Sep 30, 2009
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...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioDeepak VermaVSTSVisual Studio 2008 SP1FormattingOptions
Aug 21, 2009
Master page for a Web form can always be set manually in the source code, but here is an option to select the master page while create the webform using the 'Select a Master Page' dialog. The path to select a Master page using the 'Select a master page...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksVisual StudioDeepak VermaVSTSMaster PagesVisual Studio 2008 SP1
May 31, 2009
Ctrl +Shift+W does the trick for you. This short cut is mentioned under File Menu -> View in Browser . So if you are still using Select File -> Right click for context menu and then selecting View in Browser as shown below, you may want to start...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioCSS and HTMLDevelopmentASP.NETReshmi MangaloreVSTSVisual Studio 2008 SP1Shortcuts
May 31, 2009
Open an existing web site in VWD. Open the page by double clicking on it in solution explorer to which you want to attach the existing style sheet in your web site. Now, switch to Design View of the page and bring up Select Style Sheet dialog by clicking...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioCSSCSS and HTMLVSTSFormat
May 19, 2009
In Tip#21 we showed you how to set a fixed port for the Developer Web Server in Web Sites. Here is how you will be able to configure this for Web Application Projects. 1. Go to the properties page of WAP. Right Click on your Web Application and click...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VWDtips and tricksVisual StudioWAPDevelopmentASP.NETVSTS
May 14, 2009
If your web site is heavily data driven then here is a quick and easy way for you to create one without writing much code. All you need is Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express SP1 installed on your box. Dynamic Data Web Sites makes...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksWAPReshmi MangaloreVSTSDynamic DataVisual Studio 2008 SP1Data
Mar 31, 2009
Absolute positioning control(s) in the designer can seem confusing at first until you learn the visual cues. You can do one of the following two possible actions by dragging the control in the designer. Re-parent the control Change the controls position...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerASP.NETVSTSVisual Studio 2008 SP1
Dec 05, 2008
VS 2008 and VWD 2008 both support Nested Master Pages which means you can have a Base Master page which would cater to the whole site and then you can further customize these Base Master Pages. Here is how you do it: 1. Create a BaseMasterPage.master...
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