Oscar Calvo's Blog
Random thoughts focused on Modeling, Software Factories, Visual Studio Extensibility, Xbox 360, Windows Media and Windows MCE.
Unit testing and the Scientific Method
Has it ever happen to you when working on a bug fix that after investing time on a fix you realized...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 06/28/2011
How to: Display modeling diagrams outside Visual Studio
In one of Cameron’s blog post we show how to load and save a diagram from within Visual...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 05/24/2010
Not really the last vsvars32 you will ever need...but close
I took Peter avise and for a while I've been using Chris's vsvars32, however it had some drawbacks,...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 11/25/2009
How to: Run Expression Encoder 3 under PowerShell remoting
James wanned me to explain the set of steps I use to enable Convert-Media under a PowerShell...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 11/06/2009
Announcing Dev10 Beta 2
Visdual Studio 2010 Beta is now available here. Please start pounding it on it and let us know what...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 10/22/2009
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
I have been reading Christopher Alexander's "Notes on the Synthesis of Form", if you are into "Test...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 05/22/2009
Visual Studio 10 CTP
There are tons of new cool features in Visual Studio Team Architect 10. - New UML Designers -...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 10/28/2008
Powershell
As Peter I have became infected with Powershell, and to make it worse, there is console mode editor...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 07/25/2008
Going to TechEd
I'll be in TechEd at the Visual Studio Team Architect demo station. See you there.
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 05/31/2008
Intro
Hello, after working with DevDiv and p&p as vendor for the past 7 years (wow, I can't believe...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
Dynamically add commands to your VSIP Package
The set of commands that you can expose in a Visual Studio Package is fixed and defined by the .ctc...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
How to enable TV ratings under parental controls in MCE
If you don’t have TV Ratings under your parental settings in Windows Media Center, most likely is...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
A Guidance Package on stereoids
With the upcoming release of GAT for Visual Studio Whidbey RTM we have been working on a few new...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
A generic light weight workspace for CAB
If you used to Workspaces in CAB, you will find that CAB Workspaces have two problems: 1. They...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
A better way to implement the View/Presenter pattern in CAB
The current implementation of the MVP(Model View Presenter) pattern in CAB have several issues that...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
A new Kind of Recipe
I have never really liked how you define a Recipe in GAX. I mean, XML is one of the worst languages...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
The Evil EnvDTE namespace
If you have ever written an AddIn for Visual Studio or a Package, you must likely recognize the...
Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007
The Evil EnvDTE namespace
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Author: OscarCalvo Date: 12/27/2007