ClassDesigner's WebLog

C++ support added to Class Designer in VS 2007 March CTP

The March CTP of Visual Studio 2007 will have support for C++ projects in Class Designer. This will...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/06/2007

Class Designer File Format

In the past few months, we have covered Class Designer features in the upcoming Visual Studio 2005...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 07/28/2005

June CTP available

For more information about this CTP and see if you really want to install it, see this post in Rob...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 06/15/2005

Class Designer Hands on Lab in TechEd 2005

I will be attending this year's Microsoft TechEd in Orlando Florida from 6/6~6/10. There's a...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 06/03/2005

No Articles for the next few weeks...

You’ve probably know why we will not have blog articles for the next few weeks. The team is...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 05/25/2005

PowerToys for the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and Distributed System Designers

We’ve published a set of set of add-ins which augments existing functionality in the Visual Studio...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 05/17/2005

Orphan Shape in the Class Designer

One of the biggest value propositions of the Class Designer is to keep class diagrams always in-sync...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 05/12/2005

Using Class Designer to document your code – Exporting diagrams as images

One of the design goals of Class Designer was to enable developers to easily document the design of...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 05/04/2005

Class Designer Integration with Source-Code Control

Class Designer Integration with Source-Code Control Class Designer is built for use with solutions...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 04/28/2005

Auto Layout of Class Diagrams

By now you hopefully have the beta 2 version of Class Designer. If not, maybe this beta 2 feature...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 04/23/2005

Converting class diagram files from Beta 1 to Beta 2 format

We have created a stylesheet which can convert class diagram files (.cd) from Beta 1 to Beta 2...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 04/20/2005

Override Members Using Class Designer

How do I do that? Whether you program in C# or VB, you’ll notice that when you type “overrides” or...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 04/14/2005

Create overloaded members in ClassDesigner

Overloaded members are treated specially in ClassDesigner: they’re grouped together when listed in...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 04/14/2005

Editing Type Members Using the Class Details Window

If you’ve used the beta version of the Class Designer, you’ve probably noticed the Class Details...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 04/05/2005

Interview with John Stallo

Josh Ledgard, PM in Visual Studio recently interviewed John (PM for Class Designer). The video for...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/31/2005

Refactoring Support in Class Designer

The language teams added several refactoring features to the editor in the Whidbey release of visual...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/31/2005

Class Designer availability

Class Designer will be availabe on all Visual Studio Editions Standard and above. There seems to be...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/26/2005

No article for this week

Oops! This is the fault on my part. The person who is scheduled to write the article is out of the...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/26/2005

Setting up and viewing relationships between classes

When I’m learning about a new program or teaching someone else about an existing one, I find it...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/17/2005

Expressing relationships between types

I believe one of the strongest things going for class diagrams is being able to holistically look at...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/16/2005

Visualizing inheritance hierarchies

HelloJ! My name is Yu Xiao. I am a Software Design Engineer/Test working on Visual Studio Class...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/10/2005

Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer will not support the C++ language

The Visual Studio Class Designer team is sad to announce that the Class Designer will not support...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/04/2005

Visualizing class and member details in the Properties window and viewing details from tooltips

Hi! I’m Eugene Chigirinskiy, a Software Design Engineer working on Visual Studio Class Designer. In...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 03/03/2005

A picture is worth a thousand words

G’day! I’m John Stallo, a Program Manager working on the Visual Studio Class Designer. In this blog...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 02/25/2005

Introducing the Visual Studio Class Designer Team Blog

Welcome to the Visual Studio Class Designer team blog. You’ve probably seen a few individual blogs...

Author: ClassDesigner Date: 02/07/2005