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Xslt 1.0 biggest issues (kind of) solved
Xslt 1.0 has a number of issues that can make the life of an Xml developer frustrating. A lot of...
Date: 10/09/2011
The world has moved on, have you? Xml APIs you should avoid using.
There is a few Xml APIs you should not be using. In some cases the complier makes this obvious – the...
Date: 10/08/2011
Effective Xml Part 4: Let me project this (Xml file) for you
Xml is ubiquitous. No doubt about it. It is being used almost everywhere and almost by everyone....
Date: 09/26/2011
Effective Xml Part 3: Didn’t you say XslCompiledTransform was fast?
“XslCompiledTransform is fast.” “Really?” “Yeah, XslCompiledTransform is fast… if used correctly.”...
Date: 09/26/2011
Effective Xml Part 2: How to kill the performance of an app with XPath…
XPath expressions are pretty flexible. This flexibility allows for very creative ways of using...
Date: 09/26/2011
Effective Xml Part 1: Choose the right API
This is the first part of a mini-series of blog posts about using Xml on .NET Framework platform in...
Date: 09/14/2011
[Updated 07/23/2010] MSXML6 is now in-band, MSI setup headaches should now (almost) be gone..
Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista (All SPs) Windows Server 2008 (All SPs) Windows XP...
Date: 07/02/2010
Visual Studio Editor Choosing System
This document gives an overview of how the Visual Studio editor choosing system works, and as an...
Date: 05/02/2010
MSXML4.0 SP2 is going out-of-support in April. 2010
This is a friendly reminder that MSXML4.0 SP2 is going out-of-support on 4/13/2010. Applications...
Date: 03/30/2010
Understanding XML Schema Sets in the XSD Designer
We have recently blogged about the new XML Schema Designer and the various views over schemas...
Date: 06/04/2009
LINQ to XSD now available on CodePlex
We are happy to announce that we are releasing the sources for LINQ to XSD on CodePlex at...
Date: 06/03/2009
Stylesheet import tree in the XSLT Debugger
Complex XSLT stylesheets often contain several include and/or imports instructions. VS XML Editor...
Date: 05/20/2009
XML and Languages
I've written in the past about XML and languages, and why you might be interested in being aware of...
Date: 05/14/2009
XmlSchemaSet Thread Safety
Here's a good word of warning: even if an object "feels" read-only because you're not calling code...
Date: 04/27/2009
Converting from XmlDocument to XDocument
Converting from XmlDocument to XDocument has a number of benefits, including the ability to use LINQ...
Date: 03/31/2009
MSXML4 SP3 Is Available Now!
Today, we officially released MSXML4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on the Microsoft Download Center as a...
Date: 03/06/2009
XML Schema Designer - Content Model View
The new XML Schema Designer (see this previous blog post for a d/l location to the CTP) offers four...
Date: 02/16/2009
Equality Semantics of LINQ to XML Trees
In certain scenarios, it is important to be able to compare two XML trees for equivalence. For...
Date: 02/16/2009
XML Schema Designer Graph View
The new XML Schema Designer (see this previous blog post for a d/l location to the CTP) offers four...
Date: 01/02/2009
MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3 Beta
The MSXML Team is pleased to announce that MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) Beta is available for...
Date: 12/03/2008
MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3 Beta Coming Soon!
The MSXML Team is getting ready to release the MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3 Beta very soon! MSXML4 SP3...
Date: 11/18/2008
XML Schema Designer in the PDC VPC
In the Orcas SP1 release we released our XML Schema Explorer. In the Visual tudio 10 PDC VPC...
Date: 11/07/2008
XML Schema Explorer Channel 9 Session
Beth Massi and Yang Xiao did a great Channel 9 session that centered on XML Literals and the XML...
Date: 11/06/2008
Frequently Asked Questions on XML in .NET - Part 2
This is the next post in our ongoing FAQ series. See the original post here. Q2: Conformance Level –...
Date: 09/10/2008
Frequently Asked Questions on XML in .NET - Part 1
As part of a separate task, the XML team came up with a list of frequently encountered issues in...
Date: 09/10/2008
Program Manager opening in the Data Programmability XML Tools Team
We are looking for people that have a passion for creating rich, intuitive, integrated XML...
Date: 08/22/2008
Introducing the XmlPreloadedResolver
The XmlPreloadedResolver is a new type that we’ve been working on in SilverLight that provides the...
Date: 08/14/2008
New XSD Functionality shipped in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM
A few months ago we added the XML Schema Explorer to the SP1 Beta release and are happy to announce...
Date: 08/14/2008
XML Tools and Technology Survey
The Data Programmability XML Tools team is conducting a survey focused on XML technology and tools...
Date: 07/01/2008
New XSD Functionality in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta 1
We’re thrilled to announce that today the new XML Schema Explorer is included in the Orcas SP1...
Date: 05/12/2008
SQLXML 4.0 Not Installed in SQL Server 2008
Prior to SQL Server 2008, SQLXML 4.0 was released with SQL Server and was installed by all SQL...
Date: 05/08/2008
XML Tools in Visual Studio 2008
CoDe Magazine published an article on XML Tools. It covers a wide range of topics: Editing XML...
Date: 03/27/2008
XML Tools for Visual Studio in print
Scott Hanselman talks about XML Tools in his new book "Professional ASP.NET 3.5: in C# and VB". He...
Date: 03/16/2008
Program Manager openings in Data Programmability
We’re gearing up for the next release of the .NET Framework, and we are looking for people...
Date: 03/05/2008
LINQ to XSD Alpha 0.2
I’m happy to announce that today we are re-releasing the LINQ to XSD Preview Alpha 0.2 for Visual...
Date: 02/21/2008
Happy 10th anniversary, XML!
The W3C Recommendation Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 was initially published on the 10th of...
Date: 02/13/2008
Announcing the XSLT Profiler Addin for VS 2008
XML Tools team has released the XSLT Profiler Addin for VS 2008 - a quick and reliable performance...
Date: 02/08/2008
MSDN Webcast: XML Tools in Visual Studio 2008 plus XSLT Profiler and XML Schema Designer
On Tuesday we did a live MSDN Webcast to demo XML tools in Orcas as well as a few addons we are...
Date: 11/08/2007
We are NOT Killbit-ing MSXML4!
Hello All, In March , we posted our intention to killbit MSXML4 and encouraged users to move to...
Date: 09/13/2007
Announcing CTP1 of the XML Schema Designer
XML Tools team has released the first CTP of the XML Schema Designer - a graphical tool for working...
Date: 08/27/2007
LINQ to XSD Preview Alpha 0.2 to go with Orcas Beta 1
Around Memorial Day we released a new preview release for LINQ to XSD. The download has been picked...
Date: 06/05/2007
XML Tools Screencasts
These videos provide some great information and a preview of the new XML Editor, XSLT Debugger, and...
Date: 06/04/2007
XML Schema Facets
I have received a number of requests over a period of time asking how to get all the facets defined...
Date: 05/31/2007
Erik Meijer on LINQ, XML, and the future at XTech 2007
Erik Meijer gave a talk at the XTech 2007 conference on LINQ, XML, and his vision for "LINQ 2.0"....
Date: 05/17/2007
Live from MIX07: Silverlight and XML!
Greetings from MIX07 everyone!That's right, Scott Guthrie announced this morning, to a sold out...
Date: 04/30/2007
The BIG LINQ to XML change in Beta1...
[updated to point to the online version] ... is the documentation written by Eric White. The online...
Date: 04/24/2007
LINQ to XML Changes in Orcas Beta1
[updated with the public download location and resolution of the "XNamespace.Blank" issue] As S....
Date: 04/20/2007