Quan To's Visual Studio Extensibility blog
Blog to discuss extensibility in Visual Studio
Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta has shipped!
We just released the latest Visual Studio 2008 SDK online. The latest version can be downloaded...
Author: Quan Date: 05/19/2008
Visual Studio SDK 1.1 Beta Readme
Readme for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta This readme provides information about what is...
Author: Quan Date: 05/19/2008
Tech Ed
Microsoft Tech Ed 2008 is right around the corner! There will be two weeks this year, the first week...
Author: Quan Date: 05/16/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta has been released!
We just released a beta of the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. There are several different...
Author: Quan Date: 05/12/2008
So, what do I do at Microsoft on the VS Ecosystem team?
Ken Levy came to my office the other day and said he wanted to do a quick interview with me as an...
Author: Quan Date: 04/09/2008
Team mugs shots are online
Ever wonder what the people look like who are helping grow the Visual Studio Ecosystem at Microsoft?...
Author: Quan Date: 04/03/2008
VSCT PowerToy has been released
During my first week at work on the Visual Studio Ecosystem team, James (my boss) asked me to take a...
Author: Quan Date: 04/02/2008
IronPython Studio Integrated Shell Setup released on codeplex
Pablo, one of our Visual Studio Ecosystem enthusiasts just released a version of IronPython Studio...
Author: Quan Date: 03/28/2008
Happy Pi Day!
Happy Pi Day everyone! It's March 14th. If you still don't get it, it's 3.14 today. Traditionally at...
Author: Quan Date: 03/14/2008
VSX Talk at the .NET Developer Association weekly meeting
Last night, Ken Levy and I presented another VSX talk at the .NET Developer Association weekly...
Author: Quan Date: 03/11/2008
Another VSX reference just hit the shelves
One of our VSX insiders, Keyvan Nayyeri has published a book about extending Visual Studio. The book...
Author: Quan Date: 03/10/2008
A really useful Visual Studio Extension - Power Commands
We just released probably one of our most useful extensions - Power Commands for Visual Studio 2008....
Author: Quan Date: 03/03/2008
Visual Studio Gallery is Live!
Check out www.visualstudiogallery.com! Over the last few months, Anthony, one of our PMs on the...
Author: Quan Date: 02/27/2008
Migrating VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008
I've been seeing a lot of questions about this and people struggling with getting their packages to...
Author: Quan Date: 02/19/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility known issues document has been updated
We're trying something new. When we shipped Visual Studio 2008 and the Visual Studio 2008 SDK, they...
Author: Quan Date: 01/31/2008
Source Code Outliner Powertoy
My last blog post was a step by step walkthrough on how to build a simple version of the source code...
Author: Quan Date: 01/28/2008
Building your own Visual Studio Source Code Outliner extension
I’ll be giving my first Visual Studio Extensibility talk at the Seattle Code Camp on January 27,...
Author: Quan Date: 01/22/2008
Migrating from VS 2005 to VS 2008 with Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell references
Some customers have hit this issue so I wanted to blog about it in case other people ran into the...
Author: Quan Date: 01/20/2008
How do I programmatically unload a project from a solution?
Happy new year everyone! Here's my first technical post about the Visual Studio SDK :) Back in...
Author: Quan Date: 01/07/2008
Why is World of Warcraft mentioned in the same sentence as Visual Studio?
It's not like this needs any more press but a World of Warcraft Visual Studio package was released...
Author: Quan Date: 12/19/2007
New job, new blog look, new blog purpose
After spending three and a half years on the Visual Studio Deployment Technology Group, I've decided...
Author: Quan Date: 12/13/2007
Visual Studio 2008 has shipped!
Earlier this week, we shipped Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5. I've been on the Visual...
Author: Quan Date: 11/23/2007
CRC error applying Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
Just worked on a case with one of our PSS engineers at Microsoft. The customer had Visual Studio...
Author: Quan Date: 09/28/2007
Visual Studio 2008 - Beta 2
Wow, it's been 7 months since I last posted here. :) It's been a busy seven months as the Developer...
Author: Quan Date: 07/27/2007
Y2K7 crisis coming up?
It's been seven years since the Y2K crisis. It seems we may have another crisis coming up which some...
Author: Quan Date: 12/19/2006
The big hammer (vs 2005 uninstall tool)
During the Visual Studio 2005 product cycle, we realized we needed a tool to wipe out the final...
Author: Quan Date: 12/19/2006
VS 2005 Tools for Office 2007 has shipped!
I've been so busy lately that I forgot to announce the project I've been working on for the last 3...
Author: Quan Date: 11/14/2006
VS 2005 on Vista
Vista's done! Finally :) For those who have tried the beta or an Release Candidate, you'll notice a...
Author: Quan Date: 11/14/2006
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta
It's been a while since I posted but I've been busy working on the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005...
Author: Quan Date: 09/14/2006
VS 2003 Service Pack 1 has RTM'd
It's been a while since I blogged but this is definately worth blogging about. The Visual Studio...
Author: Quan Date: 08/16/2006
VS install fails on custom action: WriteKeycodeToRegistryAction
Our PSS team just debugged this problem. When trying to install VS with crystal reports, a custom...
Author: Quan Date: 05/23/2006
Visual Studio CTPs
I'm working with a few other program managers in Visual Studio to figure out how Customer Tech...
Author: Quan Date: 04/23/2006
Server exception with asp.net project
Error message: Parser Error Message: Theme 'Panel' cannot be found in the application or global...
Author: Quan Date: 04/04/2006
Evil USB keys during setup
Looks like we have a bug in setup that causes setup to fail if you have a USB key on the machine. VS...
Author: Quan Date: 03/20/2006
VS 2005 Team Foundation Server shipped!
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server has been released! After a few years of putting together a...
Author: Quan Date: 03/17/2006
Pesky Virus Checkers
It's been a while since I posted. Hopefully most folks have been able to install VS 2005 painlessly...
Author: Quan Date: 03/16/2006
Installation of VS fails on CA_SetPidProps
This was an interesting one. I saw two instances of this during VS Beta 2. It was rare enough that...
Author: Quan Date: 01/20/2006
How do I make VS 2005 target the 1.1 framework?
Two good articles to help you out: https://blogs.msdn.com/jomo_fisher/archive/2005/04/22/410903.aspx...
Author: Quan Date: 01/19/2006
Another VS Setup PM Blogs!
Krzysztof Wilkosz started on our team a few months back. He came straight from Poland so watching...
Author: Quan Date: 01/16/2006
Change the type of developer setting
When you first launch the VS 2005 IDE, it asks you what type of developer are you. If you ever want...
Author: Quan Date: 01/06/2006
Assembly load failure installing the 2.0 Framework
I just helped debug an interesting framework failure. Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Error...
Author: Quan Date: 12/27/2005
SQL Server Express fails to install due to permission problems
A customer just emailed me about an issue with SQL Server Express failing. The error he saw in the...
Author: Quan Date: 12/16/2005
SQL Server Express can not install to a compressed drive
If you're trying to install VS to a compressed drive, SQL Server Express will fail. Unfortunately,...
Author: Quan Date: 12/12/2005
We're hiring!
I'm shamelessly soliciting resumes because we have a few open positions on VS Setup. We have...
Author: Quan Date: 12/12/2005
Visual Studio 2007? setup
I'm currently working with a few folks on defining what the setup experience for the next version of...
Author: Quan Date: 12/06/2005
Moving from Beta to RTM
There's been a bunch of blogs, newsgroup posts, etc on how to fix your machine if you don't...
Author: Quan Date: 11/29/2005
VS 2003 - Reboot required but there's nothing to reboot!
I've seen several posts around installing VS 2003 where VS detects a reboot is required before it...
Author: Quan Date: 11/22/2005
When does VS Beta 2 Expire?
I've been asked that twice in the last few days so I figure I'd mention it here. VS 2005 Beta 2...
Author: Quan Date: 11/18/2005