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Debugging stored procedures on SQL Server 2005
Published 09-26-2007 12:41 PM | jokiz
My current task in our project is majorly in MSSQL. I wanted to debug a chain of stored procedures and I have just found out that MS has removed debugging tools out of SQL Server 2005 client tools and relied more on visual studio's. I have experienced...
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Tracking active item in Solution Explorer
Published 08-29-2007 3:28 PM | jokiz
I find it hard when the currently active code sheet or item is not highlighted in solution explorer and there were times when i couldn't easily see where the option is so this is for my future reference. VS 2003: Tools->Options->Environment...
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Resharper 3.0 Beta is out
Published 05-31-2007 10:24 AM | jokiz
Jetbrains has just released their beta version of Resharper 3.0, download it here . Again, VB.NET guys out there, you should try Resharper since it now supports your language. Resharper 3.0 will now come into three versions (C#, VB and Full edition)....
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Closing shortcuts
Published 05-07-2007 4:29 PM | jokiz
if you're a keyboard junkie, you might have mistaken to close that Visual Studio Tool Window (resharper's find usage is a prime candidate) with an Alt+F4 keystroke and when you don't have any changes to save, your slow VS which took you almost...
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Debugging ICollection
Published 04-24-2007 2:22 PM | jokiz
i'm sure you have experienced debugging an ICollection type and couldn't see the values included in the said collection, recursively expanding nodes in your QuickWatch just like this: i just found this forum post about it here using visualizers...
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Ankhsvn 1.0.1 now available
Published 02-21-2007 10:04 AM | jokiz
If you're like me who had a hard time with the blue icon color for modified files in Ankhsvn 1.0 final, just grab the latest bits of Anksvn here . The team has released a patch to change the modified icon to orange.
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Refresh issue of AnkhSVN
Published 01-30-2007 9:24 PM | jokiz
There is a refresh issue on the version 1 release of AnkhSVN addin for visual studio last year (i thought it was already the RTM version 1.0 release, it was just RC4). if you are a tortoisesvn committer, you'll notice that the ankh refresh command at...
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vshost files in bin folder
Published 01-04-2007 10:02 AM | jokiz
i was surprised to see two new files in the bin folder of our windows application project (<application name>.vshost.exe and <application name>.vshost.config files). post from here says that it is an optimization for visual studio debugging...
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Learning VSTO
Published 12-07-2006 5:14 PM | jokiz
We've just upgraded to Visual Studio 2005 (finally!) and I'm currently exploring Visual Studio Tools for Office for my next project. It's my first time to use it and i have seen it used in one of the events through MS Philippines. The project's specification...
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Stored Procedure Debugging
Published 11-15-2006 9:42 AM | jokiz
i previously have an experience on debugging stored procedures especially those that involve dynamic sql generation and execution. my experience told me that debugging stored procedure of this type is better with visual studio compared to query analyzer...
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InstallShield 12 uninstall breaks TestDriven.NET
Published 10-02-2006 10:48 PM | jokiz
I have just uninstalled my Evaluation copy of InstallShield 12 which I used to setup our build server. Unluckily, my TestDriven.NET addin suddenly is not behaving properly. My officemate who also had his IS12 copy uninstalled currently have the same problem...
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Resharper's Unit Test Runner hangs
Published 08-30-2006 3:31 PM | jokiz
One of my teammate is using Resharper 2.0's unit test runner and i like the way it presented the passed, failed and ignored tests in tabs. I want to shift to using it instead of TestDriven.Net which just output results to the Output Window but i am experiencing...
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designtime visual inheritance bug for new .NET 2.0 controls
Published 08-23-2006 8:27 PM | jokiz
i just found out a bug on visual inheritance concerning the new controls in .NET 2.0. Basically it says that if you have an inherited control (non-private), designer won't allow you to "design it" in the child form (they're locked). more info here .
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VS 2003 SP1 available
Published 08-17-2006 9:49 PM | jokiz
Soma blogs about the just released service pack 1 for vs 2003. i am not installing it yet until a number of users have already said that the said service pack is stable. i don't want to deal with a bug resulting from this fix (if there will be any...
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dropping dropdowns
Published 08-10-2006 11:54 AM | jokiz
i haven't really used this shortcut key for the past years and eversince i used firefox with the web search, i became hooked into it. i've been using it in every application (ms excel, visual studio) to toggle the dropdownlist items. no need to...
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