VS2012 Build for Release still defines DEBUG
I have a C# project using VS 2012. I am learning about #if DEBUG which should be defined while the project's build configuration is DEBUG, which works fine. So then I changed by project properties...
View ArticleMicrosoft.Common.targets was not found. Cannot open or create solutions.
I've been working on a method to open Excel 2013 files in VS 2010, and somehow I've managed to hose my entire VS environment. When I attempt to open an existing solution, I receive this error message:...
View ArticleUnexpected cursor movement
I am using VS 2012 express with W8OS. After loading a project in VS the cursor will unexpectedly Flash/jump and appears to activate and Enter key action. I can only type a few characters before this...
View ArticleHow to change COM1 baud rate in Windows registry on a PC from C++/Win7?
Hi,I'd like to find out how to change the baud rate in the Windows 7 registry on a PC from a C++ application for COM1. From what I've read, I it appears to involve the 4 functions below. I've...
View ArticleHow Do I Integrate Windows SDK 8.0 With Visual Studio?
Previous versions of the Windows SDK have shipped with shortcuts to command windows with environment variables such as FrameworkVersion and WindowsSDKDir that either provide information about the SDK...
View ArticleVS2012 Cannot locate resource
I am getting following error in the Design screen when I look at my xaml in WPF (it seems like the design screen doesn't like to render animated gif file). I cannot see the layout of my screen and...
View ArticleHow to disable quick tips in Visual Studio 2012?
Dear all, In VS2012 I get an quick tip when moving the mouse to a text that represents a known class and so on.My question is : Can I disabled those quick tips? I dont want to get thos annoying...
View ArticleControlling Uninstall behavior, keep subfolders, but don't want files in root...
We are using Visual Studio, Final Builder and Install Shield. I am trying to figure out how to control what files are removed during the "Uninstall" process. We'd like to keep our configuration...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2005 / VC++ Directories / Platform doesn't list x64
I have a Visual Studio 2005 project with both win32 and x64 configurations.I recently moved the project files to a new machine running Windows 7 ultimate, after installing VS-2005 and the 64-bit...
View ArticleVS2012.2 v110_xp broken?
Hi,After installing Visual Studio 2012 Update 2, our C++ modules that were targeting v110_xp are no longer running on Windows XP/Windows Server 2003.When launching the application, the following error...
View ArticleCreating a new data source in Visual Studio timing out
When I try to add a new data source in Visual Studio 2010 SP1 or 2012, it times out. All I'm selecting is one tiny table with no relationships. How can this be? I've increased the connection timeout to...
View ArticleToolbox is disabled
I installed the VS 2012 Professional but the toolbox is disable as default. All the common or standard control could not be used, almost is grey. Please help.
View Articlei am unable add a code activity to a sequence
I want to send the test thru email or send file to ftp I have got inputs all required info like emailid ,subject,message or ftp server, username, password, Filename, to be sent in an aspax and pass...
View ArticleHow do I stop localization folders on my compiles/publish
How do I stop all those language folders from compiling. What should I look for in the project settings? I think I just don't know what it's called. For WPF and for ASP.NETdan
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 with Windows 8 and hi contrast scheme
Dear all,There is a nice wellknown add-in for VS2012, called "ColorThemeEditor.vsix". But under Windows 8 there seems to be a fixed link in VS2012 between the "Windows Hi-Contrast-Scheme" and the "VS...
View ArticleSuddenly I can't debug or open any apps I made in Visual Studio 2012
Hey I have a really weird problem with Visual Studio... I made this Windows 8 app that I've made some good progress on, now one day when I try to debug, I get a nasty error! First the splash screen for...
View ArticleVS2012 Professional: Cannot Expand Code Files to Navigate to its Classes and...
In most of my VS 2012 projects the solution explorer doesn't allow me to expand code files in order to navigate to its classes and class members anymore. Is there a switch to enable/disable this...
View ArticleAdding time stamp to .csv output
I have an SSIS package that takes data from an OLEDB input and outputs it as a .csv file via a flat file destination. This works fine, but I want to add a time stamp to the name of the output file:...
View ArticleCA1703 CodeAnalysis Error and CasingExceptions
I have a text resource "{0} by Test GmbH" which is correctly spelled because GmbH is the official Abbreviation for "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung". I understand that Microsoft CodeAnalysing...
View ArticleAdding text to columns within a table
Hi guysIm using VB 2008 Express EditionCould someone please help me to add text in the two corrosponding tables like sales:username and jade: password, etc using the same code that is here, I have...
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