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  1. Microsoft Word dictionary in Visual Studio projects

    Use the Microsoft Word dictionary to check spelling in strings used in MessageBoxs and other sites in the Visual Studio projects

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      0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Coded UI Test VS2012 RC

      Why have we removed the Test List Editor which was there in VS2010. Due to this we are unable to check/unckeck the test methods to run.

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        4 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Show who checked out file in Solution Explorer

        When a file is checked out and you mouseover it, it just says "Checked out by someone else or in another place".

        Sometimes I want to know who has the file checked out to make sure that we don't both work on the same issue. I have to go to Team Explorer and find the file in order to find out who has checked out the file which is rather painful.

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          0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Provide Visual Studio that can run on Windows 8 On ARM?

          Is it possible that MS will provide Visual Studio running on Windows 8 On ARM?
          It is amazing that programmer can code and debug on ARM devices(Pad or Laptop) with Visual Studio everywhere. Charge once, and use for weeks.

          3 votes
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            0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • Open the Start Page when you close a solution

            It would be great if you could open the start page automatically when you close a solution/project, or at the least have an option to enable this behaviour.

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              0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • In visual studio, Add a folder and file type to search a content. By Default make it all.

              In visual studio find option, Add a folder and file type to search criteria for any keyword we are searching with. By Default make it all.

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                0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Increase the number of transactions automatically added to the transaction response time graph

                Currently when running a load test with over 50 transactions, the graph "Transaction Response Time" only adds the first 50 transactions. This creates issues when running large tests, since you would need to manually add the additional transactions manually.

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                  0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • 3 votes
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                    1 comment  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • add ability to use Data from Source code provider

                    It will be great to have ability to use data from solution source code (classes, enums, structs etc.) in Unit test instead of external or files data providers

                    Example:
                    struct UserData
                    {
                    string Login;
                    string Password;
                    }

                    var UsersList = new List<UserData>
                    {
                    new UserData{"User1","password"},
                    new UserData{"User2","fdsfs"}
                    }

                    [TestMethod(UsersList)]
                    public void MyTest(UserData user)
                    {
                    Asset.IsFalse(SomeAction(user));
                    }

                    Alot of time this is more usefull and easy and quicker to use internal data sets instead of external

                    Also if add here ability to use list of Data Providers as described here http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2843165-add-ability-to-allow-using-list-of-data-providers
                    (please vote if you like it also) this can be…

                    3 votes
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                      0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • have an append copy to clipboard. It means that yo do not have to first paste the

                      copy append. so that when you want to add multiple items to the clipboard you can go up and down the page using a shortcut like ctrl d for example and instead of this clearing the clipboard it appends the highlighted item to the clipboard. Brilliant if you need to include classes in a style sheet or define multiple varables at the top of the page etc

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                        0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Default Find and Replace from settings not last search

                        I am not sure if the Find and Replace options are the same in vs2010 and vs2012, but I find it quite annoying that vs2010 uses the same search settings as the last search. Most of the time, I search by current document. On the occassion that I need to search entire solution, I would prefer not to have to remember to change it back next time I do a quick search. Same with other settings for match case, whole word, etc... I think it would be a useful feature to be able to configure default settings for the search.

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                          0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Support the ability to run load tests without a webtest

                          It would be useful to be able to use the loadtest functionality (counter monitoring mainly) with tests other than web tests. I currently have cheated around this by running a web test that just goes to a dummy service every 5 minutes and run my real test at the same time, but it is very much a kluge. Given that all the monitoring functionality already exists, it seems a waste to restrict it to web tests alone.

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                            0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Enhance code coverage reporting

                            Add colors to the code coverage pane so that a user can quickly identify which classes/methids have coverage less than some configuurable percentage.

                            3 votes
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                              0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Deploy DLL libraries to GAC directly from Visual studio

                              I wish if new release of visual studio give the ability to deploy the libraries directly to Global Assembly Cache (GAC).It will be great instead of writing commands each time.

                              3 votes
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                                0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • exception suggest plug in

                                I tool for visual Studio that suggests possible exceptions. Compared to Java the c# exception model has the plus of writing less code but it is nearly impossible to determine exceptions before they occur.

                                So it would be great to have a visual Studio plugin that suggests the possible exceptions in a try catch block. I think it should be technically possible to trace back method calls and find "throw" code. Would be a great Addition for safer code :)

                                3 votes
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                                • Improve stability and speed, reduce OutOfMemoryExceptions and crashes.es

                                  Do we need a true 64-bit version on VS so it can address more RAM on Windows 7+. Fix the crashes and OutOfMemoryExceptions in the editor please, and improve performance especially around the editor and intellisense.

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                                  • VSTS Load Test : Get page response times for each browser type

                                    In VSTS Load test results, Currently there is no such feature to see page response times for each browser type Separately. As we know, Server process the request based on user agent that we're simulating in the request (for example, different responses will be returned from gmail server for mobile and web requests).

                                    There should be a feature to see response times for different browser types.

                                    3 votes
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                                    • Option to select the architectural pattern of the project

                                      When creating a project must apply for architectural pattern select which will work and is selected as the template will load the project architectural (SOA, MVC, MVVM, Client-Server)

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                                      • Open File In File Explorer

                                        Add an option for "Open File In File Exploreer". There's already an option "Open Folder in File Explorer". Why is this not just a generic command for file or folder?

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                                          0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • add new types of controls windows and web, we are bouring use old 80tz controls and bound to install third parties controls

                                          we use third party softwares for latest controls , you must make pakge of latest controls for visual studio 2010 , 2012, i am student and i feel due to latest controls we develop new look of softwares,we hope you will intoduce these types of controles .........

                                          3 votes
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