Hi, I have a C++ project that I've been developing in Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. It has come to the point that I'd like to port to 64-bit and continue development. What is the best way to do this using free software? My thoughts so far: The Express Edition of MSVC doesn't come with 64-bit compilers, so I can install...
I hate to resort to dumping problems on other people, and I'm sure this is a stupid problem that can be easily fixed, but it's really getting to annoy me and I can't figure it out. Well I tried installing Microsoft C# Visual Express, but after a few minutes into the installation I got a "Windows Module Installer stopped working..." erro...
I have just installed VS C# Express 2008 which includes SQL Server Express 2008. It all went ok and I can see VS C# and SQL Server in the list of installed products. When I start VS C# it looks fine but in the DB Explorer / Data Connection context menu the option 'Create new SQL Server Database' is disabled. I have uninstalled all VS p...
Right now all I did was use the Dataset designer and dragged tables into it from the Database Explorer. It works (for what I need anyway) but it feels like it's a misuse of Datasets. (Actually I'm not really sure how to use Datasets or what the intended usage is, I was planning on using LINQ2SQL to interact with the DB) Is this ok? I...
I am wondering if one could use the C# Express version to do Compact Framework development. I've done some Google searches but I can't find a defiant answer. I have installed C# Express but there isn't a project template to select for "smart device" development. I will continue my search but I was hoping that the stackoverflow community ...
see also "Any tools to check for duplicate VB.NET code?" A friend of mine only as access to the Express editions of Visual Studio and I am trying to help him refactor to remove a lot of duplication. ...
I need to create a ASp.net website with silverlight controls. I am having only express editions of 2008 (Web developer edition and C# express editions). I have created the WPF application sing C# expression and create the new XAML files. Then I have created asp.net website in web developer edition and linked the xaml files with the . ...
Hi, this is a very newbie question, sorry! I need to create an aspx website based con C# and am calling some webservices based on some DLL's I already have. Beforem purchasing Visual Studio, I decided to try Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express (is this ok?) creating a Web Application ASP.NET based on Visual C#. I created the form t...
hi guys, i was wondering how could i deploy/make it into an installer for an app which is created using vs 2008 express. i know that the setup and deployment feature is only available via the full version of visual studio right? So are there any add ons or perhaps additional free/or non-free if it has to come to that which i can use to ...
Hi All, I am using C# Express Edition - 2008 developing tool. I intend to form a 3D mesh object by using an array of 100.000 items. To be able to form the 3D mesh, I must use thousands of "mesh.TriangleIndices.Add(...);" . But this is not a good application due to unnecessary code amount. I have to use the shortened coding, such as "mes...
Hi guys, i'm totally new to .net especially with c# 3.0 and i'm working on an access database wrapper application because we need to protect the password and content of the database from being directly accessed by a third party developer. I'm currently testing to write a simple client app to trigger the functions in the dll and to my su...
I can't create New Project on my Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1. (I can only create New Website) My colleague has the exact same version (if you go to Help - About) but they can create both New Website and New Project. I am trying to do this tutorial on MVC that also says that you can do it on Web Developer Express (http://...
Hi guys, I'm new to the wonderful world of .net development, and I'm currently using c# 3.0 and I'm wondering is there any good/free/open source tool to auto generate documentation for the project that I work on based on the /// summary comments like or whatever the in thing it is for vs2008. As I recall back in .net 1.1 we used to use t...
Hello, When I try to add a resource at the resource designer by clicking "Add an existing item",the item is placed in the folder "Resource". The problem is that if I create a new directory in the Resource directory and place the resources there,I get a compiler error that the files cannot be found. I can't put all resources in one fol...
I've added a number of snippets in Visual Studio C# Express. Many are in the list double and I want to delete them. When the cursor is on the FOLDER called "MySnippets" the delete button is active. But when the cursor is on an individual snippet, the delete button is grayed out. I assume this is a bug, so are snippets saved in an XML...
Hi guys, I have a problem with Visual C# 2008 express (SP1) connecting to SQL Server 2008 express. The "Add Connection" window (wherever initiated) doesn't list existing sql server and no option for sql server except a compact edition. Note that, I've got the VWD 2008 express (SP1) on the same machine which shows the window regularly (...
When I double click on an mdf file on Visual Web Developer 2008 (NerdDinner.mdf) it says: Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly. Please verify the installation of the component or download from the URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49251 The URL of course points to SQL ...
I have a web service that I am trying to test in Visual Web Developer Express Edition (Service Pack 1). I am working with two different websites on two different branches from an SVN repository but largely the same code. The web services are the same code but there are some code differences for other features. My problem is that when ...
I am using VisualWebDeveloperExpress2008 with Access as the membership provider. I have some cases where I want users to edit their own data. This would involve a query where the UserId should equal the UserID of the user who is using the site. I am expecting to use WHERE UserId = ?, but I have not found out where to direct "?". The ...
I have a asp.net validation in test box when i debug and run in vs2008 web developer edition is working fine. But when i display the code in the production server by copy pasting the code in web root folder its not working. I am developing the application using vs2008 web developer edition in windows 2003 server, i am deploying the cod...