Following my yearly tradition, I am spending the holidays in Cairo , Egypt with the family. It is really sunny here. It is great to have a break from the rain in Seattle J . I will be staying in Cairo till the mid of January. A couple of days ago...

The VC++ Team blog has all the details here . Thanks, Ayman

You can now discuss all VC++ Orcas releated issues at the VC++ Orcas MSDN Forums . The current Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” September 2006 CTP contains new features. The VC++ team blog includes more details . The VC++ Team will be monitoring such...

The VC++ Team blog has all the details at http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2006/09/27/772917.aspx Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

On August 15, 2006, this release became available to the public and can be downloaded or obtained on CD (sites to obtain the Service Pack are listed below). Review the list of included hotfixes: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918007 . Details about...

If you want to know more about the VC++ IDE, make sure to watch Shankar's channel9 video at http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=221610 Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

Brois Jabes, a program manager on the VC++ team talks about a number of tips and tricks C++ developers can take advantage of when using VC++ 2005 IDE. Check out his Channel9 video at http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=213258 Thanks, Ayman...

slow chat at http://www.codeguru.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=89 . The VC++ team talked about the future of VC++ and plans to come. Thanks Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team

During the week of June 19th, the Visual C++ team will be hosting a slow chat titled "Visual C++: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" on CodeGuru (www.codeguru.com) . Please come join us at: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=89 Thanks...

The Visual C++ Team has started a team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/ This is a great step for directly communicating with C++ developers in the community. Thanks, Ayman

Check out Louis Lafreniere's channel9 video at http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=192143 Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

Original Code: template<class T> const T::X& f(T::Z* p); template<class T, int N> struct Baz{}; template<class T> struct Blah : public Baz< T::Type, T::Value> { typedef T::X Type; Type foo(); T::X bar(); operator T...

Check out the Channel9 video by Jim Hogg at http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=188589 Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

Original Code: #include <iostream.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { cout<<"Hello World\n"; } Error VC2005 issues: sample.cpp(1) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'iostream.h': No such file or directory Code...

Original Code: int main() { const x = 0; } Error VC2005 issues: sample.cpp(3) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int Code after applying the fix: int main() { const int x = 0; } For...

Effective from April 19th, all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions are permanently Free. For more information, take a look at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=357238&SiteID=1 Also, if you have any concerns or issues you...

Original Code: //sample.cpp int main() { for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i); for(i = 0; i < 10; ++i) ; } Error VC2005 issues: sample.cpp(3) : error C2065: 'i' : undeclared identifier Code after applying the fix: //sample.cpp int main() ...

I have been hanging a lot lately on the VC++ MSDN forums and I have noticed that lots of the issues raised there are due to migration difficulty to VC2005. Hence, I am thinking of starting a series of small short posts here explaining some of the common...

You can now check Brandon Bray's video on channel9. There are more videos to come for multiple features of VC++ 2005. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

Last February I gave a session at the MDC 2006 . I have had some feedback for making the slide deck available. I have attached it to this post. Thanks for your interest and sorry for the delay! Thanks, Ayman Shoukry

There have been lots of questions and concerns about deploying VC++ 2005 applications and what are the possible ways of deploying the VC++ Libraries. Thanks to Sridhar Madhugiri on the VC++ Libraries team, here is a quick dump that can help in the...

The VC++ Team is considering a series of Channel9 videos focused on the new technologies offered by VC2005. Examples of technologies that we are considering: C++/CLI, PGO, IDE new features, Secure CRT and many others. I am trying to gather more...

Today, Visual Studio 2005 and .net Framework 2.0 shipped. This is really the best VS version ever. Great product for all developers! You can download the final bits at http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ . Enjoy the product and keep your feedback...

Here is white paper that I will soon be submitting. Feel free to leave your comments. The Microsoft VC++ optimizing compiler is always looking for new techniques and optimizations to provide the programmer with higher performance when possible. This...

During the last 2 days (specifically Friday & Saturday), the VC team met with some of the VC++ MVPs in Redmond at the MVP global summit. It was great to meet all such folks from all over the world. The team organized a deep dive day to discuss the...