January 2008 - Posts

Known Issues for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0
Updated: Section 1.15 added on April 8th, 2008. Here are many of the known issues in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 . 1.   Known Issues 1.1   Run as Normal User is not supported for Visual Studio Shell development If you are developing Read More...
Posted 30 January 08 04:04 by vsxteam | 6 Comments   
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StickyNotes available for Visual Studio 2008 on new MSDN Code Gallery
In case you missed the announcement early this week, check out Soma's blog post MSDN Code Gallery - snippets, samples and resources about the new MSDN Code Gallery at http://code.msdn.com . Have you ever wanted to have custom notes associated with a particular Read More...
VSX webcasts available on demand: VSX, VS Shell, and DSL Tools
The VSX team presented three MSDN webcasts last month that are now online. To view online or download any of the VSX webcasts, go to the link for the webcast below and sign in via Windows Live ID, enter your name, and then you will be able to view online Read More...
Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008
Updated: The Source Code Outliner PowerToy download (MSI) has moved to SourceCodeOutliner project on CodePlex.com, link below updated. Microsoft has released a new version of the Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008 . The Source Outliner Read More...
VSX Community Letter for January 2008
This month's letter includes information about what the VSX team has been working on in the past few months, event news on VSX, some new VSX projects released, more VSX content online, and a preview of what's coming next month. What's new with the VSX Read More...
Dr. eX: How can I programmatically add a database connection to the server explorer toolwindow with my add-in?
For VS 2008, you can use the IVsDataExplorerConnectionManager.AddConnection method. The easiest way to retrieve this interface is with the help of the Visual Studio SDK . You’ll need to install the VS SDK and add the following references to your add-in Read More...
Posted 15 January 08 02:10 by vsxteam | 0 Comments   
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.NET Rocks! podcast: Ken Levy on Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX)
Audio podcast NET Rocks show #303: Ken Levy on Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX) is now online. Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell talk VSX with Ken Levy who these days is all about community and showing developers how to extend Visual Studio. A good Read More...
SaphireSteel releases new Ruby on Rails IDE based on VS 2008 Shell
While we've seen several community related projects released last month based on the VS 2008 Shell , just released is the first commercial product based on our free VS 2008 Shell: Ruby In Steel Text Edition by SaphireSteel Software, $49 . There are many Read More...
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