November, 2007

Hello Recently Kate Gregory (VC++ MVP), Ale Contenti (Dev Lead VC++) and Steve Teixeira (GPM VC++) attended TechEd Europe and presented sessions on VC++ (what else?) During a break in proceedings Charles Torre ( Channel 9 ) caught up with all three...

Hello Last week, Jim announced the availability of the Intellisense fixes as a publicly downloadable QFE for Visual C++ 2005 SP1. Since then we have seen a number of customers install the QFE and we have especially enjoyed hearing about your successful...

Hi, my name is Jim Springfield, and I’m an architect on the Visual C++ team. When I recently blogged ( http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2007/11/12/performance-improvements-in-visual-c.aspx ) about improvements to Intellisense and overall UI responsiveness...

Hi, my name is Jim Springfield, and I’m an architect on the Visual C++ team. I recently spent two months working on some core improvements to how VC deals with Intellisense as well as overall UI responsiveness. We observed a strong correlation between...

Hi I’m Pat Brenner, a developer on the Visual C++ libraries team.  I’m pleased to give you a sneak peek at a major MFC update we’ve been working on.  Since we’re adding a number of cool new user interface components to...

Hello again. My name is Ale Contenti, and I’m the Dev Lead for the VC++ Libraries. I’m writing this blog entry from my hotel room in Barcelona. Steve Teixeira and I are here for TechEd Developers Europe. Let me tell you that the atmosphere here is just...

In this video Pat Brenner, a developer on the Visual C++ libraries team, talks about the functionality of the new MFC update. This significantly enhanced version of MFC will enable developers to create applications with the “look and feel” of Microsoft...

As an update to Visual Studio 2008, we’re pleased to announce a major new release of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). Using these components, developers will be able to create applications with the “look & feel” of Microsoft’s most popular...

Hello! My name is Arjun Bijanki, and I’m the test lead for the Visual C++ compiler. I’m also Microsoft’s representative on the ISO C standard committee . I recently returned from one of the committee’s semiannual meetings (this one was in Kona, Hawaii...

Hi again. My name is Ale Contenti and I’m the dev lead of the VC++ Libraries team. You might have see me previously in my channel9 interviews. I’m now in Italy for a short vacation and I’ll be in Barcelona for TechEd starting from Nov 5. I’m really excited...