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Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.

Questions having the tag regards design and development of SharePoint solutions in Visual Studio.

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Wizard Installer for a Webpart

I have a Webpart for a Sharepoint 2010, and I would like to create a "Wizard Installer" for this webpart, that a customer can install to his own Sharepoint Server. What is the easiest way to do it? (Now only know how to install via stsadm.exe, but…
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Is it possible to attach to a process on a SharePoint server through visual studio?

I had a piece of code that was working perfectly on my dev server, but once I deployed to my test server it stopped. I've dug through the logs and haven't found anything useful. I was wondering if there is a way to attach to the process on my…
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Can you use Visual Studio 2008 to develop for SharePoint 2010?

Can I continue to use Visual Studio 2008 to develop for SharePoint 2010? Or do I need Visual Studio 2010? I understand that VS2010 makes it easier to deploy and debug but other than that what are the benefits of moving to VS2010? Is VS2010 slower?
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What site do you want to use for debugging?

I'm trying to create a SharePoint project on Visual Studio 2015. Validate gives this error: I then updated C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc(hosts file) with the line: (IP Address of server) elsanet.esl.au Now I get this error: What to do to fix…
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Why is Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.dll copied in my project?

When working on a VS project that involves referencing Microsoft.SharePoint.dll, building the project causes Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.dll to be copied to my bin folder. Why is this? Okay, maybe it's just a bug, but I want to know the mechanism.…
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Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Failed to load receiver assembly

I get frequently this error when i try to update my solution using VS deployment method in the same environment , at first itry with recycling pool , retract solution from GAC and other cleaning steps , so some time they work but most of time i…
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Visual Studio 2010: firefox as browser

Is there a way to use firefox as the standard browser with visual studio 2010? I have some problems when logging with internet explorer, so i use firefox for testing my sharepoint webparts. But when i want to test the code (with some breakpoints for…
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Add Button without Visual Studio?

Is it possible to add a button to the standard ribbon to SharePoint 2010 without Visual Studio 2010? I'm trying to follow this tutorial: http://spnotepad.blogspot.com/2012/01/overwriting-sp-2010-email-link-ribbon.html After searching around I cannot…
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how to map sharepoint mapped resource folder to app_globalResources folder in VS 2010?

how to map sharepoint mapped resource folder to app_globalResources folder ??
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Can I install Visual Studio 2010 on non Sharepoint server to develop webparts?

Can I install VS 2010 on a separate development server or does it have to be installed on a sharepoint server to develop webparts?
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Visual Studio retract all data in Sharepoint list after adding another field

I have a project in visual studio to be deployed in sharepoint 2013, every time i change the field's data type or add another field in the list, when i run visual studio, it always retract all the data. Is that normal? Thanks
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Using VS 2010 to develop for SharePoint 2007

I would like to know how I can use VS 2010 to write custom WebParts for SharePoint 2007? VS 2010 does not give you any project templates for SharePoint 2007. Has anyone used VS 2010 for SharePoint 2007 development?
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Will my webpart still work?

If I create a web part using a Visual Studio trial version, and the trial expires, will my web part continue working?
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ribbon custom action template in visual studio 12

I want to create a ribbon custom action for SharePoint 2013 using Visual Studio 2012 but I am not finding where the Ribbon Action Control is. I can see it here but I cannot see in my setup.
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How to turn back on prompt for conflict resolution during deployment vs/wss 2010

I managed to turn off prompt for conflict resolution during deployment. How can I turn this back on? Thanks
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