Contents tagged with Visual Studio
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Tip #109 Did you know … How to speed up build time by *only* building the currently selected project in a multi-project solution?
When working with a solution that contains numerous projects, I find myself often wanting to only build and run the currently selected project. Other projects in the solution might have build errors that I don’t want to resolve at the current time. By default though, trying to do a CTRL+F5 on the currently selected project will cause Visual Studio (VS) to build all of the projects in a solution.
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Tip #104: Did you know … How to view text for the ‘hint’ buttons on the Publish Web Dialog?
After the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2010, the Publish Web Dialog was modified to include two information buttons associated with the Service URL and Site/application text boxes. (See Figure 1)
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Tip#102: Did you know… How to specify tag specific formatting
Let’s see this with an example. I have the following html code on my page.
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Tip#101: Did you know… How to scope Theme
Themes are a way to define properties of pages and controls, and can be used to provide consistent look across pages. There are several different levels of applying a theme to an individual control, a page, or an application.
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Tip#97: Did you know… How to Display Hidden Information in Design View
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 elements from your page while editing.
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Tip #95: Did you know… That Web Application Projects and Class libraries are now available in Express edition?
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Tip #92: Did you know … How to select a master page using 'Select a Master Page' dialog?
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Tip #90: Did you know … How to rearrange menu items in Visual Web Developer?
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Tip#85: Did you know… You can now do Multiple Selection of controls in your Designer with VS 2008 SP1?
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Tip #84: Did you know… How to set a Start page for your Web Site in Visual Web Developer?
As you are developing your site, you may want to start at a particular page for testing your web site. By defaults, when you start debugging, Visual Studio runs the page that was currently in focus in your designer.
