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Faster switch to design view in VS 2008 SP1 RTM
Some customers discovered that sometimes switch to Design view was very slow. We analyzed submitted reports and tracked the issue down to a code that was discovering available AJAX Extenders and which contols they were applicable to. In order to avoid Read More...
Catch our team at TechEd 2008 - Orlando.
Every year we send a team to TechEds to meet you, our customers. They will be at the event site from 8.30 AM to 6.00 PM to answer your questions from June 3rd to June 6th. This time we have the following representatives at TechEd. ASP.NET Team: Kathy Read More...
Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1
Colorization, validation, IntelliSense, and formatting comprise the core of any modern editor. With VS 2008 SP1, we are completing the core JScript editor by introducing code formatting. Additionally, we have promoted JScript to a dedicated node in “Tools Read More...
JScript IntelliSense: Working with Ext JS
Ext is great framework for adding rich AJAX interactivity to your web application. Unfortunately, JScript IntelliSense currently has difficulties processing the script and it's not uncommon to see this message: I just wanted to let everyone know that Read More...
JScript Debugging: Made easy with IE8
The feature I'm most excited about in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is ironically one you might not notice at all. Problem If you're reading this, you probably know (and are still untangling the double-negative logic of) the "Disable script debugging" option Read More...
JScript IntelliSense: Handling Errors
I often get the question “Why isn’t IntelliSense working?”. The most common cause is an error in one of the referenced scripts. If there was an IntelliSense update error, the status bar will tell you. Given this situation, the Error List will complement Read More...
Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition available for download
I'm glad to announce that Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition has officially shipped, and is now available for immediate download . Here is a quick summary of some of the great new capabilities in this release: Tools to Design Web Pages Use the Read More...
JScript IntelliSense: A Reference for the “Reference” Tag
It should be no surprise that JScript Documentation Comments power much of what you see in JScript IntelliSense in VS2008. Perhaps the most useful of these comments is the "reference" comment. The "reference" comment allows you to "see" functions and Read More...
New VS2008 Feature: “Downgrade” HTML, CSS, and JScript Errors to Warnings
VS2005 introduced the ability to validate your markup and CSS for standards compliance alongside your code. It’s a great feature, but it can be frustrating when you’re looking for that one critical compilation error underneath a pile of validation errors. Read More...
New Web Development Features in Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
You may have heard by now that Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is available for public download. I wanted to take a minute to highlight some of the new web developer features that we've added since Beta 1: Design view support for configuring AJAX Extenders Read More...
Workaround for Beta 2 JavaScript IntelliSense and Colorization Issue
We have discovered that in a very limited number of setup scenarios of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, Jscript IntelliSense and Colorization may not work property after installing the product. You will get no IntelliSense in JavaScript code, and all JavaScript Read More...
Using VS 2008 to target ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
8/10/2007 UPDATE: This blog post was edited to include simplified instructions to work around a known issue w/ Multitargeting support in VS 2008 Beta 2. See “Machine Prerequisites” below. In a previous post , I described the steps you can take to upgrade Read More...
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Web.config
<? xml version = " 1.0 " ?> < configuration > < configSections > < sectionGroup name = " system.web.extensions " type = " System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, Read More...
Upgrading ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Websites and Web Applications to .NET Framework 3.5
8/10/2007 UPDATE: This blog post was edited to include simplified instructions to work around a known issue w/ Multitargeting support in VS 2008 Beta 2. See “Machine Prerequisites” below. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is finally released, and with Read More...
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