James @ MS : VS SDK

StickyNotes Professional Edition for Visual Studio

jameslau-MS — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:54:29 GMT

Our good friend Pablo Galiano has just released StickyNotes Professional Edition for Visual Studio over the holidays.

You may think that the Professional Edition is just an improved version of the the previous free CTP edition, but it is actually totally different and improved. The original version has the limitation that the sticky notes can only be associated with a file. I gave Pablo the feedback that in order for it to be useful, each note needed to be associated with a line, much like comments in a Word document.

That’s exactly what Pablo has added in the Professional Edition. Coupled with new UI, and cool Shared Team Note feature, the new StickyNotes Professional Edition is an indispensible tool for Visual Studio!

You can see how StickyNotes Professional Edition works and get it from here.

cheers,
James

Get a PLK or SLK without logging into VSIPMembers.com

jameslau-MS — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:57:02 GMT

We know deploying your VS package can be a pain and there are often a lot of pain with getting a PLK. Now getting a PLK is a lot easier with the page we have launched here.

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)

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)

Launch event wrapping up

jameslau-MS — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:41:33 GMT

I just finished with my Chalk Talk session , and the launch event is winding down. Folks are heading over to the Launch party at 7 pm, but I will be flying home tonight. My session went well. Typically, chalk talks don't get much attendance, and I was...(read more)

HEROES happen {here}

jameslau-MS — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:35:26 GMT

I am in L.A. today and tomorrow, to attend and speak at the Visual Studio, SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 launch event. I feel very lucky to be able to participate in this historical event. This launch wave is the largest one ever for any developer...(read more)

Upgrading VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008: A more Advanced Guide

jameslau-MS — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:40:00 GMT

Since I made the last blog post on upgrading , I have received some good feedback that it was useful for basic scenarios. Unfortunately, there are some scenarios that sometimes the steps that I presented didn't work because of hard dependency on Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.dll....(read more)

Upcoming Book on VSX

jameslau-MS — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:33:01 GMT

I got pinged by Keyvan today. He and I have never met before, but he told me that he is in the process of writing a book on VSX, and would like our team to review it. My response is: OF COURSE! It's awesome to see that there are developers in the VSX...(read more)

Upgrading VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008: A Basic Guide

jameslau-MS — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:27:00 GMT

Today, I heard several developers in the community experiecncing some trouble upgrading the VS 2005 package projects to VS 2008. So I took a look at what's going on and decided to blog about it here. Note that I am blogging about all the things that you...(read more)

Link to HelpStudio Lite

jameslau-MS — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:08:00 GMT

With the most recent release of the VS 2008 SDK, HelpStudio Lite is no longer included in the SDK download. But it is still the tool we encourage you to use for help documentation authoring and you can easily download it directly from Innovasys. I was...(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)

Upcoming VSX Events

jameslau-MS — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:20:00 GMT

I can't believe it's almost October, and our team is working on so many things right now. First, we are trying to wrap up the platform components that we own in the VS 2008 product, including the VS Shell redistributable pack pieces. It's actually a very...(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)