is visible. But if I add the length to it the debugger assumes that I have something like array[length][length]. Picture The first entry is the broken one, looks the same with ,2 ...

DB Designer in Visual Studio 2010

Hi, I need to create an entirely new Sql Server 2008 database and want to use a Database Project in Visual Studio 2010 (Ultimate). I've created the project and added a table under the dbo schema. The table .sql is shown only as plain text, though with colors. It has no designer, no Add Column, and no autocomplete. Existing column's pr...

Show Gridlines on a Grid

I'm using Rad Grids and I use the built in Skins for appearance. However, I 'd like to add Gridlines for my Grid. Gridlines = "Both" does not seem to work. <telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGridProviders" Width="100%" GridLines="Both" AllowPaging="true" Skin="WebBlue" runat="server" DataSourceID="SDSProvider" AutoGenerateColumns="false"> ...

Rename project output before being included into Setup project

Hi I have an exe that is built and placed into a Setup project for deployment. I want to rename the exe that is produced (to a .scr file - it is a screensaver) before inclusion in the setup project. How do I do this? I know I could rename the file in a post install process but I don't want to do it this way, I want the file to be rena...

What's the point of the red underline highlighting in ReSharper 5 for ASP.Net MVC?

I recently upgraded to using ReSharper 5 (currently in beta). I noticed that in ASP.Net MVC projects, ReSharper underlines in red all of the return statements inside a controller: I personally find this pretty annoying because it looks like an error. Clicking on the underlined text doesn't offer any help (ie, a lightbulb). I don't see...

trying to make a "Hello Word" dll in Visual Studio that Java Native Access will accept

I've successfully compiled my library on Linux and Mac and used it with Java Native Access. Unfortunately nothing I do seems to work with Visual Studio's compiler and Java Native Access. I'm going back to the basics and trying to create a super simple dll in Visual Studio that Java Native Access will work with, any help would be appreci...

How do I exclude specific .dlls from Visual Studio 2003 C++ .NET?

How do I exclude specific .dlls from Visual Studio 2003 C++ .NET? During release build I get the following warnings. Any help is appreciated. Generating Code... Linking... LINK : warning LNK4089: all references to 'ADVAPI32.dll' discarded by /OPT:REF LINK : warning LNK4089: all references to 'SHELL32.dll' discarded by /OPT:REF LINK : wa...