visual-studio-2012 – Tarik Billa

What is the difference between .NET Framework 4.6.1 Targeting Pack and .NET Framework 4.6.1 Runtime?

January 9, 2024 by Tarik

To use the framework with Visual Studio 2012 or later install the developer type version. The runtime type version is a lighter version, meant to run applications on servers. This runtime version doesn’t have the information/extensions that Visual Studio needs, so Visual Studio can’t use them. Check why at was-the-developer-pack-originally-called-sdk Update(2018-01-08) Currently, the download page … Read more

What is the right xdt:Locator parameter to transform this node?

January 4, 2024 by Tarik

Ok. I feel a little silly but the solution is that I didn’t need to specify a xdt:Locator. If I just leave the App.Release.Config like this it will replace matching entry. <parameter value=”data source=dbserver;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=someDb;MultipleActiveResultSets=true” xdt:Transform=”Replace”/> </parameters>

undoing pending changes through visual studio hangs for large number of changes

January 3, 2024 by Tarik

tf undo from the Developer Command Prompt for VS2012 slightly faster than the IDE. e.g: tf undo $/YourTeamProject /recursive

Visual Studio 2012 Website Publish Not Copying .pdb files

January 1, 2024 by Tarik

In VS2012 Website publishing, symbols are always excluded by default. Why? It comes down to a design issue where website projects don’t actually have a build configuration. If you look at the configuration manager in VS when your solution is in Release mode, the website project will always be in Debug mode; there are no … Read more

Visual Studio 2012 Remote Debugging: Invalid access to memory location

December 20, 2023 by Tarik

I’ve found the only way to correct this is by restarting Visual Studio. Worked for me. I found it at this blog post about invalid access and remote debugging.

Find Shelveset of Another User

December 19, 2023 by Tarik

I also had this issue, and typing in other names didn’t yield any results. Instead I found that if I search for * then I can see all shelfsets and their name, and I can hover over the name to see the owner.

MSBuild error “CSC : error CS2001: Source File ‘x’ could not be found” with Linked Files after upgrading to Visual Studio 2012

December 17, 2023 by Tarik

Try getting the Build Logs, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms171470.aspx it seems that csc task could not find the source file. One cause it you import the wrong file. so you have to edit the project file via normal Text Editor.

How to write superscript / upper index in Visual Studio?

December 9, 2023 by Tarik

Use the Windows Charmap.exe applet. In the Font combobox select a font that has a lot of glyphs, Arial Unicode MS is a very good choice. Tick the Advanced view checkbox and type “super” in the Search box. The grid will show all superscript glyphs, select and copy from that and paste into your source … Read more

ReSharper intellisense does not display documentation

September 21, 2023 by Tarik

Go to ReSharper | Options -> Environment | IntelliSense | Completion Appearance. Check Show member signatures and Show summary.

“Object reference not set to an instance of an object” when building my cloud project

September 19, 2023 by Tarik