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Monday, August 11, 2008 11:03 AM

Released: Visual Studio Service Pack 1; .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1

Visual Studio Service Pack 1 and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 are now available for download. A new feature for C# developers called squiggles provides better error messages while you are typing your code. There are several important LINQ performance enhancements,
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Friday, October 26, 2007 12:50 PM

Orcas Beta 2 VPC's to Expire November 1, 2007

I use one of the Beta 2 VPC's regularly, and so I was interested to learn that it will expire prematurely on November 1, 2007. This is not Orcas itself that will expire, but the entire OS. If you have any projects or data that you are keeping on one of
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Monday, July 30, 2007 9:16 AM

Updatable Beta 2 ReadMe's for VS, Express, .NET Framework and MSDN Available Online

I often want to find the readme's for a beta after it has shipped. This is helpful both because they form a useful reference and because the team will occasionally update them after the release of the beta. Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Readme http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/d/1/dd18043a-fe86-4f57-ac22-791b30e6f04b/VSReadme.htm
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Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:09 PM

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Released

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 was released to the web for download today. The releases are available both as regular installs and as VPC images . If you choose the regular installation, you should run this script to "ensure that the installation of .NET Framework
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:43 AM

LINQ to SQL Introductory Video

This video shows the basic steps required to create a LINQ to SQL video using Visual Studio 2008 Beta 1 (aka as Orcas Beta 1). You will be introduced to following concepts: Using the LINQ to SQL designer to map data in your database to classes in your
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:16 PM

May CTP Install Problems on Vista (VB Script Error)

By now developers should be using Orcas Beta 1 if they want to work with LINQ. The latest LINQ bits are on Beta 1, and there are a few changes in Beta 1 from the way LINQ worked in the May CTP. As a result, it is best to use Orcas Beta 1. Doing so will
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Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:44 AM

February/March Orcas CTP Now Available

The February CTP (aka as the March CTP) is now available for download as a regular install and as a virtual PC . Here is a video that serves as an introduction to the CTP. FebCtp Video: Stream it FebCtp Video: Download Video Text overview from the install
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Monday, December 18, 2006 3:11 AM

Notes on the January CTP

The January CTP (formerly known as the December CTP) should be out shortly after the new year. We are sorry about the delay; it is due in part to the huge December 14 storm that knocked out the power for over a million residents here in the Seattle area.
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Monday, December 18, 2006 3:11 AM

Installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 and the May LINQ CTP

Now that Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 is out I wanted to post a brief note about using it with May LINQ CTP . When reading this post, please note that this is not an official Microsoft advisory, but simply the result of my personal experience. When
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Saturday, November 11, 2006 5:05 PM

Charlie Calvert's Technical Blog Index

This is index to the various technical posts I have created for this blog. As I add to each section, I will update this page. At this time I have two series of posts going, one on LINQ , and one on generics . I intend to keep working on both sections,
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