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Using SecAnnotate to Analyze Your Assemblies for Transparency Violations

2009-11-20T17:50:04Z

SecAnnotate can be used to analyze your assemblies, especially APTCA assemblies in order to find transparency violations without needing code coverage from a test case. The static analysis provided by SecAnnotate is valuable in ensuring that your assembly is fully correct from a transparency perspective. You can get the tool now in beta form here , and read an in-depth article on the .NET Security Blog about how this tool might be used for a simple APTCA library....(read more)

Microsoft Help Viewer - New Help System in Visual Studio 2010

2009-11-06T07:35:19Z

Have you tried the the new Help system in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 ? Kathleen McGrath of Visual Studio User Education fame recently interviewed Ryan Linton, a Senior Program Manager on the Library Experience team. Check out the video on Channel 9 , in which Linton demonstrates the new browser-based Help viewer, and how you can update content locally. It looks great! If you want to share your thoughts on Visual Studio documentation, take the short survey and speak your mind....(read more)

New MFC modules for Win 7 Development

2009-11-01T19:10:30Z

The Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers was recently updated and is how hosted online on Channel 9, so you don’t need to download it. It has several excellent new step-by-step MFC tutorials with lots of screen shots. You’ll need to be running Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 (or later). Key MFC updates in VS 2010 Beta 2 include improved interaction with Windows Explorer (Windows7 taskbar interaction with preview; preview, thumbnail and search filter handlers for file types), Ribbon UI...(read more)

Burger King Japan sells the Windows 7 Whopper

2009-10-23T05:39:25Z

Thanks to Engadget for sharing this great image of Burger King Japan's limited time offer "Windows 7 Whopper" with a whopping 7 layers of beef. Stupid? Yes. Disgusting? Yes. But apparently, a great idea. I Binged " Windows 7 Whopper " and found that the advertising gimmick is super successful. Everyone's talking about it. How many times did you see it on Facebook?...(read more)

Twitter Search on Bing

2009-10-22T02:13:54Z

Bing announced today that they’ve been working with Twitter, and now have access to the entire public Twitter feed. Nice interface! Try out the beta of Bing Twitter search (sorry, only in the US, for now). Find more info on this Bing Community Blog post ....(read more)

FREE Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp, Nov 16, before PDC

2009-10-20T19:59:53Z

If you're going to the Professional Developers' Conference, or even if you're not but plan to be in LA on November 16, sign up for the free Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp . You have to register to attend, and space is limited. It's a great chance to rub elbows with Windows 7 engineer rock stars like Mark Russinovich, Landy Wang, and Arun Kishan, and get a jump-start on developing for Windows 7. Instructions for PDC09 conference attendees. Enter the regular registration process through...(read more)

Troubleshooting Windows 7 SDK Download/Install

2009-08-11T02:52:02Z

This article applies to the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Read these other posts to troubleshoot issues with the Windows SDK for Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 or to troubleshoot issues with the Windows SDK Update for Vista and .NET Framework 3.0 . The Windows 7 SDK is available for download in ISO or Web Setup format. Get the Web Install of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c17ba869-9671-4330-a63e-1fd44e0e2505...(read more)

Installing Windows SDK for Server 2008 (v6.1) after VS2008 SP1 causes conflicts with Security Update (KB971092)

2009-08-08T01:48:06Z

Issue : If you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , on top of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack1, some CRT files will revert back to RTM version. ( See this post for more information about this issue ) This can cause conflicts when you install patches or updates such as the Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1: July 28, 2009 (KB971092) , which may lead to compile errors similar to this: · error C2039: '_Swap_adl' : is not...(read more)

Windows SDK for Server 2008 (v6.1) overwrites VS2008 SP1 CRT files

2009-08-08T01:45:24Z

Issue : If you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 , on top of any post-RTM Visual Studio update (such as a Service Pack or Feature Pack), some CRT files will be reverted back to RTM version. Cause : This problem occurs when you install the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 on top of any post-RTM Visual Studio update (such as a Service Pack or Feature Pack). Visual Studio 2008 and the Windows SDK share compiler and CRT...(read more)

New Win32 Samples in Windows SDK for Windows 7

2009-08-07T20:22:24Z

The newly released Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 contains a comprehensive set of Win32 samples illustrating Windows 7 technologies. (An upcoming article will talk about the managed code samples.) Over 1,200 samples were changed since the release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 RC release. Many “new to Win 7” samples were added, simplified, or extended, and many older samples were updated to support Windows 7 as well as older operating systems. I've published...(read more)

Released: Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

2009-08-07T09:06:00Z

The RTM release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 was posted to the Microsoft Download Center today, 8/6/09. The SDK is available for download in both ISO and Web Setup format. Web setup allows you to install only the SDK components you select, without having to download the entire SDK. The DVD ISO setup allows you to download the entire SDK to install later. This release of the SDK has three ISO files. You should pick the version that matches the CPU (x86, x64, or Itanium)...(read more)

Get Half off Windows 7

2009-06-25T21:42:00Z

Windows 7 is coming on October 22, 2009. Pre-order Windows 7 today at the Microsoft Store . You'll get it for at least half off and be one of the first to get it. Pre-order a Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49 or a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99 at Microsoft Store . That's about half off the estimated retail prices.* Hurry, quantities are limited. The offer begins on June 26, 2009 (links will go live on June 26) and will continue while supplies last, or until July 11, 2009, whichever...(read more)

Like Vista Bridge? Love Win API Code Pack for .NET Framework

2009-06-19T00:02:55Z

If you thought the VistaBridge was a cool idea, you're really going to love the next evolution. Windows 7 has some great new features that will really shine in your managed application, and the Windows SDK team has been working on a way to help you do just that. The Windows API Code Pack is a source code library created to support targeting some new Windows 7 features and some other features existing in older versions of Windows from managed code. These features are not available...(read more)

SDK samples WSDAPI StockQuote, FileService fail to build with msbuild if VS 2008 installed

2009-06-18T23:44:04Z

The WSDAPI StockQuote and FileService samples that ship in the Windows SDK for Windows 7 may fail to build on the command line (using msbuild) if Visual Studio 2008 is installed. These samples include project files that reference WSDL and XSD files, and msbuild attempts to invoke sproxy.exe to process these files. Visual Studio 2008 does not include sproxy.exe, and compilation fails if the tool is not present. Compiling from inside the Visual Studio IDE is unaffected; the samples will compile without...(read more)

Win 7 SDK (RC) can disable x64 config platform choices in VS2008 RTM.

2009-06-15T23:44:05Z

Installing the Windows 7 SDK (RC release) and Visual Studio 2008 RTM can disable the X64 and Itanium configuration platform choices in Visual Studio. If the Windows 7 SDK (RC release) and Visual Studio 2008 RTM are installed on a machine running an x64 version of Windows the following issue may occur. The Itanium and x64 listings are missing from the New Platform drop-down lists of the New Project Platform and New Solution Platform dialogs of the Visual Studio IDE. (This issue will be fixed...(read more)