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Enhanced Data Generator v 1.4

I just uploaded a new version of the Enhanced Data Generators over the weekend. This new version 1.4 contains misc. bug fixes and the addition of a new data generator, XMLGenerator (Note: v1.3 and above support only Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0).

The XML Generator is based on the XML Generator MSDN sample code and wraps it to work as a data generator. You basically provide an XSD and it generates XML that fits that XSD. Should be useful to fill XML type columns with valid data that fits a XSD.

Note: Since I use the MSDN sample, this does not support very complex XSD patterns. But I think, this should satisfy most of the common scenarios.

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VS 2010 CTP 1 Series - Home Screen

This post is about the home page.

The home page has changed quite a bit from a visual perspective. But if you look at the data and options available, they are pretty much the ones that are available in VS 2008.

It kind of looks Vistaish. Three Options are available on the left, Welcome, Projects and Visual Studio.

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VS 2010 CTP 1 Series - Installation

VS 2010 CTP 1 Series - Installation

This is the first in a series of post I plan to do on my playing around with VS 2010.

It was quite a bit of trouble getting the thing setup. The download is a 11 part RAR file and I had to go through a couple of cycles, as a number of times some parts ended up being corrupted. The download is around 7.11 GB. The extracted files are 23 GB (1 VHD and 1 VMC). So plan for space accordingly

I also found that the extractor sometimes give CRC errors even if the files are OK. I just stopped and re-ran the installer after it gave an error in a particular file and it just went thru fine.

Anyway, the good thing is that this is a VHD. So you don't have to screw up you machine to test this out. It is installed on a non-activated Win 2008 machine and has VS 2010, VS 2008 and TFS. By default the VPC is allocated 1 GB, I would recommend that you increase this based on how much you have available on your base machine.

VS 2010 CTP

MS announce the availability of the CTP for VS 2010. We just got our hands on VS 2008 Gold and now the next version is out. On one side, it excites me to see the innovation and upgrades happining in both .NET and Visual Studio and there is a part of me that say, "ahhh, back to studying something new".

You can download the CTP at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=922B4655-93D0-4476-BDA4-94CF5F8D4814&displaylang=en

Feedback, Forums etc are via the following connect page. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP Feedback