Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE for the .NET family of languages.
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Document existing Visual Studio Project [duplicate]
I am a small business owner and my sole developer quit. Cold. I am not a coder. He developed an existing application that works .net, c#, javascript, sql, visual studio based, 250,000 lines of code. ...
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Why do people tend to gravitate to older versions of visual studio? [closed]
I'm starting to pick up all of the perks of C++11, and being a 2010 user i'm considering installing 2012 instead for better c++11 support. But why is it that 2012 doesn't seem as popular as 2010? Am i ...
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adding excel sheet in Windows Forms Application [closed]
I want to create Windows based inventory application. I need to automate the manual entry in multiple excel spreadsheets, and in spreadsheet formula's are also used . values in sheets are ...
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Wise way to implement a website login and database tables for a small shop
Im building this website for a small store and I was told that its better not to keep the login and the rest of the users information on the same table.
Now im wondering, what is the best way to ...
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Visual Studio UML reference to another modeling project
I am creating several components and have broken them into different class diagrams / modeling projects. I have to do this because a single diagram simply isn't big enough. Is there a way for a ...
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When people work in different countries and need to work together how to keep code in correct language
I'm a member of a small new team and with one of our latest builds I noted that, VS2010 code files don't contain language formatting.
So for example when I write down a Euro symbol in my code or ...
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How to see bits of an integer in Visual Studio
As far as I know it is not possible to see the bits of an integer in Visual Studio, you can see variables in decimal or hexadecimal format in the Locals and Watch windows in the debugger.
Why is this ...
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What type of projects should each of these projects be given their particular purposes?
I'm working in a creation of a new system that should be able to change the presentation layer without trouble, also be able to comport web-services, shop areas, internal control of data, creation of ...
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Buying an MSDN license [closed]
I work as a full time developer (primarily using Visual Studio and VB.NET) with two other developers and three application support technicians. We use Visual Studio 2008 and do not have an MSDN ...
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How to associate a new/modified changeset with an existing review in VisualStudio 2012
I'm trying out the new Code Review tool in Visual Studio 2012. Which seems okay for the most part, but I've hit a wall in regards to when changes are required.
How should this be handled in a code ...
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Can Visual Studio 2008 run side by side with Visual Studio 2012? [closed]
Unfortunately I have to continue to use it to support a Windows Mobile codebase.
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How to properly diagram lambda expressions or traversals through them in Architecture Explorer?
I'm exploring a piece of code in Architecture Explorer in Visual Studio 2010 to study the relations between methods. I noticed a strange behavior.
Take the following source code. It generates a hello ...
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How to learn (master?) Visual Studio 2012 [closed]
What are good resources/books for learning this beast?
I quickly get overwhelmed when I get inside it (VS 2012 Ultimate), and feel overwhelmed that I'll never be able to fully learn it. There ...
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Is it a good idea to include Installer Project within single solution?
I have pretty large code base for the client product I am working on. I am using Visual Studio 2010 for my development and it's hectically slow. I can get rid off this by disabling the installer ...
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Building old 32-bit Visual Studio 2003 projects on 64-bit Windows [closed]
I'm working with a legacy product build environment that depends on (among other things) Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003. We're updating our build environment to use 64-bit machines, since our ...
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Environment Variables and Visual Studio 2012
I have a problem with Visual Studio 2012 and Environment Variables under Windows 7.
I added a variable called {LIBS} with the value C:/libs/.
In C:/libs/ are folders containing C++ libraries.
So far, ...
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What plugin should I use to integrate TortoiseSVN into Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8? [closed]
I have TortoiseSVN installed on my local machine just to improve my knowledge of subversion on some small personal projects. I downloaded and attempted to install VisualSVN to integrate TortoiseSVN ...
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RESTful Design: Multiple Relationships Between the Same 2 Entities
I am in the process of designing RESTful web services and got stuck at one point. The design is very simple with 3 entities:
- Project
- Status
- Employee
The part I am having trouble with is ...
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How to organize MVVM files in solution
I'm fairly new to the MVVM concept but like a lot of the flexibility it gives me so far. However, I'm struggling to find a good way to manage my code. I have several classes that are just sitting in ...
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Main differences between “Monodevelop” and “Visual Studio” [closed]
What are the main differences between Monodevelop and Visual Studio? I specifically want to know the differences while writing programs on C# language.
I want to know the difference because I am a ...
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How to test a localized WPF application in visual studio 2012
I am trying to create a localized application in C# / WPF in Visual Studio 2012. For that I created two resource files and changed one string in a (XAML) window to use the resource files (instead of a ...
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Is Resharper still a significant improvement for Visual Studio 2012 [closed]
I currently use Resharper with VS 2008 Pro. I find it almost a necessity to be as productive as I can be due to lack of some of the basic refactors/shortcuts in VS.
However I was wondering if since ...
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Using Visual Studio as a Task-Focused IDE
Are there patterns or libraries or any official Microsoft SDK for using Visual Studio as a specifically Task-Focused UI?
For example, both Revolution R (IDE for the R language) and SQL 2012 (and I ...
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I need to go from Linux to VS2012 fast. Anybody have a guide? [closed]
I need to parallelize a library through the use of a graphic accelerator. I have had no trouble doing similar work on Linux but I am struggling with using Visual Studios 2012.
I can't figure out how ...
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Should I start MCPD training now or wait for new exams? [closed]
i apologize if this question has been asked before, or if this is the wrong place to put it.
I'm beginning my study track for the MCPD certification in Web Development. However, Microsoft plans to ...
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How do you safely work around broken code? [closed]
Once in a while, a co-worker will check-in bad code which blocks my application from initializing properly.
To get around this problem quickly, I comment out the offending code. I then forget to ...
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Visual studio for Windows XP [closed]
Visual Studio 2012 do not support windows XP and Microsoft Store does not seem to sell VS 2010 anymore, any idea how can I use Visual Studio Professional for development in Windows XP?
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Taking a Projects Development to the Next Level
I have been looking for some advice for a while on how to handle a project I am working on, but to no avail. I am pretty much on my fourth iteration of improving an "application" I am working on; the ...
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Visual Studio 2012 - Express vs Professional
I'm having trouble finding a feature comparison between Visual Studio 2012 express edition and the professional edition. I'm using the trial Profession version at the moment, but it'll run out soon, ...
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Do you use ReSharper full time, or only enable it when needed? [closed]
Based on a multitude of questions related to temporarily disabling ReSharper, and also on certain research data, I can see that a considerable share of ReSharper users have it disabled most of the ...
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Best thing to do about projects supporting multiple versions of Visual Studio?
I have an open source project that works on .Net 2.0 and up. The thing is though that I prefer to use Visual Studio 2012, which forces the solution and project files to only work with VS2010/2012.
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Declaring interface in the same file as the base class, is it a good practice?
To be interchangable and testable, normally services with logic needs to have interface, e.g.
public class FooService: IFooService
{ ... }
Design-wise, I agree with this, but one of the things ...
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Writing scripts for Visual Studio project
What is the best way to write and run small scripts and tasks that are specific to a particular .Net project?
Such things as configuring a database or confirming proper connections to servers.
In ...
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Define which tests are run after build in Visual Studio 2012
Visual Studio 2012 has a new feature where it automatically runs your unit tests after every build.
I would like to use this feature, but I have a number of tests that should not be run after every ...
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Approach on Software Development Architecture
I am planning to standardize our way of creating project for our new projects.
Currently we are using 3tier architecture where we have our ClassLibrary Project where it includes our Data Access Layer ...
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Port numbers in Visual Studio projects and IIS
I have a few questions about localhost and port numbers as this is an area where I do not have a lot of knowledge, and because I recently had to work with setting up Visual Studio projects and IIS and ...
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Best approach for utility class library using Visual Studio
I have a collection of classes that I commonly (but not always) use when developing WPF applications. The trouble I have is that if I want to use only a subset of the classes, I have three options:
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How much should I rely on Visual Studio's Auto Generated Code?
I'm reading about ASP.NET (VB.NET) and I want to built my professionally website. I'm wondering though; I'm still using the basics so I'm really just a novice, but how much should I rely on Visual ...
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Is there a downside to installing Visual Studio Ultimate if I don't need all the features?
Microsoft released today the final builds of Visual Studio 2012 on MSDN. I'm trying to decide from this version comparison page which edition to install (I can install any edition I want for free). ...
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Pair programming remotely with Visual Studio?
What tools exist to facilitate pair programming with Visual Studio when the programmers are not in the same physical location? At the moment we are thinking voice (Skype?) plus remote desktop (VNC? ...
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Is this program possible?
Everyday I have to "count" files that come in from facilities across the country to ensure we receive them all. The names of said files are defined by which date/facility they came from.
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Developing Razor Web Pages - Visual Studio and/or WebMatrix?
When I started learning about Web Pages I followed several of the Microsoft tutorials, all of which utilized WebMatrix. I did this until I realized that WebMatrix offered no debugging. Wait? What?? No ...
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How to port this architecture to .net?
My team is currently locked into using a tool we dislike that takes the form of a Eclipse plugin and a .jar; the plugin gives us a button to quickly run a single file's code (via invoking the main ...
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Add a second developer to the team
In my company, I'm the only developer, but we plan on expanding the team by hiring a second programmer. I know there are a lot of implications to that (especially around source control). I've Googled ...
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Visual Studio extension to highlight code reuse?
I was under a tight deadline to finish a project in C#, and as a result I feel I didn't code things in the most efficient way. Now that I have time to go back and optimize the code, I was wondering if ...
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Is a new build required everytime I make a change to the code?
I am working on a project that has around a hundred different files (.cpp & .h), and it requires around an hour to build the entire project on MSVC 2008, suppose that I now make a change to any ...
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Dynamic Post-build event in Visual Studio
I am building a video server application that has multiple projects in Visual Studio. One project, the video server project, needs to call a shell script to generate documentation. This works fine ...
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Visual Studio 2010 on Macbook Air [closed]
Does anyone here run Visual Studio 2010 (or VS12 RC) on a Macbook Air? I have the current model with 4GB ram, 13" screen, and 256GB SSD drive. Before I go through the effort of configuring this, ...
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Visual Studio build everytime JS and CSS changes?
I am relatively new to Visual Studio Development and I was wondering - it seems that everytime I make changes to my JS or CSS in my project - I have to "build" the project again.
Is there any way to ...
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Fastest way to open a file in Visual Studio knowing only its name
What is the best/fastest way to open a file in Visual Studio knowing only its name? In Eclipse there is "Open Resource" which allows you to interactively search for all files in the workspace, but I ...
