Dave Sexton's Blog

In a previous blog post I discussed my work on a WYSIWYG editor for authoring MAML topics, either inside or outside of DocProject.  This post is simply another quick update on my progress. Preview Release Timeline A few weeks ago I started a new job and they put me on a project with a tight deadline so I haven't had much time to do anything ...

DocToMaml 1.0 Beta is a tool that converts HTML and XHTML help files to Microsoft Assistance Markup Language (MAML) in a batch process. MAML help files are used by DocProject and Sandcastle to build user documentation in various presentation styles. DocToMaml provides a console mode and a project-based graphical user interface (GUI) for adding ...

I've just deployed Auto-Input Protection 2.0 Beta to CodePlex.  (Finally!) It was changed from a Production release to a Beta release because there are so many breaking changes, although I'm confident that it works since I've been using it on my blog for the last week or two.  I've even fixed a few bugs during that time. The ...

I've just released the first beta version of ContractN, which is a fully managed programming-by-contract framework that uses the CLR's built-in support for aspect-oriented programming (AOP), which provides a way to seamlessly and intuitively describe the required pre- and post-conditions of a type's contract. I got the idea based on this blog ...

April 27, 2008 Update: The problem is with Type.GetType forcing a complete JIT when executing in VS 2008 (it is used by InstantiateProviders).  I've submitted a new bug report that provides a much cleaner solution to reproduce the problem: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=340664 Nov. 20, 2007 ...