Visual Studio StatusBar with custom icons
Hi all,I am trying to put a custom icon in VS 2013, so far i was able to do it as long as i set the "Enable Rich Client Visual Experience" in the visual studio tools > General options.If doing it...
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The Problem is the following:I created an attribute, that can be added to a class multiple times:[Parameter("Name1",typeof(String))][Parameter("Name2",typeof(String))]class asdf...I would like to...
View ArticleArgumentOutOfRangeException in...
We have a VsPackage that extends Visual Studio 2008. For one customer, the System.Windows.Window.ShowDialog() method is failing with System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException. Here are the details we have:...
View ArticleProject Template won't show. with an VSIX Project Template
Hello Pros,I'm struggeling with the VSIX Project Template, i did the steps Microsoft told me (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd885241(v=vs.100).aspx ), but the Template is not shown in the new...
View ArticleReplacing text in Visual Studio while preserving the caret.
So, I am writing right now an auto-format functionality for my custom language in Visual Studio. It is very similiar to what C# does: 1) If you type "}" or ";" character in editor, it will format the...
View ArticleClear error list from duplicates
Hello guys, this should be fairly common problem, however I have not find the solution yet. I am logging errors in two ways: 1) When you work with IWpfTextView individually. This is the code I am...
View ArticleUpdating threads name from VS 2013 Threads window (after a breakpoint is hit?)
Hi all,as we already know, the RaiseException approach is generally used for setting the thread name inside the VS IDE Threads window.This works fine for the case when the number of thread name changes...
View Article"Cannot query for a file configuration tool for an MakeFile project." Exception?
I'm writing a language service for my company's scripting language. We use a makefile project for our game, which includes the script files. When opening this makefile project, I'm getting a bunch of...
View ArticleOnBeforeCloseProject([InAttribute] IVsHierarchy pHierarchy, [InAttribute] int...
Hi All,I am a developer of plugin for VS2012. I am OnBeforeCloseProject([InAttribute] IVsHierarchy pHierarchy, [InAttribute] int fRemoved) call for my plugin. For my plugin operations i need check...
View ArticleChanges to VC# from Visual Studio 2010 to 2013
Good morning. We are attempting to upgrade our companies codebase to Visual Studio 2013, and are running into problems. Our work requires us to access and manipulate Visual Studio project files for our...
View ArticleVS Template won't copy with WizardExtension
Hello Pros,I'm having trouble with the WizardExtension Tag in the *.vstemplate File.<VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" Type="Project"...
View ArticleChanges to VC# from Visual Studio 2010 to 2013
Good morning. We are attempting to upgrade our companies codebase to Visual Studio 2013, and are running into problems. Our work requires us to access and manipulate Visual Studio project files for our...
View ArticleVS 2013 forms
I am sort of new to VS. I currently working on a new application for inventory tracking and I am having a bit of trouble figuring out how to bind some data to a form. Here it is:I have a sql database...
View ArticleWhy select some text in a output window pane causes memory exhaustion?
I am encountered a problem that writing heavy data endlessly to a output window pane caused "Out of memory" exception of Visual studio 2012 (update 3 & 4). I am using...
View ArticleIn Visual studio Add-In from context menu, when i click on it I need to...
I have an application where I am creating visual studio add-in. My requirement is from the Add-in manager they will select the add-in named "MyAddIn". I am using VS 2010, C#.in the sample application...
View ArticleChanging the Debug Source File property of a solution using visual studio...
Hi,Here is our situation:We have multiple versions of our application and each version is stored in a different network path. When we want to work on our application and modify some code we only take a...
View Articlemessage box in custom debug engine
in my Custom Debug Engine I need to show a message box. I use the Win32 MessageBox function for that. Sometimes the message box is shown b-e-h-i-n-d the Visual Studio window, so a user may not see it...
View Articleadd-in vs vspackage
Hi,I came to realize the VS add-in is deprecated since VS2013. Why? It seems that it has been replaced by VSPackage.Thanks!
View Articlecreate Managed Satellite DLLs
Hi,I'm learning about creating the managed satellite dll. I can find a tutorial here. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e9zazcx5.aspx But it is an add-in. I need a VSPackage project to create the...
View Articleinstall sheild vs 2012 and vs 2013
Hi All, i am using install shield project type in VS 2012 and VS 2013. when I am selecting from FILE -> New->project->setup and deployment-> installsheildlimitededitionproject. The...
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