Visual Studio Cannot Open File
You may want to right-click on the file in the tree, and delete it from the project. Then, add back an existing item. Hopefully that will fix the problem.
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Proper way to rename solution (and directories) in Visual Studio
Manually edit .sln file This method is entirely aimed at renaming the directory for the project, as viewed in Windows Explorer. This method does not suffer from the problems in the Remove/add project file method below (references disappearing), but it can result in problems if your project is under source control (see notes below). This is why … Read more
download and install visual studio 2008
Ok, this may be the dumbest question ever, but I swear I searched for the answer and don’t know what to do. I need to install Visual Studio 2008. The free version. I need it in order to compile something. Microsoft has a download page http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7873 with a big red “download” button. This button then proceeds to … Read more
Command to collapse all sections of code?
CTRL + M + O will collapse all. CTRL + M + L will expand all. (in VS 2013 – Toggle All outlining) CTRL + M + P will expand all and disable outlining. CTRL + M + M will collapse/expand the current section. CTRL + M + A will collapse all even in Html files. These controls are also in the context menu under Outlining. Right click in editor -> Outlining to find these controls. (After disabling outlining, use … Read more
What does purpose use #ifdef and #if in C++
The meaning of #ifdef is that the code inside the block will be included in the compilation only if the mentioned preprocessor macro is defined. Similarily #if means that the block will be included only if the expression evaluates to true (when replacing undefined macros that appears in the expression with 0). One important point here is that the … Read more
What is “stdafx.h” used for in Visual Studio?
All C++ compilers have one serious performance problem to deal with. Compiling C++ code is a long, slow process. Compiling headers included on top of C++ files is a very long, slow process. Compiling the huge header structures that form part of Windows API and other large API libraries is a very, very long, slow process. To have to do … Read more
Error Message : Cannot find or open the PDB file
The PDB file is a Visual Studio specific file that has the debugging symbols for your project. You can ignore those messages, unless you’re hoping to step into the code for those dlls with the debugger (which is doubtful, as those are system dlls). In other words, you can and should ignore them, as you … Read more
What’s the difference between Visual Studio Community and other, paid versions?
There are 2 major differences. Technical Licensing Technical, there are 3 major differences: First and foremost, Community doesn’t have TFS support.You’ll just have to use git (arguable whether this constitutes a disadvantage or whether this actually is a good thing).Note: This is what MS wrote. Actually, you can check-in&out with TFS as normal, if you have … Read more
What are the differences between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio?
Visual Studio (full version) is a “full-featured” and “convenient” development environment. Visual Studio (free “Express” versions – only until 2017) are feature-centered and simplified versions of the full version. Feature-centered meaning that there are different versions (Visual Studio Web Developer, Visual Studio C#, etc.) depending on your goal. Visual Studio (free Community edition – since 2015) is a … Read more