Mikhail Arkhipov (MSFT)'s WebLog
Visual Web Developer stuff
What is Paste Alternate?
You may have noticed that both Design and Source views have Paste as well as Paste Alternate...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 11/07/2004
Whidbey Beta 2 end game
ScottGu posted very good description on our Beta 2 end game process. A biggest change from previous...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 10/26/2004
Got a new car
It is Toyota Prius. It is pretty big change for me since I have been driving fast cars for many...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 10/26/2004
Return of the yellow
When reviewing bugs filed from feedback on MSDN Feedback site we came across few requests to make...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 10/16/2004
Whitespace significance. To standard or not to standard or 'don't change my HTML again!'
Have a look at this bug. In fact, it is not that we again munge your HTML. It is that we are trying...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 09/21/2004
Why ASP.NET 2.0 Application directories are not configurable
ScottGu provided detailed explanation in ASP.NET forums. I'll post the quote here so you won't have...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 09/18/2004
Now that we are done with DCRs...
Last week we (Visual Web Developer team) finished all outstanding DCRs (design change requests) that...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 09/13/2004
Your feedback at work, part II : Advanced Color Coding
Last week I checked in implementation of advanced color coding. Here is how new coloring looks on my...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 09/06/2004
Your product feedback votes at work
Last week a few DCRs (design change requests) have been approved the Visual Web Developer area for...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/28/2004
Adding custom DOM to the VS client script intellisense. Part 2: Events.
In my previous post I showed how to create a simple client script intellisense schema. I recei ved...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/28/2004
Adding custom DOM to the VS client script intellisense
Did you know that you can add your own document object model to Visual Studio client script...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/23/2004
Why overflow:auto requires element to have fixed width or height?
While editing my Web site the other day I encountered an interesting problem. For some reason W3C...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/22/2004
HTML editor based on Gecko
This weekend I downloaded NVU which is HTML editor based on Gecko engine.I played with a bit and...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/22/2004
How do you see markup syntax of ASP.NET controls with generics?
Reading this post made me thinking how exactly markup for a generic control should look like. It...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/18/2004
Naming conventions: I don't like camel and I do like Hungarian
This post made me thinking about naming convention in managed code. I tend to disagree with naming...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/17/2004
Using W3C DTDs for XHTML validation in Whidbey
There is good article on new XML tools in VS 2005. Our team used to own VS XML editor back in VS...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/16/2004
ASP.NET 2.0 feature cuts
Shanku, our GPM, posted official ASP.NET 2.0 runtime feature cuts. You may expect corresponding...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/16/2004
Weather Forecast ASP.NET user control
I am posting source code for the weather report control that I am using on my Web site. It looks...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/13/2004
Why there is no charset property in ASPX pages
...or how HTML editor handles file encoding. First, Visual Studio is a Unicode application and...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/07/2004
Compiler nanny, take 2.
I found a better way than to use a function which I described earlier. The drawback of the function...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 08/05/2004
What's in a name [of css color]?
While editing my site I found that there is a bit of conflict in color naming between CSS standard...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 07/28/2004
Editing ASP.NET 1.1 site with Whidbey
So you like new Whidbey features like intellisense enverywhere but you only have ASP.NET 1.1...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 07/27/2004
Did you see any of those languages on the Web?
In Visual Studio 2005 HTML validation schemas directory (Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 07/24/2004
Compiler nanny
This post reminded me on the case when C++ compiler warnings caused me more grief than benefits. I...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 07/22/2004
What do we do with your feedback
We have been getting feedback from MSDN Web site for a fews weeks now. So what are we doing with it?...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 07/19/2004
First Beta 1 feedback received
We are really happy we are now getting feedback directly from users . Today we reviewed first 10...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 07/07/2004
Bits of Visual Studio Web development tools history
This post brought up a few memories... Visual Inderdev 6.0 didn't have fancy project name. Everybody...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/29/2004
Visual Web Developer Express is here!
We are back in business as dedicated Web Development tool in Visual Studio 2005....
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/29/2004
Actual bug opened in VS 2003 database during 2001 earthquake in Washington :-)
===== Opened by larsberg on 02/28/2001 12:11PM ===== While using Object Browser, clicking on...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/25/2004
I want my [developer's] life back!
This is my calendar for tomorrow. I don't know when I am supposed to write code. I want my...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/24/2004
Why would anyone use Notepad as a primary editor?
From time to time I see people mentioning that they are using Notepad as their primary editor. Web...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/24/2004
What should we improve in HTML editor performance?
We are considering various performance improvements for VS 2005 Beta 2. We will be maintaining our...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/22/2004
Demo Driven Development
Last week a few folks in our team including myself worked towards early demo of important VS Orcas...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/20/2004
Anadtech compares resolution of digital audio formats
DVD-A, SACD, Azalia
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/13/2004
Does XP pairing assume that knowledge is a commodity?
It seems that practice of rotation of developer within the pair assumes that all developers are...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/13/2004
Code reviews are too late, design reviews are better
I feel that code reviews that happen when coding is finished are too late. It is difficult to tell a...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/12/2004
How many terminal server sessions is enough?
Today I found myself switching contexts between 3 (three) terminal sessions plus my main desktop. I...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/09/2004
Managing lifetine of native C++ objects using ATL (repost)
I removed original post since code contained a bug. Thanks to über brain of Über Brain...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/09/2004
XSLT Intellisense and validation schema for VS 2003
XSLT Intellisense and validation schema for VS 2003
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/06/2004
Here is the display I want!
There are couple of 22“ LCD displays available with stunning 3480x2400 resolution from IBM and...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/06/2004
Where to put design-time stuff in HTML pages or my rant about W3C
My biggest complaint about W3C is that they made HTML standard non-extensible. I am a tool developer...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/03/2004
What exactly do we see in the crash dump we receive from users?
Cyrus has blogged about this some time ago. Here is some more information. First I get a bug opened...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 06/01/2004
Speaking about 'moving mount Fuji'
I have this device in my office: Quite a few visitors get baffled what is it. Most are able to...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 05/30/2004
Is it possible to add support for XHTML to VS 2003?
A few people asked me if Whidbey validation and intellisense schemas are compatible with VS 2003....
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 05/28/2004
Adding CSS2 and CSS2.1 to VS 2003
Paschal L already mentioned article that describes how to add CSS2 intellisense support to VS 2003....
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 05/25/2004
How to fix HTML Accessiblity checker in Whidbey May 2004 Preview
We have recently found that HTML Accessibilty checker may be broken in Whidbey May 2004 Preview....
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 05/24/2004
Code view is cut from Whidbey HTML Editor
Those of you at TechEd as well as any other who already received May 2004 Community Preview of...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 05/24/2004
Why most Web pages are formatted in portrait orientation?
Why most Web pages are formatted in portrait orientation? Last time I checked most PC monitors were...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 05/21/2004
We have beaten our Whidbey Beta 1 performance goals!
Whidbey Web Forms Editor team has beaten Whidbey Beta 1 performance goals! Test Machine:...
Author: Mikhail Arkhipov Date: 05/18/2004