Unable to Hide Buttons in Custom Toolbar with UI Context in Visual Studio Extension
I have created a custom toolbar in my Visual Studio extension that appears only with specific files, using a defined UI context. I want to hide certain buttons in this toolbar programmatically. However, setting the .Hidden = true property does not hide…
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Extensions
Will publishing an ASP.NET WebForms app remove Crysttal Reports from the web server?
I maintain a legacy Intranet ASP.NET WebForms app written years ago using VB.NET. When the original developers wrote it, they used Crystal Reports 13.0.2 (I think, I'm going on memory and I'm home, so I cannot verify this, but I'm sure it is very close.)…
Developer technologies | ASP.NET | Other

.NET MAUI CollectionView GroupHeaderTemplate Crashing on iOS with Incomplete List Rendering
I'm developing a .NET MAUI application that displays a list of Primary Buddies and Secondary Buddies grouped inside a CollectionView. Everything works perfectly on Android — all buddies are listed, grouped, and the UI updates and refreshes as expected. …
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
color connverter
I have a converter public class SelectedAvatarMultiValueConverter : IMultiValueConverter { public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture) { if(values.Length == 2 && …
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
Limitations When Launching .NET MAUI Windows App via Custom URI Scheme
I've added the following entry to the Package.appxmanifest for my .NET MAUI Windows app to support activation via a custom URI scheme: After investigating this setup, I observed the following limitations: Key Findings Windows Focus Restrictions: When the…
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
UWP app flickering on ARM PC
Hi everyone. I have an UWP application and I'm running on a ARM PC. When I open a customized content dialog the screen starts blinking. Unfortunately, I cannot show the application nor the code, but do you guys know some cases that an ARM PC blinks…
Developer technologies | Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Help Needed for Connecting POS Printer via USB in UWP App
Hi Team, I have implemented POS printer functionality in my UWP app. When I connect the POS printer using Bluetooth, it works perfectly. However, when I connect the printer via a USB cable, I’m unable to find a way to detect or connect to the printer…
Developer technologies | Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
UWP - https certification valiation issue
I am trying to call an https api on a payment device, it returns a certificate signed by intermediate CA and that signed by root CA. I have installed root CA in trusted store of windows, added capability in WPF manifest. It returns error - Partial chain…
Developer technologies | Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Debugger help. Interrupting an endless loop?
My program appears to be stuck in an endless loop, but I have no idea where. Clicking the pause button during testing in real-time simply gives me "System.Windows.Forms.NotLoaded" error unrelated to my program and doesn't show me where it is…
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Debugging

How is a Blazor Server app deployed in Linux?
I have a Blazor Server app, developed in VS Code on a Mac. At this point in development, it runs correctly on localhost, as well as on a Windows Server instance in AWS Lightsail, using IIS. For final deployment, I would like to install the app on a Linux…
Developer technologies | ASP.NET | ASP.NET Core
Webview not working in MAUI
I had created a sample MAUI solution with the .Net 9, and added a webview. and added the following piece of code in the mainpage.xaml <StackLayout Padding="30,0" Spacing="25"> <WebView…
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
UI freezes when observable collection is updating
We are performing pagination locally. Exactly while adding data to bindable observable collection, UI is freezing. We tried using collectionview and Threshold. Issues Faced: Scroll Jittery and UI freeze while data adding to bindable collection We tried…
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
Is Visual Studio 2019 Community still available? I can't find it anywhere and I need to work on it to use SSIS.
I cannot find the download for VS2019 Community. On a C++ version which will not work as I need it for SSIS.
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
Does C# has function like eval?
Hi, I use C# and vs2019 .net5.0 to program. When I writing code I found the rewriting is really trouble me. For example,my variable is: var1 var2 var3 var4. if I want make them equal to 20 I have to write: var1 = 20; var2 = 20 ... But in…
Developer technologies | C#
c# windows form definition for abstract class
I'm creating a number of abstract classes. One represents a production ticket with a number of parameters such as number of items to test, part number, electrical values, etc. My background is in embedded coding so I'm not 100% sure the most efficient…
Developer technologies | C#

Unable to respond to more info required.
Hi, I'm trying to respond to a more info request for a problem I reported in Visual Studio: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Visual-Studio-crashes-when-opening-prope/10940232?moreInfo=true&viewtype=all When I write the answer and press…
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other

The correct CChildFrame is not activated after the predecessor is closed.
MFC MDI application. Opened several CChildFrame s. (To illustrate better my issue I identified every CChildFrame with an unique id.) Opened, lets say, 5 CChildFrame. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. List the order of the CChildFrame by menu: About: List…
Developer technologies | C++
How to load Langauge Server (LSP) when loading the extension package
I have a requirement of loading the Language Server (LSP) explcitly without opening any file (of the Language Server's content type). But currently the Langauge Server gets loaded only when a file of this content type is opened. Is there a way to load…
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Extensions
Good installer for visual studio 2019 c# projects
Still using Visual Studio 2019 professional. I have several independent solutions (single project solutions). I need to create an installer that installs 6 different projects on a computer. Right now, I have a single deployment project in each…
Developer technologies | C#
Visual studio 2022 Maui project unable to compile for .net 9.0-ios target
Hi, I am trying to deploy a test app to iPhone from windows visual studio but getting the following error when trying to compile. The specified network password is not correct. I have completed the automatic provisioning : I obviously have no problem…