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Redundant assert statements in .NET unit test framework

Isn't it true that every assert statement can be translated to an Assert.IsTrue, since by definition, you are asserting whether something is true or false? Why is it that test frameworks introduce options like AreEquals, IsNotNull, and especially IsFalse? I feel I spend too much time thinking about which Assert to use when I write unit...

Spawning form in new process

I had originally created a windows form to be a dialog of my projects main form. Now the dialog is getting complex enough that it needs to be started in its own process. Is there a way to do this in code or do i need to create a new project and link my files to it? ...

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol

I am receiving this error >GXRenderManager.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: static class GXRenderer * GXRenderManager::renderDevice" (?renderDevice@GXRenderManager@@0PAVGXRenderer@@A) The following is my code... GXDX.h class GXDX: public GXRenderer { public: void Render(); void StartUp(); }; GXGL....

How can you trace an object back to the DLL that provides it?

The Object browser doesn't tell where the object came from. ...

Customize a custom menu in Visual Studio 2008

I recently installed Platform builder 7 by Microsoft. It is a plug-in for VS2008. The plug-in adds the following menu: I want to remove several items from this menu and I would also like to add some button from it to a toolbar. The problem is that when I do customize I only get "advanced command placeholder" shortcut for the whole bunc...

Visual Studio 2010 editions - switching from Premium (not a trial) to Ultimate trial and back again

I have installed Visual Studio 2010 Premium RTM (not a trial) and would like to run the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Trial for a while. What is the fastest way to switch to Ultimate trial and back again to the Premium? My best idea: not uninstalling the Premium edition. running the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Trial - Web Ins...

Detect pointer arithmetics because of LARGEADDRESSAWARE

I would like to switch my application to LARGEADDRESSAWARE. One of issues to watch for is pointer arithmetic, as pointer difference can no longer be represented as signed 32b. Is there some way how to find automatically all instances of pointer subtraction in a large C++ project? If not, is there some "least effort" manual or semi-auto...

How to tell my asp.net page to use .net 3.5?

My company recently upgraded from IE 6 to IE 8. My site does not render properly. I wanted to make sure my .net version was fixed before I started to try to fix a problem. I think my web.config file says i'm using 3.5, but if I get an error when running the app I get this: Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727....

What is the quickest way to find the asp.net file location of an html element in UI?

Hi, Let's imagine you have an asp.net page in front of you full of input elements, user controls and panels etc. And you are asked to modify a specific textBox and you do not know where that textBox stands in your project. Most of the time I use FireBug and try to see the Id of that element but it is not the best way all the time. So...

How to collapse all blocks of #ifdefs that will not be compiled in Visual Studio?

The problem is the following: the codebase have many files with multiple blocks compiled conditionally for each of target platforms using the #if defined(...) directive. Since the typical programmer is working mainly on one of the platforms it is quite hard to read and navigate the code with these large blocks of inactive code blocks eve...

how can i write line by line in txt data?

I try to write line by line data but. if i run my application. writng last text1 data in script.txt private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { System.IO.TextWriter tw; tw = new StreamWriter("C:/Script.txt"); tw.WriteLine(textBox1.Text); tw.Close(); } ...

A way to "improve" write coding in vs2008 experience

Hi SO gurus. I would like to try to automize some recurrent job when i develop asp.net application. For example, for each <asp:button> I create, I would like to insert the classical code onomouseover="...something" onmouseout=" ..something-again.." Is there a way to automatically add this code "piece" in vs 2008? Some key combin...

What does Visual Studio have to do with HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography?

VS 2010 becomes unresponsive randomly. A look into process monitor shows it waits in a loop on RegQueryValue operation on HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Defaults\Provider Types\Type 001\Name key. Why does Visual Studio need to do this? Is there a way to get around this? Have tried resetting devenv and stopping Windows Cryptography ...

error C2504: 'BASECLASS' : base class undefined

I checked out a post similar to this but the linkage was different the issue was never resolved. The problem with mine is that for some reason the linker is expecting there to be a definition for the base class, but the base class is just a interface. Below is the error in it's entirety c:\users\numerical25\desktop\intro todirectx\godfi...

How can i do re coding without assign null value?

How can i do below without assign null value "Tex=null"? static void Main(string[] args) { FileInfo f = new FileInfo("C:/temp/Arungg.txt"); StreamWriter Tex; Tex = null; if (!f.Exists) { f.CreateText(); } else { ...

how to avoid header coupling

I am trying to address this issues because I can not seem to find a good resource online that does so. I do not fully understand the issue cause I never got it resolved so I will try to describe it as best as possible. Awhile ago I had an issue where headers were being ignored because "They were called once already and therefore when ...

How can i solve NullReferenceException was unhandled in text writelne event?

if i try to add below data to any text file Error occyred: "NullReferenceException was unhandled." Error occurs in Tex.Writeline(li) . . . . Detail: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. public void WriteScript(List myTextList) { FileInfo f = new FileInfo(@"C:\temp\Scripts.txt"); Stream...

Visual Studio 2010 -- how to reduce its memory footprint

I have a solution with just under 100 projects in it, a mix of C++ and C# (mostly C#). When working in VS2005, the working set of Visual Studio is considerably smaller than that of VS2010. I was wondering if there are some things that can be turned off, so I can develop in VS2010 under 32-bit OS without running out of memory. ...

Visual Studio Font Size (Windows 7)

I've recently installed Windows 7. After opening my old C# project in visual studio I noticed that my buttons are too small (button text doesn't fit). Why did Microsoft increase the standard font size (well, font size is still set to 8, but it's somehow bigger now)? Can I fix it somehow, without correcting all my buttons etc. manually? ...

Should I have one dll or multiple for Business Logic?

In my situation, my company services many types of customers. Almost every customer requires their own Business Logic. Of course, there will be a base layer that all business logic should inherit from. However, I'm going back and forth on architecting this--either in one dll for all customers or one dll for each. My biggest point of con...