What does the “Link Library Dependency” linker option actually do in Visual Studio 2010 – 2015 and upwards?
You have to give the setting the proper value to bring clarity:
projects-and-solutions
How do I find files that are missing from visual studio projects?
With that number of files and projects, it sounds like you might want something more automated. However, there is a manual approach (not sure if you are already aware of it): Select the project in Solution Explorer pane Project menu -> Show all Files Under the project, files which are not part of the project … Read more
error in csproj – duplicate item
I was facing the same problem in my solution with the same error for one of the source file, I fixed it out as follows, Check for the file name for which the error is given. Find out in which project the file is included. Open the .csproj file for that particular project (This file … Read more
Visual Studio 2010 & 2008 can’t handle source files with identical names in different folders?
So @Hans Passant pointed in the right direction, Thanks!! You don’t have to list the file, a folder is sufficient. Then if you look in the defined macros at the bottom of the VS 2010 list, you’ll see: %(RelativeDir)/ Univariate/ The problem, as posted, was actually a simplified version of what I’m working on — … Read more
Visual Studio 2012 doesn’t convert vs2010 solution?
I managed to ‘convert’ the solution file to change the line containing ‘# Visual Studio 2010’ to ‘# Visual Studio 2012’ in the .SLN file.
Android – copy existing project with a new name in Eclipse
Copy your project to a new one (Ctrl+c & Ctrl+v). Change the package-name in your manifest Rename your main package with refactor. Don’t forget to select. Change your application name in manifest application android:icon=”@drawable/icon” android:label=”**new name**”
Using Visual Studio project properties effectively for multiple projects and configurations
I just found out somthing I didnt think was possible (it is not exposed by the GUI) that helps make property sheet far more useful. The “Condition” attribute of many of the tags in the project property files and it can be used in the .props files as well! I just put together the following … Read more
Your app has entered a break state, but there is no code to show because all threads were executing external code (typically system or framework code)
Click on “Continue execution” Then you will have the stacktrace in the output tab
Why does Visual Studio check out the .vspscc file when I add a file to a project?
It gets checked out because under certain conditions it will be modified..and thus they checked it out as a matter of default. I wouldn’t worry about it..it’s not hurting anything, and if you disable it, it might bite you badly in the future in a bizarre way.
Solution-wide pre-build event?
Unusual requirement. But it can be done. Add a new project to your solution, use the Visual C++ > General > Makefile Project template. Set its NMake > Build Command Line setting to the commands you want to execute. Use Project > Project Dependencies to make all other projects depend on it.