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
Sep 20, 2009
Creating a Web Application Project was possible only in VS standard SKU and above in VS 2008. But with VS 2008 SP1 we went ahead and added support for WAP and class libraries in Visual Web Developer Express edition SP1. You can now create WAPs by going...
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Tags: VWDtips and tricksVisual StudioWAPVisual Studio 2008 SP1
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
Jun 30, 2009
Visual Web developer 2008 SP1 supports multiple selection of controls on your designer using Ctrl+Click . You can see that the designer: Displays the primary selected control with a white tab. Button3 in the image below. Enable you to set property for...
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Tags: tips and tricksVisual StudioVisual Studio 2008 SP1
Jun 18, 2009
Following steps highlight how a Visual Studio 2005 Web application project can be migrated to Visual Studio 2008. Take backup of the original project Open Visual Studio 2008 Click File -> Open Project and browse to the folder to open the project You...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksVisual StudioDeepak VermaVisual 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
Add Controller (Ctrl-M Ctrl-C) Add Controller is a simple dialog box that lets you quickly add controllers to ASP.Net MVC Applications. Right-Click the 'Controllers' folder or simply press Ctrl-M Ctrl-C to invoke this dialog. Add View (Ctrl-M Ctrl-V)...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008 SP1ShortcutsJoe CartanoASP.NET MVCMVC
May 27, 2009
In Tip#64, we showed you how to convert a GridView's bound fields into template fields. In this tip, we will show you how to quickly create a GridView that is hooked up to a SQL table. Typically, if you want a GridView then you need to add it to the page...
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