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VS Gallery Gets New Features!

jameslau-MS — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:14:12 GMT

I was just going around and talking about the VS Gallery on our European Tour, and on last Friday, we have added several new features. Since Anthony did such a great job in summarizing the new features, let me quote him here: --- Start of Quote --- Today...(read more)

Stop 6 (Final Stop): Budapest, Hungary

jameslau-MS — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:27:53 GMT

On Thursday, we had our last VSX European Tour event at the Microsoft office in Budapest. It was wasn't just a talk for a user group this time. It was a half day event focused specifically on VSX. Sandor Nacsa from the Budapest office helped us set up...(read more)

Stop 5: Prague, Czech Republic

jameslau-MS — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:34:51 GMT

Our European Tour has brought us to Prague on Monday. This was the first time for me to visit Prague and I was completely blown away by the beauty of this city. I thought Paris was beautiful; Prague is even more beautiful (to me anyway)! In the afternoon,...(read more)

Stop 4: Zurich, Switzerland

jameslau-MS — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:13:13 GMT

With the help of Rolf and Susan who organized the event, Jean-Marc and I presented to a user group in Zurich yesterday evening in a 3 hour session. We were somewhat disappointed at the low attendance - we only had about 20 people. But the audience was...(read more)

Stop 3: Munich, Germany

jameslau-MS — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:16:57 GMT

We are in Deutschland now and we visited the Microsoft Technology Center at Munich yesterday. It was a very nice set of buildings, and the meeting rooms are much more impressive than building 41 back in Redmond. They have multiple projectors and multiple...(read more)

Update from Brussels

jameslau-MS — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:48:46 GMT

You may have already seen my post about out session at Brussels. Sven Cipido from Ordina has just sent me some more pictures taken during our Brussels section, so I wanted to post them here. Jean-Marc and I in Ordina's office for Vsug.be. See his...(read more)

Stop 2: Amsterdam, Netherlands

jameslau-MS — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:58:39 GMT

Bikes, lots of bikes. And trams too. Then there are also motorcycles, scooters, and cars. You better watch where you are walking while you are in Amsterdam! That was my first impression of this spectacularly amazing and energetic city! Jean-Marc and I...(read more)

Stop 1: Brussels, Belgium

jameslau-MS — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:51:54 GMT

Yesterday in Brussels, we made our first of a series of presentations in our European tour. I met up with Jean-Marc in the morning at the Microsoft office in Brussels. We ran through our preparation work one more time to make sure we have everything ready....(read more)

VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta & European Tour Kickoff!

jameslau-MS — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:27:00 GMT

Earlier today, we shipped the matching VS 2008 SDK for VS 2008 Sp1 Beta . We are calling this VS 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta, and it is available for download immediately here . Today, Jean-Marc and I are also kicking off the VSX European Tour in Brussels, Belgium!...(read more)

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Updates

jameslau-MS — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:08:32 GMT

Today, we release the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. This service pack is particularly important for Visual Studio extenders because they can test it and report any compatibility problems with their extensions. You can find the downloads are...(read more)

Source Code Outliner PowerToy is now available for VS 2008!

jameslau-MS — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:06:00 GMT

The popular Source Code Outliner PowerToy has been updated for VS2008. Get it now from MS Download Center !...(read more)

VS 2008 SDK and VS Shell runtimes available!

jameslau-MS — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:48:00 GMT

We are finally here! Following right on the heels of the VS 2008 release announcement yesterday, we are now announcing the availability of the VS 2008 SDK 1.0 release and the VS Shell (integrated mode) and the VS Shell (isolated mode) runtimes. It's really...(read more)

Help with creating your first environment based on VS 2008 Shell (isolated mode)

jameslau-MS — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:54:00 GMT

We know that it is a little difficult to use the VS 2008 SDK Aug. CTP to create your first environment based on the Shell. We are working to improve the development experience right now before we ship the final product before the end of this year. Right...(read more)

VB Pack for VS 2005 SDK 4.0

jameslau-MS — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:44:00 GMT

In case you didn't see our announcement on the team blog , we have just posted the VB Pack for VS 2005 SDK 4.0 last Friday. With this add-on to the VS 2005 SDK, you will now be able to develop your own VS Packages in Visual Basic. We have also converted...(read more)

VS 2008 SDK August CTP released!

jameslau-MS — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:17:00 GMT

Our team just released the VS 2008 SDK August CTP late yesterday. This is very similar to the July CTP that we posted a week ago, but with some very small, targeted bug fixes that address two of the three key issues I brought up in my previous post in...(read more)