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CodeSmith supports Visual Studio 2010 RTM!

We have been working with Microsoft over the past few months to ensure that CodeSmith works with Visual Studio 2010. The currently released version of CodeSmith 5.2.1 already supports Visual Studio 2010 Integration. Although the current support is titled...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2010 7:59 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, CodeSmith, Visual Studio 2010

How-to: CodeSmith and SQL Functions.

CodeSmith now supports SQL Functions and SQL CLR Functions with the release of CodeSmith 5.2. I will quickly show you how to add SQL Function support to your template. The first thing you need to do in order to use SQL Functions is to set the IncludeFunctions...

Published Sun, Dec 12 2009 9:51 PM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, SQL Server 2005, CodeSmith, SQL Server 2008, how-to, CLR

How-to: Build a custom UITypeEditor

Recently I built a CodeSmith sample UITypeEditor that allows a user to enter in custom data into a DropDownList. In the following article I’ll show you what you need to do in order to build your own UITypeEditor. First you need to create a public...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2009 12:00 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: C#, .Net, User Interfaces, CodeSmith

It's the littlest of things that we do, that make CodeSmith shine.

During each release of CodeSmith, one thing we always do is test upgrade scenarios between each versions and check for backwards compatibility among other tests. Recently, I was amazed at how much change has taken place between CodeSmith 4.x and the latest...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2009 7:25 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, User Interfaces, CodeSmith

A fix for the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 Fatal Execution Error (VS Silent Death Bug).

We released CodeSmith 5.1 with the new requirements of the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 . One of our experiences in upgrading to the .Net Framework 3.5 is issues we have run into like our customers reporting Visual Studio disapearing or closing extremely...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 6:00 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, Visual Studio 2005, CodeSmith, Visual Studio 2008

How to register a keyboard shortcut (hot key) in a .NET Windows Forms Application.

There may come a time when you want to implement some extra features or maybe an Easter egg into your application using keyboard shortcuts. I was recently tasked with creating an Easter egg so we could test some functionality in CodeSmith. After countless...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 10:00 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: C#, .Net, VB.Net, WPF, how-to

How to open a mini dump file (mdmp) with WinDbg

Today I was debugging an issue where Microsoft Visual Studio was closing at random in a Microsoft Visual Studio Package. We narrowed down the issue to a previous Microsoft bug report: Fatal Execution Error . I came to a point where Microsoft Visual Studio...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 1:41 PM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: Debugging, .Net, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, how-to

Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0

"Reveals extensive enhancements for simplified application life-cycle management, provides sneak peek at all key focus areas for Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 29, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today provided...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 7:09 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview

"Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Designed to address the latest needs of developers, Visual Studio and the .NET Framework deliver key innovations in the following pillars:...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 5:19 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, Visual Studio 2010

Overview of CLR improvements in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Below is a list of all the sweet improvements made to the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 since the .NET Framework 3.5 was initially released! " NGen infrastructure rewrite: the new infrastructure uses less memory, produces less fragmented NGen...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 6:13 PM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net

Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

"Windows Live™ Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 are a set of control add-ins to make incorporating Windows Live services into your Web application easier with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008. Download...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 6:02 PM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, Windows Live

Tips & Tricks: Manually uninstalling CodeSmith.

I've come across a few issues, where a CodeSmith install might become corrupt when going from a beta to RTM. The following guide will show you how to successfully remove CodeSmith from your computer. Please allow 10 to 15 minutes of your time to complete...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 3:39 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, CodeSmith, Tips & Tricks, Windows Installer

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 RTM

I was so happy to see that Microsoft has finally release Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. It contains so many improvements and bug fixes; you can view the full list of the enhancements at Scott Guthrie's blog . " Unlike...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 8:24 AM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: .Net, Visual Studio 2008

Microsoft's 2008 Lang.NET Symposium Videos

Check out the screen casts / videos of the Microsoft 2008 Lang.NET Symposium event. They have some pretty interesting videos available for everyone, granted you have Silverlight installed. View ( 2008 Lang.NET Symposium Videos )

Published Sun, Feb 02 2008 10:32 PM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: C#, .Net, VB.Net

Got Posters?

Chris Bowen’s did a search last month for all posters available on Microsoft Downloads. This is what he found: .NET 3.5 Namespaces Poster The .NET Framework 3.5 Common Namespaces and Types Poster Visual Basic 2008 Keybinding Poster Printable wall poster...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 12:26 PM by Blake Niemyjski

Filed under: C#, ASP.Net, Ajax, C++, .Net, VB.Net, Visual Studio 2005, Office 2007, Visual Studio 2008, Silverlight, VSTO, Posters

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