How to configure Visual Studio to create all projects including a reference to a specific dll?
I am tired of adding a reference to System.ServiceModel in each project I create. Is there any way to automate this? ...
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Visual Studio - Splitting so that Design mode is on top
VS2008 seems to have a new feature that allows one to split a website into the source code and design aspects on the same page. This feature seems great, however it defaults to having the design part on the bottom half of the screen and the code part on the top half. Unfortunately, my brain doesn't work this way and it ends up being ...
Are the VB.NET code snippets available for C#?
Question I was wondering if anyone knows where I might find C# versions of the VB.NET code snippets built in to Visual Studio (2008)? What are Code Snippets? VB.NET has a wide-ranging collection of snippets that cover most of the basic tasks one might want to accomplish, i.e. File I/O, LINQ, DB connectivity, and so on. C# has a much s...
How can I get Visual Studio Web Development Server (Cassini) to send the domain name of the request to the web application?
We're developing an application that is sensitive to the domain name of the request. The problem we're running into is that we have to use IIS in order to test the application because Cassini will only send "localhost" as the requested domain despite using a different domain in the address bar. While IIS does give us better performance t...
Validate date without using validators?
is there a way to see if a date is valid without using validators? I can't use validators in this instance and it's a long story that is too much to type but it has to do with nested controls not being able to be found in javascript. But before i insert a date i want to make sure it is valid right before the insert. any ideas? I'm usin...
Debugger does not automatically attach in Visual Studio
Anyone have a problem with the debugger not automatically attaching when trying to debug an asp .net application? I can debug fine if I attach it to the local visual studio web server process. I have all the debug settings in the project configuration set correctly, and I can debug other projects just fine, so there's some project-speci...
MinGW/GCC Delay Loaded DLL equivalent?
Hello, I'm trying to port some old MSVC C++ code to MinGW/GCC. One problem is that the project relies heavily on the /DELAYLOAD option for functions that aren't always used, and where the proper dll is located at runtime. Is there such a similar option on MinGW/GCC? This code is targeting the windows platform. ...
Visual studio 2005 "Object Test Bench" popup when debugging
When debugging a project in Visual Studio 2005, I have recently noticed a brief appearance of the "Object Test Bench" window. This window appears and then disappears after less than a second and does not look like the normal "Object Test Bench" window one sees when not debugging, as it looks like this: I would like to stop this window...
VisualBasic 2010 Syntax Refresher
With Parallels and WinXP installed, I thought I'd put VisualStudio back on my computer and tinker around a bit, but it's been a while and I'm a bit rusty with it. Can someone refer me to a quick and easy guide to VBasic syntax? ...
hide usercontrol properties from intellisense
hi, how i can hide usercontrol properties from intellisense in vs? ...
Where do data files go so the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 debugger can find them?
I am writing code that opens an istream object on a file specified by the user. I want to be able to run the program in the debugger and just type the filename (eg data.txt) at the prompt, not the whole path. I haven't worked out how to do this inside the IDE so I have been saving my .txt file to the debug folder and running the .exe fil...
Going from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 Express Editions
I use C# and asp.net in visual studio 2008 standard. I just found out that there is no Visual studio 2010 standard. I can't really afford Visual studio 2010 Pro. So what am I going to lose when (if) I start using C# 2010 express web dev 2010 express ...
How can I send input to Visual Studio using Windows API
Hello, I am trying to develop a util (using system-hook) for that works like an expander (user selects some text and presses a hotkey and it is expands). It should work with Visual Studio. I want to implement this using Windows API because I want to develop an app that works globally with any application (whether you're using VS, or wo...
How to open file in existing Vim instance instead of getting "existing swapfile " warning
I want Vim to reuse the currently existing instance if it exists. Usually, Vim pops up a warning about an existing swap file. Specifically, this is for switching between Vim and Visual Studio. (I know about ViEmu, but it doesn't work with Visual Studio Express.) ...
How to install WebDev.WebServer.exe as a Standlone application?
Hi How can I install Visual Studio's Web Development Server (WebDev.WebServer.exe) as a Standlone application? So that our web designers can get the latest code from SVN, then run the MSBuild batch file to build the code, and then run a batch file to start the code using a local copy of the Web Development Server (WebDev.WebServer.exe)...
Is there any standard for post build events within Visual Studio?
I am working on a VS solution that utilizes the post-build events to copy files into a deployment project that packages the files. Does anyone know if there is any best practice in how to move files around to place in an MSI? ...
How do I set the target platform for an ASP.NET Website
I have a website project that needs to load a 32 bit DLL, and I am developing the site on Windows 7 64 bit. Because of this, one of the 32 bit dlls is failing to load. Normally in a desktop application project I can go to project settings, however I am unable to locate the setting. I am using Visual Studio 2008 ...
Light HTTP Stack for Visual C++ Project
I just want a light HTTP stack. Something similar to WinInet or WinHTTP, with cookie support, etc. Are there any good alternatives to those? Seems like I find a bug or limitation in either one that I end up hung up on. ...
Can't get access to page class from control
I've created new Web Site project. Some helper classes are in App_Code folder. Pages are in the root. User controls are in the folder UserControls in the root. All page class are defined in MyProjectName.Pages namespace. All user control class are defined in MyProjectName.UserControls namespace. I can get access from my pages to control...
wpf visual studio designer won't load user controls
Hello The view below is a container for three user controls, and I started getting this error after refactoring application resources: Error 295 Could not create an instance of type 'FilterPanel'. C:...\ProjectPickerWindow.xaml Here is the xaml for the view: <Window x:Class="Smack.ConstructionAdmin.WpfPresentation.Views.ProjectPic...