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All about the CLR's System.AddIn model for managed add-ins, add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions
AddIn FxCop rules released! [Mueez Siddiqui]
We have released FxCop rules to verify view and contract assemblies. This should make it much easier...
Date: 07/08/2008
Add-In Performance: What can you expect as you cross an isolation boundary and how to make it better [Jesse Kaplan]
Aren’t AppDomains too Slow? “Aren’t AppDomains too slow?” This is one of most common questions we...
Date: 02/22/2008
Feb CTP of Add-In Pipeline Generator is Released on Codeplex
We've just release the first update to our Pipeline Generator to Codeplex:...
Date: 02/11/2008
Announcement: New Tool to Auto-Generate Add-In Pipelines [Jesse Kaplan]
This has been one of the most requested features we've had since people started learning more about...
Date: 01/09/2008
Support for Windows Forms in Hosts and Add-Ins
We’ve been receiving a lot of questions recently regarding the support for Windows Forms based...
Date: 01/03/2008
Resources
MSDN Resources Conceptual/How-to Documentation:...
Date: 01/02/2008
Video: Jack Gudenkauf on the BCL and Add-ins [Jack Gudenkauf]
I was recently interviewed by James Vastbinder, an ISV Platform Strategy Advisor for Microsoft. We...
Date: 08/15/2007
AppDomain Isolated WPF Add-Ins [Jesse Kaplan]
Earlier Jack announced an exciting new feature in our beta2 release in the ability host WPF controls...
Date: 08/06/2007
By Popular Demand [Jack Gudenkauf]
We just released VS 2008 and .Net 3.5 Beta 2 (code name "Orcas"). You may download the release here....
Date: 07/27/2007
Add-In Lifetime Management [Pete Sheill, Jim Miller]
A good question to ask when evaluating a design is ‘how is the lifetime of this object or component...
Date: 07/17/2007
Behind the Scenes: Activation [Pete Sheill]
Let’s discuss the specifics of the construction of the add-in, the isolation boundary and the...
Date: 06/28/2007
More on Logging UnhandledExeptions from Managed Add-Ins [Jesse Kaplan]
Last time we discussed some issues to be aware of when trying to build hosts that are resilient to...
Date: 05/03/2007
Using AppDomain Isolation to Detect Add-In Failures [Jesse Kaplan]
One of the nice aspects of isolating add-ins in a different AppDomain is that it makes it easier to...
Date: 04/30/2007
Automation Add-Ins [Jesse Kaplan]
First off I'd like to apologize for the long pause between posts. We've been working heads down on...
Date: 04/13/2007
Refactoring Work in Orcas March CTP [Jesse Kaplan]
We've had a few questions internally and externally from people who were having problems running...
Date: 03/21/2007
New System.AddIn Features in March's Orcas CTP [Jesse Kaplan]
Some of you may have noticed already but for those who haven't I'd like to announce one of the major...
Date: 03/05/2007
Restrictions on Contracts [Jack Gudenkauf]
The core foundation of the Managed Add-In Framework is a “Contract”. Contracts are non-versioning...
Date: 02/26/2007
Brief Introduction to our Architecture for Managed Add-Ins [Jesse Kaplan]
One of the key benefits of our new managed add-in model is the architecture our system uses to...
Date: 02/23/2007
2nd MSDN Magazine Article Hits the Web [Jack Gudenkauf]
The second of two articles we wrote for MSDN magazine was published online today (and available in...
Date: 02/08/2007
Behind the Scenes of Add-In Discovery in the Orcas System.AddIn [Jesse Kaplan]
Details about the System.AddIn’s Implementation of Add-In Discovery Last time we discussed several...
Date: 02/08/2007
Different Approaches to Add-In Discovery [Jesse Kaplan]
One of the first problems you try to solve when adding extensibility to your application is that of...
Date: 01/25/2007
Using the new Add-In Features from Paint.Net [Jesse Kaplan]
Jason He is one of our team members and has an interesting series of blog posts describing his...
Date: 01/17/2007
MSDN Magazine Add-In Articles [Jack Gudenkauf]
The first of two articles we wrote for MSDN magazine was published online today (and available in...
Date: 01/12/2007
Welcome to the CLR Add-In Team Blog [Jesse Kaplan]
We’re a new feature team in the CLR that is tasked with making it easy for managed applications to...
Date: 01/12/2007