One of the new features of Visual Studio 11 is inserting C++ code snippets at a specified insertion point or around a selected block. Visual Studio 11 comes with a set of C++ code snippets but we can create and use our own, as well. Read on to learn more...
Learn about the Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout using a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) sample application.
Find out the answer according to Jason Zander, General Manager of Visual Studio.
Read a dissasembly view of function calls, explaining organization of the stack and the behavior in the context of different calling conventions.
Learn how to use MS VC++ as a spellchecker while programming by making excessive use of the user-defined keyword feature.
This final installment wraps up the coverage of what's new in the IDE with a look at Tracepoints, new project types, enhancements to the Server Explorer, and new functionality for creating C++ projects.
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
The question has been asked whether or not it was possible to have a textbox that can be automatically filled in with the previous URL history, similar to what can be found in any decent web browser. And the answer is...
Although coding is the primary responsibility of a developer, there are many other application lifecycle management activities that need to be performed with the code. V. N. S. Arun takes a look at the list of features offered by Visual Studio 2012 for the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
