I created a solution with following projects:
A web application (asp.net) using C#
A web application (asp.net) using VB.NET
A unit test application using C# (tried with VB.NET also).
The "Create Unit Test" context menu option is missing in Visual Studio 2017 for VB.NET but is available for C#.
Does anyone know what I'm missing. Do I need to do anything special to get that option in projects using VB.NET language?
I'm using Visual Studio Professional 2017.
C# context menu
VB.NET context menu
This option was removed for VB.Net in an earlier release of Visual Studio (VS2015, or earlier) even though the option had been there (I remember using it in VS2018, for sure)
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So, I'm in awkward situation - I wanted to create Windows Form App using Visual Studio, but I can't find any place to create Visual C++ Windows Form template. I tried even to reinstall Visual C++, add other libraries and search answer online - no results.
I can of course create new Winforms in C#:
But not in C++:
Also, all possible modules in Visual Studio Update was checked:
I tried even add template from Online list:
What should I do next? I use Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition.
Ok, I found a working way to creating Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2017.
Create new CLR Empty Project:
Add .cpp file for main function.
In project add new item from UI->Windows Forms:
(If we didn't add main loop before the error will occur)
Now we can add new elements to form from the Toolbox to the left (i spent measurable time looking for that).
To run application we have to declare this instead of main function:
Also we need to tell Visual Studio that we are making Windows Application instead of Console Application:
WinForms designer support for C++/CLI was dropped a long time ago in VS 2012. MS suggests using C# for your WinForms code, and only use C++/CLI if you need to interop with native code.
And if you do end up using C++/CLI for interop, keep that layer as small as possible. It's a second-class citizen in the .NET world and isn't even mentioned in Microsoft's recent post on their language strategy.
I am trying to import some C# 2015 Console Code into 2017, and I can't seem to find the Console option for C#. The console option did exist in 2015.
I tried an elevated developer prompt and ran devenv /installvstemplates with no change.
Easiest way to find project template which interest us is to write down it's name in search box (1)
Regular console application is "Console App (.NET Framework)" (2).
I have to make a program which can operate with Word documents (edit, view, create) and use C++ with Visual Studio 2013.
I have searched the net and found out VSTO is only available for Visual Basic and C#.
On the Microsoft site there is "How to create an automation project using MFC and a type library" here but seems it is written for very old versions of Visual Studio (like 5.0 and 6.0). When I reach the ninth step "Select the Automation tab." it seems there is no such tab in ClassWizzard in my version of Visual Studio.
Is there any way to perform automation with C++ in newer versions of Visual Studio like 2013?
I found a way here. Actually I am using the "import" method and it worked for me in console mode(COM method also worked, but it seems to me more complicated), I haven`t tested it for GUI yet. There is not C++ documentation, but can be used Visual Basic API with a bit thinking here.
I downloaded Visual Studio 2013 from official site. But I can't create a new console project, as I've seen in some tutorials. The reason is that there is no console application in templates for C++.
May be there is another way to create a new console application?
That's Visual Studio Express for Windows, which is used for Windows Store and Windows Phone apps.
To do Windows desktop apps you need Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop.
Or, of course, you can use e.g. the MinGW g++ compiler, and some general IDE such as Code::Blocks or Eclipse. But Microsoft's help system is very useful. And currently g++ only supports the Windows API as it was with Windows XP, no newer stuff.
I found a way to create a Console project no matter what version of VS Express you are using.
Create any type of project (i.e. A basic "class library" project).
Right-click the project in Solution Explorer and click Properties. You'll see a dropdown for "Output type". Select "Console Application".
Create a Main method somewhere as an entry point into the app. Doesn't matter what class you put it in.
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("We made a console app");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
I did this with "Visual Studio 2013 Express for Web", so I'm not absolutely certain what your mileage will be on other flavors.
Is it possible to embed Visual Studio 2010 (Express ?) source code editor into my application.
What is another most preferred way to interconnect my application with Visual Studio?
Don't want to embed my app into visual studio for some religious reasons =)
If you don't want to make your application a plug-in then make a plug-in that provides an interface for your application using some sort of IPC.
Also see Embed Visual Studio 2010 Editor into a Tool Window. As far as I understand, application has to be a plug-in/extension in order to do that.
MSDN How to: Get References to the DTE and DTE2 Objects
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/68shb4dw.aspx
is interesting starting point for solving my problem.