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• 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

• Faster switch to design view in VS 2008 SP1 RTM

  Some customers discovered that sometimes switch to Design view was very slow. We analyzed submitted reports and tracked the issue down to a code that was discovering available AJAX Extenders and which contols they were applicable to. In order to avoid unnecessary delays we moved discovery of AJAX extenders to a background thread. This made switch to Design view significantly faster since designer is now available immediately while extenders are still being enumerated. Here is a screenshot, look at the status bar that shows "Discovering AJAX extender controls..." and displays a small progress indicator: If you select a control before applicable extenders are discovered, the control will not display its smart task menu and/or will not... Posted Jun 18 2008, 06:35 PM by Visual Web Developer Team Blog Filed under: Ajax, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, VWD, Orcas, VS2008, Visual Studio 2008, SP1

• Multiple control selection in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM

  We have been listening to your [strong] feedback and we are now happy to announce that multiple selection and alignment operations in Design view are coming back and will be included in VS 2008 SP1 RTM and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 SP1 RTM. We do understand that designing pages using absolute positioning of elements is a highly controversial issue and some people have strong opinions on it. However, many users have been relying on the functionality that Visual Studio used to provide since VS 2002 and expected feature to stay in subsequent versions. In VS 2008 we replaced old IE based designer by a new designer that is shared with Expression Web and is based on former FrontPage technologies. Unfortunately, neither FrontPage nor Expression... Posted Jun 11 2008, 09:07 PM by Your Websites, Our Passion! Filed under: ASP.NET, Visual Studio, CSS and HTML, Web, VWD, Orcas, Announcements, Development, VS2008, Visual Studio 2008, SP1

• ADO.net Data Service reflection class creation in VS2008 SP1 Beta, a breaking change with CTP time

  I added a blog "ADO.net Data Service reflection class creation in VS2008 SP1 Beta, a breaking change with CTP time" in http://blogs.msdn.com/xqiu/archive/2008/05/13/ado-net-data-service-reflection-class-creation-in-vs2008-sp1-beta-a-breaking-change-with-ctp-time.aspx Hope it helps for data service lovers. Xin, SDET in Web Development Tools Read More... Posted Jun 10 2008, 08:18 PM by Your Websites, Our Passion! Filed under: SP1, Astoria, ADO.net Data Service

• Error occurs installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta if KB944899 is installed.

  If you have the first release of KB945140 installed on your system you may run across an error when trying to install Visual Studio SP1 Beta. The work around is to manually uninstall the KB. For Vista or later: Open Control Panel Click on "Programs" Click on "View installed updates" Remove KB944899 listed under any versions of Visual Studio 2008 For earlier operating systems: Open Control Panel Click on "Add / Remove Programs" Check "Show updates" Remove KB944899 listed under any versions of Visual Studio 2008 If any other patches are installed on Visual Studio 2008 that you see in the list of updates, please open an elevated command prompt and run the following: Check for other references to KB944899... Posted May 15 2008, 10:54 AM by Your Websites, Our Passion! Filed under: Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2008, SP1

• Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta

  Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available! You can download it here . In SP1, we have added some new features as well as many bug fixes. In this blog post I’ll attempt to give an overview of the features as well as some of the key issues the Visual Web Developer team has addressed so far in the service pack. New Features : Class Libraries and Web Application Projects in Express Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition now has support for Class Libraries and Web Application Projects. This enables you to leverage features only available in Visual Studio Standard and above before, including project-to-project references and the web application project build system. To create one of these projects, you can simply go to File > New Project... Posted May 12 2008, 04:00 AM by Your Websites, Our Passion! Filed under: ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Web, VWD, Announcements, CSS, IE8Beta, VS2008, Visual Studio 2008, SP1

• Error installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Silverlight Tools Beta 1

  Summary Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 is not compatible with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta. The good news is that Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is coming soon. Until then you will not be able to install both Silverlight Tools and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Until Silverlight Tools Beta 2 ships you'll need to uninstall Silverlight Tools Beta 1 to evaluate Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta. Likewise, if you've already installed Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta then you'll need to uninstall it before installing Silverlight Tools Beta 1. Error installing VS SP1 Beta If you install Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta while Silverlight Tools Beta 1 is installed you'll get this error message: Microsoft Visual... Posted May 12 2008, 03:58 AM by Your Websites, Our Passion! Filed under: Visual Studio, Silverlight, MIX 2008, VS2008, Bradleyb, SP1, msnow, Installation