The latest Channel 9 video by the Visual C++ team has just been released. This video features Sarita Bafna, a PM on the libraries team, talking about a few of our latest features which are previewed in the March CTP: MFC support for Vista ...

Hi, Pat Brenner again. I recently posted an article about Spy++ internals . I have some updates that I want to share with you. Some of this article will be clearer if you first read that one. First, Spy++ has been updated for Visual Studio codename...

MFC has been updated for Visual Studio codename Orcas to handle the new common controls/messages/flags added in Windows Vista. We have made a number of updates to MFC to wrap the new controls and messages, so when you’re using these new capabilities,...

Hey again, everyone. I’m Peter-Michael, a program manager with the VC++ compiler team. Continuing with the Orcas feature parade, I'd like to talk about the compiler's team contribution to the product. Back in June, Jonathan Caves posted about the compiler...

Starting from March 2007, the Daylight Savings Time (DST) start date and end date for the United States will change. DST will start at 2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March and end at 2:00 A.M on the first Sunday in November. The C Run-Time (CRT...

ATL Server is now released as a shared source project on CodePlex.com! You can download all the source to ATL Server and use it with recently released March CTP of Visual Studio codename Orcas . The release of this code allows developers to innovate and...

Real-world solutions typically consist of multiple projects - often many projects. The projects are usually related to each other in some sort of dependency relationship. For example, consider a solution with 3 primary output targets (P1-3), a few intermediate...

Meet Marina Polishchuk from the Visual C++ QA team in this new video on Channel 9! Marina helps test the front-end to ensure the best possible quality in the compiler. Learn more about how she goes about this task by watching the video at http://channel9...

I'm the newest developer on the Visual C++ Libraries team. My true name is Stephan T. Lavavej, but I often use my extremely convenient initials. I moved here at the beginning of this year after working on and finishing Outlook 2007 Search. You know...

Hi, my name is Matt Travis and I’m an SDET on the Visual C++ Front End team. In addition to my work on the Front End, I’ve been working on an automated rolling test system to help manage the huge test matrix we have in Visual C++. Our next release...

In this new Channel 9 video, Nikola Dudar dives deep into the STL/CLR functionality shipping in Orcas. If you want to take advantage of BCL while using STL syntax and idioms, then this technology is for you. Watch the video or read his previous blog post...

Bill Dunlap and Steve Teixeira from the Visual C++ development team talk about product strategy on Channel 9. If you want to know where Visual C++ is heading, then you'll definitely want to watch this interview. Check out the video at http://channel9...

Hello my name is Steven Toscano , I am an SDET Tech Lead on the Visual C++ team. I am currently working in the IDE group focusing on improving our testing methodologies and expanding our library of tools. I’ve been a member of many teams across Visual...

Hi, my name is Ann Zhou and I’m an SDET (Software Design Engineer in Test) tech lead on the Visual C++ Libraries team. Today I would like to share with you something that we have been doing to improve the quality of our testing in Orcas. After we shipped...

Overview The Visual C++ team is very pleased to announce our plans to release the source code of ATL Server as a shared source project on CodePlex in March 2007. With this release you will now have the opportunity to add all the features and functionality...

Jensen Harris’ blog hosts an interesting article on Using RibbonX with C++ and ATL . RibbonX is the user interface extensibility model for Office developers. The article is written by Eric Faller who’s one of the developers behind the design and implementation...

Hi, my name is Pat Brenner and I’m a software design engineer on the Visual C++ libraries team. I recently rejoined the Visual C++ team after almost 10 years in the Visual Studio environment team. I am also the owner of Spy++. While I did not originally...

Hello everyone, I am excited to announce that the Visual C++ libraries team has completed another major update of STL/CLR and integrated it with Visual C++ Orcas. Depending on the schedule of internal integrations, you should expect to see this new...

The Visual C++ team is excited to announce the release of Visual Studio 2005 SP1!!! The Service pack launched on Friday December 15, 2006 and is available for download here: VS2005SP1 This SP addresses issues that were found through a combination of customers...

Hey all, I’m Peter-Michael Osera, a Program Manager on the Visual C++ Compiler Front End. As the VC++ team winds down for the holidays, we’d like to share some of the new features that we’re excited about adding into Orcas. As for my part, I’ve...

Hello On the Visual C++ team we really value customer feedback and strive to make every interaction between ourselves and our customers as rewarding as possible. Recently we were reading a post on one of our Forums and were concerned to see a customer...

As you may already know from previous communications , members of the Visual C++ team have (occasionally) worked on a tool to assist developers who wanted to port their source code from the “Managed Extensions for C++” syntax to the new “C++/CLI” syntax...

Hi, My name is Andreea Isac and I’ve been a member of the Visual C++ Libraries team for one year and a half. Since almost all my team mates ( Martyn Lovell , Ale Contenti , George Mileka , Alan Chan ) have posted already, I won’t repeat what our...

Hi, I'm Steve Teixeira , the Group Program Manager for Visual C++. Ayman Shoukry and I had the pleasure of spending the week in Barcelona to represent the Visual C++ product group at TechEd Europe, and I'd like to tell you a little about it. We had four...

I’m Bruce Forstall, a developer on the Visual C++ IDE team. I currently work on the implementation of the CLR CodeDOM API for C++/CLI, which supports the WinForms designer as well as a number of other scenarios. Previously, I’ve worked on the Itanium...