Hello, I'm interested in tips and tricks regarding debugging a C/C++ project in Visual Studio's debugger. I recently found out that if you have a pointer to a certain data type, let's say char* ptr, then you can see it as an array in the watch window using a syntax such as: ptr,10 This will display the first 10 elements from the ptr...
I've noticed that when generating a new C++ project using MS Visual Studio 2008, the Release build contains debugging symbols - specifically the following settings are enabled: The C++/General/Debug Information Format is set to Program Database. The Linker/Debugging/Generate Debug Info setting is set to Yes. I have never noticed this...
Does anyone know how to set the code text editor font style to italics in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008? Note, I'm talking about the code editor not in code itself. ...
Is there a special project type for creating a WCF to be hosted in IIS? ...
Can someone tell me why I don't have all of the dev studio windows available to me when I develop on a 64-bit platform? I upgraded my dev desktop box to server 2003 x64 to match our deployment platform. Since then (I'm using VS2005) I've noticed that several windows aren't available. I can't view Processes (which is the most annoying)...
If we need to issue a bug patch that does not include current development that has been committed, or any changes from their current version, what should be done to make the process safer and with lower overhead? We are currently using Subversion for our source control in a small (3 developers) team primarily developing in Visual Studi...
I've recently inherited a fairly large web site. The project is set up as a web site in Visual studio, and not a Web Application. For a number of reasons, I would like to convert it to a web application. I started converting the application using these directions from Scott Gu: Migrating a VS 2005 Web Site Project to VS 2005 Web Applica...
I'm in the process of refactoring a project. I've got an entire subfolder which is known to be broken. Is there any declarative way to exclude that folder from the compile temporarily while I test the refactoring thus far? I realize I could delete the folder, but I'd like to do this through configuration if possible. ...
I am refactoring a stack of ASP.NET pages. I'd like to compile and test the ones I've completed. However, Visual Studio won't let me run the Web Site with compile errors on the non-refactored pages. How can I temporarily exclude them without removing them from the project itself? Can you do so through configuration of some sort? ...
Hi guys, I remember when MS was developing Cassini - I believe they rolled it into VS 05/08, so I think this is a Cassini web server question. I am using Windows XP with Visual Studio 2008, and find it quite inconvenient when I want to test a web page/styling with multiple browsers and multiple OSes. Right now I have to deploy the c...
I have a simple extender component that draws 3D borders around any Control. In my designer supprot for the component, I'd like to use the same editor that VS uses to select the Anchor property. I know I can use the [Editor()] attribute, but I don't know the class name of the editor that's used. ...
Currently when I build my site I have to manually open validate it at the 3wbc site (means when opera pops up, press ctr+alt+shft+u) for every page. Is it possible to automatically validate every page whenever I build my pages? P.s.: This page doesn't validate ;) ...
In Visual Studio, when you compile foo.idl, MIDL generates the proxy information in foo_p.c. Unfortunately, for Win32 and x64 files, it generates the same file. For Win32, the file starts with: #if !defined(_M_IA64) && !defined(_M_AMD64) For x64, the file starts with: #if defined(_M_AMD64) When you build for Win32 and then immedia...
Can anbyody tell me how to include a certain folder when running unit tests in visual studio. In the folder are xml-files needed by the tests. I can't seem to find anymore where I need to add this folder. Thx, Lieven Cardoen aka Johlero ...
Mylyn is a task oriented plugin that allows for example to assign a set of files to a task. Is there a Mylyn type plugin for Visual Studio? ...
Pretty much what the title says. Is there a way to add files to a vsnet project from inside Vim? I work in a group of devs, and all of our code has solutions and projects as you would expect. I would like to use Vim, and was hoping for a way to maintain those project files when I added or removed files without having to go into vsnet. ...
When adding a reference to a project I sometimes see the message... "The Target Framework version for the project is higher than the current project Target Framework version. Would you like to add this reference to your project anyway?" I understand what the message is indicating but can anyone explain what issues might arise from sayi...
I have finally finished my web site. I published it and I was surprised at the results. Although the App_Code compiled into a single .dll, every pages code behind compiled into it's own .dll. How do i make it so that it is one .dll? Also, is it possible to compile everything (SubSonic,AJAX,etc) into that same single .dll? ...
Is it possible to iterate collection and list only filtered object information while debugging in Visual Studio? I'd use Immediate window for that, but although it allows to execute methods on objects, it seems not to allow execute custom loop statements. Simplest example in ASP.NET: this.Page.Validate(); if (!this.Page.IsValid()) { ...
I'd like to write Python scripts that drive Visual Studio 2008 and Visual C++ 2008. All the examples I've found so far use win32com.client.Dispatch. This works fine for Excel 2007 and Word 2007 but fails for Visual Studio 2008: import win32com.client app1 = win32com.client.Dispatch( 'Excel.Application' ) # ok app2 = win32com.client.Di...