Visual Studio

Forum discussion tagged with Visual Studio.
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    Problem with creating a c++ project in visual studio 2017

    I have visual studio 2017 installed on my laptop and have a problem with creating a project. So i want to create a win32 console application in c++ and when i click on that the window on the picture appears as normal. Then i name the file and select a place. Then when i click on ok, the white...
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    Solved! I cant decide which one to buy

    Hello, I'm gonna buy a Laptop for my daily stuff and also a bit programming, with Microsoft Visual Studio, and cant decide between 2 Laptops. -Hp Envy 13 https://www.otto.de/p/hp-envy-13-ah0005ng-notebook-intel-core-i7-33-8-13-3-256-gb-8-gb-707843264/#variationId=707843265 -Asus Zenbook S...
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    Strange Visual Studio error

    This error is occurring and preventing a project from being built I cannot figure out what to do here and it is very frustrating. Here is the pastebin: https://pastebin.com/8VeEEYem Edit:fixed link
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    Reference label Visual studio

    How set Visual studio 2017 community to show this and reference label?
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    Which is better for the eyes: light/blue theme or dark theme [visual studio]

    This is a issue i've recently run into after installing Visual Studio. The white background(blue and light theme) with black text has more readable letters but the background itself hurts my eyes, it physically hurts my eyes. The black/grey background(black theme) with white letters had more...
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    dell xps 9560 font scaling

    Hello, i just got an XPS 9560 and i am having strange font issues. for example visual studio: https://snag.gy/RIVxpe.jpg resolution: 3840x2160 Scale and Layout: 250% Any ideas how to fix this issue? not expecting this from a 3 euro dollar laptop.
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    is it possible to instal Visual studio on one drive and later relocate it all to the other drive?

    hello, i currently have a 120gb ssd (C) and later i will buy a 240gb ssd (D). as the topic says, is it possible to install on disk C, then relocate all of it to disk D? if not, how much can i relocate and will the projects work? thank you a lot in advance
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    how do i set my windows' regional settings to use Greek for non-unicode strings?

    strings like "Ôï ðåäßï 'ÁÖÌ' ðñÝðåé íá ðåñéÝ÷åé ìüíï áñéèìïýò." in an old win forms app that came into visual studio 2015
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    Laptop for engineering school

    Hi, I am currently studying in construction engineering and I am looking for a laptop for the school. I know I will have to use some software like AutoCAD and Visual Studio and more… So, I am looking for a laptop that can run theses software smoothly. I would like a pc around 500$ CAN or the...
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    Looking for a laptop for programming in visual studio

    I am looking for a laptop for programming in visual studio. Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4 15.6-Inches Full HD Notebook (7th Gen Intel Core i5-7200U, GeForce 940MX, 8GB DDR4 SDRAM, 256GB SSD, 550$ OR ASUS VivoBook F510UA FHD Laptop, Intel Core i5-8250U, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, USB-C, NanoEdge...
  11. arpitsri

    How to learn Visual Studio C++ code, earlier used Turbo C++

    I have a basic to moderate knowledge of C/C++ Programming but in our school/college it is taught in Turbo C++ which I see has a code a bit different when compared with modern IDEs. So I want to make transition from Turbo C++ to Visual Studio but can't find any specific answer on internet. Any...
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    I buy an ASUS laptop few days ago and I want to download and install visual studio community 2017 software but when I click on

    My laptop is i7 and 8 GB ram but still I'm not able to download and install visual studio community 2017 on my laptop what's problem with my laptop plz tell me and how I can I can remove it
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    Why are IDEs so complicated?!

    Why are IDEs like Visual Studio so damn complicated? Also, where can I find help on what all these buttons and tools are and how I use them?
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    Launch Visual Studio

    This is probably a noob question, but i want to start learning to code, and so I downloaded Visual Studio, but i cant figure out how to launch it. Please help...
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    how to choose among these two laptops

    I need a laptop which should be good for programming (visual studio 2017, Visual Studio Code/Brackets), Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator and flawless browsing. Performance should be good + battery of at least 5 hrs After hours of research, decided between two laptops but confused to the core on...
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    Which laptop do you suggest?

    So I am an electrical engineering student and I am searching for a laptop that I can take with me everywhere I go (doesn't weight alot and have a good battery life) , a laptop that can open programs like visual studio smoothly and good for waching full hd movies ,and does not cost more than...
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    Visual Studio 2017 says cannot open source file stdio.h?

    Visual Studio 2017 says cannot open source file stdio.h? any help
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    Visual Studio Code

    I want to do some C programming on visual studio code. What things I need to set up on VS code so that I can do C programming. A task.json file I found on the internet was like this: { "version": "0.1.0", "command": "g++", "isShellCommand": true, "showOutput": "always"...
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    Code in Java on Visual Studio Pro 2017?

    Recently I attained a free copy of Visual Studio Pro 2017 from my school, and was wondering if there was any way to use it as an IDE for Java. I usually use JCreator, but it's an old program that is just getting bland to me.
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    Question about Thinkpad 13

    I'm interested in buying thinkpad 13 i5 6200u, 8gb ram and 256gb ssd. I wonder how good will it run Visual studio, Unity and programming softwares? I'm a computer science student.
  21. Rainfire

    How do I make a yes or no question with different outcomes depending on input?

    I have Programming in Basic in High School and was tasked with a project in which I was to make a program that says hello to the teacher as well as give a paragraph describing why programming is valuable in today's time. My initial idea was to make a program that greets and asks the teacher a...
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    Which Laptop should I buy?

    Hi guys, I am a student and I need to buy a new laptop I have some in my mind and i'll post their specs right here, if you could please tell me which is better and why. I mostly need this laptop for programming software (Unity,Visual Studio,VM virtual machine) Lenovo Yoga 500-14 80R500FJIV...
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    What CPU should I get in my next laptop for Programming purposes

    Hey guys, I'm looking to buy a new laptop for programming purposes. Mostly IDEs: Visual Studio, JetBrain's product etc I may sometimes would like to launch a VM in the background. The options are 6200U, 6500U, maybe 6440HQ?
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    Visual Studio 2015 C++ text file reading

    I am creating a program to process student records, but when I choose to list all the student records, the list shown is incomplete. I have no idea what went wrong in my code. Any suggestions is highly appreciated. Thanks. #include<iostream> #include<iomanip> #include<fstream>...
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    New laptop and reinstalling the OS

    Hey, So I bought this laptop for school to replace my aging laptop and noticed that it came with Windows 10 home. Since my major is in CS, a lot of the programs I use are from Microsoft(Visual Studio and a few others) so I kind of need windows for this laptop. Now, I have access to Win7 and...
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    Visual Studio Licence

    Hello, So I'm not sure if this is in the correct location. I downloaded Visual Studio Community 2015 RC, which I was told is the free one anyone can download and use. However I downloaded it awhile ago, and I'm not coming back to wanting to use it and I'm being told 'The prerelease has...
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    Visual Studio 2015

    I've installed Visual Studio 2015 and am completely new to it. I'm trying to install the Azure SDK for .NET (version 2.8.1) and every time I try to install it, I get an error. The error is, "Azure Storage Emulator requires LocalDb to be installed. You must enable Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools...
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    Any drawbacks to using Visual studio 2015

    Im currently using windows 7. I see that visual studio 2015 has a lot of support and features for windows 8.1+ operating systems. Since i am running windows 7, I don't want to be overwhelmed and have my project spaces cluttered with features I won't be able to use for windows 7. Would it be...
  29. Jaakey

    Uninstalling .node-gyp, .node, npm and Python

    Hello, I'm not great with computer architecture, today I installed node.js, python and the 2015 and 2012 versions of Visual Studio. Afterwards I installed npm through node. I'd now like to uninstall all of these, my problem is that using the 'sudo' commands which are shown on others websites...
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    HTML code Help

    I use Visual studio 2013 community edition because I have a project to do ,so I created a website but in my menu I want to have buttons which on clicking will open a new page but I want it to open the new page not in a new tab but in the same tab ,if anyone can please write me the code or direct...
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    Visual Studio 2015 not going well for me

    So I am interested in learning how to use visual studio for universal app making in windows, and it is not going well. So my past experience in programming is with Lua and HTML, very basic, I have watched many videos about php and java, but I don't have the experience to relate them to...
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    [Urgent] Which of these laptops is best?

    Hi. So I will be buying a laptop today and I wanted to ask you for some opinions. I will be using the laptop mostly as a coding laptop, with unity, visual studio and possibly some photoshop, alongside needing it for use at school (word, powerpoint etc) so a large batterylife is somewhat useful...
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    is it this processors are supported for visual studio and sql server software installation

    ->Intel Celeron Processor N2830 ->Intel Pentium Processor N3540 ->AMD Dual-Core A4-Series ->Intel Celeron Processor N2930 ->Intel Celeron Processor 847 ->Intel Celeron Processor 1000M ->AMD Dual Core E1-Series is it this processors are supported to install visual studio and sql server
  34. drjackool

    Visual studio Express Edition vs Community

    Hello My question is What is difference between Visual Studio Express Edition for Desktop and Visual studio Community version? I want use VS to create Desktop apps, currently I have ultimate version of VS2013, but I think mentionded versions are lighter and faster and FULL FREE for me because...
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    Issues with Visual Studio 2015

    I have been having issues with Visual Studio 2015. I am not new to using Visual Studio, but it has been a while since I've used it. I am currently trying to build a C++ Solution with SDL that simply creates a window. Here are all of the details I can provide regarding how the project is set up...
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    visual studio community 2013 encoding

    i open c+= projects and they are not diplaying in greek but like this Èá äéáâÜæåé ôá km ôïõ ðåëÜôç,how do i change that?
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    .net Framework and Visual Studio updates won't install

    I cannot get any version of .net framework to install after trying all of the microsoft fix-its and the .net framework repair tool. The visual studio update won't install either, i'm not sure if they are related somehow, but I would really like both to work! This is for windows 7, service pack...
  38. Wing0

    What is wrong with this c++ code?

    #include "StdAfx.h" #include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { string movie; cout << "What is the name of the movie? \n"; getline(cin, movie); int metescore; cout << "what is the metascore for " << movie << "? \n"; cin >> metescore; int tomato; cout <<...
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    Questions about the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013.

    Ok, so i am buying this software. BUT, i'm confused because i don't know why is there a/an: 1. MSDN bundled with the software? 2. Renewal on the software? And do you need a: 3. MSDN subscription to use the software itself? -Ace
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    How can I read text from a text file in dropbox?

    I have tried solutions from many other threads but they do not seem to work. I am using Visual Studio 2013. This is my code: Imports System.Net Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim myWebClient As New...
  41. fizahriAH

    Can't install Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

    does anyone know why is this happening? i'm on Windows 8 Pro
  42. Koudai2008

    I'm having a problem using Javascript inside a link button in C# in Visual Studio 2010.

    I'm still new to ASP.NET, but I've worked in classic ASP a bit beforehand. I worked a tutorial that I found on youtube about how to create a social networking site (not the next Facebook, just something to get me started), but I've run into a problem when trying to use javascript in a link...
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    ultra portable notebook for academic purposes

    Looking to get an ultraportable notebook. Gonna use it mostly for interwebz, visual studio, and matlab. Which should I choose from the ones below? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-11-6-touch-screen-laptop-4gb-memory-500gb-hard-drive-black/3243023.p?id=1219089304521&skuId=3243023 (worst of both...
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    Wanna buy laptop

    Hi, I am looking for some professional and robust laptop, basically I want to install visual studio 2013(very heavy software), sql server and many more supportive softwares. I am looking for best configuration atleast for 4 years. Please suggest. Thanks.
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    Looking for highlightning C++ Program Editor with also the posibility to change the background of some selected pieces of text

    i'm trying to find a CodeEditor for programming C++ with high-lightning and changing background color of selected text. NOT THE BACKGOUND COLOR OF THE WHOLE SCREEN !!! So i mean: - Highlightning the text as usual and - select text and change only the background color of that selected piece of...
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    Email simulator Queue

    Queues are commonly used in network systems. For example, e-mail is placed in queues while it is waiting to be sent and after it arrives at the recipient's mailbox. A problem occurs, however, if the outgoing mail processor cannot send one or more of the messages in the queue. For example, a...
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    Denied access to services programmatically

    Hi, My windows application written by visual studio 4.5 access services programmerticallly to authentication and retrieve data. which is working fine for majority of clients. but one client can't access those services. I typed manually those web addresses in his address bar of web browser then...
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    Advice on buying laptop on budget

    Hello. I'm buying laptop on budget and would like to get advice from community. I found this laptop at really low price ( ~500 euros), and would like to know will it be able to suit my needs. I'll be using latest visual studio along with wampp and other tools I might need for developing, but...
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    Notebook for application developer and do I need an SSD?

    The budget I can spent is €800, which I believe is more than enough for me, so I don't mind suggestions of budget laptops of €400-€500. I simply will use the notebook for Visual Studio, text editors, maybe Photoshop as well. The question that is mostly bothering me is, should I get an SSD or...
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    Looking for a new laptop...

    I am looking for a laptop that will fulfill my needs without breaking my wallet. Let's say between $500-$800. For work I have, at any given moment, 2-3 instances of Visual Studio running/debugging, a chat client, several chrome windows/tabs open, and video chat/meeting software running. I...
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    system requirements for windows 7 and visual studio 2010 in virtual Box

    Hello to all the people in the forum. I want to install win7 in oracle virtual Box and there run visual studio 2010. But I have an older system. Its a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, 2009.325 MHz and the total memory is 2003 MiB. Might that work? Or should I perhaps take XP, VS2010 express...
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    Whats the difference between 2 databases?

    What is the difference between MySQL and service-based database from Microsoft Visual Studio?
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    how can i run c++ program in visual studio 2013

    I just installed Visual Studio2013 and it is a totally new thing for me.I tried to run c++ program in it but it did not include any standard library file(iostream,h,conio.h).Because of it i am unable to make the most basic program in it..................please help me through this!!!!!
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    Laptop for development

    I'm going to a IT university soon and need a laptop for development, namely programming. I'll be doing lots of stuff for Windows, Windows Phone and Android. My budget currently is 500€, but I might be able to get bit more money to buy something even better (600-700€). But for now 500€ is the...
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    How can i deassemble .exe files written in visual studio >?

    How can i deassemble .exe files written in visual studio >?
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    create a program that takes a big integer and prints the largest digit in that integer

    write a c++ program that takes a large number and prints the largest integer within that large number
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    Help. buying a budget laptop...

    Hi. I'm at collage (uk as opposed to us) and need a cheap laptop (£300 -£320) I'd like it to be able to run Photoshop and Visual Studio 2013 snappily as well as being quite portable (my bags already full of heavy and large books...) Pertaining to this I've seen second hand second gen i5...
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    need laptop recommendations

    I need a laptop for college, I use programs like MS Visual studio and I dont really want to spend more than £1000
  59. technoboyhrishi

    Visual Studio 2008 Instalition Failed

    My vb.net 2008 is not installing on my Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz What is the problem ? I had updated .net framework to 4.5 already
  60. deepanshumunjal

    visual studio 2012 project from another pc

    I have a project in Visual Studio 2010 built in another PC. I copied the files of project and tried to open it. I have folders like App_code, App_data, and it also contains database SQL server files. My friend told me that you also have to include database string to use it in your project. I...