Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE for the .NET family of languages.
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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 ...
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Is it safe to download VS11/.NET4.5 beta and still deploy to servers with .NET 4.0?
I've been wanting to try out VS2011 and .NET 4.5 beta, but the upgrade path is confusing at best. If I understand what I've read, the .NET 4.5 framework overwrites the .NET 4.0 libraries on your local ...
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How to properly structure a project in winform?
A while ago I started to create a winform application and at that time it was small and I did not give any thought of how to structure the project.
Since then I added additional features as I needed ...
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Designing a completely new database/gui solution for my compnay
I'm no expert when it come to everything Visual Studio 2010 and utilizing SQL server 2008. I'm sure some of my personal projects I've built for personal use would get laughed off the face of the ...
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Moving away from .Net to Ruby and coping without intellisense
I am in the process of trying to learn Ruby, however after spending nearly 10 years in the MS stack I am struggling to get by without intellisense. I've given RubyMine a try which does help however ...
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How to create a code generation tool for Visual Studio
I'm working on a tool that will generate some C# code, which I hope could prove useable to a wider audience. This tool will read an assembly and a text file containing some data and then generate a ...
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Should we check in Setup Project of Visual Studio
From what I understand, the ideal way to prepare builds using Visual Studio is to use a single build machine. That means, while the developers go through development process using their respective ...
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Creating a line of business application with Visual Studio Isolated Shell
I ask this to the pros out there - Is it feasible to build a new LOB(Line Of Business) application with VS Shell as an stand alone application.
There are some points that I thought needs to changed, ...
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Why do .NET shops seem to prefer Crystal Report over RDLC reports?
I am currently using RDLC reports. But when interviewing for .NET jobs, they frequently ask "Have you worked with Crystal Reports?".
Why do they like Crystal Reports when Visual Studio already has ...
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What is the purpose of including header files in the solution in Visual Studio?
So I have including the files to my projects by simply : #include "myheader.hpp" and adding the headers into the solution explorer.
But recently I have realized that I may omit the step of adding the ...
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Computation Program Not Running at 100% CPU Utilization
I have a program which has a GUI and performs some very heavy mathematical computations for a couple of minutes and then outputs a result. When I try to directly interface it through its DLL's, it ...
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How to treat “The field is never used” warnings?
Warning 1 The field 'MCS_SPS_School.Fees.DiscountAmt.rtvalue' is assigned but its value is never used G:\Jagadeeswaran\Nov 17\MCS-SPS School\MCS-SPS School\Fees\DiscountAmt.cs
Warning 2 ...
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Newbie seeking advice on programming in general [closed]
need some of you to remember back to a time when you might have been bad at programming...
Been at my new job (as a software developer) for a couple of months now, passed probation period. Have very ...
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Is Visual Studio Express suitable for commercial application development?
If I were to develop a Silverlight game and publish it to a site where you can play it for free is the use considered to be commercial or personal?
What about if the site has adverts on, is it then ...
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How do you avoid working on the wrong branch?
Being only a little careful is usually enough, but sometimes I need to double check the branch I'm working on (e.g "hm..i'm on dev branch, right?") and I check the source control path of a random ...
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Visual Studio 2011 release [closed]
I am considering moving from VS2010 to the Visual Studio 2011 Developer Preview that was recently announced.
When will the final version of VS2011 be released?
If date unknown, how long does ...
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Do I need to Clean/Rebuild a project before Debugging/Publishing it in Visual Studio?
This is probably a stupid question, but do I need to Clean/Rebuild before Debugging or Publishing a Visual Studio project?
I see other developers doing it all the time, and at some point I started ...
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What are ways I can speed of development time when building applications? [closed]
I noticed that overtime with experience that the curve of learning shifts from trying to learn a language or technology (the way it works) to how to develop applications faster and with less code. I ...
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Good practice on Visual Studio Solutions
Hopefully a relativity simple question. I'm starting work on a new internal project to create tractability of repaired devices within the buildings.
The database is stored remotely on a webserver, ...
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What technology is used to build “Visual Studio 11”?
A preview of the new "Visual Studio 11" was recently shown at Microsoft's BUILD conference.
Out of interest, what technology is being used to create it?
I assume it's not WinRT (which I've been led ...
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Can we expect re-addition of Mobile SDK in future Visual Studio versions? [closed]
Microsoft stopped shipping the Mobile SDK in Visual Studio releases after the 2008 version. This wasn't a big surprise, as there were no takers for that feature and android made a big hole. But now, ...
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Boss wants to covert all developers to virtualized desktops…help [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Thoughts on Development using Virtual Machines
My boss has been singing the praises of leveraging virtualized desktops for all our developers in the company - about 100 ...
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Does Microsoft have a free version of Visual Studio? [closed]
Not a trial, but a truly free version that they offer users to download....
I was wondering in case I somehow missed the option on their website. Any version of Visual Studio will do.
If not, are ...
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What is the difference between a prototype and a production level solution?
This question is purely for learning and to step-up my technical understanding. I know there is no perfect solution and this question has possible never ending solution list but I think it's very ...
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Which tool to use for creating application releases?
I'm wondering what others use as a tool for creating the final package to hand over to the customer. For now, these are the tasks it should perform for our company:
build a set of VS projects ...
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What is Visual Studio Lightswitch and how does it differ from normal Visual Studio versions?
How is Visual Studio Lightswitch different from regular Visual Studio? In what sort of situations would you use this IDE over regular Visual Studio?
I'm trying to decide if this is something that ...
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What's the difference between ASP.NET Web Applications and Websites?
Currently, I am reading Pro ASP.NET 4 in C# and in it, two ways of creating a web application are described:
Website
Web Application Project
In which scenarios should I choose the former over the ...
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Why isn't the line count in Visual Studio zero-based?
This just struck me as an oversight by Microsoft. Since arrays and other data-structures within the .NET framework begin from zero (zero-based) why don't we have a line 0 within the code view in ...
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How can I be most productive in Visual Studio when limited to small screen space?
I'm a student, and I do a lot of code on a small (12.5", 1366x768) laptop screen that I carry from class to class. Most programming environments are designed with the idea that someone has large ...
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Should I rely on Visual Studio in adding HTML and CSS?
I am wondering if I should rely on Visual Studio in adding HTML and CSS elments by using the viusal toolbars or should I write them by myself? Is it considered bad practice if I relied on Visual ...
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Is there any reason not to let your group of developers install third party Visual Studio add-ons?
Is there any risk in allowing your team of developers to install whatever Visual Studio Add-ons they want? Is it a good idea to allow them this freedom?
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Best way to contact Microsoft about accessibility in their developer tools?
I'm a totally blind programmer who would like to learn .net. It appears that the Visual Studio express additions are not accessible since the scripts that come with Jaws for Widnows, the screen ...
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Why does Microsoft charge a fortune for its developer tools?
Microsoft charges thousands of dollars for most versions of Visual Studio. Compare this with companies like Apple and Google and with organizations like GNU and Eclipse that give away developer tools ...
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Is kick-starting myself into the programming world by reading from a book about VS 2008 & .NET 3.5 a bad idea?
Basically what the title says. I'm completely new to programming and decided C# to be the best language to start learning, so I went ahead and installed Visual Studio Express 2010 C# to get started.
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Can I use Linux/Mono instead of Windows/Visual Studio without any problem?
I have more than 6 years of experience with .Net (C#/ASP.NET) and Visual Studio. But recently I'm tempted to switch to Linux/Mono. It comes up with some questions:
Can I run my old Visual Studio ...
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How to get started with Github (for me)?
I registered myself in github a few days ago. Mainly for starting projects to share some of my ideas with others as well as get the source available from anywhere. This is my first open-contribution ...
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What are your recommendations for porting a huge VC++6 project to later VS version?
We have a huge legacy C project which runs in VC++6. And I hope this will be ported to later versions of visual studio. But I think it will be a huge work. Actually, I just tried to recompile the ...
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In .NET (Visual Studio), when do you create a new assembly?
I'm working on a Silverlight application. I've split it up in several assemblies:
Domain
Repositories (everything with persisting to the Sterling database)
UI
...
This is how I've learned it, but ...
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MEF & Circular dependencies in MonoDevelop / VS
(I think the problem described below is also affecting VS although I only tested it in MD)
I have some trouble regarding circular dependencies. I know they are bad practice and should be avoided. In ...
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Why is a lightning bolt used to represent events in IDEs? [closed]
I was just curious if anyone knew why the lightning bolt was selected to represent events in various IDEs? or when it was first used?
From the top of my head the lightning bolt is used in visual ...
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Are there deals (free or low cost) to license Visual Studio for open-source developers?
I have several open-source projects, but I no longer have a license for Visual Studio.
I heard that Resharper has some kind of deal for open-source project contributors.
Is there something similar ...
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Solution organisation
I have been working on asp.net applications for 6 years but almost all of it has been extending and maintaining existing applications. I now have the need to develop a new application and I am ...
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Is “VS Lightswitch” the “Oracle APEX” from Microsoft?
What do you think? Is "Visual Studio Lightswitch" becoming the "Oracle APEX" for SQL Server in the futrure? Are these two technologies comparable?
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what info do wcf/.net developers need when joining a new project?
I'm a technical writer tasked to document a rather complex WPF/WCF .net application for a governmental agency. I'm not sure where to start and would like some suggestions from .net developers about ...
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In Visual Studio 2010, which is better to use: VS Installer or the InstallShield LE?
I built a VS Installer project in Visual Studio 2008. I see in VS 2010 they have InstallShield LE available as an alternative. I used InstallShield long ago as part of Borland Delphi, but haven't ...
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Can I turn off Visual Studio white space at bottom of code files?
In any open file within Visual Studio, there is the ability to scroll all of the code out of sight". In other words, there is heaps of white space below the code lines that one can scroll to.
This to ...
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Should a developer be allowed to use VSS if he prefers it?
I introduced Mercurial to my department. I love it, but it is my first version control experience. I am using it with NetBeans PHP for web development. Another developer who works on internal company ...
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Recommendations on running Visual Studio inside a VMWare VDI environment?
Does anyone have experience running
Visual Studio inside a VDI
environment?
Would you recommend it?
Would you advise against it?
Our Background
Our department is one of the few in the ...
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Looking for suggestions on where to purchase vs.net 2010 from? which edition?
I need to purchase vs.net 2010 so I can use all the new features and entity framework.
ANy suggestions on which edition I should get?
Where is a good place to buy it on the cheap?
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C++ and the use of old Visual Studio versions
Based on the behavior of some of our customers, I have come to wonder if many c++ development shops decided to just stop at vs2005. Is this just a quirk of the dozen or so large organizations that we ...
