Visual studio 2010 with Beyond compare Merge and Diff

Tools->Options->Source Control->Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

Press Configure User Tools

Add Compare and Merge operations

In The command search for the Beyond compare exe

in the arguments insert

1. For Compare -> %1 %2 /title=%6 /title2=%7
2. For merge %1 %2 /savetarget=%4 /title1=%6 /title2=%7

changing VC++ include setting for all projects in 1 solution

Here are the steps to change the settings file through UI:

• Open up property manager by clicking on View.Property Manager.

• Expand the project node and then the Configuration|Platform nodes, you will see "Microsoft.cpp..users" file for each Configuration|Platform. These are the files for the global settings, similar to the old tools/Options/VC++ Directories.

• Multi-Select "Microsoft.cpp..users", right click and bring up the property page window

• In the property page window, click on "VC++ Directories" (for example) in the left pane, add new paths for the directories such as "Include Directories". separated by semicolons

• Make sure to save the settings before shutting down Visual Studio.

• Re-launch Visual Studio and the new settings will be in effect.

If you would like to only change the settings for a specific project, you can right click on the project and bring up the property page. Change the settings for “VC++ Directories”, these settings will be persisted to the project file.

Watch Window Tips for Visual Studio 2003

Edit autoexp.dat Which is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Packages\Debugger

Show Vecor Size
Add this line :

std::vector <*> = size = , capacity = 

List of additional Object that can be better "Watched" .

Call GetLastError in the Watch Tab in Debugger

Want to see GetLastError messsage on run time?




just add “@err” or “@err,hr” to your debug watch window. Now it’s more like looking at errno.