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Windows Vista is done (ok, ok, some 'small' patchwork is needed to iron out the wrinkles). Ready for one and a half year now and the next version is under development and code named ''Windows 7''.  Ehhrmm.... Excuse me, is -that- a code name? Let's investigate some more code names. What about Office vNext .... Ah! ''Office ...

First discussions are starting to hit the world about the just released Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and .NET Fx 3.5 SP1 Beta. What happened is that instead of just fixing things in the Service Pack, Microsoft decided to add a whole lot of new features and whistle and bells into these SPs. So what happens if you develop applications and start ...

If you are struggling to get the VSTO PowerTools to work make sure that you go and read the documents placed in the installation directory (C:\Program Files\Microsoft VSTO Power Tools 1.0). I don't think I was given the option to select a directory so it is most likely the documents are in that location on your drive too. Each of the tools ...

  I think this year TechEd Developers - EMEA (Barcelona) excelled by having great sessions, great content, and lots of information. It is most likely that this happened because it also was the TechEd where Visual Studio 2008 was announced by Microsoft to be released before the end of November (and in fact when you read ...

  It's there! Today Visual Studio 2008 is released and arrived at the MSDN download sites for MSDN Subscriptions. It was announced only two weeks ago that Visual Studio 2008 would be released to MSDN before the end of November. And guess what? It is an early release as it is ready for download today November 19. I am downloading it ...

Update to my previous blog ... The information discussed yesterday is now also available on the MSDN website:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx There is an introduction video on Channel 9 with Soma and Scott explaining what Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is all about compared to Beta 1. For one thing... Visual ...

Eric Carter kinda announced it ... Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is available as of today. He didn't get into the details on where to go and get it, so I did some searching myself. It's easy to discover where it is if you just go to the Microsoft Downloads and search for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2: Click here to do your search ... notice there are ...

  I had to do some development to move an old addin over from Office 2003 to Office 2007 and that is why I needed to edit the Ribbon XML in VSTO 2005 SE (don't forget to update). Well, doing that without the Intellisense support is a tough one to call. So a reminder to self because I keep forgetting how to get Ribbon XML Intellisense ...

  If you are developing addins for Office 2003 and you are in Vista this may be for you. Quote This update fixes an issue in add-in development for Microsoft Office 2003 using VSTO 2005 SE on Windows Vista.During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were made to vastly improve overall quality, security, and ...