Xamarin Designer for Android released for Visual Studio and MonoDevelop
Xamarin Designer for Android was released few days back that enables the Android developers to create some cool layouts for the Apps from Visual Studio and MonoDevelop. With the Xamarin Designer for Android available for Visual Studio, the developers can get some what experience that is closer to the C# developers expecting from the Visual Studio IDE. Want to know more about Xamarin Designer for Android, Check the Read More....Categories: General, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Android, MonoDevelop, Visual Studio, Xamarin Designer
Fix for IntelliSense feature in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 may stop working after you install Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Today , i encountered a wiered thing in my SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 where the intellisense was somehow not working in SSMS 2008 R2 . I had only SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed on my machine and had recently installed the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 on my Windows 7 System and assumed that this could have caused the issue . If you are one of those users who faced the same issue , th Read More....Categories: SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Fix, Intellisense, Management STudio, SQL Server, SSMS 2008, Visual Studio 2010 SP1
VisualHG – Mercurial Plugin for Visual Studio
Mercurial is a free , cross platform, distributed source control management tool for software developers . VisualHG is a source control Mercurial Plugin for Visual Studio and works with Visual Studio 2005 , Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 . VisualHG enabled the developers to quickly verify the file status and access everything within Visual Studio Environment and supports Mercurial Subrepositories . Explo Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Mercurial, Plugin, Visual Studio, VisualHG
Download Visual Studio 11 Beta
Microsoft has announced the release of Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta which is now available for download here. Check the below links to know more about the features , capabilities and announcements Visual Studio 11 Beta Available Now! Welcome to the Beta of Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework 4.5 What’s New in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Download Visual Studio 11 Beta here Read More....Categories: General, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Beta, Download, Visual STudio 11
Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows
This was one of the software that i got to know from my brother who is doing his Masters in Mechanical Engineering . The software is called Silverfrost FTN95 and in simple terms is Fortran for Windows . Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows was earlier called as “Salford FTN95″ . Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows Silverfrost FTN95 Perconal or Express editions are free for personal and evaluation u Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Fortran, Silverfrost, windows
Visual Studio Achievements Recognition Program
Developers using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 can now highlight their skills and get recognised via the Visual Studio Achievements . The Visual Studio Achievements is a Visual Studio plug-in created by Microsoft Channel 9 Team that enabled the developers to unlock badges and compete against one another based on the code they write and the capabilities of the Visual Studio that they use. The Visual Studio achievemen Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Developers, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio Achievements
Ghost Installer Studio
Ghost Installer Studio is a deployment tool that allows the developers or the deployment specialists to make the skinned installations for the Applications . In simple terms , the Ghost Installer Studio includes a Mr. Skinner tool that one can use to skin the customized dialogs of the setup project and make the installation more appealing . Ghost Installer currently supports various technologies that includes Web Read More....Categories: General, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: BDE, Ghost Installer Studio, Visual Studio
Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Microsoft has released the Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 which is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. What is Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1? The Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is an Add-on and pre-requisite files for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 for the developers to develop Silverlight 5 and Microsoft WCF RIA Services V1.0 S Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: microsoft, Silverlight, Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio
FxCop Integrator for Visual Studio 2010
The FxCop Integrator for Visual Studio 2010 version 2.0.0 RC is now available for download from the CodePlex website The FxCop Integrator for Visual Studio 2010 allows the developers to integrate the stand alone FxCop 1.36 and 10.0 in to Visual Studio 2010 . FxCop Integrator for Visual Studio 2010 Now , you can use FxCop and analyze your .NET sourcecode in Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition . Visit Usage of Fx Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Codeplex, FxCop Integrator, Visual Studio 2010
Top 100 Utilities & Addins for Visual Studio 2010 & TFS 2010
David Baliles , in his blog shares his top 100 Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server extensions . Its definitely a good list for the .NET Developers who wish to increase their coding productivity . Some of my favorites from the list includes Sketchflow Template for Windows Phone FxCop Integrator for Visual Studio 2010 Visual Studio SharePoint Power Tools There are few more extensions that i like and use which Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: .NET, Addins, Extensions, Team Foundation Server 2010, Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 on Microsoft Update
The Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is now made available via Microsoft Update . The Visual Sudio 2010 SP1 Service Pack 1 was released in March this year and is now made made availavle via Microsoft Update which includes somebugs and new features . Alternatively , you can download Visual Studio 2010 SP1 here List of Changes in Visual Studio 2010 SP1 can be found here Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: microsoft, Update, Visual Studio
Copy the code to the Visual Studio toolbox
This is an interesting tip for the .NET Developers using Visual Studio . It may happen sometimes that you need end up coping the code from one form to another or sometimes to the notepad and then copy to the Visual Studio . Visual Studio has a feature that enables the developers to copy or place the code snippet to the toolbox . Select the necessary code block and drag it to the Toolbox . To rename the cose snippe Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010 Tags:
5 Compression libraries for .NET Developers
Earlier , in one of my previous posts , i blogged about SharpZipLib – Zip Compression library for .NET and wanted to explore if there are other Compression libraries for .NET Developers . Here i list few of them i came across . 1. SharpZipLib SharpZipLib is a OpenSource .NET compression library that supports Zip files using both stored and deflate compression methods . Download SharpZipLib here 2. SevenZipS Read More....Categories: .NET, Others, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: .NET, compression library, Opensource, Visual Studio
A Plugin that helps deliver a faster Visual Studio 2010 Experience
Would you like the Visual Studio 2010 to run faster ? Have you ever felt that your Visual Studio 2010 professional on your machine is not running faster and could not find the actual reason for the slowness ? Here’s a plugin called Visual Studio PerfWatson that will help you as well as Microsoft to identify the issues that you most frequently encounter while running Visual Studio 2010 on your machine . Here&# Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Extension Manager, faster, microsoft, PerfWatson, Professional, SP1, UI, Visual Studio 2010, windows 7
Strange Visual Studio 2010 Error …
Recently when i tried to install the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK , i got an error thats looked a bit strange . The Error that i received was “Setup has found an error before Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK or one of its optional components could be installed . You need to restart the installer to try again “ “Error Type : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Sdk.Setup.MissingPrerequisiteException Errormes Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: components, installation, microsoft, SDK, SP1, Visual Studio 2010
Display IL code in Visual Studio 2010
Here’s a simple tip on how to display the IL code by running ildasm.exe inside Visual Studio 2010 . The IL code will be displayed in the output window of Visual Studio 2010 . To view the IL in Visual Studio , you must include the ildasm.exe to the tools menu using Add external tools button . 1. Click the Tools menu and then the External Tools. 2. In the External tools dialog , Click the Add button . Give the Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: IL code, ildasm, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7
Run Visual Studio 2010 in safe mode
Sometimes it happens that few extensions or addons that you install ion Visual Studio 2010 might cause some error . These error might be because of the extensions that are not coded well . Incase you dont identify which extension is causing the error , but want to disable all the extension together , then try using the Visual Studo 2010 in safe mode . To run the visual studio in safe mode , type devenv.exe /safemod Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: addon, devenv, Extension, safemode, Visual Studio 2010
What is your favourite Visual Studio colour scheme ?
Do you use the default standard color scheme provided by Visual Studio ? or do you have any favourite color scheme that you like in Visual Studio . Well , each Developer may have their own choice of selecting the color scheme . I preferred the Default Vanilla scheme and ended up using them mostly . I had the option of using Themes for Visual Studio 2010 and ended up customizing my own colors for Visual Studio in th Read More....Categories: .NET, Others, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: ing Instinct Theme, microsoft, themes, Visual Studio
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Released
Jason Zander in his WebLog announces the final version of the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 . The MSDN Subscribers can download the Service pack from today where as the availability for the public will be made on March 10 , 2011 . MSDN Users can download the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 here The service pack includes the improved support for silverlight 3/4 and some additional features which can be found in the Jason’s Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Jason Zander, microsoft, MSDN, Service pack, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio 2010
How to run your Application in full screen mode in Windows Phone 7 ?
In Windows Phone 7 , there is an area called System Tray on the Top of the screen where the information related to Signal strength and the Battery Level is shown . You cannot add any icons or text to this area , so there will be a empty space on the top of your Application . However , if you dont want to have the empty space and instead if your Application needs be run in full screen mode , you can set the SystemT Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Battery Level, microsoft, sHELL, System Tray, Windows Phone 7
How to find if the Network is Available in WP7 using C#
How do one check if there is a open network connection in the Windows Phone 7 using c# ? . You can achieve it through the static method GetIsNetworkAvailable() that is part of the NetworkInterface class . You might require to include the namespace NetworkInformation incase you want to use this method. using System.Net.NetworkInformation; bool isAvailable = NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable(); MessageBox.Show Read More....Using PasswordBox for passwords in Windows Phone 7
If you are a c# Windows Application Developer and searching on the Textbox properties to set the password character in Windows Phone 7 form like me , then you are wrong . The WP7 form has the PasswordBox for this purpose . The PasswordBox displays the content and then allows the user to type in the content . The content that is typed appears for 1-2 second and is replaced with the PasswordChar that the user provide Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7 Tags: c#, PasswordBox, Windows Phone 7, WP7
How to mark a method as Obsolete or Deprecated in C# ?
How can you mark a function or a method as deprecated in c# ? . You can do it in c# using the obsolete attribute . For Example : public class Employee { public string Name { get; set; } public void SetEmployeeName(string name) { Name = name; } } If you need to mark the method SetEmployeeName as deprecated , then , just include the obsolete attrbute before the functio Read More....Categories: .NET, C#, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Application Tags: c#, Deprecated, Obsolete, Visual Studio
Windows Phone 7 Emulator Unlocked for January 2011 Update for the WP7 Developer Tools
With the New update for the Developer Tools for Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft , here comes an unlocked version of the Windows Phone 7 Emulator Image with the cut and paste feature which can be downloaded at WindowsPhonehacker.com In the below video ,the user gives the demo of the copy and paste function on the Emulator Watch this video on YouTube Embedded with WP YouTube Lyte. You can find more information about Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Emulator, unlocked, Windows Phone 7, WindowsPhonehacker
Video Training – Windows Phone 7 Development series for Android Developers
MSDev has released the new videos on Windows Phone 7 for Android Developers which helps the Android developers to kick start the Windows Phone 7 Development . The series includes 8 Videos and is presented by Nancy Strickland and Bill Lodin . Windows Phone 7 for Android Developers: The User Interface Windows Phone 7 for Android Developers: Data Windows Phone 7 for Android Developers: Graphics Windows Phone 7 for Read More....Categories: .NET, Others, Others, Tools, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Android, c#, Developers, iPhone, java, Windows Phone 7
Copy and paste update to Windows Phone 7 developers
Microsoft had recently released released the New Version or “The Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update” . The Update includes Support of copy/paste functionality in Windows Phone 7 Emulator Some Bug fixes for text selection in pivot and panorama controls. Updates from Windows Phone Developer Tools October 2010 like Bing Maps for Windows Phone Silverlight Control, the Windows Phone Connect Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Emulator, microsoft, Silverlight, Update, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone Developer Tools
How to change the Default view of the Windows Phone form in Visual Studio 2010 ?
By default , the Visual Studio 2010 displays the Windows Phone 7 forms in both WPF Designer Editor as well as XAML Editor . But , if you prefer to view only the XAML code instead of both the designer and the XAML code , you can set it by doing the following . 1. Right click on the Windows Phone 7 form ( MainPage.xaml ) in the solution explorer and click Open With Button . 2. Select Source code Text Editor and Read More....Categories: .NET, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone, WPF Designer, XAML
