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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

October 15, 2022December 23, 2023 ToughDev 10 Comments c++, dosbox, qemu, winqemu

Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the

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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022

September 27, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio

One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense

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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Slow conditional breakpoints with C++ in Visual Studio 2022

August 20, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio 2022

Visual Studio 2022 comes with many new fancy features, among which the ability to set temporary breakpoints (e.g. breakpoints which

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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Popular Articles Software Development Vintage Computing 

Revisiting Borland Turbo C/C++, a great IDE back in the 90s

June 25, 2021May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment adlib, borland C, commander keen, compiler, disney, freepascal, keendreams, sound blaster, turbo c

I have to admit, I was never a heavy user of Turbo C back in the day. My journey as

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CodeProject Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development 

Error accessing VC80.idb during compilation of VC++ project

June 3, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

If you’re getting the following error Could not delete file ‘c:projectobjreleasevc80.idb Make sure that the file is not open by

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.NET Framework CodeProject Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development 

Identifying used and unused resources in a Visual Studio’s project Resources.resx file

May 3, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 9 Comments

If you often use project resources in a Visual Studio project, be it VB or C#, eventually you will end

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.NET Framework CodeProject Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

.NET forms on Windows 7 at 125% zoom level

February 4, 2010April 4, 2023 ToughDev 9 Comments

If you have ever tried to personalize your Windows 7 desktop and chose to zoom to 125%, as per the

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.NET Framework Microsoft Visual Studio 

Configuring Visual Studio to Debug .NET Framework Source Code

April 5, 2009May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

1. Install the Visual Studio 2008 QFE. Note this functionality is not available on the Express versions of the Visual

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Microsoft Visual Studio Windows Mobile 

Debug a Windows CE setup DLL

February 13, 2009 ToughDev 0 Comment

::GetModuleFileName(g_hInstDLL, szName, nSize);::MessageBox(hwndParent, szName, _T(“”), MB_OK); where g_hInstDLL is the handle to the loaded module, usually available in the DLL

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.NET Compact Framework Microsoft Visual Studio 

Attached the debugger to a running .NET Compact Framework process

December 29, 2008 ToughDev 0 Comment

To attach the debugger to a running process on the device: On the Debug menu, click Attach to Process. In

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Microsoft Visual Studio 

Setup VS2005 to use Microsoft Symbol Server

December 24, 2008 ToughDev 0 Comment

One of the first things you will want to do after installing visual studio is to set it up to

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Microsoft Visual Studio 

How to disable compilation warnings in Visual Studio

December 11, 2008June 16, 2025 ToughDev

Retrieving the warning ID:   The warning ID can be taken from the Build Output. In the following example, the

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Microsoft Visual Studio 

Sharing resource files between different VS projects

October 18, 2008 ToughDev 0 Comment

A .NET resource file created by VS contains: 1. Resources.resx: XML declaration of all resources 2. Resources.Designer.vb: autogenerated by VS

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Microsoft Visual Studio 

VS IDE check if Design Mode is active

September 18, 2008 ToughDev 0 Comment

Useful when desining user controls – in order to make certain functionalities available in design mode but not in runtime

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About ToughDev

Since 2008, ToughDev has explored embedded systems, software development, reverse engineering, and retro computing, bridging legacy hardware with modern software. We work on mobile applications, VoIP, microcontroller firmware, and hands-on development with vintage and undocumented systems.

Recent projects includes the Super 8086 Box PC XT emulator, the dsMP3 embedded radio, and detailed teardowns of vintage PCs such as the Tandy 2500RSX.

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