Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.
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Why does changing 0.1f to 0 slow down performance by 10x?
Why does this bit of code,
const float x[16] = { 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8,
1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6};
const float ...
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Visual Studio 2010 - recommended extensions [closed]
What are your recommended extensions for Visual Studio 2010?
(Please indicate if its free or not And also its purpose / function too)
Free:
PowerCommands - useful extensions for the Visual Studio ...
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Cannot import the following keyfile: blah.pfx. The keyfile may be password protected
We just upgraded our Visual Studio 2008 projects to VS2010. All of our assemblies were strong signed using a Verisign code signing certificate. Since the upgrade we continuously get the following ...
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How to use Boost in Visual Studio 2010
What is a good step by step explanation on how to use Boost in an empty project in Visual Studio 2010.
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Interop type cannot be embedded
I am creating an web application on the .net 4.0 framework (beta2 ) in C#.
When I try to use a assembly called "ActiveHomeScriptLib", I get the following error:
Interop type
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the type or namespace name could not be found
I have a C# solution composed of several projects in Visual Studio 2010.
One is a "Test" project (I'll call it "PrjTest"), the other is a Windows Forms Application project (I'll call it "PrjForm"). ...
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css file not opening in visual studio 2010 sp1?
I am unable to open CSS files in Visual Studio 2010 after adding to a project.
It shows the following error:
The operation could not be completed.Unspecified error.
Even if I try to edit ...
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What is .sln.docstates file created by Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools?
Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools Version 10.0.20427.1, updated 10 May 2011, is creating a <solution>.sln.docstates file.
What is purpose of the file?
Should I be checking it into version ...
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LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt after installing VS2012 release preview
I've installed VS2012 Release Preview, and it appears to be fine, but now when I try to use VS2010 to compile C++ projects, I get the following error message:
LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure ...
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Making your .NET language step correctly in the debugger
Firstly, I apologize for the length of this question.
I am the author of IronScheme. Recently I have been working hard on emitting decent debug info, so that I can use the 'native' .NET debugger.
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push_back vs emplace_back
I'm a bit confused regarding the difference between push_back and emplace_back.
void emplace_back(Type&& _Val);
void push_back(const Type& _Val);
void push_back(Type&& _Val);
As ...
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Mercurial .hgignore for Visual Studio 2010 projects
Not to be confused with Mercurial .hgignore for Visual Studio 2008 projects
I was asking whether if that same file can be reused for Visual Studio 2010, or some other extensions, etc should be added ...
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Visual studio sp1 error: silverlight_sdk.msi is unavailable
I'm trying to install the sp1 for visual studio 2010. I first installed the beta and it worked fine. Then I used the web platform installer to install the SQL CE compact 4, which i assume installed ...
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votes
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NuGet Package Manager errors when trying to update
Opening VS2010 today, the extension manager notified me of an update for NuGet Package Manager.
During the install, I get an 'Installation Failed' with an option to view the log.
The key error ...
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How to build Qt for Visual Studio 2010
I struggled finding a how-to which provides a stable solution for using Qt with Visual Studio 2010, so after collecting all the bits of information and some trial and error, I would like to write my ...
