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June 2008 - Posts

Reminder - Brad Abrams on MVC

Just a reminder that Brad Abrams will be visiting us and giving a talk for SA Dev on ASP.NET MVC.

Final event details:

Date: 25th June, 2008
Time: 18:15 for 18:30
Venue: Microsoft Cape Town (Please note the address)
            Golf Park 3, Engen House, Raapenberg Road, Mowbray

Also, please RSVP if you haven't done so already

So Is There a Problem Or Not?

So I'll admit Microsoft has in the past given some very useless error messages, but I just got the following one trying to delete an image off a Picasa web album:

Google Error

Are you kidding? What does this mean?? Is this an error? Come on, commit to something :-)!

Visual Studio eXtensibility (VSX) Video - How Do I: Add Branding to My Visual Studio Integration Package

This weeks Visual Studio eXtensibility (VSX) How Do I video is on adding branding into the IDE for a Visual Studio Integration Package, like setting values on the splash screen and in the Help... About box. The video also shows how to use the /splash setting to keep the splash screen up long enough to see if your package registered correctly.

Below is a screenshot from the video. See the full list of videos here.

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Learn Visual Studio Extensibility

The Microsoft Visual Studio eXtensibility (VSX) team have updated the Learn Visual Studio Extensibility site. It includes a whole bunch of content, including the How Do I video series I've been working on, but it groups them nicely by category, so check it out if you're working with VSX.

Visual Studio eXtensibility (VSX) Video - How Do I: Deploy My Visual Studio Integration Package?

This week's Visual Studio eXtensibility video is on the MSDN How Do I site. It covers Deploying a Visual Studio Integration Package. Here's a screenshot:

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For the full list of VSX videos, see here.