visual-studio

How to make mediaelement in WPF full screen?

I searched online and found codes here that doesn't work. ...

How do I create a Solution Wide Connection String

Hi. Does anyone know if it is possible to create a single connection string that will be accessible to all the projects in a solution (we have about 6). I can create a text file with this information, but we need design time support as well, and it is not practical to have a connection string in every App.Config and Web.config file i...

Circular references in Visual Studio Database Edition

I'm using Visual Studio Database Edition to script a number of databases. Many of the databases have references between them - for example, view in database A might do select ... from B..TableX This works fine as long as database B is also a project in the solution. The problem comes in when I have objects in database A referencing da...

Is there any way to automatically break into debugger when my class library functions are getting called ?

I have a managed class library (say mylib.dll) and a 3rd party managed app (say app.exe) which is using mylib.dll. I have the code of mylib.dll but not of the app.exe. So currently what i do is i build mylib.dll, copy it to app.exe's directory, start app.exe and attach to the process. That way if i put breakpoints in code mylib.dll , i s...

Link objects as fields in UML diagram

I'm trying to generate a diagram for a design document. I've generated a class diagram in VS. At the moment it's just a bunch of unconnected boxes as there isn't any inheritance going on. It feels like it would be more useful if I could show how the objects interact through properties and parameters. As an example, a Boy class has a met...

ReSharper: Rename namespace not available?

I'm trying to rename a namespace. For some reason, ReSharper isn't giving me the option to do so. I right click on it and choose Refactor, but everything except "Convert" is greyed out. I try the key combination CTRL R + R, and it says the command is unavailable. What am I doing wrong? Here is documentation suggesting that what I am try...

autoexp.dat does not seem to take affect in Visual Studio C++ 2005 debugger.

autoexp.dat does not seem to take affect in Visual Studio C++ 2005 debugger. I am not trying to add any custom rules. Just want commonly used stuff like stl::string, to display in a friendlier manner. Does anyone know. how I can accomplish this? Is this just question of specifying a path to the autoexp.dat file somewhere. The file is av...

Create a dynamic project template in VS 2010?

This might sound a bit of an odd question but I know what I want to achieve, just don't know if it's possible. Firstly, I'd like to be able to create a visual studio project that the 2 developers that work with me can use as a basis for all new websites. I want to drop all the common files that we use in there, like jQuery, CMS files et...

VS/C#: Can I be notified of every event that gets handled while debugging?

I am currently troubleshooting a large and unwieldy GUI-based tool in Visual Studio, and was wondering whether there is any way to get some kind of notification (either by writing to the console or through a third-party tool) whenever any handled event occurs. This would make it a lot easier to track down what precisely is going on while...

C#/.Net: What are the best practices for setting ResXResourceReader's basepath?

I am working on a Windows Forms application in C#/.Net. I want to use a resource file that contains translations of my strings. My my project in visual studio I have the following hierarchy: Project CS files ... Resources\ resource.en-US.resx I am trying to read in the resource file as follows: m_Re...

Change namespace/filesystem folder names in Visual Studio

I'm trying to change a namespace in Visual Studio. My folder structure looks something like this: GameAlpha/ GameAlpha.sln GameAlphaRelease/ GameAlphaTest/ GameAlphaLevelEditor/ These include namespaces like GameAlphaRelease. I want to change all this to GameBetaRelease. Before this process, it bu...

Visual Studio: How to protect file from removal on uninstall

Folks, I am creating an installer project in Visual Studio. This is done using a project of type "Setup and Deployment". I lay out the file structure of my final install in the "File System" View of the project. Now, some of the files I create as part of my install are updated while my application is used. I would like these files to ...

What files do you check-in to source countrol management system when working in an ASP.NET web application?

We have a main web application that references several other projects. Do you check-in .csproj/.sln files into source control? If so, do you use these files for msbuild or do you just include *.cs to build your dll? Does ILMerge help in any way with performance? ...

Creating a good directory structure

This might be a silly question but I am still learning. I have read several books on creating application and creating a good directory structure. When people talk about creating a directory structure, do they mean the folders you make within the solution explorer (folders you actually find inside of a .sln file) or do they mean setting ...

Adding python script to c++ project

How would I go about adding a script written in python to a c++ project? Thanks Edit: Basically all the script does is email some data. I would like to pass the data and maybe the email address to a function written in python. Hope that clears things up.. ...

Can Visual Studio 2010 be installed with Visual Studio 2008 side by side?

I'm using VS Team System 2008 and gonna install VS 2010 Express editions. ...

Porting a GUI from a pc to a wince device - issue is with the size of the screen

I have to port a GUI that is currently running on a pc, to a wince device. I have already compiled the code on a win CE platform, the problem is now with the size of the screen of the device which is smaller than some of the dialog boxes of the GUI. I could resize some them in resource view of visual studio 2005. I am unable to proceed f...

What can explain std::cout not to display anything ?

For whatever reason, std::cout does not display anything with my application. The description of my development environment follows. I am working on a Qt application using Qt Creator. Since Qt Creator can't be launched from my station (XP64), i am currently developping it with Visual Studio 2008 and the Qt plugin (by importing the .pro ...

DataGridView selectedRow Property not get Data if i double click Row?

i click double dataGridView's any row. Not get Data clicked row data: private void gwStudies_CellDoubleClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e) { GoruntuyuAc(); } private void GoruntuyuAc() { olduid = ""; DataRowView ro = (gwStudies.SelectedRows[0].DataBoundItem a...

visual studio 2k8 (and 2k10) cannot compile web application when gac assemblies are moved into global web.config

I have numerous ASP.NET 3.5 web applications with verbose application-level web.config files which I wish to slim down and make more readable. Visual Studio 2010 has just arrived and has already started "cleaning up" various sections of the web.config - so now is a perfect time for me to continue the good work and do the same in other a...