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Tue, Jul 26 2011 10:57 AM

Error installing the Windows Azure AppFabric Tools for Visual Studio (CTP)

When installing the Windows Azure AppFabric Tools for Visual Studio (found here ), you might get the error message shown on the right, stating that Windows Server AppFabric is installed and that it is not compatible with this release of Windows Azure...
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Wed, Jun 1 2011 7:21 AM

The Visual Studio 2010 Test Client for WCF services

When writing WCF services, most of us find ourselves writing quick test applications. To give you more time to do what a developer should be doing (adding business value to the project) the Visual Studio team added a WCF test client that can help you...
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Mon, Jan 17 2011 6:49 AM

HowTo: open all files from the Find Results window

Here’s a quick Visual Studio tip for you… I frequently search for a specific text in my solution because I need to do something in all places where that text occurs. Today I found out how you can open all the files that are mentioned in the...
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Fri, Jan 7 2011 1:57 PM

Patches available for scrolling context menu in Visual Studio 2010

The past couple of days I’ve been experiencing some issues with the context menu for my Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2010. It contained scrollbars even when there was sufficient space on the screen to show the menu without scrolling. Searching for...
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Tue, Jan 4 2011 10:25 AM

HowTo: have Visual Studio open XAML documents in code view

Just a small post to start the new year... and let it be a good one! When opening a XAML document in Visual Studio, it opens in split view by default. This might become annoying when you have a large XAML document, because all the content needs to be...
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Wed, May 19 2010 6:07 PM

Visual Studio: Zero-impact Projects & Cutting/copying empty lines

Yesterday I remembered two Visual Studio options Sara Ford told about in a presentation of her I attended a while back. Changing them made me happy... :) Zero-impact projects When I have to test something real quick, I tend to create a new project in...
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Tue, May 4 2010 6:31 PM

Visual Studio 2010: Close all documents

Sometimes it’s the little things that make you love a new product just a bit more. I tend to close stuff I don’t use anymore fairly quickly. Sometimes I even close an Explorer window or an application right after I used it, only to find I...
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Sun, Apr 18 2010 10:00 AM

Visual Studio 2010 and the web.config

While working with Visual Studio 2010, a new feature caught my eye that isn't communicated (strongly) in the "What's new" lists you can find online. As part of the Visual Studio 2010 supports multiple web.config files! Now we can create...
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Wed, Aug 12 2009 7:55 PM

“The project location is not trusted”

After installing Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2010 on my laptop, I ran into the well-known message “The project location is not trusted”. I thought all I had to do was follow the instructions in this MSDN article to get my development share to be trusted...
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Tue, Mar 10 2009 11:45 AM

In this mode, command line arguments will not be passed to the executable

When trying to pass some command line arguments to a Console Application, I got the following message: "The current project settings specify that the project will be debugged with specific security permissions. In this mode, command line arguments...
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Thu, Feb 19 2009 12:45 AM

Installing my laptop after a repair

I’m reinstalling my laptop after I got it back from a repair… EMPTY (grrr). What tools shouldn’t I forget when preparing this laptop to be my development machine? Already have Visual Studio, SQL Management Studio, Office and the Windows Live tools installed...
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Tue, Dec 2 2008 12:25 PM

Clicking 'Choose items' on the toolbox crashes Visual Studio 2008

I've had my current installation for a few months now, and I've used it for development purposes. Today I suddenly encountered an error when trying to add items to the Toolbox. Visual Studio 2008 simply disappeared... No errors, no warnings, it...
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Wed, Nov 26 2008 1:49 PM

Nice new addition to ASP.NET

Scott Guthrie posted about a cool new ASP.NET server control: Chart. It can be used for free with ASP.NET 3.5 to enable rich browser-based charting scenarios. Read more over here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/11/24/new-asp-net-charting...
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Mon, Oct 13 2008 2:57 PM

Ajax Control Toolkit controls don't show up in Visual Studio toolbar

Because I stopped working at Avanade and started my own company (this web site is under construction and in Dutch), I had to buy and install a new laptop. Everything went great and I was up and running in half a day. Or should I say half an evening.....
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Tue, Aug 26 2008 8:22 PM

StyleCop v4.3 now available

StyleCop version 4.3 was released last tuesday. A short summary of what version 4.3 brings us: Various bugfixes, including fixes for VS integration issues Rules documentation is included and integrated into VS "Show Error Help" New rules, see...
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