The process of installing, configuring, and customizing Visual Studio to support development workflows across languages, platforms, and workloads.
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Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
How can I find out if my game is running at constant 60 frames per second without stuttering?
Sometimes my game randomly stutters in debug mode on my iOS/Andoid devices. I don´t know if it stutters more frequently on my iPad Air or on my Android phone and I don´t know if it stutters in release mode. How can I find out if my game is running at…
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
A Microsoft open-source framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
Is is possible to tidy up the files shown in a Visual Studio project
Hi, I have a C# project in Visual Studio 2026 which relies on DLLs generated by a separate C++ project in the same solution. I want these DLLs to be copied to the output directory. Initially I had a post-build action but this did not work well with…
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web, mobile devices and many other platforms. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
Using standard PayPal buy now buttons - need an extra step to obtain a User Id
My asp.net site has a product page.aspx with the standard Buy now button code from Paypal. I capture the email address of the sender from the page that has a asp.net form. On button click, the data is saved in database and they then see a PayPal button…
Developer technologies | C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
need impact analysis
is there a negative impact while updating to .NET Framework 4.8.1 from Old .NET Framework < 4.6.2
Developer technologies | .NET | Entity Framework Core
A lightweight, extensible, open-source, and cross-platform version of the Entity Framework data access technology.
vba: Compile Error: Expected variable or procedure, not module
Hello from Steve Compile error: Expected variable or procedure, not module Sub AddZeroBeforeThreeDigits() With Selection.Find .ClearFormatting .Replacement.ClearFormatting ' Find any 3-digit number as a group .Text =…
Developer technologies | Visual Basic for Applications
An implementation of Visual Basic that is built into Microsoft products.
Worksheet protection for users
I want to protect worksheets for users and grand vba all rights to adjust cells and add and delete listrows on tables
Developer technologies | Visual Basic for Applications
An implementation of Visual Basic that is built into Microsoft products.
Embedding Notepad++ in WinForms using SetParent does not dock (opens as separate window on Windows 11 local machine)
We are developing a WinForms application where I need to host Notepad++ inside my application UI as a docked child window. This is done launching Notepad++ and using Win32 APIs like SetParent to reparent its main window into a container control (e.g., an…
Developer technologies | Windows Forms
A set of .NET Framework managed libraries for developing graphical user interfaces.
Smart App Control blocks WinForms / WPF sample applications from running
When Smart App Control is enabled on Windows, I am unable to run WinForms or WPF sample applications from Microsoft Visual Studio. After enabling Smart App Control and attempting to run the project, Visual Studio shows the following error. Smart App…
Developer technologies | Windows Forms
A set of .NET Framework managed libraries for developing graphical user interfaces.
How to fix this window form issue?
why is the window form not showing after I reopen the project?
Developer technologies | Windows Forms
A set of .NET Framework managed libraries for developing graphical user interfaces.
Upgrading any .NET
I am currently working with .NET vulnerabilities especially the SEoL versions. Unfortunately, the version like less 8/9/10 doesn't update if I tried to install the latest version. How do I update these old versions to latest?
Developer technologies | .NET | Other
Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
Word Find second occurrence
Hello from Steve I have two "Word Files: opened Window 1 and Window 2 Objective please is to find second occurrence and selecting the text to copy using the below script Window 1 7 PLATINUM NORWAY Now find using the below script to find it in Window…
Developer technologies | Visual Basic for Applications
An implementation of Visual Basic that is built into Microsoft products.
Word How to loop
Hello from Steve How do I put in the below Script please Sub Scratched() Selection.Find.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "Scratched" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindStop …
Developer technologies | Visual Basic for Applications
An implementation of Visual Basic that is built into Microsoft products.
Excel Row Height
Hello from Steve I would like please only Row 1 to Row 300 to have row height adjusted. Sub RowHeight() Cells.Select Selection.RowHeight = 20.25 End Sub Mod moved from : Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
Developer technologies | Visual Basic for Applications
An implementation of Visual Basic that is built into Microsoft products.
Issues to call the event
Hi, DownloadAndShareFileAsync is declared within MauiProgram.cs, and was called within the same .cs file. It is not a success to build the project. Any reason from the following? Here is MauiProgram.cs
Developer technologies | ASP.NET | ASP.NET API
A component of ASP.NET for creating RESTful web services that support HTTP-based communication between clients and servers.
how to start AI in .net?
1.I have several books and I want the AI train with the books and only the books. 2.Then I will get model and I can put the model in my MAUI and then I can ask questions about the books. I have searched the github and find two lib:1.OpenAI.Net and…
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET Machine Learning
.NET: Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework. Machine learning: A type of artificial intelligence focused on enabling computers to use observed data to evolve new behaviors that have not been explicitly programmed.
impact analysis
look for practical impact analysis of applying version16.11.20 or later (latest servicing release) against .Net affected versions from 3.1.1 to 3.1.16 and affected versions from 6.0.3 to 6.0.7
Developer technologies | .NET | Other
Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
disabled subscription
"Your account or subscription is disabled for security reasons. We detected suspicious activity or terms of use violations and disabled your subscription to protect the owner of the payment instrument and Microsoft. If you believe this is an error,…
Developer technologies | Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
A Microsoft platform for building and publishing apps for Windows devices.
win32 custom controls
Hello, I created a win32 custom control, in the old-fashion way: I register the class, define the styles, and the messages. All without MFC. It is inside a DLL. Now I would like to import the DLL inside the visual studio toolbox, to add the control to a…
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web, mobile devices and many other platforms. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
.NET Azure deploy problem
I have problem with the deployment of a .Net app via gitlab pipline. The problem appears when azure CLI unzips provided archive. It creates an additional folder in wwwroot instead of placing all files directly in wwwroot. Here is my code: - az webapp…
Azure Functions
An Azure service that provides an event-driven serverless compute platform.
Developer technologies | .NET | Other
Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.