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Faster switch to design view in VS 2008 SP1 RTM

June 18, 2008 Jun 18, 2008 06/18/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Some customers discovered that sometimes switch to Design view was very slow. We analyzed submitted reports and tracked the issue down to a code that was discovering available AJAX Extenders and which contols they were applicable to. In order to avoid unnecessary delays we moved discovery of AJAX extenders to a background thread. This ...

Catch our team at TechEd 2008 – Orlando.

May 30, 2008 May 30, 2008 05/30/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
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...

Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1

May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 05/12/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
(image) 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 ...

JScript IntelliSense: Working with Ext JS

March 12, 2008 Mar 12, 2008 03/12/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Ext is great framework for adding rich AJAX interactivity to your web application.  Unfortunately, JScript IntelliSense currently has difficulties processing the script and it's not uncommon to see this message: (image) I just wanted to let everyone know that we've investigated and fixed the issue.  This fix will be available in ...

JScript Debugging: Made easy with IE8

March 5, 2008 Mar 5, 2008 03/5/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
The feature I'm most excited about in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is ironically one you might not notice at all. Problem If you're reading this, you probably know (and are still untangling the double-negative logic of) the "Disable script debugging" option in IE.  Say you just spent 10 hours debugging script.  It's time for a break.&...

JScript IntelliSense: Handling Errors

January 31, 2008 Jan 31, 2008 01/31/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
I often get the question “Why isn’t IntelliSense working?”.  The most common cause is an error in one of the referenced scripts.  If there was an IntelliSense update error, the status bar will tell you. (image) Given this situation, the Error List  will complement the status bar with one of two messages. Error Message 1: ...

New VS2008 Feature: “Downgrade” HTML, CSS, and JScript Errors to Warnings

September 19, 2007 Sep 19, 2007 09/19/07
Web Development Tools Microsoft
VS2005 introduced the ability to validate your markup and CSS for standards compliance alongside your code.  It’s a great feature, but it can be frustrating when you’re looking for that one critical compilation error underneath a pile of validation errors.  Well, we heard your feedback and added two new options in VS2008 (post-...