Mikhail Arkhipov (MSFT)'s WebLog
Visual Web Developer stuff
R Tools for Visual Studio
This is what I have been working on over the last several months:...
Date: 01/23/2016
WebMatrix v2 RC is out so it is time to revive this blog
It has been a long while since I posted here. I've been silent since most of the things I've been...
Date: 06/10/2012
What kind of extensibility would you like to see in HTML/ASPX editor?
Have you ever wanted to extend HTML editor Source view or perhaps modify some of the existing...
Date: 01/19/2009
A lot of snow around Seattle
It has been heavily snowing for more than a week. I cleaned my driveway four times already, each...
Date: 12/25/2008
Where do I find all published hotfixes for Visual Studio?
Both VS 2005 and VS 2008 downloads are available here...
Date: 12/19/2008
Russian VS 2008 SP1 has been released
Пакет обновления 1 (SP1) Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (установщик)...
Date: 12/18/2008
Why there is no spell checking in Design view?
Some folks asked why VS 2008 and VWD Express 2008 do not have "live" spell checking like Expression...
Date: 12/18/2008
Where is Mikhail?
I have been posting in our team blog primarily. Maybe I should have cross posted, but I didn't. I...
Date: 12/18/2008
Uninstalling VS 2008 SP1 Beta and HTML designer update
Just in case you want to uninstall VS 2008 SP1 Beta, please remember that Web designer is a separate...
Date: 06/11/2008
Video tutorials on HTML designer
Since VS is sharing HTML designer with Expression Web, many videos available for Expression Web may...
Date: 06/03/2008
Wireless mouse, HTML editor and idle time processing
Several people reported issues when toolbox, validation and/or server code intellisense do not work...
Date: 04/02/2008
Sharing designer between Expression Web and Visual Studio
As you probably know, Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 include designer that...
Date: 03/25/2008
Microsoft Web Authoring Component setup and Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system
I have found that a few people could not install Visual Web Developer 2008 or Visual Studio 2008...
Date: 03/19/2008
Absolute and relative positioning in Visual Studio 2008 Web designer
Design view in Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 provides several tools that help...
Date: 03/05/2008
PHP coloring in Visual Studio 2008
Now, this is a creative way of using C++ colorizer to colorize PHP in VS 2008 :-) It won't work in...
Date: 01/29/2008
Spell checker update 2.1: a few bug fixes and couple of new features
This article is obsoltete. Please look here for newer version...
Date: 12/31/2007
How to select language for spell checking in code comments
A few users asker how to select language for spell checking in the code comments. Egil Hansen (see...
Date: 12/18/2007
Compatibility problem between VS 2008 and Office 2000 and how to fix it
A few users discovered that design view in VS 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 may get...
Date: 12/14/2007
Troubleshooting Spell Checker setup
If after setup Spell Checker does not appear in the Tools menu, try the following Try installing...
Date: 12/13/2007
Spell checker for HTML, ASP.NET, JScript, VB, C#, CSS and C++
Following Visual Studio 2008 release I updated my Spell Shecker add-in so it works with VS 2008 as...
Date: 12/12/2007
How to set CSS validation to warnings
I blogged earlier about ability of VS 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008 to display HTML and CSS...
Date: 11/25/2007
Common problems installing Microsoft Web Authoring Component
When you are installing VS 2008 or VWD Express 2008 you may encounter failure when Microsoft Web...
Date: 11/20/2007
It is done
You already know from Soma's and Scott's blogs posts that Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 have been...
Date: 11/20/2007
New book on Visual Web Developer 2008
Jim Cheshire who is working in Microsoft Customer Support wrote a book on the Visual Web Developer...
Date: 10/21/2007
Visual Studio 2008 CSS editor recognizes vendor extensions
By popular request we added support for CSS vendor extensions in VS 2008. For example, the following...
Date: 10/19/2007
How to create custom CSS intellisense schema in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
Some time ago I described how to add custom HTML markup intellisense and validation schema to VS...
Date: 10/19/2007
I am a C++ developer, why I am getting Visual Studio Web Authoring Component installed?
Some folks found that even when they only check Visual C++ in the setup options and uncheck Web...
Date: 10/18/2007
VS 2008 adds ability to display markup, CSS and JScript validation errors as warnings
Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Web Developer Express 2005 display markup and CSS validation issues...
Date: 09/19/2007
How to set control to absolute positioning automatically on drag-drop
As many of you have noticed, Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and Visual web Developer Express 2008 Beta 2...
Date: 09/18/2007
I like HTC Touch
I blogged back in April that I was going to get HTC S710. I did get one and liked it a lot. However,...
Date: 08/21/2007
How to add more color names to CSS 2.1 schema
You probably know that CSS 2 standard only defines 16 named colors. However, all popular modern...
Date: 08/20/2007
What is Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring Component?
If you install VS 2008 Beta on a clean machine, you will find Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring...
Date: 08/20/2007
NVidia 79xx SLI driver for Vista is published
Looks like I can finally install Vista on my home box. My rig has two 7900GTX in SLI configuration...
Date: 04/29/2007
Spell checker for HTML and ASP.NET: multilanguage edition
I finally got around to implementing support for multiple languages in my HTML / ASP.NET spell...
Date: 04/29/2007
The wait for HTC S710 is unbearable
I love Bluetooth phone/car pairing but my old iMate SP3 does not transfer address book to the car so...
Date: 04/23/2007
Where to report issues with Visual Studio Orcas Beta1
Try https://connect.microsoft.com and Select Visual Studio. There is one entry for all versions, but...
Date: 04/23/2007
Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 is out!
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx What is new in the Visual Studio Web Tools...
Date: 04/20/2007
Visual Studio Orcas CTP with the new designer is out!
VS Orcas CTP with the new designer is out! Here is the download link:...
Date: 02/28/2007
What is not in the VS Orcas Web designer compared to the Expression Web?
I blogged earlier that Visual Stusio Orcas is getting new Web designer and related tools that are...
Date: 02/27/2007
New forums for VS Orcas Web Tools
Soon February CTP of Orcas will become available. We also opened new forum when you can provide...
Date: 02/27/2007
How does split view work in VS Orcas
As you probably know from my earlier blog post Visual Studio Orcas (and future Visual Web Developer...
Date: 01/23/2007
Sapphire: New Web Form designer in Visual Studio Orcas.
Today is a huge day in my life. Today we integrated Sapphire project (as well as a lot of other new...
Date: 01/20/2007
How to fix intellisense issues after upgrading to ASP.NET Ajax 1.0 RC
Many people reported issues after upgrade from Atlas/Ajax Beta or CTP to the most recent RC build...
Date: 01/04/2007
New O'Reilly book with articles on CSS Properties window, HTML spell checker and WAP add-ons
O’Reilly recently published a book called Windows Developer Power Tools which contains tons of...
Date: 12/28/2006
Short demo of the new CSS editing tools and improvements in client script support
On the MSDN you can find a recording of the PDC demo where we showed new CSS editing tools as well...
Date: 12/28/2006
Small smartphone or a bigger device? Why do we have to choose?
Most of the time I only need a small candy bar smartphone that is extemely convenient to carry...
Date: 12/28/2006
Repairing Visual Web Developer intellisense issues
I'd like to summarize a few known issues with VS/VWD intellisense and respective solutions or...
Date: 12/25/2006
Power outage in Puget Sound was bad
My home lost power Thursday night, a week ago. On Friday there was no power anywhere. Bellevue,...
Date: 12/21/2006