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Visual Studio 2010 and Eclipse by David Sackstein

From time to time I do some work in C++ for Linux using Eclipse. Many developers say that Eclipse is the state of the art IDE for C++ development on Linux. From my experience, I can say that Eclipse simply pales in comparison with Visual Studio 2010 when it comes to an integrated, streamlined development experience out of the box. Rather than compare the pros and cons of both IDEs I would like to share with you a VS 2010 experience that I enjoy that is often taken for granted by Windows developers...

Project Packager Add-In for Visual Studio 2010 by David Sackstein

This Add-In for Visual Studio 2010 will package up your solution (actually, any folder you choose) into a zip file excluding any files with extensions you specify and any folders whose names you specify.I cant upload msi files to this blog, so in order to install you will need to build the project. I packaged up the Add-In solution using the Add-In itself and uploaded it here . Download the solution, open with Visual Studio 2010 and Build All. Right click the setup project and select Install. Close...

ATL and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 by David Sackstein

I am working on a post or two on the subject of WPF Interop with ATL and Windows Forms. I would like to demonstrate: ATL Simple Control in a WPF Window ATL ActiveX in a WPF Window Windows Form user control in a WPF Window WPF control in a Windows Form However, I encountered an unexpected setback: Its very difficult to create ATL projects with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1! The ATL Wizard doesnt add implementations in the control to methods you add to the interface. When implementing connection points...