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Questions tagged [visual-studio-2012]

This tag is specific to Visual Studio 2012. For general questions about Visual Studio IDE, please refer to a tag visual-studio.

With the release of Windows 8, things have changed dramatically. MS Visual Studio 2012 is loaded with new capabilities for Windows 8, the web, SharePoint, mobile, and cloud development— as well as the application management life-cycle tools you need to break down team barriers and reduce cycle times to deliver value continuously. You’ll even find a redesigned UI to streamline everyday tasks and kick your productivity into gear.

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Visual Studio 2012 - Express vs Professional

I'm having trouble finding a feature comparison between Visual Studio 2012 Express Edition and the professional edition. I'm using the trial Professional version at the moment, but it'll run out soon, so I need to make a decision whether to purchase…
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How to convince boss to buy Visual Studio 2012 Professional

The main advantage is the use of ReSharper and other add-ons but we need to make a convincing argument for the purchase of Visual Studio 2012 Professional. We are currently using Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows. It is quite good but is hard…
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Asterisks in Multi-line comments

Using Visual Studio 2012 with C#, when I write multi-line comments, VS automatically begins each line with an asterisk, like this: /* * * */ I was just curious if this was the case in programming languages other than C#, or if there was a…
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Are only companies and no private programmers allowed to use VS Studio 2012 Express Desktop?

Programming is my hobby and I've just downloaded VS Studio 2012 Express Desktop. Now I am going to register it but they want me to tell them business information Are only companies and no private programmers allowed to use VS Studio 2012 Express…
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What is the C++ convention, if any, for naming to differentiate between structure types and other types?

In general, should I use some sort of convention for structure names which is distinct from other type name? I was thinking about this when my professor started talking about structures. I had the following discussion with myself, and since I do not…
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How to access / query Team Foundation Server 2012 with Odata?

I've tried to find a solution for this for hours now, and I'm getting the same results in the end, asking me to install a lot of Azure and other stuff, plus running some example project .sln that I can't open with my 2012 version of Visual…
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Is there a compiler switch changing the scope of variables in loops?

I'm using some code, which uses variables declared in a loop after the loop. For example for (int i = 0; i != 10; i++) { // do stuff } int x = i; I get the "i" undefined error. Is there a compiler switch to change this (in VC++ 2015)?
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Best practices in managing nuget repositories

I've been involved in a project using Visual Studio 2012 that has multiple solutions and multiple projects. In most cases, one solution will have to refer to the library build in a different project. Since most projects have their own set of nuget…
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Is seeing loads of merge messages in a git branch standard, or are we working incorrectly?

We're in the process of switching from SVN to git, and I've noticed that we're seeing a lot of these commit messages in git: Merge branch 'development' of [Url to Origin]. These are coming in where other developers are pulling down changes from…
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Coded UI test Automation Technique

How is coded UI testing technique more favorable than any other testing technique? What is the main advantage of using a coded UI test?
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C++ Building Static Library Project with a Folder Structure

I'm working on some static libraries using visual studio 2012, and after building I copy .lib and .h files to respective directories to match a desired hierarchy such…
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