Creating A Windows Forms Project From scratch

This is our internal check list to create a new Windows Forms Project

Create a ‘CLR’ > ‘Windows Forms Application’. This selects a C++/CLI project and will automatically set the /clr compiler option.
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Creating New Project From Existing Project

Copy the project to a new project directory
Rename the main project files to the new project name
Open project
Right click and rename the project in solution explorer
Expanding the project files tree, in Source Files deleted the old .cpp project file and add the newly named .cpp project file

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If intellisense (auto complete) stops working

There can be an issue with the intellisense .ncb file. If the no compile browser (.ncb) file located at the root of your project directory is read-only or becomes corrupt in some manner, IntelliSense information will no longer be available. To fix this, do the following: (more…)

Running As A Windows Service

Running an ap as a Windows service causes it to run in the SYSTEM account.

VS2008 to VS2010 Changes

Good Resources

http://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2010/03/17/visual-studio-2010-changes-for-vc-part-1/ (more…)