Posts tagged Microsoft Visual Studio

What’s new in MFC/ATL 11 Beta

Note this post is on Visual Studio 11 Beta, you can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/downloads Since Sinofsky posted about no desktop apps on Windows on ARM (WOA), it looks like MFC and ATL are going to support metro-style apps, although most ATL classes are not going to be compatible with metro style apps.

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What’s new in Windows 8 Developer Preview SDK headers

This is by no means a complete list but just some observation on files that caught my eye. Some are just regular header file updates for Windows 7 and does not necessary require Windows 8. Some other APIs moved to header files with more readable names.

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Walkaround for Error : An add-on for this website failed to run. When opening Visual C++’s Add Variable Wizard after IE 8 is installed

Update: it looks like a lot of people are hitting this page by mistake. If you don’t write software for a living then this page is probably not for you.

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Feedback from Microsoft

image1Looks like the Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence award I got a few years ago…

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Free MSDN Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite with MSDN Premium Subscription for awardee of Microsoft Award for of Customer Excellence/ Microsoft MVP?

Weeks ago I got an email promising free Visual Studio 2005 if I qualify for the Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence from www.microsoft-ace.com, which, according to some Microsoft employees, is a genuine Microsoft program website, but is also registered by a third party, and has a problem with the SSL certificate.

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Nomination of Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence

Dear Sheng Jiang, Thank you for being a great contributor to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. You have been nominated to receive the Award for Customer Excellence. This award recognizes your extraordinary contribution to the Visual Studio 2005 product and will be shipped to you without charge.  Please click the following link to arrange shipment of your award: (link omitted) Should you have any questions about this award, please contact (email omitted). All the best, S. Somasegar Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Developer Division

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