How to get OS information from minidump crash ?
I am trying to debug a minidump crash dump. How can I get to know the OS so that I may download related Microsoft Symbols? I am using Visual studio and windbg. ...
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No matching binary found error
I am trying to debug a crash minidump. have the release debug symbols and release binaries same as crash. While debugging that crash and pointing to symbols still I am getting "No matching binary found" error . I am using the right symbols, binaries and pointing to right location. So why this can happen? I can see a slight difference...
Are there any Visual Studio add-ins for true 'smart tabs'?
Hello. 'Smart Tabs' concept allows to automatically insert tab character for block indentation and space characters for in-block formatting. It's described here. Unfortunately, Visual Studio's 'smart tabs' option in text editor settings just indents text on enter press. Same name, completely different and near useless thing :). So, mayb...
How to build solution using batchfile
Hi , I want to build .NET solution using batch file. I am aware that I need to use following statement devenv /build release "D:\Source Code\Source\test.sln" But I do not know how to create batch file which will execute on VS command prompt. ...
Cannot evaluate expression error in ONE project for years
Just tired to see this error every time for years only in ONE project: "Cannot evaluate expression because a thread is stopped at a point where garbage collection is impossible, possibly because the code is optimized" Almost every property or field displays this message. From vs2005+.net2.0 to vs2008+.net3.5 now. Does anybody know how t...
clearCanvas image loading question how can i use ClearCanvas.Server.ShredHost?
How can i use "ClearCanvas.Server.ShredHost" to get all images on my servers? ...
Auto-Deploy SSRS reports with TFS
Hi, Can anyone explain how to create a custom build to deploy reporting services reports with TFS? Is it possible? If so then how... Samples or articles will be greatly appreciated. Thanks ...
Quickly Compiling Changes for Couple of Files
I am using .NET Framework and C# and working on a large project. The application compile takes forever. Currently, I don't have time to see what is going wrong. But is there anyway that if I change 2-3 files I can compile the application quickly. It is a web application. The solution has 6-7 other projects. ...
Is there a substitute that can be used instead of the included STL on the iPhone SDK?
I am currently using the STL included with the iPhone SDK. I haven't been able to find a way in the Xcode debugger to look at data that is in a list, map, etc. like I can within Visual Studio. Within Visual Studio, I can walk through the data structure and look at the data within the list, map, etc. Within Xcode, this doesn't seem to ...
In MSBuild is it possible to determine if I'm running in Visual Studio
Are the any MSBuild properties that Visual Studio sets? I'm looking to have some conditional behavior depending on the version (if any) of visual studio. ...
Visual Studio - Is there a keyboard combination to select an entire line?
I already know about Control-L to delete an entire line...is there one to just select an entire line (which I can then copy and paste somewhere else...) ...
Visual Studio 2010 crashes nearly every time when closing
Mostly it happens if we open a team project from tfs 2008 or tfs 2010, but crashes can happen any time. When VS is closing down, it crashes nearly every time. Tried trial RTM and our MSDN download - same story. Tried on three different PCs - same issue. Tried on 32 and 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 - crashes. Is it just ...
Problem with connection string using
I have an ASP.NET project which gives me the following exception if I try to run it Where should I "call" it before I can use it ? There is no global.asax in my solution ...
View the xaml of a Windows Workflow file in Visual Studio
I have a file (just a file. It is not in a solution) that is a Windows Work Flow file. When I open it I get the GUI interface for WF. How can I show the xaml under it? (With out making a solution and adding my file to the solution.) ...
Thoughts on streamlining multiple .Net apps
We have a series of ASP.Net applications that have been written over the course of 8 years. Mostly in the first 3-4 years. They have been running quite well with little maintenance, but new functionality is being requested and we are running into IDE and platform issues. The apps were written in .Net 1.x and 2.x and run in separate s...
can not find my lib files to link
I am trying to find a lib file that I created. I changed the configuration type to static lib. Then I rebuild the application. When I go to the debug folder in windows, I see the .lib file. but when I create a new application and try to add it to "additional Library Directories" I go to the exact folder and it does not show up. ...
Reference platform specific System.Data.SQLite
I am using SQLite for the unit testing and might use it as a database for local development/staging. The System.Data.SQLite has basically 2 versions: x86 and x64. Correct one should be used for the specific platform. I have 64 bit Win7, other guys in the team might use 32-bit OSs. The server's platform is not known at this stage. If I...
C# 4.0/EF - Server-generated keys and server-generated values are not supported by SQL Server Compact.
I have just moved one of my projects into VS2010/fx4.0 and am using a SQL CE database as the backing store. Since moving it to this version of .NET I am now getting this error: Server-generated keys and server-generated values are not supported by SQL Server Compact. My table was defined with a PK of UserName (string) & DoorOpen...
Web.Config issue with Unit Testing
I am trying to unit test a lot of my MVC controllers, but unfortunately it keeps failing because it needs a lot of settings from the web.config.. Which I copied over but does not read it, what I'm needing is the membership and rolemanager but I can't just add it to the app.config either, which I've been able to get the connection string...
Upgrading from visual studio 2005 to visual studio 2010
Our development team is planning to upgrade from visual studio 2005 to visual studio 2010 -- skipping out visual studio 2008. Most of the projects are VB ASP.NET projects and using SQL Server 2008 as the database. Does anyone know if VS 2005 projects will upgrade seamlessly to VS 2010, or should they first be upgraded to VS 2008? Are ...