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Microsoft Dev Labs has released a new version of Code Contracts.  (For more information about Code Contracts in the .NET Framework 4.0, see System.Diagnostics.Contracts and this article).  If you haven't yet, I highly recommend installing the latest Code Contracts release.  If you're using Visual Studio 2008 then you'll also get a ...

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''? ...

The Sandcastle Build Component Templates 1.1 release provides two C# Item Templates that you can use to easily create custom Sandcastle Build Components in Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. In this blog post I intend to provide some details about the templates, with more focus on hosted components and DocProject's API.  Instructions ...

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 ...

DocProject 2008 Beta 2 has been deployed to CodePlex. Compatible with Visual Studio 2008 RTM (tested against Team Suite Trial). Compatible with Visual C# 2008 Express and Visual Basic 2008 Express. Supports side-by-side installation with the DocProject 1.9.0 RC for Visual Studio 2005. Built using the same codebase as the 1.9.0 RC, with ...

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 ...

April 27, 2008 Update: I've submitted a new bug report that provides a cleaner solution for reproduction.  I've also determined that the issue is not with AppDomain.AssemblyResolve but actually appears to be a problem with Type.GetType when invoked in VS 2008's ...

I've decided not to release DocProject 2008 Beta 2 with the 1.8.0 feature set.  Instead, I plan to reduce the number of conversion requirements and release Beta 2 with the next VS2005-compatible release, 1.9.0 RC.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

In case anyone's interested, this post contains my notes for converting the code base of DocProject 1.7.0 to support Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2. After that I've included DocProject's backlog of tasks, which may contain some ideas that you'd be interested in seeing me implement in a subsequent release. Notes on the Conversion from 1.7.0 to 2008 ...