C++ Team Blog

IntelliSense History, Part 1

December 18, 2007 Dec 18, 2007 12/18/07

Visual CPP Team

Hello, this is Jim Springfield again.  I want to start explaining our plan to fundamentally change how IntelliSense and other code browsing features work for C/C++.  The recent GDR for VS2005 and the changes that went into VS2008 were significant, but they don’t really change how these features are implemented.  This post ...

How a program accesses functions

December 17, 2007 Dec 17, 2007 12/17/07

Visual CPP Team

Hi, I’m Alan Chan and I am a developer on the Visual C++ libraries team.  We all know that a library is a collection of functions.  However, how does a program actually “access” these functions under the covers?  Essentially, there are 3 different ways that a function can be made available for the program to ...

Workflow of the IDE QA team

December 3, 2007 Dec 3, 2007 12/3/07

Visual CPP Team

Hello everyone, I am Anca Miclea. I work as a SDET (QA) in the VC IDE team. This is my first post on VC blog and I would like to share with you how we test the IDE for VC++. Yes, we do test the IDE and this is not an easy job ;) For each new feature that we add to the product, we need to write a Test Plan (TP). Each TP is ...

Channel 9: Kate Gregory, Ale Contenti and Steve Teixeira – VC++ 2008 and Beyond

November 27, 2007 Nov 27, 2007 11/27/07

Visual CPP Team

HelloRecently Kate Gregory (VC++ MVP), Ale Contenti (Dev Lead VC++) and Steve Teixeira (GPM VC++) attended TechEd Europe and presented sessions on VC++ (what else?) During a break in proceedings Charles Torre (Channel 9) caught up with all three in a speaker’s lounge and asked how the VC++ community was reacting to VC++ 2008, the ...

Q&A about the VC++ Intellisense QFE

November 26, 2007 Nov 26, 2007 11/26/07

Visual CPP Team

HelloLast week, Jim announced the availability of the Intellisense fixes as a publicly downloadable QFE for Visual C++ 2005 SP1. Since then we have seen a number of customers install the QFE and we have especially enjoyed hearing about your successful experiences with the QFE. Jim has also recently blogged about macros to control the ...

Controlling IntelliSense Through Macros

November 19, 2007 Nov 19, 2007 11/19/07

Visual CPP Team

Hi, my name is Jim Springfield, and I’m an architect on the Visual C++ team.  When I recently blogged (http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2007/11/12/performance-improvements-in-visual-c.aspx) about improvements to Intellisense and overall UI responsiveness, I mentioned that there was a new mechanism that allows a developer to ...

Performance Improvements in Visual C++

November 12, 2007 Nov 12, 2007 11/12/07

Visual CPP Team

Hi, my name is Jim Springfield, and I’m an architect on the Visual C++ team.  I recently spent two months working on some core improvements to how VC deals with Intellisense as well as overall UI responsiveness.We observed a strong correlation between the severity of these performance issues and the size of the projects and ...

Quick Tour Of New MFC Functionality

November 9, 2007 Nov 9, 2007 11/9/07

Visual CPP Team

Hi I’m Pat Brenner, a developer on the Visual C++ libraries team.  I’m pleased to give you a sneak peek at a major MFC update we’ve been working on.  Since we’re adding a number of cool new user interface components to MFC, this blog post is going to be graphics heavy.  I’d much rather show you some...

Hola from Barcelona…and welcome to a major MFC update!

November 9, 2007 Nov 9, 2007 11/9/07

Visual CPP Team

Hello again. My name is Ale Contenti, and I’m the Dev Lead for the VC++ Libraries. I’m writing this blog entry from my hotel room in Barcelona. Steve Teixeira and I are here for TechEd Developers Europe. Let me tell you that the atmosphere here is just great! Lots of people and a lot of Visual Studio and C++ users. Lots of interest...

Channel 9: Pat Brenner – Overview of new MFC update

November 9, 2007 Nov 9, 2007 11/9/07

Visual CPP Team

In this video Pat Brenner, a developer on the Visual C++ libraries team, talks about the functionality of the new MFC update.  This significantly enhanced version of MFC will enable developers to create applications with the “look and feel” of Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer and Visual Studio.  Tune in to learn more ...