February 2010

How to package .NET assemblies

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 19, 2010 Feb 19, 2010 02/19/10

If we want to package and deploy GACed dll, we need to use gacAssembly web deploy provider and extend our project similarly to the one stated in the how to package registry blog. The extended projectName.wpp.targets file looks like following: Then you can use the following command line to package the project with ...

Workaround: Missing Declarations for Controls in Designer File

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 18, 2010 Feb 18, 2010 02/18/10

We have seen some customers report the issue that certain controls are not getting generated correctly in the designer file in Visual Studio 2010 RC for the ASP.Net Web Application Projects. We are currently working on a fix for this issue for the final RTM release. Workaround: You can work-around this issue by declaring the missing controls ...

Announcing a new CLR Team Codeplex Project: CLR Runtime Activation

CLR Team February 16, 2010 Feb 16, 2010 02/16/10

This Codeplex site will feature demos, samples, and helper libraries related to the selection and activation of the CLR: http://clractivation.codeplex.com/With .Net Framework 4 and VS 2010 the new ability to load multiple versions of the runtime has changed the way a version is chosen for any particular piece of managed code and gives ...

Free Sandbox Hosting for Visual Studio 2010 RC and ASP.NET 4.0 RC from Discount ASP.NET

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 15, 2010 Feb 15, 2010 02/15/10

Discount ASP.Net has updated their Hosting Sandbox for Visual Studio 2010 RC and ASP.NET 4.0 RC.http://www.discountasp.net/press/2010_02_16_free-asp.net-4.0-RC-hosting.aspxTo learn more about the new Web Deployment features in Visual Studio 2010 check out this Step by Step Walkthrough on Web 1-Click Publish with VS 2010To provide feedback on ...

CLR Inside Out – Formatting and Parsing Time Intervals

CLR Team February 15, 2010 Feb 15, 2010 02/15/10

The new installment of the “CLR Inside Out” column in MSDN Magazine is now available on line. This month we have an article from Ron Petrusha on Formatting and Parsing Time Intervals in the .NET Framework 4. The article contains details on new parsing and formatting support for TimeSpan values, as well ...

Visual Studio 2010 clean application level web.config

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 10, 2010 Feb 10, 2010 02/10/10

This post introduces you to a small improvement that has been made in Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4 to reduce the size of the ASP.NET application level web.config 3.0 and 3.5 web.config As ASP.NET technology evolved, the application level Web.config had new things added to it. Since the earlier frameworks were using the same set of machine...

Visual Studio 2010 RC public download available now!

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 10, 2010 Feb 10, 2010 02/10/10

It’s finally here. Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4.0 release candidate is available for everyone to download now.To download the public RC of Visual Studio 2010 go the RC landing page: Since the beta we’ve been focused on performance improvements, reducing memory requirements, increasing stability and fixing customer ...

How to extend target file to include registry settings for web project package

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 9, 2010 Feb 9, 2010 02/9/10

Web project package and deployment targets files are written with extensibility in mind. User can easily extend a property to include more functionalities in their package by using msbuild targets and properties. If we check the Microsoft.Web.Publishing.targets file under “%Program Files%MSBuildMicrosoftVisualStudiov10.0Web...

Visual Studio 2010 RC Feedback Channel for Web Tools

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 9, 2010 Feb 9, 2010 02/9/10

As you probably heard the Visual Studio 2010 RC is currently available for MSDN subscribers! You can download it from here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx. General public release is slated for Wed.The Web Development Tools Team has setup a DL that we would like you to use to send us direct feedback on anything web ...

VSDoc for jQuery 1.4.1 Now Available

Web Development Tools Microsoft February 8, 2010 Feb 8, 2010 02/8/10

We finished generating a new VSDoc for the latest update of jQuery. You can download it from the jQuery Downloads page. A refresher on how to use the file can be found here or here. Happy coding!Jeff KingProgram ManagerVisual Studio Web Tools...

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