BorisJ's Blog
Visual C++ Program Manager
C++ and .NET Framework Multitargeting
I'm not going to write a long note explaining once again that I've been too busy to post. We all...
Date: 08/06/2007
Interop 101 – Part 5
As overdue as this post is, let's just jump in. In my first 4 installments, I focused on the...
Date: 02/09/2007
Blogging Redux
It seems as though my blogging comes in phases, with short periods of writing often interspersed...
Date: 01/30/2007
Interop 101 – Part 4
I apologize for the long delay for this section (although I suppose my average posting frequency is...
Date: 09/29/2006
Interop 101 - Part 3
In the last part of this little series, we looked into how C# (and .NET languages in general) can...
Date: 09/02/2006
Debugging Trick
My colleague Kang Su (that's his first name) came by my office yesterday to borrow a book. You might...
Date: 08/22/2006
Interop 101 – Part 2
In my last post, I began my little foray into basic managed/native interop scenarios. The goal is to...
Date: 08/21/2006
Interop 101 - Part 1
It's funny how often the people within our team (myself included) take certain things for granted....
Date: 07/30/2006
Channel 9
The folks over at Channel9 have posted my first video over here. If you don't know what the site is,...
Date: 07/12/2006
Thoughts about Tech-Ed 2006
As I mentioned in previous posts, I was Microsoft's largest sponsored conference a few weeks ago. I...
Date: 06/30/2006
Interop Chalk Talk - The Slides
Upon request, I am posting the slides to my chalk talk. It's especially useful as I am not sure how...
Date: 06/16/2006
Blogging from Tech-Ed 2006
I am hanging out at Tech-Ed 2006 in Boston this week. After 2 days, I must it continues to amaze me...
Date: 06/14/2006
Product Feedback woes and yet another macro
A while back, we received a suggestion via our product feedback website. The site lets anyone log...
Date: 06/05/2006
Useful Code: Keyboard shortcuts
People often wonder about how we deal with Keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio. There are a couple...
Date: 05/16/2006
Back to blogging
It turns out Word 2007 supports blogging. This will be my grand excuse to start blogging again.
Date: 05/15/2006
Useful Code: Build Startup Project
It seems as though I've dropped off from blogging, and that surely was not my intention. So without...
Date: 10/11/2005
Classic Clippy Story
This short story that Larry links to is a great reminder of the dangers of trying to create software...
Date: 07/26/2005
Blogging from Meltdown
I'm presenting my Visual C++ productivity tips talk at the Windows Gaming conference, also known as...
Date: 07/26/2005
Useful Code: Swap .h/.cpp
Over the past few weeks, for a number of reasons I have been working on a number of macros to extend...
Date: 07/25/2005
Sufjan Stevens
Wow. What an amazing concert I went to tonight (well last night by now). If you're not familiar with...
Date: 07/24/2005
Chat: The Visual Studio Debugger, July 28th @ 1pm Pacific Time
I'll be participating in an online chat about debugger features next week. There will be members of...
Date: 07/22/2005
Testing new internal blog posting tool
Hopefully this works and I'll start posting more often. I've been playing with the idea of using...
Date: 07/15/2005
I want this keyboard
Found this keyboard on /. today, looks like a really cool idea. Update: It's not everyday you get...
Date: 07/14/2005
The design of C++0x
Bjarne (no last name needed on a C++ oriented blog) posted this article in the May edition of the...
Date: 07/06/2005
Google Maps Mania
Well I suppose this was inevitable. There are now so many Google Maps hacks (err... applications)...
Date: 07/06/2005
Vertical Guidelines
Now here is a feature that we should expose far more prominently (and I'll push the core team to do...
Date: 07/01/2005
GameFest I
I've spent the past two days at GameFest, presenting some tips and tricks for the Visual C++ IDE and...
Date: 06/30/2005
Kate Gregory on why Visual C++ matters
Steve Teixeira pointed out a great (quick too!) talk by Kate Gregory, one of our regional directors,...
Date: 06/29/2005
VS 2005 vs. Firefox
Thanks to Don for pointing this one out, I bet Sara will blog about this in no time too... Since...
Date: 06/25/2005
Where is my Source Browser?
If you're an experienced Visual C++ 6.0 user, chances are you've become quite attached to the Source...
Date: 06/02/2005
Shalom from Tel Aviv
I am here in Tel Aviv with some of the members of my team as part of the Visual C++ Accelerator...
Date: 05/09/2005
New for VC++ 2005: CTRL+J
Have you ever been coding inside a class/struct and you wanted to know just what members were...
Date: 04/19/2005
Hacking the Papal Election
Bruce Schneier has a great piece analyzing the papal election process and its security.Bottom line:...
Date: 04/19/2005
Find symbols VC6-style using CTRL+D
Many developers complain about the fact that the traditional search box that pops up when using...
Date: 04/11/2005
IntelliSense Support in Visual C++
Alvin Chardon, a developer on the Visual C++ team, wrote a great paper describing how the...
Date: 04/07/2005
New Visual C++ Focused Blog
Hey everyone! I am a fairly new Program Manager for the Visual C++ IDE. I am starting this blog to...
Date: 04/07/2005