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Tech·Ed Visual Studio Tips with Sara Ford

While at Tech·Ed this week I had several opportunities to sit down with Sara Ford , including for my new Community Radio podcast. Along the way, I learned a few new tips and tidbits of knowledge about Visual Studio. Cycle Clipboard Ring If you’re like me when using Visual Studio, the last block of text...

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 05-17-2009
T4: Code Gen with VS2008 Slides and Demos

Posted to T4 (FileGallery) by Steve on 03-16-2009
Add Reference and the GAC

One common misconception regarding Visual Studio that I run across quite frequently involves the Add Reference dialog and the GAC. Adding a reference to a Visual Studio project is as simple as right-clicking on the References folder, choosing "Add Reference…", and selecting the reference you...

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 09-02-2008
Visual Studio Tips and Treats Presentation

Posted to Visual Studio Tips and Treats (FileGallery) by Steve on 08-28-2008
Removing My Visual Studio Tips and Treats Download

As many of you know, I have a Visual Studio Tips and Treats presentation with over 140 tips. It has been an enormously popular presentation and one that I enjoy presenting. As part of that presentation I offered my eBook of these tips for download from my website. As of today, that download will no longer...

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 08-26-2008
Using a Single Strong Name Key across Multiple Projects

When strongly naming project, the Visual Studio default behavior is to copy the source key file into each and every individual project. This might not be ideal in all cases as you may want to be able to change strong name keys across all the projects at a future time. Fortunately, there is a workaround...

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 07-10-2008
Visual Studio: Search Hidden Text

An attendee in my Visual Studio 2008 Tips and Treats session this weekend in Richmond, Virginia brought a new tip to my attention. I've often seen the 'Search Hidden Text' checkbox in the Quick Find dialog (Ctrl+F), but I never paid much attention to it. I remember playing with it once, but...

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 04-28-2008
From the Forums: Disappearing Dialog Boxes and Windows

From time to time, folks seem to have issues with dialog boxes or tool windows disappearing. Most often, they are somehow off-screen and therefore unusable. For some dialog windows, the Visual Studio title bar turns gray, indicating the tool window does in fact have focus, it just can't be seen....

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 04-09-2008
Happy Visual Studio Birthday

On November 10, 1775, an act of the Continental Congress declared "That two Battalions of Marines be raised…". Today they are known as the Marine Corps, and every November 10 th the Marine Corps celebrates their Marine birthday with a reading from the Marine Corps manual, a birthday message...

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 03-18-2008
Visual Studio: Easily Edit Project Files

In case you aren't aware, project files like .CSPROJ and .VBPROJ are really MSBuild project files, and as such, you can edit them to perform additional tasks, include targets, and more. I have often found myself editing them in Notepad because I believed it was the easiest way. As of today I am using...

Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 03-16-2008

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