AllenD's WebLog
VSSDK August CTP Available
Please visit the VSIPDev.com download page to see the latest available downloads. The August CTP of...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 08/04/2005
Associating CTC with C++ editor
We've been thinking (for a long time) of improvig the CTC format and editing experience to make it...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2005
Localizing CTC
A great partner recently asked me about a newsgroup post mentioning Unicode CTC files. The post...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/19/2005
Ballmer interview on Channel 9
I just saw a nice interview with MS CEO Steve Ballmer on Channel 9. Check it out when you have about...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2005
Thank you!
Some VS 2005 customer love [:)]
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2005
PDC and VS Extensibilty
We're at the PDC! We're still getting all the pieces in place, but our plan is to have Visual Studio...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/08/2005
VS SDK July Sprint
We're still planning our July Sprint, but I wanted to share what the team is (to this point) going...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/06/2005
VS SDK Tech Preview Now Available
Been wondering what I've been up to for the last few months? Well, reengineering the development...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/01/2005
VSIP SDK For June VS CTP is released
You want it, you got it! The VSIP SDK for the June CTP for VS2005 is now available for download at...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 06/21/2005
out parameters might be NULL in managed code - using causes Exception, ignoring causes Compiler error
What's one to do? Recently MicroFocus found this issue with one of the interop definitions in VS...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 06/20/2005
June CTP for VS2005 - Do you want the matching VSIP SDK?
In the past none of our VSIP partners cared much for getting the VSIP SDK to match a release of a...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 06/16/2005
Managed Package Framework Webcast
I forgot about this 'til now....
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 01/13/2005
Back in the saddle again
Whew! It's been a while hasn't it? My new son was born 9/30 and I returned to work late October...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 01/13/2005
Out for a while
I'm going on infant care leave either tomorrow or next week. I'll most likely not blog anything...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 09/29/2004
Got Scrum?
Just got done with a two-day certification in the Scrum Project Management methodology. I'm now...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 09/15/2004
IVsRunningDocumentTable.RenameDocument - how to call in managed code
Here's a little code to help managed packages call the Running Document Table to rename a document:...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2004
Regular Expression Language Service
I've finally gotten around to posting the Regular Expression Language Service so you can get to it....
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/26/2004
Extensibility makes MSDN TV
Check out Ken Hardy, VS Core PM for Extensibility share some info on MSDN TV. If you were at TechEd...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/15/2004
Solution Options Persistence (Part 2)
It occured to me that I didn't discuss what the framework will do when the options you specified in...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/12/2004
Solution Options Persistence
I investigated this question earlier today for an internal VS client and wanted to share the results...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 07/09/2004
Whidbey Beta 1 Feedback
I forgot to mention the way to provide VS 2005 feedback. Visit the MSDN Product Feedback Center...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2004
Whidbey Beta 1
Boy, a ton of stuff is happening this week: 1) VS 2005 Beta 1 is released. You can find it here:...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 06/29/2004
Going, going....
Well, there's still a ton of people here at the San Diego Convention Center even though it's down to...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2004
Winding down...
Last night's TechEd SeaWorld event was great. We saw the Shamu show first and it was great. Amazing...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2004
The Feature Cook-off turned out some great features
First, the background: The Feature Cook-off was Wed at 8:30AM. Tue morning I was in a panic because...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/26/2004
Ballmer's Keynote Address
Steve Ballmer is speaking now... There's a bunch of stuff he's saying about VSIP and integrating...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2004
Accessing IServiceProvider with the Whidbey Managed Package Framework
In the Whidbey Managed Package Framework in VSIP there's a few different base classes that hold an...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2004
Another long drive
I left Redmond, WA on Friday night with my family. Traveled for about 5.5 hours. Stayed in Salem, OR...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2004
Heading to San Diego
I'm heading out tonight to OR, CA on Sat, and finally San Diego on Sun. If you're going to Tech Ed...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2004
What would you like to see?
At TechEd, some of the Extensibility team members will be holding a Cabana session where we will...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/06/2004
VS Core BIO's
Check out some of the team members in Visual Studio along with my BIO here.
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 05/06/2004
Can Addins & managed packages live together?; Getting to the DTE object model from a package
Addins & Packages - can they talk to each other? I recently received a question on this from a...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 03/31/2004
Extras is released!
You can now download the release version of the VSIP Extras SDK. The new Visual Studio Extensibility...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 03/25/2004
Localization of Managed Resources and Managed VS Packages
I received the following question recently: Should I set CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture in my...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 03/01/2004
Renaming Interop Functions
In a previous post (https://blogs.msdn.com/allend/archive/2003/10/16/56791.aspx) I ranted about a...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2004
Partner Summit Next Week
If you are coming to the VSIP Partner Summit next week, I'll be around so please stop by and say...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 02/19/2004
Localizing your VS package resources
I had this question come to my inbox today: Can someone confirm how to setup your VSIP Package for...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 02/18/2004
Getting to IServiceProvider services with VSIP Extras
If you have access to the underlying Package base class, it exposes a method to get services called...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2004
Managed code and the IVsHierarchy interface in VS7.1 (Everett)
In the VSIP Everett Extras release (currently in beta - see https://www.vsipdev.com for more details)...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 02/11/2004
Too long away
Whew! It's been a long time since I posted anything. I've had my tonsils and adenoids removed. Boy...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 02/11/2004
Moving to ASP.NET
Please visit https://weblogs.asp.net/allend for the continuation of this blog...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2003
Welcome to my new blog site
As you may know GDN is shutting down it's blogging. This new site is the best I could do in short...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2003
New blogging location coming soon
Sorry that it's been so long since I've blogged. The PDC was great and Everett Extras is going...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2003
Gotcha re-implementing interfaces
I've recently stumbled upon a problem that a couple of VSIP Developers have encountered. I say...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 11/06/2003
Tue Report
Mon Night Monday night we had a reception in the Expo Hall and there were a lot of people...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2003
Traveling to PDC (Planes, Cancellations & Automobiles)
I'm sitting in the Tools & Languages Community Lounge at the PDC here in Los Angeles. It's...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2003
VS Dialog font and dying my hair, maybe
Preparations I'm in the mode where everything needs to get done before I can leave. Don't you...
Author: AllenD [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2003