Visual Studio 2008 text file encoding problems
‘…’ is not recognized as an internal or external command… Is an error I got in Visual Studio 2008, when simply making a new .bat file to install a feature (code module for SharePoint) using script. The...
View ArticleFast generation of Guid in Visual Studio (2005 and 2008)
I have had trouble with my Visual Studio not having GuidGen to create a Guid a few times. This bothered me a lot, and I didn’t want to go to a webpage to create a new Guid, and also didn’t want to do...
View ArticleFailure adding assembly to cache… Windows Vista gacutil problem / error
A common problem when developing in Windows Vista and probably Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 is User Access Control (UAC). I haven’t developed on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, but they use UAC...
View ArticleCopy assembly / DLL to GAC in batch script
How to install DLL files in GAC As a developer I often need to place dlls in GAC (Global Assembly Cache) via scripts. This is easily done using gacutil.exe. xcopy can’t be used since the...
View ArticleEnable intellisense in Visual Studio for SharePoint / WSS xml files
To create xml files for SharePoint can be a bit awkward when you don’t have intellisense. Enabling that will make it a lot easier and faster to create Features etc. Enable it by opening the “Properties...
View ArticleNo symbols loaded – Periodically unable to hit breakpoints
For a little while I have been having periodic problems with hitting breakpoints in my SharePoint code. This is for SharePoint 2010 but should be applicable in any .NET code that gets this problem. I...
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