Simply type devenv.exe from the command line. If you get a message like this, then you do not have devenv.exe in your path. >>> 'devenv.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. >>>...

Type devenv.exe /? to get a full list of options. Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

Use the following syntax: devenv.exe {Solution Name} /command {Macro name} Example: devenv.exe "myproject.sln" /command "Macros.Syncfusion.Utils.FormatProjectAndClose" Visual Studio will start up, load the solution, run the macro and...

Now that Whidbey has been out in Beta for more than a few months, it seems worth revisiting some frequently asked questions which have different (better?) answers now. For the yes part of the answer, after building, go to the Output Window, select "Show Output from: Build", and about half way down you will see a section like this: Csc.exe /noconfig /warn:4 /define:DEBUG;TRACE /debug+ /optimize- /out:obj\Debug\ConsoleApplication1.exe /reference:C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.

ntbackup <operation> <path> /a /b /d "text" /e /hc:<on/off> /l "<filename>" /r /t <backup type> /tape:n /v This will be backup . If you wanted to eject a tape you could enter eject (but must also include the /tape parameter) The list of drives and directories to be backed up. You may not enter file names or use the wildcard character. To backup multiple drives just put a space between them, e.g. ntbackup backup c: d: etc..

Use our Mono Migration Analysis tool to check if everything that your application uses has been implemented in Mono or if there are special considerations to keep in mind. The Mono API today is somewhere in between .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0, see our Roadmap for details about what is implemented.

The service has been tested with a C# client auto-generated from WSDL by the wsdl.exe tool. It should work fine from any .NET language.

I have code snippets that I use often. How can I manage them so I can easily used them? In Visual Studio, you can store commonly used code snippets on a tab (other than the Clipboard ring) in your Toolbox. You use drag and drop techniques to move the...

Use the ToolboxItem attribute set to false on your component or control class. This will prevent it from appearing in the Toolbox. [ ToolboxItem( false ) ] public class MyComponent : Component{..} Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

No. While Visual Studio makes deploying "ClickOnce" applications simple, there are several other ways to deploy "ClickOnce" applications. The .NET Framework SDK includes a tool named MAGE(Manifest Editor & Generator) that provides both a UI (mageui...

To startup OSXvnc from command line, go inside the Application directory(OSXvnc.app) and launch the OSXvnc-server process. To change parameters you will need to give it arguments (-rfbport to set port, -vncauth to specify a password file, etc). For usage run the command with -help. For example: I'm using 10.3 (Panther) and when I do a Fast User Switch I'm no longer able to control the remote machine. This is a know bug in Apple's control API.

Active SNMP installation utility creates a launch script (batch file or shell script) in its home directory. Use this file to launch Active SNMP. Start the Default.html file with your Web browser. Alternatively, open the address http://127.0.0.1:6611 in your browser. In order to set the correct working directory, use the -d <home directory> command line parameter:

In case the output window of Visual Studio has focus it cannot be written to. You probably have selected the output window in this case. A work-around is to select another window, e.g. the editor window, and start up the TICS analysis once again. Microsoft changed its way of dealing with URL's in the output Window. In VS.NET 2003 one has to touch both the control key ('Ctrl') and left mouse button at the same time.

Yes. In order to do this you will need to buy Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and a Client Access License for proper communication with the server. Team Explorer, which is included with Team Foundation Server, is a stand alone client that uses the Visual Studio 2005 shell providing a UI for source control, work item tracking and all the other features. For more information on licensing Visual Studio Team System (including Team Foundation Server) see the Team System Licensing White Paper.

Assuming that you have successfully installed C-Sharpener For VB, the menu option should automatically appear. If it doesn't appear, then try the following: Turn on the checkbox to the left of C-Sharpener For VB and click the OK button. The menu option should now appear.

The Visual Studio Express Editions are an expansion of the Visual Studio and SQL Server product line to include fun, simple and easy-to-learn tools for non-professional developers like hobbyists, students and novice developers who want to build dynamic Windows applications, Web sites, and Web services.

In the Solution Explorer right click on the project that should be the start up project for your application and choose the Set As Start Up Project option. Contributed from George Shepherd's Windows Forms FAQ

Try this code: Dim g as Graphics g = frmMain.CreateGraphics() g.DrawLine(Pens.Black, new Point(0,0), _ new Point(frmMain.ClientRectangle.Width), frmMain.ClientRectangle.Height) g.Dispose() This should draw a line from the upper left to the bottom right...

First, of course install TSC. Open TSC and right click on the icon in your task bar (near the clock). Select properties. Set your candidate queue to whatever you want. I max mine out. If you have a dialup computer, unselect the online tab. Click ok, and then right click again and select exit. In this directory, there is a file called readme.txt.. it might be a good idea to read this. It's kind of hard to understand. Now edit (with notepad or something like it), the file called launch.

Yes, Inkscape has a powerful command line interface and can be used in scripts for a variety of tasks, such as exporting and format conversions. For details, refer to the manual page (online, or via the Help > Command line options command, or by man inkscape on Unix).

Given a pair of Unix mailbox format files (each message starts with a line which begins with 'From '), one containing nothing but spam and the other containing nothing but ham, you can train SpamBayes using a command like: python sb_mboxtrain.py -g ~/tmp/newham -s ~/tmp/newspam The above command is OS-centric (e.g., UNIX, or Windows command prompt). You can also use the web interface for training as detailed above.

If the number of parameters on the command line gets unweildy, pass in the location of a property file that defines a set of parameters. Alternatively, the JUnit-addons package contains the XMLPropertyManager and PropertyManager classes that allow you to define a property file (or XML file) containing test parameters.

MATLAB v4.1 has a an axis property LineStyleOrder for this. Monochrome users can tell MATLAB to always use white lines and cycle through their favorite line styles with the commands: set( 0, 'DefaultAxesColorOrder', [1 1 1] ) set( 0, 'DefaultAxesLineStyleOrder', '-|:|--' )

On UNIX, run the command ps -deaf and the sever's command line options are displayed. On NT, as part of the NT resources file class is a utility called TLIST.EXE. Running this file for a particular process will show the command line options.

where your-app-JNLP-URL is the location of your application's JNLP file. For example: javaws http://java.sun.com/products/demos/swingset2.jnlp

Replace the binary /usr/local/bin/emacs (or wherever you installed it) with a file containing the following two lines (of course you need to change the pathname according to where you have put the Emacs.app application bundle). Then typing emacs (provided /usr/local/bin is include in your PATH environment variable) will start Emacs in GUI mode. Typing emacs -nw will start Emacs in terminal mode.

Use the command line putty -ssh host.name. Alternatively, create a saved session that specifies the SSH protocol, and start the saved session as shown in question A.6.4.

Yes, for this purpose there are console versions of our utilities - DB Comparer for MySQL Console Application and Data Comparer for MySQL Console Application. All console tools support configuration files (templates) that are created in GUI versions of the programs. The template file contains all the infomation necessary for working with the console version of the tool.