projects-and-solutions

Need advice on organizing two WPF applications within one Visual Studio solution

I have a WPF application (KaleidoscopeApplication) organized as follows: Solution (6 projects) Cryptography (DLL) Rfid (DLL) KaleidoscopeApplication (buildable "startup project") Basically, KaleidoscopeApplication contains a bunch of resources (sounds, images, etc) and your standard WPF junk (App.xaml, App.xaml.cs, other xaml and c...

Changing settings in multiple VS project

Hey, Is there any way to change settings for multiple projects in a Visual Studio 2008 C++ solution? For example, adding a library dependancy for all the projects, or ignoring a specific warning. I am aware being able to change some global settings in the IDE itself, but I'm looking for settings which will be stored in the solution/pro...

How work with common utils project.

For example, I have some project Common.Utils.csproj and use it in all other projects. I can store its (Utils) sourses in one repository, modify it only there, register dll in gac and use it as dll in other projects, or I can clone sourse anywhere I need, include project in solution, use it as source and push modifications. So, what is b...

Visual Studio reciprocal reference

Is that a problem if a solution contains many projects and there are some cases when: Project A references Project B Project B references Project A ...

Stupid automatic assembly copy problem in Visual Studio 2008 - WTH am I doing wrong?

My lazier side has apparently gotten the best of me. When I started to develop with .NET under VS2008 recently, I was very happy to see that all of the dependencies automagically got copied to my application's bin/debug folder upon compilation. This is fantastic. I never even bothered to look into how / why this is done. Yesterday, I...

VS 2008 - Procedure to ship C#/WPF solution to ensure compatibility

I am attempting to collaborate on a C#/WPF project with another developer remotely via e-mail; and although the code compiles perfectly when it leaves, my collaborator has not been able to compile the code on his side. We are both using VS 2008 Version 9. This is the first time trying to work with someone else on an application and I w...

Why are there so many javascript files in my empty MVC 2 project?

When creating an empty MVC 2 project, I have a lot of javascript files in my Scripts folder. Why? Will removing them affect my application? ...

Project with multiple binaries in Eclipse CDT

I think it is quite normal to have more than one binary in a project. However, with Eclipse CDT I don't know how to set up the IDE to get things done. I know I can create several projects - one per binary. And I know I can set the dependencies per project. However, I cannot regard them as one project in Eclipse. If I'd like to share the...

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file

I looked at previous post based on this but they do not relate. I am receiving the following error. 1>c:\users\numerical25\desktop\intro todirectx\introtodirectx\chapter 4\init direct3d\init direct3d.cpp(9) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'd3dApp.h': No such file or directory But clearly from the image shown below, its ...

Sharing user controls acrros multiple websites

Hello, I am currently working on a project which involves three different websites with a lot of common functionality. At the moment the common functionality is placed in a different website full of user controls. The problem is sharing the user controls across the multiple websites. Looking around on SO and other websites, the only s...

Visual Studio C++ Solution in Maven2

A new project is coming up that will require interaction between Java and C++. It's been decided that the project will be built via Maven2. Unfortunately I don't know anything about Maven and the Java guys don't know anything about C++. They have their build chain all set up with various reports being emitted for each part related to ...

When do you decide to split up large projects into smaller projects?

When/where do you decide to split a large visual studio project into smaller multiple projects? if it can be reusable? when project is too big? (but how big is too big?) ..and When you do split the project, do you ... -group by database tables -group by similar functionality -other.. ...

Creating managed file transfer software in java

I have been asked to do some POC on how we can provide a software solution which will be able to manage files. Manage files means it will be able to move files from source to destination servers. The client gave us 4 page document detailing what sort of software they are looking for. They don't want to use existing commercial softwares. ...

Visual Studio 2010 Express

Is it possible to open / edit a normal Visual Studio Solution with Visual Studio Express Edition ? ...

C#/.NET Project - Am I setting things up correctly?

1st solution located: \Common\Controls\Controls.sln and its project: \Common\Controls\Common.Controls\Common.Controls.csproj Description: This is a library that contains this class: public abstract class OurUserControl : UserControl { // Variables and other getters/setters common to our UserControls } 2nd solution located:...

Platform configuration for projects in VS 2010

I have a third-party project type in Visual Studio which for some reason only supports the .NET Platform configuration for the build, for all other (standard C#) projects in the solution I only have AnyCPU. Unfortunately, ever since upgrading to VS 2010 it produces following error when built : Error 39 The OutputPath property is ...

Changing to new Framework

Hi, I have a solution with many, many projects. How do I change the target framework to .NET 4.0 without going to each one individually and manually changing the dropdown? ...

Visual Studio 2010 - Export (Project) Template menu option grayed out

In Visual Studio, I want to make a simple C++ project and export it out as a template, so I can use the template to start new projects to save me time. But the Export Template menu option is always grayed out. I've not once been able to click it. Anyone know why? Anyone know how to accomplish what I need (besides the obvious "make a co...

sharing web user controls across projects.

I've done this using a regular .cs file that just extends System.Web.UI.UserControl and then included the assembly of the project that contains the control into other projects. I've also created .ascx files in one project then copied all ascx files from a specified folder in the properties->Build Events->Pre-build event. Now what I wan...

Classic ASP and MVC side-by-side, different projects?

I've tried asking this in a few different ways, but let's give it another shot (as I've yet to receive an answer and this is driving me nuts!) I have a very large classic ASP 3.0 application (~350K lines) that I want to start migrating to ASP.NET MVC. I'd like to keep the old ASP files in a separate project from the MVC stuff. Ideas o...