Visual Studio 2012 - Toolbox is Greyed out for Data
My toolbox area for Data is greyed out and i therefore cannot connect my XAML app to a database, is there a way of getting this area usable, i have used it before in the web version of visual studio...
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Hi,We have a VisualStudio custom editor associated with a file extension. When the file is added to VS2012 WinRT project I can double click to open the file in our custom editor. However we are not...
View ArticleBrushes/Colors for a WPF ToolWindow and UI elements
Hi everybody,I've written a Visual Studio Package with a WPF ToolWindow. This window includes UI elements like ToolBars, Buttons, TextBoxes, a DataGrid and so on.How can I style these UI elements? They...
View Articlempf for projects 11: implementing already existing c# LanguageService for...
Hello,My custom mpf project contains cs files.I want to enable intellisense as a csproj do. As it is csharp language, is it possible to add all intellisense c# language features to my custom mpf proj...
View ArticleToolWindowPane: how to block resize by user?
Hi,I have build my custom ToolWindowPane to be included into a VS2010 vsix package. I have set a starting width and height of the Frame of this Pane following the hints of this thread:...
View ArticleDisassembly on VS 2012 Custom Project using MPF disabled
Hi,I have a custom project type built using the MPF for Visual Studio 2010. The same build works on 2012, with a couple of problems.The main problem at the moment is that while the "Go To Disassembly"...
View ArticleSDK Package: Command Filter doesn't catch 'Edit.CompleteWord' command
I develop a Visual studio extension where I need to process 'Edit.CompleteWord' command in a custom way. In my code, I have 'MyCommandFilter' which I add to the VS filter chain using...
View ArticleVSCT & ToolWindow Toolbar: ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Hi forum,after I got the hint to use VSCT to define a Toolbar for a custom ToolWindow, I've changed my code. Now I run into a strange behavior and don't know how to solve it (or where it comes...
View Articleext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup firing every time an AddIn is loaded (not in...
I'm running VS2010 on Windows 7.I've been creating an Add In following the MZTools articles and I've run into a problem. The ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup is being sent to the OnConnection method of...
View ArticleCustom Build Configuration
Hi!Could someone answer my question, please?I have converted Visual Studio 2008 project to Visual Studio 2012 Express.Custom rules have been imported...
View ArticleShow tool window on click of link in Team Explorer
Hi,I have added a new custom link (of type ITeamExplorerNavigationLink) to TeamExplorer window in Visual Studio 2012, I also have a custom tool window in my VSPackage. On click of the link I would like...
View ArticleVSCT: Toolbar button status
Hi forum,after your help I've created a Toolbar in my own ToolWindow through the VSCT. Thanks again!Is there a way to have a dynamic status of those buttons and combo boxes in the Toolbar.For example:...
View ArticleRegister own service
Hi forum,what is the best way to pass a model with data from the main package class (where it gets instantiated, populated with data and the model is need here, too) to a ToolWindow?Until know the...
View ArticleSharing code in visual studio c++
I am working on a c++ project which i want to share with my team members.Is there any way i can make all of us work together simultaneously on the same project.
View ArticleProgrammatically Add existing project to the current solution
Hi Folks,I am working on multi project template. I want to add existing project to current solution(dte,solution)I tried dte.Solution.AddFromTemplate function,it works fine, If i want to add exisitng...
View ArticleVisual Studio Extension, how to clear all tags (smarttags, naturaltags,...
Hi all,Ive been banging my head with this for a couple days now, and cannot find a answer to this.So, Ive update the Spell Check extension in the VS samples to just report points in my source code that...
View ArticleWhen i click on text boxes in a page , cursor is not displaying in any text...
When i click on text boxes in a page , cursor is not displaying in any text boxes.i didnt add any special class or constraints on this. but am getting issue as mentioned above.
View ArticleCan read but can't set certain project configuration properties using the...
Using Visual Studio 2010, Windows Server 2008When I try the following example, I get "Exception occurred. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020009 (DISP_E_EXCEPTION))", when executing the last line...
View Article[ Visual Studio 11 Beta ] : OnAfterOpenProject and OnAfterLoadProject events...
I am testing the VS11 beta with our VSIP package and found the below issue related to project reloads.In our VSIP package implementation, we make calls to IVsPersisthierarchyItem2->ReloadItem() to...
View Article"Generate Load Keys" page in msdn.microsoft.com does not work.
"Generate Load Keys" page in msdn.microsoft.com does not work. Main page is loading but form for input information provides 404 error. Anybody know how to fix it?
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