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Check out the new C++ AMP book by Kate Gregory and Ade Miller

October 12, 2012 Oct 12, 2012 10/12/12
Eric Battalio
The C++ AMP book by Kate Gregory and Ade Miller is available in print or online from your favorite retailer! What is in it for you? Among other things, you will discover how to: I was able to corner Ade Miller long enough to answer a few questions:Q1: “C++ AMP” in 140 characters or less?“A hardware ...

Targeting Windows XP with C++ in Visual Studio 2012

June 15, 2012 Jun 15, 2012 06/15/12
Steve Teixeira, MSFT
We recently announced the Visual Studio 2012 product lineup and platform support, and as a part of this announcement we mentioned that we were evaluating options for enabling C++ developers to build applications in Visual Studio 2012 that run on Windows XP without requiring side-by-side installation of Visual Studio 2010. Today I would like to...

Update on Bulletin MS11-025

June 17, 2011 Jun 17, 2011 06/17/11
Visual CPP Team
A while back Microsoft had released security bulletin MS11-025 that addressed a publicly disclosed vulnerability in certain applications built using the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate file associated with such an affected application, and the file ...

C++ Design Patterns Legend Joins the Visual Studio Team

June 10, 2011 Jun 10, 2011 06/10/11
Diego Dagum - MSFT
(image) Erich Gamma will start working this August as a MS Distinguished Engineer.Gamma was lately known for his works in team effectiveness at IBM Rational Team Concert, also associated with the Java language per his key involvement with the Eclipse project. However, he was first known for leading the list of authors of the best-selling ...

Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 General Availability

March 10, 2011 Mar 10, 2011 03/10/11
Diego Dagum - MSFT
If you guys follow Jason Zander’s (Visual Studio corporate Vice President) blog, you learned two days ago that the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 whose Beta had been released last December achieved final release stage. Today is generally available (last Tuesday was only for MSDN subscribers). You can get it from here. Let’s ...

Tony Goodhew on Visual C++ Developer Communication

March 1, 2011 Mar 1, 2011 03/1/11
Diego Dagum - MSFT
(image) Charles Torre, our C++ fan in Channel 9, just posted an interview he made a few days ago to Tony Goodhew: a Microsoft veteran in the Developer Tools Division who has returned home to his roots in VC++ after working as a product manager on VC6. One of Tony's priorities is effectively communicating with developer customers who ...

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Beta now available

May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 05/12/08
Visual CPP Team
We are very excited to announce that Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available for download. We encourage you to go ahead and try out this release. Please remember that this is a beta so some caution is advised. The goal of this beta is to gather feedback from the community. Please use the connect site to report any issues or ...

Visual C++ has left the building (again) – destination Germany (after TechEd Developer Europe.)

October 25, 2007 Oct 25, 2007 10/25/07
Visual CPP Team
HelloIt is time for our next field trip - to meet customers face-to-face, to talk about "Visual Studio 2008 and Beyond" and get feedback on our plans going forward. This time Steve Teixeira and Ale Contenti will be visiting Germany right after TechEd Developers Europe. The event will be held on 15th November at:Hilton Munich Park HotelAm ...

Visual Studio Content Survey

October 15, 2007 Oct 15, 2007 10/15/07
Visual CPP Team
HelloThe Visual Studio Documentation Team is running a survey on VS documentation content. We know that many of you have strong feelings and innovative ideas about what we need to do to move the documentation and the documentation system forward. Please feel free to take the survey and let them know how they can best serve you: http://go....

Hello from Korea

October 11, 2007 Oct 11, 2007 10/11/07
Visual CPP Team
As part of the Visual C++ effort of introducing our new strategy to the C++ developers, Ulzii Luvsanbat and myself (Ayman Shoukry) are currently in Korea talking to the Korean developers about our strategy and the new features in Visual C++ 2008. The Microsoft Korean subsidiary did an excellent job organizing the events and customer meetings...