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Sorry I can't answer the phone right now, I am outside feeding yogurt to the clowns.

After 111/2 years, I have decided that I need to take a little time away from work and will be...

Date: 11/05/2007

I have been asked a few times why, when you run our wizard, we generate C++ code and not C# or VB....

Date: 09/19/2007

Since Got Dot Net was closed down, I have not uploaded the power toys to a new location. I have...

Date: 09/12/2007

Before getting into how this new Visual Studio Shell Isolated (let’s call it VSSI for short) thing...

Date: 06/06/2007

I have not been making too many posts here, mostly because I have had my head down working on some...

Date: 06/05/2007

One complaint that we have received about creating Add-ins is about the .addin file. Specifically,...

Date: 05/03/2007

For the past few years, Carlos Quintero has been the MVP working with the automation model. Last...

Date: 03/15/2007

Samples and tools are a big part of the VS SDK, but what we decide are good samples and tools are...

Date: 02/26/2007

If you have not noticed I have not posted to this blog in a while. There are many reasons for this,...

Date: 01/05/2007

I know it has been a while, but I just wanted to drop a note that our latest book, Working With...

Date: 06/12/2006

The Seattle Seahawks are in the super bowl, I am happy that they are going. But there is one small...

Date: 01/27/2006

It has been confirmed by a few MSDN subscribers that you can download our book, Working With...

Date: 01/26/2006

You can now download the automation samples for Visual Studio 2005 at...

Date: 01/06/2006

I have upload the source code for the Visual IL language service and project to...

Date: 12/07/2005

For a while now, people have been asking me how to create Satellite DLLs for their Add-ins. My...

Date: 12/02/2005

You may have heard that we have a new book out for Visual Studio 2005. The unfortunate bit of news...

Date: 11/29/2005

I have posted an MSI that will install XML files that will help you when programming Extensibility...

Date: 11/17/2005

Recently I uploaded new builds of the Content Installer Power Toys. This upload fixes a few small...

Date: 11/16/2005

As you may know, some extensibility (both Add-in and VSIP Packages) features now support storing...

Date: 11/11/2005

A few weeks back, I had a posting about how to use the new MRU button list command type when calling...

Date: 10/20/2005

One thing that I forgot to mention is that the newly updated Content Host web site template now has...

Date: 10/12/2005

I have uploaded new builds of the content installer power toys to the Got Dot NET workspace at...

Date: 10/12/2005

Next week starts the PDC, and I will be there. So if you know who I am stop by and say hello, and if...

Date: 09/09/2005

I have had a few questions about how to use the new command bar types available to Add-ins. These...

Date: 09/09/2005

I have uploaded a new tool to the Content Installer Power Toys web site – the Community Content Web...

Date: 08/25/2005

Usually I do not install the IntelliPoint software that is in the box when you buy a Microsoft Mouse...

Date: 08/16/2005

The first release of the VS Content Installer Power Toys are now available. You will need a recent...

Date: 08/12/2005

So here we are the day after we try our best to gorge ourselves on turkey, stuffing, and many other...

Date: 11/26/2004

From talking with people, it appears that one area of confusion is over the use of the Properties...

Date: 11/26/2004

OK, this will probably be the only political posting I make, I will keep it non-partisan, but I am...

Date: 11/02/2004

I had a comment left on my last post about enterprise templates, and it is a good time to discuss a...

Date: 10/08/2004

In my last post, I said that I was hard at work on some new features that you will be able to use in...

Date: 10/04/2004

It has been a while since I last wrote here, but the past couple months have been very busy. So,...

Date: 10/04/2004

The last few days I have been meeting with 3rd party developers, helping them with their VSIP...

Date: 07/30/2004

Within the past week, services have been a big issue on two fronts. First, it was found that some...

Date: 07/30/2004

Visual Studio 2002 and 2003 had the ability to stop a macro from running by double-clicking the...

Date: 06/29/2004

Last weekend I started playing around with my “Device Blogger” project again – no...

Date: 06/29/2004

As you probably know by now from the abundant number of postings on the issue, VS 2005 beta 1 and...

Date: 06/29/2004

When working with users who want to use the code model to parse their files, the first thing they...

Date: 06/18/2004

Last night I was sitting in bed watching a little TV, and using my PocketPC to browse the web...

Date: 06/16/2004

It has taken me a while, but I finally uploaded the VSBlogger Add-in to a GotDotNet workspace. You...

Date: 06/14/2004

8 years ago today was my first day at Microsoft. That was a busy week, which included graduation...

Date: 06/03/2004

If you are trying to build Add-ins with the May Tech Preview of VS 2005 (the version we handed out...

Date: 05/29/2004

Thursday I did my interview with MSDN TV. I am not sure when it will be posted, but I will let you...

Date: 05/29/2004

Two talks scheduled, two talks completed. We started the day with a “Cabana” session at...

Date: 05/26/2004

If you have written more than the basic hello world Add-in, you probably have run into problem where...

Date: 05/26/2004

After some initial technical problems, I finally got my internet connection working in my hotel...

Date: 05/25/2004

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