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Justin Rockwood's blog
Just upgraded to Verizon FiOS from Comcast Blast
I've been using Comcast PowerBoost (6Mbps download / 768 Kbs upload) for about a year and have been...
Date: 07/30/2008
Script# wins a Microsoft Engineering Excellence award
I've been using Script# professionally for more than a year now and am also on the Script# virtual...
Date: 06/05/2008
How to escape a leading # within the C preprocessor
This is probably a no-brainer for most people, but for some reason I banged my head against the wall...
Date: 04/22/2008
Changing the file extension of WiX extensions from .dll to .wixext (Revisited)
In one of my last blog posts I wrote about how we would be changing the file extension of WiX...
Date: 03/03/2008
Hilarious video about what it's like to work here at Microsoft
This is a pretty realistic video of what it's like to work here. :)...
Date: 02/13/2008
Changing the file extension of WiX extensions from .dll to .wixext
We will be doing a change that will probably affect most users of WiX v3, so I wanted to get this...
Date: 02/13/2008
Complete list of Candle preprocessor variables
Some people have asked about this in the past on the wix-users mailing list, so I thought I'd just...
Date: 01/29/2008
This is one way for Google to make Microsoft look bad...
I thought this was a pretty amusing blog entry...
Date: 12/22/2007
How to use Extensions in Votive (IIS or UI extensions, for example)
It seems we have this question pop up a few times a week on the wix-users mailing list, so I thought...
Date: 10/19/2007
SyncToy 1.4 and Vista 64-bit (x64) Error
I use the extremely useful SyncToy to mirror my data between various machines at home. However, it...
Date: 09/19/2007
Excel Services is a "game changer"
Richard McAniff, one of our corporate vice presidents in Office, had some interesting stuff to say...
Date: 09/18/2007
London Stock Exchange is Using Excel Services
Cool! https://windowsfs.com/eNews/tabid/112/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2073/Default.aspx
Date: 09/12/2007
Job Openings on My Team
My team (Excel Server) is currently hiring developers. It's a great team to work on and we do some...
Date: 04/13/2007
New Excel Services forum on MSDN
If you ever have any Excel Services questions, feel free to use the new forum on MSDN to post your...
Date: 01/10/2007
It's nice to see the community responding well to Excel Services
Here's a nice article written about Excel Services:...
Date: 12/20/2006
Handy little Visual Studio shortcut key for Wix/Votive developement
If you use Visual Studio to edit your Wix projects (either using Votive or just the plain XML...
Date: 11/16/2006
Missing project/item template files after installing Votive
I recently installed Votive on Vista and noticed that the project templates weren't showing up when...
Date: 11/16/2006
Windows Vista RC2 has been released
I've been running RC1 for a little while now and I have been converted to Vista! It is very nice....
Date: 10/08/2006
Updated the Votive page on wix.sourceforge.net
We've been missing information about Votive on our official WiX web page, so I updated the web site....
Date: 10/02/2006
SharpDevelop now supports WiX projects
Matt Ward has released a WiX setup project to SharpDevelop that looks pretty slick. It's got a lot...
Date: 09/23/2006
How to embed resources using a different namespace in a C# project
Have you ever wanted to embed a resource in your managed assembly but didn't like the default name...
Date: 09/20/2006
Votive installation requires ProjectAggregator2.msi
When you try to install Votive v3 you'll probably see a dialog box that says something like "To...
Date: 09/18/2006
Votive v3 has been released!!
Well, after many weeks of work, I've finally checked in Votive v3. It is now available after any...
Date: 09/16/2006
How to use MSBuild for your WiX projects without installing Votive or Visual Studio
I got an interesting question today from a person reading my blog, so I thought I'd answer the...
Date: 08/14/2006
Update on Votive v3
It's been a while since I blogged and I've been lax about keeping people up to date about the status...
Date: 07/18/2006
Robert Scoble visits our Wix night
The Scobleizer visited our weekly Wix night last night. He took a picture but both K and I got...
Date: 03/08/2006
How to get IntelliSense for WiX in Visual Studio 2003 and 2005
There have been a couple people to blog about this already (one is here), but I wanted to point out...
Date: 12/23/2005
A nice little article about defensive programming
Shahar Prish, one of my fellow teammates on the Excel Server (now called Excel Services by...
Date: 12/16/2005
Excel Server finally goes public!!!
I can now reveal what project I am working on here in Office. Excel Server finally went public...
Date: 09/15/2005
Moving the WiX toolset to NAnt builds
As many of you may know, we've had two different builds for the WiX toolset: one for the external...
Date: 09/09/2005
Validation of the Votive Roadmap
I've gotten a lot of validation for the roadmap I laid out in my last blog entry via the wix-devs...
Date: 08/02/2005
Roadmap of Votive
What is Votive and where is it going? Well, first of all you should probably understand what WiX is....
Date: 07/30/2005
Introductions
Well, I'm now a certified MSDN blogger. I've been meaning to do this for a long time, but just...
Date: 07/28/2005