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Outlook Form Regions in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: Exploit Outlook Form Regions. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that is what I... -
Word Content Controls in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: Get started with Word content controls. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that... -
Office Ribbon Customisation in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: Explore Ribbon customisation. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that is what... -
Script intellisense and debugging in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: Javascript is a language that is gaining momentum every day on the web. However, it is still hard to work with especially if you are used to managed languages like C#. Now, with Visual Studio 2008, some enhancements such as intellisense and debugging... -
Use WPF from Windows Forms projects in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: Windows Forms developers do not need to throw away their code and start from scratch in Windows Presentation Foundation, simply to get a stunning UI for a particular use case of their application. In this 17' video I demonstrate how to get started with... -
Partial Methods in C# v3 and VB9Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: Partial Methods is a new language feature of both C#3 and VB9, available via Visual Studio 2008 for projects targeting .NET Framework v2.0/3.0/3.5. Watch the 15' video for more.
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16 minutes, 46 secondsMulti-threading Debugging Enhancements in Visual Studio 2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: They say debugging is a skill and that threading is hard so when you put the two together, you have a challenge. Visual Studio 2008 has added a handful of small new featurettes to help with that. Watch the 15' video for more.
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Build UAC aware apps with VS2008Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: User Account Control is the top compatibility hurdle for some applications moving to Windows Vista. It is relatively easy to comply with some elements of UAC (e.g. embedding a manifest in your app) and with Visual Studio 2008 it is even easier as I show... -
VS2008 designed for Vista with better aesthetics and usabilityAuthor: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: While we all love focusing on language and framework features, sometimes it is nice to get small aesthetic and usability enhancements. The Visual Studio 2008 IDE has plenty of those as you can see in this video. Related to that, VS2005 does the job on...
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Overview of .NET Framework v3.5Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth
Introduction: There is much confusion about what .NET Framework 3.5 is and how it relates to v3.0 and v2.0. In this video I try to explain that and also show you the entire list of the new assemblies with a sentence or two on what each one contains and where they reside....
