February 2008 - Posts

Why you should never use TCHAR in C++ header files
22 February 08 11:38 PM | andarno | 0 Comments   

In C++, TCHAR, LPCTSTR, CString, and other types discretely change to their char/WCHAR, CStringA/CStringW counterparts depending on whether UNICODE is defined in your source code.  Cool.  By conscientiously using _countof(x) instead of sizeof(x) Read More...

Filed under: C++

Why your Visual Studio add-in fails to load with error 0x80004005
15 February 08 04:43 PM | andarno | 0 Comments   

Writing Visual Studio add-ins gives you the power to do some impressive things within the IDE to enhance your productivity.  Unfortunately getting your add-in to load into Visual Studio can sometimes be a pain.  Here's just a tip you should Read More...

Filed under: Visual Studio

Why double-clicking on an .SLN file doesn't always launch Visual Studio
13 February 08 08:32 PM | andarno | 4 Comments   

Well this is my first post as a member of the Visual Studio Platform & Ecosystem team.  My second full day on the job, and I've found some less-than-ideal areas of Visual Studio that I'm eager to improve for myself and for you, our customers.  Read More...

Filed under: Visual Studio

Write a NetCF app that provisions your device from your device
04 February 08 07:42 AM | andarno | 1 Comments   

My first post in the provisioning series introduced what provisioning of your Windows Mobile device means and the basics of why you would want to do it.  In future posts I'll give some concrete examples of XML that accomplish a few common tasks.  Read More...

Filed under: Mobile devices, NetCF, Provisioning

Microsoft launches MSDN Code Gallery for open-source sharing
01 February 08 03:28 PM | andarno | 0 Comments   

Microsoft recently launched the MSDN Code Gallery for Microsoft employees and others to share code and software using the Microsoft Public License .  MSDN Code Gallery looks and feels very much like CodePlex , but Code Gallery lacks the TFS source Read More...