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Support configuration specific output folders in a Silverlight project

June 10, 2008 Jun 10, 2008 06/10/08

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In Beta1, VS Silverlight tools doesn’t allow users to maintain separate build output folder for different build configuration, and this causes once you switch from “Debug” to “Release” build configuration, under ClientBin folder the existing debug assemblies will be overwritten by the release version. Unless you switch back to “...

Localizing a Silverlight application

June 10, 2008 Jun 10, 2008 06/10/08

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VS Silverlight beta2 adjusted its build functionalities to support the new Silverlight runtime localization model, which essentially is “one language, one xap”. This article provides the steps to take to build a localized app Let us say, you want to localize your app for the culture of “ja-jp”. You have created several resource files ...

What’s new with Silverlight Tools Beta 2!

June 6, 2008 Jun 6, 2008 06/6/08

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A number of great improvements and changes were made for Silverlight Tools Beta 2. The following list summaries some of the major changes with details on each below. WCF templates for Silverlight Enabled. Build configurations. XAML Validation now reports build errors. Setup Improvements. Projects created in Beta 1 are...

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Tooling Updates And Updated NUnit Test Project Templates

May 31, 2008 May 31, 2008 05/31/08

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Note: Please see this post for an updated set of templates created for ASP.NET MVC RTM: http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2009/04/28/updated-nunit-templates-for-asp-net-mvc-1-0-rtm.aspx    Earlier this week ScottGu announced the release of ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 and outlined some recent changes to the framework. I ...

Catch our team at TechEd 2008 – Orlando.

May 30, 2008 May 30, 2008 05/30/08

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Every year we send a team to TechEds to meet you, our customers. They will be at the event site from 8.30 AM to 6.00 PM to answer your questions from June 3rd to June 6th. This time we have the following representatives at TechEd. ASP.NET Team: Kathy Carper, Scott Hunter, Simon Calvert, Clay Compton, Konst Khurin, Mark...

Error occurs installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta if KB944899 is installed.

May 15, 2008 May 15, 2008 05/15/08

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If you have the first release of KB945140 installed on your system you may run across an error when trying to install Visual Studio SP1 Beta. Likewise if you have any previously released hot fix, VS may not install properly even though it reports success.  The work around is to manually remove traces of KB944899 from your system, or you ...

Dynamic Data Website: Setting selection in a list from the URL

May 13, 2008 May 13, 2008 05/13/08

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Bradley’s earlier post, ASP.NET Dynamic Data Preview Released on MSDN Code Gallery, outlined the functionality the ASP.NET Dynamic Data is offering and the walkthrough steps of how to create a Dynamic Data website using the wizard. In this post, I just want to explain a little bit how the selection between modules can “magically” work. ...

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta

May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 05/12/08

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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available!  You can download it here (though before you do, read the note below).  In SP1, we have added some new features as well as many bug fixes.  In this blog post I’ll attempt to give an overview of the features as well as some of the key issues the Visual Web Developer team ...

Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1

May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 05/12/08

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Colorization, validation, IntelliSense, and formatting comprise the core of any modern editor.  With VS 2008 SP1, we are completing the core JScript editor by introducing code formatting.  Additionally, we have promoted JScript to a dedicated node in “Tools Options” providing a clean separation from the HTML “Tools Options...

Error installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Silverlight Tools Beta 1

May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 05/12/08

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Summary Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 is not compatible with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta.   The good news is that Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is coming soon.  Until then you will not be able to install both Silverlight Tools and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Until Silverlight ...