So, I was arguing with a great friend of mine about Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft being able to detect which one you used. According to him if you get your hands on a direct MSDN download of Visual Studio 2012 Professional, and you end up creating an app, like a game or something, and then you submit it to the Windows App Store, they will never know which visual studio version you truly used to develop the App, or if you were the owner of it or not.
Is he right? Because I thought Visual Studio some how left a footprint behind on the .exe file letting Microsoft know about licensing information. Or should I go apologize to him for calling him a f...ing liar.
If you guys say it does leave a print, can you show some proof, or a link to read more about it? Thanks guys.
Your friend is likely correct. Why would MS bother when they make freely available all the tools you need to compile your program. You can build .Net applications without the Visual Studio IDE. See this related question
Is it possible to install a C# compiler without Visual Studio?
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I am developing a Visual Studio Add-in where one of the controls is a settings editor similar to the locals or watch window. Because strings are one of the data types being displayed/supported in this control, I would like to add a text visualizer similar to Visual Studio's baked in visualizers for debugging. I have provided a picture below to illustrate exactly what I'm referring to:
http://imgur.com/fgSFDqw
Am I on my own, or is there a way to reuse the existing Visual Studio debugging visualizers in my project?
thanks :)
These visualizers appear to be tightly coupled to Visual Studio and are not available via any command or interface. If anybody discovers otherwise, I'd love to know :)
I've been trying to get the .NET Dev Kit and Azure SDK to work with Visual Studio 2012 and am not having much luck. What am I missing?
The Azure SDK installation instructions don't work on VS 2012. When I search for anything Intuit-related from the VS Extension Manager, nothing comes up.
I tried installing from the VS Gallery but then there's no Intuit Anywhere menu in VS as shown in the VS 2010 screen shot. (These instructions are highly suspect, since Intuit has moved away from the "Intuit Anywhere" name. But given that the developer site was overhauled recently I would expect the instructions to be up to date.)
Is there an easy way to get this to work with VS 2012, or am I wasting my time? Am I better off just building everything from scratch? (We have done that in another project, just not with Azure.)
The Plugin for Visual Studio has not been updated for Visual Studio 2012, the last supported version is 2010.
The code that the plugin generates is available as templates and sample code as well.
It includes the Oauth grant and handler pages, as well as the OpenId handlers.
regards,
Jarred
So Microsoft released Visual Studio 2012 Express for desktop apps. That's great, but how does one create an installer for open source apps that are built in Visual Studio Express? There are no installer templates available by default, and they have disabled browsing the online gallery. Sure, I could purchase something like InstallShield, but that kind of defeats the purpose of an open source application if you ask me. Any suggestions?
You can use the open source NSIS or WiX tools to create fairly nice installers.
Since both should work without the Visual Studio integration that Express won't give you, they should both be usable (even if not quite as nicely) without problems.
I would use Inno Setup, which is a little easier to learn than most other setup programs.
I have a link here:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/ishelp/
Is there any way to customise which languages are installed with Visual Studio 2012? I only want C#, no VB or F# etc.
I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2012 Premium RTM.
The first install page I see this:
and the next I see this:
but there's no option to choose which languages I want to install :-(
I think thats as much customization as your going to get.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/06/04/setup-improvements-for-visual-studio.aspx
http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2639283-bring-back-the-visual-studio-installation-customiz
According to those links they [Microsoft] removed then brought back the option for customization. And what you see there is all you get. I know my installation of VS 2012 (upgraded express to ultimate) is only taking up 2 gb so IDK why it is saying it needs 6.
I've raised the point on the Visual Studio installation forum, see what comes of it.
Recently I came across a recommendation for a Visual Studio plugin called Refactor! For Visual C++ that looks like it would be very useful in helping me tame a particularly pastalike legacy application that I've inherited. Unfortunately, the download links appear to be broken and I can't find a mirror anywhere online.
I've also tried to contact DevExpress, but they suggested that Refactor has been effectively discontinued by being rolled into CodeRush Express and that I use that. Since CodeRush does not support C++, and even further doesn't work with Visual Studio 2005, I am unable to use it.
Does anyone know of (or can provide) a mirror for the Refactor! for VC++ installer? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's stuck in VS2005 that would benefit from this tool.
DevExpress responded to an issue in their tracker with a link to just the Refactor component. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work for me.
For posterity, here's the link they sent, and the issue ticket:
http://downloads.devexpress.com/DXperience/2011.2/7/RefactorCPP-11.2.7.exe
http://www.devexpress.com/issue=B208783
Edit: Before someone else says it, Visual Assist X does support Visual Studio 2005. I was interested in Refactor mostly for the fact that it is was a free product that I could use at work without having to go through purchasing and licensing issues.
Have you tried this plugin, which claims to support VS2005 and C++:
DevExpress Refactor! Pro for Visual Studio (Trial)