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We have had a few customers who want to deploy their assemblies using Vistual Studio.   They encountered various errors similar to below.  But when the use SQL Server management studio to manually CREATE ASSEMBLY, everything works fine. Error: starting database upload transaction failed. Error: The operation could not be completed   Deploying file: TEstAssembly.dll, Path: E:\cases\CLR.MY\TEstAssembly\TEstAssembly\obj\Debug\TEstAssembly.dll...  

As hinted upon in my last post, today’s entry will be on how to programmatically perform analysis on a Visual Studio coverage file in Visual Studio 2010. The first step is to reference the coverage analysis assembly,  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Coverage.Analysis.dll, in your project.  This managed assembly can be found in “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies” (use %ProgramFiles(x86)% on a 64-bit OS).  The...  

Brad Guthrie, Director of Holistic Integral Development, in the Exploitation and Developer Alienation Division of Microsoft, has announced a unique offer for MSDN subscribers using the latest VS 2010 betas : a hefty discount on a special spiked mat that simulates the experience that yogic fakirs once had lying on beds of nails.The "Shakti Mat" [^] (from Sweden) comes in 4000, and 6000 spike versions (the fewer spikes, the more painful) and, of...  

Tulsa Community College is offering a FREE Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Development class. See below for more information. Prerequisties: ASP.NET Development Course/Class:                    CSYS 2993 - 24051 Title:                                      Application Development with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Instructor:                           B.J. Pohl Delivery:                              Blended (On ground and...  

This post describes all the properties that may be configured in SQL Server, SQL Database and Data-tier Application Component (DAC) projects and how to go about setting them. Specifically, the properties that are defined and persisted in the DBPROJ file and the msbuild target files it references as well as the DBPROJ.USER file. People that need to manually modify the DBPROJ files or use msbuild to execute the targets will find this information...  

It’s been far, far too long since I’ve updated my blog, but I wanted to quickly cover what’s new in Visual Studio 2010 for code coverage (Premium and higher SKUs).  Almost all of the changes are under the covers, but some are noteworthy: Support for x86-64 instrumentation (native, mixed, and platform-specific managed code) and collection on a 64-bit Windows OS.  To utilize this support in VS, set the host platform to “x64” in the test...  

If you are reading this blog, consider yourself invited to these invite only webcasts in the next 2 weeks. Timely sessions around developing and architecting with Visual Studio 2010. Space is limited, so click to register yourself a spot. Painless SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Date: December 9, 2009, 10-11:30am US Eastern Time This session will provide an overview of the new SharePoint tools that will be shipping in...  

Recently I ran into the following issue when I tried to deploy a SharePoint 2010 Project in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. In the output window the following message was displayed and the deployment failed:Error occurred in deployment step ‘Retract Solution’: The local SharePoint server is not accessible. Check that the server is running and connected to the SharePoint farm.It turned out (thank you Event Viewer!) that the account that triggers the...  

The Visual Studio Team has been releasing a series of Channel 9 interviews and demos on the new SharePoint tools in Visual Studio 2010. Please check them out and give us your feedback!   Overview of SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 Importing SharePoint Solution Packages (WSP) into Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Feature and Package Designers in Visual Studio 2010 Using the SharePoint Business Data Connectivity Designer in...  

In this interview I sit down with Saaid Khan, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio team developing tools for SharePoint development. Saaid shows us the WSP Import Wizard in Visual Studio 2010 that allows developers to take SharePoint Solution packages developed with SharePoint Designer and bring them into Visual Studio 2010 to further customize them there. For a good overview of SharePoint tools in VS2010, also check out Overview of...  

In this interview I sit down with Lily Ma, a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Team building tools for SharePoint development. Lily shows off the new SharePoint feature and package designers in Visual Studio 2010 and how they make packaging up and deploying your SharePoint customizations easy. As she dives deeper into the tools, she also demonstrates the flexibility and control you have in specifying what features go in what packages across...  

This 20-hour collection provides you with the skills and knowledge required for transitioning from Windows Forms to WPF. You will learn to use the interop features of Windows Forms and WPF. You will also learn to use controls, layout tools, data binding techniques, ControlTemplates, Styles, Animations, 2-D graphics, and FlowDocuments in WPF.  

If you’ve been working with Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend 3 and Silverlight (or WPF) development, you’ve likely used the Open in Expression Blend feature in Visual Studio.  This occurs when you right-click on a XAML file in your project/solution and you’ll see that option as long as you have Expression Blend 3 installed. Well…if you are an eager developer and have installed VS2010 and the Blend Preview for .NET 4, you may have noticed...  

今年は、3日間の会期（プレ除く）のため、本日が最終日でした。この日は、基調講演がないため、朝いちばん（8:30）からセッション三昧でした。 私が参加したセッションは、以下です： Web Deployment Painkillers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and MS Deploy A Lap Around Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2010 SQL Server Modeling Services: Using Metadata to Drive Application Design, Development and Management Scrum in the Enterprise and Process Customization with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Automating “Done Done” in the...  

I ran into this doing a few code samples for SharePoint 2010 using the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 SharePoint tools. Passing it along as it threw me for a loop when I first saw it. First, in case you aren’t aware, the SharePoint “things” you add to a project in Visual Studio 2010 are called SharePoint Items (SPI’s). This includes things like Web Parts, Visual Web Parts, Content Types, etc. Basically anything that has a Item Template in Visual...