vs2008

When I got the complaint that the namespace "Microsoft.AnalysisServices" did not exist when I tried to compile a software project I was a bit at a loss. Google was not very helpful; a lot of posts on the internet keep insisted on adding a reference to a certain DLL file that did not even exist on my machine. The search for an SQL SDK for Visual Studio 2008/MSSQL was fruitless as well. Eventually I solved it by installing the following three items in order:

1. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services 9.0 OLE DB Provider (SQLServer2005_ASOLEDB9_x64.msi)
   

Als je aan het werken bent met Visual Studio 2008 op een 64-bit versie van Windows kom je erachter dat het niet mogelijk is om code aan te passen terwijl je programma draait. Na het instellen van een break point wil je zo nu en dan de code aanpassen voordat je het programma verder laat werken, echter zodra je dit probeert krijg je de foutmelding "Changes to 64-bit applications are now allowed". Waarschijnlijk ontstaat dit probleem doordat VS nog een 32-bit programma is, en daardoor niet in staat is 64-bit processen te debuggen.

While working with Visual Studio 2008 on a 64bit version of Windows you'll notice that you are unable to alter code while the project is running. For example after hitting a break point you often want to update the code before continuing the execution, but as soon as you try this a dialogue pops up saying "Changes to 64-bit applications are now allowed". I suspect this is because VS is still a 32-bit program, and thus cannot hook into your 64-bit process.

To work around it you can compile your project as a 32-bit program:

Binnen de Visual Studio 2008 IDE is er lijstje te zien met de 5 meest recent geopende projecten. Als je aan het prutsen bent kan het gebeuren dat je projecten opent welke je direct weer uit deze lijst gehaald wilt hebben. Helaas pindakaas, Microsoft is vergeten deze optie in te bouwen.

Within the Visual Studio 2008 IDE there is a box showing you the most recently opened projects. Sometimes when you're fooling around you open up projects you really want to remove again, but apparently Microsoft forgot to implement this feature.

If you look around on the internet you'll find a lot of suggestions that all involve using the registry editor. While this does work as advertised it is not very pretty. The Microsoft Developer Network has an article about it with a slightly nicer solution: