Downloading and managing extensions has never been easier. The ability to find and download your favorite extension is now integrated into common dialogs like the New Project Dialog. Configuring, managing and uninstalling extensions is much easier through the new Extension Manager. You can get full access to the large ecosystem of extensions using Visual Studio as well as an online experience using the Visual Studio Gallery.
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The Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework 4 and the Concurrency Runtime for Visual C++ 2010 enable developers to leverage parallel computing. By using these frameworks, developers can write parallel applications that will scale efficiently as the numbers of cores and processors increase. By avoiding the complexities of thread-focused programming models, the new parallel libraries simplify the production of parallel code and enable developers to more easily take advantage of parallel hardware. Visual Studio 2010 RC also provides new debugging and profiling tools to help developers understand and verify the behavior of their parallel applications.
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Visual Studio 2010 is an exciting release in managed languages and tools. Visual C# and Visual Basic languages continue to evolve towards feature parity, strive to simplify programming and deployment with the Microsoft Office APIs, and allow easy interop to dynamic languages. Visual F# is a new programming language which combines functional, object-oriented and explorative programming to provide a succinct, expressive and scalable language for .NET. In the tools space, Visual Studio 2010 offers greater support for Test-Driven Development, where tests are written before product code as an iterative approach to software design.
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Visual Studio 2010 now offers Drag and Drop data binding for WPF applications. After you add a data source to your project, you can generate data-bound Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) controls by dragging items from the Data Sources window to the WPF Designer.
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Visual Studio 2010 provides an alternative to creating SharePoint applications through SharePoint Designer. Visual Studio promotes rapid SharePoint development by providing such features as advanced debugging tools, IntelliSense, statement completion, and project templates. Visual Studio also takes advantage of advanced .NET Framework-based tools and languages. SharePoint projects can be developed by using either Visual Basic or Visual C#.
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## Create a backup of all the vm's
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$dest = "F:\Backup"
$VM_Service = get-wmiobject -namespace root\virtualization Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService
$ListofVMs = get-wmiobject -namespace root\virtualization Msvm_ComputerSystem -filter "ElementName <> Name"
[system.diagnostics.eventlog]::WriteEntry("VM Backup","Back-up Process Started",[system.diagnostics.eventlogentrytype]::Information)
foreach ($VM in [array] $ListOfVMs)
{
$VMReturnState = $VM.EnabledState
$VMName = $VM.ElementName
try
{
if (($VM.EnabledState -eq 2) -or ($VM.EnabledState -eq 32768) -or ($VM.EnabledState -eq 32770))
{
$VM.RequestStateChange(32769)
echo "Saving the state of $VMName"
}
while (!($VM.EnabledState -eq 32769) -and !($VM.EnabledState -eq 3))
{
Start-Sleep(1)
$VM = get-wmiobject -namespace root\virtualization -Query "Select * From Msvm_ComputerSystem Where ElementName='$VMName'"
}
if ([IO.Directory]::Exists("$dest\TmpDir\$VMName"))
{
[IO.Directory]::Delete("$dest\TmpDir\$VMName", $True)
}
echo "Exporting the VM"
$status = $VM_Service.ExportVirtualSystem($VM.__PATH, $True, "$dest\TmpDir")
if ($status.ReturnValue -eq 4096)
{
$job = [Wmi]$status.Job
while (!($job.PercentComplete -eq 100) -and ($job.ErrorCode -eq 0))
{
Start-Sleep(5)
$job = [Wmi]$status.Job
echo $job.PercentComplete
}
}
## Store the files on in a temp directory before moving them to their location and then remove the old files.
if ([IO.Directory]::Exists("$dest\$VMName"))
{
[IO.Directory]::Move("$dest\$VMName", "$dest\$VMName-OldTmpDir")
[IO.Directory]::Move("$dest\TmpDir\$VMName", "$dest\$VMName")
[IO.Directory]::Delete("$dest\$VMName-OldTmpDir", $True)
}
else
{
[IO.Directory]::Move("$dest\TmpDir\$VMName", "$dest\$VMName")
}
$VM.RequestStateChange($VMReturnState)
while (!($VM.EnabledState -eq $VMReturnState))
{
Start-Sleep(1)
$VM = get-wmiobject -namespace root\virtualization -Query "Select * From Msvm_ComputerSystem Where ElementName='$VMName'"
}
echo "Done with $VMName"
[system.diagnostics.eventlog]::WriteEntry("VM Backup","Back-up Virtual Machine $VMName complete",[system.diagnostics.eventlogentrytype]::Information)
}catch [SystemException] {
echo "Error backing-up $VMName"
[system.diagnostics.eventlog]::WriteEntry("VM Backup","Error backing-up virtual machine: $VMName",[system.diagnostics.eventlogentrytype]::Error)
}
}
[system.diagnostics.eventlog]::WriteEntry("VM Backup","Back-up Process Complete",[system.diagnostics.eventlogentrytype]::Information)
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There's a time that you want to backup the My Locations in Garmin Mobile XT because you want to hard reset your WinMo phone or install a new ROM. Unfortunately, Garmin Mobile XT does not have the feature to export the contents of My Locations. Below are simple steps on how to backup My Locations folder in Garmin Mobile XT:
