Our VS extension still needs to support VS 2005 and 2008, but I cannot generate a VSPackage PLK anymore - the system seems to be either broken or no longer supported by Microsoft. There is an MSDN page: How to: Obtain a PLK for a VSPackage, but steps described there no longer work on the new VS Extesibility website. Does anybody know whether creation of new VSPackages (signed with PLK) is still supported for VS 2005 and 2008? If so, where to go for the PLKs?
Enroll the VSIP Program (https://vsipprogram.com). The Basic Level is free. It takes a couple of days to get approval from Microsoft.
Click the "Support" link at the bottom of the main page to go to the FAQ section.
There is a "How do I get a PLK/SLK for Visual Studio?" FAQ entry that points you to the PLK/SLK generator tool.
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I have developed the extension for microsoft edge browser.Now i want to pack the extension so that i can publish it. But I have not found any information that how to pack the extension. Can anyone tell me how to pack it.?
Currently you can't.
For the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we are intentionally starting with a small set of extensions. The list of extensions is locked - you can see the list at our extensions page here. We want to be mindful about what extensions are available on the platform and watch for telemetry and feedback and make sure the reliability, performance and functionality of the browser isn’t impacted by these new features. Extension developers can submit a request to https://aka.ms/extension-request to be considered for a future update.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/faq/
Newly released steps for packaging an Edge extension are available here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/documentation/extensions/guides/packaging/
As Elad mentions, however, submitting to the Windows Store is still a process managed by Microsoft. Submitting a request to https://aka.ms/extension-request will get you added to the list for future consideration.
I believe you can use Visual Studio 2015 Community to do it (free download from Microsoft). I've been trying the same thing, but I'm using Windows 7 and it keeps crashing, so I don't know if it's possible from my OS (or even if publishing an "app" is the same as publishing an "extension").
Packaging Apps for Windows 10
I am new to installshield with VS2013 Community Edition. Just downloaded the Installshield Limited Edition to give a try. With this, I am able to create a setup file and able to sign the setup.
My questions are
Is there any limitations on using LE(limited Edition)?
How long I can use the LE. Any time limitation (trial period)?
Can I create a setup file and use it for production users? Will it cause any problem?
What is difference between LE and Express\premier\professtional Editions?
Thanks in advance.
Yes. There are quite a considerable amount of limitations in the limited edition. For an example.
The user cannot add additional dialog screens apart from the given by default.
Limitations when defining Custom Actions.
The user only can define banners and main image to setup.
All it can do is extract the given files, folder structures which are defined in the solution.
There is no harm providing a basic output setup using Install Shield Limited Edition.
There are no trial periods, user can continue using limited edition as long as they like. And can switch to professional, premium whenever they like.
The differences between limited and other versions is, that the user can define custom actions, get user inputs to dialogs and add custom dialogs to the setup wizard.
I suggest you to have this extension (https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9abe329c-9bba-44a1-be59-0fbf6151054d), which is the same windows installer plug in that allows you to work with as you were working in Visual Studio 2010 deployment project type.
(update on 24-02-2017)
Or if you like a little action, I suggest you to use windows installer XML extension.
Hope this helps.
Since Visual Studio 2010 Crystal Reports are no longer part of Visual Studio.
I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Professional and despite checking various sources I cannot reliably determine whether I can
freely download and use Crystal Reports Developer version for development of commercial applications in Visual Studio 2012
freely distribute and install Crystal Reports Runtime for running apps (developed above) at clients
In other words, do I need to purchase a license or not? Do clients need purchase their licenses, too?
(Besides your answer, providing link to sources of information will be appreciated.)
FYI - For obtaining Crystal Reports, there is a great resource containing all versions and package types, but still leaving me without the answer.
Yes, basic solutions, that allow a developer to generate and deploy reports, are free.
Advanced solutions, that allow end user to create, edit and share reports are not free.
It is free the IDE to be used with Visual Studio; stand alone full IDE is not free
Crystal Reports Runtime for running apps is free. SAP Crystal Server is not free.
EDIT
Look at this article: How do you spell confusion; CR for VS, Crystal 2011, BI 4.x and the .NET SDKs
And "Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010" (CRVS2010) is born. Note that this version, follows in the footsteps of CR 10.5; it only works in the VS 2010 IDE. E.g.; it is not a stand alone executable like CR XI R2 or CR 2008. CRVS 2010 has both 32 bit and 64 bit runtime. And it has the Crystal Reports SDK for .NET as well as the InProc RAS SDK. And it's FREE(!).
It seems that Crystal Reports licensing depends on many factors. There is a blog from an SAP employee: "SAP Crystal Licensing for Humans" which puts the information together and covers most cases. The entire simplified licensing whitepaper referred there has 20 pages. Currently the document is up-to-date also for 2013 releases.
Based on the above document (esp. page 4) the answer is that
SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio is free if Crystal Reports is used
internally in company (external users can also access, but no access fee can be charged to them)
-or-
with runtime engine deployed only on client machines, i.e. all report processing is done locally on client machine. Also no parallel access to such a client runtime is allowed (also including Citrix or Remote Desktop usage).
For additional information, please check that document.
Please see this post and the licensing information from SAP here to answer your questions.
Basically the answer to both questions is "Yes".
You can download the developer version here.
I recently purchased a license for Telerik JustMock. The Telerik Control Panel shows JustMock under my list of Purchased products. When I attempt to run my tests in Visual Studio's Test Explorer with the JustMock Visual Studio extension enabled I receive an exception saying:
Telerik.JustMockExpiredException : This version of JustMock has expired!
I have uninstalled all the Telerik Visual Studio extensions, uninstalled everything Telerik via Windows Programs/Features, then re-installed the control panel and then JustMock yet the problem persists. Of note, when I re-installed the control panel it remembered my username/password so I'm guessing there is a configuration file somewhere caching my information incorrectly.
A possible root cause of this problem is that I was trialing JustMock under my personal email address but it was purchased by my company and assigned to my work email address. I am currently logging into the control panel with my work address and see no other place to change that.
The same problem occurs when I run nunit.exe via JustMockRunner.exe.
Full disclosure: I work for Telerik.
Please follow meilke's comment.
Nevertheless there are two options you can try:
As the license is developer based, it's important what email you use for downloading the licensed version. You should use the email that is assigned as licensed developer when downloading JustMock. I guess you've received similar answer from the sales support team.
The second option can be if you have used the JustMock trial version and you have included a trial Telerik.JustMock.dll somewhere in your source-control system. Hence despite installing the licensed version, your tests run with the trial.
Hope this helps.
I have team members that need to be able to checkin VBA modules/classes created in Excel 2007/2010.
I want to be able to use some TFS functionality, ideally from within the VBA IDE.
I don't want to checkin Excel files as artefacts. Ive seen the MSSCCI provider download from MS.
I don't think in this case the Windows shell extensions from the Power Toys helps because I don't want to have to create an additional process for developers to export and/or import class & module files from their work in VBA project maintenance.
Question: Can someone provide a way to use the MSSCCI provider with Excel 2007 (or even Excel 2010 only)? Do you think this would only be possible with custom VBA addin?
Update:
I've thought about using an approach such as making a custom VBA addin and adding some commands that make basic calls to the TFS client object model.
Just found this post from Codeproject from another question this time looking for the same thing but for SVN rather than TFS.
There is a Visual SorceSafe provider for VBE that comes with Office XP Developer. I used it for many years and still have it installed. It does what you want, but using VSS and not TFS.
Note that the product is not supported, but VBA/VBE has not changed since Office 2000. I used the provider for two years for Excel 2003 development with no problems.
I seem to remember recently an article describing how you can use VBA/VSS with the extra benefit of having the code also "posted" to TFS. Since I no longer professionally code in VBA/VSS, I didn't have a need for the article, but did find the topic interesting.
Office XP Developer has a few other tools that make it worth the time to install.
Access Source Code Control and Team Foundation Server
Today's guest writer is Mike Sullivan - a tester on the Access team
With the release of Visual Studio Team System 2008, we've recently received questions from several customers regarding whether or not Team Foundation Server (TFS) can act as a source code control provider for the Access source code control (SCC) component. The answer is yes!
Although many folks refer to Access’ source code control component as “SourceSafe integration,” that only tells part of the story. SCC integration within Access is fully compatible with any provider that implements the Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI). Although Visual SourceSafe is one of the more widely used MSSCCI providers, there are several other products that implement this interface, including Team Foundation Server 2005 & 2008 as well as IBM ClearCase.
However, MSSCCI support in Team Foundation Server is not native and requires an additional add-in available for download:
MSSCCI Add-in for Team Foundation Server 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=87E1FFBD-A484-4C3A-8776-D560AB1E6198&displaylang=en
MSSCCI Add-in for Team Foundation Server 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=faeb7636-644e-451a-90d4-7947217da0e7&displaylang=en
Of course, to enable SCC functionality from within Access, you’ll also need the Source Code Control add-in. This shipped as a free download as a part of the Access Developer Extensions for Access 2007 and as a separate free add-in for Access 2003:
Access 2007 Developer Extensions http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D96A8358-ECE4-4BEE-A844-F81856DCEB67&displaylang=en
Access 2003 Source Code Control Add-in http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2ea45ff4-a916-48c5-8f84-44b91fa774bc&displaylang=en
If you’re interested in taking this configuration for a whirl, you might want to download the Team Foundation Server Virtual PC image that has been made available by the Visual Studio team. Included on this virtual PC are copies of Visual Studio Team System 2008 and Office 2007 Enterprise SP1 (though Access is not installed by default on this image – you’ll need to go to Add/Remove programs within Control panel and launch setup to install Access). This trial image is good through December 31, 2008.
To get the Virtual PC image working, you’ll also need to install the Access Developer Extensions (the MSSCCI add-in is preinstalled). Since VSS is the default MSSCCI provider on the machine, you’ll need to tweak a registry key to get Access to use Team Foundation instead:
Path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SOURCECODECONTROLPROVIDER
Key: ProviderRegKey
Value: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider
Hopefully those of you curious about support for TFS have had your questions answered!