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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:30 PM

How to Count the Lines of Code (LOC) in your application using Visual Studio

I was talking to someone the other day and he asked me whether Visual Studio has a tool to count the lines of code in an application. It occurred to me that others might be interested in the answer so I decided to blog about it. There is a tool called
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Monday, October 12, 2009 10:19 PM

How to edit code when debugging a 64-bit application

One of the most popular features in the Visual Studio debugger is the ability to edit code during a debug session and have the changes apply without having to stop the debugger, recompile the application and then run the application to verify the changes.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:34 AM

Class Breakpoint: How to set a breakpoint on a C++ class in the Visual Studio Debugger

When debugging an application, there are times when you want the debugger to stop whenever any of the functions in a particular class are called. An example of this may be when you are trying to find out which object is calling your class. Of course,
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 5:41 PM

Troubleshooting common breakpoint problems in the Visual Studio debugger (Part I)

On the Visual Studio debugger team, one of the areas where we regularly receive feedback is when breakpoints don't work. Furthermore, some of the error messages that the debugger displays when a breakpoint fails are generic so it might be hard to diagnose
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Monday, August 31, 2009 6:48 PM

How to debug a 64-bit dump using the Visual Studio debugger

One of the questions that comes up about debugging dump files is how to debug a dump file that was created from a 64-bit process. The reason why this question comes up is because Visual Studio itself is a 32-bit application and therefore, cannot debug
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:31 AM

A few facts about the DinnerNow.net 3.1 sample application

Now that the DinnerNow.net 3.1 sample application has been released, I thought I'd share some information about the project to help developers learn more about DinnerNow.net and what they can expect after downloading it. The following table summarizes
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Monday, August 17, 2009 12:03 AM

DinnerNow.net 3.1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 released

DinnerNow.net 3.1 follows in the footsteps of the 3.0 release of DinnerNow.net by adding support for new Microsoft operating systems and platforms. New in DinnerNow 3.1 is support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Also, DinnerNow 3.1 adds support
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:41 PM

How to detect the .NET Framework directory using PowerShell

As 64-bit machines become mainstream, one of the problems that developers run into is dealing with registry keys and directories. This is because many applications and runtimes are designed to run on both 64-bit and WOW64 . The problem comes about because
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Monday, August 10, 2009 12:31 AM

Just released: Patch to make NetCFSvcUtil.exe work on Windows 7 (and other operating systems)

In an earlier blog post , I mentioned that NetCFSvcUtil.exe (available as part of Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5) is broken on the following operating systems: Window 7 RTM Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Specifically,
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Friday, August 07, 2009 12:02 AM

Windows 7 RTM Training Kit For Developers is here!

If you are a developer and you are planning to write applications for Windows 7, then one of the best places to start is the Windows 7 Training Kit For Developers which was released today. The Window 7 Training Kit has everything you need to get started
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:37 AM

Debugging 101: How to skip over code in the Visual Studio Debugger

One of the questions that comes up regularly on newsgroups is "How do I skip over a section of my code in the Visual Studio debugger?" The answer depends on the meaning of the word "skip" but in general, there are three ways that you
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:38 PM

Quick Tip: How to move a breakpoint in the Visual Studio debugger

Setting a breakpoint in the Visual Studio debugger is as simple as placing your cursor on a line of code and pressing F9. However, once you've set the breakpoint, how do you move it to a different location since clicking on the breakpoint will delete
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:54 AM

The Visual Studio Output window: It has more to offer than meets the eye

At first glance, the Visual Studio Output window appears to be a boring tool whose only role in life is to display status information. However, look more closely and you will find that it provides several features that can be extremely useful. Below,
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Monday, July 20, 2009 12:02 AM

How to install and configure the DinnerNow.net 3.0 sample application [Video]

About two weeks ago, version 3.0 of the DinnerNow.net sample application was released and I covered the release in this blog . Since then, there have been close to 800 downloads of the application. To help people ramp up on DinnerNow, I've created a short
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Friday, July 17, 2009 12:52 AM

Walkthrough: Debug a WPF window or Windows Form without running your application [Video]

Most Windows GUI applications share a common trait. They all have multiple forms and/or dialogs. In the screenshot below, this simple application alone has four WPF windows. If I want to debug the main window, that's easy. I just press F5 and the main
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