{"id":6473,"date":"2011-03-15T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2011\/03\/15\/vs-alm-march-2011-library-updates-and-new-vs-sp1-content\/"},"modified":"2019-02-14T18:00:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T02:00:55","slug":"vs-alm-march-2011-library-updates-and-new-vs-sp1-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/vs-alm-march-2011-library-updates-and-new-vs-sp1-content\/","title":{"rendered":"VS ALM March 2011 Library Updates and New VS SP1 Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s continuous publishing release of the MSDN Library includes content for the release of VS 2010 SP1.<\/p>\n<h2>VS2010 SP1<\/h2>\n<p>Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 has been released. In this release we addressed some of the most requested features and top voted issues from our customers. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can download the service pack <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/en\/details.aspx?FamilyID=75568aa6-8107-475d-948a-ef22627e57a5\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/983509\">Description of Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1<\/a> KB article from Microsoft support provides you a detailed listing of the changes.<\/li>\n<li>To learn how to use the changes in VSALM, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385832.aspx#ServicePack1\">What&rsquo;s New in Service Pack 1 (SP1)<\/a> in the MSDN Library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Library Updates<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also continued to work on VSALM content that is not directly related to SP1. Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd631902.aspx\">Installing Team Foundation Components<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube! Tim is premiering his <a href=\"http:\/\/elhajj.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/02\/how-to-install-sql-server-2008-for-tfs-2010\/\">screencast for installing SQL Server for TFS<\/a> at his blog. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd631905.aspx\">Manually Installing SharePoint Products for Team Foundation Server<\/a> now includes instructions for installing and configuring MOSS 2010 for Team Foundation Server 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/bb126445.aspx\">T4 Text Templates and Code Generation<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Using template inheritance, you can factor the common parts of your templates into an abstract template. We&#8217;ve improved the inheritance examples in <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg586945.aspx\">T4 Template Directive<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>From a text template, you can access the template processing host, such as Visual Studio. We&#8217;ve gathered the information about that into <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg604090.aspx\">Accessing the Host from a T4 Template<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The best way to invoke text transformation from inside a Visual Studio extension is to access the text templating service. This is explained in a new topic, <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg586947.aspx\">Invoking Text Transformation in a VS Extension<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg251242.aspx\">Guidelines for Writing T4 Text Templates<\/a> has been extended with more tips and good practice.<\/li>\n<li>Design Time templates are those you use to generate code in your Visual Studio project. Run-Time templates are templates are those that you call in your application to generate any text. <\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve made that distinction more clear in all the text template topics.<\/li>\n<li>You can now find topics about <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/bb126421.aspx\">T4 Template Directives<\/a> more easily, because we have broken out each standard directive into its own separate topic.<\/li>\n<li>We have restored method descriptions that were missing from some types, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/microsoft.visualstudio.texttemplating.vshost.itexttemplating.aspx\">ITextTemplating<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/ee329484.aspx\">Extending UML Models and Diagrams<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There are new code samples that show how to extend UML models in Visual Studio Ultimate:<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/Link-UML-elements-to-0adbf5a8\">UML: Link elements to diagrams, files and other elements<\/a>. \n<ul>\n<li>Use cases, classes, activities, and any other element on a UML diagram can be linked to another element, UML diagram, or any other file. The user can drag the target item onto the element. Open the linked item by double-clicking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/UML-command-to-Align-4139c0d7\">UML: Align Shapes command<\/a>. \n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrates how to write code to manipulate the shapes on a UML diagram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/UML-Color-Classes-by-07de2b70\">UML: Color classes by stereotype<\/a>. \n<ul>\n<li>Shows how to extend UML by using rules that can respond to changes in the model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/UML-Domain-Modeling-6df6f7f4\">UML: Domain Modeling features &#8211; default binary associations<\/a> \n<ul>\n<li>Helps you to draw domain models more conveniently by creating non-directional associations by default.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/UML-Profiles-XSD-Code-to-010d51c2\">UML: Profiles XSD and Stereotypes<\/a> \n<ul>\n<li>This sample includes the XSD for UML profiles. It also demonstrates how to write code that applies stereotypes to UML elements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/bb126259.aspx\">Visualization and Modeling SDK (DSL Tools)<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/bb126272.aspx\">Customizing Presentation on the Diagram<\/a> \n<ul>\n<li>There are now separate topics on: \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg593377.aspx\">Defining Shapes and Connectors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg593808.aspx\" id=\"ctl00_MTCS_main_ctl02\">Controlling Color, Line Style, and other Shape Properties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg593804.aspx\" id=\"ctl00_MTCS_main_ctl03\">Controlling the Visibility of an Icon or Decorator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg593806.aspx\" id=\"ctl00_MTCS_main_ctl04\">Customizing Text and Image Fields<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg593809.aspx\" id=\"ctl00_MTCS_main_ctl05\">Setting a Background Image on a Diagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg593805.aspx\" id=\"ctl00_MTCS_main_ctl06\">Nesting Shapes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/gg593810.aspx\" id=\"ctl00_MTCS_main_ctl07\">Embedding a Diagram in a Windows Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s continuous publishing release of the MSDN Library includes content for the release of VS 2010 SP1. VS2010 SP1 Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 has been released. In this release we addressed some of the most requested features and top voted issues from our customers. You can download the service pack here. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":45953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[253,229,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azure-devops-server","category-community","category-devops"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>This month&#8217;s continuous publishing release of the MSDN Library includes content for the release of VS 2010 SP1. VS2010 SP1 Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 has been released. In this release we addressed some of the most requested features and top voted issues from our customers. 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