tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52059282139782018522024-03-05T12:29:56.693+03:00VSX InsiderInside the Visual Studio eXtensibility worldDmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-34925986543740834582009-10-23T14:32:00.001+04:002009-10-23T14:32:08.390+04:00How to identify menus and commands with Visual Studio?<p>Sometimes when we extend the Visual Studio it's very important to know what IDs the menu or command has. Ed Dore published great post <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dr._ex/archive/2007/04/17/using-enablevsiplogging-to-identify-menus-and-commands-with-vs-2005-sp1.aspx" target="_blank">Using EnableVSIPLogging to identify menus and commands with VS 2005 + SP1</a>, which describes how to enable VSIP (the old abbreviation of VSX) logging. </p><span class="fullpost"> <p>To do that all you need is to add(or change) the setting in Windows Registry that informs IDE to enable logging. That is the registry file content for Visual Studio 2005 SP1 or above:</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<br>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\General]<br>"EnableVSIPLogging"=dword:00000001</font></p> <p>Similar registry file will work for Visual Studio 2008 as well:</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<br>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\General]<br>"EnableVSIPLogging"=dword:00000001</font></p> <p>Once "EnableVSIPLogging" setting is set to 1, you can click on menu or command with <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">CTRL+SHIFT pressed to see the information about clicked item in message box like this:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5frVexR03lk/SuGGJGuFp_I/AAAAAAAAAJs/lNvjV2d8k8U/VSDebug.Message%5B11%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="405" alt="VSDebug Message box for Format Document toolbar button" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5frVexR03lk/SuGGJoBGcrI/AAAAAAAAAJw/7AV2Payv7Io/VSDebug.Message_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg" width="441" border="0"></a> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Look to <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dr._ex/archive/2007/04/17/using-enablevsiplogging-to-identify-menus-and-commands-with-vs-2005-sp1.aspx" target="_blank">Ed Dore's post</a> for more details.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Keep in touch and happy extending!</span></p></span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-70987509317341312382009-10-20T22:02:00.001+04:002009-10-20T22:02:30.178+04:00Beta Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 released!<p>On 21 October developers can try new possibilities provided by Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and .NET Framework 4.0!</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>The most important things:</p> <ul> <li>Top testing possibilities </li> <li>IDE improvements </li> <li>New drag-and-drop data binding mechanism for Silverlight and WPF </li> <li>Development tools for Windows 7, SharePoint and other technologies </li> <li>New integration possibilities with such technologies as: ASP.NET MVC, UML, Expression, multi-core and database </li> </ul> <p>Read more about and download new Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 here: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx</a></p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-8022495327107104212009-08-04T07:23:00.000+04:002009-08-04T07:24:07.409+04:00Visual Studio 2010 SDK Beta 1 releasedVisual Studio 2010 SDK Beta 1 is now available for download <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d197feb6-ced5-40d4-949d-a51f02309ee8&displaylang=en">here</a>.Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-7934520245725578162009-07-07T17:18:00.002+04:002009-07-07T17:21:44.070+04:00I have received the 2009 Microsoft MVP Award!I have received the 2009 Microsoft MVP Award for this year as well. I've been <a href="http://vsx-insider.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-have-received-2008-microsoft-mvp.html">awarded in 2008</a> and now I'm still Microsoft MVP. Cool! :)Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-35941914330012690582009-05-24T13:13:00.008+04:002009-05-24T13:52:35.283+04:00Create innovative extensions for Visual Studio 2010!<p>I have received the cool information about the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 extensibility. So I have just decided to quote it in my blog as is: “Are you building new tools to simplify your life or change the way people work? Check out the opportunities to create innovative extensions for Visual Studio 2010…</p><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><p>Examples of cool things you can do:</p><br /><br /><ul><li>Overlay rich metadata on top of the editor to bring new information to your fingertips</li><br /><li>Develop new project templates to accelerate your work (examples: New Project Dialog)</li><br /><li>Create innovative user interface elements using the WPF Shell</li><br /><li>Upload your extension to the <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.com/">Visual Studio Gallery</a> to find it in the Extension Manager</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><p>Other things you should know:</p><br /><br /><ul><br /><li>With v2 of the Visual Studio Gallery that went live on 5/14, you can use the Extension Manager to find products from the ecosystem from within Visual Studio<br />(with Beta1, the Extension Manager will only surface extensions posted to the Gallery in the VSIX file format; Beta2 will include the MSI format)</li><br /><li>We just released the new SDK along with the new Shell redistributables, look for them at the dev center: http://msdn.com/vsx</li></ul><ul><li>If you’re developing extensions for VS 2010, you’ll want to stay tuned to the dev center for more information</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><p>Fun things to help you get started – these can be found in the Extension Manager (Tools>Extension Manager): search for Editor Extensions</p><br /><br /><p><strong>DemoDashboard Sample:</strong></p><br /><br /><p>The DemoDashboard sample is a WPF “dashboard” designed for folks presenting demos in VS2010 to get real-time audience feedback via Twitter. Use this sample to give presentations, build your own widgets, etc. The wiki on the CodePlex site will give you all the info you need to get started. You can share the feedback you get with your followers on Twitter.</p><br /><br /><p>get it: Tools>Extension Manager</p><br /><p>or from the Gallery: <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/7f790ec9-a267-4a22-aa65-dc6f7af34f24">here</a></p><br /><p>source: http://demodashboard.codeplex.com</p><br /><p>screenshot:</p><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCqVqn7aJmB9x8VlfM-Mop84JCZc8ui-f1Ayhrq92fZ1535y9-fTcX5krAmaURDxNqnMHurG9ujXSiOnGt4k_vk6MR3z5zZlxAJf54NFHXUkCHqq2kGfn6ksK7_VS_0XWYK_X2Vml1tM/s1600-h/image009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCqVqn7aJmB9x8VlfM-Mop84JCZc8ui-f1Ayhrq92fZ1535y9-fTcX5krAmaURDxNqnMHurG9ujXSiOnGt4k_vk6MR3z5zZlxAJf54NFHXUkCHqq2kGfn6ksK7_VS_0XWYK_X2Vml1tM/s320/image009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339324386400819074" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p><strong>RegEx Editor Sample:</strong></p><br /><p>This sample was built to ease the your pain when working with regular expressions. It shows re-hosting of the editor in a window and provides a nice starting point for similar projects.</p><br /><p>get it: Tools>Extension Manager</p><br /><p>or from the Gallery: <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/55c24bf1-2636-4f94-831d-28db8505ce00">here</a></p><br /><p>source: http://editorsamples.codeplex.com</p><br /><p>screenshot:</p><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcns0PsH0aX23ho7aYcTWYC4P7mcsB9mj3mXWwQ-q-8uQpY_4QgEtWLUVj7v-PVOZxwrvp0SB1_-_BJ7gfQz7elxh5wbQ5gUt3iSqYvUqtxFXgm7gfxNqImyZQQHpzkH7OhQPvY-zcbU/s1600-h/image010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcns0PsH0aX23ho7aYcTWYC4P7mcsB9mj3mXWwQ-q-8uQpY_4QgEtWLUVj7v-PVOZxwrvp0SB1_-_BJ7gfQz7elxh5wbQ5gUt3iSqYvUqtxFXgm7gfxNqImyZQQHpzkH7OhQPvY-zcbU/s320/image010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339324773814315874" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p><strong>Custom Intellisense Sample:</strong></p><br /><p>This sample provides a custom WPF-based UI for Intellisense -- with databinding and other cool features. You might want to use it as-is, you might want to personalize it, you might want to build new features for it – the choice is yours.</p><br /><p>get it: Tools>Extension Manager</p><br /><p>or from the Gallery: <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ca201b20-8100-4f9a-a653-a20ae308e82e">here</a></p><br /><p>source: http://editorsamples.codeplex.com</p><br /><br /><p>screenshot:</p><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwk6zmJF5KqXXH90M-rGc5X6hLwqwTgYOfyzGRVvHZr5by8hlqvLDW2HPpQDl_JaMUeldTYpmWGmwmN1xsLK8hqwfvxj8r3K_yS2qgshBE1YPhiP9lhpYTWo3PfoasW72qQ26PenLdN4/s1600-h/image011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwk6zmJF5KqXXH90M-rGc5X6hLwqwTgYOfyzGRVvHZr5by8hlqvLDW2HPpQDl_JaMUeldTYpmWGmwmN1xsLK8hqwfvxj8r3K_yS2qgshBE1YPhiP9lhpYTWo3PfoasW72qQ26PenLdN4/s320/image011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339324909514997442" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p><strong>Image Insertion Sample:</strong></p><br /><p>This sample is all about visualizing resources inline, it provides some nice transparency effects when you’re dragging an image from the solution explorer, and will automatically resize text to fit the image.</p><br /><p>get it: Tools>Extension Manager</p><br /><p>or from the Gallery: <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/793d16d0-235a-439a-91df-4ce7c721df12">here</a></p><br /><p>source: http://editorsamples.codeplex.com</p><br /><p>screenshot:</p><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zHzoz8dQK3xsUXdgl32DziyPeLDeDilxJMyt3iBmDS_uvHclLuZKl2fWfvNcGC2RuDBfhqqm9lCd_CiOFeaxVJCTv5ve6Ua8344iB5y-JiPHVHgN6jnVBKA88yIJHuR8rjMJ9dEVc6k/s1600-h/image012.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zHzoz8dQK3xsUXdgl32DziyPeLDeDilxJMyt3iBmDS_uvHclLuZKl2fWfvNcGC2RuDBfhqqm9lCd_CiOFeaxVJCTv5ve6Ua8344iB5y-JiPHVHgN6jnVBKA88yIJHuR8rjMJ9dEVc6k/s320/image012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339325011110869906" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p><strong>FAQ:</strong></p><br /><br /><p>1. What is the Extension Manager and how do I find it?</p><br /><br /><p>The Extension Manager in Visual Studio enables developers to discover Visual Studio Extensions from within the product itself. It consumes data directly from the Visual Studio Gallery, giving developers direct access to partner and community products that extend and enhance Visual Studio. If you have a free or free trial version of your product hosted on the Visual Studio Gallery, a developer will be able to download and install that product directly from within the IDE. (In Beta1, the in-product experience will show only extensions uploaded as a VSIX. In Beta 2 we will expand the in-product experience to also include extensions uploaded as MSI and reference links to other download sites.)</p><br /><p>The Extension Manager enables a developer to install, upgrade, uninstall, enable, and disable extensions, making it easier to manage a portfolio of extensions. </p><br /><p>To find the Extension Manager: Tools>Extension Manager.</p><br /><br /><p>2. So this means the Visual Studio Gallery can now host downloads?</p><br /><p>Yes, we’re excited to announce that the Visual Studio Gallery can now host your downloads. Keep in mind that at this time the gallery does not include a commerce framework so we recommend creating a free or free trial version of your product that can be hosted on the Visual Studio Gallery. Of course we still support reference links for users who prefer to host their own downloads.</p><br /><br /><p>3. What else is new @ the Visual Studio Gallery?</p><br /><p>Thanks to some great work by the MSDN team we’ve moved the Visual Studio Gallery to be part of MSDN. Some of the benefits:</p><br /><br /><ul><br /><li>The new navigation model supports all types of Visual Studio Extensions and has sections for Tools, Controls, and Templates </li><br /><li>The integration with MSDN now gives users a chance to take advantage of a shared profile across all MSDN properties. Contributing to the gallery can enhance your MSDN reputation giving high quality contributors the recognition they deserve.</li><br /><li>Visual Studio Gallery contributions offer an optional discussion board to separate your reviews and give contributors an opportunity to post updates, respond to feedback, & discuss bugs.</li><br /><li>All entries include a usage chart to give contributors a sense of which of their products are getting the most traffic on the Visual Studio Gallery.</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><p>4. What’s the deal with the VSIX file format I’ve heard about?</p><br /><p>Both the new Visual Studio Gallery and the Extension Manager work with .VSIX files, which is a new deployment model for extensions, similar to a renamed .ZIP file. This transition provides Visual Studio users a new low-overhead, reliable way to deploy Visual Studio Extensions. There’s tooling available to help you with this, and you can find instructions and other helpful tips at the Visual Studio Extensibility Dev Center: http://msdn.com/vsx.</p><br /><br /></span>Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-32355407246912324442009-05-24T11:40:00.002+04:002009-05-24T13:01:17.695+04:00Visual Studio 2010 SDK available for download<p>A few days ago Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 SDK becomes available for<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d197feb6-ced5-40d4-949d-a51f02309ee8&displaylang=en"> download</a>. The Visual Studio 2010 SDK Beta 1 provides tools and templates for building Visual Studio extensions. By using the Visual Studio SDK, you can build your own tool windows, create menu commands, and add extensions to the new Visual Studio editor and other features.</p><span class="fullpost"><p>You can download the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 SDK <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d197feb6-ced5-40d4-949d-a51f02309ee8&displaylang=en">here</a>.</p><p>Also check the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto/archive/2009/05/13/visual-studio-2010-sdk-beta-1-readme.aspx">Visual Studio 2010 SDK Beta 1 Readme</a> to avoid possible problems with migration.<span class="fullpost"><p>Keep in touch and happy extending!<br /></p></span></p><br /></span>Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-65055168880982332052009-05-24T08:52:00.001+04:002009-05-24T13:03:08.735+04:00Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 released!<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx" target="_blank">Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 has been released</a> to the web. It has the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2009/02/20/a-new-look-for-visual-studio-2010.aspx" target="_blank">new look and feel</a> which relies heavily on WPF. There are <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2009/02/20/a-new-look-for-visual-studio-2010.aspx" target="_blank">a few screenshots available</a> on <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/default.aspx" target="_blank">Jason Zander's WebLog</a>.</p><span class="fullpost"><br /><p>Visual Studio 2010 has some new interesting features like <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL32/" target="_blank">Extension Manager</a>, and a lot of cool improvements in Code Editor. There are a few links pointing and describing new stuff in Visual Studio 2010:</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Somasegar’s weblog: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2009/05/18/visual-studio-2010-and-net-fx-4-beta-1-ships.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 Beta 1 ships!</a> </li><br /><li>Jason Zander's WebLog: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2009/02/20/a-new-look-for-visual-studio-2010.aspx" target="_blank">A New Look for Visual Studio 2010</a> </li><br /><li>Quan To's VSX blog: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto/archive/2009/05/18/visual-studio-2010-beta-1-is-available-for-msdn-subscribers.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is available (for MSDN subscribers)</a> </li><br /><li>MSDN: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/terryclancy/archive/2009/05/19/visual-studio-2010-new-features-extensibility-points-and-partner-opportunities.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Studio 2010 New Features, Extensibility Points and Partner Opportunities</a> </li><br /><li>MSDN: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/terryclancy/archive/2009/05/20/visual-studio-team-system-2010-new-features-extensibility-points-and-partner-opportunities.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Studio Team System 2010 New Features, Extensibility Points and Partner Opportunities</a> </li><br /></ul><br /><p>You can download Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=18:370" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br /><p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p><br /><span></span></span>Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-90923427938022578392009-05-14T08:15:00.001+04:002009-05-14T08:15:16.213+04:00Snip your DSL into prototypes<p>In case you did not see it yet, have a look at the cool white paper <a title="Snip your dsl into prototypes" href="http://www.netfxfactory.org/blogs/papers/archive/2008/06/25/snip-your-dsl-into-prototypes.aspx" target="_blank">Snip your dsl into prototypes</a> posted on <a title="www.NetFxFactory.org" href="http://www.netfxfactory.org" target="_blank">NetFxFactory</a>. </p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>It provides the intersting solution based on DSL Tools. </p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.netfxfactory.org/blogs/papers/archive/2008/06/25/snip-your-dsl-into-prototypes.aspx">http://www.netfxfactory.org/blogs/papers/archive/2008/06/25/snip-your-dsl-into-prototypes.aspx</a><span class="fullpost"></span></p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-12138666464356213922008-11-09T02:37:00.001+03:002008-11-09T02:37:40.875+03:00Visual Studio now in Russian!<p>Being Russian myself I glad to announce that from now Russian localization of Visual Studio is here.</p> <p>There are links to download Russian Visual Studio trials and related staff, which I grabbed from <a title="Quan To's Visual Studio Extensibility blog" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto/archive/2008/10/27/visual-studio-2008-russian-edition-has-just-been-released.aspx" target="_blank">Quan To's weblog</a> :) </p> <span class="fullpost"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D95598D7-AA6E-4F24-82E3-81570C5384CB&displaylang=ru" target="_blank">Visual Studio Team Suite Trial</a>  (90 days) </li> <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B0155166-B0A3-436E-AC95-37D7E39A440C&displaylang=ru" target="_blank">Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Trial</a> (90 days)</li> <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=83C3A1EC-ED72-4A79-8961-25635DB0192B&displaylang=ru" target="_blank">Visual Studio  Professional Trial</a>  (90 days)</li> <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=572E1E71-AE6B-4F92-960D-544CABE62162&displaylang=ru" target="_blank">VSTS 2008 Test Load Agent Trial</a> (90 days)</li> <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6FF3BC60-32C8-4C22-8591-A20BF8DFF1A2&displaylang=ru" target="_blank">MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&displaylang=ru" target="_blank">NETFX 3.5</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C78987B9-97F4-455F-BEE7-F6BFA4AD774E&displaylang=ru" target="_blank">NETFX 3.5 LP</a> </li> </ul> <p>And these two links are stolen from <a title="Visual Studio Extensibility - Visual Studio Ecosystem - Visual Studio SDK" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsxteam/archive/2008/10/29/russian-integrated-and-isolated-shells-for-visual-studio-2008.aspx" target="_blank">VSX Team Blog</a>: the Russian edition of Visual Studio has just been released which includes a <a class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=ru&FamilyID=40646580-97fa-4698-b65f-620d4b4b1ed7" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=ru&FamilyID=40646580-97fa-4698-b65f-620d4b4b1ed7"><font color="#0000ff">Russian Integrated Shell</font></a> and <a class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=ru&FamilyID=aca38719-f449-4937-9bac-45a9f8a73822" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=ru&FamilyID=aca38719-f449-4937-9bac-45a9f8a73822"><font color="#0000ff">Russian Isolated Shell</font></a>. Read more details on <a title="Quan To's Visual Studio Extensibility blog" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto/archive/2008/10/27/visual-studio-2008-russian-edition-has-just-been-released.aspx" target="_blank">Quan To's Visual Studio Extensibility blog</a>. And... </p> <p>Да здравствует Студия!!! :) </p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-59534305529931734392008-10-28T10:24:00.002+03:002008-10-28T10:28:18.698+03:00Microsoft Visual Studio Tips book by Sara Ford released<p>This week new <a title="Microsoft Visual Studio Tips book on Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual-Studio-Tips-Sara/dp/0735626405/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225176160&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Microsoft Visual Studio Tips</a> book written by <a title="Sara Ford's WebLog" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/default.aspx">Sara Ford</a> has been released.</p><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"> <p>You might know that Sara posted a lot of valuable tips about working in Visual Studio at <a title="Sara Ford's WebLog" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/default.aspx">her blog</a>. Sara’s tips can be found also found here <a title="Секреты Visual Studio" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/rusaraford/">in Russian</a> translated by Vitaly Zaiko. And here <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsastuces/default.aspx">in French</a>, and <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/andygon/">in Spanish</a> as well.</p><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/saraford/WindowsLiveWriter/PDCDay0Pictures_6722/DSC02705.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/saraford/WindowsLiveWriter/PDCDay0Pictures_6722/DSC02705.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p>Read more details on Amazon website about <a title="Microsoft Visual Studio Tips book on Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual-Studio-Tips-Sara/dp/0735626405/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225176160&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Microsoft Visual Studio Tips</a> book.</p><br /><br /><p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p><br /></span>Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-26957671591883916352008-10-05T16:46:00.001+04:002008-10-05T16:46:10.591+04:00Near future: Visual Studio 2010 и .NET Framework 4.0<p>About 10 months ago we got Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. Very soon we'll got a new set - Visual Studio 2010 и .NET Framework 4.0!</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>Read more about next generation of developer tools from Microsoft on MSDN website here: <a title="Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc948977.aspx" target="_blank">Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview</a>. There is also some words about that <a title="Microsoft анонсирует выход следующей версии Visual Studio и .NET Framework" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/rudevnews/archive/2008/09/29/microsoft-visual-studio-net-framework.aspx" target="_blank">in Russian</a>.</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-9305152743752834602008-09-07T13:29:00.001+04:002008-09-07T13:29:58.688+04:00Do you want to update you system? Install VS2008 SDK 1.1 RTM!<p>Before installing <a title="VSX Team Blog: Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 has been released!" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsxteam/" target="_blank">Visual Studio SDK 1.1 RTM</a> I decided to install Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 <a title="Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc533447.aspx" target="_blank">announced</a> recently...</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>After some attempts to install the <a title="Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (Installer)" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1</a>, I figured out that I had to install <a title="Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Service Pack 3</a> for my Windows XP Professional first. I have also installed <a title="Service Pack 1 for .NET Framework 3.5" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Service Pack 1</a> for <a title=".NET Framework 3.5" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&displaylang=en" target="_blank">.NET Framework 3.5</a> because Visual Studio SDK 1.1 RTM requires it.</p> <p>Well my decision caused the 3 hours of installations and entire update for my machine :)</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-9887811494367638872008-08-21T12:28:00.001+04:002008-08-21T12:28:36.480+04:00Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 is released!<p>Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 has been released today and now it’s available for <a title="Download Visual Studio SDK 1.1" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=59EC6EC3-4273-48A3-BA25-DC925A45584D&displaylang=en" target="_blank">download</a>! </p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>A week ago VS Ecosystem team <a href="http://vsx-insider.blogspot.com/2008/08/vs-2008-sdk-11-rtm-is-coming.html" target="_blank">released a Service Pack 1 for the Visual Studio 2008</a> and today they completed another big deal – VSSDK 1.1. Developers who will be developing against Visual Studio Service Pack 1 now have updated tools, headers, and some new features in the SDK.</p> <p>There are some notes about what is included to the 1.1 SDK release:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Significant size reduction for Visual Studio Shell redistributable packages.</strong> The Visual Studio Shell Isolated and Visual Studio Shell Integrated redistributables are now approximately 150 megabytes smaller. The redistributables no longer carry the full .NET Framework 3.5 payload. However, they contain a bootstrapper that automatically downloads the .NET Framework 3.5 runtime if it is not installed on the target computer. <br /></li> <li><strong>Support for progress feedback in a chained installation.</strong> The Visual Studio Shell Isolated and Visual Studio Shell Integrated redistributables can now pass installation progress back to the chaining process. This lets developers display accurate progress in their setup programs. <br /></li> <li><strong>Visual Studio Shell development now supports normal user.</strong> Developing and deploying a Visual Studio Shell application no longer requires the developer to be an administrator on a Windows XP computer or to have elevated privileges on a Windows Vista computer. <br /></li> <li><strong>DSL Print Preview.</strong> The ability to preview a DSL before printing has been added to the DSL designer. <br /></li> <li><strong>New XML Tree Editor sample.</strong> The SQL Server team has provided a new XML Tree Editor sample.  The earlier sample has been removed. <br /></li> <li><strong>New TFS Samples.</strong> Two new TFS samples have been added. <br /> <ul> <li><strong><em>VSExtensibilitySample</em></strong>. This new TFS sample provides an example of creating a Visual Studio add-in that interacts with the Version Control user interface of Team Explorer.  The sample comes with a detailed Word doc that provides insight into the requirements of such an add-in. <br /></li> <li><strong><em>RichClientCustomControl</em></strong>. This new TFS sample provides an example of creating Work Item Tracking custom controls that work within Team Explorer.  The sample comes with a detailed Word doc that provides insight into the requirements of custom controls as well as a separate document that describes how to write custom controls that can be used within the Team Server Web Access environment . <br /></li> </ul> </li> <li>Updated Shell documentation. Documentation about the Shell has been added. <br /></li> </ul> <p>The Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 can be downloaded <a title="Download Visual Studio SDK 1.1" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=59EC6EC3-4273-48A3-BA25-DC925A45584D&displaylang=en" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-33106985714904931972008-08-14T00:05:00.001+04:002008-08-14T00:05:09.081+04:00VS 2008 SDK 1.1 RTM is coming...<p>Good news! Yesterday Visual Studio Team released the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 as well as .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Great! But even more cool is that the matching VS 2008 SDK 1.1 RTM will be coming next week!</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>Read more details and links related to these service packs:</p> <p><a title="MSDN: Visual Studio 2008 Development System - Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc533447.aspx" target="_blank">MSDN: Visual Studio 2008 Development System - Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1</a></p> <p><a title="Somasegar's WebLog - Service Pack 1 for VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 released!" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/08/11/service-pack-1-for-vs-2008-and-net-fx-3-5-released.aspx" target="_blank">Somasegar's WebLog - Service Pack 1 for VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 released!</a></p> <p><a title="VSX Team Blog - Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Now Available" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsxteam/archive/2008/08/12/visual-studio-2008-sp1-now-available.aspx" target="_blank">VSX Team Blog - Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Now Available</a></p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-47024838398064019792008-08-02T00:32:00.001+04:002008-08-02T00:32:51.997+04:00Ed Dore's VSX samples from closed GotDotNet website<p>I hope Ed won't mind about the re-posting here in my blog his great VSX samples I've downloaded from currently closed GotDotNet website when it was alive. (Ed, in case you want me to remove them from here, just let me know).</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>So there are the following samples available:</p> <p><strong>HierAnarchy Sample Package (<a title="HierAnarchy Sample Package (HierAnarchy.zip, 37k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/HierAnarchy.zip">HierAnarchy.zip</a>, 37k) <br /></strong>Sample MPF based Visual Studio Package written in CSharp. This sample demonstrates how to create a Solution/Server Explorer type toolwindow. It also implements a very minimalistic IVsUIHierarchy interface, and just enough properties to actually display a few nodes in the VsUIHierarchy's tree control. </p> <p><strong>MyErrors Sample Package (<a title="MyErrors Sample Package (MyErrorsPackage.zip, 39k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/MyErrorsPackage.zip">MyErrorsPackage.zip</a>, 39k) <br /></strong>Sample Visual Studio Package written in C#; that illustrates using an ErrorListProvider to participate in the ErrorList ToolWindow. This package implements a toolwindow from which you can add ErrorTask objects to the ErrorList ToolWindow. </p> <p><strong>TBEdit Sample Package (<a title="TBEdit Sample Package (TBEdit.zip, 37k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/TBEdit.zip">TBEdit.zip</a>, 37k) <br /></strong>Sample Visual Studio Package written in C#; that implements a custom editor based on a UserControl that supports several logical views via a tab control. </p> <p><strong>MPEdit Sample Package (<a title="MPEdit Sample Package (MPEdit.zip, 43k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/MPEdit.zip">MPEdit.zip</a>, 43k) <br /></strong>Sample Visual Studio Package written in C#; that illustrates creating and hosting the Visual Studio Core Editor, VsCodeWindow as a child control, in a managed user control based editor. </p> <p><strong>CWTool Sample Package (<a title="CWTool Sample Package (CWTool.zip, 43k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/CWTool.zip">CWTool.zip</a>, 43k) <br /></strong>Sample Visual Studio Package written with C#; that illustrates two techniques for creating and hosting the Visual Studio Core Editor, VsCodeWindow as a child control, in a managed toolwindow. </p> <p><strong>AllowParams Sample Package (<a title="AllowParams Sample Package (AllowParams.zip, 38k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/AllowParams.zip">AllowParams.zip</a>, 38k) <br /></strong>Sample Visual Studio package that illustrates how to leverage the ParametersDescription property on OleMenuCommand objects, in order to support the ALLOWPARAMS flag on commands defined in the package’s .CTC resource. </p> <p><strong>Find CommandBar Sample Package (<a title="Find CommandBar Sample Package (FindCommandBar.zip, 58k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/FindCommandBar.zip">FindCommandBar.zip</a>, 58k) <br /></strong><em>My description: Sample Visual Studio package that illustrates how to retrieve a Visual Studio CommandBar using IVsProfferCommands.</em></p> <p><strong>DSRefViewer (<a title="DSRefViewer (DSRefViewer.zip, 29k)" href="http://dimaka.com/download/vsxinsider/eddoresamples/DSRefViewer.zip">DSRefViewer.zip</a>, 29k) <br /></strong><em>My description: Actually, I don’t know what does the package illustrates. Just look at the code yourself! :)</em></p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-70420411026153770782008-07-05T11:46:00.001+04:002008-07-05T11:46:49.487+04:00Visual Studio Gallery: new features added<p>A few days ago the <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.com/" target="_blank">Visual Studio Gallery</a> has been significantly updated.These new features are focused on helping you be always up to date on the latest additions to the gallery as well as on making us available to add rich details information about our extensions.</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>There are following updates released: RSS feeds, Tags, new WSIWYG editor, zooming to 640х480 images, User Rating, Full Reviews and many other improvements. Read more details on <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/acangialosi/archive/2008/07/02/the-visual-studio-gallery-gets-a-fresh-set-of-features.aspx" target="_blank">Anthony's post</a> and visit <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.com/" target="_blank">Visual Studio Gallery</a> to try it yourself!</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-42596771722006930792008-07-02T05:57:00.001+04:002008-07-02T05:57:39.658+04:00I have received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award!<p>Yesterday I have received the 2008 Microsoft MVP Award. Very cool.</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>The award is for the contribution to VSX community. I was awarded in C# category because of there is no VSX category within the MVP program yet. Hope that will be here in future.</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-60555617830175006172008-06-07T10:01:00.001+04:002008-06-07T10:01:13.120+04:00Visual Studio Gallery updated!<p>A few months ago the <a title="Visual Studio Gallery" href="http://visualstudiogallery.com/" target="_blank">Visual Studio Gallery</a> has been <a title="VSX Insider: Thursday, February 28, 2008" href="http://vsx-insider.blogspot.com/2008/02/visual-studio-gallery-website.html" target="_blank">announced</a> as the one stop shop for Visual Studio Extensions. Hundreds of extensions have been added already for these several months. In case your add-in or package is still not submitted there - do that now to promote your extension absolutely for FREE!</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>Today <a title="Anthony @ MS WebLog" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/acangialosi/default.aspx" target="_blank">Anthony Cangialosi</a> announced <a title="Anthony @ MS: The Visual Studio Gallery gets a little more community friendly" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/acangialosi/archive/2008/06/06/the-visual-studio-gallery-gets-a-little-more-community-friendly.aspx" target="_blank">a new set of needed features</a> that will improve the appeal of the Visual studio Gallery. This update is related to possibility to rate extensions and provide a review for them. Also some improvements in searching. </p> <p>Next time Anthony <a title="Anthony @ MS: The Visual Studio Gallery gets a little more community friendly" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/acangialosi/archive/2008/06/06/the-visual-studio-gallery-gets-a-little-more-community-friendly.aspx" target="_blank">promised</a> to add RSS feeds, which would be really great to see, because that will allow us to easily track all updates and new Visual Studio extensions appearing on the Gallery. </p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-44079482144011010902008-06-05T13:32:00.001+04:002008-06-05T13:32:26.425+04:00VSX future - will it be MEF?<p>Today I have noticed an <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronmar/archive/2008/06/04/hello-mef.aspx" target="_blank">interesting post</a> in Aaron Marten blog, which is talking about <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mef" target="_blank">Managed Extensibility Framework</a> or just <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mef" target="_blank">MEF</a>. There is also <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/kcwalina/archive/2008/04/25/MEF.aspx" target="_blank">some words about MEF</a> from Krzysztof Cwalina.</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>Aaron <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronmar/archive/2008/06/04/hello-mef.aspx" target="_blank">assumes</a> that this frameworks will be used for Visual Studio Extensibility platform in the future. The first version of <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mef/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1133" target="_blank">MEF CTP June 4 2008</a> has been released just two days ago. As it mentioned in MEF Introduction materials:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>What is MEF?</strong></p> <p>The Managed Extensibility Framework or MEF provides developers with a tool to easily add extensibility to their applications and with minimal impact on existing code. The application developer can define extension points according to the functionality required of an extension, while the extension developer uses those points to interact with the application.</p> <p>MEF enables this extensibility to take place without creating a hard dependency in either direction. Applications can be extended at run time without recompilation, and extensions can be used by multiple applications sharing the same extension requirements. MEF also allows an application to delay the loading of an extension while still examining its metadata, enabling efficient traversal of large catalogs of extensions...</p> </blockquote> <p>Maybe the next version of Visual Studio IDE will be architected with MEF.Who knows?..</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-35088352521539905172008-06-05T10:47:00.001+04:002008-06-05T10:47:36.190+04:00VSX Survey (Spring 2008)<p>Now a new VSX Survey is available to fill out. Please take a few minutes to fill out the VSX Survey (Spring 2008). These surveys are the way we can affect to VSX team priorities and work directions.</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>There are 6 web pages with 23 multiple choice and fill-in-the blank questions in this survey. This is the second VSX survey, as VSX team plans to offer a similar survey every 6 months and track the trends from the results.</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-3544685756475470142008-06-05T10:36:00.001+04:002008-06-05T10:36:14.843+04:00Microsoft is changing UI: VSX Forum now is red!<p>Last time a lot of Microsoft online resources have changed their UI. Main tendency is to move onto Vista look and feel. Most of the web sites <a href="http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2008/05/23/More-red-UI.aspx" target="_blank">is becoming red</a>. So blue color is in the past, red is rocking the mountains now! :) </p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>The pioneer was <a href="http://msdn.com/vsx/" target="_blank">VSX Developer Center</a>, which has been updated as part of a rollout of several developer centers on <a href="http://msdn.com/" target="_blank">msdn.com</a> with a new and improved layout and templates. Then the <a href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=57&SiteID=1" target="_blank">VSX Forum</a> has been updated as well. Now it's red! </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/dimaka/SEeJUEyUxTI/AAAAAAAAAGM/ryTXA9NN3VM/s1600-h/VSX.Forum.Is.Red%5B8%5D.png"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="370" alt="VSX Forum Is Red Now" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/dimaka/SEeJXbiPxZI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/wddUL3YFo8c/VSX.Forum.Is.Red_thumb%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="439" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-32655246186714817872008-06-05T10:14:00.001+04:002008-06-05T10:22:18.238+04:00VSX Developers Conference 2008<p>The <a href="http://msdn.com/vsx/conference" target="_blank">VSX Developer Conference 2008</a> has now been officially <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vsxteam/archive/2008/06/02/vsx-developer-conference-2008.aspx" target="_blank">announced</a>. It will be on September 15th & 16th, 2008 at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, Washington for two full days of sessions. Each day will have two session tracks presented by Microsoft product team members and industry influencers.</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>You will meet the VSX team and many others from Microsoft, as well as hundreds of developers from around the world who are members of the VSIP program and the VSX developer community.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/dimaka/SEeGFMeK5JI/AAAAAAAAAGE/h9-lDpnQxwE/s1600-h/VSXDevConf2008%5B10%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="374" alt="VSXDevConf2008" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/dimaka/SEeGGOKtteI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Jd74ZIuwyw8/VSXDevConf2008_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="497" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>A broad range of Visual Studio extensibility topics will be presented including:</p> <ul> <li>Visual Studio extensibility overview </li> <li>Future of Visual Studio </li> <li>Using the Visual Studio SDK </li> <li>Building applications based on the free Visual Studio Shell </li> <li>Programming language service integration </li> <li>Building custom Domain Specific Language (DSL) tools </li> <li>Team Foundation Server (TFS) extensibility </li> <li>Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) extensibility </li> <li>Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) </li> <li>And many more VSX topics! </li> </ul> <p><strong>Registration Fee: $100 </strong></p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-45080761367687405002008-05-20T20:55:00.001+04:002008-05-20T21:02:01.309+04:00VS 2008 SDK for VS 2008 Sp1 Beta is shipped<p>James Lau just posted on his blog that they shipped the matching VS 2008 SDK for VS 2008 Sp1 Beta. They are calling this VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta.</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>You can download VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta immediately <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7BD9F51B-DC46-4935-8D69-58E22AF94BD3&displaylang=en" target="_blank">here</a>. Read details about that release in <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto/archive/2008/05/19/visual-studio-sdk-1-1-beta-readme.aspx" target="_blank">Readme for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta</a> posted on <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/quanto/default.aspx" target="_blank">Quan To's Visual Studio Extensibility blog</a>.</p> <p>There is also the VSX European Tour has been started. <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jameslau/archive/2008/05/20/vs-2008-sdk-1-1-beta-european-tour-kickoff.aspx" target="_blank">Read more about that on James's blog post...</a> </p> <p><span class="fullpost">Keep in touch and happy extending!</span></p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-10781685263141850262008-04-08T06:59:00.001+04:002008-04-08T06:59:33.958+04:00Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack shipped<p>Soma just announced that the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack shipped. </p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>This product is a freely available for <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D466226B-8DAB-445F-A7B4-448B326C48E7&displaylang=en" target="_blank">download</a> to any Visual Studio 2008 Standard or above customer and is fully covered under Microsoft’s standard support policies.</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205928213978201852.post-8331149330876062692008-03-11T23:18:00.001+03:002008-03-11T23:57:42.683+03:00New book on Visual Studio Extensibility by Keyvan Nayyeri<p>Yesterday a new book with the title "Professional Visual Studio Extensibility" by <a href="http://nayyeri.net/" target="_blank">Keyvan Nayyeri</a> has been <a href="http://nayyeri.net/blog/professional-visual-studio-extensibility-finally-released/" target="_blank">officially released</a>.</p> <span class="fullpost"> <p>The book is available from <a href="http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470230843.html" target="_blank">Wiley</a> and <a href="http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-0470230843.html" target="_blank">Wrox</a> and will be available from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470230843?tag2=keyvannayyeri-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a> shortly. Well, good job Keyvan - keep it up!</p> <p>Keep in touch and happy extending!</p> </span> Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089953123394668584noreply@blogger.com1