Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 provider is not registered

Basically, if you’re on a 64-bit machine, IIS 7 is not (by default) serving 32-bit apps, which the database engine operates on. So here is exactly what you do: 1) ensure that the 2007 database engine is installed, this can be downloaded at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7554F536-8C28-4598-9B72-EF94E038C891&displaylang=en 2) open IIS7 manager, and open the Application Pools area. On … Read more

Error message “No exports were found that match the constraint contract name”

I solved this problem by clearing Visual Studio Component Model Cache. Just delete or rename this folder: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ComponentModelCache or %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VPDExpress\11.0\ComponentModelCache and restart Visual Studio. The version of Visual Studio you have is specified by the number e.g. Visual Studio 2012 is 11.0 (as shown above) Visual Studio 2013 is 12.0 Visual Studio 2015 is 14.0 … Read more

Using Git with Visual Studio [closed]

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

MSBuild doesn’t copy references (DLL files) if using project dependencies in solution

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

What are the various “Build action” settings in Visual Studio project properties and what do they do?

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

App.Config Transformation for projects which are not Web Projects in Visual Studio?

I tried several solutions and here is the simplest I personally found. Dan pointed out in the comments that the original post belongs to Oleg Sych—thanks, Oleg! Here are the instructions: 1. Add an XML file for each configuration to the project. Typically you will have Debug and Release configurations so name your files App.Debug.config … Read more

How can I publish my Tizen app from Xamarin forms visual studio 2015

Tizen.Net is currently in preview version. Afaik currently you cant deploy Tizen.Net app in real device as current tizen devices are not “dotnet” enabled . Only you can run .net application in Emulator. Ref: https://developer.tizen.org/ko/forums/tizen-.net/device-does-not-have-.net-installed Currently to publish your app in tizen store you need to develop it in Tizen native or web language. To … Read more