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Visual C++ Orcas Forums

Visual CPP TeamOctober 19, 2006Oct 19, 200610/19/06

You can now discuss Viscual C++ Orcas releated issues on the Orcas MSDN Forums. The Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” September 2006 CTP is now available so download this release to see what features are beginning to come online.  The Visual C++ team will be monitoring this forum and we're looking forward to your ...

What goes into a Service Pack?

Visual CPP TeamOctober 9, 2006Oct 9, 200610/9/06

With the VS 2003 Service Pack 1 released and the VS 2005 Service Pack 1 release imminent, it’s a good time to talk about what Visual C++ Service Packs contain and the rationale behind this. The primary purpose of a Service Pack is to improve the stability of the product over what was initially shipped. I know sometimes it&rsquo...

Servicing: The History of Visual Studio… Today!

Visual CPP TeamOctober 6, 2006Oct 6, 200610/6/06

Hello everyone, my name is Jamie Eckman.  I am a Software Design Engineer in Test (or SDET, for short) on the Visual C++ Libraries team, and have been for the last two and a half years.  Usually I'm in charge of testing ATL Server and our new STL/CLR library, but recently I've been working on the subject of today's post, servicing...

Orcas CTP now includes STL/CLR

Visual CPP TeamSeptember 30, 2006Sep 30, 200609/30/06

The Visual C++ team is pleased to announce that a public release of STL/CLR has been included in the current Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” September 2006 CTP.  STL/CLR is an implementation of the Standard Template Library (STL) that can be used for storing .Net types in STL-like containers. It also provides STL-like ...

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta is now available

Visual CPP TeamSeptember 26, 2006Sep 26, 200609/26/06

The Visual C++ team is excited to announce that the VS2005 Service Pack (SP1) Beta is now available to customers!  This Service Pack includes over 2,000 bug fixes, as well as Hotfixes and General Distribution Release Updates (GDRs).  As for Visual C++, you will find over 400 bug fixes, the largest number of any of the product teams.&...

Mixing deterministic and non-deterministic cleanup

Visual CPP TeamSeptember 19, 2006Sep 19, 200609/19/06

Hi, my name is Alan Chan.  I’m a software design engineer in Visual C++ libraries team.  As the name suggests, my team owns some of the C/C++ libraries such as ATL, MFC, CRT, STL, and OpenMP.  Today, I’m going to talk about one very interesting COM interop bug that I have worked on recently.   Basic ...

Managed Debugger Expression Evaluator

Visual CPP TeamSeptember 10, 2006Sep 10, 200609/10/06

   Hi, my name is James Wang and I am a software design engineer in the Visual C++ Front End team.  One of my testing areas is C++ debugger expression evaluators.  That is the engine that evaluate the expressions you put in the debugger watch windows. Currently, the Visual Studio 2005 ships two versions of the debugger...

UAC, Windows Vista & VS 2005

Visual CPP TeamSeptember 6, 2006Sep 6, 200609/6/06

Hi, my name is Li Shao. I am a Software Design Engineer in Test in Visual C++ team. In this post, I am going to briefly talk about Vista new security feature and how it is going to affect some of the VC scenarios. User Account Control (UAC) is a security feature in Windows Vista. It enables the users to perform common tasks as non-...

A Problem of Scale

Visual CPP TeamAugust 24, 2006Aug 24, 200608/24/06

Hello, my name is Ben Anderson and I’m a Software Design Engineer in Test for the Visual C++ libraries team which is currently responsible for testing ATL, MFC, C Runtime, ATL Server, OpenMP and several other technologies.  As I am currently assigned to QA on some of our new MFC Vista features, I’d like to talk to you today ...

Visual Studio.NET 2003 Service Pack 1 Released

Visual CPP TeamAugust 18, 2006Aug 18, 200608/18/06

The Visual C++ Release team is pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1.  On August 15, 2006, this release became available to the public and can be downloaded or obtained on CD.  Information on how to obtain the Service Pack is listed below.  All of us on the Visual C++ team are excited about ...