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Update 4.0.3 for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Update (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is no longer supported. We continue to bring certain features through updates to .NET 4 without having to wait for the .NET 4.5 release. This post covers what the latest platform update has to offer. Vivek Mishra from the .NET Servicing team authored the following. – Layla Update 4.0.3 for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is now available for download. This is the third platform update that offers new features on top of the initial release for the .NET Framework 4. You can learn about earlier platform updates via the following l...
Visual Studio 11 Beta Page Inspector Tutorial live in asp.net
Using Page Inspector In Visual Studio 11 Beta, you can see what elements in the source files (including server-side code) have produced the HTML markup that is rendered to the browser. Page Inspector also let you modify CSS properties and DOM element attributes and see the changes reflected immediately in the browser. We have two tutorials live in www.asp.net . Use it and let us know what you think. We hope you like it. http://www.asp.net/web-forms/tutorials/aspnet-45/using-page-inspector-in-a-visual-studio-11-beta-web-forms-projecthttp://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-4/using-page-inspector-in-a...
New time saving features for Web projects in Visual Studio 11 Beta
In planning for the next release of Visual Studio, streamlining the development process was a high priority. In this vein we are proud to announce two new features in Visual Studio 11 Beta that simplify and improve the development experience: setting the default browser from the toolbar, and quickly adding new items to your project from the context menu. Set Default Browser from the Toolbar While Visual Studio has always allowed you to change the default browser used for viewing pages and debugging via the Browse With dialog, it is now a simpler process with the new toolbar support. In the standard web to...
New Features for Web Development in Visual Studio 11 Beta
Visual Studio 11 Beta is now available to download. Please visit Jason Zander's Blog for the download links and overview of the new features. We have many enhanced many features in the Beta. We'll discuss some of them in future blog posts.Here are a few web development tools features included in the Visual Studio 11 Beta compared to VS2010. Many of them have already been mentioned in our Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview blogs. Here's more resources to help you start downloading and coding:· Visual Studio 11 Beta· http://www.asp.net/vnext, where you can learn all ...
Introducing .NET Framework 4.5 Beta
Update (2017): See .NET Framework releases to learn about newer releases. This release is no longer supported. In September, we released the .NET Framework 4.5 Developer Preview. The Developer Preview was essentially a “feature complete” release, enabling you to “kick the tires” and otherwise get a good sense of what we were in the process of building for you. Across the many downloads of the Developer Preview, we expect that many of you tried a broad range of developer activities with the new pre-release version of the product, such as: using the new .NET Framework 4.5 features, trying out Visual Studio 11 Deve...
VS2010 SP1 + MVC4 Beta workaround for cshtml/vbhtml editor’s long pause
We shipped MVC4 Beta recently, and found it may cause VS2010 sp1 cshtml/vbhtml editor to pause for a long time after typing snippet, JavaScript inside cshtml or vbhtml files, if the MVC4 application has just been created and has not been compiled.The workaround is to compile the project to get the assemblies in the bin folder. Note, if you clean the project which removes the assemblies from the bin folder, the editor problem will come back.We are actively working on a resolution for this issue for next release. Thanks.Best regards.Xinyang QiuWeb Platform and Tools Team3/6/2012 update: If you meet VS 1...
How to create a Web Deploy package when publishing a ClickOnce project
The other day I saw a question on StackOverflow (link in resources below) asking How you can create a Web Deploy (AKA MSDeploy) package when publishing a ClickOnce project. The easiest way to do this is to use the Web Deploy command line utility, msdeploy.exe. With the command line you can easily create an MSDeploy package from a folder with a command like the following: Here you can see that I’m using the sync verb, along with a contentPath provider (which points to a folder) as the source and the destination is using the package provider, this point to where I want the package to be stored. Now that...
KB2650605 QFE : VS2010 sp1 VB web form editor may not become editable during debugging
We recently released a VS2010 sp1 QFE KB2650605 to solve a VB editor debugging problem. During VB web form debugging, VB web form may become un-editable if there are server tags inside. If you develop and debug VB web forms, you might be interested to download this QFE. http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=40811 Update for another download place due to broken link in connect Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-63-56/3146.VS10SP1_2D00_KB2650605_2D00_x86.exe Best regards, Xinyang Qiu Web Platf...
Update 4.0.2 for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Update (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is now unsupported. With .NET 4, we’ve focused on bringing certain features to market through updates without having to wait for the .NET 4.5 release. This post covers what the latest platform update has to offer. Vivek Mishra from the .NET Servicing team authored the following. -- Brandon The .NET Framework team is excited to announce that Update 4.0.2 for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is now available. This is a platform update that offers a set of additional functionality on top of the .NET Framework 4. In this release, we...