design-time writer's block » Visual Studio http://www.dragonshed.org/blog deadly sharp lines, waves of sine, intersecting shapes with tweens and keysplines Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:04:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 stability tip for visual studio 2010 beta2 http://www.dragonshed.org/blog/2010/02/09/stability-tip-for-visual-studio-2010-beta2/ http://www.dragonshed.org/blog/2010/02/09/stability-tip-for-visual-studio-2010-beta2/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:52:19 +0000 Karim http://www.dragonshed.org/blog/?p=278 Text Editor->C#->Advanced. Although handy, it was apparently one of the buggier features in Beta2. Thanks @pilchie.]]> If you happen to be stuck using VS 2010 Beta2 for Silverlight 4 Beta development, and are experiencing crashes while editing or debugging C#, this quick tip is for you.

Disable the new Highlight References feature in
Options->Text Editor->C#->Advanced.

Options Dialog - Highlight References

Although handy, it was apparently one of the buggier features in Beta2. Thanks @pilchie.

]]> http://www.dragonshed.org/blog/2010/02/09/stability-tip-for-visual-studio-2010-beta2/feed/ 1 debugging design-time exceptions http://www.dragonshed.org/blog/2008/07/13/debugging-design-time-exceptions/ http://www.dragonshed.org/blog/2008/07/13/debugging-design-time-exceptions/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:20:46 +0000 Karim http://dragonshed.wordpress.com/?p=89 I just found an excellent tip from Peter Blois on debugging exceptions in blend. Many, many people have experienced this with controls that work perfectly at runtime but throw in the designer, to the point where most designers/integrators will build out in a seperate, throw-away project and paste the result into the real thing.

Good post, Pete!

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