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• New on Tips and Tricks Blog!

  Here are three new tips on Tips and Tricks Blog. Tip #4 Did you know… You can add browsers to Visual Web Developer using the “Browse With…” option Tip #5 Did you know… How to Databind a ListView control? Tip #6 Did you know… About the “Tag Navigator” feature? Have a great weekend! Reshmi Mangalore SDET, Web Development Tools Read More... Posted Aug 29 2008, 07:44 PM by Visual Web Developer Team Blog Filed under: ASP.NET, Visual Studio, CSS and HTML, Tips and Tricks, VWD, Orcas, VS2008, Visual Studio 2008

• Visual Web Developer support for out of band releases.

  Recently we have received a few requests from customers asking whether our out of band (OOB) releases (Silverlight, Dynamic Data Wizard, Model View Controller and Web Deployment Project) are supported in Visual Web Developer (VWD) Express or not. This blog post lists all the OOB releases that we have shipped during the last year and what releases are supported in Visual Web Developer currently.   VS 2008 SP1 RTM VWD 2008 SP1 RTM Timeline Silverlight Refresh Supported Not Supported We have plans to add Silverlight Tools support in VWD Express for the Silverlight 2 release. Model View Controller Supported Supported N/A Dynamic Data Wizard Supported Not Supported Dynamic Data Wizard will support VWD Express with our next code gallery release... Posted Aug 27 2008, 05:31 PM by Visual Web Developer Team Blog Filed under: ASP.NET, VWD, Silverlight, Dynamic Data

• Using the Ajax Control Toolkit in ASP.NET MVC

  Stephen Walther has a pretty cool post on using the new file-only version of the Ajax Control Toolkit from an MVC application: http://weblogs.asp.net/stephenwalther/archive/2008/08/22/asp-net-mvc-tip-36-create-a-popup-calendar-helper.aspx Read More... Posted Aug 25 2008, 03:20 PM by Tales from the Evil Empire Filed under: ASP.NET, Atlas, Microsoft AJAX Library, AJAX Control Toolkit, MVC

• Book Plug: Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5

  I recently got a copy of Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5 .  This promises to be a great book.   With .NET Framework 3.5, Ajax is really interesting the mainstream and the Ajax Server Controls make it very easy for the millions of ASP.NET developers to easily take advantage of the power Ajax offers.   Enjoy it!   This is the first book in the .NET Development Series to come out since I was asked to be on the editorial board for the series.  It is great to get a chance to work with John Montgomery and Don Box .  While the only pay I get for this gig is free books, I am excited to be able to help connect the industry experts on the most important technologies to the widest possible... Posted Aug 22 2008, 12:16 PM by Brad Abrams Filed under: Ajax, ASP.NET

• Ajax Control Toolkit released for .NET 3.5 SP1

  I just released the latest version of the Ajax Control Toolkit for .NET 3.5 SP1. This is an intermediary release that provides a version of the Toolkit that is built against the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. It contains a new control, MultiHandleSlider, built by Daniel Crenna (thanks, Daniel, you're the hero of this release) and integrates patches contributed by the community. A big thank you to all who contributed (see their names in the hall of fame ). The sample web site is not yet updated to this new release, this will be done in a couple of days. I will update this post once this is done. What's next? In the very short term, we will provide a client-side only version of the toolkit, similar to the Microsoft Ajax Library , that enables... Posted Aug 21 2008, 02:05 PM by Tales from the Evil Empire Filed under: ASP.NET, Atlas, .NET, Microsoft AJAX Library, AJAX Control Toolkit

• Dynamic Data Wizard Preview 0806 for VS 2008 SP1 RTM is now available

  we've just released the latest Preview of Dynamic Data Wizard on the CodePlex website that requires that Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is installed. This release is primarily for supporting updating from the Beta to the RTM release of .NET 3.5 SP1. For more information, check out the Release Changes page on Code Plex. Direct link to the download page: http://www.codeplex.com/aspnet/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14474 Installing steps to get the latest Blinq: 1) Upgrade SP1 from the Beta to the RTM release 2) Run the Blinq 0806 Install.cmd from a VS 2008 command prompt. Warning : if you have the previous version of Blinq, 07-18 release, do not run the Uninstal.cmd after upgrading the SP1 from the Beta to the RTM release; otherwise, your... Posted Aug 18 2008, 03:54 PM by Visual Web Developer Team Blog Filed under: ASP.NET, VS2008, Dynamic Data, Visual Studio 2008, SP1, Anh Phan

• Debugging A Web Site With A Host Header

  If you have downloaded the RTM version of SP1 for Visual Studio 2008, you may get an error when trying to debug a Web Site with a host header on IIS 6 or IIS 5.1. The error message reads: "Unable to start debugging on the web server. An authentication error occurred while communicating with the web server. Please see Help for assistance." (Figure 1: Error Message when debugging a Web Site with a host header. In this case, the host header is www.test.com ) Scope This issue only appears on Web Sites configured with a host header on machines with IIS 6 or IIS 5.1 and the RTM version of the .Net Framework 3.5 SP1. Background Lukasz Pawlowski, a program mangager on the Reporting Services team, published a great blog post describing the... Posted Aug 13 2008, 12:09 PM by Visual Web Developer Team Blog Filed under: ASP.NET, Visual Studio, VWD, Announcements, Visual Studio 2008, SP1, Joe Cartano

• Multiple control selection tips/tricks/workarounds

  In an earlier blog , we mentioned that multiple control selection was returning with VS2008 SP1. We also mentioned that it isn’t a functionally complete feature yet due to time constraints. Rather than waiting till the next release of Visual Studio, we decided to deliver the core functionality in SP1. The plan is to deliver a completed multiple selection feature for the next version of Visual Studio. Until then, we hope that the current implementation will satisfy the core functionality that you require. In order to help you use the feature, we’ve compiled a list of tips, tricks, and workarounds for multiple control selection: Selection · When selecting controls, make sure your mouse isn’t moving between the time you click your mouse and release... Posted Aug 11 2008, 06:03 PM by Visual Web Developer Team Blog Filed under: ASP.NET, Tips and Tricks, VWD, customer, Visual Studio 2008, SP1

• Web Development Updates in Visual Studio 2008 SP1

  Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Visual Web Developer 2008 SP1 are now available for download .  This blog post highlights the major changes in SP1 related to web development. New Web Development Features in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 The following is a list of new features in SP1 which relate to web development: Class Libraries and Web Application Projects in Express JScript Formatting More Support for External JScript Libraries Dynamic Data Templates SQL Server 2008 Support WCF Renaming Support IIS Module and Handler Templates Multiple Selection in Design View (new since SP1 Beta) For more details on the above features, please see the following articles: http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-sp1-beta.aspx http... Posted Aug 11 2008, 04:00 AM by Visual Web Developer Team Blog Filed under: ASP.NET, Visual Studio, VWD, Announcements, Omar Khan, Visual Studio 2008, SP1

• New Web Developer Tips and Tricks Blog

  We recently launched a very cool tips and tricks blog series just for web developers .  The goal is to get a similar format to Sara Ford's successful tips and tricks series.  We are of to a very goo start! Did You Know… Tip #1 – Powerful CSS Tools to Create, Manage and Apply Styles Tip #2 Did you know...The Style Application Toolbar works in both Auto and Manual modes? Tip #3 Did you know… Split View could be set vertically in VS 2008   Look for more in the coming weeks... if you have any suggestions for tips, please send them my way ...    Enjoy! Read More... Posted Aug 08 2008, 10:47 PM by Brad Abrams Filed under: ASP.NET