Aaron Marten
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Phil Taylor (VSSDK Program Manager) is Blogging
The blog has been up since November, but I just found out about it. Phil Taylor, our Program Manager...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 04/04/2006
Visual Studio 2005 SDK - March 2006 CTP for V2 Shipped!
Get your bits (Passport login & VSIP registration required) while they're hot off the build...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/03/2006
A bit more on IronPython
[Update 04.02.2007: Added note about running under the debugger][Update 03.14.2007: Updated content...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 02/16/2006
A few more juicy bites in the VSSDK February 2006 CTP
In the rush to post about the CTP, I forgot to mention a few more things we've bundled in the Visual...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 02/10/2006
Visual Studio 2005 SDK - February 2006 CTP is now available!
We just posted the February 2006 CTP of the Visual Studio 2005 SDK to the web. From the description:...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 02/03/2006
Visual Studio 2005 Automation Samples available for download
As has already been mentioned by Chetan and Craig, the Automation (EnvDTE) Samples for Visual Studio...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 01/09/2006
Intellisense/Colorization broken before build on VSSDK Samples/Wizard-generated projects
In both the October 2005 RTM and December 2005 CTP releases of the Visual Studio SDK, you may notice...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 12/13/2005
Visual Studio 2005 SDK (December 2005 CTP) Released
Earlier this week, we released the December 2005 CTP version of the Visual Studio SDK. We're calling...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 12/09/2005
Visual Studio 2005 SDK Ships!!!
If you have the final release of Visual Studio 2005, you can now download the corresponding Visual...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 11/02/2005
An last but not least...
Chetan C has also started blogging! Chetan's primary focus is testing and improving the Visual...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 10/05/2005
Two new blogs!
There are 2 new blogs for you to add to your RSS reader if you're interested in writing addins and...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 10/04/2005
Visual Studio SDK September CTP Now Available for Download!
The September CTP of the Visual Studio SDK is now available for download. Please note that this CTP...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 09/02/2005
New VSIP/Visual Studio SDK Downloads Page
There's a pleasant surprise waiting for you over at https://www.vsipdev.com/downloads/. (Update: June...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 08/05/2005
Agile 2005 Conference
I'm fortunate enough to be attending the Agile 2005 Conference next week in Denver. Hope to see you...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 07/22/2005
Visual Studio SDK for June CTP now available
For all of you who like to live on the cutting edge (or who were waiting for bug fixes since Beta...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 06/22/2005
IVsMonitorSelection Article
I've posted the Interface of the Week article on IVsMonitorSelection. Enjoy! I'd be interested in...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 06/06/2005
IVsMonitorSelection
The functionality of IVsMonitorSelection is described in the VSIP documentation as “Enabling...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 06/06/2005
Interface of the Week
I've decided to start a new feature that should be of some assistance to all of you out in VSIP...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 06/01/2005
Addin Wizard on Visual Studio 2005 (Beta 2)
Well, Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 is finally out the door. It is certainly a high-quality Beta, but,...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 04/22/2005
At Your Command
I received the following question in my email this morning: "I'd like to create a new command that...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/25/2005
Visual Studio CTP / VSIP Versioning Problems
I've been seeing a lot of emails and posts about people wondering how they can get VSIP 2005 Beta 1...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 02/15/2005
New VSIP-related Blog!
The Visual Studio Extensbility User Education (VSXUE) team, lead by Jim Glass, has started their own...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 02/14/2005
Visual Studio Team System Extensibility Kit (December 2004 CTP)
An extensibility kit dealing with extending Visual Studio Team System has been posted on the...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 01/27/2005
Visual Studio 2005 IDE Extensibility Chat
There will be a chat on Extensibility (VSIP, Add-Ins, Macros, Policy, etc...) on January 19th, 2005,...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 01/07/2005
VSIP as a Normal User
If you ask people who know much about computer security, they will usually recommend that you...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 01/04/2005
Xaml Viewer (using VSIP!!!)
In case you haven't seen this yet, Gaston Milano has released a Xaml viewer/editor that runs inside...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 11/29/2004
Where can I get flex & bison?
One of the most common requests I see on the VS extensibility newsgroup (and in my Inbox) is "where...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 10/13/2004
Coming soon to a package near you
Now that the summer is over officially (it's back around 55°F here in Seattle), it's time to get...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 09/29/2004
Somasegar on VSIP
The vice president heading up the Developer Division here at Microsoft, S. Somasegar, has a blog...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 09/24/2004
Extensibility Chat Transcript
This is a bit of old news, but in case you missed it, the transcript for the Visual Studio 2005...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 09/24/2004
Visual Studio 2005 Extensibility Chat Tomorrow!
There will be a web chat with some members of the Visual Studio team tomorrow afternoon. Please join...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 08/03/2004
VSIP SDK 2005 Beta 1
This is a bit of old news, but definitely worth the mention. You can now download the VSIP SDK 2005...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 07/29/2004
C is for cookie, that's good enough for me
Hmm, I've been slacking off a bit on the blog, haven't I. Oh well, time to delve back into another...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 07/21/2004
Express Products
There have been a ton of people blogging about these today, and I wanted to join the choir. I would...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 06/29/2004
Visual Studio as a Platform
One of the quotes I picked up on from this recent article on eWeek was "...Microsoft is really...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 06/07/2004
CTC Files and Package Delay Loading
VSIP Extras certainly does a lot to help out with moving into the managed code world for package...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 05/26/2004
CoverageEye
This tool has been out for a few months now from Microsoft UK, but I thought I'd bring it to your...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 05/25/2004
The Oracle says...
In case you didn't see the press release, it was announced today that Oracle is the latest VSIP...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 05/21/2004
It's What's For Dinner
Mmmmm.....smell those features. Some of the members of the VS Extensibility team will be at TechEd...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 05/10/2004
CTC Colorizing
After releasing his recent managed resource editor for VS .NET 2003, Gaston Milano has done it...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 04/26/2004
Creating Packages with VSIP Extras (Part 2)
Continuing from last time... Most of the interesting stuff in the wizard generated package is in the...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 04/08/2004
Managed Resource Editor using VSIP Extras
Gaston Milano has released a managed resource editor using the final release of VSIP Extras. Nice...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 04/08/2004
Help my Help!!!
As was mentioned in one of the comments on this blog and in the VSIP Extras Beta newsgroup, there is...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/25/2004
VSIP EXTRAS IS RELEASED
VSIP EXTRAS IS RELEASED In addition, we've also launched a new section on MSDN devoted to Visual...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/23/2004
VSIP Help Filter
I suppose this isn't really a VSIP specific thing, but I think it's a helpful thing to point out to...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/19/2004
Creating Packages with VSIP Extras
If you're a VSIP developer, you're probably anticipating the final release of VSIP Extras (currently...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/17/2004
Serve it Up!
If you've read any of the introductory material to VSIP (see below), you've undoubtedly come across...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/12/2004
The Doctor is In
Have you ever heard of Dr. GUI? There's a new doctor in the house. Meet Dr. Ex! He's around to help...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/09/2004
Getting Started with VSIP
So you've decided to write a package for Visual Studio .NET. Congratulations! Now what? Getting...
Author: Aaron Marten Date: 03/08/2004