What language is Visual Studio 2010/2012 written in?
C++ and C# Look at the sidebar in this link
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How do I configure MSBuild to use a saved publishProfile for WebDeploy?
I’m sorry to tell you that the publish.xml file which VS2010 uses was not designed to be used in this way. In fact it was not even designed to be checked-in/shared with others. The logic for reading/writing those files are strictly contained inside Visual Studio and not available through MSBuild. So there is no straight … Read more
How to show pending changes only for the currently opened solution in Visual Studio 2010 (TFS) and not the complete list of all changes?
Open the pending changes window. You can find there a toolbar button that filters on the current solution.
Winforms – how to show/hide elements in designer?
Several options here: Use the Document Outline view (View –> Other Windows –> Document Outline) to select the panel you care about. You can right-click on it and choose Bring to Front to put it in front of everything else. Though it’s probably not relevant to what you’re doing, you might consider using a TabControl, … Read more
Why can’t I add a subfolder in a F# project?
Actually, you can add folders to F# projects but it’s not supported directly through Visual Studio (you have to edit the project file yourself): http://fsprojectextender.codeplex.com/ (edit: old link was broken, updated to F# Project Extender home page which has links to the original blog posts which were moved) (which I found in this answer). I … Read more
Run web.config transformation from command-line
You can also try using the XDT Transformation Tool: http://ctt.codeplex.com was moved to Github https://github.com/greenfinch/ctt I’m using this instead of messing with obscure msbuild targets.
Can we get the type of a lambda argument?
It’s not desirable in the general case. (Note that it’s quite easy for std::function<T(A)> to specify what e.g. argument_type is: it’s just A! It’s available in the type definition.) It would be possible to require each and every function object type to specify its argument types, and in turn mandate that the closure types generated … Read more
Can you use optional parameters in code targeting .NET 3.5?
With VS2010 RC, I was able to create a .NET 3.5 application that uses optional parameters in C#. So yes, it’s all about syntactic sugar.
Visual Studio 2010 Designer Error on Run
I get this visual studio bug too now and then, and I deeply ignore the error text, instead I do the following: Close the Design-tab Reopens the Design mode by double click in Solution Explorer, or by right clicking Source code tab and select View Designer Suddenly everything works again! If not helping, you may … Read more
the common language runtime was unable to set the breakpoint
Two possibilities, already kind of referenced by the other answers: Make sure you are using the Debug build of the assembly instead of the Release build, because the Release build will remove or optimize your code. Make sure you are updating the version each time you deploy the assemblies in Visual Studio (on project properties … Read more