Updated features and known issues with C# Express Edition October community tech preview

re: Updated features and known issues with C# Express Edition October community tech preview

Aaron Stebner — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:14:55 GMT

Hi Tommy - I'm not sure if you had any beta versions of C# installed on your system, but if so, you might want to reset the settings for the IDE by doing the following:

1. Delete the registry sub-hive named HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VCSExpress\8.0

2. Run %programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\vcsexpress.exe /setup

3. Try to launch the C# Express IDE and create a new project again

Hopefully this helps.

re: Updated features and known issues with C# Express Edition October community tech preview

TOMMY KHAN — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:49:58 GMT

I downloaded Visual C# Express Edition last night. Upon trying File --> New Project one would expect a template window with various templates like Console app etc...
Somehow, nothing shows up on my template window.... Reinstalled C#, still same problem...
Don't know what's going on.

re: Updated features and known issues with C# Express Edition October community tech preview

Aaron Stebner — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 03:30:00 GMT

To address the first question, the refactorings that have been removed are the following:

* Encapsulate field
* Promote local to parameter
* Reorder parameters
* Remove parameters
* Extract interface

The Extract Method and Rename refactorings remain in C# Express. The refactorings listed above will still available in other higher-end editions of Visual Studio 2005 however.

re: Updated features and known issues with C# Express Edition October community tech preview

Frans Bouma — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:27:00 GMT

"Fewer Refactorings: To simplify the C# Express user experience, a few of the refactorings have been removed."
haha :D I had a good laugh about this one :) Is this to be read as:
1) Marketeer: "But with all these refactoring features in C# express, the differences between C# Express and the full VS.NET is not that big, remove them!" -> enter spin-mode

or:
2) Programmer: "With all these refactoring features, finishing the application is undoable, it's best to remove a couple" -> enter spin-mode

I mean, removing features which are very useful, which are tucked away behind menus, thus which are triggered by user-action, never simplifies user experience, it cripples it. (but then again, I can fully understand the marketeer in 1) as when you have diversity in products, there should be diversity between them, otherwise why have different products?)

re: Updated features and known issues with C# Express Edition October community tech preview

RichB — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:05:00 GMT

I can only find Rename and Extract Method. Not that it's a problem - the Express suite is intended as a low-cost development environment.

re: Updated features and known issues with C# Express Edition October community tech preview

anon — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:23:00 GMT

What do mean "a few of the refactorings have been removed"? Is it only for the Express Edition but still available in the other editions? And what specifically was removed?