It was kind of a long shot. Glad I could help. Matching MTA vs STA (threading model) is really important when making lots of distinct calls into any COM object. An [STAThread] directive at the top of a method is one way to be sure of threading model for every call in that method. Looks … Read more
Visual Studio 2017 15.5.2 has this feature built-in after it was first hinted at in a Visual Studio 2017 Preview blog post (see section “Smart Code Editor”). Invoking it can be done by going to Edit > Advanced > Expand Selection or by binding the Edit.ExpandSelection command to ShiftAlt= (actually the default if you start … Read more
In the Debug > Exceptions dialog, click Add, select Common Language Runtime exceptions, and enter the full name (not the assembly-qualified name) of the exception. Then uncheck the Thrown checkbox for this exception.
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According to the standard specification: 1 … names declared in the for-init-statement are in the same declarative-region as those declared in the condition 3 If the for-init-statement is a declaration, the scope of the name(s) declared extends to the end of the for-statement. [§6.5.3] and 4 Names declared in the for-init-statement, the for-range-declaration, and in … Read more
The first screen shot is showing the solution configuration (Debug) and solution platform (Mixed Platforms). What this is saying is that building a Debug version of the solution, the projects that make up the solution can target Mixed Platforms. If you explicitly chose x86, that means all your projects in your solution should use this … Read more
My mouse lags over menus too! For menus that are grayed out, it is fine. But for active menus, the mouse feels sticky when moving over them. One solution i tried and it works is disable rich user experience and disable hardware acceleration. Tools -> Options -> Environment (General) -> Visual Experience -> uncheck Use … Read more
Just posting my own answer for this problem so I can mark the question as answered. Check http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/1005/handling-url-binding-failures-in-iis-express/ Disable the Web Deploy Agent service if you have it installed.
Some more updated options: Every save is stored in a git repository. You can use existing git tools to look at the history: autogit This extension provides a custom local history viewer: Local History for Visual Studio
Finally found a solution: http://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2011/01/27/reloading-all-projects-with-vscommands/ Quoting from the site: Quite often I’ll find myself working in situations where multiple projects have changed, and Visual Studio asks to reload them, one at a time. This happens when I’m working a lot with source control, and doing things like switching branches, performing merges, or just integrating upstream … Read more