Publishing web application using Visual Studio 2012 publish profiles

BUILD Menu --> Publish Web Site

Please note that this new profile is stored as an XML within your project.

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Visual Studio --> Tools --> Options

Feature I would not like to see in: Visual Studio (2012)

Awful default light, gray-scale color scheme and icons!

A workaround Microsoft quickly introduced:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/366ad100-0003-4c9a-81a8-337d4e7ace05


Update 2 Feb,2013:

Visual Studio Blue Theme
Fortunately, the Visual Studio team well listened and incorporated it into Update 2.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/01/30/announcing-visual-studio-2012-update-2-vs2012-2.aspx

ASP.NET: Display an image from database within rdlc report using Report Viewer

1) Make sure that the image in the DB (MS SQL Server):



FileContentType nvarchar(255)
FileContent varbinary(MAX)


2) Load the dataset with the above columns within your Dataset.

3) Add an "Image" report item to the rdlc report file to display the image:

Please refer to this post if you are having an issue with pjpeg MIME types:
http://afsawaf.blogspot.com/2012/12/imagepjpeg-vs-imagejpg-mime-types.html

Deploying MS Reports developed using Visual Studio 2012

You will need to install the following on the server:

1- Microsoft® System CLR Types for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29065

2- MICROSOFT REPORT VIEWER 2012 RUNTIME

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35747