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Tip #109 Did you know … How to speed up build time by *only* building the currently selected project in a multi-project solution?
When working with a solution that contains numerous projects, I find myself often wanting to only build and run the currently selected project. Other projects in the solution might have build errors that I don’t want to resolve at the current time. By default though, trying to do a CTRL+F5 on the currently selected project will cause Visual Studio (VS) to build all of the projects in a solution. Let’s walk through how to tweak this behavior. We’ll start with a solution that has two projects – WebApplication_1...( read more ) Read More...
Visual Studio IntelliSense for URL Rewrite
Visual Studio doesn’t have IntelliSense support for URL Rewrite by default.  This isn’t a show stopper since it doesn’t result in stop errors. However, it’s nice to have full IntelliSense support and to get rid of the warnings for URL Rewrite rules Read More......( read more ) Read More...
Deeper Integration with phpBB
More good news on the Interoperability front: the new phpBB release is now available for installation from the Windows Web Application Gallery and Web Platform Installer (Web PI) for Windows, IIS and SQL Server. Version 3.0.7-PL1 of phpBB takes advantage of a number of features for PHP applications on the Microsoft Web Platform with Windows, IIS and SQL Server, including SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 , which provides key interoperability for PHP applications to use SQL Server or SQL Azure for data...( read more ) Read More...
Tip #104: Did you know … How to view text for the ‘hint’ buttons on the Publish Web Dialog?
After the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2010, the Publish Web Dialog was modified to include two information buttons associated with the Service URL and Site/application text boxes. (See Figure 1) Figure 1 – New information (‘hint’) buttons (see circled question marks) There are two keys to remember when trying to view the ‘help’ text associated with these buttons: Patience Hover – don’t click In order to reveal the valuable information that these help icons can unlock, simply move your mouse to...( read more ) Read More...
The SQL Server Reporting Services SDK for PHP Debuts
Microsoft has just released the SQL Server Reporting Services SDK for PHP, which enables PHP developers to easily create reports and integrate them in their web applications. The SDK offers a simple Application Programming Interface to interoperate with SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft's Reporting and Business Intelligence solution. Developers will be able to use the SDK to perform common operations like listing reports in PHP applications, providing custom report parameters from a PHP Web...( read more ) Read More...
Tip#102: Did you know… How to specify tag specific formatting
Let’s see this with an example.  I have the following html code on my page. Now if I format the document by selecting Edit –> Format document (or Ctrl K, Ctrl D) The document becomes I want the content inside td should remain on the same line after formatting the document. Following steps would show how you can specify tag specific formatting for the Visual Studio editor Right click on the editor in an aspx file and select Formatting and Validation... (or alternatively you can go from Menu...( read more ) Read More...
Tip#101: Did you know… How to scope Theme
Themes are a way to define properties of pages and controls, and can be used to provide consistent look across pages. There are several different levels of applying a theme to an individual control, a page, or an application. Control Level Define a named skin (an entry in a .skin file having the SkinID property set) and then apply it to an individual control <asp:Button runat="server" ID="MyButton" SkinID ="BlueButton" /> Page Level A defined theme can be applied to an individual page by specifying...( read more ) Read More...
Troubleshooting: .Net 2.0 Setup requires .Net 4.0 Runtime
I recently came across this problem when I was attempting to create a setup project for one of my applications... I say attempting because I am not a developer but I like to amuse myself sometimes with some code here and there... So I have Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 installed on my Windows 7 which by the way ROCKS! I created the application.. I created the setup project ... fixed some minor issues and there... cleaned some code... and finally the build succeeds... and I have the application with me...( read more ) Read More...
Tip#97: Did you know… How to Display Hidden Information in Design View
The design view in Visual Studio can display glyphs and borders for the hidden non - graphic elements (such as div, span, form, and script elements). This feature helps you to see where the elements are and avoid inadvertently deleting the non-graphic elements from your page while editing. To enable it in designer click on View -> Formatting Marks -> Show Now you will start seeing the hidden elements on the designer surface. Hope this helps, Deepak Verma SDET | Visual Web Developer...( read more ) Read More...
A Tale of Two Developers and Visual Studio Sites and Apps
We've encountered several scenarios in which customers have multiple developers working on a single web application in Visual Studio. In such cases, it's not uncommon for each developer to be working on a portion of the application. There isn't any problem in working with this way, but you may encounter some very real problems when you deploy your application unless you plan in advance. The Scenario Suppose you have two developers working on your web application. Developer A (we'll call him John...( read more ) Read More...
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