I can't seem to access the Architecture Tools available in Visual Studio 2012 Premium Version 11.0.60610.01 Update 4 using .Net Version 4.5.50709
My only visible menu options on startup are:
FILE
EDIT
VIEW
DEBUG
TEAM
SQL
TOOLS
TEST
ANALYZE
WINDOW
HELP
And with a project open these two extra items appear:
PROJECT
BUILD
There is nothing under the any of the menus related to Architecture Tools except for
VIEW > Toolbars > Architecture Designers
The Architecture Designers toobar's buttons are all grayed out when enabled.
Do I need to do something extra after the Visual Studio 2012 install to make them show up?
Does it only work for certain types of projects (I am trying to make an MVC4 project)? Does it have to be enabled on a per-project basis?
Is there a difference between how the Architecture tools work in Premium vs Ultimate?
Isn't it only available in VS 2012 Ultimate? (which used to be called "Architecture Edition".)
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Architecture menu in visual studio 2012 Premium does not work. It is showing me in disable mode.I checked in customize menu but toolbar added in Disable form. I can not generate the "Visualize Code Dependencies on Dependency Graphs".
Is there any option without upgrading Visual studio 2012 from Premium to Ultimate Architecture menu work.?
No, it is an Ultimate only tool.
Architecture menu in Visual Studio show only with Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate edition.To use this option/feature need to buy Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate edition.
I am trying to install Microsoft Azure SDK. I downloaded this version (2.9) of the SDK from here. And I am getting the following error in the picture.
I have Visual Studio 2013 and 2015 installed on my PC. Could it be some sort of compatibility issue. I read on some forum that it won't work if I have different versions of the Azure SDK installed on Visual Studio 2013 and 2015.
But I don't have the SDK installed on any of them. And I can't seem to find any Web Development Feature in the IDE either. Does anyone know how to resolve this?
Given the situation, the issue is most probably that the relevant modules for Web Development weren't installed when Visual Studio was installed. Those modules are not selected to be installed by default.
The solution is to simply re-run the setup and select "Modify".
On the list of modules, go to "Windows and Web Development".
You should get Microsoft Web Developer Tools in the list. Just select that and install. That should do the trick.
#alchemist is right but I had deleted the VS2015 installer long ago (right after installing). So I went to the Control Panel > Programs And Features > Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Community with Updates > (right-click) > Change
This will bring up the visual studio installer. Click on Modify > Check Microsoft Web Developer Tools > Update.
*walks towards the camera in slow motion on an exploding background
I have a windows form project and I want to create an installation package for this project. How can I create a setup file in Visual Studio 2012 ? My project is without data base.
How to create a Setup package using Visual Studio 2012.NET?
Microsoft released the Visual Studio Installer Project extension in April of this year, the catch is it's for VS2013, not VS2012.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/04/17/visual-studio-installer-projects-extension.aspx
The 'lite' InstallShield option remains in VS if you need something with more flexibility.
Advanced Installer also has a free version that includes an extension for VS. This is a commercial tool but the extension is included in the free edition as I said, for more advanced features you need to purchase a Professional or higher licenses and edit the project direct from Advanced Installer GUI, not from VS. (but you can still use the project in the VS solution, so you get the MSI built at the end of your build process)
Visual Studio setup projects (vdproj) are not supplied with VS 2012
There are several solutions for you:
You could use InstallShield instead.
If you don't want or
can't use InstallShield for any reason, you could try WiX. This
toolset builds Windows installation packages from XML source code.
If you only use Windows Presentation Foundation (.xbap), Windows Forms (.exe), console application (.exe), or Office solution (.dll) you could look at ClickOnce. To use this you should right click on the project file in the solution explorer and select "Publish" from the pop-up menu.
Alternatively you can use previous version of Visual Studio (2010).
I just recently switched from Visual C++ 2010 Express to Visual Studio 2012 Express for Desktop. Since I use it often, I soon found myself looking for the Batch Build... option under the Build menu (or Solution Explorer → <solution>'s right-click menu).
At work, I have Visual Studio 2012 Professional and the Batch Build... option is where it was in Visual Studio 2010.
Has this feature been cut from the Express editions?
It turns out the Batch Build... feature still exists in the Express edition of Visual Studio 2012; it's just been hidden for some reason.
To access it, you can either assign a keyboard shortcut via menu Tools → Options... → Environment → Keyboard and finding Build.BatchBuild, or you can add it to the Build menu and the Solution context menu, where it used to be, via Tools → Customize... → Commands. The Build menu is under the menu bars named Build and the Solution context menu is under the context menus named Project and Solution Context Menus | Solution.
You can also (Visual Studio 2013 Express) customize the menu to get the command (back):
How to: Customize Menus and Toolbars in Visual Studio
No, it hasn't been cut. I've been using it recently.
However, I have at least one solution where Batch Build is not present on the menu (and wasn't present in Visual Studio 2010, either). My guess is that there's something about the solution that Visual Studio doesn't like, and it disables the batch build feature - but I've never got to the bottom of it.
I would say that if you really need that feature, create a new solution and re-add the existing projects one by one.
I tried to configure the windows forms(4.0) and WPF products(4.0) assemblies in visual studio 2012 toolbox. But i am unable to configure the assemblies manually into Visual Studio 2012 toolbox. it shows the "There are no components in {Assembly Path} that can be placed on toolbox" error.
Also i am able create only WPF application (machine configuration-> Win 8 + VS2012 Express edition)
Can you please tell, how to configure the custom assemblies(.net framework 4.0) in VS toolbox?
Regards,
Siva S
From Tools menu option select "Customize Toolbox" then browse and select the yourAssembly.dll assembly and click OK.
You will now see the control listed in the toolboxTool