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In my first DocProject Roadmap post I described my preliminary plans for DocProject 1.x and later versions.  In this post I'm going to discuss the project's current status and some updates to my plans for future versions. 1.11.0 RC DocProject 1.11.0 RC will be deployed within a week after the upcoming Sandcastle release.  It contains ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio Gallery was announced to the public today.  It provides a one-stop-shop for Visual Studio add-ins, packages, item and project templates, macros, controls, coffee makers, toasters, etc.  I think it's a great idea.  Google can only help so much here (have you tried searching for ''visual studio add-ins''? ...

As you may have already heard, Sandcastle [1] was officially released to the web (RTW) through CodePlex on January 15, 2008.  The license that was chosen is the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) [2], but keep an eye on it because it may change [3].  There are still a few unanswered questions that I have [3] about how Microsoft's work on ...

Somebody from websecurity.com.ua has contacted me regarding a vulnerability of Auto-Input Protection (AIP).  I was able to confirm that reusing an older web form to bypass the AIP web control, even if the CAPTCHA image is no longer valid, is in fact a vulnerability of AIP 1.0.0. See the original article here:  ...

I've just published the Help! project on CodePlex, which is intended to provide a fully managed compiled help system to replace Help 1.x (.chm).  Please contribute to this project by using the discussions area to post comments and ideas or join the development team.  If you want to join the team then please see the Welcome! thread for ...

DocProject 1.8.0 RC is now available for download on CodePlex.  It contains bug fixes as well as several new features: Compatibility with the Sandcastle September CTP. DocProject Properties context menu item for DocProjects and DocSites (on the project node in Solution Explorer) quickly opens a property page in Visual Studio Standard ...

In the upcoming DocProject 1.8.0 release candidate I've made some changes and added several substantial features to the DocSite templates that I'd like to share with you in this blog post. Changes to the DocSite templates include: ASP.NET Theme presentation: Ships with one default theme named, ''BasicBlue'', which has the same ...

It's about that time again… Just FYI, DocProject 1.6.2 RC had more downloads in the last month than any other version to date. Thanks to everyone who tried it and provided valuable feedback! And BTW, I wrote a new article called How to Diagnose and Resolve Issues that provides guidance for gathering diagnostic information if you're having ...