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Using PerfWatson to report performance issues to Microsoft

May 2, 2011 May 2, 2011 05/2/11
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By Selma IkizWould you like Visual Studio 2010 to be even faster? Would you like any performance issue you see to be  reported automatically without any hassle? Well now you can, with the new Visual Studio PerfWatson extension! Install this extension and help us deliver a faster Visual Studio experience.We’re constantly working to ...

Async CTP (SP1 Refresh)

April 13, 2011 Apr 13, 2011 04/13/11
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By Robin Reynolds-Haertle This morning, we released an updated version of the Visual Studio Async CTP (SP1 Refresh) that’s compatible with Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and Windows Phone 7! What Is the Visual Studio Async CTP (SP1 Refresh)? The Async CTP previews a language feature that is in the next version of Visual Basic and C#. By using ...

F# Code-First Development with Entity Framework 4.1

April 4, 2011 Apr 4, 2011 04/4/11
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By Jack Hu As the word “code-first” implies, the EF 4.1 offers a code centric data programming paradigm. From a coder’s point of view, it requires little effort to map a very clean object model to a database. This style of programming is idea for explorative, bottom-up kind fsharp programmers. Since EF 4 CTP4 release, there have ...

Quick Find extension in the Productivity Power Tools

March 15, 2011 Mar 15, 2011 03/15/11
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We’re pleased to announce a new Quick Find (Ctrl+F) extension in the February release of the Productivity Power Tools.  This is the first version of the Quick Find extension and we are planning to make some improvements to it in future Power Tools releases, but this blog post describes the reasons for the extension, its functionality, where...

Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Now Available

March 11, 2011 Mar 11, 2011 03/11/11
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As of this week, Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is now available for download!  The service pack was released to MSDN subscribers on March 8 and became generally available on March 10.  SP1 includes fixes that improve reliability and address the most commonly-reported customer bugs.  It also adds some of the most requested feature improvements, ...

Color Printing Extension Now Available!

November 30, 2010 Nov 30, 2010 11/30/10
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We are pleased to announce the availability of Color Printing as a free extension for Visual Studio 2010!  By default, VS 2010 prints only in black and white; this extension restores support for printing code in color. Installation and Setup Installing Color Printing requires Visual Studio 2010 Pro, Premium, or Ultimate (the Express ...

Emacs Emulation Extension Now Available!

September 1, 2010 Sep 1, 2010 09/1/10
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We are pleased to announce the availability of Emacs Emulation as a free extension for Visual Studio 2010!  This extension provides basic support for Emacs keybindings and text editing commands, very similar to the built-in Emacs keyboard layout in VS 2008.  Once the extension is installed you should be able to use familiar keyboard ...

Patch Available for Cut or Copy displaying “insufficient memory” error in VS 2010

June 25, 2010 Jun 25, 2010 06/25/10
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If you're experiencing frequent “insufficient memory” errors when doing small cut or copy operations in Visual Studio 2010 RTM, please download this patch to see whether it resolves the issue. What are the symptoms of this bug? Attempting to cut or copy small to moderate amounts of text in Visual Studio 2010 RTM may incorrectly ...

Add References Faster with the new Add Reference Dialog in the Productivity Power Tools

June 21, 2010 Jun 21, 2010 06/21/10
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Two weeks ago, we launched the Productivity Power Tools at TechEd North America and the response has been great with over 37000 downloads so far!  Many of you also may have noticed that an updated version of the Power Tools was released last week.  This update fixed an issue where the extension update check would fail on machines ...

Document Well 2010 Plus: Hidden Options

June 21, 2010 Jun 21, 2010 06/21/10
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[Update 7/20/2010]: Updated changes made for version 10.0.10710.22 of the Pro Power Tools. Please take a look at the changelog. A couple of posts ago I announced the availability of Document Well 2010 Plus as part of the Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools. Since then we have received lots of feedback about our extension, for which I am ...