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Did you know… What the Enable Address-Level Debugging option does? - #271
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Under Tools – Options – Debugging – General, there’s the option Enable Address-Level Debugging. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/31/did-you-know-what-the-enable-address-level-debugging-option-does-271...
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Did you know… You can have all processes break when one process breaks or vice versa - #270
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In Tools – Options – Debugging – General, there’s the option This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/30/did-you-know-you-can-have-all-processes-break-when-one-process-breaks-or-vice-versa-270/
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Did you know… How to select the startup project? - #269
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Yesterday’s tip talked about how to start multiple projects for debugging, but taking a step back, let’s talk about the two ways you can select a single startup project. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/29/did-you...
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Did you know… You can start debugging multiple projects? - #268
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It’s been an extremely rewarding experience to see these tips help. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/28/did-you-know-you-can-start-debugging-multiple-projects-268/
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Did you know… You can disable the warning message before you delete all breakpoints? - #267
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Yesterday’s tip talked about how to delete all breakpoints. If you are following along at home, you hit the This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/25/did-you-know-you-can-disable-the-warning-message-before-you-delete-all-breakpoints...
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Did you know… You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints - #266
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You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9, bound to Debug.DeleteAllBreakpoints to delete all the breakpoints you’ve created in your solution. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/24/did-you-know-you-can-press-ctrlshiftf9-to-delete-all-breakpoints...
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Speaking at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention this Friday
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If there ever were a “Sara needs a hug” moment… This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/23/speaking-at-the-o%e2%80%99reilly-open-source-convention-this-friday/
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Did you know… You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint - #265
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In the general development settings, I didn’t see this command under the Debug menu. So, in case you want to use the keyboard to enable or disable a breakpoint, you can Ctrl+F9, which is bound to the command Debug.EnabledBreakpoint . Note...
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Did you know… You can use IntelliSense to verify your breakpoint name in the New Breakpoint window - #264
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In the New Breakpoint window, there’s a checkbox “Use IntelliSense to verify the function name.” Just as you would expect, this blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/22/did-you-know-you-can-use-intellisense-to-verify...
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Did you know… You can press Ctrl+B to set a breakpoint at the desired function - #263
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In case you want to set a breakpoint at a given function, and not at the current line, you don’t have to This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/21/did-you-know-you-can-press-ctrlb-to-set-a-breakpoint-at-the-desired-function-263...
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Did you know… You can press F9 to set a breakpoint on the current line - #262
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Using the General Development Settings, the command Debug.ToggleBreakpoint will set (or delete) the breakpoint on the This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/18/did-you-know-you-can-press-f9-to-set-a-breakpoint-on-the-current-line-262...
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Did you know… You can press Ctrl+Alt+B to open the Breakpoint Window - #261
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Under Debug – Windows , you’ll find the Breakpoint window. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/17/did-you-know-you-can-press-ctrlaltb-to-open-the-breakpoint-window-261/
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Did you know… You can set a breakpoint by clicking in the indicator margin - #260
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Ah, time to get up and stretch. We’re in a new series, and it’s all about debugging. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/16/did-you-know-you-can-set-a-breakpoint-by-clicking-in-the-indicator-margin-260/
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Did you know… You can export all of your Toolbox customizations? - #259
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In earlier Toolbox tips , I talked about how you can customize your Toolbox. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/15/did-you-know-you-can-export-all-of-your-toolbox-customizations-259/
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Did you know… What the Start Page "Commands” setting really control? - #258
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When you go to Tools – Import / Export Settings – Export (or Import when you have a .vssettings file that contains this category) , and you look This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/14/did-you-know-what-the-start-page...
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Did you know… How to turn on and off Simplified Tools Options - #257
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Depending on the development settings you chose at first launch This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/11/did-you-know-how-to-turn-on-and-off-simplified-tools-options-257/
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Did you know… What option is saved in the Output Window Options? - #256
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Kinda makes me wonder why the category wasn’t called Output Window Option instead of Options. this blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/10/did-you-know-what-option-is-saved-in-the-output-window-options-256/
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Did you know… You can bring over your Visual Studio 2005 settings either at First Launch or Anytime? - #255
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In 2008, there’s an option in the First Launch dialog to bring over your Visual Studio 2005 settings. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/09/did-you-know-you-can-bring-over-your-visual-studio-2005-settings-either-at-first...
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Did you know… What the “Allow VS to download RSS content” does on the First Launch dialog and how to change it back? - #254
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On the first launch dialog, you may have noticed this checkbox for opting in for VS to download RSS content. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/08/did-you-know-what-the-allow-vs-to-download-rss-content-does-on-the-first-launch...
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Did you know… What the Visual Studio “First Launch” dialog does? - #253
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I still plan to cover the more interesting categories in the Import / Export settings feature, but after a week of it, i wanted to break it up and talk about something new. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/07/did-you-know-what...
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Did you know… You can save your Menu and Command Bar customizations to a file? - #252
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A while back, I did a series of tips on how to customize your Menus and Command bar this blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/04/did-you-know-you-can-save-your-menu-and-command-bar-customizations-to-a-file-252/
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Did you know… You can save your file extension mappings to a file? - #251
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In an earlier tip, I talked about how you can map any file extension to a specific editor to get syntax color-highlighting . This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/03/did-you-know-you-can-save-your-file-extension-mappings-to-a-file...
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Did you know… You can save your list of External Tools to a file? - #250
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In an earlier tip, I mentioned how you can create and manage your list of External Tools . This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/02/did-you-know-you-can-save-your-list-of-external-tools-to-a-file-250/
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Tips now featured on the MSDN Pulse – the Israeli developers newsletter (in Hebrew)
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Starting with this month’s issue , selected tips will be translated into This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/01/tips-now-featured-on-the-msdn-pulse-the-israeli-developers-newsletter-in-hebrew/
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Did you know… You can save all your Command Window aliases to a file? - #249
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In a much earlier tip, I talked about how to create a command window alias and how to view them. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/07/01/did-you-know-you-can-save-all-your-command-window-aliases-to-a-file-249/
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