ClassDesigner's WebLog
C++ support added to Class Designer in VS 2007 March CTP
The March CTP of Visual Studio 2007 will have support for C++ projects in Class Designer. This will...
Date: 03/06/2007
Class Designer File Format
In the past few months, we have covered Class Designer features in the upcoming Visual Studio 2005...
Date: 07/28/2005
June CTP available
For more information about this CTP and see if you really want to install it, see this post in Rob...
Date: 06/15/2005
Class Designer Hands on Lab in TechEd 2005
I will be attending this year's Microsoft TechEd in Orlando Florida from 6/6~6/10. There's a...
Date: 06/03/2005
No Articles for the next few weeks...
You’ve probably know why we will not have blog articles for the next few weeks. The team is...
Date: 05/25/2005
PowerToys for the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and Distributed System Designers
We’ve published a set of set of add-ins which augments existing functionality in the Visual Studio...
Date: 05/17/2005
Orphan Shape in the Class Designer
One of the biggest value propositions of the Class Designer is to keep class diagrams always in-sync...
Date: 05/12/2005
Using Class Designer to document your code – Exporting diagrams as images
One of the design goals of Class Designer was to enable developers to easily document the design of...
Date: 05/04/2005
Class Designer Integration with Source-Code Control
Class Designer Integration with Source-Code Control Class Designer is built for use with solutions...
Date: 04/28/2005
Auto Layout of Class Diagrams
By now you hopefully have the beta 2 version of Class Designer. If not, maybe this beta 2 feature...
Date: 04/23/2005
Converting class diagram files from Beta 1 to Beta 2 format
We have created a stylesheet which can convert class diagram files (.cd) from Beta 1 to Beta 2...
Date: 04/20/2005
Override Members Using Class Designer
How do I do that? Whether you program in C# or VB, you’ll notice that when you type “overrides” or...
Date: 04/14/2005
Create overloaded members in ClassDesigner
Overloaded members are treated specially in ClassDesigner: they’re grouped together when listed in...
Date: 04/14/2005
Editing Type Members Using the Class Details Window
If you’ve used the beta version of the Class Designer, you’ve probably noticed the Class Details...
Date: 04/05/2005
Interview with John Stallo
Josh Ledgard, PM in Visual Studio recently interviewed John (PM for Class Designer). The video for...
Date: 03/31/2005
Refactoring Support in Class Designer
The language teams added several refactoring features to the editor in the Whidbey release of visual...
Date: 03/31/2005
Class Designer availability
Class Designer will be availabe on all Visual Studio Editions Standard and above. There seems to be...
Date: 03/26/2005
No article for this week
Oops! This is the fault on my part. The person who is scheduled to write the article is out of the...
Date: 03/26/2005
Setting up and viewing relationships between classes
When I’m learning about a new program or teaching someone else about an existing one, I find it...
Date: 03/17/2005
Expressing relationships between types
I believe one of the strongest things going for class diagrams is being able to holistically look at...
Date: 03/16/2005
Visualizing inheritance hierarchies
HelloJ! My name is Yu Xiao. I am a Software Design Engineer/Test working on Visual Studio Class...
Date: 03/10/2005
Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer will not support the C++ language
The Visual Studio Class Designer team is sad to announce that the Class Designer will not support...
Date: 03/04/2005
Visualizing class and member details in the Properties window and viewing details from tooltips
Hi! I’m Eugene Chigirinskiy, a Software Design Engineer working on Visual Studio Class Designer. In...
Date: 03/03/2005
A picture is worth a thousand words
G’day! I’m John Stallo, a Program Manager working on the Visual Studio Class Designer. In this blog...
Date: 02/25/2005
Introducing the Visual Studio Class Designer Team Blog
Welcome to the Visual Studio Class Designer team blog. You’ve probably seen a few individual blogs...
Date: 02/07/2005