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1. inferring one from the data in the XML document converting an external DTD and internal subset or by converting an inline XDR schema XML Editor supports XML syntax checking schema validation and IntelliSense XML snippets DTDs XSD schemas conversion of DTDs and XDRs schema to XML Schema and document outlining 15 XML Tools Visual Studio 2008 includes a number of tools to help you work with XML documents schema and data XSLT Editing Enhancements in the XML Editor includes syntax coloring XSLT syntax checking standalone XSLT debugging XSLT debugging integrated with the CLR and script block support Reporting Tools Visual Studio 2008 includes tools to help you create reports in your applications Crystal Reports Application project template for creating an application with a Windows user interface and a sample Crystal Report Crystal Reports for Visual Studio includes the ability to create reports connect them to a CrystalReportViewer control and interact with reports using the Crystal Reports SDK Reports Application project template for creating an application with a Windows user interface and a Report Visual Studio Report Designer enables you to create robust reports from relational and multidimensional data sources Visual Studio Report Wizard is a tool that enables you to create the client report definitions rdlc files associated with ReportViewer controls 16 Visual Basic 2008 Visual Basic 22. Configuration Editor dialog box to specify global settings that affect details of how tests are run Test Runs window to view the status of active queued and completed test runs on the local computer or on a set of remote computers Test View window to run and edit tests Testing Check In Policy to require that check in tests defined with a test list are run prior to check in This features requires Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Visual Basic 2008 E Visual C 2008 Express Edition Unit Test Data Binding enables you to bind a unit test to a data source including CSV files and XML files using a wizard Unit Testing to exercise source code by directly calling the methods of a class passing appropriate parameters and test the values that are produced against expected values View Test Results Details to view details of the run of an individual test including error messages Web Test Data Binding enables you to use data binding in Web tests Web Test Validation Rules enable you to use Web test results to control Web test program flow Web Tests to test the functionality of Web applications using a series of HTTP requests XMIL File Converter Utility to convert Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Testers test results files Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition 30 Database Edition Visual Studio Team System 2006 Team Suite Appendix Item Templates Item templates range in comp
3. Load Agent Manual Tests to create tests that are difficult or impossible to automate such as when the connection between the computer and ts power supply is interrupted or when you want to test for user interface details or behavior or to refine or examine your test environment at a specific point in the testing process Visual Basic 2008 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition penises Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Arch cture Ordered Tests to execute a series of tests in a particular order and manage that series as a single test Publish Test Results to share results with other team members This features requires Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server 29 Code Quality Tools Use the Code Quality tools to create and work with test that can help assess the quality of your applications Smart Device Unit Testing enables you to run unit tests on devices Test Class Inheritance to support an inheritance hierarchy for test classes Test Generation Settings dialog box to change configuration settings for the current test generation Test List Editor to logically group tests and then work with those tests as groups instead of individually for improved test case management Test Project project template for creating a project that contains tests Test Results window to view the results of test runs and to pause continue stop and re run test runs Test Run
4. of a system External Tools Visual Studio includes a number of core external tools to aid in developing and debugging your applications amp Team Explorer Integration enables you to install Team Explorer for use with Team Foundation Server Which also requires a Team Foundation Server CAL Team Foundation Server CAL included for accessing Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition included when purchasing Visual Studio Team System Editions with an MSDN Premium Subscription Visual Basic 2008 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Arch cture Edition Graken Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Visual Studio 2008 Image Library is a collection of over 1 800 application images and videos you can use to create applications that look visually consistent with Microsoft software Visual Studio Command Prompt opens a command prompt and sets the environment for using Visual Studio 2008 command line tools Environment Options S 5 a The many settings available enable you customize Visual C 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Architecture Add Ins Macro Security options enable you to define security settings for running add ins and macros in Visual Studio AutoRecover options enable you to specify whether or not files are automatically saved periodically while they are open and whether restore modified files if Vi
5. project template for creating a SharePoint state machine workflow Visio 2003 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for Visio 2003 Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system help you extend applications in Microsoft Office 2003 and the 2007 Microsoft Office system using Visual Basic and Visual C Word 2003 Document project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Word 2003 document Word 2003 Template project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Word 2003 template Word 2007 Document project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Word 2007 document Word 2007 Template project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Word 2007 template 18 Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 velopment S Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Smart Device Development Tools and frameworks that help you develop applications for Pocket PC Smartphone and other Windows CE NET based platforms ATL Smart Device Project project template for creating Windows Mobile and other Windows CE based devices that uses the Active Template Library Visual Studio Team System 2006 Database Edition Development E Team Suite Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Test Edition Devi
6. refer to an object in another database from a database project Advanced Database Tools to validate SQL syntax execute database queries and scripts and examine result sets Custom Data Generators to extend the data generation capabilities of the standard data generators Data Compare to compare the data between two databases that have the same schema Data Generation to fill a test database with test data that is appropriate for the schema of the database but unrelated to the production data Database Refactoring to automatically update references to renamed database schema objects 25 Database Development Tools Use the Database Development tools to create and maintain databases and manage data driven applications Database Schema Build amp Deployment Tools to deploy a new database or changes to an existing database from your database project to a database server Database Unit Testing to establish a baseline state for your database and then to verify any subsequent changes you make to database objects Offline Database Schema to make database schema changes in an isolated development environment Project Version to change the database project between SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 Schema Compare to compare the schemas of two databases and then decide whether to apply some or all schema objects from the source to the target SQL Server 2000 project template to create a project that represents a Microsoft SQL Ser
7. 003 Microsoft Office System Runtime includes managed assemblies that provide the communication layer between your solution and the Microsoft Office application Outlook 2003 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for Outlook 2007 PowerPoint 2003 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for PowerPoint 2003 PowerPoint 2007 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for PowerPoint 2007 Project 2003 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for Project 2003 Project 2007 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for Project 2007 17 Office Development The Visual Studio Tools for Office enable you to write applications that take advantage of functionality in the Microsoft Office system Shared Add in project template for creating an Add in loadable into multiple Microsoft Office applications SharePoint 2007 Sequential Workflow project template for creating a SharePoint sequential workflow SharePoint 2007 Sequential Workflow project template for creating a SharePoint sequential workflow SharePoint 2007 State Machine Console Application project template for creating a state machine workflow console application SharePoint 2007 State Machine Workflow project template for creating a SharePoint state machine workflow SharePoint 2007 State Machine Workflow
8. 008 Edition Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Database E Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite E E 2 o 3 m E Team Suite Platform Tools Office Development The Visual Studio Tools for Office enable you to write applications that take advantage of functionality in the Microsoft Office system Excel 2003 Add in project template for creating a managed code add in for Excel 2003 Excel 2003 Template project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Excel 2007 template Excel 2003 Workbook project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Excel 2007 workbook Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Test Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Excel 2007 Template project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Excel 2007 template Excel 2007 Workbook project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing Excel 2007 workbook InfoPath 2007 Form Template project template for creating managed code extensions behind a new or existing InfoPath form template Microsoft Office System 2003 Primary Interop Assemblies contain type definitions not implementation of types defined by Microsoft Office System 2
9. 8 enable you to observe the run time behavior of your program and locate logic errors Attach to Local Process enables you to attach the debugger to any process on the local computer Attach to Remote Process enables you to attach the debugger to processes on remote computers that have been set up for remote debugging Autos window displays variables used in the current statement and the previous statement Breakpoints enable you to tell the debugger that an application should break pause execution at a certain point Breakpoints window lists all breakpoints currently set in your program and displays their properties Call Browser window enables you to search for function calls and then browse the search results and easily navigate to the function references in your source code files a Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Database Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Call Stack window displays a list of all active procedures or stack frames for the current thread of execution Debugger Visualizers create a dialog box or other interface to displays a variable or object in a meaningful way that is appropriate to its data type Visual Studio includes four text HTML XML and dataset Disassembly window shows assembly code corresponding to the instructions created by the compiler Dumps enable you to save program information for debugging at a later time Edit and Continue is a time saving fea
10. Microsoft Microsoft G Visual Studio 2008 Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Data Sheet Published April 2008 Version 1 08 For the latest information please see http www microsoft com vstudio Note This product comparison is for illustrative purposes only The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication This Data Sheet is for informational purposes only MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user Without limiting the rights under copyright no part of this document may be reproduced stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise or for any purpose without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation Microsoft may have patents patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsof
11. System Design Tools Use the Distributed System Design tools to design evaluate and implement application systems Visual Basic 2008 Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Standard Edition Express Edition Settings and Constraints Editor to specify requirements on the hosting environment in the Application Designer or to specify constraints of the hosting environment in the Logical Datacenter Designer Synchronize with Datacenter to synchronize deployment diagrams with logical datacenter diagrams System Design project template to define the current system by adding and connecting systems or applications which enables a top down design approach System Designer to compose applications into systems or reusable subsystems and validate the resulting configurations Validate Diagram validates the deployment diagram to find constraint violations between the applications and logical servers Web Service Details window to review define and edit operations and their parameters for Web service provider endpoints on ASP NET applications Database Development Tools Use the Database Development tools to create and maintain databases and manage data driven applications Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition xpress Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite e gt Add Database Reference to
12. a e a a e o raaa eke 21 Advanced TO Senaten a E aene e NE ee ae a e A i 24 Distributed System Design TOOIS s a e a A e aa AE E a E Eaa 24 Database Development TOOlS A iian heaves e EE a R E ccoo 25 Code Analysis TOONS cited coi a AAA A EAEE ERE dis 26 Code Pr a Oe oe Tea AS Tees odd bak a ibi 27 Code Quality Tol EE erence peer eee 28 Appendix nesin NO RN 31 Item Templates AA Ei aaa aa Ria TE eaa 31 General Languages Visual Studio provides several programming languages for software development JScript 8 0 is an open implementation of JavaScript for creating active online content for the Web Visual Basic 2008 is an evolution of the Visual Basic language that is engineered for productively building type safe and object oriented applications Visual Studio Team System 2008 Visual Basic 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Standard Edition Datebac Visual C 2008 brings the expressiveness and elegance of C style languages to enable rapid application development for the NET Framework Visual C 2008 provides a powerful and flexible development environment for creating Microsoft Windows based and Microsoft NET based applications Project System Use the Project System to manage items required by your development effort such as references data connections folders and files v o Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition He ess Edition ard Edition Visual Stud
13. abilities and run specifically on Windows 64 bit computers 64 Bit Debugging X64 enables you to debug 64 bit applications running on Windows 64 bit computers locally or remotely remote debugging not available in Express and Standard Editions 64 Bit Debugging 1A64 enables you to debug 64 bit applications running on Windows 64 bit computers remotely 64 Bit Visual C Tools in Visual Studio enable you to compile your application to target Windows 64 bit computers Compiler Support for 64 Bit Managed Applications enables you to compile your managed application to target 64 bit versions of the NET Framework on Windows 64 bit computers when you install Visual Studio on Windows 64 bit computers Profiler 64 Bit Support X64 only for both the 64 bit applications that run on Windows 64 bit computers and 32 bit applications that run on WOW64 14 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition cture Edition Database Edition Development E Test Edition Visual Studio Team System 2006 Team Suite Data Related Tools Data Tools Data tools help you build applications that access data including LINQ which brings new query capabilities to CH and Visual Basic amp 2 Data Sources window displays the data sources in your project for creating data bound controls Database Explorer enables you to open data connections and to log on to servers and explore their databases Database Project project templ
14. ank HTML file Icon File creates an empty icon file meo foro pole elo existing Windows Form cnc efe fo po pole o elo on an existing Windows Form control Installer Class creates a CLR installer class Interface creates an empty interface definition Script File creates a script fle containing Script code ms ele o e el ele ojo mapped to relational objects Local Database Cache creates a settings file local database and dataset for client server data synchronization Local Database creates an empty SQL Server Compact Edition database for local data Logical Datacenter Diagram creates an empty diagram for defining a logical datacenter Visual elele fe fete ooo fe ile CATE dition Item Templates Item templates range in complexity from a single empty file to a multi file item containing source code files with stub code and more Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Database Edition MDI Parent Form creates a skeleton form for a Windows Forms Multiple Document Interface application Ribbon Visual Designer creates a control that provides a visual designer for basic Ribbon customization tasks Item Templates Item templates range in complexity from a single empty file to a multi file item containing source code files with stub code and more Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Ex
15. ate for direct manipulation of database objects and data Dataset Designer is a set of visual tools for creating and editing typed datasets and the individual items that make up datasets Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is a compact database that can be deployed on desktop computers notebooks smart devices and Tablet PCs Visual Studio Team System 2006 Visual C 2008 dio System 200 peice Edition Team Suite Visual Basic 2008 i ess Edition E a 3 39 E ag a S 35 ES pr 9 sO Object Relational Designer provides a visual design surface for creating LINQ to SQL entity classes and relationships based on objects in a database Query and View Designer enables you to create Views and queries and return results for modification Server Explorer enables you to open data connections and to log on to servers and explore their databases and system services SQL Server Express is a client database platform modeled after Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SQL Server Project project template for creating classes to use in a SQL Server SQLMetal command line tool can be used during build to generate classes from existing databases for use in LINQ to SQL applications XML Tools Visual Studio 2008 includes a number of tools to help you work with XML documents schema and data Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Create XSD Schema from an XML Document enables you to create XSD schema from an XML document by
16. b Site project template for creating an ASP NET Web Site with a sample Crystal Report ASP NET Reports Web Site project template for creating an ASP NET Web site with a report ASP NET Server Control project template for creating controls to use in Web applications ASP NET Web Application project template for creating an application with a Web user interface ASP NET Web Service Application project template for creating Web services ASP NET Web Site Administration Tool provides a Web interface for managing the configuration settings of an individual Web site ASP NET Web Site project template for creating a blank ASP NET Web site Configure Service Reference dialog box enables you to configure the behavior of WCF services CSS Properties window shows you the styles that are used by the current selection in a Web page the order of precedence for the styles and enables you to add modify and create new inline styles Visual Studio 2008 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Standard Edition Database Edition Team Suite Express Edition Direct Style Application toolbar enables you to apply or remove class based or ID based styles and to create and apply new styles Web amp WCF Development Visual Studio 2008 includes enhancements and new features for improved Web development and Windows Communication Foundation development Empty Web Site project template for creating an empty Web site Generate Local Resources creates a local r
17. ble you to create software modules for extending Visual Studio with Ul elements services projects editors and designers Wizards enable you to extend or automate the functionality of Visual Studio using programs that lead a user through a series of actions to accomplish a complex repetitive or difficult task External Tools Visual Studio includes a number of core external tools to aid in developing and debugging your applications Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Database Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite NET Framework Tools make it easier for you to create deploy and manage applications and components that target the NET Framework see NET Framework Tools ATL MFC Trace Tool displays debug trace messages in the ATL and MFC sources Create GUID generates a GUID based on specified criteria Dotfuscator Community Edition enables you to protect your managed application from reverse engineering Error Lookup retrieves a system error message or module error message based on the value entered External Tools dialog box enables you to add tools to the Tools menu which you can then launch from within Visual Studio Source Control Integration enables two options source control solution based on the Source Control Plug in API formerly known as the MSSCCI API or a source control VSPackage Spy provides a graphical view of the processes threads windows and window messages
18. ce Emulator is a desktop application that emulates the behavior of a Windows CE or Windows Mobile based hardware platform MFC Smart Device ActiveX Control project template for creating an ActiveX control for Windows Mobile and other Windows CE based devices that uses the Microsoft Foundation Class Library MFC Smart Device Application project template for creating an application for Windows Mobile and other Windows CE based devices that uses the Microsoft Foundation Class Library MFC Smart Device DLL project template for creating a dynamic link library for Windows Mobile and other Windows CE based devices that uses the Microsoft Foundation Class library Smart Device Project project template for creating Smart Device applications Win32 Smart Device Project project template for creating a Win32 or Console project for Windows Mobile and other Windows CE based devices Windows CE Remote File Viewer displays a hierarchical view of the file system on a target device Windows CE Remote Heap Walker displays information about heap identifiers and flags for each process that is running on a target device and about system memory that a process uses Windows CE Remote Process Walker displays information associated with each process that is running on a target device Windows CE Remote Registry Editor displays the registry for a target device and lets you add delete and modify registry keys and registry entries Windows CE Remote Spy displays
19. ce reports to help make performance problems more prominent Stand Alone Profiler to analyze application performance in the absence of the Visual Studio development environment Windows Communications Foundation Profiler Support enables profiling of Windows Communications Foundation WCF code Windows Counter Support enables the profiler to collect Windows counters during performance Sessions Code Quality Tools Use the Code Quality tools to create and work with test that can help assess the quality of your applications Add a Test Result to a Work Item to add test results to a work item This features requires Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Associate a Work Item to a Test to establish a trackable relationship between tests and work items This features requires Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Express Edition xpress Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Database Edition T gt Team S Development Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Code Quality Tools Use the Code Quality tools to create and work with test that can help assess the quality of your applications Call a Web Test from a Web T
20. ce session O OO OE definitions T Ces Fle creates a fle containing Grr sourcecode Class creates an empty class definition Class Diagram creates a blank lass diagram Code Fite a bank CH or Visual Basic code fe o Jo eo jo ojo EA a COM Class creates a class that can be exposed to leelo lolo eto COM Component Class creates a CLR component class Configuration file creates an empty configuration file 31 Item Templates Item templates range in complexity from a single empty file to a multi file item containing source code files with stub code and more Crystal Report creates a Crystal Report file that publishes data to a Windows or Web form Cursor File creates an empty cursor file Custom Control creates a class for creating a user drawn Windows Forms control abase Edition Visual Studio Team System 2006 Visual Basic 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual C 2008 xpress Edition j o gt 5 TOTEE o o polo exercise database objects O OO al application rr IN ES Visualizer coins mmm DO applications Drama e fejojo a tree view and navigation controls eo foro HTML pages o E generic handler ojo o f ele fe C RE Generic Test is an existing program wrapped to function as a test in Visual Studio Global Application Class creates a class for handling Web Application events Header File creates a C header file HTML Page creates a bl
21. cesses window shows all processes that you have attached to or launched from Visual Studio 11 Debugging Tools Debugging tools in Visual Studio 2008 enable you to observe the run time behavior of your program and locate logic errors Visual Studio Team System 2008 Visual Basic 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Database Edition el e A esate 5 30 Sa Registers window enables you to see register values change as your code executes with recently changed values appearing in red Remote Debugging enables debugging of a computer or device from another computer Script Debugging enables you to find and correct errors in scripts written in VBScript or JScript JavaScript including supports for debugging of client side scripts in ASP NET pages SQL CLR Debugging enables you to debug various kinds of CLR database objects including stored procedures triggers user defined scalar functions user defined table valued functions user defined aggregates and user defined types Step Into Web Services enables you to attach to a Web service to debug a Web service call Symbols Server Support enables you to automatically download the proper symbols for various Microsoft operating systems as well as MDAC IIS ISA and the NET Framework Threads window lists all of the threads for the current process and information about them Trac
22. d applications or applications written in languages that target the common language runtime such as Visual Basic C and Managed Extensions for C Memory window displays large buffers strings and other data that do not display well in the Watch or Variables window Mini dumps contain pertinent data during a crash that show the call stack and symbols just as if the crash had occurred on the developer s machine while debugging within Visual Studio Mixed Mode Debugging enables you to debug a mixed mode application which is any application that combines native code with managed code 32 bit development only MPI Cluster System Debugging enables you to debug parallel programs that run on a cluster of computers communicating through the Message Passing Interface MPI Multithreaded Multiprocess Debugging is easier with an improved Threads window and other user interface improvements to make multithreaded debugging easier Native Debugging enables you to debug native applications which are applications written in C C NTSD Command Support enables you to use the Immediate window for NT Symbolic Debugger NTSD commands which can help with debugging user mode applications Object Test Bench enables you to create instances of your project s objects for simple object level testing Output Output window displays status messages at run time Output window displays status messages at run time status messages at run time Pro
23. dation WPF Designer provides a visual design experience for creating WPF controls and applications with split view designer Windows Service project template for creating Windows services Workflow Activity Library project template for creating a library of activities which can later be reused as building blocks in workflows WPF Application project template for creating a Windows Presentation Foundation client application WPF Browser Application project template for creating a Windows Presentation Foundation browser application WPF Custom Control Library project template for creating a Windows Presentation Foundation custom control library WPF User Control Library project template for creating a Windows Presentation Foundation user control library 23 Advanced Tools Distributed System Design Tools Use the Distributed System Design tools to design evaluate and implement application systems Application Design project template to define and connect underlying applications for designing systems Application Designer to visually define service oriented applications and generate code Bind Application to identify that an application will be deployed on a particular server in the logical datacenter diagram Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Catabase Edition cts dition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Configure Connections to External Databases on the a
24. epoints enable you to create breakpoints with a custom action associated with it T SQL Debugging enables you to debug various kinds of T SQL database objects including stored procedures triggers user defined functions and extended stored procedures Watch window displays the values of selected variables or watch expressions and only updates when execution is stopped at a breakpoint or exception XSLT Debugger enables you to debug a style sheet to debug an XSLT transformation invoked from another application and to view XSLT output 12 Build and Deployment Tools The tools provided with Visual Studio 2008 enable you to control builds and deploy applications amp components Basic 2008 Express Edition velopment E Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition ES Database Edition e H Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite gt CAB Project project template for creating a CAB project to which files can be added ClickOnce deployment enables you to publish Windows based applications to a Web server or network file share for simplified installation ClickOnce Security Setting enables you to specify the code access security permissions that your ClickOnce application requires to run Compiler Support for Any CPU enables you to compile your managed application to run on any CPU Copy Web Site tool enables you to copy files between the current Web site and anoth
25. er site Database Publishing Wizard Publish to provider enables you to generate scripts for databases and objects inside of databases Merge Module Project project template for creating a Windows Installer Merge Module project to which files can be added Pre Post Build Event Commands enable you to run scripts macros or other actions before or after the compilation process Publish Web Site utility precompiles the pages and code that are in the Web site and writes the compiler output to a folder that you specify Setup Project project template for creating a Windows Installer project to which files can be added Setup Wizard project template for creating a Windows Installer project with the aid of a wizard Smart Device CAB Project project template for creating a CAB project to deploy Pocket PC Smartphone and other Windows CE based applications Strong Name Signing enables you to strong name sign your application deployment manifests and the assembly which gives your software components globally unique identities that cannot be spoofed Web Setup Project project template for creating a Windows Installer web project to which files can be added Windows Installer deployment enables you to create installer packages to be distributed to users who run the setup file and step through a wizard to install the application 13 64 Bit Development Visual Studio enables you to create applications that take advantage of 64 bit cap
26. ered Analysis to filter performance reports on timestamp process thread and marks Hot Path to automatically expand the most expensive code path in the call tree and allocation view of the performance report Visual Basic 2008 Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Visual C 2008 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Architecture Edition Database Edition Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2006 Team Suite Visual Studio Team System 2006 Team Suite Code Profiling Tools Use the Code Profiling tools to identify performance bottlenecks in your applications Line Level Sampling to determine where in the code of a processor intensive function the processor has to spend most of its time Load and Web Test Integration enable you to create performance sessions for Web and Load tests from Test View and Test Results requires Development and Test Edition or Team Suite Portable CPU Counters decouples some of the performance counters and abstracts common performance counter data Profiler Runtime Control to pause and resume performance data logging to focus data collection on times of interest Profiling Tools to detect application performance bottlenecks using lower overhead sampling for relative performance data or higher overhead instrumentation for more exact measurement Report Noise Reduction limits the amount of data in performan
27. esource files resx for all localizable properties in an ASP NET Web page and its controls Visual Basic 2008 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Arch cture Edition II Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Manage Styles window enables you to move styles from an inline style sheet to an external style sheet or vice versa Markup Validation works like a spell checker to examine the markup and adds wavy red lines under the elements or attributes that are not valid based on schemas for commonly used browsers and standards Table Designer provides a table editor that allows you to edit HTML tables visually WCF Service project template for creating WCF services WCF Service Host automatically starts to host WCF services locally for debugging without writing extra code or committing to a specific host during development WCF Service Library project template for creating a WCF service class library DLL WCF Test Client enables you to input test parameters submit that input to a WCF service and view the response that the service sends back Web Content Accessibility Checker provides an accessibility validation tool to check HTML markup for conformance to accessibility guidelines Windows Development Visual Studio 2008 offers several ways to develop Windows based applications that run locally on Windows computers Activity Designer enables you to create your own custom workflow activities ATL Project project template fo
28. est enables you to modularize Web tests to compose complex Web tests Code Coverage to measure the effectiveness of tests on a line by line or even a block by block basis Code Coverage Results window to view statistics about the elements tested in a test run Create a Work Item from a Test Result to create a work item directly from a test result using the Test Results window This features requires Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Create Private Accessor to regenerate a unit test s private accessors if you modified a private method in the tested code Create Unit Tests dialog box to select which items to create unit tests for from a list of namespaces and their contents methods properties etc Custom Host Adapters enable you to run tests in an environment other than the default test environment Easier Load Test Analysis enables you to quickly understand load test results Generic Tests to wrap external programs and tests that were not originally developed for use in the Team System testing tools Load Modeling enable you to control the load modeling in load tests that you run Load Test Results Repository Management to more easily access the repository for load test results Load Tests to run a series of Web tests or unit tests which operate under multiple simulated users over a period of time for both performance and stress tests for increased capacity load testing see Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test
29. h as buffer overruns un initialized memory null pointer dereference memory and resource leaks Code Analysis Check In Policy to requires that code analysis is run prior to check in This features requires Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Code Metrics to identify complex difficult to maintain and error prone code by measuring class coupling depth of inheritance cyclomatic complexity lines of code and a maintainability index Managed Code Analysis tool to analyze managed assemblies and reports information about the assemblies such as violations of the programming and design rules set forth in the Microsoft NET Framework Design Guidelines Spelling Checker with Custom Dictionary Support to spell check resource strings as well as class method and property names TT Code Profiling Tools Use the Code Profiling tools to identify performance bottlenecks in your applications Application Verifier to quickly find subtle programming errors in C applications that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing such as errors caused by heap corruption incorrect handle and critical section usage Compare Reports enables you to compare a report either by using the Performance Explorer or the diff on options from the VSPerfReport command Copy Report View Data to HTML enables you to copy and paste rich data tables with headers and values from the performance reports Filt
30. io Team System 2008 Team Suite Database Edition S a Auto Convert Projects enables you to easily move projects based on the NET 2 0 Framework to NET Framework 3 5 Multitargeting Support enables you to target your code to a specific version of the NET Framework Service Reference adds references to Windows Communication Foundation WCF services Solution Explorer provides an organized view of a solution s projects and files Solutions can contain multiple projects that you can open close and save together Upgrade Wizard enables you to open a Visual Basic 6 0 project in Visual Basic 2008 and step through the upgrade process Visual Studio Conversion Wizard enables you to convert a solution or project to the project file format that is used by this version of Visual Studio Web References enable you to use objects and methods provided by a Web service in your code Extensibility Visual Studio is a highly extensible and automatable integrated development environment Visual Basic 2008 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 ess Edition Visual C 2008 Standard Edition Express Edition Macros and Macros IDE enable you to create manipulate edit and run macros to automate Visual Studio using Visual Studio s automation model Visual Studio Add in project template for creating an Add in loadable into both the Visual Studio and the Visual Studio Macros IDE VSPackages ena
31. lexity from a single empty file to a multi file item containing source code files with stub code and more About Box creates an About Box form for Windows Forms applications Action Pane Control creates a class for creating an actions pane control using the visual designer AJAX Client Behavior creates an AJAX client behavior for use in AJAX enabled Web applications AJAX Client Control creates an AJAX client control for use in AJAX enabled Web applications AJAX Client Library creates a file for creating an AJAX client library for use in AJAX enabled Web applications AJAX Master Page creates an AJAX enabled Master Page for Web Applications AJAX Web Form creates an AJAX enabled form for Web Applications AJAX enabled WCF Service creates a service for providing data to an AJAX page Application Configuration File creates a file for storing application configuration and settings values Visual Studio Team System 2006 Visual Basic 2008 Catabase Edition regimen E Team Suite Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Standard Edition Test Edition Application Diagram creates a diagram for defining and visualizing applications in the solution Application Manifest File creates a collection of settings including User Account Control for Windows applications e nn TTT Lele fede eee an ASP NET server control A pal oo elo ooo general assembly information performan
32. m System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Express Setup provides the most streamlined setup experience with a lightweight download and the fewest decisions to make during setup Full Setup provides the most control over which components to install during setup Simplified Setup provides some customization over which components to install during setup Help System Visual Studio uses MSDN Library for integrated and comprehensive documentation Visual Studio Team System 2006 Development Edition Team Suite Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Document Explorer provides a way of interacting with the help topics that are written for various products and technologies Dynamic Help window automatically displays links to Help training and other topics based on the context of what you are doing in Visual Studio MSDN Express Library is an abridged version of the MSDN Library that is specially tailored for the Visual Studio Express products MSDN Library is an essential resource for developers using Microsoft tools products and technologies available as a separate download but not included with Express or Standard editions MSDN Library Online provides online access to MSDN Library content Basic Tools Code Editing Tools The ability to write and modify text and code is a core function of Visual Studio 2008 2 Auto Using to detect when your code is missing a using sta
33. messages received by windows associated with applications that are running on a target device Windows CE Remote Zoom in displays a screen image from a target device Windows Mobile 5 0 SDKs for Pocket PC and Smartphone are required to develop applications for Windows Mobile 5 0 based devices which are based on Windows CE and NET Compact Framework 19 Smart Device Development Tools and frameworks that help you develop applications for Pocket PC Smartphone and other Windows CE NET based platforms Windows Mobile 6 Professional and Standard SDKs include additional emulators and tools that take advantage of features in Windows Mobile 6 available separately Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Database Edition Development E Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Test Edition Web amp WCF Development Visual Studio 2008 includes enhancements and new features for improved Web development and Windows Communication Foundation development 25 Apply Styles window enables you to create modify and apply CSS styles ASP NET AJAX Server Control Extender project template for building an ASP NET AJAX server control extender ASP NET AJAX Server Control project template for building an ASP NET AJAX server control ASP NET AJAX Support enables you to quickly create Web pages that include a rich user experience with responsive and familiar user interface Ul elements ASP NET Crystal Reports We
34. pplication diagram to visualize document connect them to applications that reference them and include them as part of an application system design Conform NET Web Service Endpoints to WSDL Files to conform operation signatures to those described in the WSDL file Custom Prototypes enable you to create custom prototypes from applications logical servers zones and endpoints already defined on their respective diagrams or install those created by other users Define Deployment dialog box to create a deployment diagram using an application diagram or system diagram Deployment Designer to validate application designs against a target datacenter and identify issues before deployment begins Generate Deployment Report to assist you in creating an installation script from structured XML information in the report Implement Application from application diagrams to create the appropriate project for that application and can include code or class files configuration files and any other needed resources Logical Datacenter Design project template to design a logical datacenter for validating system deployment Logical Datacenter Designer to visualize the logical structure of datacenters specify operational policies and validate applications before deployment Reverse Engineer Projects in Existing Solutions enable you to reverse engineer projects whose application types can be visualized on an application diagram 24 Distributed
35. press Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Database Edition System Diagram creates an empty diagram for designing a system containing applications and other systems in the solution Web Test opens Internet Explorer to record a Web test Web User Control creates an ASP NET server control created using the visual designer Windows Form creates a blank Windows Form e e ooo jojo jojo pefefe efe jefo that is run a Windows program wane eee lolo Windows services WPF Custom Control creates a WPF customer controll e e Jeje jejeje ea pepe felefele leelo formatted XAML document WPF Page creates a blank wer page ee efe jeje jojojo WPF Page Function creates a WPF page function lelel lele e 34 Item Templates Item templates range in complexity from a single empty file to a multi file item containing source code files with stub code and more Visual Basic 2008 Visual C 2008 Arch cture Edition D abase Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite u WPF Resource Dictionary creates a XAML resource dictionary WPF User Control creates a WPF user control o o e ofo ofopo WPF Window creates a WPF window o o o o Lo Lo XML File creates a blank XML document e o o ofopo XML Schema creates a file used to define a schema for XML documents XSLT File creates a file used to transform XML documents 35
36. r creating a project that uses the Active Template Library Class Library project template for creating a class library DLL Console Application project template for creating a command line application Custom Wizard project template for creating a custom application wizard 21 Visual Basic 2008 Visual C 2008 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual C 2008 Windows Development Visual Studio 2008 offers several ways to develop Windows based applications that run locally on Windows computers Empty Project project template for an empty project for creating a local application Empty Workflow Project project template for creating an empty project for creating a workflow Makefile Project project template for using an external build system MFC ActiveX Control project template for creating an ActiveX control that uses the Microsoft Foundation Class Library Visual Basic 2008 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Standard Edition II Edition reirme E Arch cture MFC Application project template for creating an application that uses the Microsoft Foundation Class Library MFC DLL project template for creating a dynamic link library that uses the Microsoft Foundation Class library Sequential Workflow Console Application project template for creating a sequential workflow console applica
37. s as C source code in a read only buffer Object Browser enables you to explore available objects and their members Organize Usings enables you to sort using statements and remove unused usings Properties window enables you to view and change the design time properties and events of selected objects that are located in editors designers and other tools windows Property Manager enables you to modify project settings that are defined in property sheets n el e o o o gt lelei ele elele fede de arle tar el e elelee e elelee e fete e fede de Peo pmen Edun Code Editing Tools The ability to write and modify text and code is a core function of Visual Studio 2008 Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Visual C 2008 Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Resource Editors are specialized environments for creating modifying and previewing resources included in a Visual Studio project Source Code and Markup Formatting enables the text editor to format source code and markup ona per language basis Surround With Code Snippets enable you to wrap selected lines of code a code snippet Tag Navigator represents the element that is currently selected in the document and the hierarchy of parent tags to which it belongs Task List window helps you create and manage a list of programming tasks Toolbox displays icons for items that
38. sual Studio shuts down unexpectedly Documents options to control the display of documents in Visual Studio and manage external changes to documents and files Fonts and Colors options enables you to establish a custom font and color scheme for various user interface elements in Visual Studio including syntax specific fonts and colors General options enable you to specify some basic IDE options such as document UI application animations and file associations Import and Export Settings Wizard enables you to export settings import settings or overwrite your settings by using a predefined settings collection Environment Options The many settings available enable you customize Visual Studio to better match your development style Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Express Edition Visual C 2008 Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition International Settings options enable you to change the default language when you have more than one language version of Visual Studio installed Visual Studio Settings enable you to choose from a number of predefined IDE settings Web Browser options enable you to sets options for both the internal Web browser and Internet Explorer Setup Experience C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio Setup provides a consolidated setup experience Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Visual Studio Tea
39. t the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property 2008 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved Microsoft ActiveX Excel InfoPath Intellisense Internet Explorer JScript MSDN Outlook PowerPoint SharePoint SQL Server Visio Visual Basic Visual C Visual CH Visual Studio Win32 and Windows Mobile are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Table of Contents ESTALI EPT TE E EE A e iO 4 Languages NN 4 Pr ject Syste Me A a a a AAA A AAA ATAR EA AA a aa aa aa e a aa aiaia 4 Extensibility se nna e a ea aan aa a ao AATA Ea Ea cde Ea a a Eih eee daaa i aea ani aoa eiaa i i ea 5 External TO Siri A a a a e aaa 5 Environment Options assener ae caen e a aa a a a aa a aa aa a a Raa aa aR 6 SETUPFEX PERIENCE nnr tati 7 Help RN RR 7 A A NN NO 8 Code EII TOO Sii A ES EES A a cakes 8 Refactoring LOS A A A A A a svete 9 E NON 10 Build and Deployment TOONS nannaa bevcddes dead sues iea a ataa AAAA AEEA KPEE sides EEEE a AAA TELER 13 G4 Bit DEVElO Laake on a E ET TT AT A T E aden 14 Data Related TOOS ciii a e A ii AA ct 15 A O NN 15 O A NN 15 Reporting TO Sidi A A E AA ii de Ai en Didi ds 16 Platform TOONS iii A A AAA A AA lets 17 Ofic Der OPM A A iS 17 Smart Device Developed a A A idad 19 Webs amp WCF Developmentin on aa a ti 20 Windows Development secreet reto a
40. tement to qualify a data type Bookmark window to display and navigate to bookmarks in your code Bookmarks enable you to mark lines of code and navigate to them Class Designer provides a visual design surface called a class diagram that you can use to work with classes and other types in a project Class View displays the symbols defined referenced or called in the application you are developing Code Colorization colorizes code tokens and constructs so they are easier to scan and read Code Definition window is a read only editor view that displays the definition of a symbol in a code file stored in or referenced by the active project Visual Studio Team System 2006 Visual Basic 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Code Snippets Manager to add folders to the folder list that the Code Snippet Picker scans for XML snippet files Code Snippets provide a way for you to insert ready made snippets of code into your projects Document Outline window provides an outline view of elements and scripts in the current document Find All References enables you to find every line of code that references a particular class or member Generate Method Stub is an Intellisense Automatic Code Generation feature that provides an easy way to create a new method declaration when writing a method call IntelliSense accelerated development by making language references easy to access and use Metadata as Source enables you to view metadata that appear
41. tion Sequential Workflow Service Library project template for creating a sequential workflow exposed as a WCF service Sequential Workflow Library project template for creating a sequential workflow library State Machine Workflow Designer is a visual designer that you can use to create a state machine workflow State Machine Workflow Library project template for creating a state machine workflow library State Machine Workflow Service Library project template for creating a state machine workflow exposed as a WCF service Syndication Service Library project template for creating a syndication service exposed as a WCF service Visual Studio Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation Designer is a visual designer that you can use to create a workflow Win32 Console Application project template for creating a Win32 console application Win32 Project project template for creating a Win32 application console application DLL or static library Windows Forms Application project template for creating an application with a Windows user interface 22 Windows Development Visual Studio 2008 offers several ways to develop Windows based applications that run locally on Windows computers Visual Basic 2008 Visual C 2008 Visual C 2008 Architecture Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Windows Forms Control Library project template for creating controls to use in Windows Forms applications Windows Presentation Foun
42. ture that enables you to make changes to your code during a debugging session instead of having to stop recompile your entire program and restart the debugging session 32 bit development only Error List window displays the Errors Warnings and Messages produced as you edit and compile code Exception Assistant is a debugging tool that provides details about exceptions when they occur including the exception message troubleshooting tips and a task oriented list of corrective actions to take Find Symbol Results window lists search results for the Find Symbol tab of the Find and Replace window the Find All References shortcut menu command in the Object Browser Class View or the Code Editor 10 Debugging Tools Debugging tools in Visual Studio 2008 enable you to observe the run time behavior of your program and locate logic errors velopment E pete fe as Visual Studio Team System 2008 Visual Basic 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Immediate window enables you to enter expressions to be evaluated or executed by a development language Just In Time Debugging launches the Visual Studio debugger automatically when a program running outside Visual Studio encounters a fatal error Locals window displays the local variables and their values in the current stack frame Managed Debugging enables you to debug manage
43. ver 2000 database schema SQL Server 2000 Wizard project template to automate creating a SQL Server 2000 database project optionally importing a schema from a database and configuring your build settings SQL Server 2005 project template to create a project that represents a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database schema SQL Server 2005 Wizard project template to automate creating a SQL Server 2005 database project optionally importing a schema from a database and configuring your build settings T SQL Editor to modify definitions of database objects such as tables views indexes stored procedures etc Code Analysis Tools Use the Code Analysis tools to analyze your source code for potential issues arising from common coding errors Auto Suppress Generated Code Option to automatically suppress error messages from generated code which is especially useful for designer generated code 26 Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Database Edition Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Database Edition Vis Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Code Analysis Tools Use the Code Analysis tools to analyze your source code for potential issues arising from common coding errors C C Code Analysis tool to identify possible defects in C C source code caused by common coding errors suc
44. you can add to the various design surfaces in Visual Studio Refactoring Tools Refactoring tools help you improve your code after it has been written by changing its internal structure without changing its external behavior Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Visual C 2008 Express Edition Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite Encapsulate Field refactoring enables you to quickly create a property from an existing field and then seamlessly update your code with references to the new property Extract Interface refactoring provides an easy way to create a new interface with members that originate from an existing class struct or interface Extract Method refactoring provides an easy way to create a new method from a code fragment in an existing member Promote Local Variable to Parameter refactoring provides an easy way to move a variable from a local usage to a method indexer or constructor parameter while updating the call sites correctly Remove Parameters refactoring provides an easy way to remove parameters from methods indexers or delegates Rename refactoring provides an easy way to rename identifiers for code symbols such as fields local variables methods namespaces properties and types Reorder Parameters refactoring provides an easy way to change the order of the parameters for methods indexers and delegates Debugging Tools Debugging tools in Visual Studio 200
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