With each new major release of Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft changes the languages and methodologies for building executables from the source created within an application.

Without the assistance of simplification tools, then, development teams integrating Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 must re-write and redesign significant amounts of their application build processes. But, such an endeavor proves so costly and time-consuming that many enterprises choose to delay or omit upgrades to their development environments. Unfortunately, avoidance will quickly create a situation where new applications are written in the new Visual Studio but without compatibility to the vast amount of programs and systems that were developed in older versions.
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Microsoft Expression Blend is an application that generates XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) via a user interface. Blend is designed to create all of the WPF UI (User Interface) elements such as windows, buttons, grid, and brushes on a designer surface. Blend will then emit all the necessary XAML code. Blend is a designer tool, so you still use Visual Studio 2005 to write the application code. (Note: If you have the next version of Visual Studio, codenamed “Orcas,” installed, you don’t need to install the Visual Studio Extensions for WPF or the .NET Framework 3.)
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1. Install AnkhSVN
a) Download the setup file from the AnkhSVN web site. Once downloaded, double click the exe file
and click next to continue with the setup.
b) Read and agree to the license agreement and click next.
c) Confirm that the application destination folder is correct and click next.
d) Click Install to complete the installation.
e) Click Finish to exit the setup wizard.
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Now that we have considered the basic pattern of the Office object models, let us consider how developers pattern and build their Office solutions. There are three patterns that most solutions built using Office follow.
• Office automation executable
• Office add-in
• Code behind an Office document
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This tutorial will show you how to use the STK Object Model in a custom application to accomplish many of the tasks for which you might otherwise use Connect or the STK GUI. Source code is given in C# and Visual Basic.NET. Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003) or 2005, and some familiarity with STK, are presumed.
Source Code Location : The source code for this tutorial can be found in the following text file:
\Help\ObjectModel\text\ObjectModelTutorial.txt
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CompuCell3D Windows can enhance their simulations by developing customized plugins in C++. In this document we will explain how to set up build system using Cmake and Visual Studio necessary to build additional CompuCell3D plugins.

We assume that you have Visual Studio 2005 and CMake installed on your machine. CMake is free (www.cmake.org) but Visual Studion is not and you might need to purchase appropriate license. Some universities have access to educational licenses for Visual Studion which are either free or have reduced price so you might want to check this before paying full price.
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This document outlines steps for troubleshooting the csUnit Addin for Visual Studio (csUnit4VS2005). You need administrative rights for some of the steps, e.g. write access to the registry. In Windows Vista you may need to confirm certain actions due to the User Account Control (UAC).
Applicable Platforms
– Visual Studio 2005 on Windows XP
– Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista
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If you wish to do your assignments on a PC, you will need either Windows 2000, XP, or
Vista and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Note that Windows 98 or Me are not able to run Visual Studio 2005. You should be familiar with the Windows operating system and PCs in general, and be willing and able to figure out the Visual Studio 2005 environment.

The emphasis in class will be on general programming concepts, not on the workings of Visual Studio (often referred to as just VS), and the code you write will be virtually identical to code written by students using a Macintosh.
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