Workaround: Debugging Global.aspx.cs Application_Start() with ASP.Net Web...
When you add a global.asax file to your "Web Application Projects (WAPs) like below:and then write code in Application_Start event and try to debug it like below using Visual Studio inbuilt Development...
View ArticleJScript IntelliSense: Handling Errors
I often get the question “Why isn’t IntelliSense working?”. The most common cause is an error in one of the referenced scripts. If there was an IntelliSense update error, the status bar will tell...
View ArticleDownloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio...
We have received a great deal of feedback on VS 2008 and VWD 2008. Thank you for all the feedback. We have looked at the feedback carefully and selected some critical issues around performance and...
View ArticleJScript IntelliSense: Working with Ext JS
Ext is great framework for adding rich AJAX interactivity to your web application. Unfortunately, JScript IntelliSense currently has difficulties processing the script and it's not uncommon to see...
View ArticleIntroducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1
Colorization, validation, IntelliSense, and formatting comprise the core of any modern editor. With VS 2008 SP1, we are completing the core JScript editor by introducing code formatting....
View ArticleWeb Platform Installer
Yesterday Microsoft released Web Platform Installer (WPI) Release Candidate to the web at http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebPlatformInstaller.aspx. Betas have been available for a...
View ArticleIIS7 Load Balancing & Routing Module Now Available!
The IIS team has just shipped the Microsoft Application Request Routing 1.0 module for IIS7!!!Application Request Routing (ARR) enables Web server administrators and hosting providers and to increase...
View ArticleSoftware Development Engineer Opportunity on Visual Web Developer
The Visual Web Developer team is looking for a motivated software engineer that wants to work on next set of Web related features in Visual Web Developer and Visual Studio, shipping Visual Studio 2010...
View ArticleSoftware for building and hosting web sites at no cost for 3 years!
I’m excited to announce – WebsiteSpark– a new program from Microsoft that provides software and support for building web sites, at no cost for 3 years.What You GetSoftware:WebsiteSpark provides...
View ArticleHTML 5 intellisense and validation schema for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual...
You all probably know that new HTML 5 standard is coming. We made a new intellisense schema that you can add to VS 2008 or VWD Express 2008 and get intellisense and validation on HTML 5 elements. Note...
View ArticleMulti-targeting support in Visual Studio Orcas
The web development tools team has been working on an article about a new Orcas feature we call "multi-targeting". However Scott Guthrie beat us to it and has written up an excellent and detailed...
View ArticleSilverlight "How-to" videos
We recently released a set of Silverlight "How-to" videos online. This includes Scott Guthrie's keynote demo at Mix07 which shows off how to create a Silverlight 1.1 application using the Visual...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2008 Beta 2 & Silverlight
In case you hadn't noticed, today has been a busy day in Redmond uploading new bits to the download servers. The following are now available for download:Visual Studio Orcas Beta 2Visual Web Developer...
View ArticleUpgrading ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Websites and Web Applications to .NET Framework 3.5
8/10/2007 UPDATE: This blog post was edited to include simplified instructions to work around a known issue w/ Multitargeting support in VS 2008 Beta 2. See “Machine Prerequisites” below. Microsoft...
View ArticleUsing VS 2008 to target ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
8/10/2007 UPDATE: This blog post was edited to include simplified instructions to work around a known issue w/ Multitargeting support in VS 2008 Beta 2. See “Machine Prerequisites” below. In a...
View ArticleWorkaround for Beta 2 JavaScript IntelliSense and Colorization Issue
We have discovered that in a very limited number of setup scenarios of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, Jscript IntelliSense and Colorization may not work property after installing the product. You will get...
View ArticleNew Web Development Features in Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
You may have heard by now that Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is available for public download. I wanted to take a minute to highlight some of the new web developer features that we've added since Beta...
View ArticleOrcas Beta2 Gotcha: No ASP.NET controls in toolbox, no ASP.NET...
We’ve heard a few reports of cases with VS Orcas Beta2 where ASP.NET controls do not show up on the toolbox and ASP.NET tag intellisense and validation is broken in HTML source view. All of the cases...
View ArticleBetter Javascript intellisense with Silverlight 1.0
If you are using Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, and are building applications for Silverlight using Javascript, there is a cool project from Justin-Josef Angel, which I recommend checking out. Using...
View ArticleNew VS2008 Feature: “Downgrade” HTML, CSS, and JScript Errors to Warnings
VS2005 introduced the ability to validate your markup and CSS for standards compliance alongside your code. It’s a great feature, but it can be frustrating when you’re looking for that one critical...
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