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Every time I need to change or correct something in my old Web.net site, Visual Studio has been updated without looking back. Code that ran in 2017, 2019 worked, bud now i 2022 it does not work.
What is wrong with Microsoft? Thinking it is all AI and new programme languages. Just stick to VB and C# and forget the rest.
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modified 21-Feb-23 8:59am.
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Not sure this is the right section to ask but none seemed perfect. I've been having an issue for several months that no one in IT can explain so maybe a software devs take could shed some light. We have a VPN tunnel that we use to access file shares located on the network of the software vendor who's accounting software we use. I use and have ben using for several years IDM Comp's UltraEdit Studio as my text editor. Starting a few months back when I go to FILE//OPEN, select the File Share that's on the other side of teh VPN Tunnel within a few seconds I get locked out from accessing not only from within the text editor but also with Windows Explorer. If I use window explorer to locate a file and then open it I'm fine it's only when starting from the text editor I get locked out after trying to browse to a file. Once the lockout happens I can't use Windows Explorer either to access any of teh files on teh share until the lock is released. The software vendor's people say it's nothing they've done and yet this was not an issue until a few months ago. Initially there was like a 1 in 10 chance I'd get locked out trying to browse to and open a file and then it got worse and worse until now it's %100. Initially I thought maybe it was something with Ultra Edit Studio but I switched to using regular old Notepad and the same thing happened so it's not a problem just with Ultra Edit Studio.
I feel like something must be happening in the back ground any time I'm using an apps FILE>>OPEN feature to browse to and select a file, something that the security on teh other side of teh VPN is detecting as a malicious attack and thus temporarily locking out the account.
Have any of you ever run into something like this or have any thoughts?
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Never heard of the problem.
I think this is going to be a call to Microsoft Support. There may have been a patch that did it or the VPN was updated and something in there is screwing with the network connection.
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We've discussed possibly having to do just that. I was hoping that if it was something MS did that one or more of you devs out there would have run into it by now as well and have some insight on what it is.
Thanks
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Sounds like you're trying to open "vendor files" (for WRITE?) on THEIR network. As a vendor, I would only allow downloads ... which doesn't include trying to open them with Notepad, etc.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Yes for read write but I can do that fine now as long as I don't go to FILE>>OPEN from within the app (any text editor) but instead browse to the file and select it in Windows Explorer and double-click (or right click and select open).
Thanks for the reply
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That doesn't really make sense. When you double-click a file in Explorer, it looks up the file extension in its handler table and just launches the command line associated with the extension.
So, by default, for .TXT file you double-click, Explorer will launch Notepad.exe %1, and replace the %1 with the full path to the file you double-clicked. The app then has to open the file itself and will do it exactly like it would if you went to File/Open in the application and selected it.
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I know. Very bizarre. Initially I thought it was something the text editor (UE Studio) was doing in teh background like perhaps some kind of scanning to spepd up file access but once I tried in Notepad I realized it wasn't the app.
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Last I checked, Notepad only opened files for Shared Read access. It only opened for Write when saving.
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I agree; but what is actually happening from the VPN's point of view? I'm not sure of what's being run from where; or if the "host" has changed access rules.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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How do I get a list of all the libraries, include files, etc. that make up the build of a C program in Visual Studio 2022 or earlier? i.e. the components need to compile and link a C program for execution.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
modified 10-Dec-22 0:47am.
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Wouldn't the vs project file tell you that? (Unload it, then "Edit project file")
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Unload what? edit what? Not options in VS I can find.
Visual Studio is not my IDE of choice. I use CodeBlocks with C. It's much more traditional and straight forward. VS is a nightmare made by too many cooks. Trying to satisfy with too many options. They have taken their eye off the ball. For example, there is not one single command to run a program other than the less than obvious F5. Instead it's select debug, select start debugging. Using VS is trying to solve a problem of writing code with a extra problem of wrestling with VS to write code. Guess I am getting too old. Thanx for the advice. I asked for it.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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You right-click the Project in Solution Explorer and click "Unload Project". That will allow you to open the .proj file in Visual Studio and take a look inside.
Funny how I don't have a problem with "wrestling with Visual Studio" when I write code. To each their own I guess.
modified 11-Dec-22 14:03pm.
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truly said. Got it. Thanx
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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You mean the vxc.proj file? VS has too many working file types. there is
vxc.proj
.vcproj.user
.ncb
.snl
why not just program_name.main
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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jmaida wrote: why not just
Because all these files have specific roles to play, and rather than one enormous text file which would be a nightmare to mange, each one can be individually managed easily. And yes, I agree it is difficult to understand when you first start, but like all things in life, you need to learn and practice. If you have a system that you prefer to work with that is fine, we all have our own favourites.
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Hi,
I want to point the double-click handler for .dll files to my program instead of the default handler. There arise some questions:
1. can it do any harm? dll’s being system files.
2. How do I keep the option of calling the default handler from my program?
3. I tried the Microsoft docs but the documentation is very long and confused. I’ll be grateful for a pointer to a concise documentation of registry file associations, maybe some examples.
Many thanks.
alex
'Architecture is music frozen in space.'
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I have Visual Studio on two computers. One is at work, so my Microsoft account there is different from my Microsoft account on my computer at home.
So far, I take my code back and forth by copying the folder for the solution I'm working on to a thumb drive and taking it with me. That's basically SneakerNet. I figured, with "the cloud" everywhere, there's some way I can set things up so both computers see the same code.
I tried with GitHub, but I don't want to get into forks and pulls and what not. I'm not two different people with one suggesting changes to the other and the other approving the changes or not. I just want to access the same code from two different Visual Studio installations with a minimum of fuss. Any ideas? Thanks!
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I would think OneDrive or DropBox, etc. with an "shared" folder is minimal. You still need to upload / download (the project) though.
To me eliminating the thumb drive step is the main point.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Well, I guess up/downloading the project isn't a deal-breaker. Much better than carrying the USB around. Thanks!
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You also have the issue of taking the code home with you. The code you write at work is the property of the place you work at. The real questions are "is your employer OK with you taking the code home?" and "are there legal issues you need to deal with by exposing the code outside of the work environment?"
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Thanks! I understand those concerns and, fortunately, it's nothing like that. I've always coded as a hobby and to make shorter work of my work at work. After many years in IT user support, I aged out and am now a legal secretary at a small law firm. The pay's just as good and I'm never on call! 
I'm working on a document generation system based on Word template files. It would have no commercial value because case management software these days comes with that feature. It's just that our firm is too small for a full-blown case management system. It's like writing a basic word processor for your uncle who runs a business but can't afford MS Office.
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