Questions tagged [visual-studio-2013]

Visual Studio 2013 is a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio (also known as "Dev12", includes C++ compiler version 18.0). Do not use this tag unless you have a specific question about Visual Studio -- not just a coding issue.

The version of which follows , and is the predecessor to .

The preview for Visual Studio 2013 was announced at the Build 2013 conference and made available on June 26, 2013. It was made available to download on October 17, 2013.

Update 1 (Visual Studio 2013.1) was released on January 20, 2014.
Update 2 (Visual Studio 2013.2) was released on May 12, 2014.

Since May 22, 2014 the first CTP of Update 3 is available.
Since November 12, 2014 Update 4 RTM is available.
Since December 15, 2014 Update 5 CTP 1 is available.

Features:

  • .NET 4.5.1 support.
  • x86-64 Edit And Continue support.
  • Definition Peek.
  • Scrollbar improvements.
  • More...

What's new:

Community Edition:

Visual Studio Community 2013 is a new edition released at November 12, 2014. It includes all functionality of Visual Studio Professional 2013, designed and optimized for individual developers, students, open source contributors, and small teams.

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How can I log my SQL calls in Visual Studio 2013?

I used to have it working great. I would just select the output window and all the calls would be logged and output. But then I reinstalled VS 2013 and now I see nothing. Please note this is a built in feature. Not something I used to do with debug…
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Publishing project with files with very long names

I am trying to publish a project in Visual Studio 2013 that has some files with very long names, including the path location. I moved the project to a location closer to my root C:\ drive, which allows it to compile, but when publishing, it tries to…
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.Net Framework 4.5.3 missing from targeting list in visual studio 2013

I have installed .Net Framework 4.5.3 on my machine but Visual Studio is not showing this version in targeting list. the thing that is happening is that I am loading a project that needs .Net Framework 4.5.3 . While loading, VS tells me that I have…
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Failing to load resources when building for Android Emulator using Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova in Visual Studio 2013

I am using Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 CTP3.0. I created a new solution using the "Ionic Login Template". The appliction works fine when I run it in the "Ripple - Nexus Galaxy" online service Android…
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Enabling visual styles with C++ Win32 API?

According to the MSDN article, visual styles are supposed to be applied to Win32 applications by default. However, the UI elements all appeared as Windows Classic until I inserted this into my header: #pragma…
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IIS Express loads and unloads modules for each request

We have an ASP.NET project using IIS Express while debugging. After starting VS2013, then loading the solution, building the solution and starting the web application in debug mode, the output window lists a bunch of DLLs that get loaded and…
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Visual Studio 2013: "No framework version is selected, you must select one before creating a project."

I've recently installed Visual Studio 2013 on my laptop (Windows 8.1) and I've ran into trouble when trying to create a project. I'm prompted to select a framework version, but the list of frameworks is empty. See below picture. As I've read on…
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Creating new Excel formulas/functions with C#

We are looking to be able to programmatically create an Excel workbook which would call custom code from within a cell. Cells would look something like: =MyCode(A1:A10) My first thought was to use VBA, but since the algorithm is proprietary the…
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Getting Started with LightInject

I love the benchmarks on LightInject; they are insane! Way to go, you should write a book on .Net performance, I'm serious. I see the documentation. I got the dll installed. Followed that step ok. Then the next step of the documentation presumes I…
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Add File to Project for Intellisense but do not Compile

I'm working on a project where we have a build tool that automatically generates source files during the build process and compiles them in. However, this setup makes us unable to get intellisense or any autocompletion when working with these…
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Automatically arrange file structure to match Solution Folder

I'm using a Solution Folder in Visual Studio 2013. Per the common 'complaint' about solution folders it does not align with the filesystem so all the added files are currently floating about in the solution directory. I am looking for a process in…
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VS2013 Cordova blank app command failed with exit code 8 error

I've create a new Blank App (Apache Cordova) typescript in VS2013 community edition. Running the ripple emulator works fine. But when I attempt to run the android emulator or device, then I get this error:…
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Azure Related Error - VS 2013 Professional - The 'CctProjectPackage' package did not load correctly

I am running Visual Studio Professional 2013 to create Azure Cloud websites using Azure 2.4. This has been running fine without issues for months, and then all of a sudden on my home machine, I am getting the above error and all my Azure Cloud…
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System.Windows.Threading not working

I am trying to use using System.Windows.Threading; but it gives me The type or namespace name 'Threading' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Windows`. I have the latest version of .NET.
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Visual Studio is not creating temporary object when typecasting?

I'm using Visual Studio Express 2013 and is fooling around a bit trying to learn about different things in C++. I stumbled upon an interesting bug in the compiler where it doesn't seem to create a temporary object when explicitly type casting to the…