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I was stumped by what seemed like a very simple problem that I was beginning to lose some self-esteem :-( I was sure it was a simple problem but for the life of me, I couldn't make it work. So what was it? I was trying to publish the .NET implementation of the Petshop 4.0 application to my local IIS...
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If you're like me who had a hard time with the blue icon color for modified files in Ankhsvn 1.0 final, just grab the latest bits of Anksvn here . The team has released a patch to change the modified icon to orange.
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This is my first blog post using Windows Live Writer . Setting up WLW to post to devpinoy was a great experience. All I had to do was give it the URL for my blog [http://community.devpinoy.org/blogs/velocity] and my username + password and it will try to guess the web blog provider as well as download...
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I encountered this problem last week, wherein the LINQ project templates were missing in the "New Project" dialog of VS2005 Team System even after doing "everything" (machine reboot, "install IDE support", etc.). By searching the web (through the help of our trusty buddy, "google"), i was able to determine...
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There is a refresh issue on the version 1 release of AnkhSVN addin for visual studio last year (i thought it was already the RTM version 1.0 release, it was just RC4). if you are a tortoisesvn committer, you'll notice that the ankh refresh command at the solution level does not actually refresh each...
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If you're not using this shortcut you probobly be either using a build server or build script on your project OR you are suffering from waiting for your build to start and press Stop to continue working, because you have accidentally pressed the F5 while coding. Now that you're have 5+ web projects,...
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i was surprised to see two new files in the bin folder of our windows application project (<application name>.vshost.exe and <application name>.vshost.config files). post from here says that it is an optimization for visual studio debugging, just catching up with .NET 2.0/3.0 and VS 2005...
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We've just upgraded to Visual Studio 2005 (finally!) and I'm currently exploring Visual Studio Tools for Office for my next project. It's my first time to use it and i have seen it used in one of the events through MS Philippines. The project's specification targets Excel 2000 three years ago and according...
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I'd like to share with all of you a set of small add-ons that I've found very useful. SlickEdit Gadgets is a free set of add-ons for Visual Studio 2005 . Two that I particularly liked, mainly because after using them I couldn't imagine why they weren't included in Visual Studio 2005 to...
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i previously have an experience on debugging stored procedures especially those that involve dynamic sql generation and execution. my experience told me that debugging stored procedure of this type is better with visual studio compared to query analyzer. i encountered a problem with query analyzer before...
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I have just uninstalled my Evaluation copy of InstallShield 12 which I used to setup our build server. Unluckily, my TestDriven.NET addin suddenly is not behaving properly. My officemate who also had his IS12 copy uninstalled currently have the same problem. After doing an ad hoc run tests (right-click...
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One of my teammate is using Resharper 2.0's unit test runner and i like the way it presented the passed, failed and ignored tests in tabs. I want to shift to using it instead of TestDriven.Net which just output results to the Output Window but i am experiencing IDE hangs when i try to run it. It used...
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i just found out a bug on visual inheritance concerning the new controls in .NET 2.0. Basically it says that if you have an inherited control (non-private), designer won't allow you to "design it" in the child form (they're locked). more info here .
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Soma blogs about the just released service pack 1 for vs 2003. i am not installing it yet until a number of users have already said that the said service pack is stable. i don't want to deal with a bug resulting from this fix (if there will be any) just like some of the breaking changes of SP1 for...
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i haven't really used this shortcut key for the past years and eversince i used firefox with the web search, i became hooked into it. i've been using it in every application (ms excel, visual studio) to toggle the dropdownlist items. no need to use the mouse. so next time you want to select an...