Dumbest Error *EVER*
I’ve discovered the dumbest error ever, and not surprisingly, it’s in a Microsoft product.
I spend most of my day coding in Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2003. Its the latest version of their .NET IDE and does everything I need it to. Up until now, I’ve had no complaints.
Now I have one.
I use a dual monitor setup for development as shown here:
It gives me enough room to keep my IDE in one window, and whatever I’m testing in the other. My primary monitor (my work laptop) is on the right, while the secondary CRT is on the left.
In VS 2003, you have the option of compiling certain parts of the application you’re working on. This is handled through the configuration manager:
Here’s where it gets dumb. The configuration manager allows you to edit the values for each of the dropdowns and checkboxes.
At least, that’s how its supposed to work.
Since I have VS in the left window, the configuration manager opens there, But the left monitor uses “negative” coordinates for placing windows. Nicely, the configuration manager window won’t let you edit it when its coordinates are negative.
That means that for me to change the options, I have to drag the configuration manager onto my main monitor window where it works as designed. Then I drag it back to the monitor on which I want it to actually live.
Sheesh.