BOM or Byte Order Mark is sometimes quite annoying. Visual Studio does not change the file unless you save it (as Hans said). And here is the solution to your problem: If you want to save a file with other encodings, select save as and extend the save button in file dialog and select “Save … Read more
As you say the order is undefined across different compilation units. Within the same compilation unit the order is well defined: The same order as definition. This is because this is not resolved at the language level but at the linker level. So you really need to check out the linker documentation. Though I really … Read more
In Jan 2013, Microsoft announced that they are adding full Git support into all their ALM products. They have published a plugin for Visual Studio 2012 that adds Git source control integration. Alternatively, there is a project called Git Extensions that includes add-ins for Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012, as well as Windows … Read more
I agree with GarethJ – in VS2010 it is much easier to regenerate tt templates on each build. Oleg Sych’s blog describes how to do it. In short: Install Visual Studio SDK Install Visual Studio 2010 Modeling and Visualization SDK Open in text editor project file and add to the end of file but before … Read more
This MSDN thread explains how to fix it. To summarize: Either disable incremental linking, by going to Project Properties -> Configuration Properties -> Linker (General) -> Enable Incremental Linking -> “No (/INCREMENTAL:NO)” or install VS2010 SP1. Edits (@CraigRinger): Note that installing VS 2010 SP1 will remove the 64-bit compilers. You need to install the VS … Read more
The Ancients: If the below is TL;DR (too long, didn’t read), please skim these two links: Troubleshooting Setup and Deployment Projects Why use Windows Installer XML (WiX) over VDPROJ? UPDATE: September 2018 – Since this “answer” was recently downvoted, let me try to add some more links to see if the intent of the answer … Read more
Well, the official guide is for installing OpenCV 2.1 on VS2010, so I wrote some instructions below that shows how to properly install and configure the x86 version of OpenCV 2.3 on Visual Studio 2010 (Express), since a lot of folks seem to have problems setting it up correctly. Download OpenCV-2.3.0-win-superpack.exe and execute it to … Read more
I just deal with it like this. Go to the properties of your reference and do this: Set “Copy local = false” Save Set “Copy local = true” Save and that’s it. Visual Studio 2010 doesn’t initially put: <private>True</private> in the reference tag and setting “copy local” to false causes it to create the tag. … Read more
Go to this link and download Microsoft C++ Build Tools: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ Open the installer, then follow the steps. You might have something like this, just download it or resume. If updating above doesn’t work then you need to configure or make some updates here. You can make some updates here too by clicking “Modify“. Check … Read more
None: The file is not included in the project output group and is not compiled in the build process. An example is a text file that contains documentation, such as a Readme file. Compile: The file is compiled into the build output. This setting is used for code files. Content: Allows you to retrieve a … Read more